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Chapter 540 The opening of the closed beta version

One year later.

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

"Very good, I've grabbed another golden treasure, I'm so happy!"

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

But in general, Nitiantian’s experience stores have rarely been particularly full, which is quite favorable.

It’s not that Nitiantian’s experience stores are unpopular, it’s mainly because they opened quickly.

As long as I open enough stores, I can’t keep up with the filling speed.

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

Not only that, Nitiantian is also increasingly cooperating with offline Internet cafes and video game stores, which also plays a certain diversion role.

As for the Imperial City, the number of experience stores is even more impressive.

However, compared with the booming offline stores, Nitiantian's game development can be said to have stalled.

For a whole year, nothing new came out.

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

In fact, this is a normal situation in the game industry. The development cycle of many game companies' masterpieces often takes three or four years. It is normal for no news to come out during the development period.

Players have become accustomed to waiting eagerly from one trailer to another, until the flowers have faded.

But Nitiantian is an outlier, and has always been famous for its ultimate project management capabilities and development efficiency.

Sometimes a game is released in three months at a fast pace, and only half a year at a slow pace.

Over time, the players' tastes have been cultivated. After not playing a new game from Nitian for a while, they feel uncomfortable all over, as if they are having a withdrawal reaction.

And this year is also something that everyone is looking forward to seeing.

Zhuge Jun is naturally one of them.

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

Such a complete disappearance naturally caused a lot of rumors to start circulating on the Internet.

Some people rumored that Nitiantian had disbanded and ran away. It was said that investors and the CEO got into a fight at the meeting, and even the chairs were knocked off.

But everyone also knows that this is purely a joke.

For a company as awesome as Nitiantian, the boss and investors must be close and well-cooperated. How could there be such a huge conflict? It’s impossible even if you think about it!

Gradually, various gossips converged into a truth that seemed relatively reliable: Ni Tiantian was holding back a big one!

Of course, although it is said to be a collection of rumors from various sources, there are actually many reliable official sources to support it.

First of all, fans of Gan Emperor confirmed that he has indeed stopped live broadcasting, and the production of mods has been completely stopped.

Even privately, when someone asked him how he was doing in the fan group, he basically didn't respond. He just said that he had signed a confidentiality agreement and could not talk more.

In addition, the most important piece of evidence is that Nitiantian has released a pre-heating promotional video for the new game, revealing two key pieces of information:

The new game is called "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" and will be developed by Gandi as the chief planner.

This news also caused a certain amount of controversy when it was first announced.

The expected uproar did not occur, mainly because the news seemed so fake. Even if it was officially released by Nitiantian, it made people feel that it was a scam and had no credibility at all.

If the date of release was April 1st, it would basically be a real deal, but unfortunately it is not.

People who think this news is fake also have good reasons:

How could Nitiantian put so much effort into making a gold-paying mobile game? Got a brain twitch? Moreover, Emperor Gan is still allowed to be the master planner. Does he understand?

And even if it’s a mobile game, why use the IP of “Endless Fantasy Legend”?

In short, this news is very outrageous, and coupled with the fact that this is a game that took more than a year to develop, there are even fewer players who believe that it is really a mobile game.

Until today, this special day: Nitiantian has announced a week in advance that "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" will release a pre-release beta version, and has issued invitation codes to a group of loyal fans of Nitiantian!

This news was nothing less than a bombshell for players who had been waiting for a year, instantly causing an uproar.

As loyal fans of Nitiantian Games, Zhuge Jun and Hou Ji were both lucky enough to receive invitation codes for the closed beta test. Naturally, they should not miss this opportunity to try out new games.

"Hey, it's really called "Endless Fantasy Legend 2", isn't it a whole job?

"Damn, it's really multi-platform interoperability, damn, you can play it on your mobile phone!"

As soon as he opened the official website of the game, Zhuge Jun couldn't stand it.

