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A sandbox mowing game with a modern western setting?

Yang Chen was a little curious.

Lin Jiayi continued: "There is no doubt that the great success of "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" will make many game manufacturers focus on its features."

Yang Chen nodded slightly.

What are the characteristics of "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice"?

Smooth combat system, ant-hole-style three-dimensional map design, or a good combination of stealth and assassination?

Obviously not, as the point that is most well-known to players and the easiest to give players an impression, that is the difficulty of the game.

"It's not that easy to achieve this feature." Yang Chen said with a smile.

From a certain point of view, "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" can be regarded as his dream memory standing on the shoulders of giants, borrowing and polishing it.

But one thing to note is that the game quality of "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" can be described as very industrialized.

Whether it is the action design in the game, or the sense of attack of the game, including the difficulty design, it can be said that it is all spent on burning money.

And this burning money can only be burned if he has the memory of the mature game "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice".

It is not so easy for other game manufacturers to create one as well.

"Someone will always do it." Lin Jiayi smiled: "And I think after players face suffering, a game of mowing grass may make players enjoy themselves, and the sales will not be too bad."

He didn't say what kind of classic he wanted to create, but Lin Jiayi expressed a very pragmatic idea, which is for sales.

Of course, it's not that Lin Jiayi doesn't want to make a classic like "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" and "Metal Gear: The Phantom Pain".

But on the one hand, he still has doubts about his own abilities. At least without the participation of a game producer and team at Yang Chen's level, he still feels a little suspenseful.

Secondly, the company also needs a revenue point at present. Although the previous "Assassin's Creed" was successful, it was only an OEM for Nebula Games at that time.

Although Yang Chen also holds most of the shares in this company, they are still in a tight financial situation.

Nebula Games has succeeded in so many games, coupled with the layout of peripheral products, and even the linkage of peripheral products in figures, clothes, bags and other aspects, it is enough for them to develop corresponding 3A masterpieces.

And what about them?

Going one step ahead of "Assassin's Creed", the main cost of the previous "Resident Evil 2" was also invested by Nebula Games, and most of the share was also invested by Nebula Games.

To develop a new work, what Lin Jiayi wants at present is not a classic, but a guaranteed sales volume.

Having been by Xu Yu's side for so long, Yang Chen is no longer the one who didn't understand anything. As soon as Lin Jia said about guaranteeing sales, Yang Chen understood what he meant.

"Be infected with a virus and become a superpower to save the world?" Yang Chen listened to Lin Jiayi's simple talk about the concept of the new game.

"It's a traditional domineering plot, and the main core selling point is not the plot. The powerful and special abilities after mutation, and the mowing-style combat mode are the core selling points." Lin Jiayi turned to Yang Chen. explained.

But Yang Chen shook his head: "It's a bit too conservative. Compared to this, it's better to make some changes in the plot, such as subverting the character's image."

In terms of ability in game production, Yang Chen and Lin Jiayi have their own merits, but there is still a big gap between them and Steven's level of game producers.

But compared to them, Yang Chen has a big enough advantage, that is, he has dream memories, and he is a cheater.

Lin Jiayi and the others can only figure it out on their own, but when Yang Chen is thinking about a game, he can refer to more other games that have proven himself to demonstrate and absorb its advantages.

This is like other people's closed-book exams, and his open-book exams.

Listening to Lin Jiayi's description, Yang Chen came up with the name of a game in his dream memory, a game that sold well in the first generation, and then the production team of the second generation insisted on playing flowers, and then failed miserably and went bankrupt. Prototype

"The essence of the game is action mowing. The special gameplay is that the mutated character of the player can kill the infected and increase the blood volume of himself to achieve an immortal effect. It sounds very interesting, as long as the action elements are sufficient. Excellence, success is not a difficult task, but it can be more interesting, such as changes in the character design and plot." Yang Chen said with a smile.

"Character design is very important to a game. I don't need to say this. Compared with the traditional kind and lawful protagonist, I think a chaotic and kind character design, a villain hero will be more in line with the player's taste. Of course, the same It is also possible to add some other elements that attract players, such as placing a younger sister in the protagonist, and the main line of the whole plot can also revolve around saving the younger sister. In addition, a role played by the player is not only to fight against the infected, but also to fight against the infected. We need to fight against the human army." Yang Chen thought about something and said with a smile.

It looks a little homey, but this is what players eat. As long as the plot is not too bloody, the game is too messy, the modeling and painting are better, plus a reasonable character design and voice actor, These two points alone are enough to make players buy and buy.

And regarding the plot, Yang Chen also had a very good idea.

"The virus has infected the entire city, just like Raccoon City in "Resident Evil", and all of this is a mysterious organization lurking in the military. They are secretly conducting virus experiments in this city, but one day The virus leaked, in order to prevent the virus from fully spreading, they wanted to destroy it all, not only to suppress the spread of the virus, but also to protect them from being exposed, and all of this must be traced back to an ancient organization." Yang Chen explained to Lin Jiayi referring to the contents of the dream memory.

"Did the Templars do it again?" Lin Jiayi couldn't help but interjected after listening so engrossed.

"Don't interrupt me, don't blame the Templars for everything. This is not a part of the IP series linkage. The organization here is an alien organization. Just call it Hydra or Hydra." Yang Chen glanced at Lin Jiayi.

Looking at Yang Chen worriedly, Lin Jiayi who was sitting there suddenly felt a little panicked.

He just has a general design concept for the new game, and the plot is just an idea. Of course, the completeness of the plot described by Yang Chen is incomparable.

But at first glance, Lin Jiayi had to admit that the plot Yang Chen mentioned seemed to be a little more manipulative.

For example, if it sells human settings, and the key is this kind of plot design, if it sells well, the plot of the sequel is simply too easy to shape.

But there is one thing that makes Lin Jiayi panic, that is, this mode feels a bit familiar!

It won't be the end, they will become OEMs again! ?

Lin Jiayi said that the whole person panicked.

And inside Xingyun game, Yang Chen and Lin Jiayi were talking about the magic modification of "Prototype".

On the Internet, the players who noticed the latest news from the Nebula Games official blog fell into a burst of excitement.