Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 159 63. Unexpectedly Good
In June, Tokyo is terribly hot.

Qing Zhiyuan and Tsuda Nao were eating ice cream in the cold drink shop, Tsuda Nao was tasting the sweet taste, while looking at the man in front of him with a half-smile with fox eyes.

"Isn't this expected? I thought you had already made up your mind."

When I heard about Pokeni's new work "The Witcher" Waterloo, Tsuda Nao naturally asked.

Qing Zhiyuan frowned fiercely, "Hey, please don't say such things?"

Who would have thought that there would be such a negative impact?

"So, even if many famous directors don't make movies anymore, in order to train new people and let the company continue to make money, they will be hired as a supervisor or something." Nao Tsuda sighed and looked at Qing Zhiyuan, thinking that this guy was funny and pitiful , "I didn't expect you to retreat so thoroughly.

At least Guyuan Chunqiu can be a supervisor in the new works.

Or let Furuhara Chunqiu come out to stand on the platform for Mikami Shinji, cheering up or something, which can somewhat restore some popularity. "

Qing Zhiyuan frowned and did not speak.

Gu Yuan Chunqiu retreated quite thoroughly, which can be regarded as his inexperience.

The main reason is that in the previous life, the Chinese company operated completely differently from Neon. The [producer] effect did not exist at all. Players followed the company. Who would see who the producer of "Yuan Shen" is?
Not to mention the penguins.

The producer still thinks it's embarrassing to put his name out.

So whether the game makes money or is famous, it all belongs to the company.

However, the influence of the producer is very important due to the Neon game environment. Players are not following the company itself. If there is no such producer, the popularity will basically decrease a lot.

It was the inertial thinking that caused Qing Zhiyuan to let [Guyuan Chunqiu] retire too early and too thoroughly, and it is useless to take regret medicine now.

And he didn't have anything to regret at all, Guyuan Chunqiu was a vest that Qing Zhiyuan wanted to discard a long time ago.

"But having said that, when do you want Furuhara Chunqiu to return?" Nao Tsuda asked curiously.

She scooped out a small mouthful of ice cream with a spoon, put it in her mouth and sipped it, her eyes sparkled.

"I... I have no such plan." Qing Zhiyuan said.

I'm not Hayao Miyazaki, how could Furuhara Chunqiu have such a big influence?

"Tsk tsk."

Nao Tsuda said he didn't believe it.

"It's really not easy to train a famous producer." She curled her lips, "Why don't you let Gu Yuan Chunqiu work at DUN?"

"what?"

"Did you forget that you promised me before that you would come to be our consultant and guide?" Tsuda Nao's eyes were bent into crescent moons, and it really smelled like "Miss Moon" in Qing Zhiyuan's mouth, "The team is coming soon!" The build is complete.

I think this is just right, anyway, Guyuan Chunqiu is not in pokeni anymore.

Why can't I logically hire him? "

"Ah hello!" Qing Zhiyuan's expression froze, "Please don't say such terrible things, okay?"

I just abandoned Gu Yuan Chunqiu because I didn't want to [be thrown into the sea]. Didn't you just drag Gu Yuan Chunqiu into the sea by doing this?
Can you still go ashore?

……

"meet on Monday."

"meet on Monday."

"If you have bought "The Witcher", please be sure to tell us about your experience, so I can decide whether to buy it or not."

"Hey, why didn't you come to be the experiencer?"

"Haha, just kidding, anyway, everyone had a great weekend. See you on Monday."

"on Monday."

After get off work, Gu Chuan Haoze exchanged a few words with his colleagues, and walked home with his briefcase.

Before I knew it, three years had passed.

And he has worked in this company for nearly 8 years.

It stands to reason that the current Furukawa Haoze should be mixed into a management team, or his salary will be doubled, and he will be sent to Europe or a more developed country to develop markets.

but……

Nothing at all.

All people live repetitive lives every day.

Get up in the morning, go to the company from home, get a croissant and black coffee in the breakfast shop downstairs, go to the mail room to get a newspaper and go to your work station, and then start the day's schedule.

