Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 166 70. It’s useless to regret after missing out.

"Oh! So that's it, I finally figured it out."

Little HR Akane Ayase sighed as she held the new magazine of Goleton, and then she raised her head and looked at the president as if she suddenly realized something.

"I thought it was just a simple story about the war of hatred between humans and vampires, but there is such a profound interpretation in it?"

Qing Zhiyuan rolled his eyes at her.

"Is this your first day working at pokeni?"

"President! Although it's not my first day working at pokeni, I'm not a member of the "The Witcher" project team either. How did I know that Wada-san thought so much when writing the script?"

"Hmm...Looking at it this way, it's actually a pretty deep story. But Wada-san should do some self-examination. He couldn't express it in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and there were doubts in the middle that made the players feel that the twist was abrupt. This Shouldn’t we give Wada-san a beating first?”

Tsk tsk.

Qing Zhiyuan gritted his teeth. Little HR's talkative skills were getting better and better.

Although there is a lot of content about exploitation and oppression written in this player column of Goletong, it also resonates with many people.

But the result is just more resonance and thinking.

Even if you can empathize, a game is a game, and no one should start an anti-exploitation campaign just because they played "The Witcher."

In fact, these contents are not so restrictive. For neon media, almost anything can be reported, and expressing one's own opinions and tendencies is the first priority.

For example, in an episode of the future "Detective Conan", Ai Haihara made a complaint like this: "The son of a congressman is still a congressman, and the son of a banker is still a banker. Neon is such a country.

It is really an ugly hereditary system. With such an ugly hereditary system, human history is constantly repeating itself. "

The solidification of classes is an old problem of Neon, and it can also be criticized outright in cartoons.

And it's much more straightforward than "The Witcher" wants to express.

I have to say that Aoyama is really a cartoonist with little pink ideas. In his works, [President] is a high-risk profession.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this.

Damn it... Fortunately, there is no Conan yet, otherwise I don't know if the club members will learn any terrible ways to deal with the president from it.

…

In short, Neon has many works that profoundly expose the dark side of society.

But after everyone reads it, no one will want to oppose this system, make any changes, and have no ability to change it.

To some extent, this also reflects some of the characteristics of the Neon nation.

The greatest quality is obedience.

If we use demon hunters as an example, they are blood donors who are used to being squeezed by the vampires and living in the territory of the vampires.

However, the fact that the work dares to express and express these contents in its own way is worthy of recognition in itself.

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"Huh? Is that so?"

At the same time, several editors at Famiton had similar reactions.

Editor Chang Hamada was actually extremely shocked inside, but he was too embarrassed to express it. 0

In fact, we only realized that the game has a deeper expression after reading the player analysis of Guoletong...

How could such words be said?

And you can’t admit it, okay?

"Well~ Actually, I've noticed it a long time ago. From this point of view, the depth of the plot of "The Witcher" is not bad." Editor Sano said shamelessly.

Others couldn't help but turn around and look at him with contempt.

So Sano quickly lowered his head.

"Well... on the surface, the war between vampires and humans has ups and downs, and twists and turns. Deep down, pokeni ruthlessly criticizes the exploiters, leaving the player with the choice of destruction, forgiveness, or joining.

"The Witcher" is really an interesting game. "

"Games are also a tool for expressing thoughts, but I think the depth is enough. Gen Urobuchi's script processing is still a bit flawed. It's hard to give it a high score, right?"

"..."

Several editors were discussing seriously.

In fact, if you hadn’t seen the contents of today’s issue of Goletong magazine, this discussion might have ceased to exist.

Hamada held his hands beside him and smiled without saying a word, saying, that is your business.

What I want is your judgment, nothing more.

"However, I hope you are not affected, otherwise it will be impossible to make a fair judgment."

"Yes, editor-in-chief." Several people responded in unison.

"Okay, let's go get busy." Hamada waved his hand and returned to his workstation.

…

Two weeks later, in the latest issue of Famiton, Pokeni's new work "The Witcher" was given a high score of 36 points.

The Witcher has also become pokeni’s fourth game to be selected for the Platinum Hall of Fame.

