244: New maps and faction confrontations

Ancient Style Game Competition Organizing Committee.

After its victory in "Xuanhuan World", the Organizing Committee's resources were used for its promotion.

This time, when Huan Meng announced that Xuanhuan World was about to start a new season, the Organizing Committee simultaneously released the news and launched a warm-up live broadcast.

The Host was, as usual, an AI female Host, dressed in cultivation attire, looking heroic and spirited.

At the same time, some popular streamers and UP Hosts, such as "This Time Bu Ge" and others, were invited to discuss the changes in the new season together.

The live broadcast room quickly attracted tens of millions of viewers, including many overseas viewers.

The Host smiled and began the introduction:

"Xuanhuan World will update its new season next month. The new season will fully open the North-South Mountains map, and the Western Great Desert map will also be fully expanded."

"According to the information released by Huan Meng, these three regions are even wider than the current Four Kingdoms region."

A virtual map appeared on the screen.

Initially, it was Yue Country, then the perspective shifted to a bird's-eye view, and the map continuously zoomed out, with Chu Country, Li Kingdom, and the Great Jiang Dynasty gradually appearing.

Then, the field of vision rapidly increased, and the territories of the Four Kingdoms suddenly became tiny.

The west extended rapidly, and the north and south expanded together. In an instant, the entire map had enlarged by more than ten times.

"As you can see, the next season will open up an extremely vast territory, even larger than Blue Star in reality."

As soon as this map appeared, countless viewers were shocked and dumbfounded.

The current Four Kingdoms region is already very large. Even at the speed of an Immortal Foundation or Golden Core Cultivator, it would feel vast and require the use of teleportation arrays.

Everyone originally thought that the North-South Mountains and Western Great Desert would at most be small maps, like expansion packs, adding some island-like areas.

But now it seems that Huan Meng's plan is much grander than anyone imagined.

"And as everyone can see, the borders of the current map are shrouded in mist, seemingly able to extend further outwards."

"This also means that even with the addition of the North-South Mountains and Western Great Desert, the full scope of Xuanhuan World has still not been revealed."

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience was once again startled. The sheer scale of Xuanhuan World made everyone feel somewhat incredible.

The Host then asked:

"Today, we also invited the renowned UP Host, 'This Time Bu Ge.' Mr. This Time Bu Ge, how do you view the expansion of the map?"

This Time Bu Ge appeared on camera wearing a small TV headset. Since it was a live broadcast, he was visibly nervous, coughing many times without settling down.

But he was, after all, well-prepared, having organized a lot of data and summarized much information.

"If it were any other game, rashly opening such a huge map would make people suspect that it's vast but empty, lacking sufficient content to support it."

"But for Xuanhuan World, we don't need to worry at all."

"Xuanhuan World has excellent AI design. Every NPC has his own background, story, and current behavioral logic."

"Therefore, NPCs will form connections, create factions, explore Secret Realms, and so on."

"There will be special equipment, special Cultivation Techniques, special medicinal herbs and minerals, and even unique small social forms."

"Precisely because of this, after the new map opens, Huan Meng doesn't even need to design unique map elements. By simply adding new NPCs, countless game content can be directly expanded."

At this point, This Time Bu Ge couldn't help but show a look of emotion.

Other viewers also felt the same way.

Undoubtedly, a game like Xuanhuan World is simply ahead of its time.

Even if other games also expanded their maps, placed a huge number of NPCs, and had top-tier AI, they still couldn't be as brilliant as Xuanhuan World.

Because Xuanhuan World has Cultivation Techniques, Spirit Pills, and various strange terrains, spiritual aura, and so on.

The terrain will create unique Cultivator factions, and similarly, Cultivators themselves can change the terrain. Ultimately, the two constantly interact, forming different game content in each area.

For example, the game experience in Duan Kong Cave is different from that in Heshui Prefecture, and the experience of inner and outer disciples is also different.

Even within the same Sect, Cultivators practicing different Cultivation Techniques will form different groups, with different tasks, demands, and so on.

This Time Bu Ge continued:

"The rich, complex, and randomized game content is the charm of Xuanhuan World, but we have to admit that for more players, this is also an entry barrier."

"After players enter Xuanhuan World, they might not know what to play in this game, and naturally, it's difficult for them to immerse themselves in this world."

"Therefore, many players only stay in Mortal towns from beginning to end, either mining, gathering herbs, or helping with odd jobs, rarely participating in battles between Cultivators. Many people don't even become Cultivators."

"And in the next season, Xuanhuan World will solve this problem."

The Host immediately asked:

"Is it because of faction confrontation?"

This Time Bu Ge nodded:

"That's right, precisely because of that."

"For large online games, factions are indispensable, because this not only represents stable faction missions, but also extremely rich PVP gameplay."

"Moreover, Xuanhuan World is also different in that PVP and PVE are integrated. You don't need to distinguish whether you're dealing with players or natives; everyone is a Fellow Daoist who cultivates."

"In other words, starting from next season, whether you are a PVE or PVP-oriented player, you can access Xuanhuan World's gameplay by joining a faction, and not only immerse yourself in this world."

The audience in the live broadcast room also seemed to be deep in thought.

Indeed, during the testing period and Season One, Xuanhuan World was truly fun; it could be said to be a unique game.

But undeniably, Xuanhuan World lacked a strong gameplay drive.

Even by joining a Sect or Family, different gameplay, different enemies, and different companions would be obtained based on the specific circumstances of the faction.

This design made Xuanhuan World incredibly realistic, captivating many hardcore players.

But for some casual players, it wasn't so great, because they found it difficult to find a direction for playing in Xuanhuan World.

The Great Love Sect and Great Love Sect actually served as a partial major faction, attracting so many players.

And starting from Season Two, players will be able to choose between the Immortal Dynasty faction or the Great Mountain faction, with their confrontation becoming the main gameplay of the season.

This gameplay is much stronger than the vague "Breakthrough" of Season One.

"Not only faction confrontation, Season Two also has many other exciting aspects."

At this moment, another invited streamer, a player named "Kumu Daoren" in Xuanhuan World, spoke up:

"Season Two has opened up the Yao Race option. Whether it's veteran players restarting or new players joining, they can all choose the Yao Race."