Rebirth of the big era of online games

Chapter 380 Super hardcore game "EVE"

"Star Wars Eve", that is, "EVE Online" is a PC-side online game developed by Icelandic CCP company. A cosmic sandbox world with an explosive degree of freedom. .

Players drive various spaceships to shuttle through thousands of star systems and unknown wormhole spaces, and can carry out various activities in the sandbox universe of the game, including mining, industrial manufacturing, scientific research, financial trade, exploration of archeology and PVP/PVE battles, etc.

The types of activities that players can engage in increase with the learning of related skills. Even if the player is not online, the learning of skills in the game is ongoing at any time.

Fang Jie had played "EVE" in his previous life, on the national server.

Although "EVE" was officially launched in 03, it entered China in 06. At that time, he had just entered the society shortly after graduating from university. Like all young people at this stage, he was busy starting a business to make money, so the game Only played for less than two months after listing.

The main reason is that he has no time to pay attention, and the monthly card fee of up to 50 yuan also discourages him. (It's 50 now, I remember it was 60 at the earliest, I'm not sure, I forgot)

It was not until 10 years later that Fang Jie became financially free that he returned to play "EVE" for a long time, but even so, he did not dare to say that he had thoroughly played "EVE", he could only say that he could do it without spending money. Money to play EVE.

Because "EVE" is a super hardcore online game.

If you want to ask high-level players, which game is considered hardcore, and which player group is hardcore enough, the answer may be strange-but almost no one will deny the players of "EVE" and EVE.

It's not that Fang Jie has never thought about imitating "EVE", but the time is too late and the technical conditions are not mature.

Although he could directly spend money to acquire the Icelandic CPP company and include this game under his umbrella, he thought it was not worth it after thinking about it.

It's not that this game is bad, but because it's so good that Fang Jie doesn't want to make it his own game.

Otherwise, it would be no fun to play.

Just like "Wulin", "Legend", and "The Legend of Jin Yong", the games I made myself have no sense of accomplishment when playing.

I am the boss of a game company and a game planner. I can obviously take all kinds of shortcuts and even modify the game data directly, but I have to deceive myself and others to bite the bullet. Even if I get a game master, I always feel like taking off my pants and farting.

So what if it takes a few years to turn the game characters of "The Legend of Jin Yong" into the best in the world?
In fact, it only takes a few seconds, or to say hello to the operation department, and all the data can be adjusted to full level, okay?

So what's the point of such a liver game?
This kind of masochistic practice of creating difficulties for himself without any difficulties made Fang Jie always feel a little uncomfortable, and felt that he lost the fun while playing. Occasionally, a question would pop up in his mind: Am I sick?
"The Legend of Jin Yong" is such a situation, so after playing it, it becomes a live teaching, a kind of promotion work, rather than a real game.

Moreover, when playing games in China for live broadcasting, the players all know him, so they can't play normally.

It’s different when you go to a foreign game server. No one knows you, and you can experience it normally. Even if there are a small number of Chinese players, everyone gathers together to keep warm, and you won’t be cheating.

Therefore, "EVE" can no longer be ruined in his own hands. This is Fang Jie's selfishness. As a hardcore player, he has to find this kind of hardcore game experience that cannot be cheated and is challenging. Only when there is a feeling can there be a sense of accomplishment.

At present, "EVE" has been in public beta for almost half a year, and the number of players in it is not small. The average number of real-time online users per day is more than 1. This data can be seen by players when they log in to the game.

"EVE" has only one server overseas, or one game area, and all players are in one game area.

Because the game was first launched in Europe, this area is also called the "European server", but it is actually the "international server". Players from all over the world play in the international server.

Of course, Fang Jie also joined the international server.

At present, all the players in the world add up to more than 1.2 players, which is not too many.

At the beginning of the game’s launch, it was normal that there were not many online players. Of course, even after “EVE” got out of the circle, due to its super hardcore attributes, the number of players was still not too many. The highest number of online players in the previous international server was more than 6 , usually more than 4 people are online.

It also depends on the time of day. There are relatively more players during the daytime in EU, that is, there are fewer players in Huaguo from 4 or 5 in the morning to the morning.

