Chapter 136: Plot setting

Wait a minute, Li Fangcheng suddenly seemed to have discovered that something was wrong!

That's right, the success of Dragon Quest 3 must be very good in advertising, as Enix is the first company to launch RPG games on the home console, that is, FC, and at the same time, it also boldly uses celebrities such as Akira Toriyama and Koichi Sukiyama and a lot of money to produce advertisements.

On the other hand, it is written by Yuji Horii, as the last work of the Brave Roth trilogy, for the first time, a new class combination system is used, with a number of different classes, such as warriors, magicians, thieves, etc., which greatly improves the playability of the game, but the most important thing is that it is not these!

Loyal fans of the entire Dragon Quest series, if you ask why you like this game so much, the big disaster you get, in the eyes of the layman, it must be praise such as rich plot, perfect system, novel gameplay, etc. to express the root of Dragon Quest's success.

Although this is an indisputable fact, and Li Fangcheng also gave the biggest blow in this regard!

But looking at the whole of Japan, RPG games have been colorful and colorful for decades.

But in the face of so many RPGs, there are even many that match or even better, such as Final Fantasy!

But even "Final Fantasy", a world-famous supermaster! But in Japan, it has won the incomparably honorable title of "national game", so that it has not faded for decades, but there has always been Dragon Quest!

Li Fangcheng re-dug out all the information of Dragon Quest and re-examined it.

Something must be wrong!

If it's such a simple series that can be suppressed, why can it maintain such a respected position in the next few decades!

Even in Japan, this is no less than a masterpiece like Super Mario.

Yuji Horii is almost the same character as Shigeru Miyamoto, who created Super Mario Brothers!

If it is said that this is an accident, I don't believe that Li Fangcheng was killed!

What the hell went wrong.

In terms of gameplay, Super Mario has a single mode of operation, and Dragon Quest 3's career system, combat system, etc. have many different gameplay, which are very different, and there is almost no common ground at all.

On the screen,It's all the work of the eight-bit machine.,One is a side-scrolling pass.,The other is a scene transition.,The difference is quite large.,And the details of the map are also very different.,There is nothing in common here.。

In terms of sound effects, one is lighthearted and pleasant, and the other is to follow the changes of the plot, and Super Mario is better in this regard, which is certainly not the key element of Dragon Quest becoming a national game.

Operationally, one is the creator of jump games, and the other is the builder of RPG game standards, although it is difficult to say who is strong and who is weak, but there is obviously nothing in common.

In terms of plot, the plot of Super Mario is very simple, Princess Pinkie is kidnapped by the big demon king Kuba, and Mario goes all the way to save the princess. And the plot of Dragon Quest 3, the father of the brave Luo disappeared after going out to fight the demon king, and when he grew up, he also followed his father's fate to embark on an adventure and defeat the big demon king Zuma, which seems to make no difference......

Wait, here it is! The only similarity!

The plot is extremely simple!

The games of this era are like bamboo shoots after spring,Disturbed,Incomparably complicated,There are works known as masterpieces every day,There are countless complex settings,And on the platform of only eight bits,The things that can be expressed are extremely limited,And add countless complicated content settings,No matter how you look at it,It will feel really cumbersome。

Therefore, these two games that are well-known in Japan, the real success is not in the twists and turns of the plot, but in the setting that is well versed in the simplicity of the road, not simple, like the story, there are heroes, princesses, dragons and priests, etc., and the worldview it builds is indeed as concise and refined as a fairy tale book, so that all player groups of men, women and children will not have a sense of disobedience.

That's right, it's the assimilation of the plot!

Suddenly, Li Fangcheng finally understood that the two games that can really establish their status in Japan are fundamentally in the evolution of the plot.

This discovery made Li Fangcheng frown, the plot of the Dragon Sword and the Heavenly Sword is not complicated, so it simplifies some of the previous foreshadowing plots, and directly simplifies the protagonist's parents knowing the whereabouts of the Dragon Knife, and under the persecution of other sects, he finally died, and the protagonist embarked on the road of revenge and defeated all the sects.

It's not complicated to talk about, and it won't be released on an eight-bit machine at that time, so the MD of a sixteen-bit machine should be no problem in theory if it is equipped with a dragon sword and a heavenly sword.

However, having said that, Li Fangcheng re-examined the Dragon Sword and the Heavenly Sword, and silently, swung the sword again......

Change it, change it to be more civilian, so civilian that you don't need to think, you can understand what the plot is describing at any time, at least it can solve the problems of the plot......

In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is holding a meeting in full swing.