Stay up until you get home from get off work and continue the cycle.

There is no change in the position. Gu Chuan is still a clerical worker, doing statistical work and printing common reports, including the information of his partners and customers. Up to now, there has been no change in 3 years.

Gu Chuan was able to memorize almost all of these contents.

The same is true for printed things, as long as you change a title and date, it can be used again.

In this era when the class is gradually solidifying, especially after the bubble economy burst, young people can hardly see any hope of rising, and it is already very good to be alive.

In some newspapers, experts call this phenomenon "stagnation"

Neon has entered an era of stagnation, just like a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.

It's just that no one knows how long this stagnation period will last, and what is the meaning of our existence.

In such an era, what is the meaning of life?
……

Ah ~
Can't think about it.

Furukawa Haoze shook his head, once he thought about the [meaning of existence], he would really lose the [meaning of existence].

This is a very scary contradiction.

Just like a sentence that the president often hangs on his lips——

When you seriously want to make money and think about the meaning of making money, you will not make money.

The direction of making money and what you want to do are things that are contrary to each other.

Gu Chuan couldn't understand this sentence before, but now he finally has some insights.

but……

There is another paradox here, which is——

The more you don't want to think about it, the more it will suddenly appear in your mind.

For example, the meaning of life.

Why do we live and work like this every day.

How hopeless it must be to live a life where you can see the head at a glance.

At least in the father's generation, no, not to mention the previous generation, even in the era of the bubble economy five years ago, everyone would feel that every day in the future is a brand new day.

Have great vision for the future.

Live a solid and happy life every day, even if it is false like a bubble.

Unfortunately, that dream was too short.

Going to the entrance of the game store on the corner of the street, Hiroshi Furukawa stopped.

I stared blankly at the signboard for a long time.

On the glass door of the store, there is a big poster.

It's pokeni's new work "The Witcher"

He finally realized one thing——

Games are the biggest change that has occurred in this world and in the life that has been determined.

He can experience different lives, different stories and different futures in the game.

Only when he holds the gamepad does he feel alive.

It's not that Furukawa Haoze is a complete nihilist, but because of the coldness and order of reality, he can only seek change and comfort in other places.

This is caused by the general environment of the times. If you have no way to change your life and destiny, why not get a new experience in the game.

What about a chance to do it all over again?
In life, what I am most afraid of is the lack of change and the possibility of change. Once the future is certain, then this person will live to the end.

After leaving Guyuan Chunqiu's game, there was not even the only change in his life.

Furukawa Haoze hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to go in.

who cares.

Furukawa Haoze thought to himself.

I also want to give pokeni a chance.

It would be too cruel to lose confidence in pokeni just because Guyuan Chunqiu is gone.

It's not too late to spray after the experience.

……

When he saw Gu Chuan Hao Ze, the manager's face showed a look of surprise.

He adjusted his glasses with his hand and laughed.

"Huh? You came a little late this time."

The store manager is also an old acquaintance. He has a certain understanding of Furukawa Haoze, at least in terms of games.

This person has never missed a Pokeni game in the past three years, even if he didn't get a Pokémon at the beginning, he made up the ticket later.

But this time "The Demon Hunter" has been released for a while, and I haven't seen Furukawa Haoze, which is really a bit strange.

"Feel sorry."

Furukawa Haoze nodded slightly.

"I haven't been able to make up my mind whether to start "The Witcher""

"OK, got it."

The store manager nodded.

"However, I can assure you."

He raised his right hand and said with a smile, "The Witcher is definitely worth buying, you won't be disappointed."

"Huh? Really?"

Furukawa Haoze suddenly became interested.

……

Back home with the game box in his arms, Hiroshi Furukawa took the game console out of the cabinet, reinstalled it, and inserted the cassette.

The packaging of "The Witcher" is very beautiful.

Opening it is like unwrapping a very expensive present.

Although it wasn't produced by Furuhara Chunqiu, it was Urobuchi Gen's script anyway.

Maybe there will be a surprise?

……

When the game started, the pokeni logo that he was very familiar with appeared on the TV.

