Chapter 559 What on earth are they doing?
"It's really exaggerated..."
11:45.
Internet cafe.
Hank exclaimed as he looked at the sales data released by Linmu Studio.
To be honest.
Even in the eyes of an old player and fanatical fan like him, this is an exaggerated number...
Although the sales of the previous "Call of Duty" were also high, it was the first FPS game to exceed 10 million in sales.
But that was the total sales of the game in one year after all.
But now.
The game has not been unlocked yet, and it has nearly two-thirds of the sales of the previous game...
This does not count the sales growth brought by the unlocking of subsequent games.
If the quality of this game is excellent, as good as the previous one, the sales growth brought by fermentation will be even more terrifying.
And it is very likely.
It will make the "Call of Duty" series, which has only launched two games, directly surpass the "Battlefield Smoke" series of Dreamland and the "Mobile Force" series of Gibbs, becoming one of the best-selling and most profitable game series!
Well...
of course.
Except for this possibility.
It is also possible that after the game is unlocked, the quality is not satisfactory, which will lead to the subsequent collapse of word-of-mouth, unsatisfactory sales growth, and then the entire series will collapse...
After all, the game has not been unlocked yet, and no one can say for sure what the quality is...
But Hank thinks this possibility is very small.
Hank has confidence in Linmu Studio as a company, and in this sequel!
Moreover, he thinks that with such an excellent previous work as a foundation, no matter how messed up the sequel is, it should not be too bad.
In addition, the sequel has such terrifying pre-sale sales data, and the momentum has been formed, so it will not collapse.
At most, it will just leave a name on the pillar of shame, and it will definitely make money...
"We have a share of the sales here."
At this time.
David, who was sitting next to Hank, looked at his screen and joked, "If it's not fun, I will refund it immediately and let them reduce one sales."
"Yeah."
Hank smiled and replied, "I will also reduce one for them when the time comes."
After that, he closed the social media page, turned to open the Vaporwave game platform, and stared at the 'Start Play' button.
There are five minutes left until 12 noon.
The game will be unlocked soon!
Hank rubbed his hands in anticipation.
When the time jumped to twelve o'clock in the lower right corner of the computer,
Ding.
Hank seemed to hear a wonderful prompt sound...
He immediately grabbed the mouse and stared at the store page of the Vaporwave game platform. When the button lit up,
he pressed it immediately.
The familiar configuration interface popped up.
Then the screen went black for a short time, and the game started.
In the center of the screen,
a fully armed soldier was holding a gun in his hand and posing.
Behind him, there was the fire of an explosion.
In the center, the title of the game slowly emerged-"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2".
"..."
Although Hank had seen this picture before at the new game meeting, he couldn't help but feel excited
when he saw it again . It's finally here! Hank barely suppressed his excitement, quickly put on the headphones hanging around his neck, and then adjusted his sitting posture to officially start the game! Check the goods! It's time to see what the quality of this game, which is about to break through 9 million pre-sale sales, is like! Hank thought about it while pressing the button to start. Entering the main interface. He didn't look at anything, but directly opened the new game and entered the campaign mode. The title slowly faded. Then, it seamlessly switched to the game page. The green "Modern Warfare 2" popped up. Hank looked at the screen and inexplicably felt like a return to his youth. Although the previous game was released only last year... Why is it like this? Hank thought about it for a while and knew why. Because the game took a few minutes at the beginning to review the plot of the previous game. Various scenes of the previous game flashed one by one... Soap joined the Special Air Service Regiment SAS, Price performed a mission, the missile platform launched missiles, a nuclear explosion, and finally Soap witnessed his teammates being killed one by one on the collapsed bridge... Various familiar scenes. With familiar music. All of a sudden. It brought Hank back to last year. It felt like it came out all of a sudden! And the game, just when the player just recalled the plot of last year's game. Seamlessly switched to the second generation game. The familiar satellite overlooking cutscene appears.
In the previous generation, the voice of General Sheffield, whose 30,000 men were all vaporized by a nuclear bomb, sounded.
At the same time, the prelude of this game was officially opened!
[No matter how fast the appearance changes, the essence of things is eternal.]
