Game Making: The Latest Chapter Begins With Healing the Player

Chapter 586 The player has psychological shadow

"Resident Evil: Village" has been online for nearly a week, and the ratings of major domestic and foreign game media have basically come out.

The comprehensive media score is 8.7, which is already a very high score.

However, for the impact of the game industry, it is obviously not its score, but its own sales volume that is more important.

Compared with ARPG games with a wider audience such as "The Witcher: Wild Hunt", "Resident Evil: Village" is obviously incomparable.

But in the field of horror games, 4.1 million has directly refreshed the current first-week sales record of horror games, and this is still on the Universal VR platform. Although there are word-of-mouth blessings from Nebula Games and Chen Xu, there are more Originating from its own game content.

However, compared to the media and designers in the game industry, they pay attention to the various design directions and concepts of "Resident Evil: Village".

The player group is much simpler. They simply 'conquer' Chen Xu.

It can be said that Chen Xu has quite a lot of images in the hearts of players.

The original "Escape" and "Silent Hill PT" made many players ridicule Chen Xu's games for being particularly down-to-earth, and gave him a very vivid nickname: The Underworld Man.

After all, without twenty years of experience in the underworld, how could it be possible to create such an underworld game?

There are also the so-called "Fireman", "Dark Soul", "Monster Hunter: World" and a series of difficult games, which directly set off a wave of masochism.

Among other things, that is the most well-known ‘love warrior’.

The game developed by Chen Xu may be a game with a very underworld atmosphere, such as the monster design of "Bloodborne" with crazy SAN value, and the scene design of "Escape" and "Silent Hill PT".

It may also be a difficult game that makes you torture, such as "Dark Souls" and "Sledgehammer".

There are also some games that seem to be quite fun, such as "Animal Party" and "Human: Fall Flat".

But more often than not, they are sending out knives.

If they disagree, a white knife will come in and a red knife will come out. Who can withstand this?

Including its debut work, which many players have ridiculed as Chen Xu's black history, and "Magic Mirror", which fired the first shot of the butter revolution, this mini-game has many knife-man content.

But at this moment, it is just like the past.

After several consecutive games full of joy, a horror game has made countless players feel what it is like to have a stomachache.

In line with "Resident Evil: Village", there are all kinds of holes that look like they were dug deliberately.

Players become very excited all of a sudden.

Especially in the ghost section of major videos, Chen Xu’s interviews and award-winning video materials that have been circulated before have all been made into ghost videos.

That phrase, 'a heart-warming work', was picked up and beaten repeatedly by the players.

And as Chen Xu's reputation grows, the object of the crusade has also changed from a carnival of domestic players to a carnival of international players.

Some domestic players are carrying posts from foreign forums and second-generation ghosts on video websites.

Similarly, foreign players also carry various resources created by domestic players.

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"Mr. Chen, you are still smiling so happily!"

In the lounge of Nebula Games, Yang Xin looked at Chen Xu and couldn't help but complain.

You must know that this is not the emotion accumulated in the movie "Resident Evil: Village", but the resentment accumulated over many years.

Not only Chen Xu, but also the official blogs of core development members like them were targeted by many players.

It can be described as an indiscriminate blow.

"Calm down, it's not the first time." Chen Xu didn't panic at all.

Think about it when "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" launched three consecutive rounds, the scene was truly spectacular.

As for now? It's just a trivial matter.

Hearing this, Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue, who had just arrived next to him, were speechless for a while.

But then I thought about it, and it seemed that it actually made some sense!

"But it's true that we can't be so indulgent. After all, we are still a very happy game manufacturer." Chen Xu stretched and said.

A very happy game manufacturer?

Okay, Mr. Chen, you have the final say.

Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue looked at each other and hesitated to speak.

"So Mr. Chen, let's develop a fun little game?" Qin Yi asked curiously.

After so many years, he probably understood some of Chen Xu's inner thoughts.

If a person is given a piece of candy when his head is broken, won’t the players cry because of the game?

