"Damn, after ten minutes, you finally moved!"
"So cringe, but I like it!"
"That distant view just now, the graphics were so beautiful I couldn't close my mouth, hahaha!"
"This script is good. For the first VR game, no need for so many complicated settings, just tell a good small story."
...
The public's eyes are sharp. "Wanderer of the Colossus" is clearly an adventure game of the "hero saving a confidante" type, with a very clear main story.
You just need to kill sixteen colossus monsters, no detours, no NPC riddles.
Players have more time to enjoy themselves in the free VR world.
This isn't laziness; for the first VR game, give players some time to get used to it.
After gradually adapting, they can slowly introduce games with richer stories and complex character relationships.
Slowly add game content for players.
After all, it's not like an online game transitioning to mobile. VR games are primarily driven by the player's consciousness. Walking, fighting... these have fundamentally changed.
For example, right now,
Mo Zhi shouted slogans loudly, but her arm, holding the Sword of Yesteryear which weighed a full five kilograms, went sore after less than three minutes.
How can such a weakling fight those colossi?
VR games have unparalleled tactile feedback and a physics engine infinitely close to reality.
Then, combined with game attributes, players can grow within the game.
However, this growth isn't the direct stat-boosting panel growth seen in online games, but actual physical training.
"The first colossus is in the northwest!"
The light beam gathered and pointed northwest, very clearly. Mo Zhi identified it immediately and exclaimed, "This is very useful, a great idea!"
"This sword feels so real! The metallic texture in my hand, and this heavy weight... it's almost no different from reality!"
Mounting a small donkey, Mo Zhi sat on its back, gripping its sides tightly, and swung the Sword of Yesteryear, practicing.
All along the way, whether it were mountains, streams, the land, or insects, fish, birds, and beasts, they were no different from reality.
You could even find wild fruits on the trees.
Start a fire to roast wild game, pick wild fruits from the trees.
It didn't feel like playing a game at all, more like going to a resort.
Through the five senses, the sweet and delicious fruits and the fragrant roasted wild game exploded on Mo Zhi's taste buds.
She couldn't help but let out a sigh of pleasure, making the viewers incredibly envious.
At the same time, her mind had to accept a fact:
It seems... the era of VR games has truly arrived!
And the time flow in the game is different from reality. Mo Zhi spent a day and a night in the game, but only three hours had passed in reality.
Along the way, Mo Zhi ate and trained, feeling her forearms fill with strength and brimming with confidence.
"Come, look at my muscles!"
Mo Zhi struck a bodybuilding pose, flexing the muscles in her arm. "There's still a bit of a gap with reality; not only is the time flow different, but physical fitness is also different."
When the barrage first said only three hours had passed in reality, Mo Zhi didn't believe it. She clearly felt like she had a fulfilling day and night.
However, by being able to train her muscles in just one day, she slowly began to accept this fact.
All one can say is that the VR world is constructed based on the real world, yet surpasses it. It makes sense that you start as a weakling with no stats or panels.
If it were real time, it might take a whole year of training to defeat a colossus.
"Interesting, very interesting!"
"Starting with one person and one horse, colossi are all gifts!"
"I feel like the entire world is built on a powerful physics engine. While adhering to the game's settings, it greatly enhances player immersion."
"Hurry up, I want to see the combat scenes."
...
The viewers chattered incessantly, and Mo Zhi wasted no more time, mounting her horse and setting off again.
Under the setting sun,
One person, one horse, one sword, to save a loved one, fearlessly.
Finally,
After another half day's journey, Mo Zhi encountered the first colossus in the rocky crevices of the far west.
Before even getting close,
The stones underfoot began to tremble.
"Roar!"
A roar echoed, followed by an earth-shattering tremor.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
A moving "castle" slowly approached. With a gentle step, half a mountainside was crushed into dust, yet this "castle" was merely one of the colossus's feet.
Mo Zhi looked up along the "castle." She had to tilt her head back so far her neck almost broke, and she still couldn't see the entire colossus. All she could see was its furry midsection.
"Huh? It's this big?"
Her blood accelerated, her heart rate suddenly quickened, adrenaline surged, and Mo Zhi's face instantly turned ashen. Her body's self-protection mechanism kicked in, and the psychological fear even triggered physiological reactions.
She didn't have megalophobia, but the colossus before her was ridiculously large.
It felt completely different from the experience in a bird's-eye view, and even more so from a PC game.
It's like watching Ultraman fight a monster; the monster is taller than a skyscraper, but as an audience member outside the screen, while you're amazed, you're not terrified.
But in the VR world, the player is like a tiny ant under the colossus's foot, easily crushed. It's a completely different sensation.
"Terrible lines!"
"Foot fetish, I just spat out my food!"
"Only a storm can fell a great tree!"
"Look, the streamer's blood pressure just shot up to 180!"
"I admit, for a moment, I was scared..."
...
While the viewers were still indulging in the massive size of the colossus and making jokes, Mo Zhi was already dazed and trembling, frozen in place.
No commentary, no further action.
If you couldn't hear Mo Zhi's faint breathing, some might even think she had secretly logged off.
Gulp!
Gulp!
Swallowing hard several times, Mo Zhi finally recovered.
Hearing the barrage of teasing from the viewers, she gave a wry smile. It might be hard to believe, but she had almost wet herself just now.
But she knew the viewer's perspective and the protagonist's perspective were completely different, and her viewers wouldn't believe her if she said it.
This is something you can only truly understand the moment you experience it.
At this moment,
The slower viewers also noticed something was wrong. The health data nearby showed Mo Zhi's blood pressure remained high, and her heart rate was significantly faster than usual.
Although it hadn't reached its limit, the scene had clearly caused her immense shock.
Instantly, understanding viewers started sending gifts.
Hearing the gift notifications, Mo Zhi's pale face improved slightly, mainly because the colossus had already disappeared.
"Thank you all for the gifts."
"Sorry about that just now, I was genuinely stunned."
"This colossus is much larger than I imagined."
"And the third-person God's-eye view and the protagonist's first-person view are completely different experiences."
"Please give me a moment to adapt to this giant creature. It's just too big, I really can't take it."
The viewers expressed their understanding. They had no choice but to understand, with the heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse data right there. It couldn't be faked.
Mo Zhi stealthily climbed to a high peak and observed for over an hour until she could face the colossus without blushing or her heart racing. Only then did she leap from the mountain.
"Hah!"
"Good monkey, your Grandpa Mo Zhi has arrived!"