Chapter 557: Media Test
Although Jester was answering questions in a USC classroom.
Soon, however, the words he had said in the classroom went viral, and many game media outlets published Jester's answers.
Of course, it was all from the students who were there at the time.
Then, it was Mars Entertainment that took the initiative to start the promotion plan for "Exotic Town Requiem" in an all-round way.
Promotions cost a lot of money.
Generally speaking, it is rare for a publishing company like this DND game to be willing to spend so much money on marketing and promotion, but, after all, this is Jester's game, and the popular publishing company once did a survey, that is, Jester makes a game, if you don't know anything about it, then will you still buy it?
To their surprise, more than 100,000 people participated in the survey.
are some players who often buy Mars Entertainment's games, and the final result is even more surprising to them, more than half of the players said that as long as it is a game made by Jester, they don't need to know what it is, they have to buy it back first.
That's a terrible number.
And Weizhen Entertainment also got specific news as soon as possible.
At that time Richard. Garrett is still working with his men on the development of "The Legend of Alberon", this game has the technical foundation of "Genesis", so there are not many problems encountered in the development, so it is also progressing very smoothly, but because when the project was established, it took a full month to play it compared to "Exotic Requiem" when considering the theme, so this game has not yet been completed.
However, it should not be too difficult to complete before the end of the year.
"What? Mars Entertainment began to promote "Exotic Town Requiem" on a large scale? And there's also the matter of inviting the media to participate in internal testing? ”
Hearing the report from the employees in the company, Richard. Garrett furrowed his brow.
This is not good news for him.
You know, he just complained in a previous interview that the other party was disrespectful to the development of American RPG games, but he didn't expect the other party to give him a slap in the face.
"Richard, you don't have to worry."
Instead, Richard. Garrett's subordinates have their own opinions: "If you think about how difficult it is for us to develop DND games, it is so difficult to develop something new under the ubiquitous rules of DND, and we have so much experience that we are still careful in developing "The Legend of Alberon". Lee's team, most of whom are developing this kind of game for the first time, how can they make a better game than we are? ”
These words also made Richard. Garrett reassured a little.
"But, after all, the other party is Jester. Lee......" But he muttered quietly.
Jester. Lee's miracles in the game industry are so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that no one dares to underestimate his talent in game development. The others shared the rhythm of a fight.
That is, in his own professional strength, DND game masterpiece zuò and development, Richard. Garrett was a little confident and wrestled his wrist with the other party.
If it weren't for the American-style PRG, it wouldn't have been a wrestling with Jester.
Not even Jester would treat him as a serious opponent.
Richard. Garrett's subordinates still saw his boss's concern, so he continued to comfort and said, "Jester. Li is indeed powerful, but he is also just a person, not a god, he can't do everything, and he can't make the impossible possible, if you think about how much effort we spent to make a DND game of this level, you know that a game of this level like "Genesis" is definitely not something that can be developed by a group of enthusiasts. "I hope so."
Although when facing the media outside, Richard. Garrett confronted Jester. Lee was dismissive, in fact, in private, he was extremely afraid of Jester, because Jester's success was too brilliant and too eye-catching.
With the gradual expansion of the scope of publicity, and the approach of Mars Entertainment's annual carnival.
Finally, Mars Entertainment sent out its own invitation to more than two dozen media outlets.
There are even three online gaming forums.
This is the first time that all game companies have invited test media to test, and of course, Jester has not forgotten those USC students, and randomly selected ten students to participate in this test with these media through a lottery method.
Of course, before the test, the major media outlets were required to sign a very strict confidentiality agreement.
This agreement prohibits the major media outlets from walking in advance of the plot of Outlander Requiem before the day of the carnival, otherwise they will need to pay a very terrible indemnity.
The entire test was conducted in a closed room that had been isolated from each other.
Every person entering the testing room was to be subjected to a simple body search to ensure that there was no recording equipment, although it was unlikely that such a small recording device would be kept.
Each person has a computer, and in the computer is the full version of the game "Outlander Requiem".
There is no interface on the case, which means that it is impossible for the major media to take a copy of Requiem from the hard drive by any means.
Although the game is the full version, the time to participate in the test is only a short twelve hours.
After twelve hours, the test time of the game will end, and these twelve hours are twelve consecutive hours, not separated, that is, from the beginning of the test to the back twelve hours, it is the test time, but after the twelve hours, the test time will end.
In other words, if you want to experience the story in its entirety, you'll have to play the game with Ninja Sleepiness.
Because the game test starts from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m.
Jester worked with the development team to monitor the tester's reaction to the game, and from time to time he recorded something. Saini was also present, and he was also quietly watching the players in the surveillance equipment react.
Actually, Mark. Saini is an expert in this kind of closed testing.
In Jester's memory, in the original world, Mark. Before Saini officially proposed Sainney's theory, he often engaged in this kind of closed test in Los Angeles, inviting players to play the game.
There is also no need for the player to write any test reports.
Mark. Saini only needs to observe the reaction of each player when playing the game, and he can make very accurate changes to the game, which is more fun and acceptable to players. Saini called.
Let's see if there's anything else in Outlander Requiem that could be modified.
However, in Jester's heart, the current "Exotic Requiem", except for the picture is not as good as the one he played at the time, the others are not inferior, and they are slightly exceeded, after all, his own "Requiem for an Exotic Town" is with Chris. The entire plot outline of Avalon's "Outlander Requiem" was perfected.
There is a much richer branch plot than the original.
And Outlandland Requiem itself is a game that relies on this kind of story to win.
Judging from the feedback on the screen in the monitoring room, the testers all had an incredible look on their faces, and it was clear that they were all blown away by the game.
Although a confidentiality agreement was signed, and the plot and other specific information obtained from the test could not be disclosed, however, Mars Entertainment did not prohibit the evaluation of this game, after all, this is why they invited these media to test it.
And this is also the topic that players who follow this game are most concerned about.
Soon, on the fourth day after the end of the test.
Gamer, the media that participated in the beta, published their reviews and opinions on the game Requiem in the latest edition of their publication.
"We felt that this was a game that most people probably need to look up in the dictionary to play, because the script capacity is so big, and it is a very, very, very good story, one of a kind!"
This is not a low evaluation.
It immediately caused an uproar, and many players immediately expressed their dissatisfaction, what is the need to look up the dictionary to play the game, does it mean that we are all illiterate, and we don't even know the words? Actually, it's not really Gamer's nonsense.
You must know that English words are different from Chinese words, Chinese you only need to know 2,000 commonly used Chinese characters, you can read through almost all newspapers and magazines, but English is not, 2,000 words are not used to it, in China is the junior high school level.
Even, in the United States, a college graduate's vocabulary is not up to the level of reading through mainstream newspapers and magazines.
To read the New York Times or The Times smoothly, you need at least 10,000 words, which is not something that the average American can have.
That's why this media outlet said that this is a game that requires a dictionary to play.
However, the player protests caused by this incident are not over, and the second media involved in the test immediately issued their own comments.
"Although we didn't eat, drink or sleep for twelve hours, we haven't finished a third of the game, it's very playable, it's a deep, informative, wonderfully written RPG, there's no doubt that this game is going to be a great franchise, if you want to give it a score, I give it 10 points, there's no doubt about it!"
This is a review from PCGamesN. R1152