Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 103 7. Shocking the opponent for 1 years (5k chapter)

When accepting the pokeni market questionnaire survey, players said:
"In Diablo, the monsters are better than the NPCs. I haven't been able to remember the names of a few NPCs and key characters, such as the name of the archbishop.

But for the monsters in the game, it is very unforgettable.

Moreover, the abnormal flexibility of the monsters makes people produce a kind of——

These guys have lived in this land for a long time. It's an illusion.

Otherwise, how can we be so familiar with the land, and still be able to pick out our weaknesses, hide in places we can't see, and shoot sniper arrows? "

"The Diablo game is really well done, and there are many small details in the game that are very interesting.

For example, there are non-monster [rats] in the maze

When these mice run by, they make noises.

And when they stepped on the bones, there was a terrible crackling sound.

Can you understand that feeling?
In the quiet, dark and oppressive underground palace, the sound of mice can directly scare you out of your chair.

I've had the experience of throwing the handle twice.

Even at night, when I heard the sound of mice at home, I would sit up from the bed in a jerk.

This sense of detail and atmosphere is really, really great, and I have never played such a powerful game so far. "

"I like the real-time performance of monsters in the scene in the game, especially when I meet Leoric, the Skeleton King, I can hear him calling Lacey's name all the time.

I myself am a father with a child. When I saw that scene, tears could not stop flowing down.

This feeling, the feeling of losing a child is really uncomfortable.

At the same time, while you are afraid of it becoming a BOSS, you are also full of endless sympathy for it.

At this point, Diablo hit me hard. "

The reason why it can give players [monsters are flexible] [monsters are vivid] is also thanks to Qing Zhiyuan's requirements for monster AI.

The programmers have also put in a lot of effort for this.

Of course, the end result was pretty good.

Of course, Qing Zhiyuan was very honored and extremely happy to be noticed by the players and speak out.

There are quite a few things that haven't been mentioned by the players——

For example, in the birth action of monsters, the skeleton soldiers are fragments on the ground at first, but when the players get close, these fragments will be automatically spliced ​​together to form a complete skeleton.

It is possible that when you pick up a sword stuck in the ground, it will trigger the mechanism, and then a few skeleton soldiers will fall from the sky...

So many kinds, countless.

Compared with Diablo 1 in the previous life, this version produced by Qing Zhiyuan has made too many improvements in details and character AI.

Each of these things is discussed separately, and it is a topic that can allow colleagues in the game industry to chat for three days and three nights and sigh and learn.

……

After careful calculation, plus the previous two Onmyojis, this is already the third time that Pokeni has a game selected for the Platinum Hall.

In the game industry, it is really not easy to achieve such high achievements in the early stage of the company's development.

From this point of view, the company pokeni is really powerful.

……

The Diablo game sold pretty well.

Sales exceeded 7 copies in the first week.

This has already tied pokeni's previous record of "Mermaid Heart".

It sold a staggering 12 copies in its second week.

If this momentum continues, breaking through 30 copies should not be a problem.

Especially when such a game is completely different from the previous GALGAME, it can still achieve this step, basically attracting some relatively small game players.

It can only be said that Diablo is strong in terms of gameplay.

……

Distributors are the most sensitive and direct about sales results. After all, the data is collected and sent back to pokeni through their sales records.

The 1 copies of "Diablo" pre-ordered by Dongrun have already been sold out, and then they replenished the goods twice in a row.

Now the sales momentum has not completely slowed down, which means that Diablo's sales should continue to soar.

Hattori Hiroyuki, who was informed of the news, smiled directly on his face.

"Pokeni is a company that really can't be seen through. Qing Zhiyuan is too interesting, right?"

Maybe P Agency has the hope of becoming the next Square Enix.

It is definitely not comparable to Renten Tendo, but it is just around the corner to surpass Square Enix. As long as a few more platinum-level works are released one after another, Hiroyuki Hattori believes that one day pokeni will have a million-level game born sooner or later.

"Yes." Secretary Fujiki nodded with a smile on his face, "It can be seen that President, your vision is very unique, and I admire you more and more. If it were me, I would never be able to make a big bet on the games of P Club .”

What Fujiki said was the truth, if the game released by pokeni this time was galgame, she would not doubt that the game would be a hit.

After all, they have proved their strength in the development of GALGAME through excellent games such as Onmyoji and Mermaid Heart.

Whether it's the producer Furuhara Chunqiu, the script writers Urobuchi Gen and Ishino Mika, they are all very famous figures in the gal circle now.

But this new game "Diablo" is a completely different action RPG game, with a more terrifying style of painting——

It is a realistic European and American style, which does not meet the aesthetics of Neon people. If such a game is judged by Fujiki, she will think that the sales must be very poor.

If it was her, she would not have the courage of Hiroyuki Hattori to sign a large order of 1 copies in the first pre-order.

