The overwhelmingly positive reviews even make people wonder if these media have received money.
Hmm... well, it's true that Target Software paid for some PR.
But this is mainly related to the quality of "Dark Souls" itself.
Otherwise, for big-name game media such as gamespot, a simple business fee will not make them tell lies with their eyes open.
As for the effect, it's pretty awesome.
Most of the players who pay attention to the corresponding evaluation news of major game media are relatively experienced. Instead of learning which games are currently popular from news, advertisements, or live video platforms, Light players who choose to buy and play.
The attributes of "Dark Soul" tend to be hard-core, which has also attracted the attention of many players.
In a large overseas game forum, players from all over the world are discussing some game topics here.
Among them, there is an ongoing hot thread, and the object of discussion is "Dark Soul".
"Have you heard? There seems to be a new game launched recently called "Dark Soul"?"
"Of course, gamespot and some media have given it very high ratings."
"It's like this is a game from the East."
"Let me see, my God! Does gamespot charge money?"
"Haha, friends upstairs, you should probably go to YouTube and take a look at the promotional CG animation of "Dark Souls". I guarantee it is so cool!"
"Yeah, you can go check it out, it's really cool, unless it's a teaser."
"Friends, I can guarantee you this. This game has been online in their country for nearly a month. There are videos recorded by some anchors and video authors from their countries on YouTube. You can clearly see this game. A true performance.”
"I watched it, but they often die in the game. Now I have learned the three Chinese characters after death!"
With the promotion of Target Software overseas, the popularity of "Dark Soul" has slowly begun to rise.
The high ratings from major game media, coupled with its excellent CG animation, have made many overseas players look forward to it.
In the end, it is as good as this game claims, or it is a game that does not live up to its name.
Many players have this idea of finding out the truth.
… … …
Regarding overseas promotion, Chen Xu stopped paying attention to it for the time being after learning about some of the publicity and policies of the target software.
After all, everything that needs to be done has been done, and the rest is mainly determined by the market.
And for Chen Xu, there is another place that excites him more.
That is the golden prop that was drawn before. With the performance of "Dark Soul" these days, the corresponding points have finally been collected.
In the office, Chen Xu opened the golden gashapon he had drawn previously in the item bar with great anticipation.
Opened, with a burst of golden light.
A card appeared in front of Chen Xu.
[Game AI Performance Technology]: Optimize the game AI performance to make it more biased toward life intelligence.
Prerequisites for use: Own a wholly-owned AI technology company (x), 20 million research funds (x).
Chen Xu was shocked when he looked at a golden card in the toolbar.
This is the first time he has pulled out such a prop.
Chen Xu is no stranger to game AI.
For a game, AI can be said to be a very important point.
The expressiveness of AI in a game also has a huge impact on the player's immersion.
In the parallel world, AI performance is actually much higher than in previous lives.
But none of them can be said to be artificial intelligence.
Of course, in Chen Xu's understanding, the so-called artificial intelligence is at least as good as the one in the previous life's "Terminator".
But whether that kind of technology will be good or bad for the world, we really can’t tell.
Many industries in the parallel world already use AI, such as so-called smart homes, and some industries involving more dangerous work, etc.
But none of these can be applied to the game industry. Compared with these AIs that can be applied to the game field, the level is actually not that high.
Moreover, AI used in the game field is also different from AI in other fields.
But in this area, the gap between large game manufacturers and ordinary small manufacturers is still very large.
Just like the previous accumulation of action feel, AI also requires technical knowledge.
I chose to work on "Dark Souls" before, mainly because the requirements of "Dark Souls" are relatively small, both in terms of action and AI.
This is a game that focuses on level and boss design.
But for some works that require players to interact with the game world, the AI experience in the game can be said to be very important.
In Chen Xu's original plan, for the subsequent development of Nebula Games, in addition to continuing research on action performance, AI and other related technologies were also planned.
Now this prop comes at just the right time.
It's just that there are prerequisites for use.
And judging from the × sign at the back, it seems that there are still requirements for so-called AI technology companies, but they are not clearly marked.
Then Chen Xu looked at the accumulated points and had to say that "Dark Soul" is really a powerful tool to increase points.
With 136 points drawn, it can be said that this is Chen Xu's richest time so far.
However, Chen Xu did not draw it immediately. On the one hand, the current ability value was enough, and there were no big projects in the future.
On the other hand, the overseas version of "Dark Souls" will be launched soon, so it's fun to save up and play it all at once.
After leaning in the office and thinking for a while, Chen Xu called Lin Rou into the office and asked her to sort out a list of domestic and foreign AI technology research companies to see which ones could meet the conditions of this prop card.
At the same time, it can be regarded as understanding the relevant size. The prerequisite requires full ownership.
So it must be him who wants to acquire an AI technology company.
Of course, as long as you can meet the conditions when you build it yourself, you should be able to meet the system's conditions.
But building from scratch is much slower than acquiring.
And Chen Xu was not in a hurry about this. After all, unlike the time-limited props he had drawn before, this prop card did not indicate a time limit.
Even if you don't use it, just keep it for now.
Then Chen Xu called Qin Yi into the office and followed the current progress of the players in "Dark Soul".
A carefully prepared small gift for players, just in time to start preparing.
And the new mode is also a powerful tool for harvesting points!