"As you players can see, this is a game about hunting monsters, and the highlight of this game is a sense of oppression. When you face a truly powerful creature, you only have the most traditional attack moves. If you are interested
Well, a demo area for Monster Hunter has been opened at the carnival, but what I want to tell you is that this game may not be suitable for everyone."
Before deciding to make Monster Hunter, Zhu Youxing was actually mentally prepared.
Because Monster Hunter was indeed a very niche game at the beginning.
It's just that this game has cultivated a group of very loyal players. They will spend thousands of hours on this game without any feeling of fatigue. Even if they hunt the same monsters again and again, they will still enjoy it.
This game will also be a very long-term battlefront, allowing core players to better win over themselves.
Hayakawa Ueto carefully studied the live broadcast.
Then he looked at the head of his game development team.
"Have you seen any characteristics from this game?"
The person in charge of game development said with a grimace: "This is just a game trailer, we can't see anything at all, but according to what the bamboo star said, this game should be a game with a certain degree of difficulty.
Screening out many ordinary players."
After all, the vast majority of players are not the kind who like to be abused. They prefer to find fun in a relaxed game environment.
That’s why Super Mario, a simple platform jumping game, is so popular, as well as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc., which have beautiful stories but can be adjusted in difficulty.
But so far there doesn't seem to be a truly difficult game.
Zhuyouxing seems to be preparing to break this routine and start developing some games with a certain degree of difficulty.
But many companies have tried to launch very difficult games before, especially arcade games. In order to defraud more players of their coins, they would forcibly increase the difficulty of the game.
However, this kind of behavior generally receives negative feedback, and there are still a small number of players who are willing to abuse themselves.
Therefore, Surui Electronics’ games are also in a simpler direction.
But turning around, Zhuyouxing suddenly made a game with a certain degree of difficulty, and also reminded the players in advance to take it easy. This was really confusing.
"President, do we need to follow up on this game? Do we need to make something similar?"
Hayakawa Ueto shook his head: "No need for the time being. Look at the reactions of the players at the scene. They seem to be just attracted by the graphics of the game. From this point of view, it seems that we should make a game with more exquisite graphics. By the way, about the game graphics
To what extent has the research progressed?"
The person in charge of game development immediately replied: "Our latest game has used the latest data resources provided by Unreal Engine. This data resource has greatly improved our game graphics."
"Should we still use Unreal Engine? Didn't I say before that we would develop our own game engine as much as possible if possible."
The person in charge of development looked embarrassed and said: "It's not that we don't want to do it, but our manpower is already somewhat insufficient. If we can expand the number of developers and invest more budget, we can develop our game engine."
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Recently, Ueto Hayakawa has increasingly felt the need to get rid of the shackles of Unreal Engine.
After all, this is something that belongs to Youxing Electronic Entertainment, not to you. The values of every game you develop will be uploaded to the Unreal Engine team without reservation. This is equivalent to giving someone else’s help to Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
It is a huge loss to provide game development values intermittently.
It was only now that he finally realized why Zhu Youxing agreed to use their engine in the first place.
This is the purest numerical monopoly. Unreal Engine has cultivated a behemoth with the input of countless developers.
And this behemoth now has an absolute dominance.
This is really not what Hayakawa Ueto wants to see.
Hayakawa Ueto said cruelly: "I will find a way to inject more funds into you next. Now that the game team has begun to show signs of profitability and there is some capital to develop the game engine, we need to create our own game.
Engine."
With Hayakawa Ueto's guarantee, the person in charge was still a little reluctant.
To be honest, he is already used to Unreal Engine.
Now Unreal Engine is really easy to use, and all functions are very user-friendly.
Moreover, the Unreal Engine team will continue to improve according to some of its own special requirements, and the speed of improvement is extremely fast.
If you use Unreal Engine now, you are a customer, and you are the one the Unreal Engine team needs to continuously serve.
But if they develop a new engine themselves, they will have to start over again, and it will definitely not be as useful as Unreal Engine.
But this is the president's request, and they can only comply with it.
"By the way, I found that the character of this Monster Hunter moves very smoothly. How did you do this?"
Hayakawa Ueto asked suddenly while staring at the screen.
At this moment, the live TV broadcast has begun to play the Monster Hunter trial content.
Takeyusei himself acted as the commentator to try out the hunter holding an Odachi.
This hunter searched for powerful monsters on the big map and started fighting.
Judging from this battle scene, everything is really real, as if a whole new world was created out of thin air.
Everything is very consistent with the rules of physics.
This adjustment of game action values gave him an amazing feeling.
So how was this action value created? This was the thing he was most curious about.
"This... is probably the secret weapon of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. There is no relevant data provided for these values in Unreal Engine. It should be the secret of Youxing Electronic Entertainment."
The person in charge of game development was also very envious of the smooth movements of the monsters and characters in the trial.
Unfortunately, he was pretty sure these values didn't exist in Unreal Engine.
Of course, the action values in Unreal Engine are also very real, but compared to the actions of this Monster Hunter, they are still a bit behind.
Hayakawa Ueto sighed and said: "This is the advantage of Yusei Electronic Entertainment. They will always be one step ahead of us. This is not acceptable."
If you want to win this console war, you must first find a way to approach Yuxing Electronic Entertainment in terms of game quality.
"President, I think this is not something worth worrying about. In fact, we should work harder on the graphics. This is at least what we can do now."
