Video Game Designer

"Making games and making products are two different concepts. At present, there are actually not many game manufacturers in China, and more are just manufacturers. Games are only used to package the existence of their products."

Chuhe looked at Meng Xiansheng and said.

Some time ago, an article that was rumored to be about the game industry planning and writing "Chinese players don't deserve good games" suddenly became popular.

The article itself is written with a bit of personal subjective color, but the content is only a comment on the domestic game market, but after some self-media and "big V" reproduced out of context, it seems that all the blame has been thrown on the player's head superior.

It probably means that the game has developed to the present, and it is all the fault of the players.

Why do game manufacturers like to develop this kind of krypton gold game, because players like to play it, while talking about this game is really spicy, and at the same time it is really delicious all kinds of krypton gold.

The facts do look like this, which makes people feel a little wrong, but there is nothing to refute.

For example, the death of a stand-alone game is all because players don't buy the genuine version, but choose a pirated version.

But if you really want to throw all the blame on the players, this is too arbitrary and one-sided.

If the film industry has developed in China, it is no longer big news that the box office of domestic films exceeds 100 million a week.

Could it be that there are no pirated versions of domestic movies now? How is that possible? As long as you search for the gun version of some online disks and websites, you don’t need to find it deliberately, and you can even watch it online.

But why are so many people still willing to spend money to go to the cinema?

The price is an important reason, but more important is the atmosphere and experience. Going to the cinema to watch a movie is completely different from watching a gun version of a movie at home.

The game is almost the same, steam platform, rotten orange platform, as well as Ubisoft's mall, Penguin's wegame, and GOG, and even the emergence of platforms such as the National Bank version of the console.

The way players buy is much simpler.

"Stand-alone games are different from online games. Even those encrypted masterpieces in foreign countries may be cracked as soon as they are released. The domestic ones are already considered very good. At least there are very few pirated versions on the surface." Chu He looked at Meng Xiansheng and said.

Hearing Chuhe's words, Meng Xiansheng nodded slightly. He didn't know whether some single-player games from domestic small workshops would be pirated.

But Tianhe Network and his network elements, he knows that no one will pirate, more precisely, no one dares to pirate.

These two are something they can't afford to mess with.

"Service?" Meng Xiansheng nodded thoughtfully.

"Game content is one aspect, and game service and player experience are also very important aspects. Many stand-alone games are not only domestically produced, but also some overseas games. Various bugs and unreasonable local needs are often exposed after release. Some of the patch modifications were really not tested in advance, or they were not tested, and some were intentional." Chuhe said with a smile.

"On purpose?" Meng Xiansheng was taken aback for a moment, but then responded with a dazed expression.

Because game piracy is not updated in real time, usually pirated games are either pirated in advance, or waiting for the follow-up DLC and content of the game, as well as BUG patches to be repaired, and wait until a relatively complete version to start cracking.

Some small game factories without much capital can only use this method of injuring the enemy eight hundred and self-injury one thousand to protect their own interests. It sounds pitiful, but this is the reality.

In the past, players said, and the industry's planning also said that the development environment of domestic independent games is not as good as that of foreign countries.

But whoever dares to say this now, especially those in the industry, Chuhe will definitely dare to slap him.

As long as there is enough ability, it is not just talking about it on paper. Tianhe Network's Origin Engine Project, China Star Project in cooperation with WEGAME, including EA, Ubisoft, Sony, and Microsoft, have corresponding independent game support plans in China.

If this is the case, and some people say that the development environment is difficult, then you can understand what kind of person they are.

"If Mr. Meng wants to invest 100 million yuan to develop a large stand-alone game, as an objective industry person, I'm actually not optimistic about it." Chu He looked at Meng Xiansheng and said.

"One hundred million is not much." Hearing Chu He's words, Meng Xiansheng frowned. How much is one hundred million?

It’s only more than ten million dollars. Isn’t Tianhe Network always paying ten to twenty million dollars for a project?

"To put it bluntly, Mr. Meng, your studio, if you give them 100 million, they probably don't know how to draw. This is a problem of project experience and technology, and if this kind of investment fixes the theme market as domestic, Then either launch an online model; or give up the Chinese style and try to find a way to conquer the overseas market." Chu He said to Meng Xiansheng.

Gu Jian Qixia has invested so much, even though the sales of the game alone have paid off, it is impossible to make a lot of money.

Although Gu Jian Qi Xia also makes a lot of money, but more benefits are peripheral products, and the copyright of film and television animation is earned here.

"The Huaxia style is the characteristic of NEU, and we will not change it." Meng Xiansheng said without thinking.

All the games under Wangyuan are basically Chinese-style, except for the preferences of the big boss Meng Xiansheng, there are also some political factors in it, so it's hard to talk about this aspect.

Anyway, Meng Xiansheng didn't even think about how much money he could make when Wang Yuan was engaged in domestic stand-alone computers, but who would think it would be too much if he could make money?

"Take your previous Shenwu as an example. I won't talk about the gameplay and plot content of the game. In terms of the quality of the game itself, the graphics and the actions in the game are actually mainstream, but there are many places Unsatisfactory, optimization is okay, but the air wall of the scene in the game is modeled with useless scenes, such as shallow water beaches that can be entered, but stones that cannot be climbed, including the long loading time of scene transitions, these They are all things that greatly affect the player experience." Chu He looked at Meng Xiansheng and said.

"This can't be helped. Our technical team has limited skills, and it's the first time we use Unreal Engine. We have no way to grasp many places. Speaking of which, our number one goal at the beginning was your Origin Engine. Who knows that we haven't put forward conditions. You So I refused directly." When Meng Xiansheng mentioned this matter, his tone could not help but tinge with some resentment.

"Ahem, actually the Unreal Engine is also very powerful. It is not inferior to the Origin Engine when used well, and we didn't even think about opening the Origin Engine at the beginning." Chu He coughed twice and said.

Hearing Chuhe's words, Meng Xiansheng didn't discuss this topic much, but just smiled.

Then the two talked about it, about other domestic game manufacturers, and the recently popular World of Warcraft.

Although the two people are one and a half years older than each other, they chatted happily.

"By the way, Mr. Chu has a message. I guess you haven't received it yet. There will be a very important meeting in Beijing in July about the review of domestic games." Before leaving, Meng Xiansheng said to Chuhe.

"Game review?" Chu He froze for a moment.

"If there are any games that haven't been submitted for trial, submit them as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a little troublesome." Meng Xiansheng didn't say directly, but just smiled.

"That's it." Chuhe suddenly understood, and then Chuhe was happy: "It's okay, don't bother, we will definitely not pass the review for the next few games."

He was so confident in those words, Meng Xiansheng was dumbfounded when he heard that.