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

"Is this fucking... biased?"

Dongjin International Airport!

Coming to the pick-up hall, Gu Sheng saw the placard printed in standard Chinese among the pick-up crowd at a glance——

【Welcome Mr. Gu Sheng to Japan】

For a while, I thought that I had become the protagonist in Mr. Guo's cross talk.

Who the hell taught you to write signs like that?

I can understand that you are writing signs in Chinese out of courtesy, but this sign... is too ambiguous, right?

Bite the bullet and stepped forward, and saw that the person holding the sign was a girl in formal and exquisite neon clothes, holding a bouquet of flowers in her arms.

It's strange, although Huaguo and Nihong are both Asians, Gu Sheng can still tell the difference between Miss Huaguo and Yinghuamei at a glance.

For this, he himself couldn't explain why.

"What are you talking about? I'm Gu Sheng."

When he came to the reception girl, Gu Sheng stretched out his hand.

Gu Sheng's Japanese is a bit crappy. After all, he hasn't learned much. It's barely a newcomer, and he still uses English for daily communication.

"Ah... ah! Hayihayihayi! Kongbu is so wow!"

Obviously, Gu Sheng's youth was far beyond the expectation of the girl who came to pick him up.

First of all, he was taken aback, and the reception girl quickly stepped forward, gave the bouquet to Gu Sheng, bent down and bowed:

"Hello, Mr. Gu, please take care of me if I am far away! (English)"

Then, put away the sign, and made a gesture of invitation to Gu Sheng:

"All executives from Moriya's executive and game affairs department are waiting for you outside, please follow me."

"Very beautiful flowers, thank you, thank you."

Gu Sheng took the bouquet, nodded with a smile, and raised his hand to signal to pick up the etiquette and lead the way.

All the way out of the pick-up hall, when approaching the door, Gu Sheng had already seen the high-level executives of Ke Meila waiting outside.

The leader is none other than Toruya Moritani, executive director of Comera's game business.

On his left and right sides are the secretary Inoue Sanaeko and the director of the game department Higashi Noda.

And behind the three, there were five or six people, all in black suits, white shirts and ties, standing next to three black cars.

There are two cars at the front and rear, and a commercial MPV in the middle.

From a distance, it looks like the underworld.

Oh no, it doesn't look like the underworld, it seems that Comera really has that background.

Gu Sheng complained in his heart, and walked out of the airport along the opened electric gate.

On the opposite side, Moriya greeted him warmly with the secretary and the minister:

"Hello, hello, Mr. Gu, welcome to you, thank you very much."

"Where is it, Mr. Moritani is too polite,"

Gu Sheng shook hands with Moriya and others:

"I've heard of Komera's name for a long time, and now it's a great honor to come to Nihong to start cooperation."

Be polite.

It is inevitable for the two parties to meet each other in such matters as business cooperation.

Coupled with the unique politeness of Neon, the two sides bowed to each other, and after a full five minutes of greeting, Moriya stretched out his hand to ask Gu Sheng to get in the car:

"It's not convenient for us to talk here. Gu Sang, please get in the car. Let's go to your hotel first."

Comera's industry is huge.

It is said that it is a comprehensive digital entertainment company, but in fact, it is also involved in industries such as hotels, clubs, film and television, and comprehensive entertainment.

And this is also the future development direction of Golden Wind - a pan-game entertainment company with games as the main body, multi-industry branches in parallel, and all-round three-dimensional profits.

We had a few brief conversations on the way, but most of them were not related to game cooperation.

After about ten minutes' drive, the convoy arrived at the Dongjinwan Intercontinental Hotel, which is diagonally opposite the Comera Company Building.

This is a luxury four-star hotel invested by Ke Meila, and a luxurious executive suite was specially arranged for Gu Sheng.

Arriving at Nihong on the first day, the boat and the car were tiring. No matter how anxious Ke Meila was, it was impossible to say that Gu Sheng would take up the post immediately.

Rest for half a day.

In the evening, Gu Sheng was invited to attend the reception banquet specially arranged for him by the senior management of Komela.

...

During the dinner, the two parties had a few drinks, and Moritani said:

"We've already watched the demo version of the plan that Gu Sang sent before, and we were astonished."

Yes, just after shopping for business trip supplies with little Nezha yesterday, Gu Sheng used an afternoon to sort out the PT's business plan.

After all, it is a trial version, the overall game flow is not long, and he has system assistance, so the speed is very fast.

And the whole plan is only about ten pages long, so taking advantage of last night and this afternoon, Moritani and others also took the time to do two rounds of observation and discussion.

The unanimous conclusion reached is - Si Guoyi.

Here I have to mention the usual horror game settings in this world.

Generally speaking, the root logic of the design of a horror game is to visualize the abstract concept of fear and express it with pictures.

