We promised to make a bad game, what the hell is Titanfall?

Chapter 62 Thoughts on the second generation FPS!

#《火线 shuttle》The second anniversary of logging into the somatosensory cabin, today’s event starts#

#云伟announces that it will join forces with Vivendi’s Spitfire Bird Studio to create the most powerful FPS in the somatosensory cabin era#

#点石游戏 Announces Delay of "Heavy Assault"#

#"Gun Gun War Chronicles 2" announced that the preliminary work has been completed#

#圣图Studio releases the promotional video for "Outpost 3"#

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In the office of the Golden Wind game director, Gu Sheng was leaning on his chair, turning the mouse wheel in his hand, watching the messages scrolling across the screen.

Yes.

Recently he has been paying attention to the shooting game market.

From the PC side to the somatosensory cabin side, shooting games have always been a hot game type in the market.

He knows that Golden Wind will eventually enter the popular game category and compete with major domestic and even global game manufacturers.

Therefore, it is important to plan ahead.

Through recent research, Gu Sheng discovered that the shooting game market in this world is diverse.

There are first-person ones, third-person ones, stand-alone ones and online ones, modern ones and future ones, realistic ones and fantasy ones.

However, it seems to be the same as a horror game.

The essence of shooting games is also very similar.

In terms of stand-alone games, the protagonist goes through levels and kills enemies to complete the plot. The whole process is a rush, and at best he can only use a knife.

The most recent idea that can be called a design innovation was the bullet time setting in "Max Payne" which was very popular on the PC twenty years ago.

As for multiplayer online play, it's even more solid.

Foreign games tend to focus on team competition. You beat me and I beat you. Compete with who has more kills and who has more points.

Domestic games tend to focus on demolition competitions, bomb disassembly and defense exchanges, and police and robber games.

and!

To this day, no "second-generation FPS" has appeared in either the somatosensory cabin or other game ports.

The so-called "second generation FPS" means to make all the settings in the game as close to reality as possible while ensuring that the entertainment of the shooting game remains unchanged.

For example, in the second-generation FPS, you no longer need a virtual sight, but a gun to lock the target through the weapon's mechanical sight or optical sight.

Another example is that in the second-generation FPS, you no longer have a fixed 100 points of blood volume, but use dynamic blood volume to determine the character's health status based on game feedback.

Of course, there has never been a particularly clear definition to distinguish between the first generation and the second generation.

If we use Gu Sheng’s previous games as examples, CS is a standard first-generation FPS, and COD is a standard second-generation FPS.

But in this world, there is no Call of Duty and no Battlefield.

Perhaps due to the success of the first-generation FPS settings, virtual crosshairs are still very popular in today’s shooting game market.

It seems that the only thing that is slightly closer to the second-generation FPS is the secondary aiming state of the XM8 gun in "FireWire".

Major manufacturers seem not to pay much attention to the issue of "shooting form".

Manufacturers who produce stand-alone games pay more attention to how to make the game plot more exciting and the special effects more cool.

The manufacturers of online confrontation put more emphasis on competitive confrontation and continue to work hard on feel adjustment.

Oh, by the way, of course there are some manufacturers who don't care about these at all and just focus on producing 888 hero-level weapons and lottery wheels.

Maybe given time, people will finally develop the second-generation FPS model.

After all, with the popularity of somatosensory cabins increasing day by day, there will always be people who think of this game mode.

But not yet.

Gu Sheng is ready to be the first to eat crabs.

Or let’s make the title a bit cooler – becoming the father of the “second-generation FPS”.

To get the title of "Father of XXX", the prerequisite is to have outstanding contributions in this field and to have a pioneering benchmark work!

So, Gu Sheng immediately focused on the "Call of Duty Modern Warfare Trilogy"!

Xiaoqiang, Soap, Ghost, Makarov, the unlucky civilians at Mosco Airport...

The heroic and epic tragic plot not only gave the COD series a foothold, but also made it a benchmark for the stand-alone plots of many second-generation FPS games in the future.

but.

Gu Sheng only took one look and then gave up.

The fucking trilogy is sold in a bundle, requiring five million emotional points!!!

As a result, Gu Sheng retreated to the next best thing and turned his attention to its old enemy - "Titanfall 2"

The same heroic epic, the same tragic ending.

