In June, Tokyo was dead hot.

Qing Zhiyuan and Nao Tsuda were eating ice cream in the cold drink shop, and Nao Tsuda was tasting the sweet taste while looking at the man in front of him with a fox eye smile.

"Isn't that to be expected? I thought you were ready to come to your senses. ”

When I heard about Waterloo, Pokeni's new work "The Witcher", Nao Tsuda asked as a matter of course.

Qing Zhiyuan's brows furrowed fiercely, "Ah, hey, please don't say such things, okay?" ”

Who would have thought that there would be such a negative impact?

"Therefore, even if many famous directors don't make movies anymore, in order to train new talents and let the company continue to make money, they will hang a supervisor or something." Nao Tsuda looked at Qing Zhiyuan with a sigh, thinking that this guy was funny and pitiful, "I didn't expect you to retreat so completely."

At least let Furuhara Tsubaki hang a superintendent in the new work.

Or let Furuhara Tsubaki come out to stand on the platform for Shinji Mikami, cheer him up or something, and some of them can save some popularity. ”

Qing Zhiyuan frowned and did not speak.

Gu Yuan Tsubaki retreated quite thoroughly, which can be regarded as his inexperience.

The main reason is that in the previous life, the Chinese company and Neon operated in a completely different way, the [producer] effect or something, there is no such thing as a non-existent one, players are all following the company, who will watch who the producer of "Genshin Impact" is?

Not to mention the penguin ones.

The producer is ashamed to hang out his name.

Therefore, whether it is to make money in the game or to be famous, it all belongs to the company.

But the neon game environment makes the influence of the producer very important, and the players are not following the company itself, without this producer, basically the popularity will be reduced by a large wave.

It was inertial thinking that caused Qing Zhiyuan to let [Guyuan Tsubaki] retire too early and too thoroughly, and it was useless to take regret medicine now.

And he didn't have anything to regret in the first place, Gu Yuan Tsubaki was a vest that Qing Zhiyuan wanted to discard a long time ago.

"But then again, when are you going to bring Furuhara back to Tsubaki?" Nao Tsuda asked curiously.

She scooped out a small mouthful of ice cream with a spoon and sipped it in her mouth, her eyes sparkling.

"I ...... I don't have that intention. Qing Zhiyuan said.

I'm not Miyazaki, where will Furuhara Tsubaki have so much influence?

"Tsk."

Nao Tsuda said he didn't believe it.

"It's really not easy to train a famous producer." She pursed her lips, "Why don't you let Furuhara Tsubaki come to work at DUN?" ”

"Huh?"

"Have you forgotten that you promised me to come and be our advisor and guide?" Nao Tsuda's eyes were bent into crescent moons, and she really had the taste of [Miss Moon] in Qing Zhiyuan's mouth, "The team is almost complete."

I think that's just right.,Anyway, Furuhara Tsubaki isn't in pokeni anymore.。

Why can't I just hire him? ”

"Ahh Qing Zhiyuan's face froze, "Please don't say such terrible things, okay?" ”

I just don't want to be abandoned by [going to the sea], didn't you directly pull the ancient Yuan Tsubaki into the sea?

Can you still get ashore properly?

……

"See you on Monday."

"See you on Monday."

"If you're buying The Witcher, be sure to let us know how you feel about it, and I'll decide if you want to get it."

"Hey, why didn't you come and be the experiencer?"

"Haha, it's funny, anyway, everyone had a good weekend. See you on Monday. ”

"Monday."

After getting off work, Hirosawa Furukawa exchanged a few words with his colleagues and walked home with his briefcase.

Before you know it, three years have passed.

He has been with the company for almost 8 years.

It stands to reason that Furukawa Ozer should have been mixed into a management position, or his salary should be doubled, and he should be sent to Europe or more developed countries to develop markets.

But......

Nothing.

All people live a repetitive life every day.

Wake up in the morning, leave home to go to work, pick up a croissant and black coffee in the breakfast shop downstairs, go to the mailroom to pick up a newspaper and go to your workstation, and start the day.

Stay up until you get home from work and continue the cycle.

