Bang!

There was a muffled sound.

Old E landed steadily outside a building in the factory area.

When you look up, you can see parachutes falling everywhere in the sky, and many players have chosen a position close to him.

"Let's go in and see what's available."

Although the skydiving experience was a bit weird, the old E was still eager to try it, and controlled the character to enter the nearby building and start searching for supplies.

After a while, he picked up a P92 pistol, and a magazine, and armed himself.

The whole operation process is very smooth, basically the same as CF changing guns, so that he even thinks he is playing CF.

"This penguin is too lazy, and even the materials are ready-made, and I am reluctant to change them."

Old E couldn't help but complain.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he feels that the style of this game is a bit cartoonish.

I didn't pay much attention when I was outside.

But once you enter the building, many details are exposed, and it's all about the basic materials being painted and placed there.

Even the container outside is like giant plastic squares placed side by side, except for the different colors, there is no detail at all.

"Seems a little rough, huh?"

"It can't be a rush, right?"

"It's a lot worse than my family's CF."

"The gun changes are exactly the same."

"Why don't you want to see somewhere else?"

In terms of shooting games, Penguin's strength is still very strong, otherwise it would not have been possible to dominate the top of the list of similar games for so long.

But this "Ace Battlefield", anyone with a discerning eye can see that it was rushed out, and many details were not done.

It's all cobbled together from a huge library of materials.

"Okay, these games don't look at object details much anyway."

Old E comforted himself, and continued to search other buildings, and found a lot of supplies, basically all kinds of guns, bullets and grenades.

It wasn't until the third building was looted that a burst of gunfire was heard in the distance.

"It's coming! Someone touched me, and he dared to step into my territory, and he was impatient. ”

Soon, he went up to the top of the building, and raised his gun in high spirits to aim around.

After looking for a while, I finally found two figures fighting each other on the hillside outside the factory area.

With several years of experience in shooters, he reacts quickly and aims his crosshair directly at one of the players.

Two shots were fired, and the man was shot in the head.

Then, while the other person was panicking, he made up a few shots and dealt with him at once.

"It's okay, it feels okay."

Looking at the corpse that disappeared in the distance, Old E said with satisfaction.

Although the production is not very eye-catching, with the new gameplay, this game is still remarkable, at least maintaining a qualified line.

It also gave him the motivation to keep playing.

Other players who entered the game had similar thoughts to him at this time, and gradually immersed themselves in the game.

……

"Once again, the background data for the first hour came out."

Penguin, Huanhai project team.

Just after the first hour of the game's launch, the employees below took the printed data and found Zeng Fuming, who was supervising the work.

"Is it coming out so soon? Show me! ”

Zeng Fuming took the report and read it carefully.

But after a while, his brow suddenly furrowed.

"Player retention is less than 70%?"

In the first hour, the retention rate was only 70%, which is already a very low number.

However, when he thought that their game was produced in a short period of time, he was relieved, and even showed a smile.

With Penguin's huge player base.

Don't say 70%, even if it drops to 50%, there are millions online.

This is already very scary for a new game, and sure enough, they made the right decision to choose this new way of playing.

Wait until they eat away at the market.

Even if Honghuang or other manufacturers want to step in again, there is no chance.

In the end, we can only watch them dominate the shooting category.

"Very good, continue to increase publicity and try to stabilize more players."

"Okay."

The employee responded and left in a hurry, with an unconcealable joy on his face.

Their requirements are not as high as Zeng Fuming's, and they are already about to catch up with several pillar games of Penguin in the first hour of millions of online.

This battle royale gameplay really has great potential!

……

Bang bang bang –

Bang!!!

Violent gunshots, accompanied by deafening explosions, echoed in the old E live broadcast room.

After half an hour of fighting, he finally made it to the top five, and he was left with only four other players on the island.

"Yes, I only made it into the top five in the first place."

"There's still something about the anchor."

"Kill four more people and you're the first!"

"It's a bit difficult, those guys have been hiding in the building and won't come out."

"The main thing is that this map is too big and there are more building bunkers."

"The gameplay is a good way to play, but I feel a little tired after a game, and I am patronizing to find someone."

As we continue to go deeper, players finally realize another drawback of this game.

That's that the map is too big!

The general CF map is basically a closed sandbox field, and you can encounter enemies at will.

But in order to reproduce the battle royale gameplay proposed by Hong Huang, this "Ace Battlefield" has expanded the map dozens of times.

It was fine when there were a lot of people at first.

The more you hit the back, the more you find that people are hard to find.

The Penguins apparently also took this flaw into account, so they added a position marker that would mark the positions of all players at intervals when there were only ten players left on the field.

This can play a role.

But the map is too big, and it takes a long time to get there.

It took more than 50 minutes for Lao E to be shot in the head in a jungle confrontation and win the third place.

"It's okay, although it's been a little longer, but the battle royale gameplay is really interesting to play, but it's a pity that I didn't get the first place."

Old E said regretfully, reached out and rubbed his sore eyes and stiff wrists, and then continued to the next one.

Compared with.

Other players who don't have so much time are a little overwhelmed.

A game lasts nearly an hour, and you can't take a break halfway, which alone dissuades many players.

And more importantly.

It doesn't seem to be much different from CF to play.

At most, it's just a bigger map.

Except for the battle royale background, the basic gameplay hasn't actually changed, it's all about changing guns and constantly killing enemies, and then changing to better guns.

