Chapter 362: In the end, it won't be an OEM again, right?
Sandbox-style lawn mowing game with a modern Western background?
Yang Chen had some curiosity.
I only heard Lin Jiayi continue: "There is no doubt that the success of "Wolf: Shadow Twice" will also make many game manufacturers focus on its characteristics. ”
Yang Chen nodded lightly.
What are the features of "Wolf: Shadow Twice"?
A smooth combat system, an ant-hole-style three-dimensional map design, or a good combination of stealth and assassination?
Obviously, no, as the point that is most well-known by players and the easiest for players to have an impression, that is the difficulty of the game.
"It's not so easy to achieve that." Yang Chen said with a smile.
From a certain point of view, "Wolf: Shadow Passes Twice" can be regarded as his standing on the shoulders of giants from his dream memories and learning from polishing.
But it should be noted that the quality of the game of "Wolf: Shadow Twice" can be described as very industrial.
Whether it is the action design in the game, or the sense of attack in the game, including the difficulty design, it can be said that it is burned with money.
And this money burning was only able to be burned by his memory of the mature game "Wolf: Shadow Death Twice".
It's not so easy for the rest of the game manufacturers to want to make one too.
"Somebody will do it." Lin Jia smiled: "And I think that after the players are suffering, a lawn mowing game may make the players play very well, and the sales will not be too bad." ”
didn't say what kind of classic he wanted to create, Lin Jiayi said a very pragmatic idea, that is, for sales.
Of course, it's not that Lin Jiayi doesn't want to make a classic like "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" and "Metal Gear Solid: Phantom Pain".
But on the one hand, he still has a doubt about his own ability, at least without the participation of a game producer and team at the level of Yang Chen, he still feels a little suspenseful.
The second is that the company also needs a revenue point at present, although the previous "Assassin's Creed" was successful, but at that time, it was only OEM for Nebula Games.
Although Yang Chen also occupies most of the shares in this company, they are still quite financially tight.
Nebula Games has succeeded in so many games, coupled with the layout of peripheral products, and even the peripheral linkage in figures, clothes, bags and other aspects, it is enough for them to develop corresponding 3A masterpieces.
And what about them?
Taking a step forward to "Assassin's Creed", the main cost of the previous "Resident Evil 2" was also invested by Nebula Games, and most of the share was also invested by Nebula Games.
To develop a new work, what he wants for Lin Jiayi is not a classic, but to ensure a sale.
After following Xu Yu for so long, Yang Chen is not the one who didn't understand anything at the beginning, as soon as Lin Jia said that the point of ensuring sales, Yang Chen understood what he meant.
"Infected with the virus, become a superpower, save the world?" Yang Chen listened to Lin Jiayi briefly talk about the concept of the new game.
"It's a traditional royal plot, and the main core selling element is not the plot, the powerful special ability after mutation, and the lawn-mowing combat mode, this is the core selling point." Lin Jiayi explained to Yang Chen.
However, Yang Chen shook his head: "It's a little too conservative, compared to this, you might as well make some changes to the plot, such as subverting the image of the characters." ”
If it comes to the ability of game production, Yang Chen and Lin Jiayi have their own merits, and there is still a big gap with a game maker of Steven's level.
But compared to them, Yang Chen has a big enough advantage, that is, he has dream memories, and he is an open-minded.
Lin Jiayi and they can only rely on their own pondering, but when Yang Chen is pondering a game, he can refer to more other games that have proven themselves to demonstrate and absorb the merits.
It's like someone else's closed-book exam, his open-book exam.
Listening to Lin Jiayi's description, Yang Chen emerged in his dream memory the name of a game, a game that sold well in one generation and then the second-generation production team had to play flowers, and then failed miserably and went bankrupt - "Torture and Killing the Original Form"
"The essence of the game is still action mowing, a more special way of playing, that is, the player's mutated character can kill the infected, increase their own blood volume to achieve an immortal effect, it sounds interesting, as long as the action elements are good enough, success is not a difficult thing, but it can be more interesting, such as the change of the character plot." Yang Chen said with a smile.
"Character design is quite important for a game, I don't need to say this, compared to the traditional kind and orderly protagonist, I think the chaotic and kind character, a villain-style hero will be more in line with the player's taste, of course, you can also add some other elements that attract players, such as placing a sister role for the protagonist, and the entire plot line can also revolve around saving the sister, in addition to a role played by the player, not only to fight with the infected, but also to fight with the human army." Yang Chen thought about something and said with a smile.
It looks a little bit homely, but that's what players eat, as long as it's not that the plot is too bloody, the game is too sparse, the modeling and vertical painting look a little better, plus a reasonable character and voice actor, these two points alone are enough for players to buy and buy.
And in terms of the plot, Yang Chen also has a good idea.
"The virus infected the entire city, just like Raccoon City in "Resident Evil", and all this is a mysterious organization lurking in the military, they secretly conduct virus experiments in the city, but one day the virus leaks, in order to prevent the virus from completely spreading, they want to destroy all this, not only to suppress the spread of the virus, but also to protect them from being exposed, and all this goes back to an ancient organization." Yang Chen referred to the content of the dream memory to Lin Jiayi.
"The Templars did it again?" Listening attentively, Lin Jiayi couldn't help but interject.
"Don't interrupt me, don't throw the blame on the Templars for everything, this is not part of the IP series linkage, the organization in here is an alien organization, just call it Hydra or Hydra." Yang Chen glanced at Lin Jia one by one.
Looking at Yang Chen with a little worry, Lin Jiayi, who was sitting there, suddenly felt a little panicked.
He just has a general design concept for the new game, and the plot is just an idea, and the completeness of the plot described by Yang Chen is of course incomparable.
But rough sounding, Lin Jiayi also has to admit that the plot that Yang Chen said does seem to be a little more operational.
For example, selling people is set up.,And the key is this kind of plot design.,If it sells well, the plot of the sequel is simply too easy to shape.。
But there is one thing that makes Lin Jiayi more panicked, that is, this mode feels a bit familiar!
Won't they end up being OEM again!?
Lin Jiayi said that the whole person was panicked.
And inside Nebula Games, when Yang Chen talked to Lin Jiayi about the plot of "Torture and Killing the Original Form".
On the Internet, players who noticed the latest news from the official blog of Nebula Games fell into a burst of excitement.