VCRMM: Chapter 396

“Hello, dear guests. Welcome to the Starry Sky Age experience store.”

“After using the gaming helmet to enter the game, your body will enter a deep sleep state. Please make sure the compartment door is closed to prevent the loss of property during the game…”

Once Paul picked up the gaming helmet, a voice reminder sounded in the cubicle. The first part was in Chinese, and the second part was repeated in the international common language.

Paul listened carefully before nodding. “It seems that the Starry Sky Age experience store still takes care of foreign customers.”

He had played Hegemony, so he knew that the body would enter an unconscious state after entering a holographic game.

He was a bit worried at first. Now seeing the safety facilities of the experience store, he finally felt relieved and could enter the game without any psychological burden.

However, he didn’t rush to start. Instead, he fixed the camera. Then he held the game helmet and observed carefully while explaining to the camera.

“As far as I know, Starry Sky Age has two types of gaming devices. One is a high-end gaming console that costs 100,000 yuan. Due to limited production, only around two million units have been sold so far. Every time a purchase quota is released, it will definitely be sold out within a minute.”

“I originally wanted to spend a huge amount of money to buy one, but it is too luck-dependent and I couldn’t get one at all!”

At this point, Paul’s expression showed a hint of regret.

From the fact that he traveled all the way to China to live broadcast his gaming sessions, it was clear that he came from a wealthy family. The fact that he couldn’t get gaming equipment had always bothered him.

[This hunger marketing method is indeed very clever. As for the fact that production can’t keep up? I don’t believe it.]

[Is this an online game experience store? The design and decorations are great, and the cubicles are very user-friendly. Has China developed so well?]

[I can’t wait to see Paul play the game!]

“Don’t worry. Let’s continue looking at this helmet.”

Paul said slowly, “This is another low-end machine of Starry Sky Age, the gaming helmet. Its price is much lower than the gaming cabin. It can be bought for a few yuan, and the production volume is also larger.”

“Of course, there are too many Chinese people, so gaming helmets are still hard to get.”

Some Chinese players agreed in the barrage, saying they were also suffering! If there were no experience stores to play, many people probably wouldn’t be able to enter the game until now.

Despite the complaints, it was understandable that the game company pursued quality. After all, this wasn’t a traditional online game and it involved equipment for the human body. It wasn’t wrong to be cautious.

[The gaming helmet experience definitely isn’t as good as the cabin. I would choose the gaming cabin for Hegemony!]

[That’s right. The price for the cabin for Hegemony is only 30,000 yuan. It is obviously more cost-effective and you don’t have to fight for it.]

[Do you know why there is no need to fight to buy it? It is because no one is buying it!]

[Hehe, ignorant person above. Do you need me to post the sales of Hegemony this year?]

[That is because Starry Sky Age hasn’t launched overseas servers! Is there anyone who doesn’t know that Hegemony has withdrawn from the Chinese market in disgrace?]

Seeing that the group of people was arguing again, Paul quickly drew their attention back.

“The price of Hegemony is indeed more affordable, but there are still many problems. I have already talked about it in the last video. If you are interested, you can go and have a look.”

Hegemony was Paul’s first virtual reality game. It did give him a refreshing feeling and made him addicted for a while.

However, some problems appeared one after another later, which greatly affected the experience. He made a video about these problems and reported them to the officials.

The most serious problem was the delay. Due to the connection to the Internet, delays might occur occasionally. Since it was a virtual reality game, the more realistic the game, the more fatal delays would be.

If playing games normally, a poor Internet speed would make one want to smash the keyboard, let alone the feeling of the game starting to slow down while playing.

There were several times when he would use his skills halfway through but suddenly start to slow down due to delays. By the time the Internet was restored, he had already been killed by the enemy.

The feeling of frustration was magnified by ten or a hundred times.

Then there was the issue of authenticity.

Admittedly, when he first entered the game, he also had the feeling of being in a different world. Then after playing for a long time, he found many bugs or places that looked fake.

For example, there were only a few destruction effects in the game scenes. After a minute or two, the game scenes would automatically return to their original state.

Then there were the slightly dull NPCs. Hegemony had done its best to improve the intelligence of NPCs, but the lines were all designed. They basically said the same thing when interacting with every player.

Therefore, there was still a long way to go in pursuing realism.

But overall, Paul still greatly appreciated SB’s virtual holographic technology.

“In fact, I think this type of holographic game is best made into a stand-alone game. The experience will definitely be more exciting!”

[Especially the little yellow ones. We understand.]

[Hehehehe.]

[I’m really looking forward to what you said.]

[Yes, it would be great if the game company of Starry Sky Age came out with a little yellow game someday.]

[Upstairs, hurry and put on your clothes quickly!]

Paul continued to explain the helmet.

“The helmet feels good in my hands. The material is relatively light. I feel it won’t be uncomfortable to wear on my head. The workmanship is also impeccable.”