Since it is an international server, of course, the current game is in English, and the communication between players is also in English. If you do not learn English well, you will not be able to experience this game.

Fortunately, Fang Jie's English is not a problem at all, but most of the netizens who watched his live broadcast were confused, and they were hesitant to follow the past to join in the fun.

But this does not affect the appeal of the game "EVE" to them, nor does it prevent them from watching the live broadcast of the game, and even more netizens come to watch the live broadcast every day than usual.

After all, the mode of this game is very novel, the theme is hardcore sci-fi, and it is an overseas game. Almost all the players in it are foreigners.

In short, there are many selling points. When Fang Jie started broadcasting on the first day, countless netizens crowded into the live broadcast room. A game-related question.

"Master, what kind of game is this?"

"Master, does this game only have foreign servers?"

"It's all in English, so I can't read it! Is there any Chinese version?"

"Where can I download the game? I have passed CET-[-], so I should be able to barely play it."

"Is there a fee for the game? How much is the monthly card?"

Facing the questions from these netizens, Fang Jie answered patiently while logging into the game: ""EVE", a hardcore sci-fi sandbox netizen, a game made by foreigners. Currently, it can only be played on overseas servers. You can go to the official website of the game to download and play the game through an overseas proxy server.”

"By the way, I want to make an advertisement: I just invested a lot of money in Boiling Internet. In the future, the overseas proxy server will have faster network speed. If you want to play overseas games, buy our Boiling Accelerator to ensure stability and not drop the connection."

"That's right, it's all in English. There's no Chinese version yet, but the full English version is more interesting. You can find a Chinese MOD from the game developer and load it in the future. Let's do this for now..."

"No, no, actually, English is not the biggest obstacle to playing this game. This game is very hardcore, so don't come and get involved with the novice players, you're just blind."

"Of course there is a fee for the game, otherwise what will the game company eat? The monthly card is 10 US dollars, which is equivalent to about RMB 80 according to the current exchange rate. If you have the conditions to play this game, if you want to buy a monthly card, you can go directly to 51mai to buy it. I have a game The studio has opened an overseas game agency sales store on it, selling all kinds of overseas game point cards, and also helping to register game accounts, but there is a fee~”

The so-called game studio is actually a boiling overseas game brick studio.

Now the main business of game studios has shifted from making money from overseas to overseas studio agency incubation services, which include overseas game point card sales, account registration, retrieval, game currency agency sales, overseas game accelerators, etc. business.

The studio itself also makes money, but the scale is not large, and it has always been maintained at about 60 people. It is mainly for making samples, and the real profitable business is no longer on it.

After all, making money and bricks can’t be on the table. It’s just a small fight. Now that the entire overseas game brick industry chain has been established, it is natural to be formalized and industrialized to occupy the upper reaches of the industry chain. In this way, the income from droughts and floods is guaranteed, which is more stable than the income from bricks. Much more, and earn more, without taking any moral hazard.

Anyway, during the live broadcast, Fang Jie often brought goods to his own industries while answering netizens’ questions. After all, the fat and water don’t flow to outsiders. Since he wants to play overseas games, of course he bought various overseas agency services that we are excited about. There is nothing wrong with it. .

At this time, Fang Jie has logged into the newly registered game account, and at the same time introduced: "The game has a half-month free trial period, so there is no need to buy a monthly card at the beginning. In addition, this game point card and game currency, Players can buy and sell through the game's internal trading system, yes, just like "The Legend of Jin Yong."

At this point, he began to act aggressively: "Look at it, see how I don't spend a penny, and earn back the monthly card money through games!"

At this time, a large barrage mocking him floated on the live screen.

Although the number of words in these barrages is different, the content is quite consistent.

"Hahaha, yes, yes, the number one master of the Blood Sword Sect!"

"Foreigners, be careful, the number one master of the Blood Knife Sect is here!"

"The number one master of the Blood Knife Sect kills all directions!"

Well, speaking of the former number one master of the Blood Knife Sect, he is now a life-type white man.

Fang Jie rolled his eyes and said, "You guys are murdering people and still punishing them! Is this stalking too hard to pass? In this game, if you die, you won't be demoted. At most, you will explode the ship, and you will just lose a little game currency."

