Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 297 201. Can you always trust Ishino Mika...?

This year is the first Tokyo Game Show.

As early as the Tokyo Toy Fair held two months ago, many people discovered the trick——

Because in the past Tokyo Toy Fair, there would be many games, game equipment, and game peripherals from many game manufacturers on display.

This time it’s extremely weird. Apart from games from Sega and Rentendo, and some sporadic small game companies, it’s hard to see anything else.

This weirdness was answered at the Tokyo Game Show in September.

Because video games are not willing to be classified under the category of toys, and now they want to be independent.

So this time the Tokyo Game Show was extremely popular. The number of players participating was not only from the Neon area, but also players from all over the country.

The total number exceeded 110,000 people in a single day.

The organizer, Electronic Entertainment Conference, did not expect such an unprecedented event. The number of people lining up stretched from the exhibition hall to the outside, and there was no end in sight.

Almost every gaming booth was packed with people, making it difficult to move.

This is beyond the usual situation of waiting for a roller coaster in Disney. Some people even wait for 5 or 6 hours without being able to experience their beloved games.

But under such circumstances, pokeni's side seemed unusually deserted.

It is an outlier in the entire game show, it seems so out of place.

Just because pokeni's booth is small and there is only one new game.

"I didn't expect that pokeni would only bring one game."

"And it's a galgame."

Although P Club started with galgame, the number of players who like galgame is still relatively small after all.

But this doesn’t mean that no one comes to patronize this game.

After all, P Club is a god in the field of galgame.

There are many established fan groups.

Therefore, compared to other exhibition areas, pokeni seems a little deserted, but there are still many players who are willing to experience this new game called "To the Moon".

Each player only has 5 minutes of experience time, and it is impossible to get what this game is about.

Especially the narrative mode in the early stage will only make players confused.

"What does this game mean?"

"I thought the car crash at the beginning would be some important foreshadowing, but what happened later seemed to have nothing to do with the hero and heroine."

Players thought that the male and female doctors from the first two institutes were the protagonists.

But in fact the protagonist is old John who is lying in bed dying today.

Who would have thought that a dying old man would be the protagonist of the story.

And after wandering around for a long time, no clues were found. Many players have almost finished the game by the time they get to this point, and may even feel that it is foggy and a little boring.

What’s a little bit comforting is——

This galgame called "To the Moon" has the same dreamy fairy tale style as the previous "Belt Man", coupled with beautiful music, it makes people feel soothed.

But that's all.

It’s really a bit difficult to have fun playing "To the Moon" in such a short period of time.

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All in all, the first Tokyo Game Show was very successful.

But pokeni was a failure.

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After the four-day Tokyo Game Show ended, many players have started discussing it in pokeni's official forum.

[Nenei, did anyone go to this year’s Tokyo Game Show? Did pokeni show any new games this time?

Anyone who knows can tell me? 】

[I haven’t been there either, but I’m really looking forward to it. 】

[Ah, my favorite pokeni, what kind of works can be exhibited in the exhibition? 】

[I remember last year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, pokeni brought "Diablo 2", right? 】

[Hmm, pokeni was so awesome last year, it made a splash in Europe and America. Diablo 2 alone was enough to cause a sensation. 】

Last year's pokeni not only exhibited Diablo 2 at the Chicago Electronics Show, but the game also successfully achieved a frightening sales of more than 3 million copies in Europe and the United States when it was released at the beginning of this year.

At the same time, Qing Zhiyuan also met Breivik at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago and acquired the condor company.

So although pokeni did not go to the new E3 electronics show in the United States this time, it was actually highly anticipated and highly anticipated at TGS.

This is especially true for fans of P Club.

Those who did not have the opportunity to go to the scene expressed great regret and regretted not being able to see the new work of P Agency this year.

But for those who went to the scene, it was a pity.

[Hey, forget it, I was the one who went to this year’s Tokyo Game Show and tried pokeni’s new game. 】Finally, a guy who was present at the scene posted a post below.

