308 Balance Adjustments
Probably because of the high interest, the speed of handing in this character is amazing. Zhao Nuo soon got hundreds of character designs, and the characters in them ranged from the mythical characters of the ancient flood to the heroes of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which can be described as "spanning the ancient and modern".
Even the execution team, which was still making the "Chinese Kung Fu" action, wrote two characters after learning the news. However, looking at the names of "Bruce Lee" and "Jackie Chan" above, Zhao Nuo decisively vetoed their settings.
Although the speed of this brainstorming is surprisingly fast and the degree of completion is extremely high, Zhao Nuo is really not happy, because-
The difference in strength is too great.
Designed by the employees of Hellfire Entertainment, these characters span all eras and possess a myriad of skills. Among them, there are many mythical characters like "Pangu" and "Nuwa" that I saw before, and there are also mortal combat powers like Jing Ke, which is really difficult to grasp in terms of balance.
In a fighting game, regardless of the background of the character, balance is the most important. Even the funny character in "Street Fighter" - fire detonator, if used well, can defeat the mainstream character.
And now in the fighting game they want to control zuò, the strength of these characters is in a completely unbalanced state.
Of course, it is not impossible to directly adjust the damage value in a "simple and rude" way and forcibly balance the strength level between the characters.
It's just that if you do this, there will be a strong sense of disobedience:
- Imagine that Pangu has the attack power of a tomahawk in his hand. It's about the same damage as Jing Ke's little dagger, and it hurts a lot just thinking about it.
But if you don't do this, the balance will definitely be terrible if you directly build the game according to the existing characters. Those who are weaker will not be cared for.
What should I do......
Looking at the dozens of characters on the table that were screened by himself, Zhao Nuo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
After thinking about it for a while, he didn't come up with any good solution, and while he was still thinking hard, he heard a knock at the door:
"Please come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Black Hand walked into the room with brisk steps, looking very happy.
"Affected by the news that DLC will be released soon. Recently, the sales of "Tales of the War of the Great Three Kingdoms" have rebounded again. "The merchant has good news.
"Oh." Zhao Nuo nodded absentmindedly. Still thinking about the balance of the new game.
――The genre of the game has changed from an action game to a fighting game, but the number of things to think about has not decreased at all.
What should be done in the end, on the premise of not having a sense of disobedience. What about making the game more balanced?
"These are all human designs? Show me. ”
Don't wait for Zhao Nuo to answer. The Black Hand picked up a stack of A4 papers next to him. After turning a few pages, he took out a character of "Su Daji" and said with a smile: "Are you sure this can pass the review?" Even if you're abroad, you'll be sorted into 18x......"
If memory serves. This character is provided by the art team.,So it's also a simple illustration on it.,Use a few strokes.,Outline an almost red. Nude image of a bewitching woman.
Staring at the "Su Daji" painted on the paper, recalling the remarks of the Black Hand Soldier just now, Zhao Nuo suddenly thought of something:
"Eighteen bans, game rating ......"
"What's your situation? Isn't it a 'physiological reaction'? The Black Hand joked.
"Graded ...... There you have it, this is it! Zhao Nuo shouted excitedly.
――If you "classify" the characters in the game, there is no doubt that you can solve the problem of imbalance in power. As long as the grading is done a little better, it can even make the player have a good look, as for the method-
Zhao Nuo took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his chest, and explained:
"Listen to me, I've figured out a way to fix the imbalance in the Smash Bros. game."
"I'm looking for you to report on the next marketing strategy of "Legends of the War of the Great Three Kingdoms", not to mention this." The Black Hand had a helpless expression on his face.
But Zhao Nuo turned a deaf ear to his complaints, and just continued:
"Now our fighting games have a lot of strange characters and uneven skills, but as long as the game characters are divided into three levels, this problem can be perfectly solved."
"The first level is the hero level, that is, the level of the ancients who appeared in history, such as the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms and the heroes of Liangshan, are all classified in this level. The attack power of characters at this level is the lowest, and the battles between hero-level characters belong to the kind of attrition war that needs to be slowly grinded. ”
"The second level is the king level, and the characters in it are ancient kings, such as Qin Shi Huang and Xiang Yu are all classified here. Due to the bonuses of the dragon vein and the godsend, their combat power is a little stronger than that of ordinary heroes, and their attack power will be slightly higher, and the battles between them are similar to ordinary fighting games. ”
"What's the last level? Great god level? "The mafia, who is also a game nerd, is also interested at this time.