When he said this, an option to choose the race of the game appeared on the game interface. Since it was all in English, Fang Jie was afraid that everyone would not understand, so he translated and introduced one by one: "There are four races to choose from here, namely Emma, Caldari, Gallente, Minmatar. Players must choose one of the four races to create a character, and the race cannot be changed after creation.”

"The four races are divided into factions. Emma and Caldari are one faction, and Gallente and Minmatar are one faction. This involves the game reputation system and game quest acceptance."

"Each race has its own advantages. The Amarr ships are gorgeous in appearance, the defense method is mainly armor defense, and the attack method is mainly to use laser cannons; the Caldari ship defense method is mainly shield defense, and the attack method is mainly to use Missiles and railguns; the defense of Gallente ships is mainly armor resistance, and the main attack method is to use drones and railguns; Minmatar ships have a tattered appearance but flexible assembly methods, and the defense method can use armor and Shields can be used, or both, and the attack method is mainly projectiles."

"However, as far as I know, no matter what race you choose, it's the same. After entering the game, you can adjust your own development direction."

The so-called "according to my understanding" was learned in the previous life, but the netizens were already confused at the moment, how could they know that Fang Jie had actually cast a big prophecy.

While talking, he created the game characters directly.

A vicious, bald, scarred man.

You can pinch your face in the game, but he is a rational person. He has never been interested in these externalities. He directly created the game characters randomly without wasting a second on it.

Netizens who saw this scene were dumbfounded, and were about to post barrage to complain, but they were even more confused when they saw Fang Jie's next operation.

For the game character ID, Fang Jie directly typed 5 pinyin letters: "niubi".

Well, awesome leader, ID is of course the pinyin of "awesome".

Immediately, the netizens in the live broadcast room burst out laughing, and countless barrages flew up.

"Hahahahahaha, is this awesome pinyin?"

"Hahaha, the leader's thoughts are so clear, awesome, but it's okay!"

"Awesome leader, there's nothing wrong with it!"

"Damn it, the leader chose such an ID name, isn't he afraid of being beaten by foreigners?"

"Nonsense, foreigners can't understand pinyin!"

"I can imagine that when foreigners call the leader in the future, they will have to call it awesome, this ID, absolutely!"

"Sure enough, you are worthy of being an awesome leader. The name is so awesome, I am convinced!"

At this moment, Fang Jie was also quite proud: "Isn't it? Just ask you: Is the leader awesome! If you think he is awesome, call 666!"

In the next second, the screen full of "666" popped up.

So far, "666" has officially started to work, and it has become another classic Internet buzzword from Fang Jie's mouth.

While everyone was making noise, Fang Jie, who had created a good character, had already entered the game and started teaching beginners.

In "EVE" at this moment, compared with the national server in the previous life, the novice teaching can be said to be very hip, not even a novice teaching, but even in the previous national server, there are still many novice players who can't even teach the novice. If you don't pass it, you will abandon the pit.

The reason why the game is hardcore is also a big factor, and some players don't know what to do next after spending a few hours.

Don't forget, "EVE" is a sandbox game. The game itself does not have a clear game goal. It can be said that you can do whatever you want in the game, or you don't have to do anything, just hang on in a daze.

Fortunately, Fang Jie still knows this game to some extent. For the purpose of popularizing science for netizens, he spent more than an hour step by step to complete some basic novice tasks, so that everyone can get a general understanding of the professions and skills in this game. Direction of development.

At the same time, I also casually said a few words about the comprehensive qualities that players should possess if they want to play this game well.

"EVE is a very hardcore social online game. First of all, you need to learn skills and planning, or it can also be said to be overall planning. You must be able to reasonably organize, plan, and use the resources obtained in the game."

"Secondly, you have to master office software such as Word and Excel. Resources, shipbuilding, scientific research, transportation and other gameplays all need to use these software for recording and statistics. It would be best if you know a little about function variable formulas, so that you It will save a lot of trouble and improve the efficiency of the game.”

"Then, it is obvious that a lot of professional English is involved in the game, so CET-[-] and CET-[-] are also necessary skills for you."

