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Indeed, NetDragon did pull off a show.
The beginning of the video was a slightly low perspective, moving down an old and dilapidated corridor.
The cara’s movent was sowhat peculiar—it was almost utterly stable, moving very smoothly.
The audience followed this perspective to the end of the corridor and then turned left.
Enemy figures erged in the distance. As soon as they appeared, half a gun appeared on screen, accompanied by a gunshot. The “player” successfully took down their enemies.
But quickly, more enemies appeared. The “player” was attacked, and the screen tilted back, directly falling out of the “body”.
By this point, the audience realised: it was not the player themselves who was fighting, but a half-human-high battle robot that moved on tracks.
The cara then quickly pulled back, distancing from the battlefield, and the player finally appeared in the fra.
In the lower-left corner of the screen, the player’s real-ti operation on the omnidirectional treadmill was simultaneously shown.
In the live picture, the player began to release ard drones one by one, setting them in automatic enemy-seeking mode, and then moved towards the gate of the underground armory with a rifle.
A hand grenade was fastened to his chest, a light machine gun was carried on his back, the treaded land combat robot followed close behind, with ard drones encircling them.
The drum beats of the background music gradually beca clear and loud.
Gunfire began, the battle started, and the music imdiately beca intense!
What followed was a rapid editing of combat scenes. The drone cleared the enemy behind the shields, the protagonist quickly eliminated the missed enemies, periodically throwing hand grenades to the rhythm of the music—with even the sound of the explosions accurately tid to the drum beats.
All of this easily stirred up the audience’s emotions.
At the climax of the music, the protagonist set up a machine gun from a high position, pulling the trigger to a long aria and firing madly at the rcenaries frenziedly hauling gold down below.
Bullets pierced the bodies of the rcenaries and hit neatly stacked piles of gold, causing golden fragnts to fly in the air!
The violent and frenzied scenes were slowed down, gunfire, roars, screams were all suppressed, until only a grand human voice singing, and the clear sound of the machine gun ejecting casings in the slowed-down scenes was left.
“What talent!” Lincoln couldn’t help but sigh while watching this scene.
“A cal starved to death is still larger than a horse, and a rotting ship still has a few pounds of nails, NetDragon still has talent.”
After sighing, he felt a sense of pity: “Such talent, wasted in NetDragon! We need to see if we can dig them over!”
The already short trailer was occupied by more than half of the footage of the armory.
Obviously, NetDragon is telling players: “We’ve added the canonical ending to the ga, and we’re very sincere about it, there’s no slipshod work at all!”
The later half of the footage beca richer:
Bigger maps, cities, sea islands, cruisers; more friendly NPCs, friendship lines, even romance lines…
Based on the content shown in the current trailer, the DLC is truly full of sincerity.
The feedback from players is also very good, with the real-ti barrage largely being praises.
There were really no signs of water army this ti, mostly genuine player comnts.
At most, there were players worried whether the actual ga will be scaled back. But even with these concerns, they still said:
‘Even if there is so shrinkage, as long as they can achieve 70% of the effect of this trailer, it will be very sincere. Don’t forget, this is a “free” DLC.’
Considering NetDragon’s current reputation among the player circle, such goodwill and tolerance is truly precious.
At NetDragon, both Gary and Jason were deeply moved, and even saw hope for the ga’s sales.
The somber ambiance in the office was also greatly relieved during those days.
However, being insiders, they did not imdiately realize: this goodwill and tolerance, in fact, wasn’t much for NetDragon, but rather more for the “Blaze” brand.
No matter how high the threshold of VR gas is or how evident the decline is now, it cannot change the fact that it was once glorious.
And “Blaze” is one of the ga series that many players rember most deeply.
Players are a peculiar group. They are desperate for new gas and have an amazing interest in future gas, which has even given rise to an endless “uncle party”.
But while they maintain a high enthusiasm for “the present” and “the future,” they also love classic old gas, and it’s not uncommon for one ga to be played for more than ten years.
In addition, many players have vaguely guessed: “Blaze 3” is likely to be the last of the “Blaze” series.
Even if a sequel can co out a long ti later, it is highly likely that it will not be on the VR platform.
Under these circumstances, the release of “Blaze 3” DLC, “Red Fla,” not only received heat unexpected by NetDragon, but also surprisingly generous and favorable reviews from the player group.
But how much of this tolerance and support will continue after “Blaze” ends remains questionable.
In the live streaming room, Yi was watching the trailer with his audience.
Given his current fan count, the proportion of audiences who had watched his live VR ga broadcasts had significantly declined, but those who had stayed were doubtlessly the most loyal viewers.
They had a deep impression of Yi wearing diapers in his early days, doing marathon live streaming on the VR device almost all day long, nearly dehydrating from exhaustion.
