After Wang Laoju chose the option to confirm the entry from the main entrance.

Under the loud shouts of the doorman next to the hut.

The heavy iron lattice gate of Stonewell City slowly rose from below.

A winding path leads to the castle lord's palace at the top of the cliff.

However, Wang Laoju noticed that there were a lot of blood stains on the ground in front of him.

Although Elden is a single-player game, it also has a slight multiplayer element.

In addition to the white talismans left by players from all over the world.

You can also see the white spirits of players who are maintaining the same progress as themselves at this stage.

For example, just now, a white spirit shook past Wang Laoju, and then walked into the small door on the side.

This means that a player has also passed through this place at this time.

In addition to admonishment and white spirit.

There is another way of weak interaction in Elden.

Blood stains that remain after the player's death.

When a player dies, there is a chance that they will leave a puddle of blood in their place, which will be seen randomly by other players around the world who pass by.

When you touch the bloodstains, you can see how the warrior died heroically.

It can be said that these unique player interaction systems can greatly alleviate the loneliness of players when exploring.

Sometimes when you encounter the advice and reminder of your good brother, you can find a correct guide that has been lost for a long time, or use a more reasonable way to get through the difficulties in front of you, and the emotions of the collapse in your heart will be alleviated a lot.

And sometimes when I saw Bai Ling swaying past me, I could also feel that I was not alone fighting on this junction land.

For players who leave a trail of blood, it adds a touch of fun to Elden's more serious and depressing gameplay.

Occasionally click on the bloodstains to see how the players are dying in all their ways, raise the corners of their mouths with a smile, or laugh at their stupidity.

Either way, it's a great experience.

At this time, Wang Laoju was also ready to explore the bloodstains on the ground, wanting to see how they died.

"It stands to reason that even a boss of the difficulty of the bad omen has passed, so there is no reason why he will die directly at the gate of the city?"

"Xiao Ke will never be frustrated to let players challenge two bosses in a row, in that case, I can only say that Xiao Ke doesn't understand Elden Ring at all."

"Could it be that these dead players haven't touched the essence of "Elden", and the blind cat has beaten the bad omen when he encounters the dead mouse, and as a result, his true strength is exposed as soon as he enters the city, right?"

"Hmph,."

As soon as Lao Ju's words fell, he had just touched the bloodstains.

Replays of other players' deaths have not yet been revealed.

On the steep slope of the main entrance, on the city wall, and in front of the wide building.

Countless soldiers popped up, each holding their bows and crossbows.

Qi brushed his eyes and aimed at Wang Laoju, who was still looking down to observe the bloodstains.

"Boom!"

In an instant, 10,000 arrows were fired!

Arrows rained down through the air and swept in!

An arrow is stuck in the head of the Faded, and a thread of blood is sliced off!

Wang Laoju was taken aback.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

He reacted and rolled backwards in a hurry.

But a second arrow followed!

And then the third one.

Fourth!

"Wait a minute! Damn, what is this! Hey, wait a minute......" Wang Laoju rolled around in a panic.

But the opponent's firepower covers too wide an area.

Almost the entire city gate is locked without dead ends, no matter which direction Wang Laoju rolls to, he can always eat the countless arrow rain baptism that comes to his face.

More than 600 HP does not seem to be a small amount, but it is simply not enough to see under the intensive offensive.

In just over ten seconds, the faded man screamed and returned to his hometown.

Wang Laoju looked at the screen silently and paused for a few seconds.

Speechless.

and wait for the resurrection of the blessed place at the gate of the city.

Without saying a word, he slid into the hut on his left, ready to walk through the hut in search of the shortcut to Stonevale.

This scene also made countless sailors watching the live broadcast about to fly out laughing, scrolling all over the screen.

"Hahaha! I can't laugh anymore! ”

"Didn't the anchor just test the strength of Stonewell City, why didn't he suddenly speak? The anchor has a word! ”

"Please give a sharp comment on the military power of Stonewell City/Doghead"

"Cause of death: Why did these vegetables die at the gate of the city, I'll see how they died."

