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The most important news at Cologne this time is about Dreambox3.

Unexpectedly, this time Jester not only gave a comprehensive introduction to Dreambox 3, but also displayed the most anticipated game in the world, announced his pictures, his battles, his name, and even made everyone The QTE mode that almost made people’s jaw drop.

To be honest, the implementation of QTE is not difficult.

At least in terms of technology, there is no difficulty. Isn't it just playing the pre-recorded short film in the game?

However, the contribution of creativity in games is here. It is not difficult to implement this technology, but it can be imagined that applying this technology to games and how to use it requires a very sharp mind and very keen insight. , as well as a deep understanding of the entire game industry, etc., it can be said that QTE is for any game company and for any game designer.

When I saw it for the first time, it felt like I had been taught a lesson and suddenly realized it.

Press conferences lasting more than two hours are very rare.

After the press conference, it was already very late, but the players who left the scene were so excited that they could not forget what they had just seen. Not only was it a game console that completely surpassed the PS2 and Sega Saturn in terms of performance, it also started from " It can be seen from the pictures displayed in "The Heroes" that Dreambox 3 is at least half a generation ahead of the other two consoles!

Moreover, what excited them even more was "The Hero".

This game really completely subverted their three views. For the first time, they knew that the game could be made to be so perfect.

It did not live up to their ardent expectations for the past five years at all.

They can't wait to play this game now. They can't wait. Unfortunately, they have to wait until the end of the year. Jester announced the release time of Dreambox 3 in December this year, and "The Heroes" It will also serve as a launch game for many. They appeared together, and Jester specifically said that "Heroes" is just one of the many launch games.

And there will be a lot of launch games. They are all very good games, not just those from Mars Entertainment, but also those from third parties.

I am not very interested in third-party players.

But the gaming press is interested.

Although they have guessed that the third party in Jester's mouth is Capcom, they themselves, including Mars Entertainment, have not revealed what Capcom's game is. However, according to a person who resigned from Capcom, Capcom received a lot of technical support from Mars Entertainment in terms of technology for this game.

Solve their inexperience in 3D game development.

This is a development team of more than thirty people.

They even include a small team with extensive experience in 3D engine development.

It is for this reason that Capcom agreed to develop this game and the next two sequels as exclusive games for Mars Entertainment's Dreambox 3.

However, the person who resigned from Capcom did not elaborate on the type of this game. He just said that this is a very unique game. The idea was originally proposed by Mr. Shinji Mikami. After communicating with Jester Lee of Mars Entertainment and asking for technical assistance from Mars Entertainment, Jester was also very interested in this game.

Therefore, Shinji Mikami rushed to Los Angeles specifically to have a long conversation with Jester Lee about this game.

Two days later, after Shinji Mikami returned to Japan from Los Angeles, he immediately scrapped most of the previously completed development plan and redesigned the game from the ground up.

Even Shinji Mikami mentioned it more than once.

Jester Lee. He is the genius with the most understanding of the game that he has seen so far. The gap between anyone else and him is incredible.

It can be seen from this. For this game, Shinji Mikami must have been greatly inspired by Jester Lee.

However, although the former Capcom employee said a lot, he did not say the name of the game or the type of the game. He only said that this game is Capcom's largest investment since its creation. It is also the most ambitious game.

However, in the end, the Capcom employee revealed that the film rights to the game were also bought by a film production company under Mars Entertainment.

This is not surprising to the major media.

Transforming some well-known games into movies is something Mars Entertainment has been doing over the years. This is why their film production company can survive in the fiercely competitive Hollywood, although the box office of these movies is generally not It’s too high, but because it has a group of die-hard fans, they are also very attentive to the production of the movie.

Therefore, the box office has been tepid.

After the players returned home or returned to the rented hotel, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep.

In fact, the editors of the media were too excited to sleep.

They think differently from the players. They are busy writing out their manuscripts at night, and then send them to their headquarters via email.

There was too much information at the press conference today.

And they need to choose the content this time. The most important news must be written into an article first and published in major newspapers and magazines. As for the entire content, the magazine can publish a special issue, and Mars Entertainment’s new The console and the game that has been anticipated for five years are announced for the first time, and it deserves a special issue of the magazine.

During the demonstration, Mars Entertainment prohibits video recording and photography.

Photography is only allowed when Dreambox3 is on display. Therefore, Mars Entertainment dare not say that no one took photos or videos during the demonstration of "Heroes".

But no media dared to openly publish or report it.

Because the words given by Mars Entertainment this time are very harsh. If anyone violates the rules, just think about the fate of FAMI.

Anyone who works in the game media knows about FAMItsu.

At the beginning, because the competition between Mars Entertainment and Nintendo was intensifying, their media outlets were disparaging each other, but they were still below a certain bottom line. As a result, FAMI News openly violated the confidentiality agreement signed with Mars Entertainment and announced it in advance. He released the content of the new FF game that will be released and greatly disparaged the game.

