Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

Inside Atari's office.

Antorini was holding an evaluation report in his hand, and he was very happy in his heart.

This time, although "The World of Elements" was launched in a hurry in his opinion, everything that should be done has already been done.

And the evaluation scores given to the media in advance are also very good.

Although there is a difference with "Uncharted Sea", it is only a gap of 0.1~0.2 points.

From this point of view, the two sides are actually fighting a 55-5.

Such an evaluation report also gave Atari and zeus a lot of confidence.

All kinds of propaganda go hand in hand.

On major live broadcast and video platforms, many anchors have also started live broadcasts of "Element World".

After all, "Uncharted" is a linear game, and basically everyone has played it for so long.

Although there are more challenging tragic difficulties, and all the treasures in the map are collected.

But except for those who are obsessed with trophies and achievements, in fact, most players will not play a second time. After all, the main content is still experienced before.

In addition, this time, "Element World" also held a wave of "sword hunting" activities, which can be said to have attracted the attention of many players.

Although there are only 4 places in total, the enthusiasm is still very strong.

And as the saying goes, 'What if it's me who solves the puzzle? ’.

With the launch of "Element World", online players are looking forward to "Element World" for a while.

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In the Nebula game, Chen Xu approves the footage provided by Ruan Ningxue.

The shot is the classic plane scene in "Drake Deception", which can be said to be a classic in the entire series of games, no less than the car chase and train levels.

Including the scene of picking up the plane in Mission Impossible 5 in the previous life, it is borrowed from the plane level in Shenhai.

"It's almost there." Chen Xu nodded, expressing approval.

At present, the main thing on the team's side is the development of the three DLCs of "Uncharted".

That is the construction of the Nebula game platform on the VR platform.

In the past, because the number of games was relatively small, no work in this area was carried out.

But now some classic games have also been transplanted to the Universal VR platform, and this part of the action will also be stepped up.

Previously through the theme VR of Nebula games, they can enter each other, and special transition animations have been made.

For example, in the theme VR of "Monster Hunter: World", the player is sitting in a cat car and his eyes are black.

"Dark Souls" is relatively simple, sitting in front of a campfire to teleport.

"Escape" is the most emotional and immersive among all VR themes.

If the player is walking in the dark basement, the fat uncle grabs the player and throws it on the ground.

Not only that, but the VR theme of "Escape" is also the most abundant of all themes. In addition to the fat uncle, there are doctors who cut fingers, Andrew with a flexible tongue, Frank with a chainsaw, and so on.

It can be said that you want what you want, which fully demonstrates the conscience of Nebula Games.

And more conscientiously, the theme of "Escape" will be given to players for free once every new year and festival.

It is ensured that every Nebula game player who owns Universal VR has a theme like this, so that returning to Jushan Mental Hospital is as cordial as returning home.

Various VR themes are integrated, and then players can enter various games on their platforms from the same theme, rather than needing to switch theme transitions.

This one is not complicated, it just takes some time.

"By the way, Mr. Chen, what do you think of "The World of Elements"? The online media seems to have a high rating!" During the noon break, Yang Xin said to Chen Xu.

Regarding "Elemental World", the popularity of the past two days is really high, and it has a great re-enactment of the previous "Uncharted Sea" posture.

"It's a very good game. The follow-up media and players' ratings should not be low, but I don't think Zeus will be satisfied." Chen Xu thought for a while.

As for this game, he also experienced it through zeus' game warehouse.

Although it is said to be an open world to the outside world, Chen Xu feels more like a small garden game like Shenmue in his previous life.

Because the main content of the entire game is limited to each relic, and decryption exploration is the main content.

"Eh!?" Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue looked at Chen Xu in a daze with Qin Yi and the others.

Everyone did not understand the meaning of Chen Xu's words.

Players and media rated but zeus is not satisfied, what does this mean?

People are a little puzzled.

However, Chen Xu did not intend to continue to answer, but smiled and shifted the topic.

"The follow-up work in the "Uncharted" trilogy, and the Nebula game platform will not be dealt with. Next, everyone should prepare psychologically. We may have to go on a business trip." Chen Xu looked at it with a smile. said the crowd.

Hearing this, everyone didn't bother about what Chen Xu had sold before, and they were almost stunned.

out... on a business trip! ?

Aren't they game companies? !

What's the matter?

Chen Xu smiled and sent some information collected by his assistant Lin Rou to everyone's mobile phones.

When everyone opened it, the good guy was going to visit Italy in January this time?

