4 Player One (1/2)
2140, Earth
Asjad Iqbal exited the game with a frustrated and defeated face and started the update for the game PubG: VR Online.
PubG was currently the most popular game in India. The number of players was practically overflowing. It occupied a staggering 36% of the overall Indian VR game market. Its level of simulation had reached 40%. It was rich in content and had a very wide audience across all age groups in India. I mean, who wouldn't like sky diving to land on an Island, then getting involved in a PvP alone or in a squad, killing the 90+ other players with the most high-tech, state of the art weapons in a Virtual Reality environment.
It was the best stress buster and Asjad was one of the most loyal PubG fans! But the fact was that it was not an MMORPG game. Since the time Asjad came into contact with ancient games like World of Warcraft or Star Wars: The Old Republic on his PC, he had been absolutely obsessed with them. He had always found himself unknowingly pondering about what affect would an almost real MMORPG VR have on society!
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game! As in all role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a character (often in a fantasy world or sci-fi world) and takes control over many of that character's actions.
MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player online RPGs by the number of players able to interact together, and by the game's persistent world (usually hosted by the game's publisher), which continues to exist and evolve while the player is offline and away from the game. With concepts like NPC, GNS Theory, Dialogue tree, Player Character, Status, Quest and Social Interaction in MMORPGs, it would be an epoch making game!
Even in the ancient MMORPGs on PC, Social Interaction would take the form of in-game communication, virtual behaviors, and the development of interpersonal and group relationships. In massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), cooperation between players to accomplish difficult tasks is often an integral mechanic of gameplay, and organized groups of players, often called guilds, clans, or factions, emerge.
Sometimes the relationships players from within the game spill over into friendships or romantic relationships in the material world. In other instances, romantic partners and groups of material world friends find that playing together strengthens their bonds.
If there was any VR game almost similar to reality! It would be less of a ”game” but more of another world altogether!
He went to grab some Doritos for snacks, then scrolled through his browser looking for a new VR game and randomly picked a new gaming website that his personally coded crawler found online. When he saw the game introduction, he was shocked!
”What a coincidence! I was just thinking about a VR MMO with near perfect simulation and I find this!? What are the chances?” He suddenly laughed out loud and choked on his Doritos, almost coughing it out.
[ Eve of Gods : Visit the World of Maugus, a land of pure magic, mystery, gods and mythical creatures.
Tread the path of a Champion of God Maugus who seeks glory and power! Battle for your right to exist!
This game has been carefully developed by this website for a period of 3 years, almost achieving a 100% near perfect simulation.
Genre: MMORPG
Price: (Beta-version) Free to play
Storage required: 5 TB ]
A game of 5TB(standard memory for all VR Games) that has reached almost 100% near perfect simulation, and this was confirmed by the small gaming company itself, not to mention the free beta entry. If it was any other day, he might have immediately closed the tab after abusing in the comments!
But, Asjad Iqbal was a typical Indian and he firmly believed in things like coincidence and superstitions!
”The most that could happen was it would be a sham! But if it was real, then it would be a great find which could probably change his life!”
With this thought, Asjad willingly pressed the button to download the game.
5TB was nothing compared to the current speed of the internet, it was only a matter of minutes before the download was complete. He stuffed the rest of the cheese nachos into his mouth and put on his virtual reality headset.
A list of game icons appeared on the lens of the headset including the still updating PubG: VR Online.
He moved his pupils to the side to skim through the icons straight to the one for Eve of Gods. Asjad smiled, fully preparing himself for what could be another great disappointment. As the game started, the body of Asjad in the real world lost control.
However, in his mind, an icon of a formation of Om(Aum) character appeared right before him and a feeling of weightlessness greeted him.
When he finally opened his eyes, a bright light emerged with a ringing sound.
[Welcome to the World of Maugus!]
[Generating game account, please wait a moment.]
[Synchronizing your brainwaves and bio-metrics to your account. Please note that only one character can be created per person! If you wish to create another character, you must delete your current character before you can create a new one! Once you have created a new character, you cannot create a new one within the next month and a new character cannot be deleted within its first week!]
[Account creation successful!]
[Welcome to the Eastern Islands! Champion of God Maugus, the Church is in dire need of your assistance! After God Maugus lost in the war over faith between the Supreme Gods Trinity.
His religion has been cornered to their last bastion and is on the verge of destruction.
Seek glory and power, battle for the church and your right to exist!]
A scene played out in front of him. Countless humans and different races fighting in a war over faith. Soldiers on both sides dying in massive numbers. God Maugus fighting with the other two gods; Brom and Siva, inside his Divine Kingdom. God Maugus's believers killed mercilessly even while losing with no signs of surrender until his eventual fall. After which, they were one sidedly slaughtered to the last man by the alliance army of all the other gods!
”Please select your class!” said a soft, feminine voice of the system.
After the story-line faded away, three templates of character classes surfaced before Asjad's eyes.
A powerful knight with an enormous one-handed sword, a wizard with a staff, and a rogue with a dagger stood in front of him.
Asjad was stunned for a moment. Then, he reached out and chose the one with the powerful knight's figure.
”Character, Knight confirmed!” the voice continued. ”Please enter your character's name!”
”Asjad Iqbal.”
”Character name, Asjad Iqbal confirmed.”
As the system sound paused, the scene changed and a figure that was a mirror image of him appeared. ”This is the character created based on your physical characteristics, you can modify and change the facial complexion by using the system's user interface!”
Even though adjustments could not be made for the body, since Asjad had always focused on exercising and gym, in addition to his height of 176cm, he had no complaints about his character's physical appearance, so he selected 'Confirm'.
[Character creation complete, please wait patiently for the connection to establish! While waiting, you may check your character's ability guide to ensure a more thorough understanding of your role for a better gaming experience! Good gaming!]
A character interface appeared in front of him. The character that he had just created was wearing a set of worn-out equipment and had an enormous sword strapped to his waist.
Currently, he only had 3 pieces of equipment.
[Worn-out Chest Plate] (Bronze, Armor)
Defense: +2
Level Requirement: 0
[Worn-out Shin Guard] (Bronze, Armor)
Defense : +1
Level Requirement: 0
[Beginner's Giant Sword] (Bronze, One-handed Sword)
Weapon Attack: 2-6
Attack Interval: 2 seconds
Level Requirement: 0
Checking character's ability guide, attack interval determined the frequency or rate of attacks. After performing a normal attack, the period before another attack could be initiated would be the Attack Interval. Dagger weapons would have the shortest interval time, followed by one-handed weapons and ranged weapons. The longest attack interval would be the two-handed weapon type.
[Game starts in 3, 2, 1!]