Last time, the inventory of the famous school has not been cleared yet.

"Haha, not anymore," Hiroyuki Hattori said with a smile as if he was about to fly off from the secretary's praise, "I have a natural sense of the game, and sometimes it's hard to say why I signed it."

But well...

Hiroyuki Hattori thought that Diablo's ability to achieve such good results probably has little to do with pokeni itself.

But because-

He threw the game cartridge into the trash can.

Thinking of this, Hattori Hiroyuki looked down at his palm.

my hands!

Has the super ability to control the life and death of the game!

No wonder!
Although there is this idea in the subconscious, and the neon people are really superstitious, it is not entirely luck that Hattori Hiroyuki can get to where he is today.

Reason finally triumphed over superstition.

Hattori Hiroyuki smiled bitterly, and had to admit that Qing Zhiyuan had two talents.

……

"Hey, from galgame to ARPG, what happened to pokeni?" Bluewins' president Shigeru Kobayashi couldn't see through poknei's operation at all.

Galgame is a love game for beautiful girls. Previously, P Agency also followed the path of beauty and freshness. When it came to Diablo, the style directly came to a 180-degree change.

It's like this person has always been a beautiful lady, but one day he suddenly couldn't figure it out and shaved his head and started wearing cyberpunk clothes full of rivets. It's completely unacceptable, okay?
What's more, Kobayashi Mao has not been in the game industry for a long time. He really doesn't understand what kind of company Pokeni is.

Qing Zhiyuan, the president, is even more confusing.

But the results are understandable.

Since Mizutani Takaya left pokeni, the company's performance has been getting better and better day by day.

Every game has its own characteristics, whether it is a galgame or an ARPG, it can become a very classic game.

Sales are really eye-popping.

and so--

Qing Zhiyuan is not as unbearable as Mizutani described at all, what is the so-called [Original painting background, doesn't understand games at all] [Qing Zhiyuan will definitely make pokeni biased]

It was clearly a lie told by Takaya Mizutani.

If he had to say it, Xiao Linmao felt that Mizutani was the wimp.

It's clear that this person doesn't understand the game, yet he wants to blame others for his crimes.

Until now, Shigeru Kobayashi regretted poaching Takaya Mizutani under his banner more and more.

Although Mizutani had been transferred to the Philippines, since Mizutani came to Bluwins, the company's performance and operating conditions have been deteriorating.

Hey.

Thinking of this, Xiao Linmao couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

……

Colleagues in the game industry also expressed great shock when they saw Diablo.

"It turns out that the game can still do this, isn't the design of this game too ingenious?"

"Although I haven't figured out the specific game mechanism and numerical composition until now, my intuition tells me that Diablo's game system will definitely bring earth-shaking changes to the game industry."

……

Diablo, maybe players don’t feel it so obvious, but people in the industry will know it once they play it. It is a great wealth.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a textbook-level game.

Its appearance will greatly subvert the current RPG game market dominated by turn-based battles.

Even usher in a new era.

……

at the same time.

Tokyo.

Ren Tiantang Headquarters.

pat.

President Yamauchi Hiroshi finished watching the latest issue of Famitsu and threw it on the table.

There was a wave of indignation in his eyes.

Iwata Satoru next to him was taken aback by this, and when he looked up, he saw that the old man's face was not very happy.

"Famiton's editors are getting less and less discerning." Hiroshi Yamauchi let out a cold snort, "What are the games that have been selected into the Platinum Hall this time? Especially this one called "Diablo", the style of the game is not good. Weird, not a game that would bring joy to young children at all.

Just like that, they were praised to the sky, and they were still selected into the Platinum Hall. I really wonder if they took other people's money. "

That being said, Hiroshi Yamauchi and Satoshi Iwata knew very well——

Famitone was originally the back garden of Rentian Heaven, so it is impossible for such a thing to collect money to enter the Platinum Palace.

Iwata Satoru walked over, picked up the magazine, and read it for a while.

I couldn't help laughing in my heart——

After working for a long time, it turned out that the president just couldn't understand the game development company.

Ever since Qing Zhiyuan cursed the president of Yamauchi in person [must live long and pay back twice in the future], this old man has treated P Corporation as a thorn in his flesh.

In particular, this company also came together with Sega and Sony to develop new handhelds, which made the old man very angry.

If it were me, I don't know if I can look at the games released by Pokeni objectively and neutrally.

"Indeed," Satoru Iwata said following his words, "the style of the game is really not pleasant at all, the picture is also very dark, and the sense of fear is too strong."

Not a game for children, Iwata agrees.

But [it's not a good game], it's hard to say now.

From the very beginning, this game is not for children. Its target audience is exactly the same as that of Sega——

They are all aimed at young and mature people, providing them with more stimulation, which is different from the general life experience.

It is these differences that allow pokeni to go today.