[The rules have changed, the players have changed. But power will eventually fall into someone's hands.]
A familiar voice sounded.
While hinting that after the death of the boss of the previous game, a new enemy came out to make trouble.
At the same time, it was announced.
This thing is an orthodox sequel! It tells a brand new story after the timeline of the first game!
With these two tricks.
Players who have played the previous game really can't stand it.
Before the game screen appeared.
Hank couldn't help but lean forward slightly.
On the screen.
The logo of the USA Ranger Corps appeared.
Sheffield continued in his unique voice: "Sergeant Ford, you know what I'm looking for. Open your eyes."
"Lieutenant General, a group of new recruits are going to the training ground today. I will pick the best people for you."
Sergeant Ford's voice appeared.
At the same time, the satellite map was fixed on a fictional Middle Eastern country.
Green words pop up in the lower left corner.
Information such as time, person, and location is given.
Just like the previous generation.
['Daytime']
[Day 1, 15:30:31]
[Private First Class Joseph Allen]
[75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion]
['Phoenix' Firebase]
pops up with the subtitles.
A temporary military base appeared on the screen, with several soldiers standing not far away.
A black sergeant stood by the table and was teaching the soldiers how to shoot. It was Sergeant Ford in the cutscene.
It was exactly the same as the new game meeting.
But in the official game, the game transitions are smoother and more natural.
Hank has watched the live broadcast.
Of course, he also knows the process of this part of the game content.
However,
he did not feel bored.
Because watching the live broadcast and playing it yourself are two different things.
And holding the mouse, although you can't feel the recoil.
But FPS does have a shooting feel.
Hank attaches great importance to the shooting game experience of this game, and of course he wants to experience it at the beginning of the game.
According to the teaching, Hank played the role of Private First Class Joseph Allen and shot at the target for a while.
Then, he showed a surprised expression and said in disbelief: "This game is more advanced than the previous one, and it feels better!?"
No wonder he was surprised.
This is really rare.
Compared with the previous game, the shooting feel of the new game has not only improved, but also can be clearly felt...
And this is actually due to the production team headed by Zhong Xiu, who is really attentive in this regard.
Lin Yao also said it during the previous live broadcast.
They even made a 1:1 gun model for the game internally, but what they didn't tell the audience was that they actually went to a regular shooting gallery to try out real guns for the game...
The experience accumulated from the previous game, plus the preparation for this game, the feel will certainly be much better.
And this improvement is actually a very good selling point for some players.
For example, Hank.
He was very surprised! After the tutorial, he went to the training ground and went through the CQB training.
Then, he finally confirmed.
This game.
The shooting feel has really evolved comprehensively.
"Interesting."
Hank finished the training and chose the "skilled" difficulty recommended by the system, and became more interested in the next game.
The shooting feel has been greatly improved.
Then, it depends on what kind of story this game will tell.
With this idea in mind.
Hank began to control the character to move forward according to the prompts and got into the car.
The plot officially began.
The plot is very simple.
A team was trapped in the battle zone on the other side of the river and lost contact.
The bridge was also blown up.
The soldier played by Hank needs to go to the battle zone to support...
...
['Teamwork']
[Day 1, 16:08:36]
[Private First Class Joseph Allen]
[75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Battalion]
[Battle Zone]
The green words popped up in the lower left corner.
The co-pilot's perspective appeared.
The surrounding artillery roared.
The city ravaged by artillery fire in the distance appeared on the screen through the windshield of the car.
Then suddenly.
"RPG!!!"
With the angry shout of teammates.
A PRG dragged a flame towards the car, then hit and exploded, flipping the car to the ground!
At the same time, it also knocked Hank's private Joseph Allen off his feet.
There was no time to react.
From the beginning, the battlefield was full!
"Fuck... I'm back! I'm back!"
Hank's face flushed when he saw this scene
. As soon as the official plot of the game started, he was very satisfied and kept saying that he was back... In the game.
As the car rolled over.
The screen also darkened.
After a few seconds.
Just like a person waking up.
The blurry picture lit up, and a roar that seemed a little strange because of tinnitus sounded at the same time.
Hank's private Joseph Allen groaned and tried to get up.
As he struggled.
The vision gradually became clear.
