novelraw Chapter 14 – Public opinion outside the game
Chapter 14 – Public opinion outside the game
The joys and sorrows between people do not connect, Ye Hao only felt these players were noisy.
He never expected that his foresight skill seemed to be working perfectly, as the events that followed were exactly as he had seen in his foresight.
The demi-human slaves regarded him as a hero, Saintess Roye looked at him with admiration, and the players occupied Morninglight Town within half a day, making it the first base for the demi-humans.
"Could it be that this beating was not an accident, but a predetermined fate? Was it just that the foresight skill had a gap, so I didn't see it?"
Ye Hao was puzzled, standing alone on the balcony of the Mayor's Estate, looking at a large pit on the ground, feeling a bit melancholic and sad.
That was the pit created when Claremont used him as a punching bag.
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The first beta of "Kain Continent" had been ongoing for more than half a day.
After an intense battle between the protagonist and the BOSS, game reviews appeared on various gaming media platforms like bombs, exploding the entire gaming community.
Among them, Lin Fan's review, complete with videos, pictures, and text, stood out, receiving a large number of likes and shares.
Of course, the reason he stood out wasn't just because of the quality of his review, but also because of the eye-catching title.
The post's title was:
"Shocking! On the first day of the 100% five-sense VR game beta, the protagonist actually openly did it with the BOSS in a pit!"
The onlookers were amazed, never having seen such a bold scene, and immediately clicked in to watch and learn:
"Hello everyone, I'm your Brother Fan, long time no see, I vaguely remember the last time we met was the last time.
Today, I'm bringing you a review of the recently popular new game 'Kain Continent'. I only do the most genuine game reviews, please follow me, so you won't get lost next time~"
"I was lucky enough to be selected as one of the thousand first beta players out of over eight million reservations, but now the total number of reservations has reached over twenty million, hahaha, a little bit of Versailles here.
There are countless strategy videos and posts online, and there's nothing particularly good to strategize in the early stages of the game, so today I'll mainly talk about my feelings about this game."
"Regarding this game, I only want to summarize it with three words and explain them in detail step by step: real, hardcore, and epic."
"I believe everyone has seen the game's official trailer, and many people will question whether the game's quality can match the trailer's level.
Now I'll answer this question uniformly, the in-game quality is exactly the same as the trailer, not a single bit of exaggeration."
"So now, let me talk about why I say this game is real."
"I believe everyone has played many VR games, and the factors that affect whether these games are realistic enough mainly come down to three aspects: modeling and environmental details, the player's five-sense experience, and the degree of NPC AI."
"In the game 'Kain Continent', the five-sense experience has indeed reached 100%, standing in the game, all your senses are as if in a real world.
Those who have watched my live stream should know, the first thing I did when I entered the game was slap myself, and I want to say that the feeling of that slap was exactly the same as when I slap myself in reality. If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself when you have the chance to enter the game."
"As for modeling and environmental details, I feel my pale words really can't perfectly describe my feelings, just watch the video, this is part of the in-game footage I recorded (link)."
"You can say it's detailed to the point where you can clearly see the pores and the pulsation of blood vessels. There were actually more intuitive combat scenes, but they were too realistic to pass the review."
"What impressed me the most is the NPC system in this game, I also have a video of a conversation with the currently most popular NPC, Saintess Roye, you can take a look (link)."
"We can clearly see that the NPC's actions can almost be said to be like a real person, responding differently to different questions, they can think, hesitate, and even blush (picture) and get angry (picture) when teased by players. Isn't it cute? And NPCs will selectively interact with more polite players."
"So, here I want to remind everyone, when you enter the game, you must treat NPCs as real people, you will thank me for it."
"Now, let's talk about the second aspect, hardcore. 'Kain Continent' is the most hardcore game I've ever played, bar none.
In the game, you feel like you have a body with strength but no skills, like a big dumb guy.
