Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

About the game"Dark Souls".

Li Zhi from Tenghua is also paying close attention.

After all, the"Fantasy of Gods and Ghosts" developed by him will soon be launched in the middle of January.

Although it is about two weeks behind the schedule of"Dark Souls".

But in fact, it still has a certain direct impact on the relationship.

In addition, Tenghua and Fengyun Games are in a competitive relationship.

Li Zhi is also very concerned about the game"Dark Soul".

So immediately, Li Zhi also downloaded the game"Dark Soul" personally and tried it carefully.

After the experience, Li Zhi was shocked.

Just like the players on the Internet who complained about the difficulty of the game, Li Zhi quit the game in despair after experiencing the tyranny of Ash Guda and Crystal Lizard.

He only has one feeling, that is, there is really no problem with the difficulty of this game?

When Chen Xu developed this game, were the values ​​really correct?

For an ARPG game, even if it is more action-oriented, the difficulty is too exaggerated, right?

Especially when he saw the back, this game was actually full of malicious traps. Obviously, the previous content was just an appetizer.

This moment gave Li Zhi a feeling.

That means you are stable

《"Dark Soul" is designed in this way, and Li Zhi can actually guess one of Chen Xu's thoughts.

That is to make this game into a more hard-core ARPG game.

This makes Li Zhi think that this"Dark Soul" may become a relatively niche game.

It won't be too hot.

Coupled with an evaluation from an online player, it seems that this is indeed the direction.

This made Li Zhi feel stable.

He believes that"Dark Souls" will be a more popular game than"Dark Souls".

It's not just Li Zhi who thinks this way.

Many game designers in the gaming industry also feel the same way.

"This time Chen Xu felt that he was a little too arrogant!"

"Well, I also think that the graphics and art quality of"Dark Soul" are quite high, but the difficulty seems to be too high!"

"No, and there is no mini map in the game, and the difficulty cannot be adjusted. Chen Xu is too willful this time."

"《A rating of"Dark Soul" has dropped to 8.4 points. Compared with Chen Xu's previous games, it is a world of difference!"

"Yes, every game played by Chen Xu in the past basically scored 9 or above during its initial launch. Even when"Minecraft" was launched, it still had an incredible score of 9.8, but now?"

"I feel like the biggest winner may be Li Zhi from Tenghua!"

"In fact, it is not necessarily true. The main problem of"Dark Soul" at present is the difficulty. It is hard to say whether Chen Xu will appropriately reduce the difficulty in the future and give a choice of difficulty."

"But it's always a step too late."

Countless game designers in the game industry are also constantly discussing the situation of"Dark Souls". In the office of Fengyun Games, after the game was launched, they have been paying attention to the reviews of"Dark Souls" The team heading towards the game was a little panicked at this time.

Starting from the original"Soul Knight", every subsequent game developed has basically received rave reviews.

Of course, the game"Digging for Ascension" is not It can be calculated.

But now,"Dark Soul", a work with a lot of investment, seems to be a bit of a waterloo in terms of reputation.

This also makes everyone in the team a little panic.

"Mr. Chen, should we make some response?"In the office, Qin Yi asked Chen Xu

"What to do in response?"Chen Xudao

"As for the difficulty level, Mr. Chen, don’t we really need to lower the difficulty level? In other words, just like the previous"Warcraft" and"Escape", players are given a choice of difficulty. Qin Yi asked Chen Xu

"No, just keep the difficulty at this level, and it has just been launched. Think about the performance of the players in the previous experience store."Chen Xu shook his head and looked at Qin Yi and said.

Uh...

Hearing Chen Xu's words, Qin Yi was stunned for a moment. What was the performance of the players in the previous experience store?

Although some players were so abused that they no longer want to play, there are still quite a few players. While being tortured, I continued to experience it, and it felt very magical.

Even if I died N times, everyone still continued to experience it.

However, Qin Yi and the others did not pay much attention to this phenomenon.

Because it was in the early trial stage, and it was coming The players in the experience store are basically fans of Chen Xu.

So Qin Yi and the others didn't notice anything about this.

In comparison, Chen Xu knew the reason better.

《Is Dark Souls a game for everyone?

Apparently not.

In other words, no game is suitable for everyone.

Because gaming is a very personal experience.

Some people think AAA masterpieces are fun, some people think mobile games are fun, and some people think web games are fun.

But"Dark Soul" is definitely a game that allows players to feel its charm as long as they calm down and immerse themselves in it.

A high-difficulty mode of the entire game can be said to be closely related.

The shaping of BOSS levels, the shaping of maps, the shaping of the battle system in the game, and even the shaping of the game style and content.

These are closely connected together.

If you want to reduce the difficulty of the game, then the core gameplay fun of"Dark Soul" will be completely lost.

On the contrary, this is not worth the loss.

What's more, compared to other people's words.

With the game editor in hand, Chen Xu can clearly see the real-time data in the backend of the game.

The current situation is all expected.

The rest is to wait a little longer.

Waiting for the fragrance of the bottle of wine"Dark Soul" to slowly begin to spread.

Let more players smell the fragrance of this bottle of wine.