In fact, Gundam is not the kind of work that quickly became popular all over the world as soon as it was released, aroused great attention and discussion from all walks of life, and reached the peak of its influence.

Contrary!

"Mobile Suit Gundam", which was born in the 80s of the last century, was actually quite ordinary when it was first born.

Maybe this will make many Gundam fans unacceptable, thinking that it is impossible.

Gundam is a milestone in sci-fi animation, and one of the most famous, enduring and commercially valuable series in the world.

But it's true......

The original Gundam,The idea and ambition of the work are too big.,In the most easy-to-understand words:The audience doesn't have a certain amount of knowledge.,I really can't understand this animation!

This is compared with the same period, the same type, mainly for the "primary school students" of the mass crowd machine battle animation, the threshold for appreciation is relatively high.

This is also why, after the birth of the Gundam 0079 animation, it did not gain the expected popularity, but was briefly cold.

It can be said that ......

If it weren't for the knowledgeable viewers at the time, who wrote to the TV station to ask for a rebroadcast, coupled with the strong support of the sponsors, Gundam? Tears of the times!

This is also one of the reasons why Gu Miao is extremely concerned about this, he is really afraid that the Wanbao Games gang will give up the exploration of the route of realistic war robots in order to cater to the taste of the public.

After all, games are not the same as animation.

The carrier is different, and the angle of considering things is also different, if you look at Gundam from the standpoint of making a game, the Gundam will definitely become unrecognizable and deviate from Gu Miao's original intention.

"I don't know much about animation, and I don't know what you want to do, Mr. Gu."

Xiao Lin frowned and said, "But what I want to say is that I just want to make a cool and handsome robot, as long as I don't deviate from this starting point, you can play the rest freely." ”

"Yes, handsome and cool!"

"This body design of yours is already great, and to be honest, you are even more powerful than our professional body designers of Wanbao Animation."

Gu Miao gave a thumbs up and praised it: "What we want to do is to tell a story that is attractive enough around this robot, and in this regard, Wanbao Animation is better at it than Wanbao Games, isn't it?" ”

"That's true."

Kobayashi nodded.

Storytelling is indeed one of the major weaknesses of Wanbao Games.

After all, the games they have made are either pure "competitive" non-main plot battle games like "Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Battlefront", or games adapted from automatic drawing such as "Pokémon" and "Machine Wars".

So in terms of conceiving the plot, Wanbao Games is indeed inferior to Wanbao Animation, or even far inferior.

It's nothing to blush about.

How many game companies can tell a good story? It's as strong as a riot game, isn't it also a big event of "Rundown Clown King"!

Blizzard?

No kidding!

In the past, Blizzard may have been able to tell a good story, giving players a great sense of immersion and substitution, so Blizzard at that time was a god!

But now Blizzard, thank God for being able to do a good job of the game itself, do you expect them to be able to tell you a good story on the premise of making a good game?

Game manufacturers are generally not very good at conceiving a complete and infectious story, not Wanbao Games, but the entire industry.

That's why Gu Miao said.

In terms of body design, he can follow Kobayashi's advice and follow the plan designed by Wanbao Games, but it is best not to "interject" in the plot of Wanbao Games.

It's not that I look down on Wanbao Games, the main thing is that they are really not good at it in this regard......

Wanbao Animation's core animation screenwriter, which one is not a big hand? They can make up a short story and they can completely blow up the group of programmers who can only write code.

Professional things, then let professional people do it!

This kind of thing for laymen to guide insiders does not exist in Wanbao, and Gu Miao will not allow this kind of thing to happen.

Although "Mobile Suit Gundam" is something made by Wanbao Games, they are only suitable for making games, and the animation adaptation and creation have to be done by Wanbao Animation itself.

Kobayashi had nothing to say.

Although Mobile Suit Gundam was the first idea that Wanbao Games came up with, they couldn't take advantage of the idea, and it was normal for it to be handed over to Manpo Animation for in-depth development.

You can't occupy the pit and not, right?

Not only is that you not responsible for yourself, but you are also not responsible for the Mobile Suit Gundam project!

……

After a trip to Wanbao Games and forcibly taking away the development of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" project, Gu Miao also felt quite embarrassed.

The main thing is that Gundam is at stake!

If it was anything else, maybe he wouldn't be so shameless, and directly reach out and grab something from his subsidiary.

