In addition to supporting network cable access, Qingzhiyuan also asked Hideki Sato to add the wifi function when they renovated the DC game console, and supported wireless networking, which can be more convenient in the future.

Whether it's sold in the Omi region or in Neon, it's better to have wireless function.

And the completion of this step actually lays the foundation for the development of new handheld computers that can be connected to the Internet in the future.

Regarding the problem of children's Internet access, Qing Zhiyuan said that it should not matter much, you can't let children use it just because the computer can access the Internet, right?

The protection of children should not be done by hardware vendors in the first place, but the real responsibility should be pursued for websites that offer blue color and do not have an age distinction.

They are the ones who should be most responsible for the children.

Just like on consoles, there are also different games of different ages, and the game developer is responsible for them, and it is always impossible to blame the console manufacturer for it.

So after the discussion, the hardware department is considered to be finished.

If it weren't for the fact that pokeni's funds are relatively tight now, and there are no remaining reserves to support the development of the new handheld, Qingzhiyuan would have wanted to put the NDS on the agenda.

Oh no, if it was developed by Sega, it would have been called SDS.

……

Sega is a well-established video game factory, and it has accumulated a lot of software and hardware.

The games that Sega already has now are:

Sonic series: This is one of Sega's signature games, a high-speed action game featuring a hedgehog, where players need to control Sonic the Hedgehog as they navigate through various levels, collecting coins and defeating enemies.

VR Warrior Series: This is a 3D fighting game where players can choose different characters to fight against, each with their own unique skills and moves.

Phantasy Star series: This is a role-playing game in which players need to lead a team on an expedition through an unknown world, defeating enemies and collecting treasure.

Light and Darkness Series: This is a strategic role-playing game in which players take on the role of a monarch to unify nations and conquer enemies in a war-torn world.

Sakura Wars series: This is a love development game where players need to interact with female characters in the game to increase their friendship and unlock the story.

In addition to this, Sega has also developed classic games such as Tomahawk, Shinobi, Space Channel 5, and House of the Dead.

Now, as the company's signature veteran, legendary producer Yu Suzuki is leading the development of a game called Shenmue.

This game has been hailed as Sega's last masterpiece.

With a total investment of $50 million, it is the most expensive game ever made by Sega, and with its advanced graphics and free exploration gameplay, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a first-of-its-kind game masterpiece for sandbox games.

Shenmue was a milestone in the role-playing genre, bringing the concept of a high degree of freedom to the gaming world, a model that directly influenced later game development.

Each NPC in Shenmue has its own personality, preferences, and routines, and interactions with NPCs are also influenced by their mood, which makes the game world more realistic and rich.

In its previous life, Shenmue's failures and later successes led to its gradual deification in the minds of veteran players, and at the same time, with the rapid development of sandbox games, Shenmue's influence gradually expanded.

And the most creative point is that it is the first time that Shenmu has systematized QTE.

The so-called QTE refers to the fact that players perform certain special game actions in the game, and they need to press the controller button in turn according to the symbols that appear on the screen to trigger the subsequent plot.

Later, Sony's "God of War" series is a representative work of QTE, and the action is completed in the form of QTE, giving people a super movie-watching experience, which is a great thing in itself.

In conclusion, Shenmue is considered a masterpiece because it has played an important role in the history of gaming and has attracted a large number of players with its unique game mode and deep story.

In Qing Zhiyuan's opinion, the feelings also stood a large part, because in the previous life, shortly after the release of Shenmue, Sega left the console market and became a third party.

Therefore, Shenmue's game also inherited a kind of nostalgia and sustenance from players for Sega of that era.

But in fact, Shenmue itself is actually very problematic.

The biggest problem is the gameplay aspect.

Although Yuzu Suzuki originally designed the game to be more realistic and closer to the real world, it was actually boring when the real world was made into the game.

For example, in Shenmue, the protagonist has to go to work to earn money, drive a forklift at the docks, and run back and forth, talking to the characters, and once the freshness period has passed, the whole game becomes boring.

In addition, Shenmue's map is relatively small, and it is not as big as the later GTA3, so although Shenmue is an open world, it feels like an unfinished product.

