"This is a 2.5D Celestial Dynasty Xianxia MMORPG with an oblique 45° viewing angle, and there are few similar works in Korea in recent years. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info has a lot of similarities with the old games of Legend, Millennium, and Dragons at the beginning of this century, except that those old games are 2D graphics, and this game uses a 3D engine and some 2D image display technology......"

Jung Young-seok's words describe the style of this game very specifically.

It is an indisputable fact that 3D technology is naturally more advanced than 2D technology, and the picture expression is more realistic, delicate and three-dimensional. But to say that 3D games must be superior to 2D games is really not the case.

The mainstream of the Celestial Empire game market is 2.5D games, which is put aside for the time being.

Take Naxon as an example, "Rocky Heroes" is a 3D game that is very technologically advanced, and the industry is recognized as promising to sweep this year's Korean Game Awards.

Dungeons & Warriors is a 2D game, and it only won the popularity award at the 2007 Korea Game Awards.

If the technical content of "The Legend of Rocky Heroes" is higher than that of "Dungeons and Warriors", any of the three producers in front of him can nod calmly. But to say that the former is superior to the latter, I'm afraid none of the three producers will agree - including Lee Eun-seok, the producer of "The Legend of Rocky Heroes" himself.

The side effect of the large-scale application of 3D technology is that the requirements for players' hardware configuration, network bandwidth and server performance are greatly improved, which can easily cause frequent network delays (commonly known as "cards" or LAGs).

On the other hand, not all gamers like the more advanced 3D graphics, and some players can even cause physical discomfort if they play for a longer time.

On the other hand, 2D games have a much lower threshold for hardware than 3D, and players are relatively easy to accept, unlike 3D games that require an adaptation process.

In addition, if 3D art resources are to be more detailed, the workload will be 100 times more than 100 times that of 2D art assets.

The above is a comparison purely in terms of graphic performance, as for gameplay, 3D and 2D have no absoluteness of who is higher and who is lower. Take "The Legend of Rocky Heroes", which was launched at the beginning of this year, many players have reported that the experience of playing the full level is very good, but if you want to play it again and again, you really can't stand it, and what about "Dungeons and Warriors", which was launched five years ago?

At the end of the day, whether it's 3D, 2D, or 2.5D, which combines 3D and 2D, it's just a way to express the game's graphics, and it doesn't simply determine whether a work is a good game or not.

The three producers are naturally very clear about this truth, so no one will be entangled in this issue.

"With a fixed angle of view at 45°, you can zoom in and out of the screen, but you can't change the angle ......of view," Lee Eun-seok said while shaking his head, "It's very mainstream, it looks like a standard MMORPG textbook, but unfortunately it doesn't have its own distinctive style, so I don't like it very much." ”

Among the three producers, Lee Eun-seok is the youngest and the one who has the closest contact with the company's decision-makers, so he has the least scruples when he speaks, and it can be said that he doesn't want to hide his perception at all.

Listening to Lee Eun-seok's words, Kim Jong-taek couldn't help but let out a chuckle, and slowly shook his head, showing his disapproving attitude towards Lee Eun-seok's comments.

"Senior Zong Ze, do you think what I said is wrong?" Li Eun-seok was a little unconvinced.

"Eun-seok, you've been with Naxon since you graduated, and you're used to staying at Korea's number one game company, so naturally you can't understand the hardships of a small R&D team. Kim Jong-taek patted Lee Eun-seok on the shoulder, sighed and said, "The studio directly under Naxon has abundant R&D funds and strong technical support, so there is no need to think too much about risk control. But for small R&D teams, it's a different story. ”

"Let's put it simply, it's not enough strength or ability. Lee Eun-seok pouted, disagreeing with Kim Jong-taek's statement.

"What you said is not wrong, it is indeed a matter of strength and ability, but can't you make a successful game with a small amount of money and average technology?" Jin Zongze walked to the vending machine by the wall and bought a can of coffee, walked back and continued, "Only using a fully mature design scheme can effectively reduce the technical requirements for team members and the technical risks that may be encountered in the research and development process." This is a typical choice for producers with small R&D teams. I'm willing to bet that this project will only require one-third or even one-fifth of your Rocky Heroes' R&D funding, and it will be manpower much less than yours. ”

The amount of Naxon's investment in the threesome studio and the staffing of the threesome studio are not a secret to Lee Eun-seok, although he has not paid careful attention to the specific situation, but he can still remember the two figures of 200 million won and more than a dozen people.