A familiar figure appeared on the screen.
It was General Sheffield in the previous game.
He loaded his revolver, then looked at the fallen Corporal Allen, and shouted, "Stand up! Corporal Allen! Rangers are the vanguard! Quick!"
As he spoke, he pulled up the corporal played by Hank.
The line of sight suddenly pushed forward.
It was like a person was pulled up and staggered forward.
The picture became normal.
Then.
Click.
With the sound of the bolt.
The control of the character came into Hank's hands.
Corporal Allen also came to his friend.
The teammate was hiding behind the bunker, shooting at the opposite side, and another teammate carried an RPG.
On the other side of the river.
The enemy was hiding behind the bunker and exchanging fire with this side.
Artillery fire whistled.
Bullets from both sides flew everywhere.
And behind the enemy was a city ravaged by war...
Hank saw this sound and picture with a full sense of atmosphere, and his adrenaline soared instantly.
He controlled the character forward to the bunker, then skillfully pressed the aiming key, and began to aim at the enemies with the holographic sight with a red dot.
Aim at the enemy, pull the trigger.
At this moment,
Hank became a member of the battlefield.
As he pulled the trigger, a shell suddenly fell into the river in the middle.
With the explosion,
water splashed.
Hank lost sight of an enemy who was aiming at him.
Then,
bullets flew over.
Some hit the land in front of him, splashing mud.
Some bullets hit him, causing the character he controlled to have red blood and gasp for air.
"Yes, yes, that's the feeling!"
Hank quickly hid back in the bunker, listening to the explosions and the roars of his teammates in the headphones, and leaned forward again, his face almost hitting the screen.
This chaotic feeling
is what he wanted!
And then,
the process of the game is like a replica of the previous urban warfare.
But compared to the previous game,
this one seems more professional... and more exciting!
Fire suppression, waiting for the bridge to be built, the support to arrive, and start again.
After Hank completed the task of fire suppression, he controlled the corporal to walk onto the bridge, then got on the supporting jeep and held the machine gun.
"Ten seconds countdown!"
Seeing this scene, Hank's adrenaline soared again
before the official firing ! In the game, suddenly, a fighter plane flew over the head of corporal Allen. Then, the whistling sound of shells came from a distance. With a bang, the enemy's stronghold in the distance exploded instantly. The tall building collapsed, and huge dust wrapped in flames rose into the sky. Immediately afterwards, the shock wave of the explosion swept across, sweeping up the concrete debris and sweeping over the soldiers on standby. The jeep started! The roar of the engine sounded! The troops rolled over the concrete debris of the collapsed building in the dust of the explosion and began to advance towards the city. The atmosphere was full! ! But after entering the city, the war zone where bullets were flying just now suddenly became quiet. After the explosion, there was no movement. But the character controlled by the player at this moment is still holding a machine gun. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible that nothing will happen. So a sense of contradiction began to arise. It was like the calm before the storm. The convoy slowly drove into the slums, and the narrow streets were full of traces of war.
Garbage, civilians, civilian armed forces.
In the narrow streets, there were only the sounds of cars driving and teammates talking on the radio, and no enemies were seen at all.
Tension began to spread...
even affecting Hank in front of the screen.
He couldn't help but lean forward again...
Finally.
After driving a long distance.
The enemy appeared.
Hank immediately turned the muzzle of the gun, aimed at the enemy upstairs who were preparing to snipe, and pressed the attack button.
The machine gun barrel slowly turned, and then bullets poured out!
The palm tree that blocked the view was cut in half, and then bullets poured on the enemy.
The silence and contradiction just now.
Was released in an instant.
"Yes!!!" Hank shouted loudly.
The enemy also began to pour bullets and RPGs at the convoy.
The street that was still quiet just now suddenly became noisy and chaotic.
And the bullets did not only come from upstairs.
Just as Hank was shooting indiscriminately.
A civilian pickup truck suddenly rushed out from the other end of the street, and then stopped suddenly!
The enemy in the back seat suddenly raised the machine gun mounted on the back of the pickup truck.
Ta-ta-ta.
Bullets poured onto the steel plate of the armored jeep, making a crisp sound.