This completely annoyed Mars Entertainment.

The ban on FAMI Pass was immediately announced. The content of the ban is very simple, that is, the company's employees are prohibited from accepting interviews with FAMI, and they even conduct a comprehensive review of the content related to themselves reported by FAMI.

If you are not careful, you will sue immediately.

This incident greatly damaged FAMI Tong's vitality. Fortunately, their main base was in Japan, where Nintendo was absolutely strong at the time. However, their president made a special trip to Los Angeles to apologize and guarantee. It was done by temporary workers, and it lasted for almost a year before Mars Entertainment ended the ban on FAMI.

Magazines certainly cannot be that timely and their release requires a specific amount of time.

Even if there is a supplement, it cannot be obtained on the same day.

Dreambox 3 deserves a supplement though.

However, some news programs about games are very time-sensitive, on the morning after the Mars Entertainment press conference at the Cologne Exhibition.

A game show broadcast in the morning in the United States reported on the press conference held by Mars Entertainment the day before the Cologne Exhibition. This program is quite famous. It is usually broadcast in the time between eating in the morning and students going out to school. . Many students will watch this program when they get up and eat. They often introduce some news in the gaming industry and tips for clearing some games.

The famous fan JAMES mentioned it more than once in his videos that this was his favorite TV show at the time.

In this game show, there is a special report on Dreambox 3, and of course, Jester’s new game called "The Hero".

The host used various exaggerated words to describe Dreambox 3, the dual handles, especially the asymmetric handles with a unique sense of beauty. It has attracted the attention of many players, who have never seen such an asymmetric handle.

More important is the news about "The Hero".

Although Mars Entertainment prohibits the video recording of the gameplay clips of "The Hero" they demonstrated on the spot for public broadcast.

But they did provide a few screenshots of the game.

That kind of exquisite modeling, gorgeous light and shadow, when it appears on the TV screen. It immediately attracted the attention of all the players. In addition, the supporter's tone of praise for this game, and the modifications using all the adjectives invented by mankind, also let the players know, What a great game this is.

If the game hadn't been so good that the reporters who saw it had lost their minds, they wouldn't have used this wording to express how great the game was.

The players are naturally itchy to be provoked by the hosts of these game shows.

But there is no way. Just relying on description, they still couldn't construct a clear image in their minds.

For example, the host said that when he first saw Jester demonstrating the QTE effect live, his jaw almost dropped in surprise, but there was no actual video, just a few screenshots, they basically There is no way to make a reasonable association.

There is another very important news.

This is what Jester said about his next new game. Reminiscent of what he said at the press conference, any designer will become more ambitious after completing the design of a game and will think In order to design a more outstanding game, if "Gallant" is really so bad as these media say, then these players really can't imagine what other games will be Jester's next goal.

He has developed a simulated world, and there is nothing beyond this.

News from other companies at Cologne was generally good.

Only the announcements of Mars Entertainment's Dreambox 3 and "Heroes" attracted everyone's attention, and the number of exhibitors and the number of exhibitors at Cologne also hit a new high.

During this period of time, especially on the Internet, the discussion about Dreambox 3 and "The Hero" has become more and more intense.

Many people who attended the Cologne exhibition and attended the Mars Entertainment press conference spoke particularly highly of Dreambox 3 and "The Hero". Many people even directly asserted that although Mars Entertainment was a year late, the competition for the console generation this time, It will still end with their victory.

The reason is simple.

Whether it's Dreambox 3 or the already announced "Heroes".

They are completely different from the games on PS2 or Sega Saturn.

This is not a fair competition at all.

Although many supporters of these two companies do not believe it because they have not seen with their own eyes what Mars Entertainment demonstrated at the press conference.

Anshi, almost all the media, and all the players who participated in this press conference agreed with this argument, and they couldn't help but believe it. The most important thing is that since the end of the Mars Entertainment press conference at the Cologne Exhibition, Sony and Sega seems to have lost its collective voice.

They didn't say anything about the outside world's negative comments about them.

After that, a piece of news suddenly came out that shocked people even more. It came from Sony.

Less than half a year after the PS2 was released, Sony Computer Entertainment suddenly established a hardware development team again.

The scale of this team is huge, not inferior to their previous PS2 team.

Although Sony has not explained to the public what this newly formed team will do, many players have vaguely guessed that it is very likely that it is the PS3 development team.

However, they were immediately frightened by their guess.

You know, the PS2 has only been released for more than half a year!

In this case, the PS3 development team was established. Isn't this a disguised explanation that they are already very optimistic about the prospects of the PS2?

However, when many media speculated this way, Sony came out to refute the rumors.

They said that the establishment of this hardware team has no necessary connection with the development of PS series consoles. It is just a new project of the company. As for whether PS2 has no future, it is useless to rely on it. It depends on the final result. Look at sales.

The performance of Dreambox3 is indeed excellent.

But the problem is that at the Cologne Show, Mars Entertainment has never announced the price of Dreambox 3! (~^~)