209 on the eve of the launch
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It's six o'clock in the evening Beijing time, and there is still half an hour left before the official opening of "War Paradise" in China.
As a game that premiered simultaneously around the world, the official version of "Paradise of War" will be unveiled in more than 90 countries and regions where the game is allowed to operate in 30 minutes.
And what is going on now is naturally the warm-up event before the official launch of the game.
The inside of a "midnight restaurant" downstairs in a residential area that has few customers all year round is noisy today.
The projection screen in front of the inner wall, which was originally playing either news or various cartoons, is now showing a rare game show.
A decadent man, who had just exited "Sword and Blade" and was still in a weakened state, was reclining on a chair behind the dining table in a paralyzed position.
Sitting next to him was a chef girl with a single ponytail. Although it looks quite cute on the outside, the people who have eaten the dishes she cooked by herself, except for Lin Chi, have basically never come to this store again.
"You like to watch this kind of show too?" When playing the advertisement, Lin Chi glanced at the chef next to him, only to see the petite body of the other party, who seemed to be trembling slightly because of excitement.
"Huh? Yes! Of course! The girl was stunned for a moment, and then immediately nodded: "I also want to install the interface recently, and I heard from my brother that there is a discount this month......"
"Are you sure you want to play this game?" Lin Chi looked at the little chef's side face with a little oil stains: "There are not many female players in the brain imaging game. ”
"Of course, I used to be very good at playing computer games!" The girl waved her little fist excitedly: "Don't underestimate me, maybe I can defeat you!" ”
"Yes, yes......" Lin Chi said casually, completely too lazy to point out the ruthless fact that "brain imaging games and computer games are completely different things".
While the two were chatting, the commercial break finally ended, revealing a long wooden table, two presenters sitting behind it, and a large screen behind them.
Looking at the man and woman who appeared in the projection, Lin Chi casually teased: "It seems to be a bit similar to our current configuration." ”
"Yes...... Oh, yes! The little chef touched his bangs in a panic: "I will work hard!" ”
Seeing the girl's nervous appearance, Lin Chi smiled and didn't say anything, just looked at the projection screen in front of the wall on the other side of the restaurant.
Under his gaze, the polite male host sitting on the left side wearing black-rimmed glasses suddenly spoke loudly.
is completely different from the appearance, this person's voice reveals a sense of fanaticism, and there are some similarities with the AI system "Cain" that was killed by Lin Chi before:
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the pre-launch livestream of War Paradise! I know you can't wait to get into the game, but so do I, I've been playing this game all night for the past few days, and I feel like I'm on the verge of disaster. After all, it's not blowing or blacking, and the quality of this game is really breaking through the sky......"
Looking at the male host sitting at the table and talking endlessly, Lin Chi could see that this person was not pretending to be like this for the effect of the show, but really liked this game.
After all, as he said, the quality of the game in "War Paradise" is indeed somehow higher than that of old games like "Blade".
The old games aside, the new games of the same period don't seem to have reached the level of War Paradise.
With a variety of advanced AI, plus an exceptionally free open world. Even though War Paradise has only been tested for more than ten days, players have developed all kinds of strange gameplay, and even Lin Chi can't even imagine the combat methods written in many posts on the forum.
"This man is talking so fast." The little chef crossed his arms and commented: "The girl next to me who hasn't spoken all the time is quite cute......"
"You like girls?" Lin Chi teased casually.
"No, no, no, no, my sexuality is normal!" The little chef immediately shook his head to show his attitude: "Don't get me wrong, I already have someone I like!" ”
Looking at the girl's red cheeks, Lin Chi already understood who the "favorite person" in her mouth was, but he didn't bother to respond at all, just continued to move his gaze back to the show, staying next to the male host, the woman who had been silent.
Unlike the man in a suit next to her, who was dressed quite seriously, this woman's black T-shirt was printed with a pale skull pattern, her long black hair was softly draped over her shoulders, and her face was a little baby fat, and she should be less than twenty years old.