When Qing Zhiyuan designed it, he probably never thought that one day he would break with Ren Tiantang, so he used red and white designs, and it looked very friendly.

After getting used to it now, the font has been changed a few times, but the color has been fixed like this.

After pokeni appeared, the whole screen went dark.

A pair of scarlet eyes suddenly opened.

Followed by a mouth full of blood.

Furukawa Haoze was almost taken aback.

His fingers trembled a bit.

The entire interface suddenly changed, the background is a city full of futuristic technology, and to the right of the center is the silhouette of a girl with a graceful figure.

Corresponding to it is a young man wearing a leather jacket back to back.

The connection line between the two people forms a sinuous S-shaped outline, which is outlined as a dividing interface.

The part on the left is a big "Witcher" LOGO.

A small line at the bottom reads: pokeni/1993
Although Furukawa Haoze was a dark game at the beginning, the initial interface was not as dark as imagined.

On the contrary, in addition to the black clothes worn by the male and female protagonists in the entire interface, the background is brightly colored.

I have to say that the original painting designers of pokeni really have two brushes.

Scary things, or things that can really shock people in their hearts, should not be expressed through conventional dark tones. The bright background contrast will make people have a deeper impression on other elements.

It's like a big tree suddenly appeared in the desert, and the whole world will become full of vitality.

And all your eyes and focus will be on that one big green tree.

This is game psychology.

Qing Zhiyuan has already studied it thoroughly.

……

Choose a new game and start.

The opening animation starts to play on the screen.

Strictly speaking, it is far from reaching the level of cartoons. It can only be regarded as similar to the way of dynamic pictures and text in pokeni Diablo 1.

This set of pokeni has been used quite skillfully.

Furukawa Haoze has played so many galgames, and now he accepts this way of expression very much.

[This is a world where blood races and humans co-exist.

Two creatures, the wolf and the sheep, fight each other for survival.

The blood race has powerful physical strength, even beyond the limit of human imagination
Although human beings are lingering on their last days, they have also developed their own unique weapons.

Use technology to counterattack the vampires.

The two sides competed.

time goes on
Demon hunters, on the other hand, are special existences that naturally fight against the vampires. 】

These parts are all shown through hand-painted static pictures. The picture is slightly scribbled, but it is inexplicably full of epic and desolation...

After the title, the heroine appeared in the center of the screen.

She has long silver hair, delicate facial features, and a bright red long scarf around her neck, which forms a sharp contrast with the long silver hair.

There are very few clothes on the upper body, like a leather bikini armor that can only cover the key parts.

The waist is slender, the lower body is an asymmetrical skirt, and the back is similar to a tuxedo, except that the two back hems are very long.

The two thighs are straight and slender, and each is stepping on a pair of white boots full of technological sense.

In addition to the 2D characters walking on the big map, there will also be a standing drawing of the character on the right side of the entire screen during the dialogue.

Lihui is a purely refined drawing, which looks very attractive and has good details.

Gee.

The original artist of pokeni is really excellent as always.

You know players too well, right?
These girls are getting better and better.

Furukawa Haoze just took a look and felt that this game was not easy.

In terms of painting style, "The Witcher" is different from all pokeni games, whether it is the European and American style of the darker "Diablo", or the beautiful and fresh Two-dimensional like "Your Name"...

neither.

"The Witcher" is more like a product created out of thin air between Diablo and your name.

Or rather a fusion of them.

And the fusion of each other's strengths.

Aesthetically, it is closer to oriental people, with delicate faces, rich colors, and a two-dimensional comic style.

But in the use of elements and the background of the world, it is biased towards the West.

It has both the mythical color of the West and the sense of technology of the future city.

This kind of thing is like a stitching monster. Once the stitching is not good, it is easy to make a terrible monster.

But pokeni is doing very well, the game style is well integrated, it can even be said to be unique, it directly created a unique style, and it is very natural, so natural that you don't think carefully about what it has [ Gene】

How did it come about.

"Huh? It's surprisingly good."

Furukawa Haoze thought to himself.

……

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One more night

It is expected to be released around 11:[-]

(End of this chapter)