There has been no change in his position, Furukawa is still a clerical employee, doing data statistics, printing commonplace reports, including information with his partners and customers, and has not changed in 3 years.

Furukawa was able to memorize almost all of them.

The same is true for printed things, as long as you change the title and date, then you can use it again.

In this era of gradual solidification of the class, especially after the bursting of the bubble economy, young people hardly see any hope of rising, and it is already very good to be alive.

In some newspapers, experts call this phenomenon "stagnation"

Neon has entered an era of stagnation, like a stagnant water, without the slightest wave.

It's just that no one knows how long this period of stagnation will be and what the purpose of our existence will be.

What is the meaning of life in such times?

……

Yes~

Can't think.

Furukawa Hirosawa shook his head, once he thought about the [meaning of existence], then he really lost the [meaning of existence].

This is a very terrible contradiction.

It's like a sentence that the president often puts on his lips -

When you seriously want to make money and think about the meaning of making money, you won't make money anymore.

The direction of making money and what you want to do are at odds with each other.

In the past, Furukawa didn't understand this sentence, but now he finally has some insights.

But......

There is another paradox in this, that is-

The more you don't want to think about it, the more it will pop up in your mind.

For example, the meaning of life.

What exactly is the purpose of our daily life and work?

How desperate it should be to see the head of life at a glance.

At least in the parents' generation, no, not to mention the previous generation, even in the bubble economy era five years ago, everyone would feel that every day after that was a new day.

There is a great vision for the future.

Every day is very solid and happy, even if it is as false as a bubble.

It's a pity that the dream was too short.

At the door of the game store on the corner, Hirosawa Furukawa stopped.

I looked at the signboard for a long time.

On the glass door of the store, there is a large poster.

It is Pokeni's new work "The Witcher"

He finally realized one thing-

The game is the biggest change in the world that has been determined in life.

He was able to experience different lives, different stories, and different futures in the game.

It was only at the moment of holding the gamepad that he felt alive.

It's not that Hiroshi Furukawa is a complete nihilist, but because of the coldness and order of reality, he can only seek change and solace elsewhere.

This is due to the general environment of the times, if you can't change your life and destiny, why not get a new experience in the game.

A chance to do it all over again?

In life, the most feared thing is the lack of change and the possibility of change, once the future is certain, then the person will live to the end.

After leaving Furuhara Tsubaki's game, his life didn't even have that only change.

Furukawa hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to walk in.

Whatever.

Furukawa thought to himself.

I'm going to give Pokeni a chance too.

If you lose faith in Pokeni just because Furuhara Tsubaki is gone, then it's too cruel.

It's never too late to spray after the experience.

……

When he saw Furukawa Hirozawa, a look of surprise flashed on the store manager's face.

He put his hand on his glasses and laughed.

"Huh? You're a little late this time. ”

The store manager is also an old acquaintance, and he knows a certain amount about Furukawa Hirozer, at least when it comes to games.

This person has never been absent from Pokeni's game for three years, even if Pokémon didn't get it at first, and later made up the ticket.

But this time, "The Witcher" has been on sale for a while, and I haven't been able to see Hiroshi Furukawa, which is really a little strange.

"I'm sorry."

Hirosawa Furukawa bowed slightly.

"I haven't been able to make up my mind whether to buy The Witcher"

"yes, I understand."

The manager nodded.

"Still, I promise."

He raised his right hand and said with a smile, "The Witcher is definitely worth your purchase, and you won't be disappointed." ”

"Huh? It's true? ”

Hirosawa Furukawa suddenly became interested.

……

Returning home with the game box in his arms, Hiroshi Furukawa took the console out of the cabinet, reinstalled it, and plugged in the cassette.

The packaging of The Witcher is beautiful.

Unwrapping it is like unwrapping a very expensive gift.

Although it wasn't made by Furuhara Tsubaki, it was also a script for the Void Abyss.

Maybe there will be a surprise?

……

At the beginning of the game, the POKENI logo that he is very familiar with appears on TV.

When Qing Zhiyuan designed it, he probably didn't think that one day he would break with Ren Tiantian, so he used a red and white design, and it looked very intimate.