In this post, the player from Hokkaido said:

[I can only say that you are right not to go to the scene.

Because Paradox only provided a trial of one new game this year, I was very impressed, it was called "To the Moon"

It is a galgame that everyone can try for 5 minutes.

The 5-minute process actually doesn't feel like much.

I'll briefly talk about the part I played.

In fact, there is nothing to spoil, because I was completely confused during the 5 minutes of the game.

At the beginning, two doctors, a man and a woman, wearing white research uniforms, came to a house and accidentally drove their car into a tree.

Also killed a squirrel.

I thought this squirrel might cause a disaster or something, but judging from the subsequent content, it doesn’t seem like this is the setting.

There is an old man in the house who is dying, and the male and female doctors are here to enter his memory and fulfill the old man's wish.

But then, I have to look for clues and plot, and I almost stopped playing it here.

All in all, it was all foggy and nothing happened.

My personal evaluation is——

The painting style of the game is very good, it is the type of "Bedding Man" that I liked very much before.

The music is also very nice.

The whole game is pretty bland.

At least that's the case early on.

Entering memory modification may be a good and interesting point. I can't judge what other parts I haven't played later.

However, from an objective point of view, the painting style and music of this game are good, but the plot is slow. Only after playing it can you know whether it is a good game.

However, in terms of performance and playability, there is still a gap between other games I have experienced in the field.

Well, that's probably it.

Oh, yes, one more thing to add.

The producer of "To the Moon" is Mika Ishino.

It's the same one as "The Man in the Bed".

So there are actually a lot of similarities in terms of painting style and music effects.

Maybe with Ishino Mika's reputation, this game is worth looking forward to. 】

This guy actually said it very objectively. After all, it is a galgame, especially a plot-oriented galgame, which takes time to experience.

"To the Moon" is the best among these games.

If you don’t play to the end, you will feel a little [but that’s it] after playing the whole process.

Because it is very slow-burning and is a puzzle-type game, it needs to be peeled off layer by layer.

Even for people like CL or Quilt Man, there are a lot of explosive moments and tears in the early stages, and "To the Moon" is like inflating a balloon. You have to keep pumping it up until the moment it finally pops. Experience how wonderful it is.

"Huh? Is that really true? I was really looking forward to pokeni's new game, but after you said that, I was a little afraid to buy it."

"The guy upstairs has already said it quite objectively. I am also a player who participated in this Tokyo Game Show, and my personal experience is similar to his.

But, galgame is like this, it needs plot foreshadowing, so it’s hard to make an evaluation in 5 minutes. "

"But, I like "Belt Man" very much. If it is produced by Ishino Mika, it should be worth buying, right?"

"Yeah, it's possible."

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"To the Moon" has not been released yet, and it has not even been warmed up. However, after this Tokyo Game Show, players' evaluations have cast a heavy layer of fog on this game.

With such a small amount of popularity.

But overall it's negative.

One is that pokeni is not sincere, and the other is that the game "To the Moon" cannot be sustained at all and is not suitable for display at the Tokyo Game Show.

"I think it must be P's mistake this time. I chose galgame to participate in the exhibition. In fact, it naturally has certain disadvantages." A player named [Furuhara Chunqiu can't believe it] said:

"What galgame needs is foreshadowing and truth-revealing sessions that explode like bombs, or reversals in the plot. It requires a lot of plot advancement to establish characters, and these actually take time to experience.

The time on display at the Tokyo Game Show is really too short. "

"Yes, President Qing Zhiyuan really made a mistake. If P Company releases Diablo 3, or Pokémon 3D, or the sequel to The Witcher on TGS this time, these games will be The performance and first impression will be much better than galgame."

"That's right, if I were Qing Zhiyuan, I would definitely put the most important and heavyweight games on the exhibition."

"Is there a possibility that President Qing Zhiyuan wants to put those games that are more gameplay-oriented and allow players to experience the core gameplay at the first time to be displayed later to maintain some mystery?"