Despite this, the overseas audience still scoffed at the gaming helmet, thinking that the experience of wearing them must be extremely poor and inferior to the gaming cabins.

“After all, you get what you paid for. The game company has also marked it. If the game cabin is 99% realistic, the game helmet is probably 70-80% realistic.”

He didn’t have much expectations for this 70-80%, but Paul was cautious and didn’t say it.

“Okay, I’m going to enter the game and start the live broadcast.”

Paul confirmed that the door of the cubicle was locked and put on the helmet.

Once the helmet started up, he felt a black screen before his eyes. Once he opened his eyes again, a login interface appeared in front of him, prompting him to enter his account and password.

He looked around again and found that he was in a vast starry sky. He was floating in front of the starry sky in the form of a man of light.

The modeling of this login interface alone was enough to shock Paul, but he quickly regained his composure.

Game CGs were often beautifully done, but the real content was the main point! He reached out and clicked the cursor. A virtual keyboard popped up.

He touched it with his palm and felt that the smoothness was very good. He had a lot of expectations in his heart.

After he entered his account and password to log in, the system asked if he wanted to connect to the forum live broadcast room. Paul quickly selected yes and the live broadcast room interface appeared on his right hand side.

He was able to monitor the live broadcast screen, but the barrage could only be seen by the players in the forum. He couldn’t interact with those on the original platform.

Paul didn’t care. He clicked next to enter the face-shaping and naming stage. Then he chose his talent route.

Paul was originally worried he wouldn’t be able to understand it, but it turned out there were foreign language translations. This really dispelled the xenophobic view of Starry Sky Age.

“Currently, all players’ initial occupation is an elementalist. There are two career paths to choose from, namely warrior or spiritualist. Later, they are divided into the ten major elemental systems of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, wind, thunder and sound.”

Paul patiently explained and was ready to show off all 20 professions.

Compared to when the server was first opened, the guides for Starry Sky Age had been improved a lot. So when Paul selected the warrior and metal element, and clicked on the demo…

He didn’t see any video presentation.

Instead, he discovered that a towering mountain appeared in front of him and he had turned into a heavy metal sword!

Metal Warrior-Metal Transfiguration: Heavy Sword (max level), released.

The moment these words appeared before his eyes, Paul felt his body uncontrollably crashing toward the mountain in front of him!

He subconsciously closed his eyes but didn’t feel any pain. Instead, he felt a very strange sensation. At the same time, he heard a loud rumbling sound of gravel.

Paul quickly opened his eyes and saw that the mountain in front of him, which was at least several hundred meters high, was actually cut in half by him!

He also had a feeling that he had just turned into a sword, a heavy sword full of crazy destructive power!

It was… very cool!

In addition to the heavy sword, there were full-level transformations for many other weapons. The scenarios they faced were different, but the impression each scene left on Paul was—

Awesome!

“Everyone, I think I can play this demo for a year!”

Paul couldn’t help saying.

Maybe it was a demonstration so it was done more delicately, but this type of smoothness really made him feel it. Was this really the effect of only 70-80% realism?

Paul wanted to enter the game quickly but this demo was so fun!

He tried all the combinations and struggled. Should he choose the warrior system or spiritual system?

The spiritual system had greater potential and powerful abilities, but the experience of being a warrior who could transform into various natural phenomena was also great!

In the end, Paul gritted his teeth and chose the wind warrior.

Turning into a gust of wind, coming and going without a trace. So cool!

On another platform, due to Paul’s demonstration, the number of views in Paul’s live broadcast room had reached its previous peak and was still climbing.

“Ahh, I really became a magician! I can control lightning!”

“Look, look, I’m flying!”

“Oh my god, I turned into a puddle of water. Ahhhh, I turned into a tornado!”

“……”

Paul was having so much fun that he seemed to have forgotten he was broadcasting live, which made the audience very itchy.

[This looks like a lot of fun. I want to play too!]

[Paul, wake up! These skills are at max level. You definitely won’t be that heavy after you enter.]

[I just want to know what it feels like to become water?]

[Apart from anything else, I really love the smoothness. There is no lag or frame drop at all.]

[We have to wait until we enter the game to see if it’s smooth! Hegemony also had no lag in the boot interface. Paul, please enter the game and check it out!]

The moment Paul chose his career, he saw the system notification pop up.

[Time for this experience: 1 hour remaining (remaining number of renewals: 1).]

Paul: !!!

Each experience lasted only two hours, which meant he had three hours left. He hurried to enter the game.

Once he chose to confirm, the surrounding game interface disappeared. He saw the starry sky in front of him moving quickly before stopping at a beautiful planet.

Escher Star.

Then his body turned into a meteor and fell toward the planet!

So the next moment, Paul’s scream like a pig being slaughtered was heard in the live broadcast room.