Pokeni's Pokémon Kart looks a bit like Rentenda's Mario Kart, but it's actually very different.

GF racing, horse-drawn carriages, Need for Speed cars, Asphalt and so on, they are all racing cars, but the gameplay and props are obviously different.

Pokémon Kart also has its own strong characteristics.

This feature is also unique to Pokémon.

For example, according to different Pokémon attributes, the corresponding car attributes are also different, which makes different cars more suitable for different tracks and terrains.

The skills of different Pokémon can also play a key role in the match.

In other words, Pokémon is a racing game with its own unique gameplay.

There's even a four-legged fast race car, not just a four-wheeled one, which looks a bit funny and spoofed, but when you think about it, the Pokeni's design is really ingenious and fun.

In Pokémon Kart, the way items are used and function is very different from Mario Kart.

Items are more of a way to enhance and activate the Pokémon's skill energy bar, and even to allow their cars to evolve.

For example, after the small fire dragon evolves into a fire-breathing dragon, it can not only fly, but also breathe fire and cause damage to other cars.

The vehicle itself also has a durability value, that is, the amount of blood, and it also has defense, as long as the blood is emptied, then this car will be scrapped for a period of time -

The performance in the game is to enter the rush repair, and only after the repair is completed can you return to the game.

In other words, in addition to the element of speed, the game also adds the element of combat, terrain, skill, and evolution...... All kinds of things, so that players can fully enjoy the fun of racing in this game.

It's possible that you're still lagging behind at the beginning, but once you evolve, you can get a big increase in your stats and rush up in one go, which makes the game a lot of fun to change.

So although the camera was given to Shigeru Miyamoto at the scene, he could feel it himself-

It looks like it's all go-karts, and it's a cute game, but in terms of gameplay, it's still significantly different from Mario Kart.

This is the uncomfortable part, the other party directly got a competing product out, but after weighing the possibility of suing for plagiarism, it seems that the probability of winning the lawsuit is not very large.

……

Everyone laughed when they saw it, leaning forward and backwards, and couldn't stop at all.

I've never seen a game so joyful.

"Is this still a Pokémon I know? It's funny, right? ”

"Yes, really yes, Pokeni's creativity is amazing."

"I always feel that Pokeni is in the next big game, Pokémon can even do racing, what else can't Pokémon do?"

"Look, in a few years, Pokémon will appear in various game fields.

What Pokémon baseball, Pokémon football, basketball, motorcycles...... Pokémon can do everything! ”

"Hahahaha, that's funny, isn't it? Pokémon do everything, right? ”

"I'll just ask you, how do you do Pokémon love games? Can Pokémon still be a galgame? ”

……

Just the video of the two Pokémon came out, and the scene was already boiling, and everyone had been discussing the topic of Pokémon for a long time.

Qing Zhiyuan pursed his lips and smiled,

This is followed by a live demonstration of Pokémon Racing.

In addition to Lisa Asano, several staff members also took the stage together to play the game.

"This Pokémon Racing is something we designed for family entertainment and can support four-player games at the same time."

Hearing this, the players were excited again.

It seems that the games to play with friends this year have come to an end, and if Pokémon: Incredible Adventure may have to hesitate, then Pokémon Racing is a game that must be bought, whether you play it alone or with friends.

It's challenging and entertaining.

This kind of family game, as long as it is not particularly bad, can basically become a must-have good game at home.

It's actually not bad to use it for socializing, ask a girl to play at home, and if you don't know what to talk about, why don't you have a Pokémon racing.

……

After watching the demos of the two Pokémon, players and media reporters are looking forward to the next game that Pokeni will showcase.

Judging by the music played by Yoko Shimomura before, Pokémon already exists, so will there be a new game that has never heard a soundtrack?

On the stage, Qing Zhiyuan paused and did not speak.

The audience slowly quieted down, and everyone waited.

After a while, Qing Zhiyuan silently walked along the edge of the stage, walked a distance, and then turned around and looked at the big screen.

However, when everyone looked at the big screen, it was empty, and there was nothing.

Oh no, you can't say anything nothing, the big screen is playing the POKENI LOGO.

To be precise, it's a PPT.