"And the above are just the basic abilities and qualities that a junior ordinary player should have in his daily games."

"Slightly more advanced, marketing, economics, risk aversion, psychology, knowledge of fraud, and ability to proofread text and images are required, because this will involve game market transactions and contract economic gameplay."

"In addition, if you want to become a combat player, be a pirate or maintain law and order, you must have advanced mathematics, geometry, physics, danger judgment, and the ability to play on the spot."

"But the above can only make you a lone wolf in the game, and this game requires a team. No matter how powerful a person is, he can't compete with the legion."

"So if you want to be the boss in the game and experience high-end gameplay, then you need to learn management, advertising, human resource allocation, interpersonal skills, leadership, command ability, espionage and counter-espionage, personal charm... and other abilities and qualities. have."

"All in all, "EVE" seems to be an ecological earth that has been miniaturized on the Internet: some are mining to support their families, some are engaged in scientific research day and night, some are messing around with eight-handed cargo ships, some are dumping arms, and some are rookies struggling with novice tutorials , There are also those hard-working people who were smashed by the explosion ship, and there are also those who spent a lot of money to buy Titans and then were exploded into big mushrooms..."

"However, the premise of all this is that you have to have money. In reality, you have to have money. This game not only requires a liver, but also money. Not to mention, the monthly card alone is a lot of money for ordinary people The expenses. And this game has at least 3 months of skills, it is considered a novice period, and 1 year is considered an advanced stage."

After hearing these words, the netizens were all dumbfounded.

What the hell, it's just playing a game. As for being so perverted?

Is it impossible to play this game without such qualities and conditions?
Are you sure the leader is not pretending?
Some people felt that the leader was pretending to be aggressive again, while others originally wanted to follow the leader to download the game and try it out, but now they completely gave up this idea.

This kind of hardcore game is indeed not something that ordinary Xiaobai can play. I guess Laobai is too good, so he just stays at the primary stage, digging mines, clearing missions and so on. think.

"It is precisely because of this that the average quality of the players in the game is higher than that of other games. The atmosphere of the game is good. If you don't understand anything, just ask, and someone will answer you immediately."

After pretending to be forceful, Fang Jie hurriedly searched for it again, but it was useless, at least he had to pass the English test to communicate with foreigners. This alone was already very hardcore, and more than 90% of domestic players were eliminated.

However, this does not prevent some netizens who are afraid of chaos in the world from taking the rhythm.

"Master, since you are so awesome, why don't you build a legion and rule the whole universe!"

"Yeah, yeah, what's the point of being a lone wolf? You're in a legion!"

"The foreigner won't be our leader's younger brother, will he?"

"Then let us form a legion! I don't believe that so many netizens don't understand English, so find a group of people to go to the international server to hang out with the leader!"

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it? Let the leader conduct a live broadcast of teaching, and then guide everyone in the game in the future, it will definitely succeed!"

Fang Jie doesn't care about being the boss of the legion in the game, and said with a smile: "Yes, I don't mind taking you with me, but I'm afraid you won't be able to play well. If you are interested, you can log into the game after setting up your account Add me as a friend and contact me."

But Fang Jie also knew very well in his heart that this matter is not as simple as talking about the rhythm. The game is too hardcore, and he doesn't expect many Chinese people to play this game.

But what he didn't expect was that during the live broadcast on the second day, more than 30 Chinese players in the game contacted him by logging in to the international server. By the third day, the number of Chinese friends in the game had exceeded 100.

The so-called big waves wash the sand, among the millions of netizens watching the live broadcast, there are always some awesome existences, and some Chinese people have originally studied abroad, and even played "EVE".

Of course, there are also Xiaobai or Gaowan who can read 26 letters fluently in foreign languages, and want to come in and follow the leader to challenge their limits with enthusiasm.

Now that there is an awesome leader in the lead, everyone feels that there is support and organization. No matter how hardcore the game is, no matter how unfriendly, it will not be able to stop the enthusiasm of these players.

More than 100 people are not too small, Fang Jie couldn't help feeling a little interested: "It seems that we can really try to dominate the entire army..."

(End of this chapter)