Qi Ji secretly observed the adventurers' performance. As an ambitious creator, he naturally had to gather all kinds of feedback so he could keep refining Miracle City's secret realms.
And watching the adventurers get brutalized.
That was part of his daily entertainment too!
Level-based gameplay and story-based gameplay required different design approaches.
When creating story-based content.
Qi Ji only optimized the original work and changed as little as possible, ensuring that adventurers could experience the unaltered charm of one classic masterpiece after another.
When creating level-based content.
The first thing he had to ensure was grinding, grinding, grinding—and fun, fun, fun.
Ideally, it should be both punishing and exhilarating!
Before finding the trick to it.
Adventurers would be tortured half to death.
But once they gradually became skilled, understood the mechanics, and cleared it successfully, they would feel as if they were flying high.
That was why he added plenty of original designs to achieve better, more ideal results, making sure adventurers never got tired of playing—like employees who brought their own lunch, working diligently for Boss Qi and continuously creating value.
The Third Level of Frenzy was exactly like that.
This level contained both underground and surface areas.
Underground was the Secret Research Institute, while the surface was a Military Base.
The scene design drew inspiration from the classic Left 4 Dead 2 third-party map Buried Deep, along with parts of the Hive laboratory design from the Resident Evil films, such as poison gas and Laser Traps.
This level also contained incredibly thrilling large-scale scenes, similar to the zombie horde Easter egg at the end of the Second Level. In addition, it featured quite a few innovations in its mechanics and gameplay to pursue better entertainment value.
To give just one example.
The core element of a secret realm