Game Design: Players are moved to tears

Chapter 162 Three cool reasons!
Someday in a month.

"Hahaha, I'm on gold, I'm on gold, I'm on gold!"

Zhao Hao walked into the experience store with a proud face, shouting to the sky.

"Isn't he just a golden boy? What's his name?" Chen Yaohui was very disdainful.

"Huh?" Zhao Hao sat next to Chen Yaohui and asked, "What do you know? Do you know what the ratio is between gold and below in "ioi"?"

"93%, 93%!"

Zhao Hao stroked his hair back coolly: "From today on, I am also a golden boss."

With that said, he patted Chen Yaohui on the shoulder: "Boy, would you like me to take you flying?"

Chen Yaohui sighed and silently brought up his own login interface - the shining platinum frame almost blinded Zhao Hao's titanium alloy dog ​​eyes.

Platinum boss... Zhao Hao twitched the corner of his mouth and walked silently towards Li Qishan who was playing "ioi" at the side.

Looking at Li Qishan's operations in the game, Zhao Hao stood behind him and couldn't help but said:

"Hey, this wave is urgent. If I definitely flash forward and control..."

Halfway through the words, Li Qishan, who was watching the black and white screen, subconsciously clicked on the scoreboard - all ten people were in the diamond rank.

"What are you talking about?" Li Qishan took off his headphones and turned around to ask.

He was operating in a fierce team battle just now and didn't hear Zhao Hao's voice clearly.

Zhao Hao waved his hands with a rather embarrassed look on his face: "Well, the weather is nice today."

Li Qishan glanced outside... The sky was gray, how could it have something to do with it?

"Hey, you are all here."

When Liu Wei's voice sounded, Zhao Hao seemed to have seen his savior and hurriedly ran over and started showing off.

Vigo knew very well that Vigo didn't play "ioi" when he was in college, so it was safest to show off in front of Vigo.

Not like those perverts at all...

"Vigo, I'm golden!"

He said he was showing off, but Zhao Hao looked like he was begging for praise and praise.

"Oh, that's good!" Liu Wei applauded.

"Hum~"

Zhao Hao finally expressed his excitement with a satisfied look this time.

"Vigo, let me tell you, don't underestimate the game "ioi". You may feel that this game is very easy at first, but the deeper you go, the more you will feel that this game has many ways to play."

"It's not as boring as the Internet said."

Liu Wei nodded and asked as if he suddenly remembered: "Didn't you post on Moments some time ago that "League of Legends" was fun? What rank are you in now?" "

"League of Legends" was launched some time ago, and Liu Wei's circle of friends was dominated by the game.

Especially Zhao Hao, a bastard who often wins in "ioi".

Basically, every day, I will send a few screenshots of the best in the audience, with a big face of myself, and the text said - invincible, how lonely~~
However, in recent times, Liu Wei has found that "League of Legends" appears less and less frequently in Moments.

Even Zhao Hao, a loyal fan, started taking screenshots of "ioi".

This made Liu Wei very curious.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hao's original excited expression instantly dissipated, replaced by a face of gritted teeth.

"League of Legends? He...tui!"

"Don't mention that rubbish game!"

Liu Wei asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Zhao Hao said with a ferocious expression: "That's a rubbish game. Damn it. I've played so many games and they didn't give me the MVP. Instead, I gave it to a bastard who didn't know what he was doing. It's a rubbish game and it ruined my youth. Bad me..."

puff~
Liu Wei almost spat out all the tea he just drank and looked at Zhao Hao in surprise.

Never thought of it, never thought of it.

Can even Zhao Hao, a bastard like this, call others bastards?

but……

Liu Wei put down his tea cup and started thinking.

This shows that "League of Legends" has begun to show the hidden shortcomings behind it, and its own competition is almost ready to start.

After talking for a long time, Zhao Hao also felt thirsty. He picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, and asked by the way:

"By the way, Wei Ge, what rank are you at? Do you want me to help you reach gold..."

Zhao Hao's eyebrows kept beating up and down, confident and arrogant.

"No need, I am the strongest king."

puff! ! !
Zhao Hao spit out all the tea he just drank and looked at Liu Wei in surprise.

Liu Wei took a sip of tea very calmly, as if the previous king was just a matter of serving tea and drinking water to him.

