The IP has been selected, but for Hao Yun, this is just the beginning.
No matter how optimistic he is about the performance of shooting games in the early stages of the development of the e-sports industry, it is a fact that "Operation Counter-Terrorism" once ended in dismal sales.
If we don't solve this problem, everything will be in vain.
After all, how much money Yunmeng Group can get from Da Mi Entertainment depends entirely on the profits brought by this new game.
In order to solve this problem, Hao Yun went to the Dianqu platform to download this 5-year-old game.
The game's servers have basically been shut down, and only a few old players are still hanging on.
The matching buttons are basically out of order, and there are only a handful of rooms waiting for players in the game lobby. There are even many rooms with bright advertisements hanging on their names, but no one is dealing with them.
In order not to waste time, Hao Yun casually entered a 10-person room, enough for 4 people on each side.
There were originally two vacancies left, but the host obviously didn't want to wait any longer and just clicked to start.
The game loaded very quickly, and I entered the game within two seconds.
Looking at the detailed pictures on the screen and the texture details of the walls, water surfaces and other models, Hao Yun nodded approvingly.
"The graphics are pretty good. It's worthy of being a studio owned by the Da Mi Group. I don't feel bad about burning money at all."
"The firearms are quite realistic, and the map seems to be fairly balanced. I can't find any major faults for the time being."
It's not scientific...
The game is clearly doing well.
But why did it suddenly get cold
Hao Yun was a little confused for a while.
The rules of the game are unlimited resurrections. Whichever side of the two sides kills 50 people first will win.
Less than a minute after the game started, all his teammates were dead. Hao Yun was still standing at home.
Perhaps he noticed the guy standing there motionless and hanging up the phone. The landlord waved his knife in the air, walked up to him, and spoke in the voice of a nearby person.
"Brother, why are you standing here still? Is there a bug?"
Hao Yun thought for a while and answered ambiguously.
"I'm new to this game, and I'm not familiar with how to play this game yet."
"This game has some stupid controls... But by the way, are you really a newbie?"
Hearing Hao Yun call himself a newbie, the man seemed to have discovered a new world. Maili's voice was full of surprise, and regardless of the ongoing game, he asked, "Will there be a newbie in this crappy game? Just kidding."
"You sound surprised."
The landlord said with a smile.
"You must be surprised. This game has been out of service for many years. Not to mention new players, there are not many old players left."
"But aren't you still playing?"
"I only come here occasionally to take a look, not to play often," the landlord said with a smile, "Isn't it popular now to play World of Warcraft? I mainly play that, and recently I joined a team to play. Someone said First, that game is really addictive to play. I recommend you to go to the next one. It’s not expensive anyway, only a little over 100, and the discount is even less than 100. But that game can’t be found on the Dianqu platform, so I have to get creative. Workshop.”
It’s okay to recommend it to me…
The expression on Hao Yun's face was a little subtle, and he changed the topic and continued to ask.
"Let's not talk about World of Warcraft... This game is obviously pretty good, why is it so cold?"
"There are many reasons," the homeowner sighed, and then said, "Of course, in my opinion, the main reason is that it is too boring."
"Bored?" Hao Yun asked in an unexpected voice.
"That's right," the homeowner continued helplessly, "even we old players want to complain about this. Although the gun design is hard-core enough and the graphics are pretty good, the gameplay is too simple. Who is counting the heads on both sides? Whoever kills 50 first wins, or it's to rescue the hostages, but basically no hostage can survive to the end. Then in the past two years, a bomb disposal mode has been updated, but basically no one plays it."
Hao Yun said.
"This... can't be said to be boring."
"The problem is that there are too many games like this," the homeowner sighed, and continued, "Counter-terrorism operations, frontline assaults, war crossings... the names I can name are basically the same gameplay, nothing more. It's a special police force that has become a special force, changing the soup without changing the medicine, and it was released in the same issue! I guess if there weren't so many similar cousins, these games might not have become popular so quickly."
When games of the same type are released together at the same time, it is indeed easy to overdraw the potential of the type.
Hao Yun didn't know what the situation was like five years ago, nor did he know how similar other games in the same category were to the game in front of him.
But seeing how understanding my brother is, I might as well ask him what he thinks.
Then, Hao Yun asked a question.
"Then what do you think should be changed to make this game more fun?"
Almost without thinking, the landlord said in a positive tone.
"This game is hopeless. No matter how you change it, there's nothing you can do about it unless you tear it down and redo it."
Hao Yun said.
"… for example?"
The landlord said.
"Take the rescue system as an example! Are a few robbers stupidly standing there with guns in hand and fighting the police with their guns? Can't they use local materials to build fortifications or something? I won't say what to bury. There are landmines or remote-controlled bombs, so if you can’t, just install a few cameras in the corner!”
Upon hearing this, Hao Yun's eyes lit up, he quickly took out a piece of note paper from his desk, took a pen and wrote a line on it.
"...Building fortifications sounds interesting...but if it is a confrontation game, will this destroy the balance a bit?"
"Hey, what's the point? At worst, we can get a drone for the police. Besides, you can build fortifications, but I can't tear them down with the demolition tool. This way, not only will the balance be improved, but the gameplay will also be rich. Well, isn’t it beautiful?”
"Talent, brother," Hao Yun couldn't help but admire, "When you said that, my thinking has broadened. Now that we can build fortifications, why not just set up a few professions? Some professions can put up blast walls, and some It can place drones, as well as supporters who carry heavy armor or shields to attack from the front, or place fixed weapons.”
"Awesome! You have a bigger brain than me," the landlord continued happily, "I think it's better than this. Just don't get any professions at all, just get a few characters that can be upgraded, and develop the idea of RPG. Get it in. Players can choose which operator to send in each game. Different operators have different professions and can freely configure their equipment. It’s outrageous that you can only buy guns after entering the game. I’m here to tut tut tug, not Come in to save money and manage finances.”
It was just bragging anyway, and he didn't bother to think about whether it could be realized.
However, hearing these speeches that looked like daydreams in Hao Yun's ears did make his eyes brighter and he took notes faster and faster.
What is recorded here is not only the suggestion of the homeowner, but also an idea he came up with.
In addition, the new game should not be called Counter-Terrorism 2, but directly changed to "Counter-Terrorism: Siege".
Originally, the previous game didn’t have many fans, so instead of carrying such a big baggage, it was better to travel light.
"That makes sense! Why didn't the development team of DaMi Entertainment think of asking you for your opinion?"
"Who knows," the landlord said helplessly, "Maybe it's because the market is too small and he's too lazy to care about hardcore players like us."
His mouth went dry, so he paused for a moment and continued in a rather melancholy voice.
"One thing, it would be great if this game could really be made... I quite like playing shooting games, but I haven't seen a new one in the past two years. It's even worse than text adventure games."
Text adventure games are not cool.
The love and producer I worked for in the game club in the past is now making a lot of money every month.
Hao Yun smiled and said comfortingly.
"It will happen. It's no big deal. We can do it ourselves."
"Haha, playing games can't be that simple," the landlord said with a smile, "Let's stop daydreaming. The two of us have been hanging up here, and our teammates on the front line have become 2 on 4."
"Let's not care about the game for now... Brother, judging from your accent, you should be from Jiangcheng, right?"
"My hometown is indeed from Jiangcheng, but now I'm working in Shanghai... What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just want to ask you, are you interested in working at Yunmeng Group?" Hao Yun said seriously, "It's really unfair of you to not play games with your brain!"