Chapter 233 Oh no, I became an alien
Station B, Lao E’s live broadcast room.
"Guys, I just received a promotion for a new game!"
Old E, who was burning, killing and looting in the Westworld and acting as a friend of the widow, also received an official call from Bilibili, with a look of surprise on his face.
After saying this, he hurriedly stood up and began to search in the collection cabinet next to him.
"New game promotion?"
"Which company is it from?"
"There has been a lot of promotion recently. Several major science fiction studios are doing various online promotions."
"I've also checked it out, and there were also car overturns."
"I know that. They said something about starship cannons, but it turned out to be a 3D space shooter game. It was extremely disappointing."
When the audience heard from Old E that there was a game promotion, they started talking about it.
Especially in recent weeks, there have indeed been a lot of space science fiction-themed games emerging.
Some held press conferences, some promoted through live broadcasts, and some directly released trial videos. In short, they used all kinds of strange and creative ways to take advantage of the popularity.
As a result, the greater the players' expectations, the greater the disappointment.
Many of the games that were highly praised before, with various high-tech concept pictures of precision instruments, turned out to be just background images when they were first played, and players had no chance to control them at all.
There are even space wars made into horizontal shooting games.
It's outrageous. It's really outrageous.
certainly.
There are also many large companies that are doing this seriously.
But the quality is still worrying. It is estimated that it will take another month or two to polish it, and it is hard to say how it will perform in the future.
“Found it!”
At this time, Old E's voice came again.
After searching for a few minutes, he finally found a box with the Honghuang Studio logo.
The moment the audience saw the logo, their hearts were shocked.
“Isn’t that a VR device from the ancient times?”
"What the hell! A game from the ancient times?"
"Host, have you received a promotion for the new game Honghuang?!"
"They're promoting it secretly without telling anyone. Luckily I'm here!"
"Okay, okay, I'm waiting for news about the new game of Honghuang!"
In an instant, the barrage of comments completely exploded.
Originally, they were just watching the live broadcast as a routine to eat and take a look at Lao E's cool operations in the game, but they ended up stumbling upon this big melon.
How could I eat? I immediately turned the live broadcast room to full screen, turned up the volume, and prepared to record the screen at any time.
Some players who received the news also rushed into the live broadcast room as soon as possible.
"Where is it?"
" I heard there's a promotion for a new game here?"
"Is it the previously announced Outer Wilds?"
"You just got here, didn't you miss anything?"
Barrages of comments kept flashing across the screen, making it much more lively than before.
Old E in front of the camera also took out VR glasses from the box, put them on his head while connecting to the live broadcast, and seemed a little impatient.
“It should be Outer Wilds, but it’s not finished yet. It’s just a public test of the VR version’s compatibility.”
This is what the staff told him on the phone.
But even so, he was still very much looking forward to it. After all, it was the first new game to reach the prehistoric stage, so it was worth it even if it was a half-finished product.
Those players who have bought Honghuang VR were also delighted when they heard this.
If there is a VR version, then their equipment will be useful again.
But there is a question.
Since it is a space science fiction theme, if it is made into VR, it must be in the first-person perspective. Is Honghuang planning to make a first-person war game this time?
This kind of game might not be easy to play in the vast space environment, right?
I guess the spinning could make players dizzy.
"I heard that this game has a connection with The Wandering Earth."
Old E, who was debugging, quickly put on his glasses and went directly to the game homepage.
After entering a string of test codes, another game appeared next to the only game "Titanic".
[Outer Wilds VR Beta]
"Got it! It's got it!"
He rubbed his hands excitedly, quickly moved the control bracelet and opened the game.
Then the surface of a planet, shrunk countless times, came into view.
Apart from a few trees above, there was only a bonfire in the woods, lighting up the dim night sky.
“This ratio is so weird…”
Old E couldn't help but complain.
Estimated based on the trees and the shadows of people around the campfire.
This planet is at most a few dozen kilometers in size, smaller than the moon.
"Forget it, it's just a planet. It's just a background. It doesn't matter if it's big or small."
He had also seen the previous test games, and basically they all started in a starship, and then flew into space in a fighter jet to annihilate the enemy.
The only interaction with the planets is to smash them to pieces with various star destroyer cannons, which requires high-tech space technology.
With a smile, he started the game directly and the screen went dark.
[X: Wake Up]
Press the X button and the dark screen lights up again.
The first thing that caught my eye was the vast starry sky and a turbid dark green planet in it.
There seemed to be a satellite-like device on the planet, which fired a cannonball outward.
What a strange opening...
Now even the audience couldn't help but complain.
I have absolutely no idea what this means.
Even that planet was not any one they were familiar with.
"It seems to be the same as what was speculated online. It is a self-created galaxy, not our solar system. So am I on a terrestrial planet?"
Old E turned the first-person perspective and found that he was not in a starship or outer space, but on a planet with a bonfire burning in front of him, which was very similar to the scene in the promotional picture.
This discovery immediately amazed him and the audience.
Looking around, he soon noticed an NPC roasting marshmallows with his head down across from the campfire, so he quickly walked over to talk to him.
[Isn't this our pilot? I see you went camping under the stars before the launch. Did you just come back? ]
As he spoke, the NPC raised his head.
His purple face with four eyes and long ears is exposed in the picture, just like the legendary elf.
"ah??"
"What is this?"
"A new species?"
"F*ck, alien planet."
"Haha, this alien looks really funny."
Now they finally understood that this was not the Earth they were familiar with, but a planet inhabited by another intelligent humanoid species.
