Chapter 392 - A Game That Is Hard to Come Up With Something New? (Add)
After Zhong Ming's Weibo was posted, the art team and the design team were busy.
On the art team's side, the model of the Flying Swallow Tower that was cut down before was immediately made, while the design team needed to re-plan the entire map, and the key was in the demo and the initial beginner's guide, which needed a lot of changes.
Although these changes are mainly due to the configuration table and the initial onboarding process, there is still a certain amount of work.
It can only be said that the boss moves his mouth, and the employee breaks his leg!
However, Zhong Ming has a good idea of this workload, and it can be made within the original planned time. The development plan includes a delphinium tower and the cutting of one or two less important buildings in the original plan.
Anyway, there are so many ancient buildings to be done, and the follow-up expansion and update content will have to be added slowly, and it doesn't make much difference which one to do first and then which one.
At the same time, the promotional CG of "Extreme Speed" is also in production.
The promotional CG of this kind of game is relatively much easier to do.,It's all about using high-definition materials in the game to do real-time calculations.,Anyway, racing games don't need to show too much plot content.,Intercept a variety of different scenes.,Show the scenery well.,And with some dynamic music,You can bring out the atmosphere of the game well.。
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Zhong Ming's Weibo has attracted a lot of attention among the player community.
On the one hand, Shimmer Mutual Entertainment said that it would donate 5 million for the repair of Feiyan Tower, which swiped a wave of favorability; On the other hand, Zhong Ming also revealed that the new game will be related to the Feiyan Tower, and this ancient building will be used as one of the materials in the game, which also makes many people speculate about what kind of game it will be.
After thinking about it for a long time, there are actually two most likely types of games, one is an RPG game with an ancient theme, and the other is a racing game with a view of the scenery.
The possibility of an RPG stand-alone game with an ancient theme is actually not very large, because although Feiyan Tower is one of the top ten famous towers in China, but there is not much background story about it, it is famous only because it has been rebuilt, and there is also a modern calligraphy master who wrote "Feiyan Tablet", which can be used as a background story in the game, basically not.
What's more, there are so many ancient buildings that can be drawn, how could Zhong Ming know that the Feiyan Tower was going to catch fire without knowing it, and he did it in the game in advance?
Therefore, most people are guessing that most of them are Zhong Ming who has made a lot of ancient buildings in the new game, including Feiyan Tower. And this time, the fire in Feiyan Tower and Zhong Ming's new game release just happened to come together.
Then Zhong Ming's new game is about to come out, and being able to do so many ancient buildings in the game is mostly a game to see the scenery, and it is likely to be a racing game.
After all, the main advantage of most racing games is all kinds of beautiful scenery, and ancient buildings are also an important part of the scenery.
A week later, on the Shimmer game platform, the special area for the new game of Shimmer Studio was officially opened, and the promotional video of the new game was also updated on it.
The name of the game is Extreme Speed!
The duration of the updated promotional video on the special area is not too long, only more than three minutes, and there is no plot content, all of which are real-life pictures in the game, and the whole process is drag racing.
At the beginning of the promotional video, there is a field full of greenery, the breeze blows, the green grass and wildflowers gently shake, and a luxurious flying car flies from above, and the strong wind pressure makes the green grass on the ground fall one after another, and quickly stand up.
The camera cuts to a variety of different luxury cars passing through the air, chasing each other and not giving in to each other.
These flying cars come in different shapes and colors, but without exception, they all look expensive.
The speeding car passes through a variety of scenic spots, including spring fields, lush jungles, barren deserts, snow-capped mountains, and rushing waterfalls...... A variety of beautiful natural scenery can be seen.
Then, the cars flew towards the distant city.
The camera zooms in quickly, and from the top you can see that the place where these flying cars are located is a huge island with several different urban districts scattered on the island. The cars first came to the eastern part of the island, where the tallest skyscraper was roofed with a classical Chinese garden building, and on the side of the building was written a few large words: "Welcome to the Li River!" ”
Flying cars travel through the city, this is a magical Chinese city, with many classical Chinese elements such as gardens and dragon-shaped airships, as well as a large number of skyscrapers and modern buildings, the two styles are well combined.
The speeding car continued to fly forward, leaving the city of Li River in the north, and after losing the shelter of the skyscrapers, a tall tower suddenly appeared in front of it. The nine-storey tower body, the square pavilion-like structure, there are a lot of Feiyan sculptures on the tower body.
Although the Feiyan Tower is far from being comparable with modern skyscrapers in height, it is still very eye-catching because it is in the suburbs outside the city of Lijiang City, and there are no tall buildings around.
Soon, the speeding car came to a western city again. It is also a modern city like the Li River, but there are a lot of Western classical architectural elements in the architectural style. In the middle of the city is a large amusement park with buildings such as the Castle of Horrors, roller coasters and Ferris wheels. The car passes through the path of the roller coaster, and you can hear the screams of the passengers on the roller coaster.
As soon as they passed the amusement park, sirens sounded behind several speeding cars, and police cars were dispatched from the city to arrest them.