But this is Gundam after all......

Considering that this matter was indeed not done properly, and he owed Wanbao Games a little bit, Gu Miao decided to ask Wanbao Games to put forward a condition to compensate them.

Any condition is fine!

Whether it is money or people, as long as it is within a reasonable range, Gu Miao will meet them, after all, the significance of the Gundam representative is too great.

"We don't lack money! We are not short of people! ”

Knowing that Mr. Gu wanted to compensate them, he could put forward any conditions, and after Xiao Lin and the executives of Wanbao Games combined, they immediately had an idea.

"We're going to make a triple-A masterpiece!"

"Good! 3A is 3A. ”

Gu Miao did what he said, although this condition was a bit excessive, after all, as we all know, developing a 3A masterpiece is a thankless task, but he still agreed.

However, he still has some doubts about Wanbao Games' desire to develop a 3A masterpiece.

"Money isn't an issue, but do you really have that ability? I mean the technical strength and mental preparation for the development of 3A! ”

In the eyes of ordinary people, 3A masterpieces generally refer to games with high investment and high cost, but high investment is only one of the thresholds of 3A, and the real 3A refers to more than just high investment.

Without that technical strength, the vain claim that 3A is just a joke.

For example, like those in China who develop what flash krypton gold page game, all they think about are big wings, dragon slaying knife click to send manufacturers, even if they are given sufficient funds, can they make 3A?

Although Wanbao Games has a bit of strength, its "Pokémon" series has sold more than 10 million in each generation, and the average number of online players in "Machine War" and "Duel Frontline" is also more than one million.

But these are not 3A after all!

I don't have the experience of developing 3A masterpieces, and it is really a gamble to set foot in this field rashly, and everyone is happy if you win the bet, and if you lose the bet, you will wait to be liquidated and counterattacked.

"If there is no first time, how can there be a second and third time? Is there any manufacturer that has a lot of experience from the start? Xiao Lin said disapprovingly.

He feels that Wanbao Games always has to take this step, and only when he dares to try will he know whether he can do it.

If you don't even dare to try, then what kind of game are you going to make? Hurry up and change careers and go home to grow sweet potatoes!

What's more, they are not unprepared.

In terms of technology accumulation, Wanbao Games started very early, and they often cooperate with "Dimension Studio" to produce CG animations for game cutscenes......

That's right!

Many of the CG and character modeling of Wanbao Games are produced with the help of Dimension Studio, and it is impossible to say that they don't have the slightest confidence in such a top CG special effects studio.

"Okay!"

Thinking that Wedo Studio was also a "strong foreign aid" of Wanbao Games, Gu Miao was immediately relieved.

A single Wanbao game may indeed be difficult to support the beam, but if you add Dimension Studio, it will achieve the effect of 1+1>2.

Do CG with your heart and make games with your feet?

Hey! If you want to say that, it's not impossible, who made our CG do better than others!

"Then again......"

"If you're going to make a triple-A masterpiece, what theme do you plan to start with?" Gu Miao said curiously.

As a gamer, and a die-hard fan, he was curious about the triple-A games that Wanbao Games intended to develop.

"Fantasy World!"

Kobayashi said uncertainly: "There are many fantasy lovers in our company, and they all dream of making a game about the open world of fantasy Xianxia. ”

Gu Miao: "......"

Good, good, just amazing!

He never dreamed that the first thing that came to mind for these people to do 3A was actually Huaguo Netwen.

But don't really say it.,If this thing is made.,It seems to be quite interesting.,After all, he often fantasizes about it.,It would be nice if he could cross into a fantasy world instead of the protagonist.。

In reality, you can't cross it.

But through a triple-A game, it is also a good experience to let everyone feel the magnificent magic of the fantasy world as if they were there.

"I'm very interested in this project, remember to call me when you try it, I'm willing to give you as a test engineer for free."

Gu Miao was eager to try: "That's right! We must design a few more female characters that can be tackled by us, what holy land saintess, ancient princess and Tianjiao goddess, I don't have too many more......"

"Ahem!"

Xiao Lin almost choked to death with saliva, and couldn't help but complain: "It's not even a shadow, you've already started dreaming?" ”

"Why are you dreaming? In the fantasy world, if you don't hook up with a few holy goddesses, can you still be called the protagonist? ”

Gu Miao said with disdain: "You dare to swear to the sky, didn't you fantasize about being in close contact with these female characters when you were a child?" ”

"Well, I did fantasize."