In fact, because the plot at the end is so shocking, it has a greater impact on players than Modern Warfare!

Then.

Gu Sheng just glanced at it again and gave up for the time being.

A million fucking emotions!!!

Not counting the multiplayer mode!!!

Gu Sheng was speechless!

No...the game is only six hours long, and you want to sell me one million emotional points?

College students only make 50,000 yuan a month! They are fair-skinned, beautiful and have long legs!

Originally, he thought that his phobia had brought him nearly 100,000 emotional points a month, which was already very impressive.

But after looking at these two fathers, I still felt sincerely that I felt powerless and powerless.

It seems... I still have a long way to go before reaching the second-generation FPS benchmark...

At this moment.

There were two gentle knocks at the office door.

Tuk Tuk——

Turning around, he saw Lu Bian leaning against the door frame in a very arrogant posture:

"Lao Gu, I brought two more pieces of news."

"...Are you Yu Zecheng? Why do you always hear from me?"

Gu Sheng lifted his shoulders and leaned back on the boss's chair:

"Agent Lu, what's the news today? It's the same as before, one is good and the other is bad?"

"Well……"

Lu Bian walked into the office, poured himself a glass of water and sat on the sofa:

"I let you down."

"What the hell?"

Gu Sheng was shocked:

"Two pieces of bad news?"

"no,"

Lu Bian waved his hand and took a drink of water:

"Two pieces of good news."

"Your context..." Gu Sheng complained a little bit about Lu Bian's Chinese proficiency: "What good news."

"The first good news is that our single-month sales results for "Phobia" are out,"

Lu Bian said:

"After 55,000 copies in a single week, our sales showed no signs of slowing down at all. We were so furious all the way that the horror game area was littered with corpses and blood!"

"It has topped the sales list of horror games for four consecutive weeks, with a monthly revenue of 13.56 million. Excluding commissions and costs, the net profit is 8.85 million!"

Eight million in a single month!

For a somatosensory cabin horror game that cost just two million to achieve this result is simply legendary.

Moreover, generally speaking, game sales will decline after the first week, showing signs of weakness.

But "Phobia" is different. Its sales are like those of high school students in their 16s and 17s. It is literally harder than diamonds and will continue to flourish.

Good news indeed.

Gu Sheng nodded.

A net profit of more than 8 million yuan, plus miscellaneous income from several other games.

Before the next project is launched, there will be tens of millions of funds for him to spend... on production.

People really can't live in their comfort zone for long.

Gu Sheng thought secretly.

Because the comfort zone is so damn comfortable.

It’s great to have no financial constraints and spend as much money as you want without having to worry about it.

For this reason alone, Golden Wind is expected to surpass Ayu, who he served in his previous life.

After all, Ayu even replaced the server with potatoes.

"What about the other good news?"

Gu Sheng then asked.

"The other one is an invitation. Take a look."

As he spoke, Lu Bian took out a letter from his conference book and handed it to Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng unfolded the invitation letter and saw it said——

[At the request of the General Administration of Culture, in order to further promote the progress of China’s game industry, realize resource exchange and sharing, and accelerate the development of my country’s entertainment industry]

[China International Digital Entertainment Electronics Association, together with a number of game media, now sincerely invites your company to participate in the "10th Game Industry (Somatosensory Cabin) Development and Design Media Conference"...]

"Holy crap, China Entertainment Television invites us?"

After reading the invitation letter, Gu Sheng was a little surprised:

"Are we already able to reach this level?"

As the largest non-profit semi-official and semi-private organization in China, China Entertainment Electronics is the well-deserved leading organization in the domestic gaming industry.

As far as Gu Sheng knows.

Every year, China Entertainment Electronics holds four game development media conferences in quarters in the order of "motion sensor, PC, mobile phone, comprehensive".

The first is to provide a publicity and communication platform for game developers.

Secondly, it is also to prepare for the annual "China International Digital Interactive Entertainment Exhibition (Chinajoy)".

Yes, there is a CJ Exhibition in this world.

But it is different from Gu Sheng’s previous life where the CJ exhibition was in a mess and was getting worse and worse.

The CJ of this world is one of the four major game exhibitions in the world, along with "Gamescom", "Neon Game Festival" and "E3 International Game Show"!

