Chapter 378 What Era Is It Still a Linear Process?

the next day.

The two met at the e-sports hotel as scheduled.

Shen Zijun looked at Fa Xiao's face carefully and smiled: "You look much better today."

Liu Hao subconsciously touched his face and replied, "Really? It was rare that I didn't quarrel with my wife yesterday. Maybe it was because of my mood."

The two chatted while wiping the keyboard and headphones with wet wipes.

"Let me tell you, you should relax when you should. Keeping a sullen face all day long is like someone else owes you millions. Can't my sister-in-law quarrel with you? If you and I don't talk the whole time while playing games with a dark face, I even want to scold you, let alone live my life."

Liu Hao made a move.

It seems that there is some truth.

Have you pushed yourself too hard before?

"Also, your leader may not be as unkind as you complain. Otherwise, how could he approve such an outrageous reason for taking leave?"

Liu Hao couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

Is this still my fault?

"Play games, play games."

"okay."

Log into the game.

There are obviously more people playing the game today, and there are more high-level people in Tristram.

Having completed the story campaign, the next step is to upgrade the world level and let your equipment take initial shape.

Then, experience the branch plot, and the branch plot often leads to the results of each copy.

Dungeons, called secret realms in the game, are one of the main ways to obtain equipment.

In addition to dropping equipment in the secret realm, power is also guaranteed to drop.

The so-called power is an enchantment effect that can be engraved on equipment and disappears after use.

There are also some general powers that do not need to be obtained, but they can only play the lowest level role.

For example, a barbarian's power can increase the AOE range of the Hammer of the Ancestors, ranging from 10 to 30.

There is no need to brush the version that can be used casually. After inscription, only the lowest level can be increased by 10 points. The brushed version is random within the range, with a maximum of 30 points.

Same goes for equipment.

For example, the one-handed hammer, Echoing Fury, has attack speed.

Each echoing rage has fixed attributes.

The attack speed bonus attribute ranges from 5% to 8%; one of the three main attributes of agility, strength, and intelligence appears randomly, with values ​​ranging from 825 to 1000; the upper and lower limits of weapon damage, increased damage, and attack-attached fear effects are all the same.

In addition, there is a randomly appearing affix, which may be one of seven elements with additional damage, attack power, damage increase, critical hit rate, critical hit damage and other top-notch affixes.

There may also be useless affixes such as armor, life, elemental resistance, reduced control, increased experience points, and dropped gold coins.

The equipment system can be described in one word.

That's randomness!

Randomness within a certain range.

You never know whether the next weapon dropped is top quality or junk, and what kind of outrageous data will appear.

What randomness brings is the pleasure of gambling.

This is true for a single piece of equipment.

How many pieces of equipment does a Diablo character have?

Helmets, necklaces, accessories, breastplates, belts, pants, wrists, gloves, shoes, rings, weapons

How many pieces of equipment can there be for each type of equipment?

The most rare thing is that you can only equip dark gold equipment, and there are three pieces of equipment in each part, not to mention the next-level orange legendary equipment, and countless yellow equipment that appear with random affixes.

A huge equipment library, coupled with reasonable drop and guarantee mechanisms, and a highly playable talent tree, constitute a character with many gameplay styles.

Even a piece of powerful orange equipment can give birth to a new gameplay.

In the last game of clearing the secret realm, Liu Hao dropped an artifact from the Hammer of the Ancestors genre, and the effect was immediate.

"What the hell, Brother Hao, what kind of damage are you doing? An elite monster with full health was instantly killed by an Ancestral Hammer?"

"It's great! Damn it, no wonder there are so few. There are more ahead. Let's go, let's go, before my BUFF is over."

In this round, it was Shen Zijun's turn to get lucky.

“Withdrawal!!! I’ve been trading for half an hour today, and it’s finally my turn to withdraw money.”

He was busy looking at the equipment attributes.

"Orange special effects, increase the damage of chain explosions by 300%? Damn it! Brother Hao, wait for me, I'll clean up a set of talents."

Liu Hao smiled and asked: "What, Bibi? Let's see who can swipe faster?"

Shen Zijun patted his chest: "Come on! Let's see who is faster. The loser will go buy a drink."

"OK!"

Re-enter the secret realm.

"3, 2, 1, start!"

As soon as the words fell, the two Nephalems fiercely headed towards the deepest part of the secret realm.

Seeing the incomparable ferocity of his ancestor's hammer, one strike would kill a large area, causing horrific damage and huge damage numbers.