This game is obviously different from Nitiantian's previous games. The previous games were basically played on the official game platform and finished, but this time there is an official website.

Do you want to say that this website was created because this is only a closed beta version?

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

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

Seeing the huge artistic characters [Download for Android platform] and [Download for IOS platform] on the official website, Zhuge Jun could not explain how he felt. It was really difficult.

But if you continue to browse the official website, there is more embarrassing information.

""Ascension"? "Blood of Lies"? These IPs will also appear in the game?" Zhuge Jun rubbed his eyes, almost thinking that he had seen it wrong.

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

There are two very familiar silhouettes among them. They are clearly Li Huanzhen in "Ascension" and the hunter wearing a three-cornered hat in "Blood of Lies".

Although they are just silhouettes, these two images are so impressive that it is difficult not to recognize them.

However, compared to the character in the original game, the edges of this silhouette look more rounded.

This is because after the two characters were moved to "Endless Fantasy Legend 2", their painting styles have been improved, from the original realistic painting style to a more cartoony style, with fewer polygons and natural edges and corners. It also becomes mellow.

It's just that this level of detail is obviously not something ordinary players such as Zhuge Jun can see.

“What on earth is Nitian going to do!

"It's just a mobile game. As for bringing all my best IPs to the platform?

"Those who don't know better think this is some kind of internal son-in-law project!"

Zhuge Jun was simply unbelievable.

Logically speaking, mobile games are not worthy of being put on the table for dinner.

Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!

And pulling all the classic IPs to support a new game often means that this new game has the status of a son within the company, and the company must make it popular regardless of the cost or resources.

If the game is a large-scale production, this operation will look more reasonable, but if it is a mobile game, it will be a bit...abstract.

"Forget it, why are you thinking so much? Let's go and take a look first.

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

Zhuge Jun repeatedly convinced himself not to have any stereotypes about Nitiantian's games.

Because Nitiantian often does some big jobs that are more defiant than the stereotype.

When entering the game, the first thing played is an opening CG, which can also be seen as a promotional CG.

Along with the melodious melody, a vast wilderness comes into view.

The green grass is dotted with a few 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 promotional video for "Endless Fantasy Legend 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 brave man climbed up the mountain. The camera slowly rotated around the brave man, taking in the surrounding scenery.

I have to say, that scene was still very shocking at the time.

The opening CG of "Endless Fantasy Legend 2" is very similar. If there is any big difference...

It seems like the picture is just a little blurry?

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

Although the original "Endless Fantasy Legend" also had a cartoon style, it was run on consoles and computer platforms after all, so it looked more detailed and sharp, and the characters had more polygons;

"Endless Fantasy Legend 2" is obviously for the configuration of mobile phones, making the picture closer to cartoon style.

So much so that even when playing on a computer, subtle changes can be seen.

Of course, Ni Tiantian does not blindly lower the picture quality. It is actually difficult to say which of the two styles looks better. Although "Endless Fantasy Legend" did slightly lower the configuration after optimization, it is more unique in terms of color and picture performance.

In short, I can barely do it without deducting points.

But the scene immediately after was different.

Originally, the brave man jumped down from the top of the mountain, then spread his hang glider, mounted the giant wolf, and prepared to fight the devil's cave in the center of the entire continent.

However, at this time, what appeared on the screen was the image of a brave man wearing a hood and whose gender could not be identified.

He did not jump directly from the hillside. Instead, he continued to stay on the top of the mountain and looked 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 based on the original work, the map has been further expanded?"

"Endless Fantasy Legend 1" itself already has a huge continent. At the center is a terrifying devil's cave. Below is a bottomless fissure, and above is a towering black steel building, like a torn sky. Magic sword.

As for the surroundings, there are various landforms.

But in general, it is still composed of green grassland and wooded forests, and the hot volcanic area only occupies a small part of the edge.

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

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

However, as the fog dissipated at this time, a larger world naturally appeared in front of the players.

(End of chapter)