Wang Xinwen skipped class on purpose, had lunch, brought some dry food and drinks and ran to the Internet cafe.
An Internet cafe is a home for college students. They can eat, drink, play, go to the toilet, and sleep. Everyone in the cafe is talented and speaks nicely. You won’t feel tired after spending a whole day there. Sitting on a chair will give you a sense of security.
Wang Xinwen felt very safe. He turned on the phone and looked at the dazzling desktop with water at hand. He felt that he could sit there forever.
Open beta on time at 12 noon.
He excitedly ran the game and took a look, OK, let’s get in line!
"You are currently in xxx position, and you are expected to wait for xx minutes!"
"There are so many people playing "Wulin Gaiden"?"
Wang Xinwen underestimated the influence of TV series and felt a little surprised.
Xigua Studio is also surprised.
The original game was developed by Perfect Company. It only took half a year from development to public beta. Xigua Studio spent a year, mainly on polishing the details.
Changing a TV series into an online game has never been done before, so we have no experience to refer to.
"100,000!"
"Why are you eating? 100,000 people came in in half an hour!"
"Add a few more servers!"
"Hurry up, send me a public notice...forget it, I'll write it!"
Gu Jiaming rested his butt on the edge of the chair, tapping the keyboard with both hands, typing words almost without thinking: "The gorgeous open beta of "Wulin Gaiden" exceeded 100,000 people in half an hour!"
"The long-awaited open beta of "Wulin Gaiden" was launched. Although we made adequate preparations, in less than half an hour, more than 100,000 players poured into the first batch of open servers, which still surprised us.
We apologize for the difficulty in logging in for some players because the number of people on the server has reached the upper limit. We also promise that in order to ensure that the open beta continues smoothly, a large number of new servers are being urgently prepared.
Looking at the crowded and busy crowd in the lively Qixia Town, all the staff of 99 Games felt extremely gratified and thanked Baraba again..."
Currently, domestic servers can accommodate 500-5,000 people each.
There were about 1,500-2,000 people in "Wulin Gaiden". Several groups were added urgently, and they could barely handle this wave of people.
Wang Xinwen waited not long and successfully logged in.
As soon as the page turned, the familiar "Jasmine" came from the headphones. This is the soundtrack that often appears in "Wulin Gaiden".
"Well, this tastes right!"
Wang Xinwen nodded and began to create the character.
There is not much to say in a 2D game. You can only adjust the hairstyle and body shape, choose a male, and name it "Xiliang River Vinegar Fish" to indicate that someone has already used it.
"Acacia River!"
"Used!"
"Old Bai's fingers!"
"Used!"
Damn it!
Who are they? Someone is vying for this name?
The pressure brought by the fanatical fans made Wang Xinwen very eager to win. After thinking about it, he said: "I love Xuanyuan!"
"The naming was successful!"
snort!
Wang Xinwen snorted arrogantly, as expected, no one would come to snatch a blind old lady's finger off Xuanyuan, Li Dazui's mother.
After choosing a name and entering the game, you will see a very beautiful picture in a 2D game. Players are crowded in front of "Beggars Xiaomi" to accept novice tasks.
"Damn, this is the most annoying thing.
"What a good routine. Can't the online game be changed into something new?"
"Running, running, running again, alas..."
Novice tasks are very routine, allowing players to visit blacksmiths, tailors, doctors, etc., receive a set of whiteboard equipment, and also allow players to become familiar with the map.
He soon reached level five. Only at level five can he go to Tongfu Inn.
Bai Zhantang, Tong Xiangyu, Xiao Guo and other protagonists have all turned into NPCs. If you choose [Greeting], you will hear the real
Human voiceover.
"The inn is very detailed and has basically been restored."
"The character is almost different, but you can't force it."
"The next step is to kill monsters in the wild, right?"
Unknowingly, Wang Xinwen was playing the game with a critical attitude. Unexpectedly, he received a mission to kill monsters in the wild.
There were huge crowds of people again, fighting each other.
In fact, games of this type nowadays are all similar, and players are not picky. A game as bad as "Zhengtu" can still be played very happily.
When you invest time, energy and money into a game, no matter how bad it is, you still have feelings for it.
Wang Xinwen played for a long time and thought that the level of "Wulin Gaiden" was above average, the details were great, and the hidden easter eggs made fans smile, but they were just not excited.
Lack of excitement comes from lack of novelty.
But it’s all here, so let’s keep playing. I reached level 20 in the blink of an eye, drank a bottle of drinks, and suddenly received a “sub-career” mission.
Wang Xinwen took a look and saw that at level 20, you can choose a sub-career and receive it from different NPCs.
Tong Xiangyu - bodyguard, Li Dazui - cook, Lu Xiucai - scholar, Xiao Guo - ranger, Xiao Bei - killer, Xing Baotou - fast catcher.
Huh?
Wang Xinwen was suddenly stunned, staring at Xuanyuan's sub-job, gambler!
Xuanyuan, the legendary gambling god in the world, only lost once in her life. That time she had one of her fingers chopped off and she quit the world - but she had six fingers.
How do gamblers play?
Wang Xinwen accepted this task with strong curiosity. After running around, the other party came up with an additional option [playing cards]!
With a click, Xuanyuan spoke with a broken finger: "This card is called Qianqiu Opera, and everyone, young and old..."
The rules are roughly: there are 48 cards in total, divided into four groups of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each card is basically worth 2 points. The core gameplay is "combination", the combination of cards, different combinations have different points.
There is a public card pool, and each round you can use the cards in your hand to bring a card of the same season back to your deck.
If a "combination" is formed, it will be the basic points and combination points. If it is not formed, then only the basic points will be calculated. Play ten rounds, and the one with more points wins.
"Awesome! You can still play games in the game!"
Wang Xinwen finally got interested and hurriedly fought against Xuanyuan with a severed finger.
A mini-game page appears. There are ten enemy cards and ten our own cards, that is, ten rounds. There is also a public card pool of eight cards, which is automatically replenished every round.
There are roofs, county offices, Xiliang River, Tong Xiangyu, Pinggu Yidianhong and Mo Xiaobei on the card, all of which are characters and scenes from "Wulin Gaiden".
Throw the dice, first hand.
Wang Xinwen played first, and when he clicked on the card, he was automatically prompted with cards that could be combined. He looked at it, and there happened to be a roof with Li Dazui, which could be combined into a "Sad Place", worth 3 points.
interesting!
Wang Xinwen immediately came to do it, but unfortunately he was not familiar with the rules and had never done Xuanyuan with a severed finger, so the mission failed.
"Come again!"
"Fuck! Come again!"
"I don't believe it anymore, come again!"
After playing four games in a row, I finally won and got the sub-profession of [Gambler]. Wang Xinwen took a look and commented: "You can play against people who are also gamblers, and you can invite friends to play against each other."
Um!
He became more and more interested and stopped practicing, so he just found someone to play cards with.