If you confront Ren Tiantang from the front, Iwata believes that no company in this world will be their opponent.

In a sense, he trusted the judgment of Famiton's editors.

Famiton is very strict in game evaluation, which is the fundamental reason why they can become the no1 game magazine in the minds of players.

After reading it carefully, Iwata Satoru probably understood the reason.

If it is really as described in this magazine, Diablo is really a very interesting game.

……

Of course, people's evaluation of Diablo is not all positive.

In the player questionnaire, many people still gave their doubts and described the shortcomings of this game.

[I have never played the game Diablo, but I have heard of it, and there are many friends who like to play games around me who are discussing it.

But, I am the first-sighted player. I really like the game style of P Club, especially Onmyoji, which is beautiful, refreshing and healing.

The first time I saw Diablo, I knew this game wasn't for me.

Because the picture is too dark, and it is supposed to tell the story of demons and humans in the west, I don't have much interest in these. 】

[Diablo is a good game, yes, but the picture is very dark and the atmosphere is depressing. Of course, there is nothing wrong with these, because the sense of immersion is brought about through these details.

It's just that I don't like the game style very much, it's a bit too realistic, I prefer the Japanese manga style. 】

[The game is also too difficult. I don’t know how many times I died in the underground palace when I started it for the first time.Once I opened the box, it turned out that the trap lightning came out, not to mention half of the blood was shocked, and I was beaten to death by the mobs squatting in the corner.

I feel very uncomfortable and extremely depressed. If it weren't for my friends saying that this game is fun, I wouldn't be able to stick to it. 】

[Everything is good in this game, but it’s too easy to die, which caused me to have an illusion——

Who is the monster?

I am obviously the great hero and savior who came to save the world, but I am easily killed by mobs.

Accidentally not noticing the archer coming from the corner or the yin and yang, could result in death.

To be honest, the whole process of playing the game is frightening.

If you have heart disease and high blood pressure, you really can't play this game. 】

Qing Zhiyuan frowned while flipping through the questionnaire.

No wonder it only sold 12 copies.

"Hmm. Isn't this sales volume too bleak?" Qing Zhiyuan said to himself.

The shocked and contemptuous eyes of the little HR came from the side.

"President! Are you still not satisfied with 12 copies in two weeks?"

"Of course I'm not satisfied." Qing Zhiyuan frowned, "How can I be satisfied? You know this is "Diablo"!"

Diablo, it should hit millions of sales, right?

First-class gameplay, first-class story, first-class sense of experience, a great work that created the real-time era, how can it only sell 12 copies? !
Floating away.

The president is completely gone.

Akane Ayase clutched her forehead, wanting to give him two slaps on the face to wake up this guy.

Unfortunately, she didn't have the courage.

"President, I believe the next game will definitely be better," Akane Ayase clenched her fist and encouraged with a smile, "Now everyone is more and more confident, and the game is getting better and better.

Breaking through one million is a matter of time.

It might be the next one. "

What is the next work?

Akane Ayase frowned.

Think for two seconds.

Oh, yes, "Reverse People" developed by Wada

Oops, I have a bad feeling.

This guy Wada seems to be getting farther and farther on the road of "Depression Series". Akane Akane cried after reading the script.

"I understand!"

At this moment, Akane Ayase was startled by Qing Zhiyuan's voice.

He suddenly thought of a very important thing.

……

"Huh? Make a full English version?"

The main program Akanishi Ken was taken aback when he heard Qing Zhiyuan's words, but he quickly figured out the crux of the problem.

"Yes, I just said that there seems to be something wrong, we seem to have chosen the wrong track." Akanishi Ken said.

If "Diablo" is released in Europe and the United States, maybe there will be a bigger breakthrough.

"Well, in terms of strategy, it's definitely not enough to only release Neon domestically." Qing Zhiyuan said, "From the perspective of game style and theme, this game is more suitable for players in the Omi region."

Regardless of the theme of the game itself, or the Diablo production team from the previous life, they are all from the Omi region, so they will naturally be better at controlling the psychology of local players.

The reason why Diablo went out of the circle and became a world-class game is mainly because of its excellent gameplay.

But in essence, it is definitely more suitable for the West.

and--

More importantly, now that Sega is in the European and American markets, the market share of MD consoles has a tendency to faintly exceed Rentiantang. So far, there are almost 1600 million units.

This market is obviously bigger than Neon China.

If Diablo is released well, it may not necessarily promote the increase in the number of MDs.

Hayao Zhongshan will definitely be happy with Qing Zhiyuan's proposal.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon," Akanishi Ken asked cautiously, "Do you want to start production now?"

"It's not too late to do it now." Qing Zhiyuan said, "It's okay, just follow the normal work schedule, and send the same in Europe and America after the year is finished."

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See you tomorrow everyone.

(End of this chapter)