I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 670 - 670 Resolution_1

Chapter 670: Resolution_1 Chapter 670: Resolution_1 Yannan.

On this day, the medical student Zheng Li was taking a break from studying and browsing online.

The October holiday had not eased the fatigue from studying. In November, during the deep autumn, the weather in Yannan had already turned very cold. After eating in the cafeteria, Zheng Li hurried back to his dormitory, turned on his computer, watched a few videos, and then checked the news.

At that moment, Zheng Li saw a piece of news.

[Silent Media will launch its first self-developed digital entertainment equipment in January]

Seeing this news, Zheng Li suddenly remembered a report he had seen before.

Lu Ban’s Silent Media had invested in a coastal gaming company.

Zheng Li had never heard of the games produced by this company, and opinions he read at the time suggested that, although the company appeared to be doing okay, it was actually on the brink of failure. The gaming consoles they produced were not that great, and Lu Ban had seemingly made a loss with his investment.

As everyone knew, Lu Ban was a film director, and film and gaming are two entirely different categories. Even though many game producers like films and try to create cinematic narratives, a game still needs to be fun to play. Many people were skeptical about Lu Ban crossing over into another industry.

But even if they were skeptical, the vast majority would not speak out.

After all, the last time, and the time before that, and several times before those, Lu Ban had proven them wrong.

Speaking out at such a time was only for clout-seeking marketing accounts. Serious people in the gaming circle wouldn’t talk nonsense.

As for popping champagne bottles ahead of time, people were feeling a bit doubtful.

Lu Ban made excellent films, but a film is completely controlled by the director. The audience can only see what the director wants them to see, ensuring that everyone sees the same thing. While interpretations may vary, the quality of what’s presented is consistent.

Games are different.

Aside from electronic novels that have no choices, just text and images, most games involve strategy and gameplay elements.

This leads to some players enjoying a smooth gaming experience, experiencing exactly what the developers want them to, some struggling with the controls and ending up refunding the game in frustration, and others finding the gameplay too easy and therefore uninteresting.

Even bad luck can sometimes lead to negative reviews, such as when a player bashes the developers in a thirty-page rant because they didn’t get the character they wanted after hundreds of in-game draws, while their neighbor got it on their first try.

The extent to which gaming experiences can vary from person to person is far greater than with other forms of entertainment.

So, during this time, everyone was keeping quiet, not paying much attention to Lu Ban’s affairs, and even Zheng Li had almost forgotten about them.

He quickly clicked on the message to read the details.

“…According to Lu Ban, this gaming device will revolutionize the gaming console field and will overturn all existing gameplay. He stated that this device, codenamed ‘Morning Star,’ is not only a breakthrough in gaming history but will also be a breakthrough for the entire modern electronic entertainment industry…”

After reading the news, which was essentially hyping up the new device—though there were no photos, no actual images of the device, and no related gaming platform mentioned—it seems that this gaming console could be epoch-making.

“Is it really that impressive?”

Honestly, if the related media were mentioning something about the development progress, even something vague, Zheng Li would think this gaming console might be worth looking forward to.

Now that he’s talked up such a big game, Zheng Li is a bit worried that Lu Ban won’t be able to save face.

Just listen to this, kicking off a revolution in the gaming console arena, overturning all existing gameplay, a breakthrough in modern electronic entertainment.

That’s quite a boast.

Zheng Li racked his brain but still couldn’t understand what exactly Lu Ban intended to develop, it couldn’t just be a tube inserted into the back of the head.

He felt that only a neural interface could change the current landscape of the gaming industry.

Zheng Li then went to several online forums and places like microblogs to see what others thought, and aside from a few fervent supporters of Lu Ban, most people were quite pessimistic about Lu Ban’s new device.

Or rather, that’s just how people here tend to be.

Tell them this product is unrivaled and exceptionally excellent, and most will reflexively object due to their nature, but if you concede some points, admitting that while it’s good, it still has its flaws, they are more likely to believe you and think it’s not bad.

Now, as Lu Ban’s promotions are all touting it as super excellent, it’s natural for people not to have such confidence.

Even Shi Ming, who was in charge of the development, had his doubts.

Despite having experienced the virtual reality headset, codenamed “Morning Star,” which left him astounded, and firmly believing it was epoch-making, even beyond what he could have imagined,

on the other hand, Shi Ming had not yet experienced the actual games, and his attitude towards the gameplay of this virtual device remained skeptical.

Even though Lu Ban was now the sole owner of the company, and he was at best just an employee, Shi Ming himself still loved games. He believed that such groundbreaking technology, if not coupled with excellent software, would just be a waste born ahead of its time.

In gaming history, there are countless examples where games have saved hardware, like how God of War and Monster Hunter rescued the PSP, while there are also plenty of cases of consoles failing miserably due to lack of content, like the Sega Dreamcast that’s now three feet under.

Lu Ban’s virtual reality headset may now possess the most robust technology, but the accompanying games, and how their gameplay will be realized, is very much up for discussion.

First, there’s the issue of graphics quality and resolution.

The “resolution” of the human eye is equivalent to hundreds of millions of pixels, and at that resolution, the texture mapping in current games is barely better than jagged teeth. When players joke about “ancestral” graphics quality, smearing it in your face, in virtual reality equipment, even the top-tier games of today would just look like a mosaic.

And when the graphics become blurry, the sense of immersion declines. If you’re told a blurry heap of pixels is a beautiful girl, nobody’s going to have any bold thoughts.

The DEMO that Lu Ban showed was of the universe, a scenario where it isn’t obvious whether the graphics are good or bad, and only the human figure was somewhat decent, but that’s far from enough.

Secondly, virtual reality greatly extends the possibilities for gameplay, which also means that players’ freedom needs to be increased. In past games, no matter what players did, they were essentially following system commands, but now, players must control the action personally. Whether this discrepancy will become a hurdle to playing remains unknown.

For example, can a 300-pound man run and jump easily in a virtual world, or can a hundred-meter sprinter’s physical abilities be realized in the game? Whether these issues, which previous games have never considered, can be resolved is also key to Lu Ban’s success.

Finally, beyond these technical issues, Shi Ming knew that whether the device would succeed still depends on whether the games are fun or not.

After all, it’s a gaming console.

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