Game production: I really have landed

Chapter 283 A Qualified Game
On the eve of the release of "Cyber·Liao Zhai", there was a big trend.

The price of the game has been announced. Although the price is not the current mainstream 3A price of 298, it has also exceeded the standard line of 200 and reached the standard of 248 yuan.

This is obviously unacceptable to some players.

"No, how dare you price this stupid game at 248? The initial starting price of Dark Souls is 199, and the lowest price ever is only 99.

I'll use the money to buy two Dark Souls, one to play with myself and one to give to a friend. Isn't it nice that I can save some money and eat Malatang in the end? "

“How could anyone dare to compare the price of a game just released with the lowest price in history for so many years?
If you think it's too expensive, you can wait a few years before playing it, and it might only cost 99 by then. "

"You're just crazy about wanting to make money. You didn't even dare to price it so expensive in the first place. Why do you think so?

Are you comparable to Dark Souls or Resident Evil?Uh-huh, don't make me laugh. "

"The price is right here. It's clearly marked. If you want to buy it, you can buy it. If you don't want to buy it, just don't buy it. Why are there so many bbs?"

"Don't you want to buy a game to see if it's fun? Things like the price are only for reference."

"How can you tell me the quality of a 7.5-point game?"

“To be honest, Old Tang’s price is very inexperienced.

For players who like this game, they will definitely buy it even if it is priced at 298. For players who don’t like this game, even if you sell it for 99, they will think it is expensive and there is nothing to say. "

"I've actually said it a long time ago. The original price of the game was a little too rough. It was probably a sequelae of the original mirror price of six yuan.

The quality of the game obviously exceeds the sales volume by a large margin, which makes domestic players criticize domestic games so harshly.

If "Cyber·Liao Zhai" were a game from a major foreign company, I guarantee it wouldn't have so many rhythms. "

"No, some people say Mr. Luo makes games cheaply for domestic players, right? Are you guys really okay?"

“I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with Mr. Luo doing this, I’m saying it completely leaves no room for future domestic game developers.

I am looking forward to the great success of the game "Cyber·Liao Zhai". If Tianxing takes this path smoothly, other major domestic companies will definitely follow suit.

This can be considered a milestone breakthrough for the development of domestic games.

I still hope that Mr. Tang can withstand the pressure and maintain this pricing.

Everyone's attention cannot be limited to how much a game costs. No matter what game a game company makes, it will eventually be monetized.

Only if you can make money can you get more financial support in the future game development process.

This is a relatively benign business environment. "

"Then why can Chuxin do this? Don't other manufacturers follow suit?"

"Brother, what you say is so ridiculous.

Domestic game manufacturers are basically spoiled by the high profits of mobile games. Are you kidding me that you can get 648 per charge?
It’s hard to get them to be willing to invest some money in a single machine. If you don’t let them make money, how can they be willing to invest?

You've been deceived so much by the horseless planners, haven't you understood how bottomless these people are? "

"Why are you so arrogant? Forget it, it's too much trouble with you. Anyway, I just support my original intention and just play the game."

"How could I have made so many games in my original heart? You are so exhausted that Mr. Luo can't even play one."

Regarding the issue of pricing, there is indeed a lot of noise on the Internet.

Anyway, both parties have their own set of reasons, and no one can convince the other. It's just that the dog's brain has been knocked out.

But there is no doubt that the vast majority of players still think that "Cyber·Liao Zhai" is overpriced.

And this trend is undoubtedly reflected in the sales volume on the day when the game is released.

11 month 3 day.

The atmosphere in the "Cyber·Liao Zhai" development team was unexpectedly heavy.

On the one hand, there is anxiety about future sales, and on the other hand, Ma Bin is sitting in the development department, sitting in the center.

All the publicity funds that should be invested have been invested, and the advance limit is staggered with Fanxing. Mr. Luo, who has the original intention to stand up, has also stood up.

The production team has done everything they can, and all that's left is waiting.

The price tag has also gone through a lot of consideration on Tianxing's side.

