"Elemental World" was promoted as an open world and achieved high reputation, but it did not translate into high sales.
On the contrary, "Uncharted", a linear game, has achieved explosive sales, which has also triggered the thinking of many game designers.
Is the quality of "Elemental World" not as good as that of "Uncharted"
Not necessarily. Although the quality of "Uncharted" is indeed very explosive, "Elemental World" is actually not that bad. Otherwise, there would be no way to obtain such a high evaluation.
At the same time, many designers are focusing on open world and linear games.
In the past two years, "Red Dead Redemption" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" have made many game manufacturers focus on the theme of open world.
It seems that the open world has become the password to wealth.
But now, is the open world really a good thing
Many game designers have also begun to analyze.
If "Elemental World" adopts a linear mode instead of an open world.
Allow players to go down one path, so that the difficulty of decryption is designed to be easier first and then harder.
Just like "Monster Hunter: World", the dragons in the early stage are just appetizers, but when it comes to the horned dragon, the difficulty increases sharply.
Will such a design lead to an explosion in game sales
Many game designers in the industry are discussing it.
But for players, although "Elemental World" is excellent, they still choose "Uncharted" after all, it is more enjoyable to play.
And thanks to the fact that "Elemental World" itself also has a color of decryption and adventure treasure hunting, it has ignited a small amount of enthusiasm for "Uncharted Sea".
At the same time, many players are looking forward to the follow-up.
After all, judging from the content and various hints, "Uncharted" still has three DLC contents under development!
Golden Township, Shangri-La and the City of Thousand Pillars, these legendary ruins can be said to have firmly whet the appetite of players.
In the entire confrontation, the injured Zeus finally made a decision this time.
That is to change partners.
For Zeus, "Elemental World" is obviously a very disastrous failure.
Although the quality of the game is very good, the reputation is also very good.
Can you help the zeus platform expand its territory? What's the use
Others get the benefits, but in the end, you have to shoulder the blame. Who can withstand this
For zeus, first of all, there is definitely no problem with its own platform.
And the publicity is completely in place.
So what's the problem
There is no doubt that it is Atari as a partner.
If the game is not done well, it must be your company's problem.
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare", "Red Dead Redemption" and this time "Uncharted", except for last year when Nebula Games went to switch, Atari was proud of the new era VR market, and the rest of the time was completely Beat him up!
So after discussion, Zeus senior management made a decision.
That is, don’t place your hopes on a third party!
They do it themselves first party!
They have the technology, and they also have the money!
The momentum of "Uncharted" has passed, and the popularity of "Elemental World" has slowly declined.
At this time, many players got a big piece of news.
That is, zeus spent a huge amount of money to acquire FOW, an old European game manufacturer, with a transaction volume of US$2.1 billion.
Of course, this acquisition cannot be negotiated now. In fact, zeus has been in contact with major game manufacturers.
They have been unable to reach consensus on various terms. This time the failure of "Elemental World" obviously made Zeus anxious.
Moreover, the failure of "Elemental World" is a foregone conclusion, and there is no need for Zeus to continue to waste time on this area.
At the same time, a new project codenamed 'Medieval' was also announced on zeus' official website.
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Regarding Zeus's generosity, players are also discussing in various ways.
After all, FOW is also a well-known game manufacturer in the industry.
This game manufacturer is a game company famous for its historical themes. As for its works, it has always been criticized for its reluctance to spend money.
It’s another year of tinkering, and unless absolutely necessary, the picture will never be updated.
This time it was acquired by zeus. Players who like FOW, a game manufacturer, instead of being sad, all shouted with excitement.
If we find a rich daddy and FOW develops games in the future, this picture will always be good, right
Players are also discussing it on major domestic forums.
"This time FOW changed its focus and found a rich owner."
"Yeah, I couldn't play the games of this game company in the past because the graphics never kept up with the times. Now I feel like I should be able to look forward to it."
"Stop talking about FOW, don't you care about the progress of the "Uncharted" DLC trilogy?"
"There has been a lot of commotion in Nebula Games recently, and the VR theme has also received an update, but Mr. Chen is a bit inappropriate!"
"Fuck! That's right, the theme scene of "Escape" scared me to the point of peeing before I turned on the awake mode."
"So why do you insist on entering the theme scene of "Escape"?"
"By the way, no one pays attention to Zeus's 'medieval' project?"
"It's just a codename without even a shadow, so what should I pay attention to? NetDragon's "Shadow Operation: Communication Interruption" is also about to be launched, but what I'm more concerned about is Mr. Chen. The DLC content of "Uncharted" should be ready soon. Alright?"
"You guys are overthinking it. Just read the news on the official blog! Mr. Chen and his Nebula Games team went on a team building trip!"
Many players were discussing some recent events in the gaming industry online, but one topic soon became the focus.
That means Mr. Chen didn't play games and went on a trip
Many people were puzzled when they heard the news.
They all opened Chen Xu’s official blog to take a look.
I saw that Chen Xu's official blog had just posted a new message ten minutes ago.
Compared with previous announcements of new works, this piece of content seems out of place.
'First stop: Florence, check out the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore! '
In a simple sentence, there are also photos of Chen Xu, Ruan Ningxue, Yang Xin, Qin Yi, Meng Zuo and other Nebula game backbones, as well as photos of local landmarks.
Countless players looked confused.
We all thought that Mr. Chen, you were crazy about making games, and there was no movement all the time just to make the trilogy of DLC for "Uncharted" as soon as possible, or to prepare for new games and new projects, but here you are. Traveling!
And it’s a long-distance trip. Florence seems to be the first stop, right? Is there a second stop, a third stop, a fourth stop
With the release of Chen Xu's official blog, many players who were paying attention were immediately confused.
Is Nebula Games a gaming company or a vacation club