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The popularity of "Watch Dogs" has surprised all game manufacturers, the media, and even players.

In the major game communities and video sites, the content about "Watch Dogs" has already shown a massacre.

When it was released, although many people were optimistic about it, most of them just thought it was a game with a hacker skin.

In essence, the set itself is based on the most famous urban-themed open world game "GTA" under Nebula Games as a template.

After all, this situation is not unimaginable for major game manufacturers.

"Watch Dogs" is Nebula Games' first open world game on the VR platform, and the timing of its appearance is also very ingenious.

That is bound to be an instant hit, and the most outstanding point in the VR mode is the sense of immersion.

The content known to the player is the easiest to obtain an immersive experience.

For example, there are so many themes in the open world, why did the original Apex and the previous UEgame all choose to use the modern city as the background?

Instead of choosing magic or some other themes?

The purpose is to allow players to better immerse themselves in the background of the game.

So when Nebula Games announced the theme of "Watch Dogs", most of the game manufacturers, even players, first thought of "GTA".

After all, as soon as this game is discounted, it occupies the top spot on the best-selling list, or the top three games, which is really representative.

You have no idea who is still buying a game that's been out for so long.

As the first open world game of Xingyun Games on the VR platform, it is also an urban theme.

Basically, many manufacturers have already defaulted, maybe this is a reskinned game of "GTA" made by Nebula Games.

It's just putting on a hacker's skin.

As for why not "GTA"?

After all, the title of "GTA" is placed here. If the VR version is transplanted or continued,

That was definitely a hit.

But this is considering that this is the first time that Nebula Games has produced an open world game on the VR platform. Games such as The Last of Us have already proved the strength of Nebula Games.

But what if we encounter Waterloo? After all, Nebula Games has never developed an open world game on the VR platform.

And in terms of cost and follow-up impact, if "GTA" succeeds, then everyone will be happy, but if it fails, then the loss to Nebula Games will be great.

Let’s not talk about the cost. For the current Nebula game foundation, the cost is nothing to be honest, but the key point is that it has too much impact on the IP of “GTA”.

Therefore, most game manufacturers feel that "Watch Dogs" may be a trial and error of Nebula Games, which is used to accumulate development experience on the follow-up "GTA" series on the VR platform.

This situation is basically a very common behavior, and the gameplay and mode of the entire game should be no different from "GTA".

The main purpose is to accumulate experience in open world game development for Xingyun Games on the VR platform, as well as an experimental field-style game related to trial and error.

But I never expected that there are indeed many elements similar to "GTA".

For example, the plot promotion of the game is a one-way linear mode, and the main drive of the game is also based on exploratory drive.

But as soon as the game was launched, many people were shocked. This is not a simple "GTA" game with a layer of hacker skin at all.

Judging from some content released by major game live streaming sites and video sites, the core gameplay of this game is completely different from "GTA"!

In "GTA", players can experience shooting, drag racing, flying airplanes, yachts, triathlons, and playing cards in a realistic way, which is also one of the important selling points of the game.

The same is true for "Watch Dogs", which contains many unique mini-games, but on the core gameplay.

Yang Chen and the team of Xingyun Games have made a lot of changes from the "Watch Dogs" in the memory of the dream.

In fact, "Watch Dogs" is a bit embarrassing in dream memory. The plot of the first generation is very good. The role of Aiden Pierce is shown in front of the players, and this role also has a very high popularity.

But in terms of gameplay, it's a bit behind, it's not that it's not good enough, but compared to his promotional content, it seems to have shrunk a little bit, coupled with optimization and screen problems, this also led to " Watch Dogs has the title of a shrinking dog.

By the time of the second generation, "Watch Dogs" has evolved more and more complete. Compared with the uncool gameplay in the first generation, various small games in the game, coupled with special hacking abilities, can Said it was much more interesting.

But there is also another shortcoming, that is, compared with the plot of the first generation, the plot of the second generation is a bit hip again, and the interspersed chaos of various branch lines and main lines, but it gives players the impression that it is not as good as the original Aiden Pierce's revenge. Impressed by the tour.

Yang Chen and the team have also put in a lot of effort on this, that is to let players feel the presence of hacking skills in the game.

Especially with the unique immersive experience of the VR mode, the player's experience is completely different.

For example, in the game, Yang Chen and his team also added many more interesting mini-games.

Driving a sports car for a race, and when you are behind, use your own hacking ability to quietly seek convenience for yourself, such as lowering the lifting lever of a certain road section to block this road section.

Enter the casino to have a big gamble, and when you lose a lot, you can hack into the camera of the casino to know the size of the cards in other people's hands, and use cheating methods to become a gambler who will win every gamble.

In addition, just like "GTA", Yang Chen and his team have created a sufficiently real and vivid free world in Chicago in the world of "Watch Dogs".

And this is also the most important content of the open world. After all, the real core of open world games lies in: the world.

Even in "Watch Dogs", Yang Chen and the others tried to use some special AI technology, so that players can better feel the freshness and reality of the city of Chicago.