Reboot the age of gaming

Chapter 374 The Battle of the Prologue

Weiguang live broadcast platform, Tang Ying's live broadcast room.

"Interstellar Tinder 2" is officially on sale, and the latest version of motion suit is also on sale at the same time.

The price of motion suits is still relatively high, and many players still maintain a wait-and-see attitude. They want to wait for the opinions of the anchor and evaluation agencies before deciding whether to buy their hands.

After all, for new gadgets like somatosensory suits, the first product is often a trailblazer, and generally speaking, the price-performance ratio is not particularly high.

Tang Ying had already announced the broadcast of "Interstellar Tinder 2" in advance, so as soon as the broadcast started, many viewers received plane tickets and came to the live broadcast room, and the popularity broke through 500 million in an instant, and it is still rising.

"Today we'll arrange the unboxing session first. This is the best body suit. Well, it smells very expensive. It smells like money." Tang Ying opened the box in front of her that contained the bodysuit.

Although all of Tang Ying's equipment is basically for free, but the bragging still needs to be bragging.

Take out the motion suit from the box and show it to all the audience in front of the camera.Then Tang Ying went back to her room and put on the sensory suit.

The sensory suit is relatively loose, and you can wear vests, shorts and other close-fitting clothing inside. After wearing it, you will not feel restricted in your movements. It is similar to wearing a normal jacket and trousers, and even more comfortable.

Tang Ying used the stand to install the full view display and the GS1 simulator. After putting on the glasses that came with the motion suit, she entered the GS1 simulator.

There is quite a lot of preparatory work for the first time playing "Interstellar Tinder 2", and it is also necessary to connect the GS1 emulator to the omni-view display.However, although these steps are complicated, they are not difficult, and can be completed smoothly according to the instructions on the screen.

Soon, everything was ready, and the game body of "Interstellar Tinder 2" had also been downloaded.

Tang Ying changed the output signal of the live broadcast to the GS1 simulator.

Soon, the picture in the live broadcast room changed.

Tang Ying saw a 360-degree surround screen when playing games, and the full-view monitor was in the lower left corner of her line of sight, showing a three-dimensional image.In addition, some simple UI information will be displayed on the glasses of the somatosensory suit, such as the energy of the somatosensory suit, the current ambient temperature, the number of remaining bullets, and so on.

In-game information is presented through three different display devices.

The audience can only see one screen, so the game screen in the live broadcast room that everyone sees is the screen generated by the algorithm inside the GS1 simulator.

The main screen is the part Tang Ying is currently facing, which will change with the orientation of Tang Ying's body; the screen displayed on the all-view monitor is displayed in the lower left corner, which is similar to the small map position of regular games; as for the eyes The UI content is displayed directly on the upper layer of the screen, which is the same as the traditional display method.

In addition, the game screen that the audience sees is from an over-the-shoulder perspective. After the motion capture suit captures Tang Ying's movements, the system automatically generates model movements based on the in-game model, and combines them with the game screen.

After everything was ready, Tang Ying picked up the firearm simulator, and pulled the trigger on the "Interstellar Tinder 2: Rebellion" on the screen, officially entering the game screen.

There are more and more viewers in the live broadcast room, and the bullet screen is full of discussions about this new game and new equipment.

The previous CG release of "Interstellar Tinder 2" has sparked discussions among players, and everyone agrees that this game has the potential to become a blockbuster hit, and after the release of the new motion suit, players are even more interested in this game. The game has more expectations.

But then again, whether the motion suit can bring some kind of leapfrog improvement to the game experience depends on how well the game itself is doing.

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Entering the game, the first is an opening CG.

"In the future era, mankind has finally mastered the coveted interstellar voyage technology."

"However, the invasion of alien civilization has caused the earth to face a catastrophe..."

The fleet is sailing in the endless space. In the dark and vast universe, a solitary human fleet is like a few grains of sand in the desert, pitifully small.

The opening CG of "Interstellar Tinder 2" is somewhat similar to that of "Interstellar Tinder". In terms of story background, these two games are in the same line.

Considering that some players may not have played the original "Interstellar Tinder", the opening of "Interstellar Tinder 2" still needs to explain the background of the story a little bit.

Although somewhat similar at the beginning, the CG style of "Star Tinder 2" and "Star Tinder" is completely different.