The background melody suddenly became tense, and in the sound of the alarm, several flying cars activated their weapon systems, and their sides of the body, roof, trunk and other positions were opened, revealing various weapons, including automatic machine guns, magnetic cannons, smoke grenades, etc., and the two sides started a melee!
Some police cars were hit by weapons, staggered to the ground, and exited the chase; Some of the speeding cars were also stopped and stopped by police cars and could not move.
Eventually, several of the leading cars quickly crossed the key line, and the camera panned to reveal the game's title and logo on the screen.
Extreme Speed, Shimmer Studios!
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This promotional video completely hammers Shimmer Studios' new game: a racing game called "Extreme Speed"!
It's just that for many players who have been looking forward to the new game from Shimmer Studios, this new game has made them a little unsatisfied.
It's not that they don't think the quality of the game is good, it's just that they don't like the genre.
“…… After waiting for a long time, it turned out to be a racing game? ”
"Hasn't someone guessed before, if you make Feiyan Tower into a game, in addition to RPGs with ancient themes, you can only do racing games, right?"
"When the Feiyan Tower came out in the video, it really scared me, and the degree of restoration is so high! However, how does it feel a little different from the real Feiyan Tower? ”
"It doesn't seem to be very good, but...... After all, it's just a game company, and it's not as thorough as many architects and archaeologists have researched, and it's understandable. ”
"It's boring, there are so many racing games, there's no need for Shimmer Studios to make another one."
"I think it's the same, such good material, I thought it would be an open world game like "Ink and Smoke 2"!"
"I'm not particularly interested in racing games, and besides, this kind of game is better for playing in simulators, right? Don't know which driving simulator Shimmer Studios is going to work with? ”
"Simulators? That bothered, couldn't afford it. ”
"I heard that it was a driving simulator, so I didn't ask about the price, so it must be very disturbing. It can only be played on the computer. ”
"But playing on the computer and playing on the simulator are completely two different experiences!"
"I feel that this kind of game is difficult to make new ideas, how can Shimmer Studio make such a game that is not new!"
"What's new...... It seems that there are still some, I remember that all flying cars can be shot? ”
"What kind of moth novelty, driving and shooting guns at the same time is called innovation? Don't be nondescript when the time comes! ”
Many players still have a certain prejudice against racing games, not that there is anything wrong with this game genre itself, the key is that it is a bit rotten!
There are a lot of driving simulators in parallel worlds, and there are also a lot of supporting racing games.
As for the racing game itself, it is actually difficult to make anything new, and an excellent racing game actually only needs to do two things: good-looking scenery and a good driving feeling. As long as you get these two things right, this racing game can be called excellent.
On the other hand, on the basis of doing these two things well, there is not much room for improvement.
Plot? A variety of special spin-offs? Different race modes? Of course, it can be done, but the effect is often not too obvious.
Many racing games have tried to add some more complex plots, but the final effect is very poor, which is a thankless situation.
For many players, Zhong Ming and Shimmer Studios chose to make this kind of game, is it a bit lacking in room to play?
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Guanghua City, Airport.
"Mr. Zhong, Mr. Lin, please come here." The staff in charge of greeting took the suitcase from Zhong Ming and Lin Xiaoguang and put it in the flying car.
Today is a special day, the Yunuo Technology Experience Store in Guanghua City officially opened.
This is already the fourth offline experience store of Yunuo Technology, which has been opened all the way from the experience store in Ming'an City, and the experience store is also getting bigger and bigger.
The experience store in Guanghua City occupies two floors in a large shopping mall in a popular business district in the city center, which is full of various Yunuo technology equipment, including GS1 simulators, hosts, all-view displays, etc., all of which are readily available.
The newly opened experience store has added a new UV1 simulator for players to experience.
All of these stores are free for a limited time, and each player has 30 minutes of free trial time, if they exceed the time limit, they will be charged.
A total of 50 UV1 simulators were shipped to the showroom, and the demo version of "Extreme Speed" was installed inside. Although "Extreme Speed" has not been thoroughly developed so far, the general content of the game is almost there, and the rest are some details, which only need to be updated online.
All UV1 emulators come with "Extreme Speed" by default, and it is the ultimate deluxe edition, the kind that updates for free forever.
Like other speeding games, Extreme Speed also sells expansion packs, including vehicle expansion packs, additional content, and more. The game itself is only sold for 98, and if it's the liver emperor, or if you want to play it for a long time, you can just buy the body. However, there are also a lot of vehicle expansions in the game, and some luxury cars are either unlocked through the liver or directly purchased in the Deluxe Edition.
"Extreme Speed" is priced in three tiers, namely the base game of 98, the Deluxe Edition of 298, and the Ultimate Edition of 498. The Ultimate Edition includes all of the vehicle expansions and extras, most of which are cosmetic, including car liveries, accessories, and more.
The UV1 emulator will come with the Ultimate Edition of Extreme Speed, and any future updates to this game will be available for free, including some paid DLC.
After all, the UV1 emulator itself costs tens of thousands, and it is impossible to say that you don't give away a game.
This will be the first appearance of the UV1 simulator, and those who will try it today will be among the lucky ones to experience the combination of the new simulator and Forza Speed.