This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 139 - 115: Game Immersion (Part 2)
Huazi also noticed this incident, but they didn’t take it to heart, nor did they follow the suggestion of the water army to take "Garbage Disposal Fun" off the app market.
They have already obtained the personalized customization version of "Divine Grace Continent."
Tianba Studio specially designed a version of "Divine Grace Continent" for them, with very few NPCs and outstanding picture quality.
Based on this premise.
Huazi plans to give their AI voice assistant a virtual image.
For this matter, they even produced a 2D animation titled "Where is Xiaoyi?" using "Divine Grace Continent."
The animation tells the story of a dark, stormy night with thunder, when the AI assistant living in the digital world suddenly opens a mysterious portal to the otherworld.
From then on, she has a body!
Not only did she come to life, but she could also run, eat, and adventure like a normal person...
The core content of this short animation is to tell everyone that Xiaoyi has her own exclusive image!
This image is drawn.
Chen Ba isn’t very clear on who drew the original design, but it does look good, and the voice is sweet and pleasant.
The most important thing is that Huazi verified his guess, which is with high computational power support, the NPCs in "Divine Grace Continent" can actually speak.
This speaking is not the dumb script-reading like traditional voice assistants but integrates certain behavioral logic and language Q&A logic into the speech.
It sounds a bit complex.
Chen Ba understands that previously, AI voice assistants wouldn’t actively engage unless you actively wake them up or speak.
But now they take the initiative to converse.
Although the Q&A segments are still somewhat dumb, even occasionally irrelevant, it’s definitely better than the old "you ask, I answer" model.
"A little sneak peek."
Chen Ba advised Yang Dong: "Divine Grace Continent will usher in a major version update, delivering a revolutionary gaming experience!"
NPCs being able to speak is not surprising.
But under circumstances where there are no voice actors, NPCs organize language themselves and speak according to preset story scripts, that’s surprising.
This will bring monumental changes to the game, greatly enhancing the sense of immersion and engagement in the game.
It’s not an exaggeration at all!
Why are worlds created by excellent 3A games so fascinating and colorful?
Besides the visuals, part of the reason is that most of the NPCs have dialogue, and there is dedicated voice acting, giving players a strong sense of immersion.
Now "Divine Grace Continent" has it too.
NPCs have AI voice acting, although the lines are still the same, speaking those lines with sound instead of text boxes shows a completely different immersion effect.
Of course!
Supporting NPCs to speak will be very demanding on computing power, relying solely on the player’s computer configuration may only support 1-2 NPCs speaking simultaneously.
That means in the same scene, if multiple NPCs appear simultaneously, at most two NPCs can have AI voice acting, other NPCs remain as usual.
But that’s enough.
Players usually don’t engage multiple NPCs in one conversation; it’s typically one-on-one interaction.
Players with better computer configurations can simultaneously interact with two NPCs, listening to them argue or chat.
Poor configurations won’t work.
Players with poorer computer setups may face situations where NPCs speak slowly, taking a long time to finish a sentence even in one-on-one interactions.
Actually, this is similar to AI drawing.
With a good graphics card and large memory, a picture can be drawn in seconds and the resolution is high. With a poor graphics card, it takes a lot longer, several minutes or even longer to draw a picture.
The new version update of "Divine Grace Continent" mainly aims at letting NPCs speak, enhancing player immersion in the game.
Saying this, Chen Ba feels a bit regretful.
Initially, the game’s immersion in "Divine Grace Continent" was quite good; players also liked this sword-and-magic otherworld.
But ultimately, it strayed off course, turning into an NPC-centric perspective, with the Hero (player) perspective being secondary, otherwise it wouldn’t have missed this year’s TGA game award nomination.
He investigated a bit.
Actually, "Divine Grace Continent" scored high comprehensively, and many judges supported this game. But when discussing the game, one flaw became infinitely magnified...
"This is a game, not an animation!"
Undeniably, if "Divine Grace Continent" was a group-themed otherworld animation work, it would definitely be among the most excellent.
But as a game, the player presence in "Divine Grace Continent" is really too insignificant, even inferior to GalGame games.
The NPC perspective is quite interesting.
Watching these NPCs go through various events, gradually grow, see a broader world, and meet loved ones, is also a form of enjoyment.
But players experience the Hero’s perspective, and what is the Hero doing? The Hero is binge-watching!
Putting aside the Hero’s off-track actions, merely focusing on the main game storyline, in many judges’ eyes is a point deduction, definitely a shortcoming in the barrel.
No comparison, no harm.
Compared to the rich experiences of NPCs, the main story of the Hero is really too old-fashioned. If players could role-play these NPCs and experience their vibrant adventures, it would indeed be worthy of an award.
It’s based on this point that "Divine Grace Continent" ultimately missed this year’s TGA Best RPG game nomination.
The Steam Platform made up for it with a "Most Creative Game Gameplay" award, but apart from the annual best, other awards from the Steam Platform are generally not very prestigious.
"It’s alright!"
Yang Dong smiled and comforted: "Although ’Divine Grace Continent’ wasn’t nominated for TGA, it’s a commercially successful game." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
It’s really successful!
The personal edition sold nearly 2 million copies, not to mention the professional and personalized customization version, directly allowing Tianba Studio to upgrade and take off instantly.
How did a major taxpayer come about?
Isn’t it just relying on the monthly sales figures from the professional and personalized customization version, piled up hard!
Furthermore, there’s Xianyu Digital.
The GAL League is in full swing, as the event’s attention increases, its popularity has successfully broken out into mainstream.
This event not only gave all teams great exposure but also revived "Star Emperor," an old game released a year and a half ago.
A large number of new players rushed in.
The arrival of new players not only boosted game skin sales but also made Xianyu Digital’s business even more booming.
This time, Ba ran out of stock...
As the most well-connected online distributor, even Xianyu Digital sold out, showing how hot the business is, being the top in the network wouldn’t be an overstatement.
Of course!
The stock shortage, in fact, also has something to do with Old Huang. Originally, high-end graphics card sales were just about manageable, wouldn’t be too much.
But with NVIDIA entering the field, winning the Zhonghai Station champion in its debut, the exposed array of black technology tempted many to consider replacing their graphics cards with new 40-series ones.
The same 4090Ti.
Others using it don’t find it so potent, but once Old Huang’s enters, his 4090Ti reference card seems enchanted, making others cry and wail.
Under such circumstances, everyone considers the 4090Ti very powerful, being is the strongest Nvidia card of all time, people who weren’t planning to upgrade to high-end flagship graphics cards were tempted after watching the competition.
For this situation, Chen Ba can only say too naive.
The 4090Ti reference card Old Huang uses, he says it’s a 4090Ti, do you really believe it’s a 4090Ti?
Chen Ba dares to guarantee with his life, that’s not a 4090Ti, but an experimental model of the next or even the next-next generation from NVIDIA!
It might even be from the 60 series, with a different basic architecture, using unspecified nanometer processes, but it’s definitely impressive.
If Su and Intel don’t act and bring out new things from the lab, the annual grand championship might really be easily won by Old Huang.
Because...
Old Huang, known for his precise knife skills and love for squeezing toothpaste, is showing such sincerity this time, if A cards don’t make a statement, discontent is a minor issue, the key is what to use to compete for the annual grand championship?