"It's great! How can I lose here? Barbarian is so happy. I'm almost at the door of the boss, you...?"

Liu Hao was stunned.

Because the moment he looked to the side, the boss in front of Shen Zijun was already dead.

In a dazed moment, the barbarian lost control and was instantly killed by the swarming monsters.

"No, how did you do it?"

Shen Zijun puffed up his chest proudly and said: "Let me demonstrate to you. This passive is called chain explosion. Monsters ignited by the mystic's fire skills will explode after death, causing AOE damage to the surroundings. After clicking this passive , the explosion damage can also ignite the mobs."

I opened another secret realm and demonstrated it myself.

A fireball passed by, and the first monster at the beginning of the secret realm ignited a flame effect.

Then another skill was thrown over, and the mob died instantly.

boom!

The mobs were blown away by the flames and flew in all directions.

The powerful explosion damage directly reduced the second mob around him to half health.

Throw the second fireball.

A chain reaction begins.

Mobs were constantly being blown up, and the killed mobs ignited new mobs, which were then blown to pieces.

Others with residual health exploded again, and those with half health were killed again.

There were a large number of monsters that would take two or three hammers from the Ancestral Hammer to kill.

Two fireballs, all cleared up instantly.

Densely packed damage numbers popped up, which was extremely stressful.

The elite monsters in the monster group were blown to pieces by the surrounding boys before they even had time to use their skills.

Then, Shen Zijun flashed his skills and moved forward in a flash.

The map is random, and the content in front of each one is different.

But I just had an intuition that there was a monster ahead.

As expected, it was very rhythmic, with piles of monsters appearing, and piles after piles being blown to death.

That is to say, if some elite monsters are slightly off-center, you need to deal extra damage to kill them, otherwise the clearance time will be faster.

Liu Hao's eyes turned green with envy, and he encouraged himself fiercely.

"No, I also want to create an awesome piece of equipment!"

With that said, the two regrouped and started their careers again.

The level of the secret realm has also gradually increased from level zero.

Level two, level three. Level ten, level fifteen.

There are also more and more entries on elite monsters.

Multi, summon, wall, damage aura.

Gradually, it became more than just mowing.

In addition to mowing the grass, you also need to think about scientific skills and equipment matching.

You need to be familiar with the professional characteristics and add some operations.

The characters are getting stronger, the equipment is getting better, the operations are getting better and better, and the damage numbers are getting bigger and bigger.

With one skill, the screen will be filled with critical hit damage numbers.

Thousands of monsters fell down wailing.

There is nothing that the Hammer of the Ancestors cannot solve. If there is, then give it another hammer.

One is a mystic mage with extremely strong AOE ability.

One is the ceiling for a single outbreak.

The two of them are omnipotent in the secret realm.

By the afternoon.

"By the way, do you want to change your profession to get a feel for it? I plan to choose a Druid."

"Then I'll take the Necromancer. But will it take another day to level up? Isn't it a bit too long?"

“Give it a try and get a feel for the style and skills.”

The two accounts were re-established and they entered the sanctuary again.

It’s still a plot I’ve seen once.

Only this time, the first monster had just been defeated.

The experience bar increased sharply.

upgrade!

Then, I saw the experience bar surge again.

Upgrade again!

A strange experience, soaring directly to level three.

Liu Hao was stunned for a moment and asked: "Wait a minute, has the experience value increased? I remember that the first time you kill a monster, you will level up, right?"

Shen Zijun scratched his head and said, "It seems so. But, why?"

"Because the game is a buyout system, and players practice alt-accounts, is it unnecessary to force players to go through the upgrade path all over again?"

"Probably."

This time, I didn’t explore around and went straight to Tristram.

Talk to the village chief Kane and complete the most basic tasks.

The game pops up a prompt.

After one account gets the clearance achievement, the experience value of the second account will increase a lot.

And there are two ways to upgrade.

The first one is to continue doing mission upgrades.

The second type is free exploration and upgrading in the big world.

The two looked at each other and both guessed what the other was thinking.

If you can leave the novice village and enter the big world so early, what tasks will you do?

Wouldn't it be enough to just let the big player take it with him to clear the secret realm?

The trumpet even only needs to stand at the door of the secret realm and wait for experience points.

Shen Zijun asked with a smile: "How about Brother Hao, the details of Naughty Cat's game are quite good, right? Isn't this better than Road to Heaven?"

Liu Hao subconsciously felt a little conflicted when he heard this, but he had to admit that this was a fact.

After playing the entire game so far, it feels silky smooth.

Extraordinarily silky.

