Before the cooldown period ended, Wang Zixu did not rush back into the game. Instead, he updated the forum with his trial experience.
Or rather, a live playthrough.
He had a powerful premonition.
This game might very well become the next Yuanmo!
Once it was promoted, it would absolutely explode in popularity.
And he was determined to become the number one player in the game!
After briefly organizing his thoughts, he began editing his post.
[Hi, everyone. I’m King of Freebies, and also the first player to experience the closed beta.]
[My previous game analysis post has already been featured, and even received the approval of the admin. Here, I’d like to thank all my friends for your likes, comments, and bookmarks.]
[This post mainly records my actual gameplay experience and will involve some spoilers. Please read with caution.]
[Today is the second day of the closed beta. I’ve been playing since the server opened last night until now, and I have to praise the game’s production. The gameplay experience this game has given me is something no game currently on the market has ever provided.]
[Can you imagine dying no fewer than ten times in one night, yet still being unable to stop playing? Even while eating, I’m thinking about how to clear it.]
[At present, this OP is still stuck at the very first plotline at the beginning, so the gameplay content I can access is extremely limited.]
[Here, I’ll mainly discuss the first plotline of the game.]
[One piece of information can already be confirmed: at the start, the player is guaranteed to be kidnapped by the kidnappers, and there is no way to escape midway.]
[So I feel that the first main quest is not actually asking the player to escape. It is purely meant to let the player experience the feeling of being abducted.]
[Therefore, I’ve decided to change my approach: no resistance, just go with the flow, and see exactly where those kidnappers take me and what I will encounter.]
[If there are any new developments, I’ll update this post immediately. Everyone is welcome to keep following this thread.]
[Finally, attached below is the edited gameplay footage. Bloody and violent scenes have been censored, so please watch without worry!]
After fermenting overnight, the forum had already registered more than fifty players.
These were all members who had already reserved the game.
Although the game helmets had not yet shipped, that did not affect this group’s heated discussion of the plot and game settings in the slightest.
Not long after the post was made, it already had more than a dozen replies.
Chen Jiajun silently lurked on the forum and casually gave the post a featured tag, but he did not join in the players’ discussion.
A game was only fun if players explored it themselves.
He closed the forum and continued throwing himself into CG production.
The models in the universal asset library were sufficiently exquisite, and almost all parameters had already been perfectly preset, saving him a great deal of effort.
Relying on the original body’s memories, he skillfully carried out model rigging and storyboard design.
Although funds were tight, the framework had to be built first.
As for the final rendering stage, if he really could not secure investment later on, then he could only look around and see if there were any new platforms on the market recently that offered unconditional loans.
He worked all the way until evening.
Chen Jiajun collapsed in front of the computer as if drained dry, letting out a long breath.
His entire body was exhausted, yet also relaxed.
Tired—he was truly fucking tired. His brain felt like it had been wrung dry.
But it was worth it.
The basic framework was finally done.
He had even used that ancient rendering software to forcibly render out a dozen seconds of sample footage.
The picture quality was moving, and the details were utterly shattered.
As expected, it still would not do.
The rendering plug-in was too outdated and could not bring out the quality of the models.
Knock, knock, knock—
The studio’s main door was suddenly knocked on.
Chen Jiajun’s brows lifted slightly, somewhat surprised.
Normally, no one ever came to the studio.
The only employee, Xiao Huang, had gone back to his hometown. If he was coming back, he would definitely call in advance. Then who could it be?
Could it be the rent collector?
No, no!
There was still almost half a month left on the lease, and a text notice had only been sent two days ago. There was no need to make a special trip here.
Then… could it be debt collectors?
He swallowed.
Before he transmigrated, the original owner had borrowed quite a bit from loan sharks. Although the addresses he left were all his hometown address, those people were capable of getting into any crack.
It really was possible they had found the studio.
Just as he was wavering in alarm and suspicion, the knocking sounded again.
This time, it was mixed with a woman’s shout:
“Chen Jiajun, open the door!”
However, that voice sounded a little familiar.
He quickly walked to the door and pulled up the surveillance feed outside. He immediately let out a breath of relief.
So it was his partner, Shen Yingying.
He hurriedly turned the lock and opened the door.
Outside the door, Shen Yingying looked at Chen Jiajun, and a trace of surprise flashed through her eyes.
How had the once clean and sunny boy become like this?
Haggard and slovenly!
He no longer had the vigor he used to. He looked somewhat dispirited.
His beard was unshaven, and his hair was a mess.
Fortunately, there were no strange odors coming from either him or the room.
Only then did she push open the door and walk in.
Her gaze swept across the room and happened to catch sight of several used tissues on the desk. Her eyes narrowed slightly, then she moved her gaze away as if she had seen nothing.
Chen Jiajun noticed this small detail.
He hurriedly swept all the tissues he had used to blow his nose into the trash can, pushed his boss’s chair over, and said with an embarrassed smile,
“Boss, please sit.”
Shen Yingying did not stand on ceremony. She lifted her chin, signaling for Chen Jiajun to sit on the sofa opposite her, and went straight to the point.
“Do you still have me as a partner in your eyes?”
Her voice was not loud, yet it carried a natural pressure, fully revealing the bearing of an elite from the business world.
“No matter what, I’m still your financial backer mommy, aren’t I?”
“I called you so many times, and you didn’t answer a single one. Do you think that’s appropriate?”
Hearing this, Chen Jiajun immediately guessed why Shen Yingying had come.
He understood this young lady’s temper. In all likelihood, she had suffered another setback in the game, so she had come straight to his door to demand an explanation.
Not answering her calls was indeed his fault, so he hurriedly explained,
“I was too busy and didn’t notice. You know too, Xiao Huang asked for leave, so I’m the only one in the studio.”
“I’ve been optimizing the game from morning till night. After finishing work on the game, I still had to rush the opening CG. I was really swamped.”
Shen Yingying rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.
“You even made a game CG?”
“I did. It’s just that there was a small problem. You know how it is.”
Chen Jiajun put on a bitter face and shook his head.
“How much are you short?”
The two had worked together for a long time. As soon as Shen Yingying saw his expression, she guessed it.
“How much can you invest?”
Chen Jiajun’s eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned closer.
Shen Yingying did not take the bait. She simply stared at him quietly.
Chen Jiajun felt his scalp prickle under her gaze. After hesitating for a moment, he said,
“You’ve played Bloody Golden Triangle too. The quality of this game is absolutely enough to break out of the anti-fraud competition and place in the rankings without any problem.”
“Now we’re only missing the final push. You don’t want all the money invested in the early stages to go down the drain either, do you?”
Shen Yingying remained silent, but in her heart, she was weighing things.
To be honest, she did not particularly like this game.
Because certain parts of the game made her feel uncomfortable and disgusted.
Fortunately, the face-sculpting and body-shaping system had been updated yesterday.
She made her face shape a little more ordinary, reduced the parts of her figure that should have been big, and flattened the parts that should have been perky.
Only then did she have far fewer problems, with no more of those infuriating disasters appearing.
But today, after reading King of Freebies’ analysis of the game plot on the forum and combining it with her own experience, she was not optimistic about how the plot would develop afterward.
They were bound to lose a portion of female players.
Wasn’t that price a little too high?