"Oh, by the way, I am the king with a 73% winning rate."

Pfft!
I saw Zhao Hao kneeling on the floor, firmly grasping Liu Wei's trouser legs with both hands, and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Vigo, Vigo, take me, take me to be a king, no, grandmaster, no, no, no, master, no, diamonds are enough."

"You took me to the diamond, you are my brother, my real brother!"

Liu Wei: "..."

As expected of you!

……

Blizzard "League of Legends" development department.

Bill Khan was lying comfortably on the boss's chair, listening to the leisurely "D Minor", with black tea and cakes in front of him, enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea time, quite in the style of an ancient gentleman.

But the next second, the sound of pushing the door suddenly broke this comfort.

The assistant ran in panting.

Bir Khan glanced at him very dissatisfied and warned: "Elegance, be elegant."

But the assistant just gasped and didn't take what Bill Khan said to heart:
"No, our game data has dropped."

"Huh?" Bill Khan frowned and looked at it seriously: "There hasn't been much change in the data these days."

The assistant was almost dying of anxiety: "Boss, it's not the international server's data, but the Xia country's data that has a problem."

As he spoke, the assistant retrieved Xia Guo's data on the computer.

Bir Khan looked at it carefully.

The value of krypton gold increased by 10%... As expected, everyone in Xia Kingdom is stupid and has too much money.

The increase in new users is 15%... it’s booming, booming!
But when Bill Khan looked at the two data below, the frown on his forehead could kill a fly.

Old player retention rate, 73%.

Daily activity dropped 1.1% year-on-year.

Taken together, these numbers mean League of Legends has a very high churn rate.

Bill Khan is currently planning the World Championships, focusing on the international server.

"How could this happen?" Bill Khan was very puzzled.

You must know that the data of the international server of "League of Legends" is very good, and it can even be said that it is in a stage of steady growth.

But why did the entire data change drastically as soon as we arrived in Xia Kingdom?

Bill Khan thought for a while and then said: "Let's stop for a moment at the tournament and conduct a research process on Xia Guo to see why they don't like to play this game."

Although Bill Khan doesn't like the people of Xia country very much, after all, Xia country is a big consumer of games, so there are still things that should be paid attention to.

"Yes!" The assistant strode away.

Bill Khan was left looking at the background data with a puzzled look on his face. "why?"

"Why is this?"

"It's obviously almost the same version, so why are the data so different?"

……

Soon, an analysis report on "League of Legends" in Xia Kingdom was handed over to Bill Khan's desk.

Bill Khan opened the analysis report with a serious look and read it.

After three full hours, Bill Khan read the last page.

But not only was there no relief on his face, but his expression of doubt became more solemn.

The whole report seems like everyone is bragging.

The hero's skill design is very consistent with the original IP and is unique.

The graphics are exquisite, and each map has a different style.

The fantasy town of Death, the interstellar battlefield full of science fiction materials, the pyramids full of Egyptian elements, and the nautical style port...are very popular among players.

As for the game mechanics, it has also been widely praised and received various positive reviews.

Upgrade to unlock skill styles, and the ever-changing gameplay is also touted.

Everything is obviously moving in a better direction.

But there was a problem with the last questionnaire.

[Are you willing to play this game? If so, please select your play time. 】

As a result, more than 40% of the players wrote "unwilling".

This is outrageous!
It's like a movie.

Before the filming started, we raised hundreds of millions of funds, spent a lot of money to buy a popular IP, hired a popular traffic niche, a famous director in the industry, and the scenes were also large-scale productions...

The acting skills of the popular niche actor are also online, the director didn't make any mistakes, and he didn't spend a penny less on the big scenes.

But the final box office result was from "Pacific Rim" to "Sea Fortress".

The current situation of "League of Legends" is the game version of "Sea Fortress".

I know this game is good, well-made, has a big IP, and has diverse gameplay, but I just don’t want to play it.

You ask me why...I don't know either.

Bill Khan almost vomited after reading the report after the questionnaire.

As we all know, the questionnaire survey can not only provide ideas for deceiving Krypton, but also indirectly give designers a feedback.

For example, what is not good, what players are dissatisfied with, and what shortcomings need to be corrected.

But the result of this questionnaire survey is -

You are a good person, but we are not a good fit.

Bill Khan threw the report to the ground: "Check, check again!"