Warrior skills like slide tackle (picture), shield bash (picture), and whirlwind slash (picture) require you to perform actions similar to the skills to be judged as successfully used, allowing you to mobilize the special energy in your body to achieve knockdown, stun, and knockback effects."
"As for the mage's skills.
As shown, this is a fireball spell (picture), as a mage, besides the standard chanting, you also need to feel the flow of magic within your body according to the skill description.
Don't argue with me, when you really enter the game and choose a mage, you'll find that the feeling of magic flow truly exists."
"Some might think such a hardcore game would be difficult to play, but in my view, this real hardcore experience is where the fun of a game lies. When you master a skill through your own efforts, the sense of achievement is unparalleled."
"Finally, let's talk about the epic feel. Everyone already knows this is a world of swords and magic, but this world is not an empty shell, it has a deep historical and cultural background.
New scripts (picture), new customs (picture) (picture), there are conflicts between nations, and songs of blood and tears, every NPC has their own life and story behind them.
I really can't imagine how much effort the game development team put into constructing such a vast worldview."
"Another important point, this game has no refresh mechanism, dead NPCs are truly dead, and events that have occurred will not repeat.
This means that future players will not be able to experience our current storyline, they can only follow our current storyline and move forward.
In this game, we players are truly participating in the development of this game world, leaving our own footprints in the game, we are not only creating the game's history, but also our own legends!"
"Finally, everyone has noticed. I've talked about so much content but it doesn't have much to do with my title."
"I, Lin, am certainly not a clickbaiter, so please watch an exciting battle video from the game as a summary of this review.
Friendly reminder~ The video includes the protagonist from the title and the current most popular BOSS, the Eaglehold Lord. (link)."
"That's the end of this review, Morninglight Town is in need of rebuilding, and I have to contribute, see you next time."
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Lin Fan's game review received tens of thousands of comments in less than half a day.
Players lucky enough to be selected for the first beta left comments to prove the review's authenticity, while those who couldn't play the game were not only more eager for the game to open more slots but also enjoyed a taste of cloud gaming.
Everyone was intensely discussing under the game review post, and some even started imagining what they would do in the game.
Besides Lin Fan's review post, another post quoting the video Lin Fan placed at the end was also highly upvoted.
The post's author was "Sleepy Penguin," and the title was:
"Bold Speculation on the Love-Hate Relationship Between Protagonist Ye Hao and Eaglehold Lord"
The post began with a video of the battle between Eaglehold Lord Sylvie and protagonist Ye Hao, with some screenshots and explanations below.
"Currently, 'Kain Continent' has been in the first beta for a day, and the main storyline has been outlined.
The main storyline is to help the destroyed demi-human nation to restore its country and make the Cologne Empire pay for its blood debt. It's said that behind these conflicts, there are shadows of the Pantheon, but currently, game data is insufficient, so we'll only discuss what we know."
"(picture) (picture) This is our game's main storyline character, Ye Hao. Do you think just by looking at his appearance, the game's storyline must be a smooth ride?"
"If you really think so, then you're too naive. I speculate that the game planners designed the protagonist as a Dragon Ao Tian type character to mislead us. Ye Hao's identity is far from simple, he should be a tragic character, and the Eaglehold Lord is not just a villain."
"Based on known information, Eaglehold Lord's Winterfell Keep is particularly far from Morninglight Town, how far exactly? It's roughly equivalent to being separated by a province.
Moreover, Morninglight Town is just the barren edge of Eaglehold, a no-man's land where even birds don't poop, so why would the Eaglehold Lord come here for no reason?"
"That's right, he came specifically for Ye Hao. When the Eaglehold Lord appeared, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally fell on Ye Hao, there's screenshot evidence (picture) (picture)."
"As the storyline progresses, the Eaglehold Lord killed all the players but didn't touch Ye Hao, I don't believe they don't know each other.