Hank hurriedly turned the muzzle of his gun in a panic.
Then he realized that he was surrounded.
He could only break through.
But he didn't break out very far.
An RPG suddenly flew out from the rooftop, hitting the armored jeep and overturning it to the ground again.
Losing the vehicle.
The team members who had just been running rampant could only hide in the house.
Machine gun fire and crushing, it soon turned into an indoor battle...
The whole process.
It was like a blockbuster movie.
There was no trace of boredom at all, and there was no time for players to feel bored!
"That's right!!!"
Hank's breathing was slightly rapid, and he shouted, staring at the screen closely.
Start to enjoy his own modern war.
...
Soon.
Hank passed the first level.
The Ranger played by Hank successfully took the town occupied by the enemy.
The process of this level is actually not long.
But the quality did not disappoint Hank at all!
He really felt like he was back, the shocking feeling he had when he played Call of Duty for the first time last year...
the immersive battlefield, the invincible script performance, and the better gun feel than the previous game.
The only pity was that
the urban battle in the first level was not new.
It's not that this level was not new, but the environment.
There are too many games that have this kind of urban battle.
But Hank was not very worried about this.
Because he had a hunch.
There will definitely be levels that will make people's eyes shine later in this game...
Hank had this thought.
Choose to continue.
The screen went dark.
Then.
The familiar satellite map cutscene appeared.
The satellite positioning left the Middle East and aimed at a submarine in the Pacific Ocean.
The conversation between Private First Class Allen, played by Hank, and General Sheffield just now sounded.
Sheffield asked Private First Class Allen, who had just performed brilliantly on the battlefield, to join the 141 Special Forces composed of the world's elite soldiers and let him perform undercover missions.
At the same time.
When Private First Class Allen asked when he could meet the other teammates.
Sheffield took the opportunity to introduce the tasks that the other two members of the 141 Special Forces were performing and pointed the camera at them.
The satellite's positioning was moved again, aiming at the icy and snowy Kazakhstan...
['Top Warrior']
[The next day, 07:35:55]
['Xiao Qiang' Sergeant Gary Sanderson]
[141 Special Forces]
[Kazakhstan]
The familiar green words popped up in the lower left corner, giving the time, person and location.
The screen lit up.
On the snowy cliff.
A man with national flag epaulettes on his shoulders and snowflakes all over his head and clothes appeared in the center of the screen.
He squatted on the cliff, facing the abyss, puffing out smoke.
The next second.
Suddenly.
The whole mountain began to tremble.
The sound of sonic booms came from far away, and a fighter plane roared past, disturbing the wind and snow.
The man who was puffing out smoke looked up at the top of his head, then threw away his cigar, looked at Hank's "Xiao Qiang" Sergeant Gary Sanderson, and then stood up: "The break is over, Xiao Qiang, let's go."
At the same time.
His name also appeared.
McTavish.
It was the first character played by the player in the previous game - "Soap"!
"Oh."
Hank saw this scene.
He was immediately excited.
Just when I said that the environment of the urban battle was not new.
The snow mountain appeared.
And the opening was on the cliff, and there were familiar characters.
This made him full of expectations for this level!
Moreover, the new tasks of different locations and different characters also made him confirm one thing.
The story of this game should still have two parallel lines.
This is interesting...
Hank held the mouse again and became excited again.
But soon.
His excitement cooled down...
In the game, the passage on the cliff is very narrow. If people want to pass through, they can only lean against the rock wall and face the abyss where they will die without a burial place if they fall, and slowly move forward...
Although it is a virtual environment.
But facing such a picture.
Sure enough, I still feel nervous.
Hank controlled Xiaoqiang to move sideways and carefully move forward. The hand holding the mouse was sweating a little...
At the same time, his mood was completely different from playing the previous level.
Control the character to move forward.
Then he swung the ice axe at the end and dug into the ice, using it to climb up...
rustle.
The ice axe dug into the ice, making a rustling sound of breaking ice.
The place where the ice axe dug into seemed unable to bear the weight of an adult, and spider-web-like cracks were spreading from the inside to the outside...
This "intimate" performance
looked very scary.
The ice surface seemed to be about to break at any time, and the players would fall down.
