Chen Mo's late-night stream of Outlast was quickly uploaded to the internet. Many of the viewers who didn't want to watch the stream had the same thought: How come Chen Mo's Outlast doesn't seem scary at all?
This gave many players who hadn't played Outlast the illusion that the game was really simple.
Because of this, many players boldly tried the game, but in the end … they were still scared to death …
However, Chen Mo's livestream of Outlast did increase the sales of the game. Many players who didn't know about this horror game or didn't have the guts to buy it were now happy to have a VR gaming pod.
Many people thought that Chen Mo's stream would spoil the fun of Outlast, but that wasn't the case at all.
Chen Mo's stream was on the third day after the game was released. At this time, most of the players would have already finished Outlast. After all, the actual game duration was less than two hours. Even the most clueless players would be able to clear the game in four or five hours on the easier difficulty.
Even if Chen Mo didn't stream, there would be other players who liked horror games making commentary, videos, and guides. Chen Mo's stream wouldn't affect their work at all.
Moreover, even if Chen Mo had shown the correct way to clear the dungeon on Insane Difficulty, the other players would still wet their pants when playing the dungeon.
If they didn't believe Chen Mo, they could download Outlast and see for themselves.
In just three days, Outlast sold more than thirty thousand copies. For a horror game that had a niche audience, this was already quite impressive.
Outlast's price was six hundred and eighty-eight RMB, which was considered average among VR games. Outlast didn't have a lot of investment, nor did it take long to develop. After all, in Chen Mo's previous life, Outlast was a small budget indie game with a team of less than twenty people. Chen Mo porting it to VR only required a bit more investment, so it wasn't too difficult.
On Thunderbolt Gaming Platform, Outlast's reviews were surprisingly high, reaching a super high rating of four out of ten.
Players generally felt that this was a scary game. If there was one word to describe it, it would be 'scary'!
As for how scary it was? Different people had different opinions, such as the DV's night vision mode, the non-combat system, the story background and plot, the realistic VR game experience, and so on. All of these became important elements that enhanced the horror.
After experiencing the craze of Outlast, not only VR players, but even PC and mobile players learned about the game through livestreams and videos.
The impact of Outlast far exceeded the sales of the game.
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In the experience store, Chen Mo was looking at the schedule and information for the S1 finals that Yan Huang had sent over.
Chen Mo used the Fear Blocker to stream Outlast, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to stay so calm. Even though the game designers knew the layout of the levels and monsters inside the game like the back of their hands, it was still scary to actually play the game.
Just like many players, even if they had cleared the Easy difficulty once and were mentally prepared for the various monsters' respawn patterns and the high-stakes storyline, they would still panic when they tried the second time. This was an instinctive reaction.
Fortunately, the system gave him a Fear Blocker, otherwise Chen Mo wouldn't have dared to play Insane Difficulty, and he wouldn't be able to show off.
As he was reading, his phone rang.
Chen Mo saw that it was Qiao Hua and immediately picked it up, "Minister Qiao?"
Qiao Hua's voice came from the other side of the phone, "Chen Mo, I heard that Outlast's sales are pretty good, congratulations."
Chen Mo immediately replied, "It's all thanks to Minister Qiao and Chairman Zhang giving Outlast a pass, that the players are able to play the game."
Qiao Hua smiled. "By the way, I called you this time to tell you that the players have very good reviews for Outlast, so you don't have to worry. Outlast definitely won't be taken off the shelves."
"Moreover, the Game Committee's opinion on Outlast is pretty much the same. This is a successful attempt at VR in China, and will be more lenient with similar themes in the future. This is good news."
Chen Mo replied, "Yes, it is indeed good news."
"However …" Qiao Hua's tone changed, "There's still a certain amount of risk involved in games like this, so you have to keep this in mind. Summarize your experience, and let me know if you want to develop similar games in the future. "
Chen Mo nodded, "Don't worry, I definitely will."
Chen Mo was relieved after hanging up the phone.
Horror games weren't actually that scary. Many people were overly worried about horror games, mainly due to their mindset. At least from the news, there were many cases of people dying from sudden death in games, but very few cases of people dying from fear in a horror game.
As long as the player was a healthy adult with no heart disease or high blood pressure, they wouldn't be affected even if they came into contact with horror games. The most they would do was quit the game.
Everyone knew how much courage they had. Moreover, Chen Mo had taken a lot of precautions for Outlast, so there was no way anything could go wrong.
With Outlast's experience, Chen Mo would be more confident in making other games in the future. After all, the video game industry in this parallel world was completely different from the one in his previous world, and he had to slowly figure out the rules.
However, Chen Mo didn't have the time to deal with Outlast's feedback, as the League of Legends S1 World Championship was about to begin.
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As the date of the tournament approached, more and more information about the finals was revealed, including the venue, schedule, and information on the participating teams.
One of the things that excited the players the most was the prize pool.
Chen Mo announced on behalf of League of Legends that the base prize pool for the S1 World Championship was forty million RMB. The champion team would receive twenty million, the second team would receive ten million, and the top four, top eight, and top sixteen teams would also receive prize money.
This meant that even if a foreign team was eliminated in the first round of the S1 World Championship, they would still receive two hundred thousand RMB.
If converted to US dollars, the total prize pool would be almost seven million US dollars!
Of course, since the S1 World Championship was by invitation, the distribution of the prize pool might seem a bit strange. Many people might wonder why teams that didn't make it out of the group stages would receive two hundred thousand RMB even if they didn't win a single match.
This was mainly for the future. Once League of Legends went global, every place in the World Finals would have to go through multiple rounds of selection. Compared to the hard work these pro teams had to put in to earn a spot in the S Tournament, the two hundred thousand yuan was nothing. It was just a consolation prize.
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