Florence, Monteriggioni, San Gimignano, Venice, Rome, there are many of them.

"It's mainly to prepare in advance for the development of some subsequent games." Looking at the crowd, Chen Xu stretched his waist and said.

No way, who made them Nebula Games have no branch in Italy.

This can only be done by their headquarters in person.

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On Nebula Games' side, Chen Xu and his team prepared to go out for the arduous art collection, and contacted a large travel company in advance.

Of course, the main purpose is not to travel, but to save time.

If you have a tour guide, you can better plan the route, and if you have the arrangement of the travel company, you don't have to worry about food, lodging, and travel, and they can devote themselves to the work of collecting scenery.

On the other side, the topic of "The World of Elements" on the Internet has also begun to slowly ferment.

It has to be said that you never know what a player's power can do.

Just like "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", after Chen Xu repaired the bugs in his previous life, such as stuck walls, there are still players who set the fastest kill record, directly stuck in 40 minutes to kill Ganon. Get rid of it.

The same is true of "Elemental World". On the first day, two players have passed the trial of the "Sword Hunting Activity", which surprised countless ordinary players.

Here they are still scratching their ears and cheeks because of a relic, and someone has already passed the sword-seeking trial?

In less than two days, the sword hunting activity ended immediately.

However, it brought a lot of heat, and the online player comments are also very good.

"This time I really gave Atari a whole meeting!"

"Yeah! The design of the various ruins is very delicate!"

"It feels like there are some relics that are not lost to the temple in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild"!"

"Yeah yeah!"

Some players who like decryption have given praise.

But the praise is good, and soon Atari and zeus found a situation.

That's why the game's sales are not right!

The first day benefited from the enthusiasm brought by the event and publicity, which was very impressive.

But as time goes on, this sales volume increases little by little, just like a grandma crossing the road.

This made Zeus and Atari a little confused.

If you really want to say, the sales of "Element World" are actually very high.

But the key is that there is an "Uncharted Sea" pressing in front, and Zeus also has great expectations for the game "Element World".

But now, why can't this sales go up?

As for the reason for the lack of sales, it is actually very simple.

That is, the decryption content of the game is too delicate and difficult.

From the level design of the ruins, the performance of "Element World" is indeed very subtle, but the key is that it is too brain-burning, which directly persuades many players.

Relying on the strategy to pass, who can withstand this.

Moreover, unlike the PC platform, it is quite laborious to check the game strategy on the VR side.

The second is that although it is advertised as an open world, there is not much content to explore in the world outside the ruins.

In this regard, "The World of Elements" is different from "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". Players can also play freely outside of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".

Even if you don't go to the temple, you can still have fun.

Not enough blood? Find out about the life durian that increases the upper limit of blood volume.

Not enough energy? Find out about energy medicine.

In the case of "Element World", the main core is actually the exploration of relics.

For players who like in-depth decryption, "The World of Elements" has completely gotten their excitement, and some players who don't like "World of Elements" in terms of quality also admit that this game is a very good game.

But it's useless, they don't like to play, and they can't experience much fun from it.

Even if it is a soul game, in fact, some ordinary players have fun.

For example, find a big guy to throw a little garbage, and you can run over it with a little care with the equipment, or read the strategy.

Moreover, as an action game, even if you look at the strategy of soul games, the battle depends on you.

The decryptable game is different, it feels like a marionette, so the experience brought by watching the strategy decryption game is far inferior to the soul game.

This has led to the sales of "Element World", which is far less high than Zeus thought.

The game industry is sometimes so unreasonable, players have a good media reputation?

That doesn't mean the game will sell well.

The same is true of the film industry, such as the "Shawshank Redemption" in the previous life, is it a classic? Did the word of mouth explode?

But the box office is not high.

The same is true of Element World now.

Depressed but depressed, but in fact Atari and Antorini, who are designers, have adjusted well.

After all, no money was lost, and word of mouth was also earned.

Atari's original reputation in the industry was not very good, but this time, "The World of Elements" made them feel the feeling of thousands of rides for the first time.

The same is true for Antolini. The high evaluation of "The World of Elements" is also a recognition for him.

The only thing that's not in a good mood is Zeus.

What's the use of your high reputation!

What it wants is sales, and then rely on sales to drive the growth of the zeus platform.

Although there must be games that like decryption, I started zeus for "Element World".

But look at Uncharted next door.

At this moment, zeus thought of his investment in "The World of Elements", and suddenly felt a little myocardial infarction.

A world where only zeus is injured, reach it!