The sun was setting over the city, yet as night came, the city continued to be shine. There were flashes everywhere in the city. Bullets would shoot from dark alleys, and bodies were strewn all over the streets. This was the new VRMMORPG Phantom Guns Online .
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It became massively popular in the first month of its release, and after 4 months of its release, it overshadowed Royal Road in both popularity and users. It was the first VRMMORPG that was not centered around a core AI. The game was controlled by thousands of AIs, who would manage the game and create a suitable game experience for each player. It was known throughout the world as the pinnacle of modern programming.
The gameplay for Phantom Guns Online was different from Royal Road. The quest system was similar, as were many stats, but as the main method of combat featured Guns, there were completly different skills. Players professions would have different tiers. For example: a beginner magic gunslinger and an advanced gunslinger, depending on what tier their class was, they would be able to learn new skills and progress their current skills further. Each race would have a special skill that would affect them throughout the game, and depending on its level, the player's avatar will receive more race-limited quests. Each race has its own type of armour which cannot be worn by other races, however, class armour is universal.
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Alex smiled as he watched the bloodbath from one of the hills that surrounded the city. Then, once he deemed it fit for him to join the fight, he jumped. Alex landed in the midst of 30 players, who were fighting on opposing teams. Alex, with a gun in each hand, started to fire at both teams.
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Alex, now 20, is living with the couple who adopted him. The couple, being more well-off than most of the people in America, have given Alex everything he ever needed or wanted.
When Alex asked for the new VRMMORPG, his adoptive parents bought him: both the game and the capsule, without even questioning why.
Alex was now outfitted to play the game he most desired, where he could become what he truly was, a bloodthirsty killing machine.
The day before the release of the highly anticipated Phantom Guns Online, Alex was, for the first time since adoption, ecstatic.
He was finally able to do what he had always fantasized about doing, killing someone in a brutal manner.
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He checked and double checked that his capsule was working properly, and played some RR to kill time.
He logged out and then carefully watched the clock, as it would say when PG would go online.
The game launched, and Alex immediately went into his capsule to start playing as soon as he could.
When Alex selected Phantom Guns as the game he would like to play, he was taken into the character creation lobby.
He was floating in the darkness, when an AI’s voice told him.
[The scan on your retina and veins has shown that you are an unregistered player. Would you like to create an account?]
Alex thought in in his mind, “Of course I would. Why else would I be here? They need to stop wasting my time.” But he decided to keep calm and answer normally.
“Yes.”
[Please choose the name of your avatar.]
Alex thought to himself, “Hmm, that’s tricky. I don’t really want to use my real name, but being called something else is a bit strange,so I think I’ll go with my name, for simplicity.”
“Alex.”
[Phantom Guns Online has 30 races. Please pick from the primary 11 available.]
“What are the races available?”
[Phantom Guns Online primary 11 races are: Human, Cyborg, Elf, Automation, Genetically Modified Human, Vampire, Half elf half human, Half vampire half human, Half elf half vampire, Shadow Being, Light Being ]
Alex mused, “ Humans are too boring, Automation’s do not get inborn magic, and Cyborg is too cliche. Hmmm, perhaps a Shadow Being. It sounds dark and scary.”
“Shadow Being.”
[Please select a sub race of Shadow Being, these include: Shadow Human, Shadow Elf, Shadow Vampire and any half mixes of the above sub races. Shadow Being will start off with skill Shadow Control]
Alex thought about his race,“A Shadow Vampire would be too common, but a pure Shadow Human would be the most balanced, I believe.”
“Shadow Human.”
[You have selected Shadow Human. Please confirm]
“Shadow Human.”
[Your avatar has been created. You may modify your appearance or give it one special trait]
“Keep appearance the same, but have shadows swirl around the hands.”
[Your appearance has been successfully created. Please select a starting location]
“Random.”
[You will start in the default city for Shadow Beings: The City of Darkness]
Alex was suddenly transported into the midst of a city where everything was black, except for the lamps, which shone an eerie blue over the roads.