After the show started, the hostess's eyes kept wandering around, not knowing what she was thinking.
Although he was not interested in this kind of character who was suspected to be a vase, looking at the woman who didn't say a word, Lin Chi still frowned slightly, and a trace of confusion vaguely appeared in his heart:
――Have you seen this person somewhere?
He always felt that the other party was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had met him.
Although the other party should also be a player of War Paradise, the female players Lin Chi met in the game were only the "Moon Shadow Senju" in the first game and the impostor Valkyrie in the third game. And those two people, both in appearance and temperament, are very different from this host.
So, where did you meet her?
When Lin Chizheng was wondering, he only heard the male host say: "I'm also a little tired after saying so much, so let's ask this beauty next to me to introduce the specific content of this update of "War Paradise" for everyone!" ”
Hearing this, the woman in black, who had been silent, licked her lips, cleared her throat again, and made a somewhat low, but still beautiful voice:
"Hello everyone, I'm Xia Shuang, the host from CHTV. Next, I will introduce you to the new content that will be released in Paradise of War. ”
With her words, in the LCD screen behind her, a flat-headed man in a suit and leather shoes and sunglasses appeared, and his face was resolute, like a carved statue. As for what the identity of this person is, Lin Chi, who had just encountered this kind of NPC in the previous game, naturally saw it a long time ago:
"I think there will be a lot of players who haven't won a game so far, after all, the difficulty of this game is quite high, and now there are a lot of strong players who have joined, and even I have been defeated several times......"
Speaking of this, Xia Shuang's words changed, and a slight smile appeared on his face, which had been expressionless: "Considering that many players don't even have a special and hero-level NPC under them, in order to keep everyone from fighting alone." At the same time as the launch of the game, Pulse Entertainment also launched the game's first paid DLC, which is the 'Terminator Expansion Pack'. ”
"For only 98 yuan, you can have a permanent hero-level NPC - the mass-produced T800 battle robot 'Terminator', because of the 'Skynet' that assigns the Terminator to fight, and has the anti-heaven equipment of the time machine, you can bring this subordinate into almost any map, and then order this ruthless humanoid war machine to destroy your enemies......"
Hearing this, Lin Chi was speechless for a while, and there was a contemptuous expression on his face: "There is still this kind of operation? ”
Although he was very uninterested in this kind of blatant sale of hero-level followers, Lin Chi could understand why Pulse Entertainment wanted to do this. After all, the main body of "War Paradise" is already free, and if you don't sell something, the game will fall into a desperate situation where it will not make money at all, and I am afraid that it will be closed in a few days.
Moreover, based on his previous combat experience, the T800 production version is actually not too powerful an entourage, and it does not have any advantage compared to those NPCs with special abilities hidden in the map.
After introducing the paid DLC, the woman raised her right hand and waved, and a string of text suddenly appeared on the screen, exactly the same font as when entering the game's matching map:
"Next, I'm going to introduce you to the 10 new maps that have been added this time. First up is the first ...... Fear Domain. ”
As she spoke, a cold-toned image of the city appeared on the screen, a city that looked somewhat similar to the City of Chaos, but whether it was the gray walls or the dark sky, it seemed to have the smell of death.
"The rules of this map are similar to those of modern city maps, but the number of NPCs in it is extremely small, and there are occasional paranormal events. Players can earn coin rewards by 'removing spirits'. Also, every four hours, a deadly whistle will sound in the city, instantly killing all players who are still outside, so be careful. ”
"What is this premise?" Lin Chi raised his eyebrows in surprise.
It seems that the first new map in Paradise of War seems to be following the route of a horror game.
As he was thinking, he saw the screen change again.
This time, what appears on the screen is an eerie medieval castle, and instead of the shadow of the sun in the sky, there is a "black hole" hanging as if it is dripping blood downward.
Seeing this familiar picture, before Lin Chi could complain, he heard Xia Shuang speak:
"The next thing I'm going to introduce to you is the map that we have with the classic Dark Souls - Lothric City."