The CG of "Interstellar Tinder" basically uses a higher overlooking perspective to show the background of the whole story in a relatively grand scene; while the CG style of "Interstellar Tinder 2" is quite different, the perspective is locked on the individual , giving a closer feeling.

For example, when presenting the scene of "Zerg Attack", "Interstellar Tinder" mainly shows the overwhelming sea of ​​insects from a bird's-eye view, and uses the disparity in the military strength of the two sides to show the disadvantaged position of human beings; while "Interstellar Tinder 2" is It shows the perspective of an ordinary soldier. He saw a thunderworm as huge as a hill, a sandworm that appeared suddenly from the ground, and the most common springtail easily tearing apart a soldier's body... This kind of personal experience The feeling makes the whole game screen more shocking.

This difference is mainly due to the fact that the genres of the two games are completely different. "Star Tinder" is a strategy game, while "Star Tinder 2" is an FPS game.

The second half of the CG is mainly to show a large-scale war between humans and the Zerg. The main perspective in the CG is a soldier. He first drives the mecha to fight the Zerg. very intensely.

At the end of the CG, the soldiers who fought bravely were thrown away by the huge thunderworm and fell into a huge pothole, and the screen went black.

At the same time, the CG narration happened to be coming to an end.

"...In order to preserve the last trace of human fire in the universe, human beings have embarked on a difficult road to survival."

"And as a fighter, you have only one goal, and that is: try your best to survive."

After the CG ended, the game officially entered the screen. The soldier who had been in a coma for an unknown period of time woke up, got up from the ground, and observed the surrounding situation.

Tang Ying officially took over the protagonist's body, and related operation prompts began to appear on the screen: move the camera to observe the surrounding situation, use the gun simulator to interact with the surrounding environment, use the universal treadmill to move, and so on.

The first part of the teaching content is the basic operation, and the operation method is basically the same as that of "Xuanjia Project". Tang Ying is already a veteran of "Xuanjia Project", so it is easy to get started.

After walking two steps, two lone springtails appeared in front of them, and the system guided the player to shoot, reload and other operations.

After the two lone springtails were dealt with, a sandworm lurking underground suddenly appeared, and the system prompted the player to perform operations such as defense, liquid metal replenishment, and counterattack.

Different from "Xuanjia Project", "Interstellar Tinder 2" has a "defense" action.Most of the Zerg's attack methods are to jump up and bite people directly. At this time, the player only needs to raise the left arm to achieve the defensive effect, and let the Zerg bite on the metal armguard of the left arm, so as to avoid the protective clothing or his body from being hurt. damage.

The metal arm guard will wear out after being bitten, and it can be replenished and repaired with special liquid metal.Liquid metal is also one of the more important resources in the game, which can be regarded as a special type of shield.

"Surrounding area scanned."

The electronic speaker of artificial intelligence sounded, and Tang Ying noticed that a three-dimensional map of the surrounding area appeared on the all-view display.

At this point the protagonist is in a pothole.The surface of the planet is red gravel after long-term weathering of rock, but beneath the gravel is rock.The Zerg have dug intricate lairs in the crevices of the rocks, and many seemingly normal dunes may be hidden nest openings.

The protagonist fell into the cave entrance by coincidence during the battle with the Zerg and fell into the Zerg lair.

There are a lot of red dots on the three-dimensional map. These are detected Zerg units with different sizes.Those large red dots may be large Zerg units such as Thunderworms. There is also a circle around the red dots, which represents their approximate alert range.The system prompts that these large thunderworms are very dangerous, so try not to be discovered as much as possible.

In addition, there are some small red dots, which are other small Zerg units. These units also pose a certain threat, but they can still be dealt with by firearms.There are also some Zerg units that cannot be detected, such as underground sandworms, which will not be displayed on the three-dimensional map.

Artificial intelligence automatically maps out the next recommended route, as long as you follow this route, you can return to the surface and return to the battlefield.

The content at the beginning is mainly for basic guidance, including action, combat, observing various UI information, etc.During the period, the protagonist also encountered some monsters, but because he had sufficient resources and a lot of ammunition, they were all dealt with properly.

After climbing up from the pothole, the protagonist returns to the battlefield between humans and Zerg.