Honghuang not only created a new solar system, but also replaced all species with new ones, a completely fictional background.
"It seems... quite reasonable?"
Old E is quite open-minded. Since it is not their solar system, it is not surprising that other species live there.
Anyway, this game is played in first person, so you can't see what you look like.
After a conversation, he also found out the identity of the protagonist, the pilot of the spacecraft, and asked him to go to the observatory to find the launch code.
"Wow! Do you want me to drive the spaceship away from this planet?"
Old E had never expected this development and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.
He had never experienced flying into space from the ground on a spacecraft.
Immediately leave the campfire and follow the instructions along the ramp to the observatory.
When you are halfway there, you will meet another NPC who can use the model to simulate driving a spaceship.
"It should be a driving tutorial. I'm not exaggerating, I've played at least 80 flight simulators, and a mere model wouldn't be difficult for me."
Old E got started right away and used remote sensing to control the spaceship model in front of him to take off.
With an ignition, the spaceship model suddenly rushed out and crashed into the fountain on the ground below.
The originally confident expression on his face suddenly froze.
"Oh my god! This is a flying monkey!"
How could he have expected that this spaceship model would be so difficult to control.
Not only do you have to step on the accelerator to spray to stay in the air, you also have to use left and right spray to adjust the direction. It's not as simple as using the up, down, left and right arrow keys.
And the physics engine of this game is extremely realistic.
As soon as the jet propulsion below stops, it will fall rapidly due to gravity, and it will be too late to remedy the situation.
After trying several times, all the models fell flat on their faces and couldn't even fly out of a range of ten meters.
The audience who saw this scene burst into laughter.
"That's it? That's too much."
"Luckily, it was a model. If it was a real spaceship, wouldn't it explode?"
"Stop practicing, Master Goose. If you continue, it will become useless."
"By then, I'm afraid we won't even be able to fly out of this planet."
“It is recommended to live on the planet in retirement. (Funny)”
You know what, although the style of this game is a bit strange, it is quite interesting to watch, at least it has some show effects.
After practicing for more than ten times, Old E finally mastered the trick and was able to control the spacecraft to fly smoothly.
"Very good, there will be no problem this time... When driving a high-precision vehicle like a spaceship, the most important thing is to control the speed, and also... let go of that bullshit, there's water spraying all the time next to it!"
Just as he was saying half of his words, a stream of water suddenly spurted out from the fountain next to him, blowing his spaceship model away and crashing it into the wall.
The audience laughed like crazy; they had never seen a slap in the face come so quickly.
"Forget it, I'm not going to learn anymore. I'm going to fly a real spaceship!"
Old E got angry and didn't bother to care about anything else. He left the practice field and continued on his way.
After talking and saying goodbye to the NPCs along the way and becoming familiar with the various functions and operations, he gradually understood how to play the game.
"It looks like it's not a space war type, but more like a space exploration type?"
He looked at the extra detector in his hand.
It has many functions, such as detecting life signals, launching detectors, lighting, and translating ancient inscriptions, but it has no means of attack.
This surprised him a little.
He thought Honghuang would make a space shooting game like other manufacturers, but it turned out to be this type.
Then what else can we play?
Do you want to sightsee in the dark space on a spaceship?
But apart from the starry sky and the planetary backdrop, space is empty. What’s there to see?
With strong doubts, he immediately quickened his pace and arrived at the planetarium to find the doctor to get the launch code.
Then, when passing by a high platform, the sheep head sculpture on it suddenly moved.
The three eyes suddenly opened, replaying the scenes he had seen along the way, and the speed was getting faster and faster, as if time was flowing backwards and all the scenes were stored in the statue.
"This way of saving is quite interesting. It feels like going back in time."
Old E didn't think much about it. After saving the file, he left the planetarium directly and returned to the original location under the elevator.
Enter the password on the device, and with a rumble, the elevator slowly rises and moves towards the platform above.
"Here we are. We can finally leave on the spaceship. I want to see what's outside."
Even though it was only a beta version and the content was definitely not finished, he was still very much looking forward to it as he watched the spaceship gradually emerge on the platform.
It was a single-pilot spaceship that didn't look very big. It had thrusters installed on the top, bottom, left and right sides. Three steel pipe brackets extended from the bottom, supporting the elliptical hull.
Right in the middle below, there is a gravity device, with circles of ripples forming a channel.
After walking out of the elevator, Old E curiously came to the bottom of the spaceship and was immediately sucked into the spaceship through the aperture channel. The perspective in front of him also changed and became the interior of the spaceship.
"This... am I really inside the spaceship?"
Old E looked around in surprise and found that the interior of the spacecraft was much more spacious than he had imagined.
And unlike other games, once you enter a flying vehicle you are directly in the driver's seat, with the only view being the windshield in front of you.
After it entered the flying vehicle, it actually had its own independent space and could move freely.
The space is divided into four parts: front, back, left and right.
The cockpit used to control the spacecraft.
A workshop for storing tools and space suits.
Space instruments and star charts recorded in the flight log.
And a gravity bin to maintain gravity.
Old E clicked into the log and took a look. It was recorded in the structure of the solar system. There were several planets in a row, and only his planet was lit, indicating that there were exploration records.
【Wood Stove Star】
[Village: Zero Gravity Cave (explored)]
…
[Introduction: The only village of the Has people is located on this planet.]
Apart from that, the other planets basically only have outlines and their specific appearances cannot be seen. He probably has to go there to unlock the image records.
It feels like exploring the universe.
No wonder the game is called Outer Wilds.
"Huh? Our Woodstove Planet also has a satellite that looks like the moon?"
