Just after an intense battle with Li Peinuan in "Starship Paratroopers 2," Sun Yifeng felt a little disinterested after narrowly losing. Facing everyone’s teasing, he could only sigh, open a bottle of mineral water from the table, and prepare to take a sip.
At this moment, he noticed his QQ avatar starting to flash, and he quickly dragged the mouse to click on it.
[A lot of Water: Prosthetic Eye Freeze Frame JPG]
[It Can’t Be Brother Ni as the Assassin: ?...!?... Damn, Brother Shui? The dead have risen! Everyone, look, the dead have risen! @everyone]
[A Punch from the Wildman: Who @’ed me, damn, Ah Shui! Log in quickly, buddy, I’ve learned a new two-starfighter tactic recently. Just pinned Brother Sun to the ground, gotta show you @A lot of Water]
Sun Yifeng was furious, his hands flying over the keyboard, APM hitting 300.
[West Lake Fisheries Tycoon: You dog, I accidentally fell for your trick, okay? I won’t lose to you with the same move again, bring it on.]
[Potato Without a Neck: Oh, forget it, you noob, you can’t even beat me in Starship Paratroopers 2, let alone the Wildman, you’re just embarrassing yourself.]
[West Lake Fisheries Tycoon: Damn, so annoying, I used to be in the top ten on the national server. DJ, Carrot Xian, haven’t I beaten them all? Hey, Ah Shui, where have you been these past two years? Haven’t seen you in a while, send me your address, and I’ll send you two pounds of hairy crabs.]
[A lot of Water: I work at a game company. The game is about to open its first batch of test slots, so you guys came to my mind right away.]
[Potato Without a Neck: What a clunky topic shift.]
[It Can’t Be Brother Ni as the Assassin: Is there such a good deal? I don’t believe it. You don’t want to trick us into getting our kidneys removed in northern Myanmar, do you? Back in the chicken-eating day, you were the fastest to run, are you being so kind now?]
[A lot of Water: Why would I trick you? The slots are limited but free, no money involved, just need to make a reservation. [Website], the company even made a promo animation for the game, if you don’t believe me, take a look.]
Sun Yifeng clicked on the link Ah Shui sent, but after pressing the mouse, the whole computer seemed to freeze, the screen stopped moving, and then started flickering, with a long string of binary code appearing, the screen gradually turned red, with a red frame displaying "Invasion in Progress" in the center.
"Damn, even a computer worth eighteen thousand is lagging, is it a virus site? Was Ah Shui’s account hacked?"
Sun Yifeng wiggled the mouse and tapped the keyboard, but got no response. He was about to shut down and restart when a glass-breaking animation suddenly appeared in the middle of the screen. After going dark, it returned to the official game website page, and the video started playing.
’Good morning, Night City, yesterday’s Dead Lottery final tally was a full 27...’
Seeing the images and hearing the sounds in the player, he was dumbfounded and only reacted a long time later that it was just a website entry effect. He quickly hit pause and opened the QQ on his phone to inquire further.
[West Lake Fisheries Tycoon: Damn, it looks so amazing, Ah Shui, what’s with those numbers in the background?]
[A Punch from the Wildman: Damn, that’s incredible, Brother Shui, where do you work, with such a powerful entry animation?]
[A lot of Water: It’s nothing, just some special effects, it was done quickly.]
[Potato Without a Neck: Dumbass Sun Yifeng, even graduated with a computer science bachelor’s, and can’t even recognize binary code.]
[It Can’t Be Brother Ni as the Assassin: Let me tell you quietly, actually Brother Sun is from the Druid department at Shuren University, being illiterate is normal.]
[West Lake Fisheries Tycoon: Damn, you group of dogs, just watch the CG, watch the CG, I’m watching it with my son, not talking to you.]
[West Lake Fisheries Tycoon: Damn, Ah Shui, why didn’t you tell me this game promo has 18+ content, I got beat up by my wife! She said I was watching porn with my son!]
Lin Miao recalled it might be referring to the Sex Doll SEX advertisement and adult store on Japan Street in Westbrook, accidentally captured in the background. He could only apologize to Brother Sun.
[It Can’t Be Brother Ni as the Assassin: Haven’t watched it yet, but enough said, Brother Shui, I’ll just make a reservation. Give us some good programs, don’t do something like that foolish Yulu Assassin in Edo Neon.]
[A Punch from the Wildman: Now I have to watch it.]
[A lot of Water: We are doing holographic projection, immersive games, with a 1:1 reproduction of sensory reality, legal and compliant, some things are possible, but some definitely aren’t, once the reservation is successful, the virtual projection equipment will be sent over.]
[It Can’t Be Brother Ni as the Assassin: Bro, I haven’t read any books, but I believe you, really.]
[Potato Without a Neck: Oh, let’s help Ah Shui with his performance, anyway, he said it’s free, if it really costs money, just discard the stuff.]
The Wildman, or rather Li Peinian, finished watching the CG, shaking his head with a smile.
The graphics are stunning, as if they’re real, every detail perfectly accurate, even traditional triple-A studios would be outshined. The editing is good; filmed live then processed later, but the cinematography isn’t great, don’t know what it’s shaking around for, maybe trying to imitate a documentary style? All the shootouts, brawls, and car chases, but the shots are a bit distant, without any first-person perspective. As for what "A lot of Water" said about holographic projection and immersive sensory experiences, he didn’t believe a word.
No way, AR and VR are old, overhyped stuff from years ago, and the products released one after another were rotten, the equipment is expensive as hell, how could there be such a game? If there really is, he’d livestream himself eating his computer, really.