Chapter 139 If this is the sentiment, we are in the same realm
Three days later!
Shen Miaomiao recovered and returned to the company.
The first thing I do when I get to work is to convene a meeting with all senior executives of the project department to study the establishment of Titanfall derivative projects!
Now, all functions of the official version of the system are unlocked.
The strategy of "main project profit + sub-project loss" gave Shen Miaomiao new hope of losing money.
APEX, as a derivative project of Titanfall, has naturally become the first sub-project document in the complete formal system.
It is also the best guinea pig for Shen Miaomiao to test "whether the sub-project can achieve losses when the main project is profitable"!
"Is everyone here? Let's start the meeting."
In the Golden Wind conference room, Shen Miaomiao's little face was still a little pale, but she was in good spirits. She clapped her hands to signal the start of the meeting.
However, Gu Sheng seemed to remember something and raised his hand:
"Wait a moment, Mr. Shen, I suddenly remembered that there are still a few people."
"A few people?" Shen Miaomiao looked around.
Sister Chu Chu, the core three giants headed by Gu Sheng, as well as Jiang Yun, Kai Lang, and Jiang Shan.
Isn’t it true that every meeting has these people? Who else is missing?
"I suggest that Wang Xiaoming from the operation and maintenance department be included in this project establishment meeting,"
Gu Sheng said:
"Director Wang has been working hard and making rapid progress since he took over the operation and maintenance of PUBG,"
"And he is well versed in the player demands and actual conditions of massively multiplayer online competitive games,"
"Mr. Shen, look?"
Oh - the whole family joins the battle. This is it.
It seems that Lao Gu still attaches great importance to the APEX derivative project.
Too.
With Titanfall at the forefront, anyone in their right mind would try their best to match the quality of the derivative works with the main work.
It's a pity that I have a system, I'm sorry, Lao Gu.
Shen Miaomiao thought secretly in her heart.
You have gained both fame and fortune in Titanfall, so let me lose some money on this small and silent sub-project, and it will be considered as compensation for me.
Not to mention Wang Xiaoming is here today, even if the King of Heaven is here, I have to find ways to find its loss point!
Nodding: "Okay, let's ask Manager Wang to attend the meeting."
Gu Sheng smiled and nodded, and sent a message to Wang Xiaoming.
Not long after, Wang Xiaoming knocked on the door of the conference room, said hello, and took a seat.
"Okay, let's have a meeting when everyone is ready,"
Shen Miaomiao opened her mouth and said:
"Now, the success of Titanfall is beyond doubt,"
"We have already committed to the spin-off project, and it is time to put it on the agenda,"
"I've called everyone here today to talk about the APEX project,"
"Including game content, investment, profit model, etc.,"
"Now, please let Director Gu talk about the content of the game."
before the meeting.
Oh no.
To be precise, last night when Gu Sheng accompanied her to give her the last infusion, Shen Miaomiao asked Gu Sheng about the status of the APEX project.
It’s pretty much the same.
Gu Sheng replied like this.
In fact, as early as the second week after Titanfall was released, he had already redeemed APEX from the system.
With Titanfall as a foreshadowing, APEX no longer has a debuff that unlocks double emotion values, and can be unlocked with only 400,000 emotions.
What he has to do next is to make slight modifications to it, make it match the somatosensory cabin game, and 'transplant' it to Yiyu x2.
"good,"
Gu Sheng nodded and said:
"As for the game APEX, I have briefly talked to everyone in the project department before,"
"The main form of the game still continues the most popular multiplayer project we have today - PUBG,"
"Battle Royale, or chicken game."
Um!
good!
One listen to this game format!
Shen Miaomiao nodded her head!
During these few days of idleness at home, she didn't just lie in bed and be a salty fish.
While Lao Gu was at work, she would go to the study room shared by the two of them to read a book from time to time.
The main thing is to take a look at what players are expecting from the Titanfall spin-off.
Many people believe that this time, the multiplayer mode of Titanfall should be closer to the traditional competitive mode.
The two sides divide sides and compete in small and medium-sized scenes. Then they accumulate energy points through killing and summon Titans after meeting the requirements.
Very basic game mode.
Even now, one of the masterpieces of the third-generation polar bear somatosensory cabin escort, the first-generation FPS game "Gunsmoke" produced by the Tianlang team, has preemptively released a trailer for the mecha mode.
