Making Genshin Impact: Elysia Becomes My Spokesperson

You know, while this kind of plot is pretty common, it's actually quite substantial for a game in this world.

Most other games just give a rough framework and then there's basically no more story.

So, players still feel a sense of novelty.

Besides, they've been playing "Maiden Voyage" for a while now and have some affection for the starter characters.

Therefore, players are really looking forward to this rescue operation.

At this moment in the game, Yu Weiwei was controlling her character, infiltrating the enemy camp along with one of the starter characters, a fiery older sister, and a girl with long black hair.

But what the protagonist group didn't know was that their plan was completely within the enemy's grasp.

It wasn't until they were deep within the enemy camp and found a heavily wounded Erica that the enemy forces lurking nearby swarmed out, completely surrounding the protagonist group.

After a difficult escape sequence, Yu Weiwei finally reached the final stage of the new chapter.

However, after clearing this stage, an anime playback button also appeared.

Seeing this, many "Honkai Impact 3rd" players lurking in the live stream were furious.

Everything was a copy of Honkai Impact 3rd.

Whether it was the gameplay or the UI.

Even the final stage's anime CG was copied from Honkai Impact 3rd.

Even the plot... it was about rescuing Erica, one of the starter characters...

It's just that the plot of "Maiden Voyage" felt too petty compared to Honkai Impact 3rd.

Tencent's shamelessness was truly astounding; they'd done this kind of blatant copying so many times.

Many players were already accustomed to it.

This time, they just grumbled inwardly.

After all, Tencent had made significant progress this time.

It was already commendable that they were willing to spend money on this kind of anime short that couldn't directly generate revenue.

At least it was more sincere than their previous games.

So, although it was still far from Honkai Impact 3rd, it was considered a very good start for a domestic game.

In the eyes of many gamers, MiHoYo seemed to have put some pressure on these major companies.

"Wow! There's actually an anime short I can watch!"

Yu Weiwei feigned surprise and excitedly clicked the anime playback button.

As the screen opened, amidst a battlefield littered with artillery fire, a large group of enemy soldiers slowly advanced...

The female Valkyries stood back-to-back, their wounds making them look utterly disheveled.

After a not-so-smooth fight, the music began...

At the same time, the fiery older sister looked sternly at the endless stream of enemies around her: "Miss Yu Weiwei... I'll unleash the Sunburst Greatsword's 0th rated power to clear a path shortly..."

"When that happens, please take Erica and the others and leave immediately."

As soon as she finished speaking, Erica frantically shook her head: "No, Aunt Zela, if you do that... you'll..."

"Erica... there's no time. For the future... I hope you can walk your path strongly, and don't be so reckless anymore." After saying this, the fiery older sister, holding her greatsword, charged towards the enemy:

"Hurry and go!"

Accompanied by a dazzling white light, the fiery older sister unleashed the ultimate form of her weapon and swung it forcefully at the enemy forces ahead.

In the final scene, accompanied by Yu Weiwei's somewhat mournful singing, the fiery older sister fell powerlessly, completely overwhelmed by the monsters unleashed by the enemy forces.

Seeing this, the viewers who had been lurking were utterly bewildered.

[Ahhh!! No! Miss Zela!]

[She just... died so ordinarily?]

[And died so miserably?]

[Holy crap... that death was a bit... too sudden!]

[Damn! What kind of garbage scriptwriter is this? Can't they even copy properly?]

[Miss Zela!! Tencent, you f***ing suck!]

Yu Weiwei wasn't looking at the comments at this moment.

To be honest, she was also a little surprised that the plot turned out this way.

However, she reacted quickly, recalling the popularity brought by Himeko's death in "Honkai Impact 3rd," and immediately feigned sadness.

"Zela... Miss..."

She put on a look of disbelief, forcing out a few tears, "How could this happen..."

Seeing this, many of her fans offered words of comfort.

"Wuwuwu~ To save Erica, Miss Zela actually sacrificed herself..."

In reality, Yu Weiwei wasn't particularly moved.

In fact, most players found it quite baffling.

The reason, naturally, was that Tencent's writing ability was somewhat lacking, failing to stir the players' emotions.

Moreover, sacrifices like this to save someone... not only was it a cliché, but the plot arrangement itself felt incredibly abrupt.

Take Honkai Impact 3rd, for example. From the very beginning, they were laying the groundwork for Himeko's sacrifice.

Himeko's death was already destined, and the final battle was incredibly grand and dazzling, completely elevating Himeko's image in the players' hearts.

Facing a god-like opponent, Himeko raised her sword to the sky, and 1.0 changed Kiana's fate.

In contrast, Maiden Voyage.