It can even be said that if a game can be a big hit on CJ.

Then you will definitely be able to find this game among the "Three World Game Awards"!

And if you want to enter the international game market, compete with those established super game companies!

Huayu Electronic Development Media Conference is the first step!

The reason why Gu Sheng was surprised was that he never expected that Golden Wind, a game developer that had only been established for less than a year, would actually be eligible for invitation!

So awesome...

Gu Sheng muttered secretly.

Why do I feel like the male protagonists in those urban cool novels have such a smooth journey.

But yes, I have a system.

If I were to be written by any author, I might actually be the protagonist of a novel.

Thinking of this, Gu Sheng laughed secretly, feeling that his idea was a bit nonsensical.

"This is a good opportunity,"

Lu Bian saw Gu Sheng nodding his head and said:

"If we can really get attention and coverage from this media conference,"

"That means we have established a firm foothold in the gaming platform category of somatosensory cabins."

A development media conference can allow developers to gain a firm foothold in a category.

At first glance, this seems a bit incredible.

But in fact, Gu Sheng knew that Lu Bian's words were not exaggerated at all.

The magnitude of Huayidian is here, it has this energy.

But the problem is...

Gu Sheng's frown deepened.

This time is a bit awkward...

no doubt!

This is a great opportunity to try the second-generation FPS game mode!

Because Huayu Electronics’ influence is huge enough!

Once this mode attracts the attention of the media at the exhibition, it will definitely be a big boost for their future shooting game works!

Once a year! Don’t miss this opportunity!

But the problem is that both COD and TTF are beyond the reach of Golden Wind and Gu Sheng in terms of production costs and emotional value requirements!

How about I throw a promotional video up first?

Theoretically, this is possible.

Because the development media conference itself is a small game exhibition, it is normal to show videos at the exhibition.

Moreover, the promotional video is easy to make. It is nothing more than a two- to three-minute rendering animation. At best, it is just a few scenes that serve as in-game screen displays.

There are still about three months left before the development media conference, which is enough time for him to release the promotional video.

But the problem is!

When you have a promotional video, you have to make a game!

Where did the game come from?

Gu Sheng made some estimates. If Titanfall was placed on the somatosensory cabin platform of this world, the production cost would be at least hundreds of millions!

In other words, he is still short of more than 90 million in funds and more than 900,000 in emotional value!

This is a completely invisible thing!

The project was established, but there was a big promotional video there. Not to mention creating a new folder, they couldn't even say the words "working on it"!

To know!

Painting cakes is nothing to big manufacturers, and players even make fun of it as a joke.

For example, Gu Sheng's "GTA6" and "The Elder Scrolls 6" in his previous life.

Everyone had a great time playing jokes.

But for a small factory like Golden Wind, it is fatal!

Players' patience for a small factory is extremely limited!

As time goes by, if they fail to deliver their works, the negative impact will increase day by day, and even affect the sales of some of their subsequent works!

Think of this.

Gu Sheng shook his head.

No, you can't put up a promotional video so hastily.

Don't say anything else.

As the president of Golden Wind, Xiao Nezha couldn't accept the "impact on game sales" alone.

After all, it is not difficult to see from the investment perspective that she is a person who highly advocates the quality of games and must hope that her games can be loved by more players.

It is absolutely impossible to tolerate the impact of game sales.

So what should I do...

While thinking about it, Gu Sheng was writing and drawing in the conference book next to him——

Second-generation FPS, tens of millions of investments, 100,000 points of emotions, outstanding themes and gameplay...

"Um--"

Gu Sheng pondered.

Lu Bian also knew that Lao Gu must be thinking about the types of games to be exhibited at the exhibition, so he didn't bother him much. He threw a cigarette to Gu Sheng and sat aside silently.

The two of them were silent!

Sudden!

I heard someone knocking on the office door again!

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

"Um...Director Gu, do you have time?"

Turning around, he saw Chu Qingzhou appearing at the door:

"Mr. Shen is back and asked you to go to her office if you have time."

Oh?

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng's eyes lit up immediately!

I still wanted to go to sleep and handed me a pillow, thinking that my uncle from my mother's side was here.

Little Nezha has not been seen for a week.

Now that I'm back, I've just caught up with this critical period!