Xiao Lin was stared at by Mr. Gu's strange eyes and quickly admitted it, but he also said that this is a mistake that every man makes.

If you really want to make a 3A game in the fantasy world, according to Kobayashi, it will still be based on the growth of the protagonist.

From the waste materials of the low realm, to the rapid rise of the adventure, all the way through the realm, encountering various events on the way, and finally becoming the emperor and fighting the Supreme of the Dark Forbidden Zone!

The entire game process is estimated to be longer than expected, and may be more than 30 hours, which is equivalent to 20 90-minute movies......

"That's tricky!"

When Gu Miao heard this, her expression was not so optimistic.

As Kobayashi said, it was a great idea to set the fantasy world as the background of the game, but the game process was too long.

The rise of a waste material protagonist even has to write millions of words!

Even if half of these millions of words are meaningless water injection content, that is one or two million words, so much content is crammed into a triple-A game, and the amount of work is far more exaggerated than imagined.

"Since you chose it yourself, no matter how difficult it is, you have to keep going, you can't give up halfway!"

Gu Miao finally encouraged: "Come on!" I'm very optimistic about you, maybe the release date of this game will be the day you become a god. ”

Words of encouragement must be spoken.

Regardless of whether it can be done, with this heart and this idea, it has surpassed 90% of game producers.

On the bright side, in this parallel world without "Black Myth Wukong", maybe Wanbao Games will create a precedent for domestic 3A, which is also a great honor.

Even if he finally hits the street, in the name of the first domestic 3A masterpiece, it can be regarded as opening the way for friends and businessmen.

……

After leaving Wanbao Games, Gu Miao did not return to Wanbao Animation as soon as possible, but was invited by Xiao Ke to meet with several famous players in the Go world.

The animation "Go Boy" is about to end, and considering the replay in the future, the popularity may increase a little, and the Wanbao Cup "Go Boy" competition can also be put on the agenda.

In this competition, Gu Miao is still quite concerned.

After all, there is a precedent for the "Wanbao Cup" tennis tournament, and if this event is well operated, it will gain huge social attention for Wanbao, and at the same time, it will also make the animation of "Go Boy" continue to be popular.

Don't believe you, watch "The Adventures of Lolo"!

Because of the game "Machine Wars", the popularity has been very high in the past two years, and the competition is extremely popular.

This is the huge increase in popularity brought by the operation of the event to the original anime.

"Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Frontline" is actually the same thing, but the popularity of "Duel Frontline" has dropped relatively quickly, and the audience is getting smaller and smaller.

Speaking of this, Gu Miao was very helpless.

The enthusiasm of the card players to watch the game is so low that they would rather rub two hands by themselves than bother to watch the so-called professional games.

With Wanbao's official announcement that the entry threshold has been lowered to the "Gold" rank, the popularity of the Yu-Gi-Oh competition has rebounded slightly, at least players in the lower rank will occasionally take a look.

But it's still the same old question.

The luck component of the game is too big, the viewing is not very high, and many people have the idea of "I can do it too", so it is difficult to do the operation of the game.

I heard that it is said that ......

Wanbao Toys seems to be preparing to solve this problem, improve the viewing and operability of the Yu-Gi-Oh battle, and reduce the impact of luck on the game.

This operation may affect the animation of Yu-Gi-Oh 4: ZEXAL that will be released next year.

Seriously, there are pros and cons!

Modifying the rule system and adding some new things violates Gu Miao's definition of "the simpler the better" in Yu-Gi-Oh gameplay.

But it must also be acknowledged.

The simpler the gameplay system, the greater the luck component, and the concept of God Draw deciding victory and defeat is more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The complex system may be difficult for beginners to get started, but it also improves the operability and competitiveness in disguise......

So Gu Miao was very entangled.

At first, he strongly opposed the addition of a new system to Yu-Gi-Oh, hoping to maintain the purity and simplicity of the gameplay rules and give new players a good experience.

But after a long time, because he no longer paid attention to the progress of the "Yu-Gi-Oh" project, the Wanbao version of "Yu-Gi-Oh" actually embarked on the path of the original version again.

The point is that he can't say anything yet.

After all, he let go, how to change the later people, that's the business of the later people, he can't always pay attention to "Yu-Gi-Oh", right?