Game Making: The Latest Chapter Begins With Healing the Player

Characters that are extremely familiar to Zhang Yi appear on the screen.

Like a quick tour, the life experiences of those members of the Van der Linde Gang who left with Arthur's help were revealed to him.

Pearson, a chef who owns a restaurant, also has a photo of all members of the Van der Linde Gang under the counter, of course without the dog.

Married to a lawyer in Saint-Denis, Tilly settled down and had a child.

Marybeth, who became a famous author, and Reverend Swanson, who became a socialite.

There is also the Valkyrie Sadie who is a bounty hunter, and the John Marston family who built their own farm in Beecher's Hope.

Of course, the one who satisfied Zhang Yi the most was Arthur Morgan.

In a small country town, Arthur and Mary lived a peaceful life in seclusion.

Different from the tragic ending of Arthur in the original game, this ending obviously lacks a lot of appeal, making the game not as shocking as the original version.

At the same time, the lack of that layer of tragedy makes the ending not so profound.

If according to the media scoring model, the original version is calculated with 100 points, then the current perfect ending may be the only one.

But that's just from an artistic perspective. For players like Zhang Yi, they obviously love this ending.

Don't think about art, don't think about random things.

In a certain world, Arthur could survive peacefully with Mary, and that would be enough.

Similarly, Zhang Yi is not the only one who has such excitement.

In Call of Duty, the original Xiaoqiang and Ghost encountered Sheffield's betrayal. Soap was also seriously injured and died while escaping. Finally, Yuri also died in the battle with Makarov, not to mention establishing the 141st Special Forces Team. Before that, Gates and others died at the hands of Zakayev.

In the new Nebula world, players can enter this world that makes them extremely regretful and rewrite the fate of these characters.

In Sky City Columbia, fate and Booker made a big joke. He was not the prince charming who rescued the princess. In fact, Comstock, the villain who imprisoned Elizabeth, was a person from another dimension who was baptized and turned bad when he was young. Own.

So in the end, in order to truly destroy Comstock, Booker asked Elizabeth, who had regained her strength, to drown herself in all planes before she was baptized, thus completely eliminating the existence of him and Comstock in all universes. , and located in the Undersea City, where Elizabeth died forever to save the girl Sally.

Now in the world of Bioshock, players have new abilities to rewrite their doomed fate.

If a person becomes a fungus due to infection with mold, does he still have human emotions?

His heart was dug out and his body crystallized and began to decay. What else could he do? Ethan told everyone with his own actions that he was indeed a monster, just a monster named his father. Unlike Chris, he was the Riddler at the beginning and fought a rich battle online at the end. In the village, players will assist Ethan. Mori killed five of the Four Heavenly Kings and finally rescued his daughter Rose.

He gradually grew up from an ordinary young man to a powerful assassin who inherited the will of his ancestors. Finally, for the sake of the lives of all mankind, Desmond chose to sacrifice his whole body and died tragically.

The emir who disobeyed his superiors' orders during the war and carried out a mutiny to allow the soldiers who were sent to death to survive, was eventually sent to a military court and sentenced to death.

The two of them are obviously together, but there is always a wall between them. They have folded paper rabbits all their lives just to let Johnny understand the Liva in his heart.

A great sword of destruction, from Angel to Zack to Claude, passing on the honor of the special forces.

Van Damme launched a suicide attack, the Four Heroes united to defeat the Demon King, and Brox used his mortal body to block the wave of demons and left a wound on Sargeras' body.

For players, among the many IPs owned by Nebula Games, there are too many characters and stories that make them uncomfortable.

Maybe after these stories are adapted, they won't be as heavy as they originally were.

But for players who have experienced it, who cares?

It has been nearly ten years since these classic games were launched. The power of emotion can be said to be quite great.

And when the opportunity to make up for these regrets arises, players can be said to have burst out with extremely strong enthusiasm.

Nebula World is not a game, but it is more powerful than the game.

Because this itself contains the youth of domestic and foreign players.

Although overseas VR game cabins for the next generation have begun to gradually close down through price and other aspects.

With the opportunity to take the lead, coupled with the emergence of Nebula World, a killer weapon, the platform battle in this era no longer has the slightest suspense.

And it’s much more than that. The existence of Nebula World seemed at first to be a gift to players’ feelings, but the nature of the network itself also made Nebula World a virtual VR community.

At the same time, with the advancement of technology and the times, the market for gaming as an entertainment activity will become larger and larger, and it will also slowly change countless people's views on gaming.

More and more people have the same identity: players.

Nebula Games is obviously an existence that no practitioner or player can avoid.

Familiar characters and IPs, it can be said that these have gradually become symbols representing game culture.

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The theme park of Nebula Games is different from the original IP that was jointly promoted with some well-known film and television companies at home and abroad.

