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Chapter 480 Nuclear Explosion
For an old gamer like Zebulon,
playing the role of an executed president is a very fresh experience.
Not to mention other players.
This kind of execution scene is not to say that other games do not have it, but generally speaking, this kind of plot in other games will be made into a cutscene.
After all, how to say it... the performance time is really long.
The player can only move his eyes throughout the whole process.
If the player is asked to play, the risk is too great.
Game companies can't joke with the patience of players.
So generally just make a hasty cutscene.
But "Call of Duty" is not like that, but made into a level.
And unexpectedly.
Zebulon doesn't hate such a level. If it was like this at the beginning of the game, he might not be able to accept it because it's too long, but he just finished a fierce level before, and he was excited about the level performance and script. The
subsequent execution level just gave him time to relax.
And the sudden change of rhythm also made him very curious, what happened...
The second time he played it, there might not be such an effect.
But the first time he played it, he had to admit that he was really amazed.
The sense of substitution is also stronger.
The game is almost one wave after another. The execution performance here just ended, and the next second Price and Gass’s conversation came out.
Assad, who just executed the president, was dealt with by the Americans.
And the informant Nicholas who provided clues to their SAS was about to be executed, and now they need to rescue the informant.
The satellite map is located in the Caucasus Mountains.
As the camera pulls down.
This time the environment has changed again.
The game perspective came to the foot of the mountain.
Zebulon quickly grasped the handle.
Then, it was another new experience...
Zebulon had to march with Captain Price on the mountains, solve the enemies along the way, and pass through a rocket launcher position to snipe the enemies below the mountain.
There were vast mountains all around.
The rocket launcher spewed fireworks, and the shells fell with a roar and explosion. The lights and towering electric towers in the distance were faintly visible, and Zebulon was shooting.
His mood, which had just calmed down, was raised again.
It was really a completely different game experience.
The only thing in common was the movie-like performance script.
Even in each level, there were different elements.
For example, the indoor battle in the room where the informant is imprisoned at the end of this level, wearing night vision goggles, also made Zebulon's eyes light up.
Turn off the power of the house, put on night vision goggles, and then rush into the room. It
's really fresh .
After rescuing the informant, the battle part of this level is over. Wait
for the informant and the team members to get on the plane together.
As the informant asked Price whether the Americans were already attacking Assad. The scene changed again. The helicopter took off. Then it switched directly to the sea. Countless ships were sailing on the sea, and a helicopter slowly took off from the deck of the ship. And the perspective also came to the inside of the helicopter. The perspective changed again . The perspective of the Americans. This time Zebulon will play a sergeant to arrest Assad who had just executed the president. More than a dozen helicopters flew over the sea, from the endless sea, to slowly seeing the offshore oil facilities on the shore, and then flying into the sky over the city. This is another different feeling. Zebulon has played "Call of Duty" so far, and the deepest feeling is... This game really gives him new surprises at every level! There are two prologues, one is the level tutorial, and the other is the plot performance. The first level of the official level is to rescue the informant at the foot of the mountain. The second level is to come to the city. Let the player take a helicopter directly, parachute from the sea to the hinterland of the city, and then start the urban street fighting. There is no time for Xibulon to think. Let him just want to keep playing. And this level seems to be afraid that the player will feel too monotonous. After the street fighting, the game reasonably enters the indoor battle in the middle. It is still a completely different indoor battle from the first level. It is a TV station. There are many places to hide people. Every time the enemy will pop up from an inexplicable place. And every time the gun is fired, the bullet hits the table, and there will be documents flying... The script performance is great. When it comes to the third level, the plot follows the previous level. The sergeant played by Xibulon did not find Assad, and now one of their armored vehicles is in trouble, and their team needs to provide help. This is a completely different game experience. When it comes to the link where you need to take a javelin, that is, an anti-tank missile to attack the opponent's tank. Xibulon has the real feeling of playing modern warfare for the first time. He aimed the javelin at the enemy tank. The javelin made a locking sound. After pressing the launch button , the missile was fired, then suddenly shot up, then suddenly fell from a high altitude and hit the top of the tank.
With the flames of the explosion, the tank was scrapped.
It was really cool!
Moreover, this was not just a simple one-time pleasure.
You could fire several rounds!
After Zebulon finished killing the tank, he even felt a little unsatisfied.
But soon, this feeling disappeared.
Because the next part was even more exciting!
Then, it was the fourth level, the fifth level...
Zebulon already understood the story background of the whole game.
The game is basically divided into two story lines. One is the British line, which is also the line where Captain Price is.
And the other is the American line.
The US military failed to find Assad and was stuck in a quagmire.
On the other side.
Captain Price also encountered trouble on the British line.
He rescued the informant and had just flown out on a helicopter.
