Chapter 329 Competitive Activities
One and a half months after the first PV of Dead by Daylight was released, everyone has not waited for the news of the official launch of the game, nor has they waited for the actual demonstration video of the game.
Instead, I was waiting for the live broadcast of the official closed beta test of Dead by Daylight held by Chuxin.
As an online game, elements such as cooperation and confrontation are naturally indispensable.
In order to be able to show the charm of Dead by Daylight to all potential players, all participants in this event have received rigorous training and must produce high-level competitive effects.
Of course, for ordinary players, the above mentioned things are not important.
The key point lies in the lineup of this online real-machine demonstration.
One side is a team of players selected from among the hundreds of Dead by Daylight closed beta players who have a particularly deep understanding of the game and are able to get started very quickly.
On the other side, there are game developers selected from among the original employees of the game organizer.
Among them, Luo Bai was included.
Although in the official promotion, the focus of this event is to showcase the main gameplay of the new game mode of "asymmetric competitive game" and the main charm of the game.
But the players are still very interested in torturing the old Luo Bai thief.
It can be said that as soon as the relevant news was released, various discussions among players instantly became noisy.
"Why didn't I get selected during the closed beta? I'm so angry that there is such an event."
"My teeth will be shattered if I participate in the closed beta. Well, why am I not a genius?"
"Brother, tell me carefully! Is Dead by Daylight fun?"
"Everyone's definition of fun is different. For me, fun is explosive. Even if you have never played this game, you can still enjoy watching others play it.
It’s not convenient to reveal the specifics. Those who have signed the agreement will be able to watch the live broadcast in two days, and everything will be displayed by then. ”
"Can these guys selected from the closed beta players be okay? If not, let me join. Don't be tortured by the officials then."
"They have all been trained internally and are quite qualified. There is absolutely no need to worry about this."
Amid the intense discussion among the players, time flew by.
The official live broadcast room of "Original Heart Game" was also the first to be featured on the homepage of the Xiaopo website. On the title page, the white mask of the trap killer Jia Ge was unusually eye-catching.
It’s 7:21 p.m., thirty-nine minutes before the event officially starts.
At this moment, the barrage in the live broadcast room was as turbulent as the vast ocean.
In the background image of the web page of the live broadcast room, in addition to the huge logo of Dead by Daylight shining brightly at the top, the names of the two teams are also given on the left and right.
Left: The team of captured old thieves, five shy boys of various heights, short, fat, and thin face the camera greenly.
On the right: Mr. Luo’s most handsome team. Mr. Luo is wearing a pair of black sunglasses and is guarded by four employees in the center, like stars holding the moon.
"Guigui, the most handsome one has appeared. Who came up with this composition? It's so cool!
I suggest you fire this person and replace me with a graduate..."
"Upstairs, you can't even get your turn. You still want to get into the original intention, right?"
"Bah! How shameless. Mr. Luo is the most handsome person out there. How can he become such a flattering employee?
Mr. Luo is obviously the most handsome man in the universe, right? Can you give me a chance to flatter you? ”
"Support the team that captured the old thieves alive! Come on, come on! Torture the old thieves severely!"
"Come on, come on! The whole village has hope!"
"I think that old thief is just a withered bone in the grave."
Various gifts are also flying all over the screen.
Finally, the time came to eight o'clock.
With the official opening of the live broadcast room, the number of gifts and comments reached a climax.
In the center of the screen, everyone did not see the close-up of the contestants sitting in front of the computer, as they usually do when watching DOTA games.
What is displayed in front of everyone's eyes at this moment is a simple and unpretentious background image of Dead by Daylight.
In the lower right corner, a small window was opened. A woman who was extremely familiar to first-time fans was wearing exquisite makeup and was introducing the process of tonight's event in a serious manner.
"No wonder this old woman hasn't seen anyone in two days and stopped broadcasting. It turns out she went to Chuxin to cause trouble."
"Can you please change someone else? This old woman is about to vomit in front of the brothers."
"It's true."
This appearance was warmly welcomed by the brothers. Who else could it be if it wasn't Er Xiao?
But she doesn't have time to watch any barrages now.
“Welcome everyone to come to our original live broadcast room tonight and watch this live broadcast of Dead by Daylight,
As an "asymmetrical competitive game" defined by Mr. Luo himself, I believe that many friends are eager to see this game.
Before the game officially starts, let me announce the main gameplay of Dead by Daylight. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the picture on the large window suddenly changed, and an aerial view of a map appeared on the screen.
And with Erxiao's introduction, various mechanisms in the game began to emerge.
"In the game, the player will play a human being dragged into a dream by an evil spirit.
You can freely choose to be a killer or a survivor, and fight in the dream spun by evil spirits..."
Butcher, motor, blood stains, door, skills...
In Erxiao's quick introduction, everyone now has the most basic concept of the game as a whole.
"No wonder it's called an asymmetric competitive game. This game is about a butcher beating four humans."
"Although the butcher fights with the greater number, human beings have too many limitations. They can't run as fast as the butcher. They can only attack but have no way to defend themselves. Isn't this the piglet that was killed?
I can't accept that humans can't cause substantial harm to butchers. If that's the case, who would want to play with humans instead of playing butchers? ”
"But when you play as a human, you can play with friends, but when you play as a butcher, you can only be a lone wolf."
But these concepts will not be able to have a specific definition in everyone's mind until the official battle between the captured old thieves team and Mr. Luo's most handsome team begins.
However, even with such a rough introduction, the game is attractive enough.
At this moment, Chuxin Headquarters.
The temporarily planned "player backstage".
Mr. Luo's most handsome team was all laughing and joking, with no pressure at all.