The plot is relatively simple, and the timeline is also very short, and after the male protagonist steps on the ship to the Xiangjiang River in China, the whole game is over, and the feeling of the half-finished product is even stronger.

……

Qingzhiyuan also held a meeting with the main core backbones of the software department.

There are several key points, the first is that except for Shenmue, the other games are still in order, and Qing Zhiyuan has no opinion on the development of arcade games.

Although it's an era of console games, arcades are actually quite profitable, and the input-output ratio is quite high, so since it can make money, it's good to continue to do so.

As for Shenmue......

Qing Zhiyuan left Yu Suzuki alone.

Yu Suzuki, who was born in 1958, is now less than 40 years old, not much older than Qing Zhiyuan.

It looks quite young, but the hairline is a little high, and Yu Suzuki is not too tall, with small eyes, and a simple smile gives people a kind feeling.

It's such a man who doesn't look good, a guy who doesn't attract attention when he walks on the street, but he is a rare genius producer in the neon game industry.

During his time at Sega, he was responsible for the production of Motorcycle Basket, Space Harry, Crazy Racing, Breaking the Fire, VR Warrior, Shenmue and Ferrari F355.

Whether it's an arcade game or a console game, Yu Suzuki has a considerable degree of research, and may not be very good at long-term storytelling, but at that time, there was no mention of the ability to control short and fast games.

In other words, as long as he is paired with a good script writer, he can take off.

The same is true of Shenmue, where the plot structure is simple and the narrative lacks tension, which are all problems.

"Mr. Suzuki, I appreciate your talent and have great expectations for Shenmue's game, but ...... I think there may be some areas where there are still controversies and areas that need to be improved. ”

Qing Zhiyuan explained in detail the problems that could arise in Shenmue......

Yu Suzuki's brows furrowed deeper and deeper when he heard this, and he obviously looked particularly impatient.

Although Qing Zhiyuan hates this guy to death, there seems to be some truth in what he said.

In fact, Qing Zhiyuan understands Suzuki's psychology very well:

As a producer, the game is like your own child, if someone says that your child is ugly, it will definitely be very uncomfortable, and you will even want to fight with you.

Although Qing Zhiyuan doesn't want to be a villain, this is related to the success or failure of the game, and the question of whether he can make money in the future.

If Shenmue fails, the loss of the funds invested is one thing, and Sega's game confidence in the future will also be affected.

Because for them, it's actually a dead end.

"That's what I think," Qing Zhiyuan said, "I appreciate their creativity, there is nothing wrong with making Shenmue an open world in itself, strong randomness, and NPCs are no longer simple emotionless guys, more anthropomorphic, these are all in the right direction."

However, I hope to control the pace and elements of the game, so that players can find goals and have more fun in the game.

You can't expect people to work on the docks every day, can you? ”

Not......

Yu Suzuki was a little uncomfortable silent and did not respond.

Although he can understand Qing Zhiyuan, he can't accept it emotionally.

"So what do you think should be changed?" Yu Suzuki asked.

"The fun of the game, at present, is nothing more than this: combat, puzzle solving, exploration, interaction, story...... At present, our interaction can provide less game fun, and the plot needs to be richer.

Then it's better to focus on the battle. ”

"Huh?" Yu Suzuki raised his head and looked at Qing Zhiyuan with some confusion.

Qing Zhiyuan smiled slightly, "Make Shenmu an action-type RPG that can be freely explored, a sandbox open world." ”

His idea was to make Shenmue into "Master"

Sifu is an action-adventure game developed in 2022 by French game developer Sloclap Studios.

The fights in it are quite exciting, and the producer also went to China to learn the art of apprenticeship, and learned Baimei boxing for a long time, and then on this basis, he wanted to make Baimei boxing into the game, which led to "Master".

Therefore, the final presentation of the game characters is quite smooth, and has a kung fu background, punches quickly and accurately, and the moves are deadly, with a strong sense of blow.

At the same time, the game "Master" has made the traditional Chinese [Wude] into a game idea that runs throughout, so that this game has been sublimated at the philosophical level, so after its release, it has become a game that is very out of the circle and liked by many Chinese and even global games.

