Making Genshin Impact: Elysia Becomes My Endorser

Seeing this, Fallen was truly shocked.

This music, paired with this visual, was just too cool, wasn't it?

He took a moment to glance at the chat, which was now filled with "Fu Hua!" and "Husband!"

He nodded in complete agreement. This girl was absolutely amazing; calling her "husband" wasn't an exaggeration at all.

What was being shown on screen now was Fu Hua's Azure Empyrea Battlesuit in action.

Every punch and kick carried a strong Dragon Country style.

"Tsk tsk... this character is genuinely cool!" he exclaimed subconsciously. "I get it, this must be the promotional video for the version Honkai Impact 3rd was originally going to release."

"This arrangement is quite good. We can see the main content of the update as soon as it goes live, and besides, this promotional video is really engaging; I don't feel any urge to skip it."

The video wasn't over yet. As Fallen was commenting, the game's music changed tune again.

"Do you want me to help you get revenge~"

"Please, my other self~"

Seeing the "two" cute girls on screen, Fallen couldn't help but pause the video.

The text introduction in the video stated that this girl's name was Seele.

"Stygian Nymph? One body, two souls?" Seeing this, Fallen finally understood. "I get it, this girl has two personalities."

"Judging from the voices just now, one is a cheerful personality, and the other is a yandere personality, right?"

As he narrated, he glanced at the chat, finding it flooded with comments like "Seele... hnnng," "So cute," and "MiHoYo understands me..."

Fallen: "..."

"Alright, I quite like this girl too."

Next was Seele's combat demonstration.

"Whoa~ she actually has two combat forms? They're not splitting her into two characters to sell? MiHoYo isn't good at making money..."

Upon hearing Fallen's words, the chat exploded.

"You're even more of a bloodsucker than Tencent!"

"That's some solid capitalist talk, 666."

"Haha... just kidding. The two combat forms are probably the main selling point of this character."

"The video is finished. I really like these two characters. Next up is the gacha time. Let's see what MiHoYo's gacha rates are like."

Chapter 45: "Maiden Voyage" Only Learned a Tiny Bit

"I updated too, why didn't I see this PV?"

"Upstairs, MiHoYo directly updated 2 chapters of the story, but there are several PVs. Every time you log in, a random PV will pop up for you to watch. If you want to see them, you can log in a few more times."

"Indeed, I watched the PVs for Herrscher of Reason and Valkyrie Ranger, sniffle... there's even Himeko's background in them."

"Watching the stream while pushing the main story, it's so satisfying."

"Herrscher of Reason is already fully geared, and Durandal's motorcycle is so cool."

"Cool? Seele's skills are what's cool! And the animation effects, MiHoYo is really something else..."

After Fallen finished watching the promotional PV, the chat in his livestream became incredibly lively.

There was hardly any topic related to "Maiden Voyage" to be seen.

"Everyone, let's do two 648s first and see how many characters I can get."

To avoid wasting time, Fallen quickly topped up for two 648s.

"Although I don't play this game, the PV just now truly shocked me. Moreover, after experiencing it for over ten minutes, I personally feel that this game is still very good."

"Setting aside the gameplay and graphics, just talking about MiHoYo's attitude towards this game, I think these two 648s were absolutely worth it."

"Have you ever seen anything like this... where they release an anime short and a theme song every version? I certainly haven't~"

Hearing Fallen's words, the chat was filled with agreement.

In the games of this world, not to mention the music and shorts, the story was abysmal, to the point where it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say there was no story at all.

Logging in meant grinding monsters, PvP, and a package deal of monthly cards and gift packs.

If you didn't spend money, you couldn't even defeat monsters, let alone compete in PvP.

Even those who spent money were still trampled and mocked by even wealthier players.

In more extreme cases, they would even send a plant to jump in front of you every day, deliberately mocking you, angering you, and making you spend money to beat them...

"Time to draw!"

Saying this, Fallen didn't hesitate and quickly clicked the ten-pull button several times.

"Whoa~ does every ten-pull give you an A-Rank Valkyrie? This should be better than my three starting B-Ranks, right?"

When he reached the 40th pull, S-Rank Seele finally appeared.

"Whoa~ What a coincidence, the two 648s I topped up just finished my pulls!"

At this point, the chat was constantly telling him to claim the Crystals from his mail.

However, Duoluo waved his hand, "I'll draw again after the stream. I'll try out the new characters I just got, then I'll show you all Tencent's new game, Maiden Voyage."

As he spoke, Duoluo clicked on a stage, selected a few Valkyries he thought looked good, and started the game.

"So many characters... it's so hard to choose..."

After agonizing for a while, Duoluo still chose Seele, Rita, and Fu Hua.

The game began, and Duoluo continued to view the game's strengths and weaknesses from a casual player's perspective.

But... what came out of his mouth were almost all praises...

