Number One Game Designer

The applause was about to break, and Fang Xi took the stage, which triggered a bigger wave of applause and whistles.

The applause, cheers and whistles are partly because Fang Xi is the boss of Hongyi and one of the most famous game producers in the world.

On the other hand, Fang Xi came up dressed as an assassin.

Hood, bodysuit, chain belt, various small tool bags and hidden blades, this is a complete, armed to the teeth assassin costume. Fortunately, Fang Xi usually does fitness. Although he doesn't have abdominal muscles, at least he doesn't have fat on his lower abdomen, so he looks surprisingly handsome in this cosplay outfit that shows his figure.

Fang Xi's operation is not original. When "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess" was first released, the producer Shigeru Miyamoto also played with one hand holding a shield and the other holding a sword. The cosplayer protagonist Lin gram dress. However, Zelda had already achieved success at that time, so in order to avoid being sensationalized by the players, Fang Xi preemptively took the microphone first.

"Thank you, thank you." Fang Xi waved his hand in response: "Thank you for coming, so I specially invited the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra to play, I hope you like it."

The cheers rose again, Fang Xi's behavior let alone how the game was, at least the fans at the scene were well taken care of and comfortable!

"First of all, I don't want to make you feel grandstanding because of the existence of the Philharmonic Orchestra and my outfit, and give you the illusion that the quality of the game is not good, etc."

"Just like you, I really like the game "Assassin". This game is currently the best game made by Hongyi, and it is also the best artwork we have presented to you. So, this band, including I am not trying to make this game grandstanding."

"It's because it's destined to be a great game, and it deserves that treatment."

Fang Xi clarified the causal relationship in a few words, and then changed the subject:

"So, not only am I happy because of your arrival today, but you should also be happy because you can see this game."

There was a burst of good-natured laughter off the court, with cheers and encouragement in Chinese mixed with laughter, "Old Fang, I support you!"

Fang Xi smiled. It was only after he came to Los Angeles that he found out that the University of California near Los Angeles even had its own support club. According to them, it was because of Fang Xi's games that people in the Americas gradually became interested in oriental culture. , the number of applicants for the Chinese language elective course increased by 20% compared to last year.

Far away, let's talk about games first.

After the basic opening link is over, the next step is naturally the highlight of the display, the actual demonstration screen and the player trial link.

The actual demonstration session is essentially a trial video, similar to the first-person view of the anchor, which can intuitively let players understand the novice guide of the game, the requirements for configuration, and whether there are bugs, optimization, etc. small problems and so on.

In the last time and space, some game manufacturers also used this link to cheat money, a typical example is "No Man's Sky", which is almost likely to leave a name in history. Fang Xi remembers that the most recent example is probably EA's "Anthem", which is translated into Chinese as hymn.

This is a typical game that relies on demo videos to cheat and succeed.

It may not be right to say that it is successful, but it can only be said to be a partial success. In this game company, EA only showed the part they made, and used four-way Titan graphics cards with 4K resolution video. Then the recorded demo video is extremely beautiful, and every frame can be said to be at the wallpaper level.

Therefore, this game has always been among the best in the IGN survey at that time, and it is the most anticipated game of the year in North America.

After the results came out, there was an avalanche.

In the actual game, except for the previous demonstration part, the content of other parts can be summed up in two words: not done.

As for more content, the official only promised that it will be added soon, but it is not sure when it will be finished, until two chapters are added later, which ignites the players' hopes.

However, bugs are frequent and the degree of completion is extremely low. For a while, there was a lot of criticism on the Internet, and some players even expressed that they would sue EA for fraud in court.

And the final conclusion is that the player spends a first-line 3A masterpiece before buying a game that may be less than 1/4 complete, and basically can clear the task in less than 20 hours after getting it, and fall into a state of nothing to do. The wonderful online experience promised in advance has also become a joke: a player in the main line can be invincible in about ten hours, so why call another player over? Do you grab equipment and grab heads?

Although "No Man's Sky" and "Anthem" are two negative examples, they also gave Fang Xi a hint:

It is right to cover up the real machine well! To be honest, the shortcoming of Anthem and No Man's Sky is that they don't provide corresponding content, so as long as Fang Xi insists on not bragging, isn't it all right?

And let Fang Xi say which aspect of his game is the best, Fang Xi thinks it is the character's calculation system.

This is also the ratio that Fang Xi boasted last year. Specifically, he used his golden finger's invincible calculation system, and by referring to some data in reality, the Reaper server calculated a data world in the Warring States period, and these data are usually The cloud is stored in the Reaper server, and the player will perform real-time calculations during the game, and the player will read the pre-calculated data from Hongyi's Reaper server, and then build it on the computer in real time.

It is said to be high-end, but it is actually a bit similar to "cloud games", because this kind of calculation and simulation is impossible for the computer of an ordinary player in the world. If you want to do calculations, the CPU will probably blow up, which is not necessary. of.

Therefore, this game needs to be online all the way, because the data that has been calculated in the cloud needs to be used immediately. The advantage is that the performance optimization brought by it is very large. That is to say, the configuration requirements of this game are not high. To be honest If so, the requirements for the graphics card will be higher.

Fang Xi's strategy for publicizing this opportunity is called "The Twelve Hours of the Warring States Period".

Regarding the formulation of this strategy, we need to talk about the characteristics of the sandbox. What is the most interesting aspect of the sandbox? Of course it is the greatest freedom.

Sandbox means unlimited, you don't have to do tasks, you can choose your favorite place, choose your favorite way of entertainment, for example, you can be a person who executes justice, or you can be an evil thief , you can also choose to be an ordinary taxi driver, or just find a hill to watch the sunset quietly.

Under this premise, Fang Xi decided on this real machine promotion strategy, we will not show the players what kind of battles we can do, what kinds of dazzling systems.

Let's simply observe this world, this noisy world.