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Chapter 540 Beta Version Opening

one year later.

Early on Saturday morning, Zhuge Jun and Hou Ji came to the offline experience store of Nitiantang as usual and occupied their two favorite window seats.

"Great, we got another golden piece of land. I'm so happy!"

Zhuge Jun was very happy because occasionally these two positions would be occupied by other people.

But in general, the experience stores of Against the Heaven have basically never been extremely crowded, which is quite good.

It’s not that the experience stores of Nitiantang are unpopular, it’s mainly because they open stores very quickly.

As long as I open enough stores, they will be filled up so fast that I can’t catch up with them.

During this year, Nitiantang’s experience stores began to be fully rolled out, from first-tier cities to second-tier cities.

Not only that, Against the Heaven has also been cooperating more and more with offline Internet cafes and video game stores, which has also played a certain role in diverting traffic.

As for the imperial capital, the number of experience stores is even more impressive.

However, compared with the rapid development of offline stores, Against the Heaven's game development can be said to have stagnated.

For a whole year, no new works were released.

This is obviously something that is quite difficult to accept for the players.

In fact, this is a very normal situation in the game industry. The development cycle of many game companies' major works is three to four years, and it is normal for no news to leak out during the development period.

Players have become accustomed to waiting anxiously, from one trailer to another, until the flowers have wilted.

But Nitiantang is an outlier and has always been famous for its extreme project management capabilities and development efficiency.

When it’s fast, a game can be released in three months, and when it’s slow, it can take only half a year.

Over time, players' tastes have become picky. If they don't play a new game from Against the Heaven for a while, they feel uncomfortable all over, as if they are having withdrawal symptoms.

This year has been a long time coming for everyone.

Zhuge Jun is naturally one of them.

He tried many times to gank Gu Fan in the experience store and ask him about the new game, but he never got the chance.

Such a complete disappearance naturally led to a lot of rumors spreading on the Internet.

Some people have spread rumors that Nitiantang has disbanded and run away. It is said that the investor and the CEO had a big fight in the meeting, and even the chair was knocked flying.

But everyone knows that this is just a joke.

For a company as awesome as Against Heaven, the boss and investors must be very close and well-coordinated. How could there be any big conflicts? Just think about it, it's impossible!
Gradually, various rumors converged into a truth that seemed more reliable: Nitiantang was planning something big!
Of course, although it is said to be a collection of various rumors, there are actually still a lot of reliable official news to support it.

First of all, the fans of the liver emperor confirmed that he really did not broadcast live anymore, and the production of mods had been completely stopped.

Even in private, when someone asked him about his recent situation in the fan group, he basically did not respond, but just said that he had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not talk much.

In addition, the most important piece of evidence is that Anti-Tianya released a pre-release trailer for the new game, revealing two key pieces of information:
The new game is called "Endless Fantasy Tales 2", and it will be developed by the hardworking player as the chief planner.

This news also caused some controversy when it was first announced.

The expected uproar did not occur, mainly because the news looked too fake. Even if it was released by the official Against the Heaven's Glory, it made people feel that it was a prank and had no credibility at all.

If the day it was posted was April 4st, it would basically be confirmed, but unfortunately it was not.

Those who think this news is fake have good reasons:
How could Against the Heaven go to such great lengths to make a pay-to-win mobile game? Did they lose their minds? And they let the hardworking player be the main planner. Does he know what he is doing?
And even if we are making a mobile game, why use the IP of "Endless Fantasy Legend"?

In short, this news is extremely outrageous. Considering that this is a game that took Against the Heavens more than a year to develop, there are even fewer players who believe that it is a real mobile game.

Until today, this special day: Against the Heaven has announced a week in advance that "Endless Fantasy Tales 2" will release an advance beta version, and has issued invitation codes to a group of loyal fans of Against the Heaven!

This news was like a bombshell to the players who had been waiting for a year, and it instantly caused an uproar.

As loyal fans of the game Against Heaven, Zhuge Jun and Hou Ji were lucky enough to get invitation codes for the internal test. Naturally, they could not miss the opportunity to try out a new game.

"Hey, it's really called "Endless Fantasy Legend 2", isn't it a joke?
"Damn, it's really multi-platform interoperability. Damn, I can play it on my phone!"

As soon as he opened the official website of the game, Zhuge Jun couldn't hold back his excitement.

This game is obviously different from the previous games of Against the Heaven. The previous games were basically just posted on the official game platform, but this time a special official website was set up.

Are you saying that you created the website because this is just a beta version?

That doesn't make sense, because the official game platform also allows the release of trial versions of games.