The fierce battle was still going on, and the red-brown wasteland was full of Zerg corpses, and the turquoise slime was everywhere, and human corpses were also mixed in it.Large human combat units, such as battle mechs, small spaceships, all-terrain combat vehicles, etc., are still pouring firepower on the swarm, but there are also many large combat units that are quickly submerged in the sea of ​​insects. wreckage.

With the roller skates under his feet, the protagonist quickly returned to the battlefield. Surrounded by the 1-degree surround screen and panoramic sound of the GS360 simulator, Tang Ying had a truly immersive feeling!

Small human spaceships fly by in the sky, various large particle weapons cut through the sky, pass by one side of the screen, and then disappear on the other side, and the violent explosion leaves rumbling echoes; swarms of springtails are like The tide rushed towards the human defense line, crawling on the sand and making the rustling sound of the waves, which made people feel goosebumps; they could also hear the frequent communication of human beings, many desperate teams were calling for reinforcements, and the human beings The commander is also anxiously issuing orders to the various units.

Tang Ying felt completely immersed in this grand battlefield, and truly felt her own insignificance.

Suddenly, she felt a pain in the left side of her back, instantly realized that she was being attacked, and turned around quickly.I saw a thorn insect more than 100 meters away from me, attacking me.

The Stinger is a small ranged unit of the Zerg that can quickly spray spikes that pierce humans' hazmat suits.Tang Ying reacted quickly, and immediately switched the firearm to the sniper rifle mode, and accurately blasted the stinger with one shot.

This is how motion suits improve the game experience. In such a chaotic battlefield, Tang Ying can quickly locate the enemy's position through motion sense. At the same time, this feeling of being attacked by the enemy can further enhance the player's sense of presence.

Not only being attacked, but other physical sensations will also be displayed.

For example, when a thrown bomb explodes nearby, the heat wave generated by the explosion will spread from the explosion point to the surrounding direction. Tang Ying, who is wearing a motion suit, can feel the explosion wave coming from the side facing the explosion point. There is a feeling of being squeezed; moreover, the somatosensory suit will have a short-term temperature rise due to the heat wave, and then quickly return to normal.

This instantaneous temperature increase does not require continuous heating for 1 minute like simulating the ambient temperature, because it does not need to be as accurate and obvious as simulating the ambient temperature, just a quick increase in temperature can well simulate the heat wave of the explosion wave .

There are a lot of bullets on Tang Ying's body, and every time he walks, he can encounter some wreckage or find the corpses of human soldiers. There are a lot of bullets to search.She used the heavy machine gun to pour bullets at the nearby Zerg, and she had a good time.

About six or seven minutes later, Tang Ying came to a heavy armor.The mecha is mostly intact, but there is a hole in the cockpit, and the pilot is dead inside.

The protagonist opens the cockpit, drags the driver's body out, and then gets in by himself.

The content of the game after that is to drive the mecha to continue fighting against the Zerg army.

The driving method of this mecha is similar to the mecha in Zhong Ming's previous life "Pacific Rim". The driver also stands in the mecha, using his own movements to control the movement of the mecha.When Tang Ying moved, the mecha began to move forward, and the actions of shooting and turning were also exactly the same.

Also, the content on the wraparound display has changed.Tang Ying is now like a giant, and the surrounding scenes are shrinking. Those thunderworms that were as huge as hills before have now become creatures that are about the size of heavy mechs. As for those ordinary-sized Zerg, they now look Like swarms of mice.

A brand new UI was displayed on the glasses, which originally displayed information such as the energy of the protective suit, but now it has all been related to the mecha.The content of the small map displayed on the all-view display has also changed, and the health status of the mecha has been added.It can be clearly seen from the above that the cockpit of the mech is in a yellow damaged state, and there are some minor faults in other parts, but none of them have a red serious damage state.

Tang Ying drove the mech towards the insect swarm, and the firearm simulator in her hand was also simulating the heavy particle cannon in the hand of the mech. Every time she fired a shot, a large piece of the zerg would be instantly melted, and even the huge thunderworm would be destroyed in an instant. Being burned into a mass of residue under the bombardment of the particle cannon is simply too cool.

The prologue of "Interstellar Tinder 2: Rebellion" is mainly to show the war between humans and Zerg. While explaining the background of the story, it guides players in basic operations, and at the same time allows players to feel the role of motion suits and full-view displays to the greatest extent. , Shoot happily in the hail of bullets.

(End of this chapter)