"Sorry... I really want to find some flaws... but... I genuinely can't find anything wrong with this game..."

"I swear, MiHoYo didn't pay me at all."

"You don't believe me? Even Eden is speaking up for this game! With a superstar like Eden endorsing it, MiHoYo wouldn't need to hire a small streamer like me for ads, right!"

"Alright, let's go check out Tencent's Maiden Voyage again."

While opening Maiden Voyage, which he had just downloaded, Duoluo couldn't help but say, "To be honest, after experiencing Honkai Impact 3rd for over ten minutes, I'm really drawn in."

"I've played so many single-player games, and the current scope of this game is no less than some single-player titles."

"And, I heard you guys say the essence of this game lies in the story... Tsk tsk... Honestly, I'm already regretting starting so late."

"Mainly... I've always looked down on mobile games... Don't be mad, it's a normal hierarchy in the gaming community."

"After all, in most people's eyes, the scope of mobile games is just that, and their playability definitely can't compare to PC games or some major single-player titles."

"After all, if you can make a mobile game with extremely high playability, why not just make a PC game or a major single-player title? Right?"

"Alright, alright, let's skip the topic of Honkai Impact 3rd and take a look at Tencent's new game."

As he spoke, he quickly created an account.

"Even a small studio could make a masterpiece like Honkai Impact 3rd, so a work from a company as big as Tencent shouldn't be worse than Honkai Impact 3rd, right?"

As the login screen loaded, viewers could see the anticipation in Duoluo's eyes.

The game finally loaded.

To his surprise, Tencent's game also started with an animated short.

"Whoa~ This graphics quality is comparable to MiHoYo's! It looks like Tencent is serious too!"

In the short film, a red-haired older sister and a white-haired loli were weaving through the battlefield with heavy machine guns.

The fluidity of the visuals was excellent, and the scenes were intense.

But for some reason, Duoluo didn't feel the same sense of shock that the Honkai Impact 3rd short had given him.

The short film soon ended, and the game directly entered the combat screen.

After skipping some of the novice tutorials, Duoluo adjusted the camera to observe the red-haired older sister he was controlling.

However...

When he zoomed in, he was absolutely stunned.

"Holy crap!! What the hell is this!! This red-haired older sister looks completely different from how she did in the short film!!"

He couldn't tell from the back, but looking at her face, the art style was just too bizarre.

The chat was also startled by this demonic face.

It wasn't that the red-haired older sister was terrifying, but rather the art style... it looked incredibly strange.

The red-haired older sister's face shape was quite attractive, a typical oval face with big eyes, plus fiery red lips.

But... it just looked awkward no matter how he looked at it.

If he had to explain it, it was like a real person with a Barbie doll's face.

As an experienced gamer, Duoluo quickly identified the key issue.

"I get it!! It must be the game engine... or the graphics rendering."

"As we all know, for games with this kind of anime art style, Honkai Impact 3rd is considered the pioneer. Previous games mostly leaned towards realistic styles."

"So, I suspect that Honkai Impact 3rd's game engine, or rendering technology, might also be different."

"And this game from Tencent uses an anime art style, but... it's still using the old methods for the game engine and rendering style."

"Don't understand?"

"Let me explain it this way, you all watch anime, right? Anime also has several different art styles."

"There's pure 2D animation, pure 3D animation, and a combination of 2D and 3D animation."

"And using different rendering methods can also result in different visual effects for the animation."

"So, perhaps Tencent only learned the art style of Honkai Impact 3rd, but not its rendering method, which is why the visuals appear a bit... mismatched."

"I'm not saying Tencent is incapable. After all, a company this large can definitely research a game engine."

"The main issue is that they don't have prior experience with this kind of 3D anime art style..."

"This is just my guess, though. I'm just a gamer, I don't have experience making games. If I'm wrong about anything..."

"Then just assume I'm bragging, hehe~"

Actually, when it comes to graphics, you can't really blame Tencent.

Even if people from other game companies were to do it, they wouldn't achieve the natural level of Honkai Impact 3rd in just half a month.

After all, game development in this world is far behind Earth's. Almost all games in the world use the same game engine and rendering methods.

In contrast, on Earth, there are several game engines to choose from.

The same goes for rendering technology.

That's why when Honkai Impact 3rd debuted in this world, it caused such a huge shock to its people.

While Honkai Impact 3rd might not be considered much on Earth.

Here, it truly felt like a dimensional attack.

All the major game companies in the world are silently learning from Honkai Impact 3rd.

Whether it's gameplay or operational models...

I can only say that Tencent was a bit too eager for success.

They simply copied Honkai Impact 3rd's gameplay and operational models.

But they completely failed to thoroughly study Honkai Impact 3rd's 3D anime rendering technology.

Chapter 46 MiHoYo: It's All Thanks to the Competition