Today's Nebula Game Theme Park is already full of Nebula IP.

Many teenagers visited the theme park in groups with surprised faces. They were so dazzled by the cool areas that they had no idea where to go first.

Zhang Yi, Wang Han, Song Ren, Qiao Yi, and Wang Yifan traveled together as they did when they first attended the Nebula Games offline exhibition ten years ago.

Wang Han looked at the pale-faced Zhang Yi and was quite speechless: "Can't you be a little tougher on yourself? How many times have you played "Escape" from PC to VR, so what if you know the plot? Not every time He was so frightened that he screamed."

Zhang Yi took two deep breaths: "Who knew this haunted house was so scary? Don't ordinary haunted houses hire real people to play NPCs? Mr. Chen's newly opened escape-themed haunted house is actually a hologram."

"That's right, slow down for a while, your legs are weak." Wang Yifan and Qiao Yi supported each other.

"By the way, why is Lao Song missing?" Zhang Yi, who had recovered a little, finally discovered something at this time. The team of five seemed to be missing one person.

After looking around, they soon found their target.

Not far behind him, a middle-aged man with a pale face and a rather haggard look was standing alone on the wall, forming a sharp contrast with the couple of tourists who had just come out of the "Jushan Mental Hospital" haunted house next to him. Compared.

"Old Song, are you okay?"

"Ha... Okay, no." Faced with Zhang Yi's concerned words, Song Ren snorted, although his pale face was not convincing at all.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Chen seems to be very active in recent years." At this time, he noticed Song Ren changing the topic on the big screen in the theme park and sighed. On the screen, Chen Xu was guest on an interview program about games.

In the project room of Nebula Games, Meng Zuo and others were having a fierce 'quarrel'.

"I asked you to make a game, are you chasing celebrities with public funds? Is there something wrong with my character design? Why the hell did you go to find real people to shoot!?" Ruan Ningxue stared at Qin Yi and others and shouted.

"Ahem... Are all these character choices made by Mr. Chen? Moreover, Mr. Chen also said that the real-person performance of the story of '428 Blocked Magic City' will be more immersive." Qin Yi coughed lightly.

"Don't move him out! Mr. Chen is no longer very involved in front-line development, and are you making games or filming TV series?" Ruan Ningxue snorted: "Also, let's talk about this game, what do you think?"

Now Qin Yi and others are excited: "We have discussed this with Mr. Chen. The 'Butterfly Effect' is the main system. Multiple players play different roles together. Depending on the actions of each player, different effects will be extended." Whether the development is Godend or Badend, let players jointly decipher it."

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While a group of people in Nebula Games were discussing the development direction of new projects, Chen Xu was accepting a special interview.

Interview about the awards issued by the Game Department.

In fact, Chen Xu has not participated in any related game awards for a long time.

The main reason is that Chen Xu no longer needs so-called game awards to prove himself.

Many game media and players at home and abroad think so.

Chen Xu does not need so-called awards to prove himself, but major game awards require Chen Xu to prove it.

How to determine whether this game media or game awards are pheasants? The first thing to do is to see if they have given awards to Chen Xu, or to see if they have given high scores to Chen Xu's classic games.

If not, then there is no need to continue reading.

But this time, the award Chen Xu was selected for was a little special.

That's the World Gaming Hall of Fame's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Unlike in the past when game designers were selected, there would usually be controversy.

When the award officially announced Chen Xu's lifetime achievements in being selected into the Hall of Fame, people who like or dislike him had to admit one thing, that is, he is well-deserved.

In the gaming industry, it can be said that Chen Xu has led many trends and has had a profound impact.

"Don't Starve" and "Minecraft", which pioneered the sandbox-style gameplay, and "Red Dead Redemption", "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" that established the open world concept, have shaped Hakodeni. "Super Mario: Odyssey" even includes phenomenal handheld consoles like the switch in terms of hardware.

When it comes to the VR field, as the first "Detroit: Become Human" to support brainwave operation, it can be said to have established a new generation of operating standards.

Not to mention the achievements of games such as "Uncharted", "The Last of Us" and "Final Fantasy" that have revived originally lonely themes.

In terms of pure influence on the industry, due to the times, game designers still have some influence.

But if you add its classic works, it can be said that no one can beat it.

"The last question, if you want to describe yourself in one sentence, Mr. Chen Xu, what kind of game designer do you think you should be?"

Chen Xu, who was sitting on the sofa in formal attire, was stunned for a moment when he heard the last question asked by the reporter.

Looking at the countless familiar IP characters around him, shadows of many people appeared in his mind, and in the end he just took out a business card from his pocket.

"On the business card, I am the boss of a game company."

Putting down the business card, he tapped his head lightly with his index finger.

"In my mind, I'm a game designer."

He slowly placed his right hand on his chest.

"But at heart, I'm still a player."

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