Say Yes To Making Bad Games, What the Hell is Titanfall?

  Chapter 62 Thoughts on the second-generation FPS!

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

Yes.

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

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

  He knows that Wind of Gold is going to be one of the most popular game categories after all, and compete with major domestic and even global game manufacturers on the same stage.

   Therefore, it is important to plan ahead.

   Through recent research, Gu Sheng discovered that the shooting game market in this world can be described as diverse.

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

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

  The essence of shooting games is similar.

  In terms of stand-alone games, the protagonist goes all the way through, kills enemies to complete the plot, the whole process is just a sudden, at best, a knife.

  The latest idea that can be called a design innovation is the setting of bullet time in "Max Payne", which was all the rage on the PC side 20 years ago.

   As for multiplayer online, it is even more solidified.

  Overseas games tend to be team competitions, you hit me and you hit you, who has more kills and higher points than who.

  Domestic games tend to be blasting competitions, dismantling and disassembling bombs, swapping offense and defense, and police and robber games.

and!

  To this day, whether it is the motion sensor cabin or other game ports, there has never been a "second-generation FPS".

  The so-called "second-generation FPS" is to make all the settings in the game as close to reality as possible while ensuring 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.

  For example, in the second-generation FPS, you no longer have a fixed 100 blood points, but use dynamic blood volume to determine the character's blood volume 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 game as an example, CS belongs to the standard first-generation FPS, and COD belongs to the standard second-generation FPS.

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

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

   It seems that the only thing that is a little bit closer to the second-generation FPS is the secondary aiming state of the XM8 gun in "The Line of Fire".

  The major manufacturers seem to pay little attention to the issue of "shooting form".

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

  Manufacturers of online confrontation put more emphasis on competitive confrontation, and constantly work **** the adjustment of the feel.

  Oh, by the way, of course there are some manufacturers who don’t care about these things at all, and only focus on producing 888 heroic weapons and lucky draw wheels.

  Perhaps in time, people will eventually develop the second-generation FPS model.

   After all, the popularity of motion sensor cabins is increasing day by day, and there will always be people who think of this game mode.

   But not yet.

  Gu Sheng is going to be the first person to eat crabs.

   Or make the title a little more cool-become the father of the "second-generation FPS".

   To win the title of "Father of XXX", the prerequisite is to have outstanding contributions in this field and have a benchmark work that can be called a pioneer!

  Thus, Gu Sheng immediately locked his perspective on the ""Call of Duty Modern Warfare" trilogy"!

  Xiaoqiang, Soap, Ghost, Makarov, the unlucky Moskau airport civilians...

  The heroic 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.

but.

  Gu Sheng just glanced at it and gave up.

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

  So, Gu Sheng took the next best thing, and turned his attention to his old enemy—"Titanfall 2"

  The same heroic epic, the same tragic end.

   Even, because the final epilogue is too shocking, the impact it brings to the players is greater than that of Modern Warfare!

Then.

   Gu Sheng just glanced at it again and gave up for now.

   One million **** mood points! !

   Not counting multiplayer! !

  Gu Sheng was speechless!

   No... the total game time is only six hours, you sell me a million emotional points?

  College students only earn 50,000 yuan a month! Still white and beautiful with long legs!

  Originally, he thought that the fear of ghosts brought him nearly 100,000 emotional points in a month, which was already very impressive.

   But looking at the two fathers, I still feel sincerely that there is more than enough energy.

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

   Right now.

  There were two taps at the door of the office.

   Tuk Tuk —

   Turning his head to look, he saw Lu Bian leaning against the door frame in a very aggressive posture:

   "Old Gu, I brought two more messages."

   "...Are you Yu Zecheng? Why do you keep getting news?"

  Gu Sheng hugged his shoulders and leaned back on the boss chair:

   "Special Agent Lu, what's the news today, as usual, one good and one bad?"

"Well…"

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

"I let you down."

   "Damn it?"

  Gu Sheng was surprised:

   "Two bad news?"

"no,"

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

   "Two good news."

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

   "The first good news is that our monthly sales of "Phobia" came out,"

   Lu Bian said:

   "After 55,000 copies in a single week, our sales have not shown any signs of decline. We have been on a rampage all the way, killing corpses and blood all over the horror game area!"

   "For four consecutive weeks, it has won the first place in the sales list of horror games in the region, with a monthly turnover of 13.56 million. Excluding commissions and costs, the net profit is 8.85 million!"

  8 million in a single month!

  A horror game with a cost of only two million somatosensory cabins can achieve this result, which is simply a legend.

   Moreover, generally speaking, after the first week of game sales, there will generally be a downward trend, showing fatigue.

  But "Phobia" is different. Its sales volume is like that of sixteen or seventeen high school students.

  It is indeed good news.

  Gu Sheng nodded.

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

   Before the next project starts, he will have tens of millions of funds for him to squander... production.

  People really cannot live in the comfort zone for a long time.