As the Hellcat Studio, which developed the 3D game "The Legend of Rocky Heroes", there are more than 50 members in the art department alone, which is more than three times the number of all members of Threesome Studio.

The entire R&D team of "The Legend of Rocky Heroes" has nearly 100 direct members, and the R&D cycle is much longer than that of "Legend of the Six Paths", so the R&D funds naturally far exceed that of "The Legend of the Six Paths".

Zheng Yingxi, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked: "Zong Ze, our opinions are finished, it's time to tell you your opinions." ”

Jin Zongze shook his head, stared at the game screen on the monitor and said: "I can't see too much design in terms of gameplay yet, but as far as what is displayed so far, my evaluation is decent and flawless." The main selling point of this kind of MMORPG should be in the backstory and player interaction, the former determines the player's sense of substitution, and the latter is the key to user stickiness. ”

The so-called stickiness can be understood as the strength of the user's willingness to "log in again".

"Six Legends" is still a full Chinese interface, for these three producers, the story background is naturally basically not understood; and the current game version has not yet added systems such as team, team battle, guild battle, national war, arena, etc., which can almost be regarded as a stand-alone version, and naturally there is no player interaction.

"Makes sense. Jung Young-seok nodded.

While Kim Jong-taek's attention was stuck on the game screen, Jung Young-seok stealthily bumped Lee Eun-seok's arm, and when the other party looked stunned, Jung Young-seok lost a "let's go" look.

Lee Eun-seok was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then bowed his head slightly.

"Zong Ze, then you can continue to stay for a while, the two of us still have something to do, let's go first!"

Jung Young-seok said hello to Kim Jong-taek, and walked towards the door without waiting for Kim Jong-taek to respond, Lee Eun-seok also smiled and nodded, and turned to follow behind Jung Young-seok.

After leaving the QA department, Jung Young-seok found a small empty reception room nearby, and when Lee Eun-seok also entered the door, he closed the door from the inside.

"Do you have anything to say to me private?" asked Lee Eun-seok, sitting down in a chair with a back seat, smiling.

"Eun-seok, although we don't think the same way, we're both producers at the Naxon headquarters, right?" Jung Young-seok sat down across from Lee Eun-seok.

"Senior, don't go around in circles, say whatever you want to say. Lee Eun-seok nodded quietly.

"Special Manager Kwon deliberately asked Zong Ze to evaluate the new studio's games, this is to let the new studio get closer to Zong Ze and other outsiders, right? If you really want them to do this, even if the headquarters is opened a gap by Zong Ze and them, can we sit idly by?" Zheng Yingxi smiled honestly, "No matter how our concepts conflict, at least there should be something in common in this matter, right?"

Once the threesome studio and the foreign faction come together, it will immediately change the existing pattern of Naxon's headquarters ruled by the patriarchal faction and the reform faction, and become a three-way world. Although Threesome Studio is just starting out as a small R&D team, once the aliens give it enough support, it is not difficult to grow and develop.

In Jung Young-seok's view, this kind of result is undesirable for both the patriarchs and the reformists, and Lee Eun-seok should agree with him. Although Naxon is the number one game company in South Korea, its resources in terms of equipment, human resources and publicity channels are also limited.

However, Li Enxi only hesitated for a few seconds, and then shook his head slightly: "First of all, now the studio is all employees of the Celestial Empire except for the arts, and we can't intervene at all, and we can't have any substantial impact on them; ”

"What if this project succeeds?" Jung Young-seok still looked a little unrelieved.

Lee Eun-seok smiled dumbly and said, "Senior, I would like to ask you, what are the factors for the success of a game?"

"The quality of the game itself is good, the server is stable, and the operation and promotion are effective. Jung Young-seok replied without hesitation.

"Then what are you worried about?" Lee Eun-seok said with a smile, "Even if the quality of the project itself is acceptable, can it bypass the server and operation? Both of these can be controlled by the headquarters, and when the time comes, just give them a little trouble on the server, or publicize it coldly, it will bring a fatal blow to their project." Besides, I'm a little curious about what kind of game this team can make!"

Jung Young-seok blinked and smiled thoughtfully.