At this time, the team manager in charge of marketing spoke.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because according to the survey of our marketing team, players are more interested in games with excellent and exquisite graphics, and improving the quality of game graphics is also the easiest thing to do. As long as the performance of the game console reaches the level, we can improve the graphics
Infinitely real, this is also the most cost-effective way.”
Hayakawa Ueto doesn't particularly approve of this kind of thing.
He still feels that the innovation and powerful game development technology of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is the right way.
But the marketing team is right. In terms of cost performance, games with sufficiently refined graphics and average game quality are the most cost-effective.
After hesitating for a moment, Hayakawa Ueto said: "Let's continue to work hard on the development of the core technology of the game. Of course, we can't let go of the graphic expression, but we just put it in a secondary position."
The head of the marketing team wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Ueto Hayakawa.
He has made up his mind and cannot be influenced casually.
At the same time, the Monster Hunter game display at the carnival venue has ended.
Most of the game trailers have also been played.
For players, the news they want to get most has basically been announced.
"Oto-chan, can you slow down a little? Why have I never seen you so focused on something in the past?"
"You two are too slow. This place is so interesting, don't you have any interest?"
Among the crowd, three girls kept shuttled back and forth.
The three girls are all wearing classic Japanese sailor uniforms.
Oto-chan's eyes looked everywhere without blinking.
She was already a little dazzled.
The surrounding game-related things are so fascinating.
Oto-chan, Kazumi and Aiko have been good friends since childhood. The three of them played together in junior high school when they were about four or five years old.
Among them, Aiko is the smartest and often ranks first in the grade.
Oto-chan and Kazumi are much worse than Aiko, so Aiko often gives them tutoring lessons.
One day, Aiko, who always liked to study, suddenly took out a handheld computer during their study meeting.
Aiko said she got it from a boy she had known since she was a child. She said she made a bet that after completing a certain game challenge, she would get an obedient follower.
Finally, through the unremitting efforts of the three people, Aiko completed the bet.
Originally, all this was just a small episode.
But for some reason, Oto-chan's interest in video games has been out of control since she experienced Fruit Ninja.
Originally, video games were something that most boys only liked, but Oto-chan liked them especially.
She has always had the image of an iceberg beauty, but she has an extraordinary obsession with games.
Then, when she learned that Youxing Electronic Entertainment was going to hold a carnival, she did not hesitate to call her two best friends and come to the carnival together.
This is really rare at carnivals.
Ninety percent of the players who come here are male players.
At least 90% of the remaining 10% of women come with male companions. In fact, they themselves may not have any interest in video games.
There are really only a few people like Oto-chan.
"Aiko, I find that Oto-chan is completely obsessed with the game. Should we find a way to get her out of this addiction?"
Kazumi and Aiko followed Oto-chan, who was traveling quickly, and they talked to each other.
Oto-chan ignored the discussion between the two people behind her and continued to focus on watching the interesting games around her.
The three of them had already arrived at the demo area on the second floor. Oto-chan was switching between different demo games almost three minutes at a time, as if she was never tired.
Aiko, who looked like a top student, shook his head and said: "I don't think it's necessary. Have you forgotten that Nene-chan even made math problems that I couldn't answer in order to play the game? I've told Nene-chan a long time ago
She is very talented in learning, but she has never paid attention to it, but now she is willing to bet with us because of playing games and is willing to study hard for the game, so I think this is a good thing."
Kazumi muttered: "But I always feel that she will be addicted. Once we two don't keep an eye on her, she will probably become a complete waste."
Aiko said: "Then we should always be together, even in college, right?"
"Well...that's the problem. You also know my brain. I'm the dumbest among the three of us. I may not be able to get into the same university as you."
When talking about this, Kazumi was still a little frustrated.
She is the stupidest among the three, and sometimes she really feels inferior.
"Don't say that. Trust me, I will work hard to get you better grades. We will definitely be admitted to the same university by then."
"Aiko, Kazumi, have you two finished talking? Let's continue to the next place. We have agreed that I will make the decision today. For this reason, I got into the top ten of my grade."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
Aiko took the hand of Kazumi, who was somewhat inferior, and said, "We are lifelong friends, and this will never change."
The three of them finally came to a brand new casual game trial area.
The name of the game here is Bejeweled, and it is a very light game.
The game was developed under the name of Zhuyouxing, so many players visit here.
However, most players only have a taste of it, and they have little interest in such a simple and mindless game.
But Aiko and Kazumi like it very much, because it is just right for them two people who have no talent in gaming.
Yinjiang basically tried it for a while and found it boring.
"Eh? Aiko? Kazumi? And Oto-chan, why are you three here?"
Just then, a boy's voice sounded.
Aiko turned around and saw that it was the guy she had known since childhood, Tian Chong.
It’s not surprising to see Tian Chong Aiko here. After all, this is a carnival for players. It would be abnormal if Tian Chong didn’t come.
"What? Can't we come?" Aiko asked.
"That's not true, it's just really surprising. I thought you weren't interested in video games."
"Video games are not difficult. Don't forget, I beat you in Fruit Ninja."
Tian Chong's face suddenly turned red: "It's just that I didn't play Fruit Ninja seriously. That kind of game is not what I play at all. If I want to play, I will definitely play something that is very hardcore and difficult, like monsters."