Other than that, there's nothing more.

Isn't there any? Isn't it possible that the next thing P will bring to players is only the logo of POKENI?

A trace of doubt appeared in everyone's hearts, and they looked at Qing Zhiyuan in confusion.

Qing Zhiyuan smiled slightly, "The development of the times is very rapid, and new changes are taking place every day in science and technology. ”

He smiled and pointed to the big screen:

"Power Point 1987."

PPT was born earlier than people think, as early as the windows1 era, PPT can already be used.

"Digital Projection Technology, 1995."

Thanks to DP's digital projection, at last year's large-scale exhibition in the United States, the signal of the computer can already be transferred and projected onto the big screen behind.

So now in the E3 electronics exhibition, everyone can see real-time high-definition pictures.

"And now, 1997."

"What can we witness?"

……

Everyone followed Qing Zhiyuan's words and couldn't help but fall into thought.

At this moment, the lights suddenly dimmed in the whole scene.

A screen appeared on the big screen:

In a smoky battlefield, gunfire and explosions rang out one after another.

Immediately followed by a voice-over sound:

[This is a world where war is king]

[Through the continuous development of human science and technology, thermal weapons have been put into the battlefield and have become the most commonly used weapons in modern warfare]

[The life and death of human beings is only a matter of a moment]

[For the country, for the glory, the soldiers picked up guns, in order to protect the homeland behind them, to defend the country, to fight for the people]

The soldiers stood nervously in their positions, guns in their hands, and their eyes fixed on the front.

They were dressed in military uniforms and their faces were painted with thick camouflage paint, as if they had blended into the battlefield.

Suddenly, a burst of heavy artillery fire came from the enemy position, and the shells arced through the air and smashed the soldiers' bunkers.

The huge impact made the bunker crumble and dusty.

The soldiers quickly took refuge in a safer place and continued to hold their ground.

As the artillery fire stopped, the soldiers raised their heads and prepared to launch a counterattack.

They aimed at enemy positions, pulled the trigger, and bullets rained down.

The enemy soldier was hit, fell in a pool of blood, and let out a terrible scream.

The battle became more and more intense, and the two sides went back and forth, trying their best.

Soldiers weave their way around the battlefield, sometimes dodging enemy fire and sometimes looking for opportunities to counterattack.

Their figures loomed in the smoke, like ghosts.

During one of the charges, a young soldier was hit by an enemy sniper and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, his comrades-in-arms angrily rushed at the enemy, vowing to avenge their comrades.

They fought their way forward, desperate for hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

After a fierce battle, the soldiers finally defeated the enemy and recaptured the lost position.

They sat on the ground tired, panting, but their faces showed the joy of victory.

……

[This is the border between countries, a desolate place, a place of war and conflict. 】

["Border"]

A large border logo appeared on the screen, letting everyone know the name of the game.

The first part of the story animation is shown, and the second is a demonstration of the actual machine in the game:

In the picture, you can only see a person's two hands and the gun in his hand, which looks a bit like AK, but there are certain differences in specificity.

This is a change made by Pokeni to distinguish between real weapons, but at the same time, it is necessary for players to feel the effects of real weapons.

Don't lead to war and killing, this is the purpose of the game, so a world is specially erected.

In the player's line of sight, several companions can be seen standing not far ahead, all of whom are wearing the same dark black uniforms.

Then everyone tacitly ran with a very tacit understanding.

During the game, you can also hear the faceless character gasping for breath and breathing heavily.

But when they had been running for a while, a gunshot rang out.

Bang!

One of the team members in front immediately collapsed, a pool of blood under him.

The audience was taken aback.

Because that gunshot is so realistic.

No, not just the sound, to be precise, the whole atmosphere of the game is realistic.

They stood on what appeared to be a piece of ruins built on an island that had been bombed by the war.

Therefore, there are high strength, decaying walls and ruins around, and the ground is also dirty and black.

In the next second, I saw that at the intersection of the road, there was also a small group of enemies, they were wearing light-colored military uniforms, which formed a sharp contrast.

As soon as the two sides met, they immediately became angry.

Dada......