   Gu Sheng thought secretly.

   Because the comfort zone is so **** comfortable.

   There is no financial constraint, and it is so cool to spend as much money as you have without worrying about it.

  On this point alone, Golden Wind is expected to surpass Ayu who he served in his previous life in the future.

   After all, Ayurian’s servers are replaced with potatoes.

   "Another piece of good news?"

   Gu Sheng continued to ask.

   "The other one is an invitation letter, take a look,"

   While talking, Lu Bian took out a letter from his meeting book and handed it to Gu Sheng.

  Gu Sheng unfolded the invitation letter, and saw that 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, in conjunction with several game media, sincerely invites your company to participate in the "10th Game Industry (Somatosensory Cabin) Development and Design Media Conference"...】

   "Damn, CEET invited us?"

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

   "Have we been able to reach this level?"

  As the largest non-profit semi-official semi-private organization in Huaguo, CEET is the well-deserved leader of the game industry organization in China.

   As far as Gu Sheng knows.

  Every year, CEET will hold four game development media conferences in quarters in the order of "sensing, PC, mobile, and comprehensive".

   One is to provide a platform for game developers to promote and communicate.

  Secondly, it is also a reserve for the annual "Hua Guo International Digital Interactive Entertainment Exhibition (Chinajoy.

   Yes, there is CJ exhibition in this world too.

  But it’s different from Gu Sheng’s previous life, where the CJ Exhibition was getting worse and worse.

  The CJ in this world is one of the four major game exhibitions in the world, which are as famous as "Cologne Game Show", "Neon Video Game Festival" and "E3 International Game Show"!

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

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

   And want to enter the international game market, and compete with those old super game companies on the same stage!

   CEET Development Media Conference is the first step!

  Gu Sheng was surprised because he never expected that the current Golden Wind, a game developer that has been established for less than a year, would actually be eligible for the invitation!

   Niu ah...

  Gu Sheng muttered secretly.

  Why do I feel like the male protagonists in those urban cool novels, the journey is so smooth.

   But yes, I have a system.

  If you throw me under the pen of any author, maybe it is really the protagonist of the novel.

  Thinking of this, Gu Sheng secretly laughed, feeling that his thoughts were a bit nonsensical.

   "This is a great opportunity,"

   Seeing Gu Sheng nodding repeatedly, Lu Bian said:

   "If we can really gain attention and reports at this media conference,"

   "Then it will be a firm foothold in the game platform category of the somatosensory cabin."

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

  Look, this seems a bit unbelievable.

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

   CEET's magnitude is here, and it has this energy.

  But the problem is...

  Gu Sheng's brows furrowed even deeper.

  This time is a bit embarrassing...

no doubt!

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

  Because CEET's influence is big enough!

  Once this mode gets the attention of the media at the exhibition, it will definitely be a great 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 needs!

  How about I throw a promotional video first?

  In theory, this is feasible.

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

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

   Now there are still about three months before the development media meeting, enough for him to make a promotional video.

   But the problem is!

  With the promotional video, you have to make a game!

  Where did the game come from?

   Gu Sheng made a little calculation. If Titanfall is placed on the somatosensory cabin platform in this world, the production cost will at least be hundreds of millions!

   In other words, he is still short of more than 90 million funds and more than 900 thousand emotional points!

   This is a completely invisible thing!

  The item is established, but there is a big cake of promotional video lying there, let alone creating a new folder, they can't even say the word "doing it"!

To know!

  Painting cakes is nothing to Dachang, and players even make fun of it.

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

  Everyone had a great time playing memes.

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

   Players' patience with 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!

   Come to think of it.

   Gu Sheng shook his head.

   No, you can’t put the promotional video on it so hastily.

   Don't say anything else.

   Little Nezha, who is the president of Golden Wind, can't accept the "affecting game sales" alone.

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

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

  Then what should I do...

  While thinking, Gu Sheng wrote and drew in the meeting book next to his hand—

  Second-generation FPS, tens of millions of investment, 100,000 points of emotion, outstanding theme 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 moment, so he didn't bother too much, threw a cigarette to Gu Sheng, and sat aside silently.

  The two are silent!

Sudden!

   Hear someone knock on the office door again!

   tuk tuk tuk—

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

   Turning his head to look, he saw Chu Qingzhou appearing at the door:

   "Boss Shen is back. If you have time, please go to her office."

   Oh?

  Hearing this, Gu Sheng's eyes lit up immediately!

  I still want to go to sleep and pass the pillow, thinking that my mother’s uncle is here.

  Little Nezha didn’t show up for a week.

   Coming back now, just in time for this critical period!

To know!

  The previous vampire survivors and phobias were so successful, half of his military medals and half of Nezha!

   "Okay, I'll go there now."

  Thinking, Gu Sheng responded, picked up the information on the table and stood up.

  Let's see what Mr. Ou said...

  (end of this chapter)