Like creating a female ghost, designing a monster, etc., let the "conceptual fear" fall on the "concrete entity", and place it in front of the player.

But PT is different.

Although it also concretized the fear, it designed the deformity and the female ghost Lisa.

However, through means such as closed space, frightening point design, fragmented information full of metaphors, and increasingly bizarre scene changes, the "conceptual fear" is extracted from the second degree of "concrete entity", and it is branded in the world. player's heart.

Physical and psychological double fear shackles.

This method is definitely not something that any designer can achieve.

Even Higashinoda, who has served as the head of Comera's game business department for many years, couldn't help but say bluntly - this demo version alone is enough to make Gu Sheng firmly seated on the throne of "the father of psychological horror".

Undoubtedly, this gave everyone in Ke Meila a shocking understanding of Gu Sheng's strength, and at the same time boosted their confidence in this IP.

A heartfelt compliment is essential.

In addition, Moriya is more concerned about:

"So in terms of the game itself, is Gu Sang planning to continue this style and expand this confusing story?"

Hearing this, Gu Sheng nodded, then shook his head again:

"The style will definitely continue, after all, this is the main tone of our IP,"

"But the story, it's not it anymore, or it's not quite it."

ah? ? ?

As soon as this statement comes out!

Everyone in Ke Meila whispered, and they were a little dazed!

What does Gu Sang mean by this?

The official version no longer continues the story of PT, or it is not exactly the story of PT!

Could it be that PT is just a story line he drew up for the trial version?

The chapters of the main line are actually deeper and wider than this?

"Uh... private Marseille Gu Sang,"

Moriya was also a little confused, and raised his hand to signal:

"Excuse me for being stupid, I don't quite understand what Gu Sang said, can you explain in detail?"

Following Moriya's words, everyone in Komera also put down their chopsticks one after another, as if listening attentively.

"……parallel,"

Seeing that Gu Sheng thought for a while, he raised his chopsticks:

"Like these two chopsticks,"

"The demo version of Silent Hill, also known as "PT", will tell an obscure murder case in a puzzle-solving way,"

"And the official version to be released later is also triggered by a murder case,"

"What I want to do is to make these two chopsticks independent of each other, but—"

Speaking of which.

Gu Sheng stretched out his chopsticks, made a movement of clamping them, and touched the tips of the chopsticks together:

"Different routes lead to the same goal."

hiss--! ! !

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the banquet gasped and felt their goosebumps arose!

Gu Sheng's idea is even scarier than PT!

madman!

Simply crazy!

Everyone here is from the game business branch, they all understand games, and they all understand what Gu Sheng is talking about.

The design of the demo version is already crazy enough!

but!

In Gu Sheng's opinion, this is far from crazy enough!

Two parallel lines lead to the same goal!

God knows how complicated such an architecture is!

Even, in their opinion, this demo version is enough to support the entire game, but in Gu Sheng's view, it is just an appetizer independent of the official version!

That is to say!

This "PT" not only guarantees to fully demonstrate the psychological horror characteristics of Silent Hill, but also ensures that an obscure story is told in a limited time, and at the same time, it also ensures that this story is free from the main line and related to the main line!

This is equivalent to a player using Neymar's iconic rainbow dribble to complete Messi's solo ride over seven, and the last big Ibrahimovic volley to score!

incredible.

It can even be said to be incredible!

"This this……"

Moriya felt his scalp go numb!

He has never heard of such a game design idea!

For a moment, I couldn't help grinning again and again!

"This... With all due respect, Gu Sang, is this design too complicated?"

Gu Sheng chuckled lightly.

He knew that Moritani's question was not 'uncomplicated', but 'can you do it'.

After all, his train of thought just now revealed four big characters inside and out——

I want it all!

But such a design is undoubtedly a double-edged sword!

Play it well, start a new school, a trial version shocked the market!

If you can't play well, it's a mess, it's better to just follow the rules!

In this regard, Gu Sheng is very confident.

Of course I can't do it haha!

But Hideo Kojima can.

I can ask God.

"Please rest assured Mr. Moritani on this point."

Gu Sheng smiled and said:

"After all, the word-of-mouth of the trial version will also greatly affect our future cooperation on the game itself."

call--

Moriya breathed a sigh of relief.

The fact that Gu Sheng can say this shows that he is very confident in his plan.

"Then we'll wait and see."

While talking, Moriya raised his glass and toasted Gu Sheng.

After talking about the general idea, both parties put down their wine glasses, and Gu Sheng asked:

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Moritani, how is the budget going?"

Budget.

The most important part of game development.

Before, on the issue of PT's development cost, Golden Wind had several rounds of discussions with Comera.

In the beginning, Komela paid PT 1 million knives, which is about 7 million yuan.

This budget is not low.