The Eaglehold Lord's gaze at Ye Hao clearly shows he's familiar with the protagonist Ye Hao, but Ye Hao seems completely unfamiliar with the Eaglehold Lord. (picture) (picture)"
"So what caused this to happen?"
"Going back to the storyline before players entered Morninglight Town, Ye Hao once said he was a knight of the Griffin Family, bringing knight retainers to seek refuge with the lord."
"This is an excuse to enter Morninglight Town, but it also allowed observant players to discover the connection."
"As shown, (picture) this is a chat screenshot with a traveling merchant in Morninglight Town, this merchant tells players that the Griffin Family was once a vassal of the Goldlion Family."
"Here, doesn't it make you think of the possible relationship between Ye Hao and the Eaglehold Lord?"
"I boldly speculate that Ye Hao might be the Eaglehold Lord's half-brother, and Ye Hao is likely an illegitimate child, with a very low status, sent away at a young age to be placed in the Griffin Family."
"But the Eaglehold Lord has always been aware of his brother's existence, which also explains why the Eaglehold Lord would appear in such a distant Morninglight Town."
"The struggle for power among noble offspring is fierce, so Sylvie Goldlion specifically came so far to deal with Ye Hao, a potential threat, to make Ye Hao give up thoughts he shouldn't have."
"Additionally, during the battle between Ye Hao and Lord Sylvie, Ye Hao also showed several abnormal behaviors, one of which was full-body trembling (GIF), I speculate that Lord Sylvie said something that made Ye Hao extremely angry."
"Another time was when Ye Hao's face clearly showed a look of realization and shameful anger (picture) (picture), I think at this point he already knew that Lord Sylvie was his brother."
"As for why Sylvie Goldlion didn't kill Ye Hao but only taught him a lesson, I guess there are many considerations, such as Sylvie Goldlion having to consider his father's thoughts."
"The above content is purely personal speculation, but I believe it's not far from the truth, Ye Hao is a typical tragic protagonist. Not only is he the ultimate simp burdened with the task of helping the demi-humans restore their nation, but he's also oppressed by his own brother and unable to recognize his biological father."
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This speculative post also had tens of thousands of comments, with most players agreeing with the author's speculation, and many players were particularly interested in the skills of Ye Hao and Lord Sylvie.
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At night, Ye Hao dragged his sore body onto the bed, opened his personal panel, and moved the cursor to the game forum icon.
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As a protagonist, understanding the players' thoughts is very important, as it helps him better manage the players.
And the best way to understand players is to browse the game forum, as players will speak freely there without any reservations.
They wouldn't expect the game's protagonist to have such a special function.
However, Ye Hao only had permission to view, not to post any comments, which must be some kind of special restriction.
As soon as he opened the game forum, two highlighted posts appeared before Ye Hao, one was a common review post, and the other immediately caught Ye Hao's attention.
"Bold Speculation on the Love-Hate Relationship Between Protagonist Ye Hao and Eaglehold Lord?"
What the hell is this?
Ye Hao frowned and clicked in with curiosity.
After reading it all, Ye Hao's face was twisted, trembling with anger.
Thinking of himself as a favored child of heaven, born with a silver spoon, eating delicacies and drinking fine wine, defeating countless young geniuses along the way.
Now he was chosen as the Chosen of Destiny to lead the charge in conquering another world.
When had he, Ye Hao, ever suffered such humiliation!
As if reaching a limit, Ye Hao suddenly let out a muffled groan, a mouthful of blood spilling from his lips.
Now he understood why those players looked at him with inexplicable pity and sadness at night.
It turned out he had been labeled by the players as a fallen illegitimate child, a tragic protagonist, and the ultimate simp.
And all of this was the fault of the Eaglehold Lord, Sylvie Goldlion.
Ye Hao gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with humiliation and hatred, gazing distantly in the direction of Winterfell City.
"Eaglehold Lord! I, Ye, will tear you to pieces sooner or later!"