Chapter 443: Progress has been made, but not by much

At this moment, the girls had all gathered together and opened the livestream room arranged by Tencent.

A bevy of beauties crowded in front of a computer.

The tall ones crouched halfway, while the short ones stood on tiptoe, their little heads leaning in; they looked adorable.

"Wow! There are actually over 8 million people watching?!"

"Hee~ That's one-third of Sister Yidian's audience~ But little angel Sister Yidian is much cuter than this female celebrity~"

"There shouldn't be that many people; they must have faked a lot of the viewer count."

"This streaming platform belongs to Tencent; they can set the viewer count to whatever they want."

"However, Tencent's new game this time does look like it has improved a lot."

"They even made a character with a Long Country ancient background..."

Listening to the girls' discussion, Mo Li's curiosity was instantly piqued.

Although he didn't have much confidence in Tencent's new game.

The novelty still aroused his keen interest.

"Hi~ Boss Mo Li is here too~"

Xiang Xiang Xiang Aili was the first to see Mo Li and hurriedly waved to greet him.

The girls gathered around also turned their heads to look, then very considerately made space for Mo Li.

"Boss, the quality of Tencent's new game this time seems quite good~"

"Our 'Genshin Impact' competitor has arrived, are you nervous?"

Mo Li smiled:

"What's there to be nervous about? Genshin Impact's reputation is already established; those who like it will naturally keep playing, and it's normal for those who don't to play other games."

"Besides, if Tencent can really make a premium product, I would actually be happy about it~"

Hearing Mo Li's words, Hu Tao gave a thumbs up: "Magnanimous~"

Just then, the voice of that female celebrity came from the livestream room.

"Family~"

"This game is adapted from the famous Sakura Country anime 'Demon King Warrior'."

"It's said that it cost 200 million to produce, with cross-platform play, an open world..."

"Everyone has watched the famous anime 'Demon King Warrior', right?"

"The character I'm controlling now is the protagonist of 'Demon King Warrior', Tila. The skills are really cool! Time to open a treasure chest."

On the screen, the female celebrity opened the treasure chest with a face full of excitement, her tone revealing thick surprise...

But... that look really seemed a bit too fake...

At least, to outsiders, it seemed quite fake.

Because Genshin Impact came first, this kind of open-world treasure-chest-opening gameplay had long since lost that initial sense of amazement.

Anyone with keen insight could tell at a glance that this woman didn't actually like playing games, but for the sake of the advertisement, she was forcing herself to act.

After all, she is an actress, so she had entered work Normal Mode and started performing...

However, most viewers didn't really care about this female celebrity; what they cared about were the highlights of the game.

But the female celebrity was clearly a gaming novice, and the progress was moving way too slowly...

【What the heck... feels like Xiao Yu's acting is too over the top...】

【To the one above, your feeling is correct, it is indeed a bit fake, but it's understandable~】

【Understandable, understandable, she's just making a living... nothing shameful about that~】

【But it's so boring to watch... the scenery is alright, it's just that the rendering technology is still a bit unsatisfactory.】

【Maybe it's because I've seen too much of Genshin Impact's soft art style, but this slightly more rugged look isn't bad either.】

【As of now, the quality this time barely meets the standard.】

【Indeed, but I'll still choose Genshin Impact...】

【If this were before Damn Mihuyou appeared, I would definitely be hyping this Tencent game to the heavens!】

【Forget it, I won't scold them this time, let's give Tencent some face.】

The bullet comments were flying everywhere.

There were fans of that female celebrity named Xiao Yu, crazily hyping her up.

There were also many real gamers discussing the quality of this 'Demon King Warrior'.

Although the female celebrity was a gaming novice and the progress was slow, after watching for a while, Mo Li also roughly understood the game.

The type was the same as Genshin Impact, but it had some new things...

Or rather, one shouldn't say that; it should be said that it still had a thick "Tencent flavor"...

For example, leaderboards, party systems, guilds, and so on.

Of course, there was also world chat.

Terms like 【CPDD】 (Looking for a partner) were frequently popping up.

At the same time, topics about 'Genshin Impact' VS 'Demon King Warrior' began to appear frequently on the internet.

You don't even have to think to know that Tencent did this on purpose to ride the hype.

Mo Li didn't pay it any mind, but the players were already arguing with the paid trolls.

Although players often shout things like—

【Down with Genshin Impact, Demon King lives forever】

【A chance for a free five-star character now】

... things like that.

But when someone really tries to smear the game on purpose, the players are still willing to defend it.

Moreover, anyone with eyes can see the gap between the two games.

Although 'Demon King Warrior' also goes by the name of an open-world game, it is actually very different from 'Genshin Impact'.

And what the players wanted to complain about most was... the anime background of 'Demon King Warrior' is a pure Western fantasy theme.

Yet after Tencent's adaptation, some Long Country elements were added to the story background.

This was originally a good thing worth praising.

But perhaps Tencent tried too hard, causing this adaptation to appear incredibly abrupt, and the art style felt somewhat fractured.

Originally, it would be a good thing for the gaming industry to promote Long Country culture more.

But Tencent's method of adaptation really seemed somewhat incongruous.

The intention to pander to Long Country players was just too obvious.

Anyone who isn't a fool can see it...