Hurry over and give a piece of candy to calm the player down.

Then wait for the player's scar to heal before hitting him hard.

"Isn't there ready-made content? 'Blood and Wine' and 'Hearts of Stone' are contents that have been promised to the players at the previous press conference." Chen Xu said as he took out his own cell phone.

After logging into his official blog, Chen Xu glanced at it.

A recent comment section about "Resident Evil: Village" was full of players' passionate care. Just by looking at it, you can feel the emotion poured into the players on the other side of the screen when they sent these words.

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The players who were still 'conquering' Chen Xu soon discovered the contents of his latest official blog.

A very simple paragraph, and a picture of the original concept painting of Toussaint that was announced at the carnival face-to-face meeting.

"[Hearts of Stone] and [Blood and Wine] will be launched on December 20, and Geralt the White Wolf will have his final curtain call in Toussaint."

After seeing this paragraph, many players felt their hearts pounding, and they were really psychologically affected.

After all, Ethan Winters has just come to an end here. Over there, the DLC of "The Witcher: Wild Hunt" will also see the end of White Wolf?

Cut again after cutting?

All of a sudden, the players were not calm anymore.

‘I wipe it! No way? When I saw the words "curtain call", my heart trembled. Is Geralt gone? ’

‘If it were other game manufacturers and designers, I would say you are overthinking, but this is Chen Xu! So many characters have been killed! ’

‘Do you still remember the conversation with the old man in Kaer Morhen? The witcher will not spend his old age in bed, this has been hinted for a long time! ’

‘Fuck, don’t do this! I don’t want Geralt to die! ’

The more players discuss, the more pessimistic they become. Various hints are coupled with Chen Xu's self-proclaimed 'love warrior'. Many players even think that Geralt is already dead, and they have begun to speculate on how Geralt died. .

Some people think that he might be like Ethan Winters, who died to protect his daughter Ciri.

Some people think that he may have died to protect Yennefer.

Others believe that the main plot of the DLC may continue the ending of Ciri becoming a demon hunter. At the same time, the Northern Kingdom and the Southern Empire are still fighting. In the DLC, the White Wolf was involved in the battle between the two countries and died.

Some analyze it through the name of the DLC. Heart of Stone refers to a heart as solid as a rock without emotions, and who does Geralt's emotions focus on?

Ciri and Yennefer, if Ciri died in the previous game, Geralt's ending would also be a dead wolf ending.

So Heart of Stone may refer to the fact that Ciri's death turned Geralt's heart into cold stone.

There are different opinions, from big to small, basically everyone has their say, and it is completely possible to write a book "White Wolf's 100 Ways to Die".

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In the Nebula game, Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the speculations of online players: "There is no trust at all. They just announced the news of a DLC and didn't even have a promotional video. Are these players so pessimistic?"

So how does trust disappear? Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue rolled their eyes: "Mr. Chen, do we want to say something?"

"No, if you stand up and respond now, wouldn't it be a spoiler to the players? Let the players experience this surprise for themselves." Chen Xu smiled and shook his head, then added: "And the more pessimistic you are now, the greater the surprise will be. , and the more players attack me now, the deeper the guilt will be in their hearts!"

"So, Mr. Chen, will our next work be based on tragedy?" Qin Yi interjected and asked.

"Yes, but not entirely." Chen Xu thought for a while and said.

"Mr. Chen, do you have an idea for a new project!?" Qin Yi's eyes widened. He just asked casually, but looking at this posture, it seems that Chen Xu does have plans for a new project.

"You will know then." Chen Xu stretched without explaining.

Regarding the new work, he also has some considerations in mind.

What is the most regrettable part of "Resident Evil: Village" that players regret most?

That is, only Rose was saved in the end, and Ethan left forever.

Therefore, in the next new work, Chen Xu is also preparing to bring players a different kind of story, a work that can give them some comfort.

Of course, taking into account time factors, the new project will almost have to wait until early next year.

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