Qing Zhiyuan said you know nothing.

If I have a game with strong gameplay and expressiveness, can I not put it on the Tokyo Game Show?

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Fortunately, the release of Kyoto Animation's "Belt Boy" OVA in September slightly restored the decline of "To the Moon".

In the OVA of "Belt Man", Kyoto Animation produced a quite sweet story——

The quilt is still the same quilt, and the quilt is very conspicuous among the crowd. In the summer, it is so hot that I sweat.

The hedgehog is also the prickly one.

In the OVA, many interesting and funny, but extremely heartwarming stories were developed around the [special abilities] of both parties and the daily lives of some newly added [aphasic people].

With a total duration of 1 hour, it is already a very sincere work, comparable to animated movies.

I have to say that the production level of Kyoto Animation is really improving at a speed that is visible to the naked eye. The cartoons produced by Kyoto Animation a few years ago were quite rough. The only thing worthy of praise is their good storyboarding.

Now, in the OVA of "Belt Boy", Kyoto Animation has shown a delicate and beautiful picture quality. Many sub-shots can be called textbook level, beautiful and moving, coupled with the dreamy fairy tale style of "Belt Boy", it gives people a sense of A super visual enjoyment.

Many viewers even feel that this OVA is no worse than some animated movies.

In this OVA, the two people really come together, and they don't care or fear the eyes of others.

In the last part of the animation, the two people were sitting under the moonlight and shared a sweet kiss, which made countless viewers exclaim "I have no regrets in this life."

After watching the OVA of "Bedding Man", many players went to pokeni's "Bedding Man" section to fulfill their wishes:

"Wow, it's so sweet. Have you seen it? The latest OVA released by Kyoto Animation?"

"After watching it, the last scene really made me laugh out loud. You don't know how long I have been waiting for this ending."

"Ah, it's a good thing that Kyoto Animation made our dream come true. Otherwise, according to P Agency's inertia, they would never have been able to make such a happy ending."

"That's right, the last scene is so sweet, the big moonlight, the quilt and the hedgehog, it's really like a fairy tale."

"Yeah, I'm satisfied. Seeing this ending, I really have no regrets in this life."

"By the way, have you ever thought about whether the moon in the sky in the last scene has something to do with pokeni's new game?"

"Huh? Don't tell me, it's really possible. The new game is called "To the Moon", and the last scene of the man in bed shows the two of them sitting under the moonlight, looking up at the moon.

This should be considered an Easter egg planted by P Agency through Kyoto Animation, right? "

"It's possible. Could it be that "To the Moon" is a follow-up story to "The Man in the Quilt"?"

"Well, it's probably unlikely, because the male and female protagonists of Going to the Moon all have English names."

"Hey, that's weird."

"But no matter what, there must be some internal connection."

"They are both produced by the same producer, have the same style of painting and music, and both have Moonlight. Now I kind of want to buy "To the Moon"."

"I think it's okay. You don't have to believe Furuhara Chunqiu, and you don't have to believe Urobuchi Xuan, but you have to believe Ishino Mika.

At least judging from the games produced by Mika Ishino in recent years...

Mika Ishino is the most kind-hearted among the many producers at P Agency.

Although "The Man in the Bed" killed half of the people, at least the hero and heroine had a good and perfect ending in the end. Although they failed to become normal people, you can't say that this is not a different kind of beauty.

As for "CLANNAD" and "LIFE-LINE", which Mika Ishino is the main planner...

emmm…

I didn't say it. "

"Pfft...this sharp turn upstairs really caught people off guard."

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Qing Zhiyuan had already expected the comments from the players and was not panicked at all.

At least the OVA of "Bed Man" has pulled back the negative trend.

The performance of "To the Moon" after that will depend on how well Xuanfa does.

He is still full of confidence in the game itself.

This is a game that you either haven’t played before, but once you have played it, you can’t give a low score.

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There is another chapter tonight