Chapter 219: It Was Just Ordinary
The first month of the new year is destined to be a turbulent month for the entire gaming industry.
Following Juying and Honghuang, Soni and Rentiandi also held annual meetings to introduce new games that will be launched on their platforms.
As expected, the three companies’ annual exclusives are all open world-themed.
A hardcore medieval fantasy.
Soni's wasteland survival.
Ren Tiandi's cartoon world adventure.
All three styles of painting are produced by well-known manufacturers, and it is difficult to tell which one is better.
Coupled with the release of Red Dead Redemption, the popularity of the open world instantly reached an unprecedented level.
Topics related to the open world have been on the hot search list several times, attracting the attention of a large number of players.
And today.
It is the day when new games on the three major platforms are officially launched.
Players have been waiting in front of their computers and consoles since early morning, waiting for the game to be released.
"It's on, it's on, the super hard game is on!"
Suddenly, a scream broke the silence.
All the games locked on the Xbox platform will be unlocked as soon as the time comes and appear in the new game list.
The annual exclusive title, "Faith", is directly displayed in the most conspicuous position on the homepage, making it difficult not to see it.
"It seems that the Honghuang game hasn't started yet, so let's try the super hard one first."
In the Dousha live broadcast room, Ajie took a look at the Honghuang account which had not moved yet, and said to the camera.
At this time, a large number of viewers gathered in his live broadcast room, ready to take a look before deciding which game to buy.
“I heard that the investment in this game exceeded 1 billion.”
"And it also replicates my cousin's outdoor gameplay. It should be much better than before, right?"
"It's useless. My eldest cousin is the only God in my eyes!"
"My cousin is really good at every detail."
"2.5 billion, how can it not be amazing?"
"Even if you give JuQing 2.5 billion, it may not be possible to accomplish it."
Barrages of comments kept flashing across the screen, comparing the two games, Honghuang and Juying.
Time passed quickly during the discussion.
soon.
Ajie downloaded the game and opened it directly.
After creating a character, you enter the game and start the plot.
"Huh? The degree of freedom seems to have increased."
Ajie in front of the camera let out a light "eh" and controlled the character to run back and forth in the initial village.
Then, just like in the initial public trial, I followed the mission all the way outside and worked with the guards to eliminate the giant monster that rushed out of the forest.
In less than half an hour, he finished the Novice Village mission and received a mission to go to the town.
"Here we are. We can move freely outside. Sure enough, the content after this part has been changed."
If he remembered correctly, after leaving the Novice Village, there was only a plot of a carriage journey, and on the road he would encounter monsters and bandits, and he would have to rescue people.
The whole process is very simple.
But now after the change, the carriage plot was directly cancelled and it became a free journey.
Players can proceed to the next task when they arrive at the town to report, which gives them a much higher degree of freedom.
"Could it be that... Juqing and Juying finally got it?"
Out of curiosity, Ajie immediately left the Novice Village with supplies and ran around in the wild battlefield away from the main road.
Don’t mention it, he really encountered a random event.
An injured old man asked him to help collect some herbs at the edge of the forest.
Then, he met a hunter at the edge of the forest and asked him to help him hunt.
You can even encounter enemy spies in the forest and kill them.
The probability of triggering an event is indeed very high, even more frequent than that of his eldest cousin, but Ajie always feels that something is strange.
Unable to figure it out for a moment, he patiently completed the tasks along the way, and also tried hunting by the way. Finally, he arrived in the town after more than an hour.
Just as I was passing through the entrance of the town, I happened to meet the old man I had rescued before . He was standing by the entrance selling herbs and other health-recovering items.
Ajie, who had played the role of Big Cousin, subconsciously controlled the character to walk over.
[Sir, would you like some medicine? ]
[The medicines here are of the highest quality.]
As soon as I got closer, the old man's voice was triggered and he greeted me warmly.
Other than that, there was no response.
“That’s… gone?”
Ajie stood in front of the drugstore in a daze.
Finally I realized what was wrong with this game.
"I understand, it's an NPC!"
"When I play Red Dead Redemption, and I meet the people I saved, they always thank me and remember that I saved them."
"If I beat them up, they will behave worse the next time I see them, or they will just ignore me."
"But the NPCs in this game are really just NPCs, tools used to issue quests!"
To put it bluntly.
It just has no soul.
NPCs without souls are like the walking dead, existing only to issue quests and serve players.
There are indeed more outdoor events in this game.
But it only increases the number of tasks and will not cause any changes to the game world.
Playing it feels like a castle in the air. There is a sense of falseness that is difficult to integrate into, and the player is just a passing visitor.
"I see. No wonder I always felt something was wrong."
"I didn't pay attention when I played with my cousin before, but now the difference is really huge!"
"There are many other details, such as when my cousin rides a donkey into town or falls off a horse, people will laugh at him, and when it rains and the wind blows indoors, the noise will get quieter."
"At the time I thought it was normal, but now when I think back, my cousin is so amazing!"
“There’s no comparison!”
This is the case with everything. When the object of comparison appears, you will find that what you thought was ordinary is actually so unusual.
In particular, the details in Red Dead Redemption that they had overlooked were instantly highlighted when compared with this game, causing a lot of exclamations in the live broadcast room.
It's not that their games are bad.
But the game Honghuang is really amazing!
It was also at this moment that the memories of playing Red Dead Redemption completely exploded, making them unable to accept the game no matter how hard they looked at it.
