As the Blood Breeds went through the closed beta, they realized how difficult the game was to play.
First of all, the monsters were too strong, and the players lacked means to deal with them in the early stages. They might not even be able to defeat a wild boar without relying on numbers.
In addition, there was no experience, so naturally, there was no way to level up. Basically, if the players didn't drink things like genetic enhancement potions, their attributes wouldn't change.
There was a merit that replaced experience. The purpose of merit was to exchange skills, weapons, materials, potions, and the like at the base. It could also be traded between players.
As a result, merit had basically become the currency in the early stages. Merit had become the most important thing between players. What was money?
The monsters were strong, and it was difficult for players to become strong. This was nothing.
As long as there were enough players, what monsters couldn't be defeated if they worked together? What missions couldn't be completed?
But the one setting that the Blood Breeds didn't know how to complain about was … the players themselves had to fight between factions.
In fact, this was understandable. After all, many players were divided into factions.
But Lan Mu had set up too many factions. Every country was a faction. Earth players were reincarnated into different exploration bases according to their countries. People of the same country would be born together.
In this way, the players were equivalent to the difficulty of hell mode from the beginning. The future was dark …
In a small one million square kilometers, there were all kinds of monsters, monsters, and dangerous areas. In the north, there was a harsh climate and ice field, and there were also hidden undead creatures.
Although the southeast had a pleasant climate and was a large plain, it was the territory of the native humans. A strong dynasty stood there, and they weren't on the same side as the players. After all, the players were alien invaders.
There was no need to mention the west and south. The vast primeval forests and grasslands were occupied by powerful races.
So the players' living environment was already very bad, but they still had to fight among themselves.
In the small gap, the players were divided into more than two hundred factions. This was deliberately provoking conflicts between countries in the real world.
In the early stages, it was impossible to seize the land of the powerful NPC countries, right? What should they do?
When the living space expanded, they would inevitably touch the territory of the exploration base next door. When they ran over to ask, they were all foreigners.
In the beginning, it was fine. Everyone coexisted peacefully. But what if the expansion was thwarted? What if they couldn't win against the NPCs?
In the end, war seemed inevitable.
This was indeed intentional by Lan Mu. He thought about it for a long time and finally decided to set it this way.
He had indeed done so with the mindset that where there was war, there would be pain, and where there was pain, the Nightmare Lord would grow.
However, he didn't force the players to their deaths. He left them a way out.
First of all, he didn't set up a country that was sealed in a crack. There wasn't a country that was completely surrounded by foreign countries.
More than two hundred exploration bases were distributed in a circle in this area. They could choose to unite!
Unite and expand towards the NPC forces, whether through war or other means.
Players could engage in a fierce battle with the NPC forces, fighting to the death! He could also become a member of the NPC faction.
This was a game with a high degree of freedom. Everything depended on the player's choice and fate's arrangement.
Lan Mu wasn't sure what the future of the game would be like.
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On the 22nd of February, an unknown game company announced a piece of news.
At the same time, a game promotional video began to circulate on the internet, accompanied by a long background introduction of the game.
"The first Holographic Virtual Reality MMORPG in history, Apocalypse, has begun beta testing. Beta testers and gaming equipment will be randomly distributed worldwide at 7 pm on the 22nd …"
The announcement was made by an American company called Angel Group. After some investigation, they found out that it was actually a joint venture of eight well-known American game companies. They combined their channels just to sell this game.
The American government gave the green light for the game's review and pre-sales. All the procedures were completed in half a day.
It was the best game in history with the government's treatment.
The marketing gimmick was based on three points: absolute freedom, absolute realism, and 100% virtual reality.
After Angel Group announced the news on the internet, it caused a sensation in the gaming world. Then, young people all over the world were shocked.
They all surged onto the company's official website to check the details.
After repeatedly checking the promotional video and the game's introduction, a large group of doubtful people flooded the official website forum.
"The gimmick is too big. 100% virtual reality. Is this a joke? They just made a CG and said it was a game recording. The eight major companies spent a lot of money on this. Did they spend all their money on the promotional video? "
"This game is free and mainly sells the equipment. Look at the pre-sales on the official website. The lowest is 500 USD, and the highest is 10,000 USD! I'm spending 10,000 USD on equipment for a game? And it's equipment that can only play this one game. "
"The commenter above is definitely not a real game fan. Although I don't believe it either, I'm still willing to spend 500 USD on the normal version to test the waters. After all, virtual reality is something I dream of playing. What if my dream comes true? "
"Actually, I still believe it. Maybe it's not as bad as I think? After all, it's a joint venture of eight major companies. It's fine as long as it's better than the current games. 500 USD is nothing. "
"Look at the introduction carefully. You're spending money to pre-sell the equipment, but you're only getting a chance to qualify for the beta test. You might not even get a beta test number."
"Haha, there are 100,000 beta test numbers. After giving them to professional gamers, the rest is enough to distribute to the world. After all, you have to buy the equipment to qualify for the beta test. I don't think many people will be willing to spend money to test the waters. "
"Forget it, it's only 500 USD. I'll buy it!"
"Me too!"
"I'll be unlucky if I get scammed!"
…
"True Ancestor, the beta test numbers were released successfully last night …" the American vampire gaming tycoon said excitedly.
"As expected."
"A total of 155,000 players in the world pre-sold the game. Ninety percent of them bought the normal version of the equipment. Because there were only 100,000 beta test numbers, many people didn't become beta testers. They're complaining on the forums."
After hearing this, Lan Mu was stunned for a moment. He then laughed.
In terms of publicity, he had spent a lot of effort. He had directly unified the eight vampire gaming companies and combined their channels and reputation to promote this virtual reality online game.
In addition, some of the promotional videos were excellent. They were all recorded by Lan Mu directly from the dream world.
Although the players thought that it was CG made with special effects, the game itself was definitely not like that. However, Lan Mu didn't care. They would understand when they entered the game.
So what if it was CG? People were willing to pay for the equipment just for the sake of CG.
In the dream world, Lan Mu could create any kind of beautiful scene with just a thought. The only difficulty was to record it and bring it to reality.
Originally, Lan Mu couldn't do it. However, things were different after he became an angel and had the power of faith.
He created a material between the dream world and reality and used it to create a dream information receiver.
Only this receiver could receive and store the information recorded in the dream world and sent it to reality.
It was easy to copy it to the server in reality. A large number of the Angel Group's technicians actually did this to maintain the stability of the recording function.
After all, what was the point of playing a game if players couldn't take screenshots and videos or show off?
With this, players could record everything they saw and heard with their eyes in the game. The recorded material would be sent to reality through the receiver and sent to the game account bound to the player by the Angel Group's technicians.
This game account was also the account of the forum. They could post it on the official forum for everyone to see or download it to their computer for their own collection.
"True Ancestor, according to your previous settings, these beta testers will be distributed to different exploration bases. However, some countries only have a single digit number of beta testers. Do you want an entire novice village to only have six players? A country with a large population like China has 5,000 beta testers at the same time, which accounts for one-twentieth of the total. This is too unfair for those small countries. "
Upon hearing this, Lan Mu had already expected this. He said, "Tell the beta testers that there are only six novice villages for this beta test, including beta testers from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. I've already temporarily changed the exploration base division in the Heavenly Gap Land. Only beta testers from the same continent will be sent together."
"Understood, True Ancestor. The beta test is set at eight tonight?"
"Yes, as soon as possible."
The beta test was still very important. Lan Mu had to closely observe the situation of the beta test. In order to not make any mistakes, he would make some adjustments.
In order to be able to make adjustments at any time, his consciousness floated at the top of the dream world, stabilizing it.
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