Whose world-class drama are they criticizing?

[Game Tags: Classic Action, Daily Life Simulation, Youthful Casual]

A post about the closed beta test of a new game has caused quite a stir on the Chinese internet.

After all, it's 2062, and all sorts of VR games are flourishing, with VR technology reaching its limits. Players have never heard of the company that developed Eden; it's probably just a small workshop.

Most importantly, this closed beta test has nothing to do with ordinary players.

It's called an internal test, but it's really just a marketing campaign. All ten accounts are invitations to various streamers, big and small.

This type of marketing tactic has been tried and tested many times on Chinese websites, so everyone is used to it.

One of these ten people is 'Old Uncle', a content creator on a certain platform.

He looked at his nearly empty live stream room, with fewer than a thousand viewers here and there, and felt a little worried. He was middle-aged and unemployed, with no achievements to show for it, and could only make ends meet by relying on the meager earnings from his live stream.

"Youthful and leisurely? Classic and passionate? What garbage!"

"It looks like it's for young people who have never played games before."

Just yesterday, he glanced at Eden's promotional page and, speaking with a thick accent, blurted out, "Livestreaming this game? Doing it like that is completely neglecting your proper job."

This morning, Eden magazine sent him an invitation.

"Swipe away if you don't like it!" the old man said angrily. "It's that simple, you just want to add some classic, action-packed elements."

Comments from viewers:

'Another commercial order?'

'Wasn't this supposed to be a trash game?'

“How will I know it’s trash if I don’t play it?” the uncle retorted, maintaining his unassailable position. “I want to see just how trash it really is.”

His livestreaming style is like this: although his gaming skills are not high, he attracts a group of like-minded viewers by using trolling and disparaging others to drive traffic. Passersby can't help but lament that the game's official team is blind to have hired such a scoundrel as a reviewer.

but,

If it's only enough to treat someone like my uncle, it means this new game is really not that great.

Seven o'clock in the afternoon arrived quickly. Uncle connected the live streaming camera to the VR device and entered the game.

Viewers flocked to the live stream; after all, it was a newly launched game, so it was always good to take a look, at least to see the opening CG.

Wind Blows Rabbit: The opening music is pretty good.

Not eating cilantro: That's true.

Katana Master: Do you have a katana to play with?

Light and simple music played in my ears. The melody wasn't grand; it was as calm as a slowly flowing pool of water, carrying a faint sadness.

The view was initially pitch black, then a glimmer of light appeared, and the music suddenly stopped.

"In the long, glorious era, the first ray of light died first, and these are its last words—"

A deep and resonant chanting voice rang in my ears.

"In our homeland, beyond the twilight mountains, in the land of no light."

"The pale silver witch sleeps with the light."

With that sound, the image appeared before my eyes.

They saw the light swallowed by the horizon, the crimson sunset mountains burning, the twilight flames burning away the evening glow, and the white witch being tortured in the twilight fire, her face bowed.

"As night dies, dusk is buried with it."

"The era of white nights is about to begin—"

In the scene, even the crimson sunset was swallowed up, and the flames that seemed capable of burning the world were gradually extinguished, until only the night remained, a night of decaying wood.

The white sun is born at night.

Just then, the originally monotonous melody suddenly became magnificent.

"Make your vows, you lightless ones."

“Inhabitants whose glory has been taken away and who have embraced eternal night, travelers who are both cursed and blessed, make your vows.”

After the White Witch was burned to ashes, her ashes, mixed with humanity, seeped into the sky, where the pale silver sun hung like a void—the entrance to another world.

Blasphemous white light flowed from the entrance, turning the night white.

More and more of the dead are awakening from the white night.

More and more clips of the scene were presented to the players, and they were amazed.

The scene before me was so incredibly realistic that even in 2062, when VR technology has advanced to the point of being indistinguishable from reality, the realism of this scene was ahead of its time, as if it were actually happening.

They saw the white town, the endless rice paddies, the wheat swaying in the wind like waves, until finally covered by the plague.

The withered knight wandered through the alleys of the small town.

They saw a gray city, with crows circling overhead, scattering death across the land.

The doctor with the bird's beak rotted before dawn.

They saw a dark kingdom where children exchanged for food, and hungry children devoured each other.

The head chef ripped open his chest cavity, becoming the last dish on the kingdom's table.

They saw a red continent, war drums booming and banners covering the sky, war using blood as nourishment, painting the world blood red!

Holy esotericists and mad priests fight each other to the death!

Finally, all the colors disappeared.

Only the pale silver corona.

"Dim and colorless ones, cross the mountains of twilight and offer your vows to the white night."

"I hereby swear—"

All the images disappeared, and in the rather long silence, the magnificent symphony also returned to calm.

The players saw the final scene: a dimly lit church, murals on crumbling walls, and a mosaic window with dappled light and shadow.

The knight with golden and silver eyes knelt on one knee, holding his sword horizontally in front of his knee.

"I swear that I will abandon all formalities."

"I swear that I will correct all errors and falsehoods."

"I swear that I will annihilate all extraterrestrial demons."

The performance has ended.