It's like a poor person who has eaten all kinds of delicacies from land and sea and can no longer get used to the simple meals he used to eat.
"Damn it, I was wondering why I've been having so much ED lately, turns out it's because my appetite has been spoiled by the prehistoric world!"
Ajie was at a loss for words, as he found out the reason why he couldn't play other games anymore.
Then he controlled the character to complete tasks in the town, and it turned out to be unpleasant no matter how he played.
Every time I come across something new, I associate it with Red Dead Redemption, and then I realize that it is completely defeated by Red Dead Redemption, and finally I just become a little bored.
"Forget it, I won't play it anymore. It's really too bad. I'd better wait for the new game of Honghuang to come out."
After saying that, he threw the controller away and exited the game directly.
"Hahaha, the withdrawal symptoms are coming out."
"It's really hard for you to play for so long."
"It's not that they are not good enough, it's that their opponents are too strong."
"I'm also waiting for the update of Honghuang, and I can't play other games at all."
"Squat together, refresh the page every minute."
They understood Ajie's feelings the best and really couldn't get into the game at all.
So I simply stopped watching other new games and just chatted and waited in the live broadcast room, playing Ajie's favorite little man game.
Finally, half an hour later, Honghuang's account on Steam was suddenly refreshed, a new game was updated, and the large cover of the Steam platform homepage was also changed to a new one.
[Game: Red Dead Redemption]
[Introduction: The game tells the legendary story of Arthur Morgan and the infamous Van der Linde gang, and experiences a desperate journey in the last days of the 19th century. ]
[Genre: Open World, Drama, Western, Adventure, Action]
[Price: 185/370]
“Here it comes!”
Ajie and the audience in the live broadcast room were shocked and sat up straight in excitement.
Looking at the interface, there are two prices in total, one is the fee you need to pay if you have purchased the early access version, and the other is the full price if you have not purchased it.
Without any hesitation, he paid the balance and downloaded the game.
When everyone saw the 150G size marked above, their eyes suddenly widened.
"Fuck! 150G??"
"It's seven or eight times more expensive than the advance version!"
“Even the top AAA games nowadays are only around 70G!”
"Is this a game that can be bought for 300 yuan?"
According to their estimates, the full version of "Red Dead Redemption" would be at most 90G.
But now there is a full 60G more, how can they not be shocked.
But after the shock, what came was excitement.
Because it means that there is even more massive content waiting for them.
"Fortunately, I upgraded the fiber optic cable some time ago."
Ajie was very grateful and waited patiently in front of the camera.
In a little over half an hour, he finished downloading, installed it over and over again, and then couldn't wait to enter the game.
When the music started and the familiar camp came into view, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, the save file is still there, otherwise the gold medals I spent so much time on would have been wasted."
"Don't do anything else today. Focus on the main storyline and try to see the ending within three days!"
He didn't dare to brag, especially after seeing the 150G, he extended the estimated time to three days.
Live broadcast for ten hours every day for three days.
That should be enough, right?
Think of this.
With excitement in his heart, he continued to move forward according to the previous save file, which was the beginning of the third chapter.
At the beginning, in order to familiarize himself with the surroundings of the new camp, gang members Dutch and Hosea asked him to go fishing with them and stroll around.
"That's right, this is the right smell. When you go to a new place, you must first familiarize yourself with the environment. This is what a character with a soul should do."
Recalling when he first played "Faith", he was asked to report to the guard team as soon as he entered the city, and then he was immediately asked as a newcomer to explore the enemy camp. There was no logic in his actions.
This is nothing in other types of games, but in an open world, it is nothing more than a layer of skin, and the essence remains unchanged.
Soon, he rode on the high-attribute white horse that he had captured with great difficulty, and left the camp with the two members.
While walking on the road, the three of them also talked about their future plans.
[Hosea: Once we have enough money, we can find a place where no one knows us, so we don’t have to hide anymore.]
The familiar words made all the audience excited.
"This sentence...seems to have appeared at the Honghuang Carnival?"
"It did happen, during the opening CG."
"So he was the one who said this."
"Why do I feel like I'm setting a flag?"
"The fact that Hong Huang picked it out alone must have some implications."
The character of Hosea is considered to be the elder who cares most about the protagonist Arthur, except for the boss Dutch. He will basically stand up to help him no matter what happens.
He is also the gang's think tank and the most core figure.
Tried to end the life of the desperado but failed.
He seemed to be very aware that he had embarked on a path of no return, so he could often be seen in the camp teaching little Jack things and encouraging young men to read more.
Because he thinks these young people still have a chance and don't have to become desperadoes like him, so he is a rare positive character.
So the players were deeply impressed by him.
I also have to admire Hong Huang's ability to portray characters.
Let them understand this person from every detail of life.
…
"Redemption. I seem to be beginning to understand what this game is about."
At this time, in the live broadcast room on the other side.
Ouyang Xiao was also experiencing this scene, his brows slightly furrowed.
Ever since Honghuang introduced the follow-up content at the carnival, she felt something was not right.
This game is probably not what they think, it is not just about doing whatever you want in the Westworld and experiencing the local customs and culture.
Honghuang put the word "redemption" in such an important subtitle, which must have a special purpose.
"Huh? Why do the picture quality options seem to have increased? There's an extra high one compared to before?"
Ouyang Xiao, who was adjusting the settings while on the road, suddenly noticed the changes on the settings interface.
In addition to the original picture quality function, there is an additional [Ultra High] picture quality option.