The assistant gingerly picked up the report and left.

……

At the same time, in the experience store, Ling Jingwen looked at the background data and yelled excitedly: "It's gone up, our data has gone up again."

Everyone gathered around: "Really?"

"Let me be healthy."

"Let me in, let me in..."

Liu Wei's expression on the side remained unchanged: "Calculating the time, it's almost two months. Isn't this normal?"

Crowd: ...

Silently looking at the boss who pretends to be a good guy.

Ling Jingwen said harshly: "Junior, do you mean that you know that this game will definitely become popular?"

Liu Wei nodded without hesitation: "I must know it. I've known it since the day it went online."

Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, looking like they didn't believe it.

You must know that in the first few days when "League of Legends" was launched, it even broke the number of online users of "ioi" on the first day in China.

There are even rumors on the Internet that it will replace "ioi" and become the new trend vane of moba games.

But the boss said that he knew it was going to be bad the day it went online. Who would believe this?
"You don't believe it?" Sensing everyone's distrustful looks, Liu Wei decided to teach these novices a lesson.

"Then let me tell you why this game is so popular, and the three main reasons why it will definitely be so popular!"

Three reasons?!
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in shock.

Such a popular game actually has three reasons why it is so popular? !
Everyone came closer, ready to hear the boss's opinion.

Liu Wei turned off the computer and raised a finger:
"First of all, it is too difficult to get started, the threshold for a game..."

"Wait." Chen Yaohui interrupted, and asked in confusion, "No, boss, "League of Legends" is recognized as the most friendly game for newcomers in the industry."

"nonono!"

Liu Wei chuckled and shook his head: "Being friendly to newcomers and being difficult to get started are not mutually exclusive. It does not mean that if it is difficult to get started, it must be unfriendly to newcomers, and vice versa."

Looking at everyone's confused looks, Liu Wei gave a more vivid explanation:
"Let's put it this way, everyone has been playing "League of Legends" for almost two months. Let's talk about the characteristics of each map."

Just as Li Qishan was about to speak, Liu Wei added: "Please note, I am talking about features, not mechanisms, such as the refresh time of wild monsters in the game, the position of card vision, the best support route..."

As a result, everyone stopped talking.

He knows a little bit of everything, but only that little bit.

Liu Wei smiled gently: "Look, this is how difficult it is to get started."

"You have been playing for two months, and you can't even understand the position of the field of view in a map. You are all designers, and even you can't remember it, let alone those ordinary players."

"A player has been playing for two months and can't even understand the map. Isn't this because it is difficult to get started?"

Only then did everyone realize that this was indeed the case.

It seems that League of Legends is very friendly.

But in fact, everyone had memory problems after not playing for a few days, and even the map was forgotten.

Liu Wei chuckled and raised his second finger:
"Second, the game creates too much comfort for novice players, which in turn leads to a decline in gaming experience."

"Chen Yaohui, please tell me how you feel about this game."

Chen Yaohui thought for a long time and finally gave a very strange answer: "It felt quite novel at first, but now... I don't want to complain about it at all, especially when the settlement interface comes out."

"Binggo!" Liu Wei snapped his fingers.

"This is the point. "League of Legends" attaches great importance to the experience of novice players. For this reason, the economic system and equipment system have been deleted, and the experience system and scoring system have been redone."

"But the problem is, new players will eventually become old players."

“This is when the drawbacks of this model become apparent.”

"You are an old player. You have worked hard to lead the lane and develop, but when you look back, you are on the same level as your bastard teammates. Who can tolerate this?"

"Bill Khan's idea is good. Moba is a team game. Everyone cooperates and works together. New and old players help each other to promote the prosperity of the game, but he ignores one point, the vanity of the players."

At this time, Zhao Hao immediately raised his hands and shouted: "I have the most say in this matter."

“There is no sense of achievement in leading a girl in League of Legends. After defeating a group of girls, I don’t know who to praise, but everyone has killed them anyway.”

"But "ioi" is different. Five kills is five kills, and a single kill is a single kill. A girl can tell the difference between a gangster and a master at a glance."

"If it were me, I would definitely prefer playing games like "ioi"."

"No, it should be said that bastards prefer "League of Legends" because it can satisfy their vanity, but normal players definitely prefer "ioi"."

(End of this chapter)