The sound of the submachine gun sounded quickly, and the main character immediately emptied a tube of bullets, and then jumped quickly and ran to cover.

In the process, the arm movement did not stop, and he was nervously changing the bullet.

Everyone was fascinated and held their breath because they were nervous about what was happening on the big screen.

Only the sound of gunshots was stimulating the nerves and making everyone tense.

……

After about 10 minutes or so, the team in the game is completely wiped out, and then the lights come on.

Everyone at the scene was in a trance, and they didn't quite understand what had just happened.

Qing Zhiyuan's voice rang out:

"This is our upcoming shooter, and it uses a 3D model, a first-person perspective, and a full simulation of the real real perspective, so that everyone can feel like they are there."

At this moment, the curtain behind the scene was slowly raised, and everyone saw it clearly-

It turned out that there were about 10 people sitting in the back, each with a computer in front of them.

"The second half of the picture you just saw is actually a live demonstration of the game."

"What?!"

The scene was detonated in an instant.

That's too explosive, isn't it?

Everyone looked at the big screen in disbelief, even though there were no images in the big screen anymore.

"I thought it was all a short video clip that was played, but the rest of the game was actually the real game?"

"It's too realistic, isn't it?"

"It's scary, there's a feeling of watching a live shot."

"The quality of this game is too high, right? Is the current technology capable of doing this? ”

……

Qing Zhiyuan smiled calmly, picked up the microphone and explained:

"It's a first-person shooter with a LAN connection and 10 to 20 players."

"Wow!!"

As soon as Qing Zhiyuan's words fell, the scene was in an uproar again.

There are too many shocks from Pokeni today, especially this "Border".

The atmosphere of the whole scene was also ignited to the extreme by "Border".

"Before I introduce 'Frontier,' I want to bring in someone." Qing Zhiyuan smiled, and then sent an invitation to the audience, "Please invite Nvidia's Kensen Huang to come here."

Kensen, come on. ”

Qing Zhiyuan beckoned.

Dressed like a fitness trainer, Huang immediately took three steps and two steps to the stage.

At the same time, the host handed him a microphone.

"Kensen, can you introduce why the effect of "Border" we see can be so realistic, and it has a completely different 3D effect from this era?"

Hahahaha......

As Qing Zhiyuan asked, a laugh sounded below.

The president of Pokeni is a little suspicious of selling melons.

It's just that people's praise is fake, although Qing Zhiyuan's own praise is a little excessive, but the content of the praise is true.

Even the players felt that it was not in place.

Qing Zhiyuan pretended to exaggerate and put a finger to his lips, and the scene immediately fell silent.

Huang took the microphone and pulled out a chip from his pocket, "This is NVIDIA's latest graphics chip, which is independent of the CPU and is designed to process computer 3D graphics."

graphics processing unit, we call it GPU.

One of the major functions of the GPU is to calculate independently, and the computing power is about 5 times that of the best CPUs at present, and it is used to process 3D graphics and then load them.

In the CPU, the cache unit accounts for about 50%, the control unit 25%, and the computing unit 25%;

In the GPU, the cache unit accounts for about 5%, the control unit accounts for 5%, and the computing unit accounts for 90%.

In other words, the GPU can do much faster calculations. ”

While Huang was speaking, the big screen was playing a PPT that Nvidia had prepared for a long time, listing various data, and also showing some of the working principles of the GPU.

Everyone at the scene was confused, and only a small number of experts related to computer hardware were amazed and shocked.

"The actual demonstration effect you just saw is the use of our latest GeForce 256 GPU, which has a good support for 3D graphics effects."

In fact, Nvidia's GeForce has been on the market for almost a year, but before that, there was not much willingness to buy.

On the one hand, GeForce graphics cards are very expensive, and the market price has reached 300 US dollars, which is enough to buy one and a half Sony PS, who would want to spend money to buy such a small chip?

And many people think that inventing such a graphics card is like an anti-aircraft gun fighting mosquitoes.

What kind of games can reflect the performance of GeForce?

Since there are no games that require a GeForce 256 to play, there is no need to buy them.

Until today –

The appearance of "Border" made everyone clearly realize a terrible thing.

The 3D era on PC is also coming.