A missile swooped down on the helicopter.
The helicopter that Price and Zebulon played by Thorpe were riding was hit and forced to land.
Next, they could only retreat on foot.
This level has some sense of infiltration.
Because the support did not arrive so quickly, and Zebulon's Thorpe could not be discovered by the helicopter, otherwise he would have to face the helicopter machine gun strafing.
The second half of this level turned into a village street fight...
the same paragraph design as before.
There was no time for the player to put down the controller.
But what shocked Zebulon the most was not this level, but the next level.
At the end of this level.
AC130 provided fire support, and artillery fire fell from the sky.
Explosions and flames shot up into the sky.
And the next level!
The perspective switched again.
This time, Zebulon was going to play the role of the AC130 thermal imager operator.
This level was even more different!
The character played by Zebulon would not be in any danger.
He was far away from the front line of the battlefield. The only thing he had to do was to find the enemy's heat source on the ground and provide assistance to Price.
As long as he saw the heat source, it was not a friendly force, so he confirmed it directly.
Then.
AC130 opened fire, and the explosion heat source appeared.
The enemy's screams could not be heard, and the enemy's status could not be seen.
Zebulon could only see the enemy flying out like a sandbag due to the impact.
The entire level was only the conversation between the fire control officer and the operator, and the bang bang of artillery fire.
The fire control officer and the operator... were even joking while giving orders.
They said that tonight was a bit boring.
And this level is called Death from the Sky.
A whole level! Linmu Studio actually used a whole level to create the artillery cover of AC130.
Zebulon was really shocked and felt great.
This is the real modern war!
After the technology suppresses and obtains absolute air supremacy, it is as easy as playing a game.
Just like this moment...
...
At the same time.
On the other side.
Mark has also entered "Mobile Force 6".
And he has been playing for a long time.
While Zebulon was controlling the AC130 and bombarding the enemy, he also reached the third level of the "Mobile Force 6" campaign.
As Frank said, the latest work of Mobile Force focuses on the most tragic Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
And Mark plays the role of a mobile force team leader who is fighting fires everywhere.
It can be seen that
"Battlefield" has a great influence on Mobile Force.
From the beginning, Mobile Force began to lean towards the direction of "Battlefield".
It focuses on the tragic description of the battlefield.
The beginning of the level was very shocking.
Not only the soldiers, but even all the men, women, and children were mobilized to protect the borders of their cities.
There were countless tragic scenes.
Mark was pulled in at once.
And the game campaign officially began, and he was not disappointed. Various weapons with the atmosphere of the times, which may be slightly backward compared to modern times, appeared one by one, and there were various big scenes.
However.
Playing to the third level...
Mark suddenly felt a little tired...
It's not that the scene is no longer exciting, but it's too exciting!
There is almost no room for relaxation.
At the beginning of each level, he has to lead his team to put out the fire, to save a certain area that is in a difficult battle or about to be breached.
Although these areas are different, the enemy's attack mode is also different.
But it feels like the same routine over and over again, so I feel a little tired.
It's not that the game is not fun.
It's just that I feel a little visually fatigued...
Mark completed another level, then pressed the pause button, twisted his neck, looked at Xibulon, and was about to take a break and ask him how he felt.
Then, he happened to see it.
Zebulon controls the AC130 to cover friendly forces.
In the black and white thermal imaging screen,
the fire control officer and the operator are talking casually.
Shells are fired one by one with the sound of firing.
Then it's like the god of death falling from the sky.
"AC-130 attack aircraft?"
Mark saw the conversation between the fire control officer and the operator and immediately became interested, and his eyes were firmly attracted.
But Zebulon ignored him.
He was shocked and happy shooting at the moment.
Seeing that the other party ignored him, Mark shrugged, then looked for a while and turned back.
The initial attraction slowly faded.
Mark smiled.
Stop watching.
It looks interesting, but he has rich experience in games and knows very well that if he really plays it, he will probably get bored soon.
Because in the final analysis, it just relies on modern weapons to give players some freshness.
Once the freshness is over, it will probably be like that. After
a long time, his friends will probably lose interest.
He shook his head, and then with this thought, he continued to play his "Mobile Force 6"...
...
On the other side.
Zebulon quickly finished the not-so-long "Death from Above" level.
In the next level, the game perspective switched again, returning to the American perspective.
In order to capture Assad, the US military continued to advance towards the capital.
Assad was shrinking step by step, and seemed to have reached a dead end.
At the beginning of this level, there was a 3D demonstration of a tank.
Zebulon instantly understood what would happen next.
Sure enough.
The game returned to urban warfare.
Various artillery roars and fierce exchanges of fire continued to refresh Zebulon's sense of freshness.
He was a little different from what Mark imagined.
