Chapter 62: The Birth of the First Immortal Emperor

With just one round of Extreme Sublimation, all the new cards turned to mining scrap!

At the end of the video, the reviewer’s roar was deafening, and the comments were unsurprisingly joyful.

"I’ll say it again, I did NOT do any mining!"

"These are all new cards, only used for testing purposes! I even kept the receipts, how did they turn into mining cards?"

The reviewer’s breakdown enhanced the theme of this video.

It’s obvious that since he can’t resell the graphics cards after testing, he’s anxious and angry... coughing up blood a lot!

But it’s no use!

This batch of graphics cards is like a Saintess who mistakenly entered a goblin’s cave, completely ravaged beyond recognition. Even if he had evidence to prove they’re not mining cards, no brave soul would shoulder this burden.

"Give him a thumbs up!"

Chen Ba felt a bit sorry for the reviewer.

Originally, the tested graphics cards could be sold to recoup some money, but being mistaken for mining cards means they can’t be sold, that’s too big of a loss.

"A hundred thousand yuan’s just sitting there."

Yang Dong didn’t feel sorry for these people; he just found it amusing that someone would use Star Emperor to test graphics card performance?

If they’re going to test, fine. But to max out the pressure with 2K and 4K resolution...

What’s the deal? You think your graphics card’s lifespan is too long?

Luckily, the battle between the 3090Ti and the RX6950XT ended quickly. If it had continued, these two cards might have blacked out or crashed, which would have been quite something.

Although that seems unlikely.

The main issue is that Extreme Sublimation has a "HP reduction" side effect, generally not lasting many moves, so it doesn’t test the limits of a card like the 3090Ti.

Unless Tianba Studio decided to be mischievous and removed the side effect of Extreme Sublimation, making the battles last longer, then it would be a different story...

This video really went viral.

Due to the reviewer’s massive loss, many viewers felt sorry for him and willingly gave it a thumbs-up and a coin, so the stats looked good.

In the video comments section, many spectators were highly intrigued by Star Emperor.

That’s quite normal.

Through this graphics card review, many have learned that Star Emperor is a game with excellent optimization and top-tier visuals.

While the test results were laughable, they indeed attracted a large number of new players who weren’t familiar with the game.

"We should thank him!"

Chen Ba smiled and said, "This video has two crucial points! First is the divine optimization: 1050Ti running with extreme quality at 60 frames without stress, showing many players the importance of optimization."

"Second, the splendid duel between 3090Ti and RX6950XT perfectly showcases the most magnificent special effect clashes in Star Emperor!"

The second point is more significant.

During the battle between the 3090Ti and the RX6950XT, the game displayed an epic fantasy feel that captured many hearts.

Especially the heavenly phenomena and the screen-filling gorgeous skill effects, which made readers of fantasy and xianxia novels especially delighted.

It was quite similar to the battle scenes they imagined while reading prose.

Although it couldn’t be exactly the same...

That’s certain, as the abstract nature of text descriptions can’t be fully replicated with current CGI technology.

Yet a game achieving this level of replication is already astonishing.

As a fighting game, Star Emperor is likely subpar, lacking motion capture, leading to poor hit feedback, essentially hitting posts. Plus, the 3D graphics are awkward, and combo moves aren’t as smooth as expected.

However, Star Emperor fully restores the scenes of epic battles from fantasy xianxia novels.

Although not sufficiently realistic, and still at a "punching and kicking" stage, it’s enough to fulfill some novel readers’ fantasies.

What?

Want to create the same battle scene? At least two 3090Ti are needed?

Having a good graphics card isn’t enough, you must hope your opponent’s card is also decent to recreate the epic scenes from the video?

No worries, I’ll lower the graphics quality!

Can’t find a duel between two 3090Ti Great Emperors? Then let’s have a 3060Ti Saint duel!

If that doesn’t work...

Find two 1060Ti Great Powers, and that should still simulate a decent young genius duel effect!

Thanks to this graphics card review, Star Emperor gained a bit of popularity.

Especially the in-game footage of the 3090Ti vs RX6950XT battle at the end of the video, which spread wildly among many web novel readers, attracting a large number of new players.

Indeed!

The reputation of Star Emperor has improved.

Jokes aside, many people, after experiencing it, found Star Emperor wasn’t as outlandish as online rumors suggested.

It does demand graphic cards, especially video memory.

But a normal 1060 at standard quality can already offer a very nice gaming experience.

Occasionally activating Extreme Sublimation isn’t a problem; many hardware bloggers have tested it, as long as it isn’t frequently activated, low graphics quality won’t face issues.

The online player count is slowly rising.

With Path to Immortality removing its ranking system, it serves more as an entertainment mode. People, after ranking fatigue, go to Path to Immortality to experience being blown away by the Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors.

The first Immortal Emperor has been born on Path to Immortality.

Since the early access release, this player has maintained a 100% win rate on Path to Immortality, truly invincible.

His setup is quite average, no 3090Ti.

The reason he became the first Immortal Emperor is mainly because those in Path to Immortality are overly reliant on their opponents disconnecting, skills? Who needs skills?

In this environment, having a decent setup plus superior technical play is a mark of invincibility, even the 3090Ti strong players can’t beat him.

"Can you see? This is skill!"

"Who said Path to Immortality has no technicality and solely relies on hardware overwhelming? Isn’t this person dominating eternity with techniques?"

The emergence of this Immortal Emperor excited Chen Ba greatly.

All along, Path to Immortality in the online mode of Star Emperor was often mocked by players as a graphics card path, needing good hardware to become immortal.

But this view has been overturned!

Holding a 3090 to counter a plethora of 3090Ti and 6950XT strongmen, who would still dare say Path to Immortality doesn’t require skill?

When the hardware gap is too large, indeed skills are of no use, Path to Immortality will just give you a blackout KO in one punch.

However, when the hardware gap isn’t huge, skills are crucial, with superb skills even a 2080Ti can counter a 3090!

"No matter how much you counter, it’s still a 3090!"

Lu said helplessly, "Or how about you counter a 3090 with a 2060 for me to see?"

Don’t try!

Even novel protagonists don’t dare to cross so many realms, even if your skills are excellent, can you overwhelm a Nascent Soul Ancestor during the Qi Cultivation stage?

"Being able to kill enemies across realms is already impressive."

Yang Dong said with a chuckle, "This player is indeed remarkable, but it’s not what we should focus on. August is coming, isn’t it time for the official release?"

"Then let it release on August 1st."

Chen Ba had no objections, the early access version has been optimized in all necessary areas.

It’s time to release the official version!