Chapter 463 (1/2)
Sadistic Game Producers
With “Yu Shengfan’s” character card in hand, Zhao Youyue would be unstoppable. Xiao Yu was not even human. Speaking of which, the gameplay and game screen of this “Tale of Wuxia” game series, was a bit similar to the game within “The Strongest King.” Wasn’t this effortless for Xiao Yu?
Zhao Youyue opened the Tencent gaming platform. This was considered the greatest digital software sales platform within the Chinese sphere of influence. It could easily compete with Steam on equal grounds, and was more powerful than the “Wegame” that was a part of the Tencent of another world.
This was unavoidable, as the other world’s China was basically making Single-Player Games with sticks and stones. Piracy was so rampant that games had even been considered the electronic opium. This had lived up to the “King of Thunderbolt” – Professor Yang’s[1] philosophy. Domestic Single-Player Games were thoroughly unpopular. The money spamming trash online games online games rose to the stage. This was undoubtedly a most pitiful matter.
If one wanted triple-A experience[2], he could only find one from foreign games
Fortunately, the China gaming industry of this world was very well-developed, especially concerning domestic Single-Player Games. Among them, there was no lack of triple-A level masterpieces. At the same time, the nation provided a platform that was akin to Steam. This was very convenient.
Zhao Youyue spent over 200 RMB to purchase “Tale of Wuxia 3- Sword of the Future”, along with its DLC. Compared to the other Single-Player Games, this price was considered relatively expensive. But compared to those money sucking online games, this was nothing!
A few skins within the game “King of Glory” cost more than a hundred RMB, whereas a gun within the game “CrossFire” cost 888 RMB!
Zhao Youyue’s computer was cutting-edge and had to be one of the most powerful gaming rigs in the world. She could easily play this game on ultra settings. Of course, this would look great on screen, to the benefit of her stream. Her viewers would be treated to something like a special effects-laden blockbuster!
Her internet would make short work of this large-scale download. It would take her no more than half an hour to start things off. The entire game client was not necessary to initialize gameplay. You could start playing with only a quarter of the client, whereby it would continue downloading in the background.
For those ten minutes, Zhao Youyue got busy. She first played a violin song for the audiences, which could be considered as a warm-up, and also to satisfy the request of many fans among the bullet curtains.
Some fans even asked Zhao Youyue if she would be performing at the classical concert hall again. Her live performances were still the best ever
Zhao Youyue certainly could not respond to that. Her future career choice would have to depend on fate. If she truly was Chu Luoxun, she might most likely focus on music. Unfortunately, she was not. She was Zhao Youyue.
After she finished performing a song, the audiences spammed a wave of free gifts. Zhao Youyue opened the game “Tale of Wuxia 3 – Sword of the Future,” brimming with anticipation.
Just like many AAA masterpieces, the game opened with a high-quality CGI opening. One of its claims – “Ten years in the making – nine years of which had been spent on CG” was not just a joke…
After the game’s logo splashed across the screen with a boom, she saw an ink painting that looked just like the ancient calligraphy in Wuxia movies unfurling itself. The narrator started booming away ——
“Generations passed, throughout the winds and rains, great dominance and grand accomplishments, yet such tales could only be told to the mountain ghosts! We’ve taken great pride in our great battles, but let’s take one moment to talk about the hundreds of years of the lawless world! About the sword Deity in green, swinging his longsword, uttering his warcry!”
“If I, Li Chungang had not been born, swordsmanship would have been as dim and dull as the dark, long night! Behold, the Swords of the future!”
The entire screen seemed to be filled with the aura of swords. The scene seemed to be rather grand. It could completely stimulate the players’ longing to be in the thick of the Wuxia and a lawless world!
Zhao Youyue could not help but sigh, “This game claims to be an anti-Wuxia production. Weren’t they proudly announcing on how they were going to be so different from typical Wuxia swordsmen flicks? But look at this opening. It’s screaming Wuxia at me”
The bullet curtain exploded again. Her viewers seemed to be criticizing the game producer, Zha Feng, saying things like how the trailer had been intentionally misleading, how Zha Feng’s conspiracy had just begun, how that image at the beginning was all a smokescreen
From those words, Zhao Youyue already had a rough idea about the situation. Streaming was really nice. It was like playing a game, while being accompanied by thousands of walking guides and walkthroughs. If she misses anything out, her fans would immediately remind her, and she would walk away all the wiser, benefitting from everything the game could offer.
An open world RPG such as this would definitely contain lots of hidden side quests, treasure boxes, and the like. This called for heavy exploration. With the help of the bullet curtain, she would not miss out on any information.