Star King 2 is not just a sequel, nor is it just a game.

To be precise......

Since the previous work, this game has been deeply tied to many PC hardware manufacturers, forming an ambiguous pattern of you and me, and I have you.

Therefore, this is not a game, it is connected to Tianba Studio on the one hand, and many hardware manufacturers on the other hand, to maintain the emotional bond between the two parties.

Because of this, when Tianba Studio officially announced that it would make a second-generation sequel to its fighting game "Star King" this year, the first to cheer was not the fans of the previous work, but ......

AMD: Looking forward to it! "Love"

NVIDIA: Love you! "Comparing the Heart"

Beating: Great, I can finally play the cool "Star Emperor 2"!

That's right!

As if an appointment, the official accounts of major hardware manufacturers arrived in the comment area almost at the same time, leaving the most sincere blessings.

Netizens are stupid.

No......

Where did the brothers come from? Tianba Studio officially announced the sequel, we old players didn't speak, what are you irrelevant official numbers running to join in?

"What do you mean irrelevant? I'm an investor in "Star Emperor 2", and I spent money on the game, can I come and see it? ”

The manufacturers that were questioned by netizens in turn were very unconvinced and threw out the "transfer" certificate, saying that this game also has their investment, and the money has been spent, so what's wrong with brushing up on the sense of existence in the comment area?

"Good fellows! Is there really an investment? ”

"Let me see...... Why are there so many investors? There are more than a dozen or twenty companies on this list of acknowledgements, right? ”

"The number is not the point, the point is that the list of investors for "Star Emperor 2" is a little too scary?"

"Finch! I've also seen Microsoft and Sony...... How did these two host manufacturers get involved? ”

"The main engine factory is still a little bit involved with PC hardware, and I didn'......t expect it to be squeezed in."

It's horrible!

"Star Emperor 2" is a sequel game, and everyone didn't pay much attention to it, after all, everyone who understands the sequel understands it.

Only this time, looking at the long list of "acknowledgement companies" listed by Tianba Studio, almost the entire game circle was shaken.

Brother, what are you doing?

You said that you make a game, and it's a sequel, is it necessary to call so many guests? And these supporting guests are all heavyweights!

Outsiders, who don't know the game situation of "Star Emperor" and haven't watched the GAL League, are already in the circle.

This list is very popular!

Almost as soon as Tianba Studio made an announcement, the list was soon screenshotted and spread all over the Internet.

As a result, netizens are curious, what kind of game is this, and why does the investor have such a luxurious lineup?

If you look at this list, it can be said that there are all the world's famous technology giants and Internet giants, and the combined market value is enough to shake A-shares, Hong Kong stocks and U.S. stocks.

It's no exaggeration......

All the thanks of "Star Emperor 2", if the market value is regarded as GDP, can compete for the top few places in the world.

Why is this so?

Netizens can't understand, why do all these companies get together to invest in a game? Although the investment is not much, and the family is only a thousand dollars, but the number is large!

The amount of investment is calculated from the financial reports released by listed companies, after all, these companies are basically listed companies, and the flow of funds at the level of more than 10 million US dollars must be told to investors and shareholders.

Almost at the same time, all of the listed companies on the technology Internet had a "missing" fund allocation statement.

Missing is a joke.

These companies have said that this money is the special fund allocated to Tianba Studio for the production of "Star Emperor 2", and there is no problem of unknown whereabouts.

But for many investors and stockholders, this "meaningless" investment is completely incomprehensible to them.

No, if you invest in a game, you can invest it, anyway, you can't get a cub if the money lies in the account, and tens of millions of dollars is not a lot of money.

But the question is, why don't you invest in a game that is as selfless as charity?

Players are exclaiming, and shareholders and investors are angry with management.

Tens of millions of dollars aren't money, right?

You said that you used this money to advertise, donate money to charity and buy a reputation, but it really doesn't work, and it's okay if the CEO is corrupt, why should you give it to Tianba Studio for nothing? Chen Ba is your father?