He didn't feel bored.
On the contrary, he felt more and more excited...
because the game script was so well performed... plus the appropriate level arrangement, there was tension and relaxation, and each level would have a new experience.
You can experience new elements in each level.
How could it be boring.
Moreover, the story is advancing in each level, and each level has new problems and troubles. With the excellent performance, it's like watching a movie.
It's really cool!
He can't wait to know what's next.
In the game.
Zebulon felt a flash of excitement, and then he continued to immerse himself in the game.
He controlled the sergeant and broke through all the way, and finally arrived at the transport plane.
The next level...
The Americans have learned of Assad's possible location in the capital and are preparing to arrest him.
The sergeant played by Zebulon is on the way.
Intelligence pointed out that Assad may have nuclear warheads, and time is running out.
At this time, only by catching Assad can the war end.
The American navy, army and air force are all dispatched.
Zebulon plays Sergeant Paul again.
At the beginning of this level, you are still on the helicopter, but this time it is no longer sightseeing, but you have to control the large-caliber machine gun, clear all threatening troops on the ground, and provide cover for your own helicopter.
This is another form of air-to-ground.
Another new experience!
Because the game is not difficult, Zebulon shoots all the way, accompanied by exciting music.
Once again, it feels really great!
This is modern warfare!
Zebulon sighed again.
The next plot is very orthodox, and a friendly helicopter was shot down.
Zebulon and his teammates landed again, fought their way through, surrounded by layers of gunfire, and finally found the female pilot of the helicopter.
He successfully rescued her.
Zebulon controlled his character, carried the female pilot on his back, and ran all the way back to the transport plane he had just taken.
This is an urgent task.
There is a countdown.
Because the command center said that there is a nuclear threat in the city, and the army is not currently outside the range of the nuclear explosion, they must rescue the pilot as soon as possible and then leave.
And Zebulon's skills are not bad, and he completed the goal within the specified time.
As the helicopter took off.
Zebulon finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the countdown end.
Finally...
In fact, he knew that this was just a trick of Linmu Studio... It was to make the players feel urgent.
But the performance was really great. Although he knew it, it was useless. He was still nervous.
I don’t know what the next level is...
Just when Zebulon had this thought.
The helicopter took off.
But this level did not end. Instead,
the American command center notified everyone again.
[Command Center: Attention everyone, we have confirmed that the city is under a nuclear threat. The NEST team has gone to the area to try to defuse the bomb. I repeat, we have confirmed that there is a nuclear threat.]
Zebulon loosened his fingers on the handle, looked at the subtitles below, and said with bright eyes: "Will we play the role of the NEST team that dismantles the nuclear bomb later? It will feel great..."
But in the next second.
The command center has not finished speaking.
He has not finished speaking either.
Bang...
Through the tail of the transport plane, Zebulon's first-person perspective clearly saw a huge bright orange flash in the distance, which flashed by.
The nuclear bomb exploded.
Smoke and impact rushed in.
The transport plane behind was directly swept away.
It disintegrated instantly.
Then it continued to move forward.
Soon it caught up with the helicopter that Zebulon's character was riding.
[Lieutenant Vasquez: Everyone hold on! ]
The lieutenant wanted the soldiers to hold on.
But this kind of terrifying weapon cannot be resisted by holding on.
The entire game screen slowly turned into a dazzling red.
The plane lost control.
The sergeant played by Zebulon wanted to pull the teammates who were thrown out, but in the end he failed.
Then.
Accompanied by the harsh warning sound of the plane losing control.
The screen went black.
Zebulon's expression gradually became stunned, and he opened his mouth slightly: "..."
The next second.
The screen lit up again.
The satellite map appeared on the screen.
On the map, a red light source was extremely conspicuous.
It really exploded.
Nuclear bomb.
Assad detonated the nuclear bomb, leaving the Americans and his own troops in the city.
The perspective switched.
Outside the nuclear explosion, the scene.
The helicopter that just crashed, the soldier played by Zebulon groaned and struggled to crawl out of the cabin of the transport plane.
Outside.
It looked like hell on earth...
The soldier played by Zebulon stood up.
Zebulon controlled the soldier to move forward a few steps with a stunned look on his face.
Then.
He saw the mushroom cloud.
The picture gradually became brighter.
Zebulon controlled the soldier in this way, watching the tragic scene after the nuclear explosion while being exposed to radiation and dying painfully...
He couldn't hear the voices of his teammates, not even the groans.
Because they were all dead.
The only sounds echoing in his ears were the sounds of buildings collapsing and the crying of babies in his hallucinations.
There is no such thing as a plot of getting the beauty back, and nothing is impossible.
Just now, the AC130 gained absolute air superiority, and the operator joked that shooting the enemy was a modern war.