Luo Bai himself said that this live broadcast was purely for playing games during working hours, and wages and overtime wages were still paid.
The main goal is to allow players to see the main gameplay of this game and experience the fun of gaming.
Winning or losing doesn't matter.
But even so, how can we say that as a game developer, after the first phase of the game's development, we are an internal member who tested the game.
The proficiency of the game is definitely not bad. If the opponent is not serious, it will probably be a massacre.
On the other side, the old thieves team was captured alive. Although the team name was mainly chosen for fun, everyone is not just making fun of it, they still want to pursue something.
How should I put it, such a rare opportunity, who knows if I can get a test spot next time.
Even if it’s just for fun, you should have fun.
The four human team members are busy arranging tactics.
Participated in the one-month in-depth test arranged by Chuxin.
For the three maps currently released in the game, as well as various points, it can be said that they are almost memorized.
How to delay time when encountering a butcher, how to give teammates opportunities, and when to do what.
Everyone is very familiar with the practice.
At the same time, in order to avoid inconvenience to players watching the live broadcast who still know nothing about this game, this live broadcast does not include skills.
Everyone is naked, and the competition is to see who makes fewer mistakes.
But...
"Brother Six, can you handle it? Don't make a fool of yourself in front of so many people."
An old man who had a good relationship with Ma Liu joked.
In the game Dead by Daylight, players who play the butcher side are actually much more stressed than humans.
In Luo Bai's previous life, the underlying design developed for the game Dead by Daylight was based on the inability of humans to communicate.
Once humans can communicate and inform each other, they can basically defeat butchers of the same level.
This is also the intention behind banning skills on both sides.
After all, the human side is equivalent to losing sixteen skills, while the butcher side is equivalent to losing only four.
This gives the butcher an advantage in disguise.
Butcher has no teammates here, so he can only rely on himself for everything.
On the human side, if someone makes a mistake, they can still rely on the strength of their teammates to turn defeat into victory, but if the Butcher makes a mistake, it is a mistake, and it can easily ruin the entire situation.
And four brains will definitely handle the situation better than one.
However, if we insist on saying it is fair, it is actually not that fair. Asymmetrical competitive games themselves cannot be perfectly fair.
It still depends on the strength of the players on both sides. Whoever makes fewer mistakes can affect the final outcome.
Ma Liu is a player who emerged from this closed beta and has a deep understanding of the role of the Butcher.
On the inside on the first day, I was almost able to kill four of them.
Later, after experiencing the human side and becoming familiar with the procrastination thinking of some humans when facing the butcher, I reversed it and found that the butcher's level was even higher.
He also learned techniques such as backward walking and hidden red light without any teacher.
During the one-month in-depth test, the proficiency level also gradually increased.
The basic skills of walking are quite solid.
"I'll try my best. If I really can't beat him, I'll catch Mr. Luo and kill him alone, just for fun for the brothers."
Ma Liu smiled sinisterly.
"Okay, okay, you know what the brothers want to see."
"Don't live up to our team name."
"Let's work hard and try our best to be human beings.
Let the guy over there who didn't understand the game at all during the closed beta, and just thought the butcher was awesome, take a closer look at which side controls the thunder and lightning in this game. ”
……
"The game adopts a rotation mode. First, our most handsome team, Mr. Luo, will send out the butcher players of our team to fight against the four human players who captured Mr. Luo's team alive.
After the end of this game, the camps of both sides will rotate. The most handsome team of Mr. Luo will send four human players to fight against the butcher player who captured Mr. Luo's team alive.
The rotation will last for three rounds in total, and the selected maps are MacMillan Manor, Abandoned Garage, and Cold Wind Farm.
In this event, friendship comes first, and victory comes second.
I hope everyone enjoys watching it.
Without further ado, the game officially begins! ”
Erxiao let out a low cry, and the game officially started.
The first round of the first round of battle took place in MacMillan Manor, and this map is also an exclusive derivative map of Trap Killer.
Wearing a white mask and a strong figure, Brother Jia appeared on the screen. At this time, the perspective of the screen was rotated 360 degrees, allowing everyone to take a look at the butcher's modeling in the most intuitive way. After that, the game Soon we came to the first-person perspective of the Butcher.
A ferocious meat cleaver in his right hand was constantly dripping with blood. The huge damage caused by this thing to a person's body can't help but make people daydream.
From the Butcher's perspective, the various red and transparent objects on the map were extremely conspicuous.
"What a handsome cleaver."
"So this killer's special ability is those animal traps? With such a big map, I feel like this thing is a bit useless."
"What are those red transparent objects?"
At this time, Erxiao's explanation followed closely.
"As you can see, from our butcher's perspective, there are many extremely conspicuous red objects on the map.
These are the generators distributed throughout the map, and they are also the mission targets that humans must light up if they want to escape the manor.
With the blessing of evil spirits, the generator will be displayed with a bright red aura from the Butcher's perspective.
At this moment we can see that the Butcher player is walking towards the nearest generator location. He wants to find human players randomly distributed on the map near the generator. ”
At this moment, the screen changed, and the game switched from the butcher's perspective back to the human perspective.
The moment a little black girl was born, she quickly found a nearby motor, immediately attached her hands to it, and started repairing it.
"You can notice that from the human perspective, the game unfolds in the third person.
This means that compared to humans, the Butcher will have a larger viewing angle limit. If you are not focused, it will be easy to be fooled by human players playing hide and seek. ”
Speaking of which, the black girl player is currently repairing the generator interface, and a QTE system appears in it.
When the pointer reaches the very short golden section in the middle of the gray, the player presses the button in time and checks perfectly.
The maintenance progress of the entire motor has increased by a negligible amount.
"It's quite interesting, this game."
(End of chapter)