"The final level is the mythical level, mythological characters like Pangu, Xingtian or 'non-humans' like Sun Wukong are all at this level, and the damage of characters at this level is the highest, and the battle between them can generally end in less than half a minute." Zhao Nuo said immediately.
"It sounds interesting, but even if you rank the characters, you still can't solve the balance problem. If I use a heroic character to challenge a mythical character, won't I still be seconded? "The Black Hand gives an opinion.
"Nonono, it won't be seconds. Just add 'attribute compression' and you're good to go. Zhao Nuo shook his head.
――Although I don't play online games much, but Zhao Nuo, who also used the Death Knight a few days ago and helped the old guild of the Black Hand to carry the boss, has also heard of the attribute reduction in WOW.
As an online game, the stat values of the equipment in WOW will increase rapidly with each update version. In this version, the designers have finally found that if they continue to improve their stats as in the past, the damage caused by players' attacks will be calculated in tens of thousands in the future. The boss's HP is also overflowing.
So, in the new version of the game, the stat values of all equipment, as well as things like monster HP, are compressed. The HP of a level 100 max-level character is less than that of a level 90 character in the previous version, and the damage is much lower. But......
Once you go back to the old maps and dungeons of the previous version, the player's attack power is much higher than in the current version of the area, even if the player's stats have not been improved.
Even if he is not interested in online games, Zhao Nuo still thinks that "attribute compression" is a good idea.
Obviously, this method can also be applied to fighting games that are about to be made.
- When a Mythical Character fights a Heroic Character, the Mythical Character's attack power will be compressed and weakened to a similar level as the Heroic Character.
As for the reason, just add a line like "the influence of the gods in the human world has weakened after they descend to earth", or "the self-esteem of the gods does not allow them to exert all their strength in the face of mortals".
Although after the reduction, the power of the Pangu battle axe will be similar to that of Jing Ke's dagger, but the sense of disobedience is obviously much smaller than before. Because players all know that Pangu's strength is more than a little stronger than Jing Ke, but now it is temporarily in a "weak state".
This way, you can easily solve the balance problem of the game!
Moreover, dividing the characters into three levels will also allow all players to find their own gameplay and improve the playability of the game:
- If you are new to fighting games, you can use heroes with a high tolerance for error to slowly practice your skills.
――Ordinary players who know something about fighting games can use king-level characters to conduct decent battles.
――As for the bold faction and the great gods, you can even decide the winner of a match in a matter of seconds by using mythical characters with super high attack power!
Thinking of this, Zhao Nuo immediately recorded this idea in the document, and then leaned back in the chair with satisfaction and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What did you just say?" He asked.
“…… I said that "The Legend of the War of the Great Three Kingdoms" has started to sell again. The Black Hand smiled helplessly and said, "Stellar Wreckage, you are really serious about your work." ”
"Haven't you heard of 'work hard and play hard'?" Zhao Nuo said with a smile.
Although I am a game nerd, but since I have decided to "return to reality", it is impossible to stay at home all year round and play crazy games like before, and I have to work hard.
The establishment of this company is not only a witness, but also the most important participant.
As one of the leaders of "Hellfire", he also wants to see how far this game company cobbled together from game nerds can finally go. And......
"Xia Xiaoling, what other hidden skills have not been used? Just thinking about it, I feel like I'm looking forward to it......"
Zhao Nuo is more interested in that miracle girl than in the company, as long as he works with that genius and looks at that guy's active figure, he will never get bored.
"Huh?" The Black Hand didn't hear him.
Realizing that he had accidentally said the "words in his heart" just now, Zhao Nuo was about to perfunctory when he suddenly thought of a new question and asked:
"Then again, fighting games need to be played online to be enjoyable. Shall we get a platform for the battle? ”
"No, leave it to me. As long as the quality of the game is good enough, those famous battle platforms in China will provide the battle service of this game. "The Black Hand is confident.
"That's up to you." Zhao Nuo nodded. (To be continued......) R1292