And the way to climb up was still very long.
Halfway through,
broken ice fell from a higher place and shook the players.
Hank's palms were getting more and more sweaty...
and he finally climbed up.
Hank just breathed a sigh of relief.
He hadn't reacted yet.
"Good luck, buddy, see you on the other side."
The leading Sergeant "Soap" McTavish took a run-up and jumped to the other side of the cliff.
Hank: "???"
Although he knew it was a performance,
Hank still felt his heart stop when he saw this scene...
After all, he really didn't have any time to react.
And then.
Hank controlled the character to jump to the other side of the cliff, and then failed to chisel the ice layer and almost fell into the abyss. This performance
almost scared Hank to death.
He knew it!
He really knew it! This kind of performance will definitely shock the players!
But he was still scared.
When the emotions of the players can be affected by the game,
the game has already taken a step into the door of success...
Hank is actually quite good.
Next to him,
David and others exclaimed when they played to this point.
And their progress in the game is similar.
So soon, the Internet cafe was filled with exclamations, just like a cult ritual...
On the other side,
Hank was still playing the game. With the help of soap, he successfully escaped and reached his destination.
And the next step is not an adventure to climb the ice.
In the peak games of the Call of Duty series, most levels will not let players repeat the same gameplay for too long.
This game is the same.
After climbing the snow mountain,
guns appeared.
The game pulled the players back and told them that this is an FPS game.
Hank then realized that this was a stealth level.
The heartbeat detector.
A new accessory on the gun.
It can scan human heartbeats within a certain range on the vast snow-capped mountains.
Players need to rely on the heartbeat detector to follow Sergeant "Soap" McTavish and sneak to the destination.
Crouch forward, detect the enemy, aim at the enemy, one person at a time, shoot together...solve.
This level, at the beginning, did not have too many exciting scenes.
In fact.
Most of the time in this level, you need to crouch forward.
There are also few enemies.
And such a level.
Put it at the beginning, it is obviously inappropriate and may make players feel bored.
But Hank just passed an exciting city assault level.
At this moment, he played such a cold and solemn level.
Not only did he not feel bored, but he felt that the performance was awesome! !
Because it felt so good! ! !
This level is not the same!
First, there is the snow mountain climbing, which gives people the feeling of a traditional adventure game.
Then there is the stealth assassination, which gives people the feeling of a stealth game.
And then, the storm hits, and the blizzard sweeps the entire area, and visibility begins to become extremely low.
At this time,
it becomes a special operation again...
The player needs to walk into the white blizzard like a ghost, and then use the heartbeat detector to find the enemies wearing camouflage clothes and blending into the blizzard, and then use the scope to eliminate them one by one...
Hank thinks this is really cool! ! !
The gun with the silencer makes a slight sound.
Then the enemy groans and falls down.
He doesn't know how he died until he dies.
The player is like a real ghost, silent and keeps moving forward...
Hank doesn't even need to play to the end.
Just here.
He was conquered by this game!
"So cool! Just like in the movies! I knew it! Linmu Studio will never disappoint!"
Hank was probably too immersed in the role, so he lowered his voice at the moment.
But he showed no intention of hiding the excitement on his face.
And David and others sitting next to him did not even bother to hide their voices!
"What a wonderful afternoon! So cool! Just like an old-school movie!"
"I can't believe this!"
"Wow~"
"coooooooooooool!!"
The people sitting in the same room were very excited.
They didn't think it was a big deal because they were playing games.
But... for others,
it's not necessarily the case.
At the front desk of the Internet cafe.
The girl on duty during the day held her cheek with one hand, looking at the overseas tourists with a strange expression.
There are certainly many overseas tourists in a metropolis like Pengcheng.
But it was the first time to see them in an Internet cafe...
So the girl on duty was quite curious and would occasionally look in their direction.
But the more she read, the more curious she became...
because these dozen or so overseas tourists who were surfing the Internet would always shout and scream at the same time at a certain point in time... it was really strange, as if they were possessed by a demon...
the girl on duty couldn't figure it out.
What on earth were they doing?
Ah, sorry, I got off work late, and after revising it again and again, I felt that it wasn't written well enough...
(End of this chapter)
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