"Don't be cowardly, chairman! Take the brothers to storm Stonewell's door again! / Cry / Cry"

"You just say that Lao Jujin didn't enter Stonewell City! The trail is also the road! ”

Under the ridicule of the barrage, Wang Laoju walked through the hut and came to the edge of a cliff with a wide view.

Looking up, above you was the main city cluster of Stonewell City.

Underneath is a large platform that can be jumped on.

If you look to the side, you can see a steep cliff that runs down to the bottom, and it meets the endless sea.

After looking around for a few seconds, Wang Laoju suddenly felt a sense of map design that was different from the open world.

"I don't know if you feel that the place where you can walk after entering the city suddenly becomes a lot narrower?"

As soon as Lao Ju spoke, the barrage laughed.

"Main Gate: Thinking about me?"

"Of course the path is narrow, and the main road must be wide and wide."

"Indeed, it is recommended to directly reckless the main door, and reckless him first in case of indecision!"

Wang Laoju swept the barrage, shook his head and said, "No, I mean, the number one player suddenly shrunk the player's optional paths. ”

"Even the main entrance, when I dodged just now, I took a quick glance, and there are tall rocks on both sides, and the only way the player can walk is straight up...... Do you remember when you were at the front of the level? After killing the mountain demon, go all the way up, there will actually be a main road for the main line guidance, but the sides are very open, and the player can explore everywhere in the southeast, northwest and southeast at will. ”

"Now, let's not talk about the main entrance, the path next to it, the player's choice has been narrowed in an instant."

"Jumping down, there is a platform on the edge of a cliff, which is a bamboo forest, but from this height you can obviously feel that you can't come back."

"If you go forward, there is a walled wooden walkway built on the edge of a cliff."

"In this way, the player's route will be directly split into two."

"One is to jump and not be able to go back."

"The second way is to walk along the boardwalk, but you can't explore the bamboo forest below."

"These two paths are not the same. In other words, if the player wants to explore both spots, they may have to return a Blessing Point. ”

"For example, I jump off the platform first, explore the things on this road, teleport back to the blessing point, and walk this road again, this time I can choose to go directly up the boardwalk."

This is one of Bluestar's more traditional box garden map designs.

That is, in a space like a small box, arrange all kinds of exquisite buildings and props, and then open up various routes and gameplay in this small space, giving players different choices.

The fun of this type of game mode is that it can be broken down into different little worlds.

Each small world can have a unique set of gameplay, which highly maintains the freshness of the player.

The escort game "Mario: Odyssey" previously released by the number one player on SW is a classic box garden game.

Today, half a year after the release of "Odyssey", the sales volume is still very stable, growing steadily, and the players who have played it are full of praise for it.

It is enough to show that the acceptance of box garden games by players is quite high.

But here's the thing.

Elden is an open-world game.

And after allowing players to experience the high degree of freedom of Nimgefo.

Suddenly, his gaze narrowed into a box garden.

Does this make the player feel a little uncomfortable?

Especially this cold fork in the fault, you can't come back if you jump down, so you can only sit on the blessing point and teleport, and then go the same way again.

This will break the player's sense of freedom to go wherever they want, and they will have to think carefully about which path seems better to explore right now.

"It doesn't make sense." Wang Laoju pondered it carefully.

Judging by the degree of freedom that Elden shows in Nimgefo.

Player One is clearly knowledgeable about the definition of an open world.

Only when a game company understands the definition of its own game genre can players better penetrate this concept.

But for now.

The suddenly released box court style disrupted the pace of the entire open world, which caught Wang Laoju off guard.

After thinking to no avail, Wang Laoju chose to jump off the platform first to find out.

The boardwalk looks more like a road leading into the main city, so save it for later and explore it later.

"Smack."

