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Chapter 759 An unexpected opening
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This perspective surprised Zhao Lei.
âBy right, Chen Mo had made many first person VR games, including the previously popular mysterious seas. â
âThe first-person perspective was the best way to enhance the playerâs sense of immersion, and it was the choice of most mainstream VR games. â
âHowever,ââdoomsday of the United Statesââ had chosen a traditional overhead view. Was there a deeper meaning to this? â
âAt this moment, Zhao Lei felt like he was a non-existent ghost floating behind the little girl. He could control the little girlâs every move, but in the end, he could only be considered a bystander. â
It was as if a director was controlling his field of view (camera lens) and experiencing the story from multiple angles.
âHowever, after knowing that he was controlling a little girl, Zhao Lei had a new guess. There was a high possibility that there were multiple character changes in this game. â
âGames that used the first person perspective usually had a fixed main character. For example, in outlast and PlayerUnknownâs Battleground, the players would not experience any other characters from the beginning to the end. â
âHowever, if a game required ââsoul transmigrationââ between multiple characters, then the first-person perspective would be problematic. â
âOne moment it was a little girl, the next it was an adult male, the next moment it was a pretty girl ... In a first-person perspective, it was easy for players to doubt their current identity. â
âTherefore, there should be two considerations in using this over-shoulder perspective. One was to let the players experience the story from a pure bystanderâs point of view. The other was to reduce the confusion caused by the change in character. â
âZhao Lei felt that Chen Mo had chosen to play from a shoulder-view after much thought. However, he still wanted to say that this technique was really old-fashioned. â
âAfter all, with the popularity of VR games, video game designers were trying to find out more about the game âsâ immersion â, even focusing on the gameâs script, playstyle, and narrative in order to create aâ first person perspective âandâ immersion â. It was rare to see someone like Chen Mo sacrificing VR game features for a story. â
âAs the little girl stood up from the bed, Zhao Lei had officially obtained control of the little girl. â
âThere was a simple prompt in his field of vision, telling him that he could control the little girl to walk, open the door, and so on. â
âWhile walking, the little girl would occasionally talk to herself, rub her eyes, shiver, or yawn. â
âAfter trying it out for real, Zhao Lei realized that this over-shoulder view was actually quite good in VR games. It was not as stiff as he had imagined. More importantly, being able to watch the little girlâs actions throughout the entire process, although it was less immersive, it made the scene and plot more smooth. â
âOn the table, Zhao Lei found the little girlâs birthday card for her father. â
âââDad, youâre often not at home, you hate my favorite music, and you look down on my favorite movies, but the strange thing is that you can still win best dad every year. Happy Birthday, yay!ââ â
âIt was signed off as ââlove you, Sara.ââ â
Zhao Lei could not help but smile when he saw this.
âHe was a father now, and he couldnât help but feel a sense of warmth in his heart when he saw this. â
âThe little girlâs room was full of details. There were jerseys, sneakers, computers, music, posters, and so on. It looked like a very ordinary United States family. However, the decorations gave Zhao Lei a sense of age. It felt like it was from a few years ago. After all, the technology in the shop looked quite outdated. â
âChen Mo didnât mention the exact year of the story, but he did hint at it in the game. â
âThe newspaper in the room had the latest news The number of people admitted to the hospital soared, the number of bizarre infections increased by 300%, the food and health Department found more contaminated crops, the woman madly killed her husband and the other three people, and so on. â
Qiaoer wasnât in the bedroom. The news about the infected was still playing on the TV.
âOn the television, the reporter was reporting when a gas explosion suddenly occurred, and the television signal was cut off. At the same time, there was an explosion outside the window, and a flame lit up in the dark night sky. â
The rustling sound of the television and the sirens of the cars outside the room suddenly made the atmosphere of the entire game strange.
âââSo, itâs the eve of the virus outbreak?ââ â
âZhao Lei controlled the little girl to search for various elements in the room while speculating about the current plot. Obviously,ââdoomsday of the United Statesââ was about the story after the outbreak of the zombie virus, and now was obviously the outbreak period. â
âWhen he arrived downstairs, a row of police cars whizzed past. â
The dog was barking.
The clock showed that the time was 215.
âAt that moment, the phone on the table rang. It was Uncle Tommy, who was looking for Joel. Zhao Lei continued to control the little girl to look for clues in the room. Suddenly, the dog outside the door let out a wail and then went silent. â
âAs they continued to walk, qiaoer suddenly ran back. While panting and chatting with the little girl, he rummaged through the cabinet and loaded the gun. â
âA man who had been infected and lost his mind suddenly broke the glass door. He was covered in blood and looked like he had been deeply infected and had lost his mind. Qiaoer stood in front of the little girl. After warning her, he didnât hesitate to shoot the neighbor who had barged in. â
âWhat happened after that was logical. Uncle Tommy drove over to pick up the father and daughter, and then the three of them escaped together. â
âThe little girl sat in the back seat, looking at everything outside through the car window in horror. â
âOn the way, Tommy and qiaoer were discussing the outbreak of the epidemic. On the way, a family wanted a ride. Tommy wanted to stop the car, but qiaoer stopped him. â
âTraffic jams, zombies everywhere, car accidents, being attacked, carrying a little girl and continuing to run ... â
âThe next plot was a standard Zombie Escape plot, but the atmosphere of the story was well-created panicked pedestrians, screams, cars that crashed into gas stations and exploded, a father who kept comforting his daughter, and zombies that suddenly ran out ... All of these details were extremely rich, and the scenes and images were as detailed as those in ââmysterious Sea area,ââ so it gave people a very strong sense of realism. â
âFinally, they arrived at the highway. The soldiers in front fired and killed the zombies that were chasing them. â
âââSir, thereâs a little girl here ... But ... Yes, sir.ââ The soldier asked his superior. â
âJoel seemed to have understood something and tried to persuade the soldier.ââââListen, brother, we just escaped from death ...ââ â
âHowever, the soldiers raised their guns. â
He fired!
âJoel subconsciously turned his back to the gun, hoping to block the bullet for his daughter. At the same time, he rolled forward. â
But the soldier still came up to qiaoer and pointed the gun at his head.
âJust as qiaoer thought he was dead for sure, a gunshot rang out. Tommy had arrived just in time and shot the soldier in the head. â
âHowever, just when Zhao Lei thought that the father and daughter had finally escaped, he found his daughter sobbing at the side. She had been shot in the abdomen. â
âThe blood instantly spread, and the little girlâs voice gradually became lower ... â
âJoel comforted his daughter in vain and covered her wound, but he could only watch the little girl die in tears. â
âThe sad and sorrowful sound of the guitar rang out. In the silence of the night, qiaoer held his dead daughter and cried. â
âAt this moment, the camera was pulled up, and the starry sky became dark. In the night sky, the gameâs name appeared the United States of us. â