The first three are Onmyoji 1+2 and Diablo.

Yes, although the visual novel type galgame developed by pokeni has a very high reputation in the industry, especially "Reverse Degree Man" was once called a masterpiece, but Famitsu did not let them be selected into the Platinum Hall. , there is only one reason——

Not enough gameplay.

As for Pokémon, it is very topical and popular, and the sales volume is even more frightening, but it is still ruthlessly deducted by the editors of Famitsu in terms of gameplay and creativity.

These guys are so [tough]!

However, Famiton’s scoring has often led to criticism and questioning from players——

We all agree that points will be deducted if you think the gameplay is not enough, but it is useless to make other parts reach the ceiling. Is this the way Famiton scores?

The release of "The Witcher" this time finally made the editors of Famicom breathe a sigh of relief. At least this game can be said to be quite remarkable in terms of gameplay. It shines brilliantly and can leave a mark in the history of games. That type.

The evaluations of the four editors were surprisingly consistent.

"The Witcher" has been highly praised for its gameplay and expressiveness. There is no problem with a perfect score, and in this era there is no action game that can compete with it.

“If Diablo ushered in a new era of gaming and created a new genre of top-down plane real-time braking.

Then "The Witcher" has once again raised this genre to a level that no one has reached. "

“I have to say, this is a masterpiece with some flaws.

Its combat mechanism and performance are so good that it has to be given a high score.

To this day, I still love this game. "

There are flaws in the scripting, but fortunately the content is in-depth, and several of the endings are quite exciting and thought-provoking...

So in the end, the editors gave it a high score of 9 points.

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With "The Witcher" being selected into the Famitone Platinum Hall, the future of this game has basically become clear.

Subsequent sales continued to rise, and I still had to play this game even if it was just for [a super-class, unparalleled, world-class action RPG].

The influence of Guolatong is also very great now. With the dual blessing of it and Famiton, players have regained their confidence in "The Witcher".

By the end of July, sales of "The Witcher" had reached an astonishing 400,000.

Hattori Hiroyuki's mood during this period was like riding a roller coaster.

At first, the sales of the game "The Witcher" were stagnant, then they moved like a tortoise, and then suddenly jumped forward.

Then it stopped moving again...

Then sales suddenly skyrocketed, and the whole process was so twists and turns that Hiroyuki Hattori didn't dare to look at the sales growth line. Just thinking about it felt extremely exciting.

Others either died violently and lay flat in a straight line.

Or just go in a parabola.

The pokeni game is really good, it jumps up and down, making your heart beat wildly, like riding a roller coaster.

If you don't have a heart attack, you will almost get a heart attack.

"Damn, Qing Zhiyuan does this every time, who's heart can bear it?" Hattori lit a cigarette for himself to calm down his shock.

Secretary Fujiki, who was standing by, pursed her lips and smiled.

"I think you, the president, are the one with the real big heart and courage. Being able to support pokeni unswervingly shows that you, the president, have great confidence in them."

"I……"

It's hard to say whether you have confidence or not.

So far, Hattori Hiroyuki feels that throwing trash cans as a way of praying is the biggest truth in the world.

But then again.

pokeni is really a weird company.

It is an incredible thing to be able to turn the gaming world upside down, to trigger two extreme evaluations from players after its release, and to be selected into the Platinum Hall in the end.

But if you recall carefully, most of pokeni's games so far seem to have this kind of magic.

It was like a ghost.

At this moment, President Hattori’s fingers holding the cigarette suddenly trembled.

The ash fell onto his pants.

"Ah~ Yabai~"

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"Eh~ pokeni, this new producer named Shinji Mikami is okay..." Capcom's president Kenzo Tsujimoto said that pokeni would be re-evaluated.

I originally thought that without Furuan Chunqiu, Pokeni would only have Qing Jiyuan as the president and producer. Moreover, Qing Zhiyuan's production level really fluctuated, making it difficult for people to have a sense of trust.

When the level is high, you can continuously produce million-level works such as "Diablo" and "Pokémon".

When the level is low, "Prestigious Academy" is simply too bleak to watch.