Moreover, it will all start with Nvidia.

……

Huang stood on it, his eyebrows fluttering, and he said, "The images of 'Border' are completely instantaneous, and the visual [mosaic] phenomenon is reduced to a minimum."

All objects in the field of vision, whether it is the cultural landscape in the foreground or the natural landscape in the background, will be constantly refreshed and redrawn as the player's perspective changes.

Only at the closest distances will we notice slight "patches" on the buildings along the road, and in the game, no matter how wide your eyes are, you won't notice the slightest roughness.

The new engine constructs the 3D world in the game entirely in "points", and completes the display of images through real-time calculations.

This will not only make the game more detailed, but also more accurate. ”

Huang said that "you can't find the slightest bit of roughness" is actually an exaggeration, and it's still 1997, and even with the help of advanced graphics cards, it is impossible to achieve realistic and detailed human body simulation.

It's just that rough and fine are actually a relative word, depending on what it is relative to.

It's obviously still pretty rough compared to the real world, but it's undoubtedly very detailed compared to the various 3D games in the world right now.

It can even be said that it is a bit too fine.

More realistic human modeling, more realistic and soft light and shadow effects......

These are all breakthroughs that Pokeni has made with the shooter game "Frontier".

Lao Huang talked a lot about hardware-related knowledge on it before ending his speech.

Awesome.

As he left, there was unusually loud applause.

"Okay, Kensen, thank you, thank you to NVIDIA, thank you to GeForce, it's because of this amazing GPU that we can get to where we are now."

Qing Zhiyuan invited him down, and then took over the topic just now and continued,

"In the early days, the "real-time light and shadow" engine usually depicted the game screen in the form of a [geometric ten vector dot matrix].

The shape of the character is actually a polygon, because of the relatively large drawing unit of [line], so when the player's perspective only changes slightly, it is difficult to display the game screen accurately.

Some lines with a slope of only a few degrees may still be drawn as horizontal lines.

The shortcomings of this engine itself will cause the distortion of the character's appearance and the breaking and loss of the outline line in many cases.

In Frontier, thanks to the new technology, we used a new mapping engine that is entirely based on points. ”

Qing Zhiyuan used these words to tell the world -

In addition to NVIDIA's powerful graphics card as hardware support, it is not enough to have NVIDIA's powerful graphics card as a hardware support, more importantly, pokeni has its own software technology, and it is pokeni's composition engine that maximizes the potential of GeForce256, so that everyone can see such a vivid and realistic game effect.

"With a new 3D game engine, we have completely eliminated this phenomenon and have maximized the accuracy of the shape of the object.

The quality of the textures is another important criterion for measuring the quality of a game's graphics.

Similarly, there have been some new approaches to the performance of the border in this regard. ”

He stepped back and gave way to the big screen.

At the same time, in the projection, the real-time picture of "Border" is also displayed.

"Players will see extremely detailed surface textures in the game: the crinkles of the rocks, the fineness of the snow, the smoothness of the waterfalls, and the lush greenery of the grassy slopes are all depicted vividly.

We can see:

The rocks in the game are covered with various uneven ravines, which greatly increases the visual realism of the player.

There is absolutely no simple shading.

false boulder effect under the specular treatment method; You would never confuse sparkling snow with white cloth;

The cathartic waterfall will reflect a dazzling luster like a mirror;

The grass slope is no longer a sloping piece of green paper.

It will show you a fluffy, furry texture......

On the one hand, the quality of the texture effect depends on the level of art, and on the other hand, it also depends on the production of its 3D skeleton.

If you don't have a corresponding entity, simply placing the texture in the desired position will greatly reduce the visual realism of the player, and it can lead to a lot of ridiculous scenes.

In the background of many 3D games in the past, we can often see mountains and rocks and buildings being "hung" on the side of the road like murals, and placed on the side of the road like photos?

This comes down to the game's engine not being as powerful as it is trying to paint the textures without taking care of the textured skeleton. ”

Here, Qing Zhiyuan used the word power, which caused a lot of laughter.

At the same time, many people turned their attention to the face of Toby Gard, the father of the Tomb Raider and the producer of the game, who was triumphant yesterday for his performance in Tomb Raider 2.