In four years, the development cost of the entire game "Cyber·Liao Zhai" was approximately 2.3 million RMB.

Compared with current mainstream 3A masterpieces, this development cost is actually not too much.

Nowadays, it has become normal for some game companies in Europe and the United States to develop games for seven or eight years at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.

However, it can be considered a first-line development cost.

If the price is too low, a project that cannot recoup its cost is meaningless.

As for the sales issue...

If the quality of the game can be recognized by everyone, the sales problem will no longer be an issue.

With the release of the game, major streamers began to download and play it.

The mysterious veil of the game "Cyber·Liao Zhai" has finally been revealed before the players' eyes.

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The main stage of the game "Cyber·Liao Zhai" takes place in a place called "Liao Zhai City".

The male protagonist Chen Fei, the origin of this man is not explained in the game, but since he became conscious, he was brought up by his old Taoist master who was quite experienced in Huoyun Palace.

With such a master, Chen Fei naturally joined the Huoyun Palace after reaching a certain age and became a Taoist priest who stood at the top of countless people in Liaozhai City.

Huoyun Palace is a very special organization. As one of the actual managers of the entire Liaozhai City, it also has closely controlled institutions such as the prosthetic body research and development department and the prosthetic body production line.

However, Huoyun Palace does not actually carry out commercial activities with the outside world.

Among the entire Huoyun Palace member system, the only task of the Taoist priests who account for the vast majority is to deal with the demons and ghosts that may appear at any time in Liaozhai City.

Whenever there are monsters and ghosts, there will definitely be a certain scale of missing persons in Liaozhai City.

Taoist priests need to find the location of the missing person as quickly as possible, and through special housekeeping procedures, find the hiding place of the demon body, and then report it to the underworld agency.

The entire prologue of "Cyber·Liao Zhai".

It slowly unfolded when the old Taoist priest led Chen Fei in his first demon-killing operation.

Again, this is a tutorial level for the game.

Of course, at the beginning, there will definitely be no super spells for you to use, such as burning the sky and sea of ​​fire, bearing the sky, and sealing the sky with ice and snow.

The "One Qi" small formation disk only allows you to cast small spells such as fireballs, ice picks, and rock protrusions.

It was also in the prologue that the old Taoist priest who had been taking Chen Fei with him gloriously received the lunch box, and all the culprits were pointed at the entire Liaozhai City.The deepest hidden and most powerful demon - the old demon of Montenegro.

The pace of the entire prologue is neither fast nor slow, and it can be concluded in about ten minutes.

In order to prevent players from getting bored, Lao Tang and the others also thoughtfully gave everyone an experience from the perspective of an old Taoist priest.

I am giving a large number in advance for everyone to try.

Anyway, whether it is Lao Yin, Liuliu or Erxiao, these people are constantly reading files and switching the five elements attributes of the formation board. Each of their gorgeous and cool ultimate moves also makes the audience in the live broadcast room hooked.

Although he died in the plot in the end, who dares to say that these magic spells are not cool?
Isn’t that what everyone is here to see?
The prologue ends, the male protagonist Chen Fei's journey officially begins, and the game is getting better.

The main tasks of the game all come from the task assignments of Huoyun Palace.

You can do the main quests if you want to. If you don’t want to, you can explore the entire Liaozhai City.

Everyone who has tried it offline knows that there are many branch lines and tasks to choose from in this game, and it is a game with a very high degree of freedom.

Many anchors just ignore the main line and go straight to branch lines.

But there is also a problem.

The shuttle in the PV makes everyone want to take it away. Who doesn’t want to drive this thing around in the entire Liaozhai City?
After using it, I discovered that this thing will automatically drive you to the mission location only after accepting the mission.

It cannot be moved freely at all.

Many Yunwan people are furious. In the live broadcast room, related videos, and post bars, they are all spraying.

All in all, the degree of freedom of this thing is not as high as everyone advertises.

But these people were quickly slapped in the face.

In the cyberpunk world, everyone understands it, and if you have money, you can do whatever you want.

That day, after a player ran a "carrying" task, he had a good relationship with a supervisor from the super company "Lingbo" next door.

