MTL - Tokyo Video Game Tycoon-Chapter 934 canned game

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   “I really shouldn’t have bought this thing, let alone bought this game and then went home and played it.”

   An employee of Su Rui's video game development department was a little annoyed.

  He originally wanted to go out to eat, drink and have fun.

  But before the minister left, he specifically emphasized that they should all write a game report on Assassin's Creed. The others didn't take it seriously, but he listened very honestly.

  It was only later that he realized that most people didn't want to play this game seriously.

  Because in the eyes of these game developers, such games are no longer very attractive.

  Usually, it is enough to play a type of game once, and the rest is to constantly study what is outstanding about this type, and there is no need to continue to immerse yourself in the world of video games.

   After all, video game development is also a kind of work, and not everyone can enjoy it like the people of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

   "Forget it, it's not interesting to go out now, let's have fun."

  Before, he had roughly understood the overall story line of the game from the game plot introduction in the trailer of Assassin's Creed Revelations.

To put it simply, the legendary Master Assassin went to a new area to develop the Brotherhood of Assassins, and at the same time continued to mediate with the Templars. In the end, the Templars must be defeated in the battle with Ezio, and another The big boss of the Templars will die in the hands of Ezio.

  This story is very simple and straightforward. Players may like this type of story very much, but they won't, because the things they come into contact with every day are such things, and they feel sick to watch.

   As for the gameplay, Assassin’s Creed is also the benchmark for canned games.

The previous three works have presented the gameplay of Assassin’s Creed in a very complete way. It is very difficult to break through. If there is a breakthrough, it will not wait until the fourth work of Assassin’s Creed Revelation. .

  In addition, in order to avoid spoilers of the story, the trailer also specifically emphasized that the gameplay content of this game is relatively constant, and at most it is old wine in new bottles.

   Like occupying strongholds, or defending strongholds with towers, or making various explosives with different materials, they are all quite traditional.

   Now it is not too difficult for Su Rui Electronics to make such a game.

  The employee entered the game patiently. The first thing he started was to tell the general story content of Assassin’s Creed as before, and then began to officially enter the adventure story of Ezio, the protagonist of Assassin’s Creed.

  In Assassin's Creed Revelations, the protagonist Ezio is over fifty years old, but his hands are still as vigorous as ever.

In a CG animation at the beginning of the story, Ezio inadvertently fell into an ambush and was caught by the Templars. Then the Templars were about to hang the protagonist Ezio with a rope, but Ezio calmly used quite Gorgeous and cool actions to resolve the crisis, and officially began to enter the game operation screen.

   "This CG animation is still top-notch as always."

  The employee sighed.

  Youxing Electronic Entertainment has the strongest game development engine: Unreal Engine.

  Although other companies can also use this engine, in terms of experience in using this engine, the people from Youxing Electronic Entertainment must be more powerful.

   Moreover, it is rumored that the Unreal Engine used by Youxing Electronic Entertainment is quite different from the commercial engines on the market.

   The Unreal Engine used by Youxing Electronic Entertainment is more complete in function and more powerful in every aspect.

  In the production of CG animation, it is now considered to be the top of the first echelon.

  In the past, Unreal Engine succeeded by achieving 90% of the expressiveness of general top film and television CG special effects at a relatively low cost.

   Later, Unreal Engine continued to iterate itself, and now it can achieve low-cost and at the same time make CG film and television special effects reach the top level. This is the technical accumulation of more than ten years.

This employee is only envious now. His strength is not enough to enter Youxing Electronics Entertainment. Naturally, he can only settle for the next best job in Surui Electronics. But he can feel it in the game development environment and game development tools. The gap between Surui Electronics and Youxing Electronics Entertainment.

  CG is over, players can officially control Ezio to explore.

  First of all, the game starts with the teaching level, which is also combined with the story of the game.

  The protagonist Ezio needs to find a hidden library and find some hidden secrets.

  But if you want to know the secrets in the library, you must collect the keys, and the keys are distributed all over the world. These areas will also be where Ezio is going.

   "Well, it's exactly as I expected."

   This employee is very calm.

  He has figured out these plot stories a long time ago, and now he can roughly guess what Ezio will do in the new city next.

  First of all, it is to occupy a stronghold first, and then several assassin NPCs will come out to ask the protagonist Ezio for help, and then the protagonist Ezio will help solve some problems, then kill the local initial boss, and then go to the next area.

  This is the standard template for canned games.

  Anyway, doing so so far is also recognized as the safest way to develop games.

Zhu Youxing also said in the course teaching at the beginning that such a standard template is not a long-term solution, but it can get some dividends. As for whether there will be companies that can break out of cocoons and become butterflies during this period after the dividends, it can only be seen The ability of those companies themselves.

   As far as the present is concerned, such dividends are not over yet.

  The sales of Assassin's Creed Revelations also prove this.

The sales volume of Assassin's Creed Revelations on the first day was more than 500,000 copies. Compared with the development cost of this game, it was only more than 30 million US dollars. Including the cost of physical production, transportation, and store sharing, about 1.5 million copies are sold to get back the cost.

  Assassin's Creed only relies on the reputation of Youxing Electronic Entertainment behind it, and it is definitely no problem to pay back.

  Besides, this game is considered a game with a passing mark.

   It's just that this kind of game is a bit boring for this employee.

   After completing the teaching level at the beginning and solving an initial boss of the Templar Knights, the protagonist Ezio came to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

   Immediately afterwards, I began to meet some important characters in the game story, and briefly introduced the local social environment and the desire of the local assassin organization to grow and develop.

  As for the protagonist, he picks up a girl by the way. Even in his fifties, his flair remains the same.

   There is nothing particularly surprising about the story, and it seems like that should be all there is to the game.

   the employee thought to himself while continuing to play the game.