Late August.

After the completion of the acquisition of Station B......

In addition to the original team to move the work location to the headquarters of Moyu Entertainment, it is also necessary to recruit new people for the operation team of Station B, such as website editors, artists, programmers, publicity and distribution teams, etc. However, these are the aspects that her sister will arrange, and Li Xiaoci does not need to worry about it.

What Li Xiaoci needs to do now is to hurry up and write the side scrolls of other characters before the finale of the "My Sister" animation arrives.

At that time, these extras will be released on the official website of Light Literature on the day of the finale of the Black Cat Line, while the physical book of the library version will be delayed for a few days.

In this way, every reader is guaranteed to enjoy double happiness on the day of the finale of the anime!

Then, Li Xiaoci couldn't help but sigh......

Look!

Look!

Where else in the world can you find an author with such a conscience as yourself?!

scolded on Weibo, and when I saw the old man's good intentions, I turned around and apologized to the old man!

……

Then, in the days when code words and fishing alternately, the day when Plants vs. Zombies was launched on the official website was getting closer and closer.

There is no steam in this world,Therefore,Players buy games all on the official website of the game company to buy the activation code and download,Of course, piracy is also available,But it won't be rampant,After all, people's sense of piracy is good now,After college,,Basically, they have the ability to support the genuine version,There are still relatively few people who play piracy。

As for the promotion of the game, there are generally two forms.

First of all, the information and evaluation of major game media, such as some information videos of self-media in the game circle, and then the evaluation articles of Youx.com and Mob Starry Sky.

The second is that game companies find other publicity channels on their own, such as large-scale games will generally release promotional PV, and will also find people to advertise.

Basically, these two methods will determine how much gamers expect a game before launch.

After the release, you can only rely on word-of-mouth and tap water, but for small indie games, word-of-mouth will be more important than publicity in many cases, after all, the eyes of game nerds are bright, and excellent quality masterpieces are worthy of being recommended to others.

And the predecessor of the Moyu company, "Shenying Games", itself has also produced several good small independent games, and the reputation is still reasonable, and it still has a little status in the game circle. In addition, Shenying Game inexplicably became Mopo Entertainment, and also made the acquisition of Station B, so the game circle is also very curious about the new games that Mopo Company is about to launch.

……

"Moriliu" is a game editor of the game media "Mob Star", who is generally responsible for reviewing some upcoming games, and then writing out the ratings and feelings and posting them to the website information, so that players can reasonably screen and buy their favorite games.

When "Plants vs. Zombies" was about to hit the shelves, Mori Ryu also quickly got the game base on the Demon Bowl side.

The score of the game media does not necessarily represent the quality of the game itself, but it is easy to guide the direction of the review, so Mori Ryu generally maintains an objective attitude towards any game.

However, after opening Plants vs. Zombies, he couldn't help but think...... This is a 4399 mini-game, right?!

How does it look so stupid?

When it was still a "god cherry game", Mori Liu also played a lot of indie games developed by this company, and the general painting style is very exquisite, and it gives people a very compelling feeling at a glance, just like the Monument Valley of Li Xiaoci's previous life.

How did you develop such a spicy-eyed ghost thing after it became "Magic Entertainment"?

Is this preparing to march into 4399, or is it 7k7k?

I think so, but, after actually starting the game, Mori Ryu still restrained his contempt and was ready to take the game seriously.

The way to play the game is simple, plant sunflowers to collect sunlight, and then exchange them for plant cards to defend against zombies.

Essentially, it's a 2D tower defense game.

After playing for a while, Mori Liu also suddenly felt ......

Although the art style looks childish, it is no different from a web game, but the unexpected feeling is okay?

Well, let's play for ten more minutes.

And then......

Before you know it, an afternoon has passed.

He didn't even notice it.

At first, Mori Ryu thought it was a child's game that didn't require much intelligence, but after being eaten by zombies a few times, his brain was ...... It was also suddenly realized that this game did not seem to be so simple.

Then, in addition to feeling the game, he also carefully analyzed a lot of places.

First of all, Plants vs. Zombies is definitely a game that requires IQ to play, whether it is the allocation of resources, the combination of plants, or the battle formation, which requires players to think seriously before deciding. Secondly, a large number of zombie types, plant types and map types also increase the playability of the game. What's more, in addition to the adventure mode, there are also decryptions, mini-games, survival and garden modes, which are enough to make people play for a long time without feeling bored.

Think about it this way......

Could it be that Plants vs. Zombies is actually a very awesome game?!

At this moment, Mori Liu also felt very entangled.

In fact, based on his first impression, he would never give Plants vs. Zombies a passing score of more than 6, because he was very persuaded to quit just by showing off. But, after playing, he suddenly felt that in terms of playability, even if this game is given 9 points, it doesn't seem too much? At least in his opinion, when it comes to tower defense games, Plants vs. Zombies should be the most fun one he has ever played.

But,To be honest, the art style of this game is not very in line with the current industry aesthetics.,To force the grid or not.,To milk without milk.,Even the name of the game is stupid.,Like a mentally handicapped game downloaded from a small game website.,It's estimated that many game nerds are not interested in taking a look at the game screenshots.。

Therefore, it is actually a matter of courage to score high in this situation. What if the game's sales still plummet? What if your score is too high and you stand out in a bunch of game media reviews? When he was slapped in the face afterwards, didn't he seem to be very incompetent?

But......

Never mind!

Just give 9 points, anyway, if you don't want money, it's a big gamble!

……

A few days later, the scores of the major game media for the upcoming indie game "Plants vs. Zombies" were also released quickly.

Youx.com: 65 points, donkey.com: 7 points, 4dm: 72 points, mob starry sky: 9 points......

Basically, all game media sites have given a conservative score to the upper average, except for the mob starry sky, which uncharacteristically gave a score of 9, which is a god-level evaluation.

", this game has such a high rating?! Even 9 points of magic came out? So awesome? ”

"I can't look at the screenshots of the game, I'm afraid this mob starry sky is not collecting money."

"I also think it's worth collecting money, and a tower defense game is blown like this?"

"Look at other people's scores and pass the line, and give 9 points to the mob starry sky, this is too obvious!"

"I don't even want to play with this style of painting."

"Honestly, at this glance, I thought I saw 4399."

"Look at the screenshots of the game, mom! This kind of small game, if the sales can break 100,000, I will lose! Still a nine-point masterpiece? Jiu Li Grandma! ”

After all, Plants vs. Zombies can only be said to be very average in terms of name and art style, and in this case, if all the media unanimously give high scores, then players will still be skeptical. However, the vast majority of the media gave a mid-to-upper score, and only the mob starry sky gave a score of nine, which makes the mob starry sky look particularly like it received money.

This has led to the fact that although Plants vs. Zombies has not yet been released, it has already caused a lot of controversy in the game otaku community.

And Li Xiaoci's side, when he was fishing, he also saw these comments in the game circle.

Derpy was immediately unhappy.

Damn, so multimedia, it's actually a little bit of an eye!

What about other media? Each review article is just a few lines, the advantages of Plants vs. Zombies are not mentioned, and the content introduction is limited to the novice tutorial...... Is it all perfunctory for a few minutes and writing something casually?

Hmph, a bunch of spicy chicken sites!

I'm going to buy you all when I turn around.