And the gap in the middle is too long, and for a long time I am either looting supplies or rushing.

At first, there was a sense of freshness.

But the more you get to the back, the more boring it feels, and it's better to go back and play CF.

The original retention rate of 70% has also dropped to about 50%, which is similar to Zeng Fuming's initial prediction.

But he wasn't worried.

Even if it's only 50%, it's enough to crush other manufacturers.

And in the following week, they also focused on announcing "Ace Battlefield", and the number of online users has been stable at more than one million, which is a very good starting result.

Even if other manufacturers are red-eyed, they can only be anxious on the sidelines, watching the penguins take the lead.

Among them, the most urgent is the Honghuang employees.

……

"Mr. Chen, if you continue like this, you will really be preempted by them!"

In the conference room, Lao Li was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

The other team leaders were also full of sorrow and felt the urgency of the situation.

"Why don't we go live in beta first? Stabilize a wave of popularity first, and then update and optimize later. Someone couldn't help but suggest.

"I think it's okay, otherwise if it goes on like this, the players will be robbed by the penguins."

"It's a big deal to work overtime for a while after going online and solve all the test problems!"

"But that would have an impact on our reputation, wouldn't it?"

For a long time, they have been focusing on quality, and they have finally established a reputation among the player group.

If the efforts of the past few years are ruined because of the launch of a semi-finished product in advance this time, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.

But it was extremely uncomfortable for them to watch the penguin dove occupy the magpie's nest and take away the heat that belonged to them.

After all, this is the result of everyone's hard work for several months and hard work together, including the sweat of every employee in various departments.

Even if you have to lose.

That should also be lost in a dignified battle!

At that time, even if you are unwilling, you will at most admit that your skills are not as good as others.

Instead of being so aggrieved as you are now!

"Going online is naturally going to be online, but not now."

At this time, Chen Lin, who was sitting in the first place, spoke.

The originally noisy conference room fell silent in an instant, and all eyes fell on him.

"Does Mr. Chen have any plans?"

Lao Song opened his mouth and asked the doubts in his heart for them.

"You just have to wait and see the show, it shouldn't be a few days before the wind on the penguins' side will start to change, and you just need to do the final optimization test in this time."

With only 50% of players retained, you think you can sit back and relax?

Penguin's side still underestimates this group of players.

Chen Lin smiled indifferently, not seeing any sense of urgency.

The employees at the bottom are happy.

Does the boss still have a backhand?

It's a pity that Chen Lin didn't explain too much, and slowly got up after finishing speaking.

"Alright, let's all go back to work, I want to see the finished game by the 15th of this month, can you do it?"

"Of course you can!"

Lao Li was the first to speak.

Then the other team leaders also responded and promised to complete the task.

At the same time, I was looking forward to what would happen before the 15th to change the direction of the wind on the penguins' side.

With this doubt, they all got up and left the conference room, hurrying to put the finishing touches on it.

……

In the blink of an eye.

Another three days passed.

After this period of publicity, Penguin's "Ace Battlefield" has become unprecedentedly popular, attracting many players to enter the pit.

The most of them are students who have just returned for the summer vacation.

As the most dynamic generation, it has naturally become the main force of online games, tirelessly playing one game after another every day.

Meantime.

The scolding of the game has also started to increase.

For example, problems such as disconnection and stuttering, long game duration, stuck molding, gun change bugs, and delays are gradually exposed as the number of players increases, seriously affecting the game experience.

This is all caused by the penguin's rush to go online.

Even more deadly.

With the popularity of the game.

All kinds of plug-ins began to appear inside, such as wall penetration, self-aiming, blood locking, teleportation, and everything.

It made ordinary players complain.

The backstage staff of the penguins are also anxious.

After waiting for a few days without maintenance, it finally triggered a wave of de-pitting, and the number of online users plummeted wildly.

The most serious one.

Several big anchors of Douyu compete against each other to see who can win the game in the end.

As a result, I encountered a self-aiming plug-in, and I was shot in the head by someone while hiding in the building, and I was extremely arrogant.

Then I tried a few and died on the plug-in in various ways.

In an instant, the entire gaming circle exploded.

Several big anchors angrily deleted and retreated, and even the fans who came with them also left.

"Plug-in! It turned out to be a plug-in! ”

Lao Li and others who received the news were both surprised and delighted.

I finally understood what Mr. Chen meant when he said that the wind direction would change.

It's not that he has any backhand.

Rather, this situation has long been expected.

What is most important about competitive gaming?

Fair!

The emergence of cheats is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the fairness of the game.

If it is not solved in time, then this game is equivalent to a death sentence!

"Haha deserves it! Who let them go online in such a hurry and didn't do a good job of security measures, and now they will be punished, right? ”

"I've seen that game, and the protective measures are a mess, so it's not surprising that there are cheats."

"Now they're busy."

"It's good that we didn't rush to launch the beta version."

Employees gloated and rejoiced.

Although I also hate the plug-in in my heart, I have to praise it this time.

That's a great plugin!

Just thinking about it.

Chen Lin also walked out of the office and came to the production team.

"Get ready, release the second promotional CG, and by the way, make an announcement, the game will be launched at noon on the 15th!"

"Okay!"

The employees were delighted to receive the order.

Prepared for so long.

It's finally their turn to fight back!

(End of chapter)