Chapter 1160: Expert Difficulty and Exhaustion Difficulty
"Many people might be wondering, what exactly does the recording mode look like when it's done?"
"Next, let me show you a pre-recorded video. However, it's worth noting that the difficulty in this video is different from what I just demonstrated."
"This game has two highest difficulty levels. The first is called Expert Difficulty, and the second is called Exhaustion Difficulty."
"Some of you might ask, what's the difference between these two difficulties?"
"What I just showed was Expert Difficulty. Under this setting, you have to slice the blocks from various angles in a flashy manner. The variety of slicing methods is extensive, the patterns change quickly, requiring some memorization and quick reflexes, and the movements are relatively showy."
"As for Exhaustion Difficulty, the variety of slicing methods is reduced, but the number of blocks is significantly increased. In other words, with the same slicing method, you might need to repeat the cutting motion over a dozen times within one or two seconds."
"Playing a game in this mode will make you feel like you've just done an intense workout. We strongly recommend doing a simple warm-up before starting this mode to prevent muscle strain."
"However, the recording effect in Exhaustion Mode is also excellent, and the sense of satisfaction players get is unparalleled. Alright, without further ado, please enjoy."
"Finally, I wish President Zhou and all Lehui products great sales, and I hope he wears women's clothing soon!"
After Chen Mo finished speaking, he stepped off the stage, leaving the audience's cheers and jeers rolling in waves.
Zhou Jiangping, sitting in the audience, was helpless. He could already foresee that when the phones and matrix glasses were released, the comment sections would be filled with "President Zhou, wear women's clothing!"
Sigh, so exhausting.
At that moment, a long-haired girl's silhouette appeared on the big screen, fully immersed in the game's virtual environment. She wielded two lightsabers, gracefully slicing through blocks one after another.
Soon, the audience noticed that the difficulty in this game was different from what Chen Mo had demonstrated earlier.
The number of blocks had increased dramatically!
As the prelude began, massive waves of blocks surged from the distance like a tide, with barely any gaps between them.
The background track for this session was a fast-paced rock song. Amid the dense drumbeats, the long-haired girl's lightsabers turned into a blur of afterimages, swinging at a speed almost impossible for the naked eye to track. With the special effects and sound effects amplifying the experience, the visual impact was explosive!
However, the audience also noticed that while the number of blocks in this mode had greatly increased, the movements weren't as complex as in Expert Difficulty.
In Exhaustion Difficulty, most blocks appeared from the same angle, and the slicing methods were mostly identical. As long as you could see the arrow direction on the first block, the rest was purely about hand speed.
Now the audience understood why it was called "Exhaustion Difficulty." A single game session really wasn't much different from an intense workout!
Moreover, the video was enhanced by the long-haired girl's silhouette. As she swung the lightsabers in rapid strikes, her long hair swayed, making her look heroic and incredibly cool.
The audience erupted in periodic gasps, with applause and cheers rising wave after wave.
"Who's that girl? Is she Chen Mo's wife?"
"No idea, you can only see her back! But I think, with that hand speed, there's no one else!"
"Oh my god, those moves are so cool! If I could record a video like that, I'd definitely post it on my social media to show off!"
"No doubt about it!"
"With this, you can work out too! Think about it, treadmills, ellipticals, dumbbells—those exercises are so boring. After ten minutes, it's just dull. But this is different! Just loop 'Gokuraku Jodo' for half an hour, and the effect is definitely better than spinning!"
"And this thing is super addictive, like a rhythm game. That 'Boo' number keeps you focused, and before you know it, time flies while you're trying to get a high score!"
"Alright, I've decided. I'm buying it!!"
...
After Lehui's press conference, it sparked heated discussions online. However, to everyone's surprise, most people were talking about this new game called Beat Saber...
Many initially dismissed it, thinking it was just an ordinary rhythm game, no different from those old mobile games that trained your fingers.
But after watching the press conference video, these skeptical players were shocked. Rhythm games could be played like this?!
One of the game's biggest selling points was "exercise," which set it apart from the popular next-gen VR games.
Most players were already used to entering the matrix game pod every day to start a new game world, but this had significantly reduced their exercise time in real life.
Many were aware of this issue but found it hard to change because exercise was too boring...
For most people, the most interesting forms of exercise might be listening to music while riding a stationary bike or watching TV shows on a treadmill, but these were still hard to stick with.
But what if you combined an addictive rhythm game with exercise?
Although many players weren't sure if this game called Beat Saber was as cool and fun as it looked in the demo, they had to admit that it addressed a real pain point.
Many players were willing to spend over four hundred yuan on a pair of special controllers plus a game, especially since these controllers could also connect to H devices and phones to play other games.
As for the latest matrix glasses, for players looking to upgrade or buy their first similar product, the performance improvements of the new glasses were definitely worth the price.
...
On the day Beat Saber officially launched, many players immediately bought the game online and then anxiously waited for the controllers to arrive.
There was no way around it—without the controllers, they couldn't play...
Zou Zhuo looked at the live stream chat as he unboxed the package and said, "I'm telling you, you guys said this game could help me lose weight. If it doesn't, you'll have to compensate me."
"Compensate with what? Hmm, one rocket each..."
The chat immediately flooded with "pfft," with everyone saying they'd never seen such a shameless person.
Zou Zhuo pointed at the chat and said, "Look, so many of you said you'd compensate me. I've written it all down!"
The chat viewers replied, "??? We said 'pfft'! Shameless!"
As Zou Zhuo unboxed, he sighed. Lately, he had been gaining weight. Before, it was just his face getting rounder, but now his belly was growing, and his double chin was threatening to become a quadruple chin. If he didn't start exercising soon, it would be too late...
He pulled out the two controllers from the box and weighed them in his hands. "Huh, this weight is just right. Not bad, not bad."