There were almost no stumbling blocks or dissatisfaction.

And it's not just that.

In the plot, Lazarus is Mephisto's minion and the leader of the demon-worshipping Triad.

There is a collection element, which is to destroy the altar of the Three Gods.

There are a total of seven large and small maps in the kingdom, which add up to 150 altars.

It’s very troublesome to find!

If you don't look for it, you will lose a lot of attribute points, skill points, BUFFs, etc.

Surprisingly, as long as the attribute BUFF unlocked by the large player, the small player can inherit it.

If you want to continue to complete the full collection, just use the account with the best progress to complete it.

Watching the level of the second account increase rapidly, you can even get some large-sized equipment that supports alt-sized players in the shared page of the warehouse.

I couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder I often see comments online saying that Naughty Cat is the game company that understands players best, no one else.

If so, it’s well-deserved.

Looking at the area of ​​the entire continent, there is still a huge amount of unlocked space.

How many more stories could be told? How much more area is left to explore? How many more enemies can be defeated?

The more you play, the hotter your hands become, and the more you play, the more addictive you become.

In the evening, before parting.

Liu Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Jun'er, I won't come to play with you tomorrow."

After saying this, Shen Zijun didn't care at all and asked, "Are you going back to work?"

"Yes. After all, it's not a solution to keep avoiding it. However, the release day of "Road to Heaven 4" is Saturday, and I can still play with you."

"Okay!"

After two days of indulgence, Liu Hao suddenly felt that the whole world was a lot more pleasing to the eye.

When driving, he was not as angry as before. The atmosphere at home was also significantly relieved. At the company, the leader was not as angry as before.

At work, it was much smoother.

Liu Hao himself couldn't help but sigh.

"Diablo is really a stress-relieving artifact. Did I push myself too hard before? It's not too much to spend some money on something I like?"

Thinking about it, he casually placed an order online and bought a computer, planning to install it at home.

I thought about the game again.

Well, buy a pass, and the barbarian skin in the mall is also very handsome, so I'll buy one too.

In the next few days, Liu Hao's whole spirit changed. His face was no longer tense, but also full of smiles.

If the pressure reaches a certain level, you will lose control of your facial muscles.

At home, there were some laughter and joy.

Time passed quickly, and it was Saturday, the 15th.

The long-awaited "Road to Heaven 4" was released.

With the attitude of proper relaxation being responsible for life, Liu Hao did not break the appointment, and the two came to the e-sports hotel early in the morning.

This Saturday and Sunday is also the last time to relax.

"Hey, damn Baofeng Entertainment, why do you want to sell such a good IP."

Seeing the sequel of my favorite game that year was released, I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart.

"Isn't it that Baofeng Entertainment doesn't pay attention to it? I think the Road to Heaven series is not profitable."

"How can it make money if there is no sequel?"

In the chat room, the character is established and enters the game.

Liu Hao's first reaction is that the two games are still a little similar in design.

In Diablo, the player plays the role of Nephalem.

In Road to Heaven 4, the player plays an ascetic monk.

There are not many professions, including warrior, mage, archer, and assassin.

This is because one of the characteristics of Road to Heaven is that skill points need to be obtained, and the skill tree is more complicated.

I thought I would be very excited to replay the sequel of my favorite game.

But I didn't expect that I would start to feel uncomfortable after playing for less than half an hour.

"There are too few items dropped, right? I need to clean my backpack in Diablo, but only three pieces of equipment were dropped."

Shen Zijun nodded depressedly: "Isn't it? I am quite interested in these background settings, but it takes too much time to read them."

I thought it was a nostalgic day, but it turned into a spit meeting.

Arrived at the first settlement and received the location of the next task point.

At this time, the game time has passed an hour.

I thought that the next step would be a vast sea and sky, with a large tract of explorable continents, countless interesting NPCs, and exciting tasks waiting.

Unexpectedly.

It was just to let the two go to a cave to get props.

After finishing this mission, another half an hour passed.

Is it time to go to the vast continent this time?

Let's go to the next mission point.

After completing one mission after another, until the boss is defeated, the prologue ends.

The first chapter begins.

The two of them were stunned to find that this is not an open world.

It is the most old-fashioned, linear process, brushing through chapters and fragments.

Liu Hao complained with a black face: "No, what era is it still a linear process? And it's so expensive. Who gave you the courage, Fish Leong?"

Shen Zijun teased with a sly smile: "Didn't you say before that the game process of the open world is against group training?"

"Shut up."

"Oh." (End of this chapter)