“…What’s this. Anti-addiction? If that were the case, they could just say the daily playtime is fixed and force you offline. Writing out a prompt like this, what are they trying to express? …Besides, this is clearly supposed to be a single-player game, isn’t it?”
Having encountered a situation he’d never experienced before, Yu Xiao couldn’t help but feel a little surprised.
And muttering something that expressed a feeling of “I don’t get it, but it seems impressive,” he tried to make sense of the current situation.
“I really don’t get it… Could it be, this is a mechanic of this mode?”
At the same time, Yu Xiao also repeatedly clicked the sortie button, wanting to confirm whether this was some kind of fluke.
Unfortunately, no matter how many times he repeated it, the only answer he got was the same prompt as before.
It seemed this was inevitable.
And apart from that, there was no explanatory text at all on the game interface either.
It didn’t say when the next battlefield mission would refresh.
Nor did it tell him what he could do now, in this relatively idle time.
It seemed there was nothing to do right now, and it had truly entered garbage time.
Just like clearing out your stamina in a mobile game, or the interval between two harvests in a farming game.
…Generally speaking, having reached this point, quitting the game would be the only choice.
But Yu Xiao didn’t want to stop playing just because of this little thing, when his interest was at its peak.
So he could only settle for the next best thing: summon the menu and return to the home page.
Then, moving the cursor, Yu Xiao selected the first row of options on the main interface.
That was the only game mode before the Mecha War VS update: “Simulation Battle.”
Which was further divided into “Challenge Mode,” where you consecutively challenge different enemies, and “Free Mode,” where you challenge an opponent of your own choosing in a predetermined stage.
Yu Xiao planned to play for a short while and then stop.
Therefore, he chose the relatively shorter Free Mode to play.
After entering Free Mode, the first thing to do was choose the mobile suit he would use in this battle.
And the range of selectable units in Mecha War VS could be said to be quite broad.
From the widely known Gundam series, to relatively niche works like Gun x Sword, traces of them could more or less be found within.
You could say Mecha War VS could be treated entirely as an encyclopedia of mecha anime of all eras.
After all, his current gaming focus was still on that “Real Battlefield” mode.
Therefore, his foremost priority right now was to get used to the mobile suit he would be able to use in that mode in the future, that is, the “Tallgeese” that could be developed from the Leo.
And after selecting the Tallgeese as his own unit, Yu Xiao began to think about the opponent for this simulation battle.
If it were too weak, he wouldn’t improve; but if the disparity in strength was too great, the effect wouldn’t be good either…
Regarding this question, Yu Xiao only pondered for a moment before a conclusion came to him.
So next, manipulating the page, Yu Xiao quickly made his choice.
That was…
[Free Mode battle settings complete! Based on both units, the battle stage is automatically set to: Space Environment]
[Tallgeese vs Perfect Zeong (Char Aznable), simulation battle about to begin…]
That’s right, the opponent he had chosen was the Zeon ace pilot known as the “Red Comet,” Char Aznable of UC 0079!
As the fated rival of Amuro Ray, the first protagonist of the Gundam series, he should be someone any Gundam fan would be quite familiar with.
And the unit he piloted was the completed form of his machine “Zeong” from the original Mobile Suit Gundam.
That is, the so-called “Perfect Zeong.”
There was a reason Yu Xiao chose him as the simulation target.
First, with the Perfect Zeong’s massive size, he could train the techniques usable when fighting the big with the small.
And its five-barreled, wire-guided wrist mega particle cannons could also be regarded as laser-level attacks on the battlefield that come flying in from unexpected corners.
From these angles, the Perfect Zeong and Char Aznable were the most suitable practice targets there could be.
With his arms folded across his chest, waiting for the loading to complete, Yu Xiao was quite satisfied with his plan.
Barring any surprises, from here he just needed to think about how to improve his gaming skills in battle.
He thought so.
“…Hm?”
However, in the very first instant after entering the game, his reaction was rather dumbfounded, and a puzzled sound escaped his mouth at the same time.
This was because of what Yu Xiao saw: the game graphics in the Simulation Battle mode.
Were actually still the old art style that you could tell at a glance was digital modeling…?
Whether it was textures, rendering, or lighting, compared to the incredibly detailed scenes he had seen in the “Real Battlefield” mode, it could be said to be at least a world apart.
Even after Yu Xiao then opened the settings interface and, in one go, raised all the graphics settings he hadn’t dared to increase before to the max, it was still the same.
Could it be that the texture pack update of Mecha War VS is selective?
Yu Xiao thought, somewhat puzzled.
Or rather, is its essence somewhat similar to those old multi-in-one pirated cartridges, the ones that look like one game but actually stuff two completely different works into a single disc?
…Yu Xiao now felt this game was a bit like a mystery.
On one hand, an excellent subject matter, outstanding gameplay, and not-bad creativity…
On the other hand, all kinds of minor flaws everywhere, and an extreme lack of explanation for every function.
Now there was even this situation where the content differed between two modes.
He really didn’t know what to say.
“…Sigh. Forget it. Maybe this is just a common situation with products from small workshops like this…”
And Yu Xiao, unable to figure it out no matter how he thought, could only lower his head and mutter, feeling rather helpless.
After all, neither now nor even in his past life could Yu Xiao find any substitute for Mecha War VS.
When you can still pick up the bowl and eat meat, for now, don’t put down your chopsticks and complain.
Thinking so, he lifted the controller again.
And on the screen, the opposing Perfect Zeong had also finished loading its model.
Its already massive frame, after being equipped with feet that were not mere decorations, became even more imposing.
In the pitch-black, abyss-like cosmos, it looked especially conspicuous.
Then, let’s get ready to fight.
With that thought, Yu Xiao pushed the stick to perform a dash input.
And under the effect of the two “Super Verniers” on its back, the Tallgeese became a flashing white meteor in the vault of heaven, launching a surprise attack on the Perfect Zeong.
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