Perhaps because it was sprayed a little badly, the management of many companies had to come forward to explain the reason why the money was like "doing charity".

"Chen Ba is not my father, and we are not doing charity, but this money really does not want to return the kind of gift......"

"I beg you to take a long-term view, isn't the reason why we are willing to invest in "Star King 2" is to expand the influence of the GAL League!"

The management was so aggrieved that they were about to cry.

They really have no selfish intentions, and they don't treat Chen Ba as their father, and "Star Emperor 2" is not an investment of unknown significance, but a strategic investment with a long-term planning plan.

You can't just look at the gains and losses in front of you!

Just look at the moment, it is true that they gave a sum of money to Tianba Studio for nothing, a proper wrongful behavior.

But when the game "Star King 2" was made, wasn't the GAL league the one that benefited the most? And as a team participating in the GAL League, can't they benefit from it?

"I see!"

Under the painstaking explanation of the management, a group of shareholders and investors finally understood the significance of this investment.

Soon, however, new doubts arose.

Is the GAL league that arose because of "Star Emperor" really have such an exaggerated influence? Is it worth investing in these giants?

The management of these listed companies did not answer this question.

Nonsense!

What can you explain to these middle-aged people who don't watch e-sports games, don't surf the Internet much, and don't understand the preferences of young people today, even if they do?

To put it bluntly, the GAL league is also an esports event!

Since it is an e-sports, it is destined that the audience and fan base will be dominated by young people under the age of 35, rather than a group of middle-aged people who can only watch short videos.

Only by entering this circle, empathizing and having more contact with young people, can we deeply feel how popular and influential the GAL league is.

is not in this circle, if you talk to him about influence and popularity, it is complete nonsense......

In this regard, Chen Ba was deeply touched.

Xu Xiaofei, the top "supergiant" player in the GAL League, is as popular on the Internet as stains and sunshine in League of Legends.

As long as it is a young man, whether he has played "Star Emperor" or not, whether he has watched the GAL league or not, and has more or less swiped relevant videos or reports, he must know Xu Xiaofei.

But for people of his parents' generation, Xu Xiaofei? Who is this? A well-known esports player who is a household name? What is esports?

No way!

These are two completely unrelated groups, so it makes no sense to explain to them how powerful Xu Xiaofei is and how popular he is.

The same goes for the GAL League.

This competition is known as esports F1 and is also recognized as the top esports event in the world, whether it is the size of the prize money or the unique format of the circuit race, it has a high level of attention around the world.

But the impact of this event is really in terms of scores.

For gamers, the GAL League, known as Esports F1, is not to be missed, and every game will be watched on time, and if it is too late, it will be replayed, and the star players and top teams will be treasured......

What is Esports F1 for non-gamers? Dude has only heard the name of F1, but I have never heard of Esports F1!

"That's why we want to make "Star King 2" to inject new impetus into the GAL league and attract more fresh blood."

At the internal meeting, Chen Ba talked eloquently: "Star Emperor is still too old to meet the needs of the GAL league in the new era, and a new game is needed at this time!" ”

The picture quality must be better!

Not only the game graphics quality, but also the fight special effects should also rise to the top, after all, this is a housekeeping skill, and you can't leave it behind at any time.

Meanwhile......

Because the investors of "Star King 2" are the major teams of the GAL League, and this game is also "born for esports", in some aspects, necessary trade-offs will definitely be made.

"What is the necessary trade-off?"

"To put it simply, we want to serve the GAL league, not the average player, and this priority cannot be mistaken."

Chen Ba explained: "The playability and fun of the game can be put aside first, and the important thing is to meet the spectacle and balance of the game. ”

Is Star King a good fighting game?

No!

As a fighting game, "Star Emperor" is actually quite poor, the character balance is extremely poor, and a large number of "supermodel" characters and "sewer" characters will pop up in each version.

This also has something to do with Chen Ba's original concept of designing this game!

When he first designed "Star Emperor", he didn't expect that the game's event system would be so developed and popular, so the design of characters was more casual.