Of course, they also rembered the scene of Yi swearing furiously at the abrupt ending of “Blaze 3” after he had finished playing it.
Now, these people were speaking up, asking if he was going to play the ga on livestream.
“Yes, I definitely will,” Yi answered without hesitation.
But then he said, “I’ve been bothered by how much space the omnidirectional treadmill takes up at ho, but I’ve always been hooked on the ending of the ‘Blaze’ series. I’ve resisted selling it even though I’ve seen its price drop in the second-hand market.”
“Once I’ve finished this DLC and bid a formal goodbye to the ‘Blaze’ series, I can finally sell it with peace of mind.”
At this point, Yi couldn’t help but get sentintal: “My youth is finally coming to an end.”
The comnts were as chaotic as ever:
“Sigh, less than half a year ago, we were hoping the ‘Blaze’ series would continue to improve and achieve more greatness. Now our greatest expectation is just for it to exit the scene gracefully.”
“It’s a bit of a pity, but in my opinion, this isn’t bad. Look at you now, comfortably lying down while livestreaming. Isn’t it better than being tied up by traction ropes all over your body?”
“When Mirage first ca out, I imdiately sold my Flying Dragon 3rd Generation that I hadn’t owned for more than a month, taking a loss of more than two thousand. See the market price now, it’s almost sold as a treadmill! Luckily, I got out fast!”
Yi glanced at a few comnts but didn’t say much more.
Indeed, the ‘Blaze’ series represented his “youth.” But asking him to go back and use VR equipnt for livestreaming?
He would only say: “Sorry, we can’t go back.”
anwhile, NetDragon’s trailer was not over yet.
The earlier content was all straightforward ga promotion. Nothing fancy.
The real spectacle they prepared was—
At the end of the trailer, the player’s real-ti footage in the bottom left corner of the screen was enlarged, occupying the entire screen.
The equipnt stopped operating, and the player removed his full-cover headset, revealing a face that made countless viewers exclaim “holy shit” in the comnts.
This was the real spectacle that NetDragon had prepared. They had splurged to bring in the weightlifting champion of the Olympic Gas two years ago — Gavin.
The war only ended 15 years ago, and the Olympic Gas here did not have as much influence as in Lincoln’s original world, being restricted to the European cultural circle.
It was only after the war ended did it finally seize the opportunity to beco a global event.
As of two years ago, there had only been three global Olympic Gas, and every champion was very precious and exciting.
Gavin, as an extrely talented athlete, had participated in two of them, winning a silver dal the first ti and a gold dal the second ti with a dominating performance.
In the two years that followed, while preparing for the next world Olympic Gas, he also participated in many second-tier competitions held in Daxia, Europe, and Arica.
But no matter where and what level the competition was, if he participated, it was inevitable that he would win.
With every trophy and dal he won, his fan base quickly spread across the globe, and his popularity was astounding!
That NetDragon could invite him was definitely a hefty investnt.
Moreover, this move was very clever — Gavin’s fans were not limited to the dostic market, his global fan base was also shockingly large.
NetDragon’s Flying Dragon 3rd Generation suffered a drop in sales dostically due to Mirage.
But overseas, in places where Mirage hadn’t spread, the decrease in sales could still be controlled. Coupled with the extrely high quality of the DLC and the added popularity of Gavin, there was a good chance of making a coback!
Moreover, VR equipnt did have fitness effects, and it sohow aligned with Gavin’s athletic background. Whether it could promote equipnt sales was uncertain, but the advertising effect was definitely maximized.
This move was very well played.
The explosive wave of comnts showed that the players were also very surprised by Gavin’s appearance!
Gavin didn’t say any exaggerated promotional phrases. He simply ntioned that besides training, he would also play so gas. Among VR gas, his favorite was the ‘Blaze’ series, so he invited interested friends to give it a try.
In the end, with text on a black background reiterating that “Blaze 3·Red Fla” would officially go on sale at 8 a.m. the next day, the trailer ended.
The comnts imdiately started buzzing:
“Given Gavin’s training intensity, does he really have ti to play gas? Furthermore, playing VR gas? Does that count as rest or extra training?!”
“Speaking of which, considering Gavin’s strength, can the traction rope really handle it? I’m afraid he might snap it in a mont of excitent!”
“NetDragon did a good job this ti; I love to see Gavin making money.”
The top-rated comnts were all about Gavin; there were hardly any about the ga.
This goes to show just how astounding Gavin’s influence was!
Compared to the less than 20 million VR ga players dostically, and even less now, Gavin’s fa could not even be asured in numbers. He was completely a “national” level figure.
Gavin’s appearance allowed NetDragon to finally outshine Cloud Dream in terms of Internet attention, taking center stage.
“What’s the big deal?” Lincoln, who had watched the trailer, was sowhat speechless: “Is this supposed to show that great minds think alike?”
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