In the earlier story, the Valkyries were almost invincible.

There were even scenes of them toying with their enemies interspersed throughout.

And then in the next chapter, the main characters die...

This not only felt abrupt but also gave off a very disgusting feeling.

This wasn't even a "stab," it was practically force-feeding players garbage.

That's why there was so much anger in the bullet comments.

They were cursing Tencent for not even being able to copy properly.

Meanwhile, Zhao Wenbo looked at the new trending topic on Weibo and then at the curses in the bullet comments...

"How could this happen..." His expression was extremely grim.

"Bang~"

He slammed the table, venting his intense dissatisfaction.

"Why is it that when Honkai Impact 3rd kills off a character, players praise it to the heavens, but when my game kills off a character, you all say I'm feeding you crap?"

"Why can your short film trend so quickly, while my game can't!"

He looked at the four big characters prominently displayed on the trending topics.

Sky Dome Meteor

"Xiao Yi... tell Yu Weiwei to post a few more Weibo updates to comfort the game players after her stream ends."

"And then hire some internet trolls to smear Honkai Impact 3rd."

Zhao Yi nodded, "Then, what reason should we use for the smear campaign?"

Zhao Wenbo's eyes gleamed, "Just say that their game is unplayable unless you pull a Herrscher, and that A-rank Valkyrie Armors are just cash grabs!"

Chapter 62: White Night Immortal's One-Inch Punch Cracks the Skull, and You Call This a Grinda-ble Character with No Use?

It had been several days since Himeko's stream.

But the gaming community was still discussing the new plot of Honkai Impact 3rd.

And Eden's albums had been released one after another.

Her new album had completely dominated the Weibo trending topics.

Honkai Impact 3rd only managed to stay on the trending list for one day when it updated, and was quickly pushed down.

As for Tencent's new version content, it was even worse... it never even appeared on the Weibo trending topics.

Only when occasionally seeing videos related to Honkai Impact 3rd on Douyin would Maiden Voyage's new plot be brought up again for ridicule.

It couldn't be helped, that kind of sudden character death plot was simply too disgusting.

But at some point, in the comments section of many Honkai Impact 3rd videos, remarks started appearing, accusing MiHoYo of being a scam and that the game was unplayable without pulling Herrschers.

These comments left many people bewildered.

Honkai Impact 3rd didn't even have a PvP mode, and the rankings in the only Abyss and Memorial Arena only awarded a few hundred crystals more.

The purpose was merely to give paying players a more challenging game mode.

In contrast, Maiden Voyage, building upon Honkai Impact 3rd, had added a PvP mode themselves.

And games with player-versus-player combat are truly unplayable without spending money.

Therefore, when people said Honkai Impact 3rd was a scam, many players just treated it as a joke.

But soon, comments accusing Honkai Impact 3rd of being a scam became more and more frequent.

Until someone commented on Yu Weiwei's Weibo on Weibo 02, asking if she had played Honkai Impact 3rd, and Yu Weiwei's reply caused the incident to completely explode.

[Honkai Impact 3rd? I've played it, but I feel like the game is unplayable without pulling Herrschers. It seems like there are many grinda-ble characters, but these characters are completely useless, which smells like a scam.]

Yu Weiwei, after all, is a second-tier celebrity.

When she directly came out and said Honkai Impact 3rd was a scam, it naturally led to her many loyal fans blindly supporting her.

Countless Honkai Impact 3rd fans flooded Yu Weiwei's Weibo, cursing her as an idiot. They accused her of abandoning all dignity just to boost the popularity of the game she endorsed.

After all, anyone with eyes could see that the PK mode in Maiden Voyage was designed to encourage players to spend money.

Moreover, the rewards in this PK mode were exceptionally generous.

Many players were willing to throw money into the game to secure ranking rewards.

For instance, the reward for ranking first in the weekly PK leaderboard was a limited-time ultimate Valkyrie Armor.

Not only did it look good, but its strength was also terrifyingly immense.

And Yu Weiwei didn't say Maiden Voyage forced players to spend, but instead accused Honkai Impact 3rd of doing so?

This naturally made many players extremely angry.

Seeing the insults under her Weibo post, Yu Weiwei's expression turned somewhat grim.

Even though many fans were defending her, they were consistently at a disadvantage.

Keep in mind, this was happening on her home turf.

In her anger, she directly restricted Weibo comments, setting it to allow only [Fans] to post.

With this action, her fans finally gained the upper hand.

But soon, her follower count began to climb at an incredibly rapid pace.

Previously, including bought bot accounts, she had 12 million followers.

But now, after only half a day, her follower count had surged to 15 million.

This came as a pleasant surprise to her.