To be honest, if it weren't for the popularity of pokeni's games later, Tsujimoto Kenzo wouldn't have paid special attention to their history and noticed the game Meister Academy.

The playability of the game itself is actually pretty good, but it’s a pity that it wasn’t released in the right era.

Maybe if I publish it again in a few years, it will look completely different.

In short, under such circumstances, Tsujimoto Kenzo can hardly believe that pokeni can still make a high-level game like "The Witcher".

But in fact, after he personally experienced it, he had to say that he was really impressed by it.

He was impressed by the newcomer Shinji Mikami.

Just as he was flipping through the "The Witcher" cassette, the company's HR, Inoue Hinata, knocked on the door and walked in.

He placed a document on the president's desk, "President, these are the positions and number of people expected to be recruited by each department this year. Please take a look."

"Okay." Tsujimoto Kenzo nodded, "Let's leave it for now. I'll tell you after reading it."

It can be said that Tsujimoto Kenzo has been extremely busy during this period of time.

1993 was definitely an extraordinary year for Capcom.

First of all, in March, Yoko Shimomura, a very talented music composer in the company, was poached by pokeni.

But Tsujimoto Kenzo didn’t take this matter too seriously. It was a sure thing to leave the village. If he didn’t go to Pokeni, he would go to Square. But what puzzled Tsujimoto Kenzo was——

In the end, this guy actually chose pokeni, which is smaller in fame and size.

It can only be said that Shimomura is really a very thoughtful and ambitious woman.

Since I can't keep him, there's nothing to regret.

Then, Capcom will be listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange in August.

Going public is a top priority for any company, equivalent to the first marriage in life.

Whether the marriage is good or not, and what the future holds, all depends on this time.

In order to successfully launch, Capcom has been preparing for more than a year.

Last year's SFC version of "Street Fighter II" achieved a very high porting level even though it only used one-third of the capacity of the arcade version.

This work has achieved an astonishing cumulative sales of 2.88 million copies in Neon's home country, and the total global sales have exceeded 6.3 million copies.

This is not only Capcom's most outstanding home console software to date, but also an insurmountable milestone in the fighting game genre.

During the Christmas business war in 1992 alone, 2 million units were successfully shipped.

Capcom itself also experienced the joy of an unprecedented harvest. In just four months in the second half of 1992, it issued three consecutive upward revision reports. The net profit for the period hit a record of more than 15 billion yen.

It was under such circumstances that Capcom successfully ushered in the opportunity to go public this year.

Now, there are less than two weeks left before the launch.

There is another thing that makes Kenzo Tsujimoto have trouble sleeping recently. After Capcom's Street Fighter 2 became popular, many competing imitators emerged on the market.

The level of plagiarism in some of these games has reached an outrageous level, which has had a serious impact on Capcom's further development of the fighting game market.

Therefore, Capcom launched a lawsuit against DATAEAST last month, requesting a global ban on the sales of the company's fighting game "Fighter History" on the grounds that the game completely imitated and plagiarized the company's "Street Fighter II".

The other party did not show any weakness and instead accused Capcom of completely plagiarizing the "Street Fighter" series from their work "Fighting Karate".

This lawsuit seems to be going on for a long time, and just thinking about Kenzo Tsujimoto gives me a headache.

But if they are not suppressed, Street Fighter will be finished. If it is copied by others in the future and the market space is squeezed, Capcom will not be able to gain a foothold at all.

Seeing the tired look on the president's face, Inoue Hinata was about to leave, but he immediately noticed the "The Witcher" cassette in the president's hand.

"Shinji Mikami? I seem to have some impression of this name."

"Um?"

"That...it might be inappropriate to say it now,"

Inoue Youhei looked embarrassed and felt deeply sorry for his reckless remarks just now. However, under the gaze of the president, he still said bravely, "A few years ago, when I was just an ordinary HR in the company. , I once interviewed Mikami.”

"Huh?!" Tsujimoto Kenzo was shocked.

Inoue Hinata frowned helplessly.

But this guy was a mess in his written examination. Who would have thought that he would later make such a good work as "The Witcher"?

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