Many players were disappointed that Earth Online could not be logged into the Matrix game pod, but there were also many players who firmly believed that it would not be difficult for Chen Mo to make his own Earth Online since he had made games like Uncharted Waters, USA Apocalypse, and Escape and Get Out of Here.
Perhaps the only problem was time. No one could predict Chen Mo's research and development plans. Even if Chen Mo made Earth Online one day, when would it be?
However, as the first promotional video of Grand Theft Auto was released, the players suddenly realized that … that day was not too far away.
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Under the night sky, a game character in a suit was running wildly.
This promotional video used a first-person perspective, so the appearance of the game character could not be seen. It could only be inferred that he should be a white male from America based on his running speed, voice, and other aspects.
In the dark night sky, police helicopters were hovering in the distance. The sound of propellers could be clearly heard. Behind him were police sirens and gunshots from time to time.
Mike entered a sports car on the side of the road. After starting it, he directly ejected and rushed to the blockade formed by police cars on the road ahead.
There were police cars everywhere, and armed police officers got out of their cars, trying to stop the car. Behind them, there were police officers using loudspeakers, shouting for him to stop immediately. The helicopter hovering in the sky focused its lights on the car, tracking it from the air. There were also police officers shooting at the car, and the bullets hit the car, making crisp sounds.
However, Mike did not hesitate at all. Under the dark night sky, the speedometer of the sports car soared wildly. He skillfully drove the car through the gaps of the intercepting police cars, drifted and skimmed over sharp corners, and the tires made a harsh friction sound on the road.
After a while, the scene changed to the sky. This time, it was still a first-person perspective, but it was in the cockpit of a helicopter.
Trev piloted the helicopter and tangled with the police helicopters, hovering and dancing in the air.
Near the slums, Franklin was participating in a gang fight. He raised his automatic rifle and fired at the gangsters in front of him. Then he threw out a grenade and blew up the gangsters and their cars.
Mike was driving a sports car to chase a red sports car at the airport, and the police car was following closely behind, honking and trying to force the two cars to stop. Passenger planes were taking off and landing on the runway, and several cars were racing on the huge airport runway. From time to time, they brushed past the passenger planes that were about to take off, which made people break out in a cold sweat.
Flying propeller planes, motorcycles, fighter jets …
All kinds of missions and vehicles were displayed in the video.
At the end, the name of the game appeared on the black screen: Grand Theft Auto.
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As soon as the promotional video was released, it immediately caused a heated discussion among the players!
In fact, this promotional video was different from Chen Mo's previous promotional videos. It wasn't satisfying just from the content alone.
First of all, it was too short, only around two minutes, and the content was very monotonous. It was all vehicles, motorcycles, cars, helicopters, planes, and so on. Secondly, there was basically no plot, and there wasn't much voice acting. It could be said that as a promotional video, its content was relatively lacking.
However, the most important thing was that it was from a first-person perspective!
Most of the promotional videos in the past used a third-person perspective, and they were deliberately made to be similar to the storyboards of movie trailers, mainly to show the characters and plot in the game, and at the same time to create a "blockbuster" feel to the game.
This promotional video didn't have any of these things. If it was in the past, it wouldn't be considered a good promotional video, at least not up to Thunderbolt Entertainment's standards.
However, in the next generation VR phase led by the Matrix gaming pod, this promotional video had some special meaning.
There was no need for Chen Mo to remind them, as many of the players were already trying to figure out what was going on.
First-person perspective, what would it feel like to experience the next generation VR in the Matrix gaming pod?
Motorcycles? Drifting? Mafia fights? Fighting in planes? That's a little exciting!
Although there wasn't much information released in the promotional video, but … the players had a lot of imagination!
Obviously, this was an urban crime theme. Drifting to avoid the police, and fighting in mafia fights. The main character of the game obviously wasn't a law-abiding citizen. Moreover, from the first person perspective, the map wasn't small, and the playable area was at least in terms of urban areas.
This meant that this was a game aimed at Earth Online, and it was even more exciting and out of the ordinary!
The players were instantly excited. They just heard that Earth Online wouldn't be working with the Matrix gaming pod, and now Chen Mo was making a big move?
Everyone knew how exciting this theme would be when it was combined with next generation VR. Chen Mo purposely made the promotional video simple, and left the rest up to the players' imagination. The gamers didn't let him down. With the collective brainstorming, they managed to fill in most of the themes of the game.
However, the main point of contention among the players was: Was it a standalone game, or an online game?
Most players believed that it was an online game, and there were two main arguments. First, although the promotional video was in first person, it was obvious that there were three people, as could be seen from the hand models. The driver was a white man in a suit who looked like he was living a good life, the one fighting in the mafia was a black guy, and the one flying the plane was wearing jeans and boots, looking a little mentally unstable.
This could be distinguished from the skin tone, clothing, and voice of the players if they watched the promotional video carefully.
Therefore, many players believed that it was an online game, and that players could freely customize the models, or bring characters from Oasis into the game.
Second, Chen Mo already had the Matrix gaming pod, so it was a good idea to gather all the players together to make a large online game, just like Earth Online. Many players expressed that if they wanted to make a large virtual reality world, wouldn't it be too boring if all the players were NPCs?
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