That's how it plays.
After all, it is a first-tier manufacturer that needs people and money. The speed of replicating a simple model is still much higher than that of Golden Wind.
However, due to the limitations of the first-generation FPS settings, the mecha mode of "Gunsmoke" is always a bit inferior to the shocking and immersive Titanfall.
Therefore, players are still looking forward to Golden Wind producing an authentic multiplayer derivative.
Shen Miaomiao was afraid that he would start a normal multiplayer battle step by step.
In the end, Lao Gu was quite conscious!
Just pass the normal battle mode, and it's a "Battle Royale"!
To know!
Today’s battle royale games don’t have very good reviews in the market!
Because there are so many manufacturers following the trend!
After PUBG, almost every FPS game has more or less the shadow of chicken fighting!
Some make chicken fighting into a separate mode, and some even copy it completely, such as Guangyao's "Special Operations".
In this situation of serious homogeneity, players will inevitably fall into aesthetic fatigue for this game mode.
Most people play PUBG again and again.
After all, this game originated from the chicken-fighting game. It is well optimized, feels good, has many activities, and releases new maps very quickly.
Even today, there is a saying in the market that the chicken-fighting game was pioneered by PUBG, and the crown will always be on PUBG's head.
And in this case!
As a spin-off of Titanfall, it seems inappropriate to choose Battle Royale.
PUBG is so successful.
It was so successful that it would be difficult for Golden Wind itself to surpass it.
God help me!
Shen Miaomiao nodded with a smile on her face.
However!
But she didn't take it lightly!
Because according to her understanding of Lao Gu, once this guy makes any decision that goes against common sense, it means that he must have a corresponding solution!
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao asked:
"So this game...Does Director Gu have any new prospects?"
You can use whatever unique skills you have. This time I will take a closer look.
"A little bit, it's a moderate innovation,"
Gu Sheng smiled slightly and said:
"As we all know, in today's battle royale games, the offensive mode is mainly based on firearms and supplemented by props, including our PUBG,"
"But this time, we are prepared to make some small adjustments,"
"Add 'skills' into the game, learn from RPG or moba games, launch special heroes, and give them corresponding skills."
hiss--
really!
Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao narrowed her eyes slightly.
The good boy indeed has a back-up plan.
"Then this adjustment, in your opinion... is it a sure thing?"
"It's a little hard to say..."
Gu Sheng shook his head ambiguously.
It's not that he is humble, it's just the situation.
You know, this is a parallel world.
The structure of the game market is inherently different from previous generations.
And this difference became even more obvious after his arrival.
In the previous life, in terms of game content, why was APEX able to capture a large part of the market from PUBG?
Because APEX feels good, is well optimized, has a fast pace, and because of the addition of skills, solo play is more interesting.
It can be said that in terms of "coolness", APEX is better than its predecessors.
Therefore, in its previous life, it was able to seize the market with PUBG, and even competed with it at its peak.
But in this world!
Things are different!
The feel that Paipai was proud of was equaled by PUBG, which was tuned by Gu Sheng himself.
Paipai's absolutely friendly optimization was even matched by PUBG, which was personally tuned by Gu Sheng.
Paipai's advantage was cut off by two big knives.
It seems that the only remaining innovations are ‘faster game rhythm’ and ‘new skill gameplay’.
And "game rhythm" is still a highly subjective matter.
Some people like a fast pace, while some people may like a slow pace and be a bitch.
As for the innovation of ‘new skill gameplay’, the situation is even more complicated.
"As early as five years ago, when the somatosensory cabin had just begun mass production and expanded the market, there was a game that had a similar design concept to our APEX,"
After getting Gu Sheng's approval, Jiang Yun introduced:
"Catastrophe of Gods, this is a first-person perspective MOBA game,"
"On the basis of completely applying the settings of moba games, the top-down perspective is changed to a first-person perspective."
"In the game, players will play the hero's basic attack or release skills to destroy the enemy base and win."
First person LOL.
Hearing this setting, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "It sounds pretty good?"
"indeed,"
Jiang Yun nodded:
"In terms of the innovativeness of the game, it sounds really good, and it also gained a large number of players when it was first launched."