Once the special store is opened, as long as the money is available, a "scrap" flying motorcycle can be taken home.

It is said to be scrapped, but the brand new texture in the picture cannot be hidden from anyone.

In particular, the mysterious smile on the face of the player screenshot supervisor made countless players burst into laughter.

"This is the real 18R game. It is all about the wisdom of adults. If I say it is scrapped, won't it be scrapped?"

"Indeed, mirror is just for fun. The real R-rated one is my "Cyber·Liao Zhai"."

However, some players later used special methods to quickly earn a lot of money and buy the vehicle.

When driving on the ground, you can pretty much go wherever you want, but in the air, the degree of freedom is actually not that high.

On the surface, Liaozhai City has hundreds of floors of high-rise buildings, but except for the headquarters of a giant company at the top and the more than ten floors below, the middle part is all stickers and has no actual content.

"No wonder you have to use the shuttle to get to the ground from Huoyun Palace."

"I tried riding a scooter back to Huoyun Palace. After I found that the fuel was insufficient, I used some special methods. When I flew to a certain height, there was an air wall."

Here, players who like freedom are exploring the upper limit of this game.

On the other side, players who like the plot are actively advancing the main storyline.

By completing tasks again and again, and from the text in the game, everyone has learned about the so-called "demon" and "ghost".

In fact, they are humans who want to transform themselves into digital beings.

In fact, many transformation scenes were broken into by the protagonist on the spot, and they were subsequently brought to justice.

Similarly, the protagonist also discovered clues about the "devil" group.

They call themselves a group of rebels.

Throughout the game, players need to control the protagonist Chen Fei and make choices again and again.

In addition to cleaning up the "demon" and "ghosts" existing in the entire Liaozhai City, they will also come into contact with gangs living in the sewers.

As one task after another is completed, a little clue gradually points the protagonist to the biggest threat in the city, the "Black Mountain Old Demon".

It has been in Liaozhai City for too long, taking countless lives, and has grown to an unimaginable level.

Players who have reached this stage of playing will inevitably have doubts about the plot of this game through the information they already have in the game.

If in the Fire Cloud Palace, the God of Fire Cloud, who gave Chen Fei the ability to master thousands of spells in the virtual world through a conferment, was an immortal who was still above the company and created a tool to govern the world.

With the power of immortals, who have developed this kind of technology and are no longer the same species as the humans at the bottom, how can they watch the monsters become like this?

The old demon from Montenegro is just keeping another dog in captivity.

The story of "Cyber·Liao Zhai" is very dark, or in other words, the symbol of cyber itself represents a complete tragedy.

Many players feel that cyberpunk elements do not match the national style at all, but what they don’t know is that in our traditional culture, there are actually many such stories of oppression and resistance.

The only lessons humanity has learned from history is that no lessons have been learned from history.

This sentence, after all, makes some sense.

Don't think that you are smarter than the ancients. History has been going around like this for so many years and nothing has changed.

It's just that with the development of productivity, you feel that there has been a little change.

At the end of the story, the choice of ending is ultimately only up to the player's mind.

Players can pretend that nothing has happened, or they can choose to join the resistance organization and become a demon.

Or you can choose to spend the rest of your life with a female NPC in the story to escape everything.

In the same way, you can also wipe out all resistance organizations and gain promotions and salary increases.

A main line that is immersive enough to enrich the whole branch line of Liaozhai City.

Unique prosthetic system and ingenious virtual online battles.

Many endings that leave the choice to the player.

The conclusion of everything together constitutes the game world of "Cyber·Liao Zhai".

"What about the content on the top layer? Who will provide me with the nutrition I lack? If you dare to reveal your health bar, the immortal will be slaughtered by you."

"My family, who knows? Standing on the roof and doing the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms is so cool."

"The main storyline of the game is really too short, about ten hours. Even though the side quests add up to fifty or sixty hours of gameplay, it's still barely interesting."

"Bugs need to be fixed and optimization needs to be done. It is a passable game, but it cannot be called a masterpiece."

(End of this chapter)