Soon, the faded one leaped onto the platform.

The environment of this bamboo forest is also in full view.

The area of the platform is not small, and it can even be used as a small garden.

There are some eagle monsters hiding in the bamboo forest, but they are not very difficult to deal with.

And there are also several collections.

After exploring the surroundings once.

Sure enough.

Wang Laoju was found in front of the bamboo forest platform.

The direction that is consistent with the boardwalk is a dead end.

There is really no way for the player to return to the boardwalk, and the two are not connected.

But further back, there is a ruined pathway.

The huge wall seemed to have been destroyed, and a huge gap had been made.

However, the scattered rubble makes for a path that the player can walk through.

And, as if to prevent the player from discovering a passage where a gap has been made in the wall on this side.

The first player also places a corpse inside the wall blast point, leaning against the wall in a half-suspended position.

It emits a white light that entices the player to explore.

Although after picking up the possession of the corpse, it was just a small prop of [Fire Grease].

It seems like a trip for nothing.

But players who come here will immediately notice it.

There is also a road on the other side of the wall!

Step on the wooden platform, jump a few times to the stone steps, and follow the steps all the way up.

Wang Laoju's eyes changed suddenly!

The barrage also sent out '? 's exclamation.

Over here......

It's the gate of Stonewell City!

"?" Wang Laoju couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

He entered through the hut on the left side of the gate.

But now they came up from a small hidden staircase on the right side of the gate.

The feeling of this peak looping like a subtle electric current instantly flowed through Wang Laoju's mind!

This spirit, in addition to marveling at its exquisite sense of structure.

The bigger surprise that brought Wang Laoju was that the three-dimensional structure of the space was clearly presented in front of his eyes in an instant!

Many times, players explore the map and belong to the stage of 'not knowing the true face of Lushan'.

That is, I am in the map, but I don't know what the whole map is.

But right now, Wang Laoju can almost make up the spatial structure of the road he just walked with his eyes closed.

"We entered through the hut on the left, and then jumped off the platform to reach the small bamboo forest."

"After some exploration, I found that there was no way forward, so I would go backwards. Then be attracted by the corpse props and walk through the ruined and broken walls...... But directly above this broken wall should be the part of our way to the main city gate. ”

"Walking through this broken wall actually means that we have come from the left side of the city gate to the right side of the city gate."

"Then go up the hidden steps on the right, and you will return to the origin of the city gate."

"This three-dimensional structure is ...... Wonderful! ”

This is the first time that there is a game that allows players to intuitively feel the beauty of map design!

Moreover, Wang Laoju's doubts about the sense of restraint just now disappeared in an instant after the Ouroboros structure-like map design was dissected!

He thought there were two forks in the road in front of him.

However, after walking through, you will find that even if you jump off the platform, you can still reach the boardwalk by turning around.

There is no need to rely on blessing points for teleportation.

The space is not forcibly cut into two parts, and the sense of freedom continues in a very subtle way.

"Shhh Wrong! As if he had thought of something again, Wang Laoju suddenly took a sharp breath of cold air.

Then, with an excited expression.

"Judging by the urine of the number one player who placed a big tree guard at the beginning."

"At first you thought he was just disgusting the players, but now you look back and you'll see it."

"In fact, people are using tree guards to 'force' players to learn about the open world. It's not like there's a boss here. ”

"So based on this experience, let's take a look at the present."

"This very simple and refined Ouroboros structure map is also very likely to be a weak guide for players and send a warning signal."

"Tell us, get ready, Stonewell City could be full of this kind of map design!"

"! If it's really what I imagined, I don't dare to imagine how fun this game can be......" Wang Laoju rubbed his hands a little excitedly at this time: "This game is really more and more amazing!" ”

It's hard to imagine a game where the player has been concentrating on playing it for six or seven hours straight.

After being shocked by a series of novel things such as ring combat, ring guidance, ring plot, ring aesthetics, and ring open world.