It didn't matter if the characters were a little stronger or weaker, and no one thought that game balance was a very important thing at the time.

But then things changed.

Shark Supreme, Dark Dragon Supreme, Jiuyang Emperor......

The generation of versions of the gods, especially the Dark Dragon Supreme, really angered everyone. As a result, players place an unusual emphasis on the balance between characters, and shout at the slightest weakening or strengthening.

Moreover, these version changes have also had a great impact on the subsequent competition environment.

It is for these reasons that in this sequel to "Star Emperor 2", Chen Ba made up his mind that he needed to get the balance mechanism right at the beginning of the game design.

Focus on the spectacle of the game!

The experience of ordinary players, on the premise of ensuring that the game is exciting and balanced enough, can be appropriately fine-tuned. But if it affects the game, the game experience of ordinary players can be sacrificed.

Again, this game is funded by the team of the GAL league after all, and it is important to uphold the principle that whoever pays is the father, and it must be based on their opinions.

Ordinary players may indeed have opinions, and even complain that the 2nd generation is not as fun as the 1st generation......

But it can't be helped, there are always trade-offs, and many games are like this, and they can't take into account both the player experience and the competition environment.

Take League of Legends, for example.

AD like Zelieuphiles, the ranking win rate is almost at the bottom, and the designers are still desperately weakening, isn't the reason that the game is very popular!

From the perspective of ordinary players, this is completely a deliberate effort by the designer, and the win rate of these heroes is low, so why are they still caught?

But in order to make the game more balanced and the event more exciting and beautiful, this is indeed a trade-off that there is no way out.

weakened, more heroes can be seen on the field, and the audience will not complain about just a few heroes singing a one-man show back and forth.

If it is not weakened, the experience of ordinary players can be guaranteed, but the game will become extremely boring, and almost every game is exactly the same hero, which makes people sleepy to watch......

It's not hard to see that the trade-offs made by Riot designers are based on "on-field performance", and as for the experience of ordinary players, why don't you love it!

What Chen Ba wants to do is also focus on the performance on the field, and the player's feelings are not concerned for the time being.

“OK！”

After taking note of this, Liu Jinfu asked, "Brother Ba, is there anything else that needs to be paid attention to?" ”

"Let me think about ......"

"Well, there's really one, I almost forgot about it!" Chen Ba patted his head, and suddenly thought of something.

Budget!

Damn, he almost forgot about this most critical place, which is the most important detail of the "Star Emperor 2" project.

I said it earlier.

"Star Emperor 2" is a game that many companies crowdfunded for Tianba Studio, with more than 400 million US dollars.

With so much money for a sequel, and it's not a triple-A game, it's definitely more than enough!

But what Chen Ba thought was not more than enough, but how much he could be greedy, and when the money was in his hands, he didn't want to go back.

"A little greed is not greedy!"

Chen Ba's eyes lit up and said, "Four hundred million dollars and one million should be enough for us to spend, right?" ”

Liu Jinfu: "......"

Xiao Lu couldn't listen to it anymore, rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Ba, don't go too far!" Corruption is not such that you are so corrupt, what can a million do? ”

400 million for only one million?

Brother Ba's whimsy almost burned Xiao Lu's brain CPU, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of it, one million can make this game?

"And how much do you think is appropriate?"

"How about 10 million, I'm talking about dollars!" Xiao Lu said after a while.

"That's too much......"

Chen Ba was still a little reluctant.

Ten million dollars is equivalent to tens of millions of soft sister coins, how can you be such a loser? He felt that one or two million soft girl coins was almost enough.

“…… It's not impossible! ”

Xiao Lu nodded first, then looked at Chen Ba and said meaningfully: "It's just that you are sure you want to be so greedy?" ”

Of the $400 million budget, only about 1% was used, and the rest was embezzled by Brother Ba.

If this matter gets out, those hardware manufacturers may have no opinion, after all, when they paid this money, they had already expected that Brother Ba would "cut corners".

But the shareholders and investors behind these companies are not so magnanimous, can they spare Brother Ba?

(End of chapter)