The entire theme song of Metropolis was sung live. Not only that, but there were also many audiences wearing red hats, obviously fans of Super Mario Odyssey, who cheered spontaneously.
"I didn't expect so many people like Odyssey abroad?" Even Qian Kun couldn't help being speechless.
This really surprised many domestic players. Many people thought that it was impossible for Super Mario Odyssey to be shortlisted for tgn's game of the year.
Regarding this point, it can only be said that this is the difference in understanding between domestic players and domestic players, game enthusiasts and professional game evaluation media.
In Chen Mo's previous life, Nintendo games could only be regarded as niche in China if it had to be based on the number of players, but it would be nonsense to say that Nintendo was a niche game in the world.
The reasons for this are more complicated, including domestic policy reasons (host ban), game characteristics, player tastes, consumption habits, game aesthetics, and many other reasons.
In the parallel world, although the policy reasons no longer exist, the game tastes of domestic players and foreign players are still different, and the differences are huge.
A very significant difference is that domestic players are goal-driven, while many European and American players are fun-driven.
In other words, most domestic players must have a very clear goal when playing games. The clearer the goal, the more enjoyable they will be playing. The goal of moba games is to kill people, push towers, and win; while the goal of eating chicken is to search for resources, kill people, and survive to the end.
As long as this kind of goal-oriented game is decent, as long as it has a novel gameplay, and it is an online game, if you add some topicality and popularity after speculation, almost all of them can be a big success.
And many European and American players are fun-driven, which means that they pay more attention to enjoying the fun of the game when playing games, rather than taking the fastest clearance as the primary goal. Even for League of Legends, which has a very clear goal, many foreigners are trying this kind of tricky gameplay, and they often post special game highlights.
Of course, this statement is not one-size-fits-all. There are fun-driven players in China, and goal-driven players abroad. It's just that there are more players abroad who can experience the fun of this game.
When Chen Mo made Super Mario Odyssey at the time, he also had this consideration in mind. He hoped that this game could expand the player base as much as possible, and even gain corresponding influence overseas.
The candidate games have all been announced, and the next step is the very exciting final awards ceremony.
The host held the trophy in his hand and came to the stage again.
"This year is a big year for games, with various types of excellent games emerging, but there is only one title for the best game."
"Next, please allow me to introduce the shortlist for this year's game again."
The host once again officially announced the list of games shortlisted for the annual game, and every time a list was read, cheers erupted from the audience.
When reading Dark Souls and Super Mario Odyssey, the audience cheered even more than other games!
Obviously, these two games have also achieved considerable influence in Europe and the United States, and they are not even inferior to the classic IP sequels of those major manufacturers.
The host paused, and after the cheers and applause subsided, he said solemnly: "Now, I am very happy to announce that the winner of the best game of the year selected by 47 media and fans around the world is"
"The Dark Soul of Thunder Games!!"
As soon as the host finished speaking, thunderous applause and cheers erupted at the scene!
"This is the first time that Thunder Games has won TGN's Best Game of the Year award. Tonight, Dark Soul won both 'Best RPG Game' and 'Best Game of the Year' awards at the same time!"
The camera turned around and captured Chen Mo sitting in the auditorium. Chen Mo stood up, hugged the designer next to him very gracefully, and then walked to the stage while waving to the audience.
The experience store is also full of joy.
"Awesome! The store manager actually won the game of the year!"
"Hahaha, there should be other designers in China who are paying attention to tgn, right? The store manager has gone abroad now!"
"But the store manager's performance is so calm, awesome! I'm convinced!"
While cheers erupted both on and off TV, the awards ceremony continued.
Chen Mo and Denise walked onto the stage one after the other. At this time, Chen Mo also had a smile on his face.
The host held the trophy in both hands and handed it to Chen Mo very solemnly.
Prolonged applause and cheers.
Chen Mo came to the microphone and looked at the tgn annual game trophy in his hand with satisfaction.
"Thank you to the judges of tgn, and the players who love Thunder games all over the world."
"On behalf of the entire staff of the production team, I would like to thank all players for their long-term support."
"Congratulations to all the selected games. Everyone is for the same goal, to enable the game industry to develop better, and to allow players to enjoy more top-notch spiritual entertainment."
"Thank you again for your support, Thunder Games will reward you with better games, thank you!"
When Chen Mo said something, Denise translated it, and applause and cheers rang out again and again.
In fact, as far as Chen Mo's English level is concerned, there is no problem at all in speaking such a few simple English words, but he is here this time to represent a game company in China, so he deliberately speaks in Chinese.
In the end, thunderous applause and cheers erupted at the scene, which lasted for a long time. In the picture of Chen Mo holding the trophy in one hand and waving like the audience in the other, Tgn came to a perfect conclusion!
In the experience store, Qian Kun and the others are already opening champagne to celebrate, and many players are also having a carnival. The entire experience store is in an extremely joyful atmosphere.
"It's amazing, this time I'm really proud!"
"When will the manager come?"
"Celebrate first! The soul of darkness is invincible, and the store manager is invincible!"
The tgn awards ceremony is over, but the discussion about this award is still going on.
For domestic players, there is no suspense for this award, but many overseas players have expressed doubts, why the annual game is not given to Super Mario Odyssey
Although these two games are both Chen Mo's games, they are two completely different types of games after all, and the core players are also different.
In fact, judging from Chen Mo's previous life experience, these two games are basically in a 50-50 state in the eyes of professional game review media, and Odyssey may be slightly better.
The reason why Dark Souls 3 is not as good as Odyssey is because Dark Souls 3 is not as groundbreaking as Dark Souls 1 after all.