After all, the original intention of the Silent Hill project this time was only to enrich the types of games that Comera played in Dongjindian.

However, after hearing the budget, Gu Sheng shook his head repeatedly.

not enough.

You know, he has high expectations for this game, whether it is the picture quality or the full sensory experience, he wants to present the best results.

For the best results, you need to further increase the budget.

Ever since, after discussions, Comera raised the budget to $1.5 million.

But such a budget still cannot meet Gu Sheng's expectations.

Regarding this, Gu Sheng also said——

Originally, as a specially invited chief game director, a labor dispatcher who was "seconded" to Comera, it was inconvenient for him to dictate the budget of the trial version.

After all, the production cost of the trial version has nothing to do with their Golden Wind, it is all determined by Ke Meila.

If you pay 1 million dollars, I will make the effect of 1 million dollars. If you pay 500,000 dollars, I will make the effect of 500,000 dollars.

but.

It is worth noting that the effect of the trial version and player feedback will directly affect the sales of the main game.

The more amazing our demo version is, the higher the sales of the official version will be.

The original concept of Silent Hill fit perfectly with my favorite psychological horror.

I have confidence, and I also believe that I have the ability to bring this IP to an unprecedented height, and even make it a milestone in the history of somatosensory cabin horror games, one of the greatest works.

And that depends on your budget.

As soon as Gu Sheng said this!

Moriya was numb at that time!

It's not because of Gu Sheng's words!

It's because he is so crazy that he has capital!

After all, they have already created a game milestone!

Titanfall is right there!

That is the divine IP created by Gu Sheng himself!

But now, Gu Sheng has actually made such expectations for "Silent Hill"!

This is too tempting for Moriya, and even for the entire Komera.

This is the horror game god IP!

If Gu Sheng is really allowed to do it, then their Komela will become the only true god in the horror game circle, completely dominating the market!

After all, in the current horror game circle, there is no one who can play!

Ever since!

After several discussions!

"finally,"

Moriya said:

"We decided to increase the budget for the demo version to $3 million."

About 20 million yuan.

A demo version, half an APEX on top.

terrific!

Gu Sheng secretly raised his thumb.

In this way, he can use the most advanced "Phoenix engine" available today.

Yes, the reason why he always wants to increase the budget of Comela is because he wants to use this engine, which can be called "the engine with the highest picture quality in the world today"!

Different from the "Fantasy 5" engine that Golden Wind has always used, the Phoenix engine, which was just released half a year ago, has done a lot of work in visual effects and picture presentation!

Not only has it further upgraded and optimized technologies such as real-time dynamic ray tracing, global illumination simulation, and virtual micro-polygon geometry, it also has real-time Voxel-based GI with excellent results. Crafting precision and efficiency.

And its original "virtual eyeball" technology has realized the visual effect of simulating human eyes.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that in terms of the expressiveness of the picture alone.

If "Fantasy 5" is to make the game world look like real ones.

Then 'Phoenix' is a virtual visual architecture that fully realizes the second world.

Of course!

The engine wasn't perfect either.

Although the Phoenix engine has achieved the ultimate presentation in terms of visual effects.

However, its full-sensing technology and motion assistance support are not as advanced as 'Fantasy 5'.

The so-called gains and losses.

Phoenix is ​​a partial player.

but!

This kind of partiality is exactly what Gu Sheng needs!

Silent Hill does not require too high full-sense technical support, nor does it have too much movement performance, and does not require movement assistance!

The main requirement of psychological horror is immersion, and the most brutal and direct way to achieve immersion is to infinitely improve the picture quality!

Because among the five senses of human beings, visual priority is the highest!

"marvelous,"

Gu Sheng nodded sincerely and raised his glass:

"On behalf of the players, I would like to thank Mr. Moritani and Comera for their understanding and support."

"Then leave it to Gu Sang!"

Moriya picked up the cup and drank it down.

Both parties learned what was most important to the other.

The atmosphere of the banquet that followed was much more relaxed.

And Gu Sheng also took the opportunity to ask Moriya about the current situation of Komera's branch industries, as well as its business development philosophy.

In order to become bigger and stronger and create more glories, Golden Wind must realize a multi-line parallel three-dimensional industrial structure in the future.

In this regard, Komera has sufficient experience.

Ready-made experience is in front of you, don't go whoring for nothing.

Push the cup and change the cup!

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when the banquet was over.

Gu Sheng got a little tipsy from drinking, and went back to his suite to take a shower.

Not to mention, Lao Lu's previous analysis was really correct.

The toiletries specially brought to him by Nezha will indeed remind him not to forget to 'report to work'.

When the video call was made, Shen Miaomiao answered it almost instantly.

I saw the little Nezha in the video, who was slumped on the sofa at the moment, trying to be a flattened salted fish.