"Master" borrows the operation mode of the Souls series in terms of gameplay, but it also has its own innovations, which is more like a combination of the operation of Souls games plus QTE to some extent.

In fact, the compatibility between "Master" and "Shenmue" is quite high.

From the perspective of the story, in "Master", the hero's father was killed by the enemy, so in order to take revenge, he devoted himself to cultivation, and finally became a generation of masters, and then defeated the enemy.

And among Shenmu, the male protagonist has the same experience, when he was a child, his father was killed by the Blue Emperor, so Ba Yue Liang also embarked on the road of avenging his father.

This main story has added a lot of other gameplay, such as interacting with NPCs, playing dock forklifts, arcade mini-games, and doing odd jobs...... case, diluted.

But if the main story is fleshed out and rich, Shenmue will definitely be a good development action game.

"To be precise, it should be made into Shenmue: A Legend of a Modern Ninja," Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Huh? A modern ninja den? Yu Suzuki felt stupid.

"The main story line is still based on revenge, and my idea is that the ninja will be the core theme of the game, and the hero's father is a very famous ninja, but he experienced some things later and quit the ninja world.

But then he was chased and killed.,So he died tragically.,In this case,,The hero embarks on the road to become a new ninja in order to get revenge.。

Add ninjutsu to make it an important part of action combat.

Remove irrelevant details.

In the game, the male protagonist can attack any NPC, and can also obtain intelligence clues through the original dialogue mission......"

To put it simply, although it is "Master", the main core gameplay is ninja, and the operation mode of the game follows the master's set of processes, and then the action is designed with ninjas.

After doing so, combined with the original Shenmue setting, it is equivalent to making a ninja version of GTA.

In Shenmue, there are no restrictions on all the places, which means that the player is free to explore the entire map.

And there are many ways to explore, you can attack passers-by, and at the same time, you will be attacked by passers-by, and you can also use other ways to gain their favor and then get the information you want.

Bosses of different difficulty will also be set along the way to make the game more playable.

If it can be done, Qing Zhiyuan believes that it will definitely be an outstanding action game with a strong sense of combat and attack.

……

After listening to Qing Zhiyuan's description, Yu Suzuki fell into deep contemplation.

Seriously, at first, he was quite disgusted by Qing Zhiyuan's suggestion to make drastic changes, but after learning about the design intent and the modification plan, Yu Suzuki was impressed by the young president.

If you think about it, it seems that it is indeed better to do this, and there is no need for players to waste their time on boring things.

If you use ninjas as the core, there are too many ways to play.

Stealth, assassination, intelligence gathering, ninja fights and fights, melee and ranged interactions......

Just thinking about it makes my blood boil.

"In that case, there are quite a few things that need to be changed." Yu Suzuki blinked, he wasn't quite sure how much time it would take after that.

In short, the amount of work is not small.

"It doesn't matter, the DC console is going to be changed, and pokeni will provide technical support, and with the Trailblazer engine, it's much easier to develop."

With the Trailblazer engine, it's far more comfortable and faster than writing games with assembly as they do now, and the time can be reduced by a fraction of the time.

What's more, after the completion of the production of the engine using P Society, the overall quality of Shenmue's game will also be greatly improved.

……

It took a few days to complete the process of dealing with the things on Sega's side, and it was much clearer to sort out everything once, and after the plan was formulated, it was just a matter of executing it step by step.

Then Qing Zhiyuan returned to Pokeni's side.

Convene a meeting of the leaders of various departments.

Qing Zhiyuan said directly, "Sega has already dealt with it, and a new game console will be developed later, called Dreamcast."

DC will be developed in C, and it will be connected to our Pioneer Engine, which I have discussed with my colleagues in the engine department.

In short, I will help Sega complete the transformation of [Pokeni] as soon as possible.

After that, we will port all other games to DC except for the upcoming "Bug Master". ”

"Huh?!"

The crowd was shocked.

Oh, my God!

President, can you be a person?!

……

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There's one more chapter in the afternoon!

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