"Everyone, I called everyone here today, I should have received a notice of what's the matter, right?" Gentaro Nakajima glanced at the people present and asked lightly.

"Hi. They all replied together.

"Let's talk about it. Gentaro Nakajima put down the information in his hand, and there was a majestic aura in his eyes.

The leaders of the provinces under the leadership of the cabinet of the Japanese government, such as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc., are collectively referred to as the prime minister, that is, under the prime minister of Japan, there are the ministers of health and welfare, the minister of foreign affairs, and so on, which are equivalent to the high-ranking officials and cadres of various ministries and commissions of the State Council of our country.

There are a number of bureaus under the provinces, which are equivalent to the department-level cadres under the Huaxia ministries and commissions, and then there are a number of other sections under the bureaus, and the section chiefs are equivalent to the directors of the Huaxia divisions. However, if some courses are more important, the level can be set to the bureau level, but there are no ministers or department heads in the Japanese government.

This is different from a business.

At this moment, it was obvious that a provincial-level department was alarmed and directly convened a meeting.

Gentaro Nakajima is the Director of the Higher Education Bureau.

"Director, the impact of this time is very bad, we have received lawsuits from multiple universities, and the blatant absenteeism of students is twice as high as the release of Dragon Quest 2 last year! Kojiro Muraichi, head of the Higher Education Planning Division, was the first to respond.

"This phenomenon is similar to that of the company, more than 200,000 employees are absent from work without reason, and the number of people who ask for leave, compared with yesterday, the current preliminary statistics, more than 700,000 employees. The companies have also sent their complaints to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and they have all passed them on to our side to handle them together, so my personal suggestion is that this series of games needs to be restricted, otherwise we will not be able to account for this situation if it is aggravated. Torishima Torishima from the University Revitalization Division handed over a report.

"Personally, I'm not opposed to making a little restriction, but it can't be punished severely, otherwise it will also affect the release of this game, the reputation of this game, it's too big, we need to think about its impact in the industry, and don't forget, the game industry is a big source of revenue for us right now, and we need to ...... Consider...... Consequences...... "Another section leader raised a question that everyone was concerned about.

"But if we don't punish it severely, how can we control this situation? Once it continues to develop, it is estimated that the next time it will be even more serious than this time!" This is the person who opposes.

"I think it's better to limit it, it's too strict, it's easy to cause panic in the game industry, as long as we show our attitude, I believe that major companies will have a bottom, for example, when we restrict the release of this game, you can't ask for leave. "Kojiro Muraichi, the head of the Higher Education Planning Division, doesn't support a too strict approach, so he puts forward an idea in a hurry.

"What if you forcibly skip school or work? It's not an option, is it?"

"It's really not good to be too strict, the game industry is booming, if it is strictly suppressed, it will inevitably involve major companies, and if Nintendo and Sega cause turmoil, no one can afford this responsibility. Gentaro Nakajima thought for a moment and made up his mind to say, "Be lenient, but let Enix see our attitude, and start from this direction, let's consider a feasible plan." ”

"Hey, Director, can we ask the person who buys it to show their ID, so that the students who belong to the students will not be given the purchase, wouldn't it be better?" asked Torishima with a frown.

"If this is the case, the problem of employees cannot be solved, and there is still no way to solve the problem at the root. "Those who opposed it at the beginning raised objections even though they abandoned the strict handling method under the instructions of the director.

When others heard it, it was indeed the case, and moreover, it restricted students from purchasing, which is undoubtedly easy to wear a label for unfair treatment, and it is easy to have big problems!

For a moment, everyone was thinking.

Ahem, Kojiro Village coughed slightly, and suddenly said with a smile: "Everyone, you might as well use this way to directly prohibit the sale of Dragon Quest series on weekdays, what do you think?"

Prohibition on weekday sales?

As soon as this idea was put forward, the people present were not stupid, and they all reacted at once, and it was really good! First, it was not aimed at some groups of people, so it would not be left to the truth, and second, it would be possible to curb this phenomenon by being hungry, killing two birds with one stone.

"I think so. Gentaro Nakajima was the first to speak.

"Agreed!" everyone agreed.

"Director, I have a suggestion. Those who initially objected, after receiving permission, said: "You can delay it for a while, and then observe it, Dragon Quest may not be so popular in the future." ”

"Huh?" said Gentaro Nakajima frowned.

"You can take a look at this magazine, the score of Dragon Quest 3 is declining, and the number of negative reviews is increasing. As soon as the voice fell, a magazine was placed in the middle of the table.

Everyone looked at the past, name: Miracle Entertainment, the second issue.

(End of chapter)