And the enemy was desperate and directly detonated a nuclear bomb... It was also a modern war.
"...What The Fuck!!!!"
At this moment,
looking at the scene after the nuclear explosion,
Xibulon felt that his outlook on life had been refreshed.
He leaned back, and after a long time, the stunned expression on his face could not fade away.
Finally,
he shouted with a voice that could not be covered by the headphones.
In fact, the progress of players who unlocked and started the game was similar.
What Xibulon didn't know was that
at this moment,
there were actually many players who were like him.
They showed the same stunned expression and cursed the same words...
"...What are you doing?"
Mark, who was shooting happily, was startled by his voice, and immediately took off his headphones and looked back at him.
At the same time, he glanced at his screen.
At this time,
the nuclear explosion picture had disappeared.
The next level started.
So Mark didn't know what his friend was crazy about.
"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!"
Instead of answering his friend, Zebulon cursed countless times. After barely calming down, he turned around, looked at his friend, and said firmly: "You should play this game! Mark! I'm not kidding, Linmu Studio really did what it said!"
"Huh?"
Mark was confused.
"Really... they really dared!"
Zebulon shook his head, and then said to himself: "It's really shocking, maybe I know how to help you review it."
The previous game experience was completely detonated after the nuclear explosion.
Zebulon was a little excited. He couldn't control himself. He temporarily switched back to the desktop, then opened a document, threw down the controller and quickly typed out a line of words.
[Call of Duty! Full marks!
The most shocking FPS game in recent years! Awesome! ]
"Submit it like this! I strongly request!" Zebulon typed these two sentences, then turned the screen to show Mark.
"What? Xibulon, don't mess with me, you can write such a review, what kind of joke are you!" Mark laughed angrily, "And you haven't even finished the game! Get out!"
"Believe me! Why don't you give it a try!"
But Xibulon insisted, and directly asked Mark to experience it himself: "Believe me, I will never let you down!"
Mark laughed angrily again: "Do you know that I have three games to review, how can I have so much time!"
"I insist on doing this, betting on our friendship!"
But Xibulon still insisted, with a serious face.
"..."
Seeing his friend so serious, Mark finally knew that the other party was not joking.
"Believe me." Xibulon added.
Mark turned his head and looked at his screen in silence. It happened that he was indeed a little tired from playing "Mobile Force 6"...
"Okay... But I still have to say, you are really crazy."
Mark saved his progress, then turned off "Mobile Force 6", turned around and opened the Vaporwave game platform, ready to obey his friend's wishes and give it a try.
Of course, he kept complaining after trying it, "But is it that serious? It's the most shocking FPS game..."
"You'll know after you play it." Xibulon shook his head, then ignored him and continued playing the game.
He couldn't wait to know what would happen next.
How would the story progress.
On the other hand,
Mark saw his friend like this and shook his head, feeling helpless.
Is it that serious...
...
The Vaporwave gaming platform is really fast at downloading games.
Soon,
Mark entered the single-player campaign of "Call of Duty".
He originally planned to give it a try, and if he really couldn't play it, forget it.
But unexpectedly,
he really thought it was quite interesting...
The game performance was really great.
This was demonstrated vividly in the first level.
And playing the role of the executed president
also made him shine .
This method is really fresh.
But... Even so, it shouldn't be that serious, right?
It's fresh, but that's all.
It seems that he was too excited...
Mark waited for the next level to load, glanced at his friend who was concentrating next to him, smiled and shook his head.
It seems that there will be one more thing to tease him about in the future, that he has never seen the world...
With this thought in mind, Mark smiled and continued to enter the next level.
Then...
an hour later.
"What The Fuck!!!!!!!"
Mark, who had just said that others had never seen the world, yelled louder than Zebulon, a voice that the neighbors might have called the police directly...
Zebulon was startled, looked back at his screen, and then showed an expression of understanding.
"Fuck!!!"
Mark cursed again as he looked at the apocalyptic scene after the nuclear explosion.
"How is it?"
Zebulon calmed down at this time and asked with a smile.
Mark heard the voice and slowly turned his head.
Then he suddenly reacted, temporarily cut out the game, opened the document, and quickly typed while cursing: "What kind of shitty review is that!"
"Huh?" Zebulon was stunned, then leaned over to look at the review he had typed.
["Call of Duty: Modern Warfare"! A groundbreaking masterpiece in the FPS genre! 】
"This is the most correct review." After typing this sentence, Mark turned around and said confidently, "I will send it to the editor-in-chief right now!"
"Ah? Mark! Mark! Not really, not really..."
This time.
It was Sibulon's turn to stop Mark...
"Bullshit! Let me go! I will send it right now!"
Mark began to struggle.
The scene was chaotic for a while...
(End of this chapter)