The live director was simply ruthless, and directly cut his on-site expression.

The latter's face was flushed, and he also laughed and applauded with everyone, but his heart was sour.

Who would have thought that yesterday everyone was still holding him up to the altar, boasting about how strong the voodoo graphics card was and how good the effect of Tomb Raider 2 was, but he was crushed the next day.

And it's the kind that doesn't have any crushed scum left.

Now Tobygad is like a clown, his face is red and white for a while.

Damn!

Why is there such a completely unreasonable game company as Pokeni?

Obviously, this year's E3 electronics show should be our showmanship, but it killed a pokeni out.

How nice would it be for you to be honest with your own Tokyo Game Show?

……

Qing Zhiyuan said that I didn't mean to slap you in the face, because these are all things within the development plan, whether there is voodoo and Tomb Raider 2, "Border" is to be shown.

You can only blame your bad luck and hit the muzzle directly.

"Thanks to the new drawing engine, players will never see these emotionally appealing scenes in Frontier again, and you will be presented with a captivating and vivid 3D world in front of your eyes:

We can see the unevenness of the rock from the side; Admire the tall buildings lining the roadside from different directions;

You can look up at planes that pass overhead at different angles...... It's hard to describe the enjoyment of this quality of texture, but for those who are attentive, you'll definitely get excited. ”

……

Everyone at the scene was speechless, and could only be described as breathtaking.

Today's game feast is unforgettable.

"Are we witnessing history?"

"It's the right place to see such a great work on E3."

"It's terrifying, I already thought it was quite remarkable when I saw Tomb Raider 2 yesterday, and when I compared it to the border today, I realized that I was so wrong."

"No wonder Qing Zhiyuan said before that technology is developing too fast, what will it witness today? Waiting for us here for a long time. ”

"It's really a miracle, and it's no wonder that poor Tomb Raider 2 yesterday represented the most advanced computer technology and PC game graphics, but today it is no longer true.

After seeing the effect of the border, I don't want to buy Tomb Raider 2 anymore. ”

"You can still buy it, after all, the game types are different, the most important thing in Tomb Raider 2 is to play decryption, and it is very rewarding to be able to unlock various mechanisms.

Judging from the current effect, it seems that the border is more suitable for gamers who like the gunplay genre, and the two do not conflict. ”

"Ah...... I don't know when Pokeni will release this game, to be honest, I just watched the game demo, and I was already itching to the point that I couldn't do it. ”

"Me too, I really want to try it."

Omi players really don't have any resistance to guns.

The shooting effects in the game alone, the variety of similar but different guns, and the blood-pumping battles have already made countless players want to stop.

……

On the stage, Qing Zhiyuan took the initiative to invite the production team of the "Border" game, and asked the producer, who is also the detail adjuster of the firearm, Ricardo Shaun, to give a demonstration and explanation to everyone:

"The border has some more advanced 3D technology.

The world in the game is also created as a true three-dimensional space, rather than rendering a high-level two-dimensional map into a 3D image.

It also combines specular maps and dynamic lights instead of vertex static lighting from past games.

We used a flow control scheme that uses the mouse to look/aim/orient and the keyboard to forward/backward/sideways ......"

With the demonstration of the staff above, everyone below was dumbfounded.

Gunshots were heard from time to time.

Those who know know that this is a game demo, and those who don't know think that something terrible is happening in the venue.

Luckily, you can't hear it outside, otherwise the police might have rushed in by this time.

"Wow, that's too impactful, isn't it?"

"Great game graphics, such a shocking experience."

"It's scary, is this a game I can afford?"

"The game itself may not be expensive, it should be the ...... that is expensive"

One of the reporter friends pointed to the NVIDIA 3D chip on display.

To be precise, it's called a GPU, a discrete graphics card.

GeForce 256, the world's first GPU.

Although reluctant, many people have already had a strong premonition -

As long as "Border" is on the shelves, then NVIDIA's display chip will be sold out.

As hot as the game.

It's terrible, whether it's Nvidia's hardware technology capabilities or Pokeni's software technology capabilities, the whole world is trembling.

……

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