At this point, there seems to be only one explanation for this practice: because this game itself will be available on all platforms, it will be more convenient to integrate the entrances to these platforms into the official website.

Seeing the huge artistic words [Download for Android Platform] and [Download for IOS Platform] on the official website, Zhuge Jun found it difficult to tell what his mood was. It was really hard to keep calm.

But if you continue browsing the official website, you will find more frustrating information.

"'Ascension'? 'Blood of Lies'? These IPs will actually appear in the game?" Zhuge Jun rubbed his eyes and almost thought he had seen it wrong.

There is some basic game promotional information on the official website, including background original paintings and some character silhouettes.

Among them, there are two very familiar silhouettes, they are Li Huanzhen in "Ascension" and the hunter wearing a tricorn hat in "Blood of Lies".

Although they are just silhouettes, it is hard not to recognize them because the two images are so impressive.

However, compared to the character in the original game, the edge outline of this silhouette looks more rounded.

This is because after the two characters were moved to "Endless Fantasy Tales 2", improvements were made to their painting styles, from the original realistic style to a more cartoon-like style, reducing polygons, and making the edges naturally become rounded.

However, this level of detail is obviously not something that ordinary players like Zhuge Jun can see.

"What on earth is Ni Tian Tang trying to do?
“It’s just a mobile game, is it necessary to use all of your most powerful IPs to endorse it?

"If you don't know, you might think this is some kind of internal private project!"

Zhuge Jun found it unbelievable.

Logically speaking, mobile games are not worthy of being served at the table.

Pulling all the classic IPs to support a new game often means that the new game is a favorite within the company, and the company is determined to make it popular at any cost and regardless of resources.

If this game was a big production, this operation would seem more reasonable, but if it was a mobile game, it would be a bit... abstract.

"Forget it, forget it, why think so much, just go in and take a look first.

"It is never advisable to judge a game based on first impressions."

Zhuge Jun repeatedly convinced himself not to have any stereotypes about the game Against the Heaven.

Because Against Heaven often does things that are even more beyond the stereotype.

When you enter the game, the first thing that plays is an opening CG, or it can also be seen as a promotional CG.

Accompanied by melodious music, a vast field comes into view.

The grass is green, dotted with small flowers of various colors. In the distance, you can vaguely see towering mountains and rushing rivers...

Wait, why is the sense of déjà vu so strong?
So familiar!

Oh yes, isn’t this the trailer for Endless Fantasy Tales 1?

Zhuge Jun still remembers the general content of the promotional video at that time. In short, the small animals in the forest were startled, and then a cartoon-style hero climbed to the top of the mountain. The camera slowly rotated around the hero, taking in the surrounding scenery.

I have to say that the scene was very shocking.

The opening CG of Endless Fantasy Tales 2 is very similar, but if there is a big difference...

It seems that the picture is just a little bit blurry?

No, to be precise, it’s not blurry, but there are some differences in style.

Although the original Endless Fantasy Legend was also cartoon-style, it was running on consoles and computer platforms after all, so it looks more detailed and sharp, and the characters have more polygons;
Endless Fantasy Tales 2 is obviously designed to take into account the configuration of mobile phones, making the graphics more cartoon-like.

So much so that even when playing on a computer, you can still see subtle changes.

Of course, Against the Heavens does not simply reduce the image quality. It is actually difficult to say which of the two styles looks better. Although Endless Fantasy Legend has indeed slightly lowered its configuration after optimization, it is more unique in terms of color and picture performance.

All in all, I managed to avoid losing points.

But the scene that followed was different.

Originally, the brave man jumped down from the top of the mountain, spread his glider, rode on a giant wolf, and prepared to fight the demon cave in the center of the continent.

However, at this moment, what appeared on the screen was a brave man wearing a hood and whose gender could not be determined.

TA did not jump directly off the hillside, but stayed on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance with some worry.

There, at the edge of the field of vision, there seemed to be a special fog dispersing.

Zhuge Jun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, a little surprised: "Oh? Does this mean that the map has been further expanded based on the original work?"

"Endless Fantasy Legend 1" itself already has a huge continent. In the center is a terrible demon cave, below is a bottomless chasm, and above is a black steel building that towers into the sky, like a demon sword tearing through the sky.

As for the surroundings, there are various landforms.

But in general, it is composed of green grasslands and lush forests, and the hot volcanic areas only occupy a small part of the edge.

However, at that time, the edge of the entire map was not pure sea, but an air wall composed of vast fog.

Of course, due to the limitations of the terrain, it is basically impossible for players to walk to the front of the fog.

However, as the fog dissipates, a larger world naturally appears before the players.

(End of this chapter)