There's still something new to show to players!

That's what the minimalist Ouroboros structure of Stonewell Gate is about to lead out of - the ring box garden!

These breathtakingly new design concepts, even if they are taken out on their own, are enough to send an earthquake across the gaming industry!

And the number one player ......

It's like a big sale, and it's all stuffed into a game!

At this time, the barrage is also surging.

"Kebao, you really damn it! You want to kill us players, don't you? ”

"Then we'll have to take revenge on you! Buy your game and let you experience the feeling of being struggling with sales! ”

"In this case, doesn't it mean that Kebao and I are full of each other/shy/shy"

"The old brother in front of you is too rebellious...... I suggest that Kebao support me first. ”

The barrage was flying, and Wang Laoju's emotions were also extremely excited, and even his neck was a little red, and he said excitedly.

"No, no...... Just imagining it can't suppress the turmoil in my heart! ”

It's been a long time since he's felt so drawn to the game that he's withdrawn.

Let me play a little longer! Please, just a moment! I swear I'll never touch it again!

What's even more outrageous is that this withdrawal reaction is felt while playing the game......

It felt like.

In the process of smoking, the addiction to smoking is committed......

This addiction is too big!

But alas.

lest you shout angrily outside the door, 'If you don't eat again, I'll close the table'

In desperation, Wang Laoju had to briefly explain to the audience.

"Brothers, I'll eat first, and then come back after eating and continue broadcasting! Straight all night tonight! ”

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Meanwhile.

Far away on the other side of the ocean, the headquarters of Viwangdi.

CEO Connor had just finished a lengthy meeting when he learned that Ready Player One was releasing Elden Ring today.

And six or seven hours have passed since the release.

Game bloggers on major live streaming platforms have also begun to try out this work.

At first, Connor was slightly apprehensive.

Although he has a lot of self-confidence.

thinks that "Elden Ring" is unlikely to surpass "Shadow Realm" under the heavy publicity

But...... What if?

After all, it's about taking control of Nplay's future and whether the number one player can successfully put down roots at Omi.

Domino effect.

To be on the safe side, Connor decided to search the Internet for reviews of Elden.

Although the first day of release has not yet passed, you will not be able to see the first-day sales announced on the Nplay platform.

However, after six or seven hours, players who have played this type of game can always give some reaction.

Soon, after some searching.

Connor's slightly worried expression turned into joy in an instant!

The vast majority of players online say that this game is too difficult.

The difficulty has surpassed all game genres that were previously known.

Is it so hard to do a game?

That player is still playing!

I think you're wishing you were dying quickly!

Thinking of this, Connor suddenly felt triumphant.

Steady!

My own game is stable.

Npaly's voice is stable.

His position is also stable.

Everything is stable!

Humming a song, he passed by the design department of Shadow Realm.

I saw that the translucent frosted glass was also lit up.

Pushing the door in, I saw that the design department seemed to be holding a group meeting.

A group of employees gathered in front of the big screen in front of them, and the projection screen was playing the relevant footage of "Elden".

Connor made no secret of the joy in his heart, and laughed with a smile on his face, "Good news for you!" ”

"Our previous imaginary enemy "Elden" has basically no chance to compete with "Shadow Demon Realm"!!"

As soon as the words ended, Connor didn't wait for the employees to cheer or applaud in agreement.

On the contrary, everyone in the office turned their heads to look at him, with an indescribable and strange expression on their faces.

“ummm…… Why aren't you laughing? Connor was stunned.

Soon, I heard George, the director of the design department, speak slowly in an extremely complicated tone.

"BOSS, I want to ......"

"We could be in big trouble."

Thank you 'Aris Happy' for the reward!!

Boss atmosphere! The boss broke the bank!

Give the boss a knock!

Boom Boom!!

In the later stage of the book, the bosses really don't need to give any more rewards, keep the money to subscribe to other good-looking books, thank you very much for your love!!

(End of chapter)