If Ryan were there, he would probably be in an uproar, because in the original work, this last part was not there; it ended with "Hereinafter swear—".

The live stream was buzzing with discussion; Uncle's live stream was a mixed bag, with all sorts of opinions being expressed.

I don't eat cilantro: www This video quality looks so realistic! The opening sequence is packed with information?

A gaming expert commented: "It's just a short PowerPoint presentation at the beginning; that's enough marketing. It's just a scam game."

Go to bed early tonight: Does the official website have an illustration of that golden-haired guy? He looks so handsome!

Katana Master: Do you have a katana?

The uncle glanced at the live stream and saw that the popularity had improved slightly, with the number of viewers just a hundred short of breaking through to a thousand. Most viewers praised the quality of the opening.

Since everyone is praising it, the old man will naturally give it a good scolding!

"What terrible image quality! Oh my god, and it's called 'Lightless Ones'!"

The old man immediately launched into a tirade, letting out a disdainful sneer:

"The plot is predictable from the start. Isn't it just one of those clichéd wish-fulfillment stories? Oh, a little romance, a few casual boss battles, simple as it is. It's 2062 now, this kind of 2026 relic should have been thrown into the dustbin of history long ago!"

"It's just a popcorn-style, fast-paced game that only young people who are new to gaming will enjoy."

"For an experienced gamer like me, trashy games are boring, I can just play them casually."

As soon as he finished speaking, the number of viewers in the live stream exceeded one thousand.

The old man doesn't understand games, but he understands live streaming.

Chapter 32 Beginner's Quest: Suicide and Return to Heaven

After the opening CG ends, the character creation screen appears.

The old man's approach to character creation was very clear: all parameters were set to the maximum.

A monster with a blue face and fangs was born, its appearance even more ancient than that of the ancient gods, with a pointed nose, sausage mouth, crooked eyes, a big butt, a round belly, and green skin.

At the start, choose a warrior class and grab a wooden stick.

The comments section started flooding with messages:

"The haunted house is here."

"The appearance of an ancient god."

"You can't even play a trivial game."

Do you have a katana?

The old man disdains the comments on the bullet screen, saying that this is the aesthetic of a strong person, the aesthetic of a tough person, while the comments are those of a soft person.

After creating his character's face, he entered the game and found himself in a forest. Looking up, he saw a continuous red mountain range in the distance, occupying half of the sky.

Besides him, there were nine other beta testers.

Most of them are small bloggers like him, since only small bloggers would take on the beta testing of this kind of game.

However, the old man felt he had struck gold this time. Even with his discerning eye, he couldn't help but marvel at the realism of the game's models.

Whether it's the dappled sunlight filtering through the trees or the shadows cast by the grass in the breeze, every scene feels incredibly real. The live chat was flooded with comments like, "Wow, the light, the grass!"

"What's so good about the picture quality?" The older man, being an expert in live streaming, immediately chimed in as he watched the viewership climb. "It just doesn't have that feel, you know?"

If the comments section criticizes the poor video quality, he will instead praise it.

It's that simple.

Whether Uncle Lao admits it or not, Eden's lighting and shadow details are among the best in the market. Putting aside the gameplay, the graphics are very attractive. Audiences never expected that such an unknown game could present such a delicious-looking chocolate.

Not only is the uncle's popularity rising, but the live streams of the other nine bloggers are also seeing an increase in viewership.

These bloggers include both tech bloggers and entertainment bloggers, and they are much more normal than Uncle's Cyber ​​Demon Tower. The newly arrived viewers are all asking when this game will be released.

"It's not in public beta yet."

A blogger with the game ID "Legendary Investigator" said that he is a relatively niche game research blogger with less than 20,000 followers and is not very popular.

The comments section was immediately filled with lamentations.

Being able to watch but not participate is like being a helpless husband, a cowardly son, or a belated younger brother—forced to watch others enjoy life's pleasures. Immediately, the livestream chat erupted with pessimistic comments:

"This game is just so-so."

"The image quality doesn't look realistic at all; it's not even as good as..."

"I don't want to play."

Do you have a katana?

The audience was pessimistic, which immediately triggered the old man's passive position.

"What's wrong with the picture quality?" The old man instantly contradicted himself from just a few seconds earlier. "It's just this 'feel', you know?"

"Brothers, where do we go next?"

Another blogger with the game ID "Youzi" said that she is a beauty blogger who chose the Ranger class and spent some time creating a long-legged blonde elf. She looks dashing with her short bow.

"The gameplay of this game seems pretty standard."

The legendary investigator began to examine his status interface. He had chosen to start as a mage, and his first-circle spell was Firebolt. When he saw [Blessing of Rolling] and [Blessing of Parrying], a confident smile appeared on his face.

"In short, let's work together to get out of this forest. Here's a map; just keep moving forward."

They were located in the dense forest outside the Dusk Mountains, the place with the lowest level of curse corruption and the easiest difficulty, with only a few wild beasts roaming around.

The wild beasts weren't of a high level; they were mostly coyotes and foxes.

Moreover, their movements are very simple and their attack frequency is very low, so most of them can be dodged by rolling and parrying.