After getting used to it now, the font has changed a few times, but the color has been fixed.

After Pokeni appears, the whole scene goes dark.

A pair of scarlet eyes suddenly opened.

This was followed by a large mouth of blood.

Hirosawa Furukawa was almost taken aback.

Fingers trembled.

The whole interface changes suddenly, the background is a city full of futuristic technology, and on the right side of the center is a silhouette of a girl with a graceful figure.

And the corresponding is a teenager in leather clothes back to back.

The line between the two people forms a zigzag S-shaped outline, which is outlined as a dividing interface.

The left part is a large "The Witcher" logo.

The bottom line reads: pokeni/1993

Although it was a dark game for Furukawa Hirosawa at the beginning, the initial interface was not as dark as expected.

On the contrary, in addition to the black clothes worn by the hero and heroine, the background in the whole interface is a bright color.

I have to say that the concept art designers of Pokeni really have two brushes.

Something scary, or something that really intimidates people's hearts, should not be expressed through conventional dark tones, and the bright background contrast will make people feel more impressed with other elements.

It's like a big tree suddenly appears in the middle of the desert, and the whole world comes alive.

And all your eyes and focus will be on that big green tree.

That's the psychology of games.

Qing Zhiyuan has long studied it thoroughly.

……

Select a new game to get started.

The opening animation starts playing in the middle of the screen.

Strictly speaking, it's far from the level of a cartoon, and it can only be regarded as a way similar to the dynamic graphics and text in Pokeni Diablo 1

This set of pokeni has been used quite skillfully.

Hiroshi Furukawa has played so many galgames, and now he is very accepting of this way of expression.

[This is a world where blood and humans coexist.

Two creatures, the wolf and the sheep, fight each other to survive.

The Bloodline possesses great physical strength, even beyond the limits of human imagination

And although human beings survive, they have also developed their own weapons.

Use technology to counter the Bloodline.

The two sides are fighting.

Time goes on

The Demon Hunter, on the other hand, is a special existence that is meant to naturally fight against the Bloodline. 】

These parts are shown through hand-drawn still drawings, which are slightly sloppy, but inexplicably full of epic and desolate ......

After the intro, the heroine appears in the center of the screen.

She has long silver hair, delicate facial features, and a long bright red scarf around her neck, which contrasts sharply with her long silver hair.

There is very little clothing on the upper body, like a pair of leather bikini armor that can only cover the key parts.

The waist is slender, and the lower body is an asymmetrical skirt with a tuxedo at the back, except that the two back hems are very long.

The two thighs are straight and slender, and each step on a pair of white boots full of technology.

In addition to the 2D characters walking on the large map, there will also be a standing drawing of the character on the right side of the entire screen during dialogue.

Vertical painting is pure retouching, which looks particularly attractive and the details are also in place.

Gee.

Pokeni's original artist is as good as ever.

You know too much about players, right?

These girls are getting more and more delicate.

Hiroshi Furukawa only took a look at it and felt that this game was not simple.

In terms of painting style, "The Witcher" is different from all of Pokeni's games, whether it is the European and American style of "Diablo", or the beautiful and fresh two-dimensional like "Your Name......

Neither.

The Witcher is more like a product that has been created out of thin air and is somewhere between Diablo and your name.

Or maybe it's a fusion of them.

And it's the strengths of each other that are fused.

Aesthetically closer to the Oriental, the delicate face, with rich colors, with a two-dimensional comic style.

However, in terms of the use of elements and the background of the world, it is biased towards the West.

It has both the mythological color of the West and the sense of science and technology of the future city.

This kind of thing is like a stitching monster, and once the stitching is not good, it is easy to make a terrible monster.

But pokeni has done a pretty good job, and the game style is well integrated, and it can even be said to be unique, directly creating a unique style, and it's very natural, so natural that you won't think carefully about what [genes] it has in it

And how did it come about.

"Huh? Surprisingly good. ”

Furukawa thought to himself.

……

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There is also a shift in the evening

It is expected to be sent around 11:30 a.m

(End of chapter)