"but,"
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yun changed the subject:
“Good times don’t last long,”
"After the game's freshness period has passed, the core problems of the game have become apparent,"
"Although the design idea of 'using MOBA as the basis and applying an FPS perspective' looks amazing, these are two types of games after all, and there are natural exclusions,"
"What MoBa games require is an overall view, coordination of operations and team battles,"
"These core points are difficult to fully reflect in FPS mode,"
"This makes the core of the game very twisted,"
“Without the drag-screen God’s perspective, information reception is incomplete and affects the judgment of the overall situation,”
"Without the overall view and judgment, whether it is switching lines, leading alone or gathering in a group, execution efficiency will be lowered, which will affect operations,"
"Coupled with the limitations of the first-person perspective, team battles are completely useless with skills, and you can't find the focus at all, and you can't cooperate,"
"In the end, this led to the rapid decline of the game, and it was announced that it would cease service just seven months after its release."
Speaking of which.
Jiang Yun sighed regretfully.
"That's what we say - the game is a good game, but it's not fun."
For any game company in the world.
These words are too deadly.
Obviously, the game Catastrophe has a very good reputation among players and professional designers in the industry.
Because its design creativity is indeed eye-catching, many people, like Shen Miaomiao, thought it was an interesting game when they first heard the idea.
But after actually experiencing it, players discovered that this game is really awkward to play.
It’s neither as good as a moba nor as good as an FPS.
The undeniable excellent creativity, coupled with the uncomfortable game experience, created the final evaluation of this game——
The game is a good game, but it's not fun.
"And now,"
After Jiang Yun finished speaking, Lu Bian continued:
"The APEX project we are preparing is equivalent to reversing the design idea of Catastrophe of the Gods——"
"We want to use FPS as the basis and apply the skill design of moba games."
hiss--
After listening for a while, Shen Miaomiao understood.
He couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
What a pervert, Lao Gu.
How did he get such a brain?
Obviously, in everyone's eyes, PUBG has reached its peak since its debut and is already the ultimate battle royale game.
But Gu Sheng still wanted to try to hit the peak he had set.
Although I have been shocked by Gu Sheng's creativity many times before.
But this time, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Lao Gu is really special. His understanding of games and design ideas are completely inconsistent with his age and experience.
but!
Sigh is a sigh!
Shen Miaomiao understood what the people in the project department said!
Now!
The APEX project has a high risk factor!
In terms of game type, it targets PUBG, which almost completely controls the battle royale market!
In terms of design ideas, it is another work that was well-received but not well-received, and was ultimately abandoned by the market due to conflicts in the core of the game!
This debuff is almost full!
Shen Miaomiao even suspected that Gu Sheng was also engaged in scientific research and did not care about the profits and losses of the APEX project at all.
After all, judging from the current situation.
This project seems to be more challenging for Gu Sheng.
He wants to charge towards the gaming benchmark he has created, even if it fails and falls into the sand.
Um……
That should be right.
Shen Miaomiao nodded secretly.
After all, if he wants to ensure stable profits and a solid reputation, Gu Sheng only needs to play regular battles, like "Gunsmoke".
But he insisted on dancing on the tip of the sword, taking the wrong edge with his sword, making the challenge impossible.
Not bad.
Shen Miaomiao was very satisfied.
If we have this kind of sentiment, we are in the same realm.
"I think I can give it a try,"
Shen Miaomiao expressed her approval on the spot:
"Standing still is not our style at Golden Wind,"
"It is a pity that the Catastrophe of the Gods failed, but it is not a bad thing for us,"
"It's very possible that they installed FPS and moba backwards,"
"After we make such a twist, maybe we will succeed."
Shen Miaomiao laughed and signaled everyone not to feel pressured. Since she approved this project, she would not blame everyone for its failure.
not to mention.
Many of the data for this project were scraped from the Titanfall body, and the cost was fully calculated, which was only 50 million.
Compared to their previous struggles with PUBG and Titanfall, the situation is much better.
"So," Shen Miaomiao said, "Don't be afraid of failure, just try, we can afford to lose."
Hearing this, everyone smiled knowingly and said, "Mr. Shen is enlightened."
"Hahaha, you don't need to say compliments,"
Shen Miaomiao, wearing a high hat, smiled and waved her hand:
"Since the game content, design ideas and cost investment are all OK,"
"Next, there is the last and most important thing -"