In the game circle, "Beautiful World" and "Red Dead Redemption", which have already begun to be promoted, can be said to be the focus of discussion among players recently.
However, following an official blog posted by Chen Xu on his official blog, it attracted the attention of many players, including the gaming industry.
The content of the official blog is not long, only a few simple sentences.
'For online players who are curious about some key points, here are a few words about the features of "Red Dead Redemption". '
'First of all, it is a completely different type from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare". Players will experience more interesting gameplay in the game, and have a seamless large map, and fully feel the freedom and charm of the Western World. '
'Secondly, in terms of plot, this time "Red Dead Redemption" will have multiple endings to choose from, becoming a good guy or a bad guy. '
There was no long speech, just a simple answer to the two most hotly discussed topics among online players.
However, from these simple sentences, players and designers in the game industry have gained a lot of information.
"Multiple endings!? Become a good person or a bad person, so the implication is to become a bad person, then the protagonist's ending in the end is not a good ending, but becoming a good person is a good ending?"
"That's definitely what it means, and it's quite normal."
"I'm chilling! Ghost, Xiaoqiang, Soap, Gates, Griggs and others far away in heaven roared. Why don't they have more endings!?"
Looking at what Chen Xu said on the official blog, many players were happily discussing the plot content revealed by Chen Xu.
Multiple endings, this is not a special game operation.
You must know that for many old players of Nebula Games, it should not be said that they are old players of Chen Xu, because Nebula Games was not established at that time.
When Chen Xu made the first "Magic Mirror", it was a standard multi-ending game.
The two extreme endings of pure love and the minotaur even triggered a debate in the butter industry about the battle between the pure love god of war and the minotaur.
Now "Red Dead Redemption" obviously follows this path.
Of course, some players feel that things may not be that simple.
After all, if you think of the protagonist in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" as Price, in the end, although Captain Price did not die, all the 141st Special Forces Team died.
In the new game "Red Dead Redemption", Arthur Morgan has a gang.
But apart from this, the most surprising thing is Chen Xu’s announcement about the game’s features.
Players will experience more interesting gameplay in the game and have a seamless large map.
This rhetoric seems a bit familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere.
Isn't this the publicity that Atrai had done before
Many players were shocked.
And not only players, but also the gaming industry were shocked.
Seamless map for Red Dead Redemption
This picture is impossible!
Including atrai, after reading the news on Chen Xu's official blog, Antolini immediately opened a Universal VR and entered the environmental theme of the previous Nebula game.
How can such a picture performance be seamless
Antolini frowned.
Or does Chen Xu have some tricks up his sleeve
Divide the large seamless map into pieces, and then put cg to load when passing through a certain piece of map.
For example, the player is riding a horsehide, or is it some other action
Or when going to a certain map, players need to take a train
It's just that the game shows this scene to be seamless, but in reality it's still reading.
Thinking about the possible operations, Antolini felt that he had guessed the truth.
As for screen shrinkage, although it is not common in the gaming industry, Antolini feels that Nebula Games will not do this.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was correct.
Mortal wisdom! Why is this promoted
It's just a gimmick!
As for richer gameplay, Antolini doesn't care at all.
How rich can it be
Like this environmental theme, go to the west to run a farm, raise pigs and farm
"If it's just to this extent, the game "Red Dead Redemption" is still quite uncertain. Another point is that we can't let the other party seize the opportunity." Although Antolini is still a little worried, he is very confident about his game. Have confidence.
Judging from the current situation, he feels that the threat from "Red Dead Redemption" is not too great, but the launch time also needs to be paid attention to.
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During the following period, atrai's promotion of "Beautiful World" was in full swing, with new game information being revealed almost every day.
New gameplay and new characters have made players’ expectations higher and higher.
In fact, "Red Dead Redemption" is not lagging behind. In addition to the previous promotional videos, more is shown in the theme environment.
In addition to the methods of farming and raising pigs and domino poker, players found that a newspaper function has been updated in the environmental theme.
Every day the newsboy delivers a newspaper.
It introduces some situations in West World.
In the game, newspapers are a very important thing.
In addition to the main content that has happened, many side tasks can find some information from newspapers.
Of course, the newspapers currently released by Chen Xu to players will definitely not involve game content.
It is more of an introduction to the social background at that time.
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As the project progresses bit by bit, time passes day by day.
Finally, it is expected by players around the world.
"Red Dead Redemption" and "Beautiful World" have announced their launch dates.
"Red Dead Redemption" will be launched on January 16th, and "Beautiful World" will be launched on January 15th.
The difference from before is that atrai announced its promotional content first, and then Nebula Games followed up.
But this time, "Red Dead Redemption" announced its launch date first, and atrai announced it soon after.
Even Chen Xu in Nebula Game was surprised.
Because the development progress of "Red Dead Redemption" is very smooth this time, but even so, what is currently online does not include online mode content, just pure plot content.
Under such circumstances, atrai actually announced the launch time so quickly, and it happened to be one day ahead of them
However, he was surprised. Now that the release date has been announced, Chen Xu has no plans to make any adjustments.
Because this has all been planned, and Chen Xu believes that the impact of one day on "Red Dead Redemption" will not be great.
Unless it's three or four days in advance, or a week.
Otherwise, this one or two day gap in schedules and the games occupied will not actually affect the overall situation.
Chen Xu was surprised, but Antolini on the atrai side was even more fortunate. Fortunately, everyone at atrai, including him, was working overtime during this period.
Otherwise, there is really no way to determine such a time.
Looking at the release date, Antolini couldn't help but smile.
He feels stable!
At least in terms of release time, he has already surpassed "Red Dead Redemption".
The rest is left to the market to judge.
And he can have a good rest these days. When January 15th, he will have a good sleep.
Sleep beautifully all day, and then wake up the next day to enjoy the joyful fruits of victory.
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January 15th
"Beautiful World" is officially launched, and "Red Dead Redemption" has also been pre-loaded in advance, allowing players to enter the game as soon as possible on the 16th.
Major game manufacturers and designers in the industry are also paying close attention.
The limelight in the near-term gaming circle has been stolen by these two games.
But it’s hard to say who is the winner in the end.
After all, "Red Dead Redemption" and "Westworld" are games of the same type and theme.
If it were a different theme or type, it would have an impact on sales, but it wouldn't be too big.
But now with the same type and subject matter, the impact is much greater.
As for the players, they didn’t think too much about it.
Players who purchase "Beautiful World" can directly enter the game to experience it.
Players who have pre-ordered "Red Dead Redemption" are pre-loading, paying attention to the performance of "Beautiful World" on some platforms such as live broadcasts, and looking forward to the experience of "Red Dead Redemption" tomorrow.