Chapter 447 The Best Children's Day Gift
Players are actually looking forward to "Dark Souls" and it's not surprising that they think this game is fun.
After all, in such a short period of two months, they have played two first-party masterpieces for all ages from Linmu Studio.
And the quality of these masterpieces is really not bad.
Not only not bad.
They are also very good.
But such games are just foreshadowing!
Players are not fools, they are also experienced.
Of course, it can be seen which one is the finale of Linmu Studio in the first half of the year... It must be "Dark Souls"!
And now the finale has not been released yet, but the name has been revealed, and the two games that are paved are so excellent.
How excellent should the finale be!
Players are definitely looking forward to it.
As for why they feel happy, it's also very simple.
Since the launch of the switch, Linmu Studio has focused its work on the console.
Most of the games launched during this period are the kind of games that are suitable for all ages and all players can play happily.
You said that the style of "Dark Souls" is completely different?
Then the styles of "The Legend of Zelda" and "Mario Kart" are different.
Although it can be seen that they are all cartoon renderings, they are indeed different.
In addition, Uncle Lin has been revealing that "Dark Souls" is to compensate PC players and is a spiritual sequel to The Legend of Zelda, which has given players preconceived ideas.
It is normal for players to have preconceived associations.
Most players really agree with this.
Under that sentimental post, many players agreed...
"Indeed, two consecutive works in two months have been so excellent. I dare not imagine how the finale "Dark Soul" will be. I am really looking forward to it."
"The most important thing is that this game is finally not exclusive... PC players can also experience the game that Linmu Studio is proud of on the console. Although I can understand the special nature of the console and that exclusivity is necessary, I have been envious for a long time."
"It should be coming soon. According to Linmu Studio's habits, now that it has started, it will definitely not let go of players' wallets in the first half of the year!"
"ARMS is really interesting. My wife and I played it for an afternoon. After venting, our relationship got much better. My wife doesn't usually play games, but after playing Linmu Studio's games, she asked if there were any similar games... So I let her try "Mario Kart", and guess what? I don't have my switch anymore... Linmu Studio really never disappoints. If "Dark Soul" is fun, I will recommend it to my wife!"
"No, the game name "Dark Soul" above doesn't look like a family-friendly game, does it? Words like "darkness" and "soul" make it sound like the story is a bit dark..."
"The word "ARMS" also means weapons... It's not reliable to judge from the name, right?"
"No need to discuss it, wait until Linmu Studio announces it and you'll know after playing it, or... @Uncle Lin, come out and speak!"
"..."
The last player, just with the intention of giving it a try, tagged Uncle Lin.
But he didn't expect
that Uncle Lin was peeking at the screen.
So soon,
Uncle Lin came out and posted a new post.
"I can only say that the possibility of a family-friendly game is indeed small, after all, the game is also available on PC... As I said before, I am more inclined to believe that Lin Yao wants to tell a more adult story of a hero than The Legend of Zelda...
Yes, the story of Link recalling the past, freeing the four beasts, meeting old friends, and defeating the devil together is a very kingly story. Every time after the story of the beasts, I see Link's former friend driving the beasts to a high place and aiming at the royal city, I can't wait to draw my sword and kill the devil to save the princess (although this idea does not last long and will soon disappear, after all, saving the princess is not as fun as slacking off).
But this world is not just about kingly stories. In fact, players who have played Zelda know that This game is really like a fairy tale.
Linmu Studio, Lin Yao definitely don't want to stop here. They used to make traditional masterpieces, and they definitely want to tell a more epic adventure story... and "Dark Souls" is that game. Its style may be different from "The Legend of Zelda", but believe me! "Dark Souls" will definitely make PC players who haven't experienced "The Legend of Zelda" feel the same fun and touching, the same happiness and satisfaction as "The Legend of Zelda"!
Believe in Linmu Studio!
In addition, the outsourcing work actually ended two weeks ago. There is not much outsourcing work this time. I heard that Lin Yao drew a lot of materials himself, so... you know, look forward to it! "
Uncle Lin.
Or as soon as Wang Ang's post came out.
The number of replies began to soar...
Players directly flattered the post, saying that Uncle Lin was awesome, Uncle Lin was right...
because what he said... really made sense!
Clear thinking and well-founded.
So it was very fast.
This post became the most authoritative explanation in the minds of players...
"Dark Souls" is a more adult epic adventure, and another realistic-style "Legend of Zelda" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people...
At the same time.
Wang Ang sat at his workstation, looking at the rainbow farts under the post, and smiled very satisfied.
Then, he looked around and carefully took out the switch from his bag.
During this period, he bought both games released by Linmu Studio.
Very satisfied. It's
really interesting!
These foreshadowing works are like this!
I'm really looking forward to "Dark Souls".
While thinking, Wang Ang quickly pressed three keys to unlock the switch console.
...
At the same time.
Linmu Studio.
"Can you stop talking about Zelda..."
Lin Yao sat on the chair, lowered her head in frustration, her white forehead against the table, her voice weak...
She was speechless.
The screen in front of her was showing the forum page...
She also saw the post.
"But I have to say, the situation has become interesting now, hasn't it? By the way, who is this Uncle Lin? I want to meet him..."
Zhong Xiu stood behind Lin Yao and also looked at the screen, and couldn't help laughing.
During this period, he was busy with the mobile terminal of the "Kaihei" software, and paid less attention to the news about games.
After he learned about this god-like "Uncle Lin", he had the same idea as Chen Qiuwen, and was also very interested in the identity of Uncle Lin and wanted to meet him...
"Who knows!"
Lin Yao raised her head, breathed a sigh of relief, and barely cheered up, and replied unhappily.
Then, she glanced at the post, thought about it, and logged into her personal account.
She organized her words, then gritted her teeth and simply posted a message.
[I am also an uncle party! I got top secret information! Linmu Studio's new game is very difficult! As for how difficult it is... let's just say that the map is full of centaurs from the Legend of Zelda! ]
Click to send!
And the word "uncle party" is probably very attractive.
Soon.
The first reply appeared.
"You are really a joke."
Lin Yao: "..."
The first reply.
It was just a joke...
In "The Legend of Zelda", there is a creature, half man and half horse, who is very powerful in melee and ranged combat, and has high attack and high health. It is very difficult to deal with. Most Zelda players will almost avoid it when they encounter centaurs.
Lin Yao's description of the Dark Souls map being full of centaurs can be said to be very appropriate.
But obviously, the players don't believe it...
"..."
Zhong Xiu stood behind Lin Yao, and of course he saw the process of Lin Yao posting and the players' replies.
He couldn't hold it anymore...
The boss of Linmu Studio personally became an uncle party, and then he was said to be joking... Hahahaha.
"What are you laughing at? Have you done your work?"
Lin Yao noticed it, turned her head sharply, and glared at Zhong Xiu angrily.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Zhong Xiu held back his laughter, afraid that he would really be held accountable, so he turned around and ran away.
He didn't even care about what he wanted to report.
Seeing Zhong Xiu running away, Lin Yao took a deep breath, turned back again, and looked at the screen.
Then she watched.
She also laughed...
To be honest.
The current situation has deviated from her imagination...
Originally, she imagined that "Dark Soul" was a new IP, which was not amazing at first sight, and its influence was estimated to be average. In the end, it still had to rely on the quality of the game itself to attract players.
After entering the game, players may curse because of the difficulty, causing some disturbances, but in the end, players will experience the fun of soul games while cursing...
In the end.
The game was a success.
But now.
"Dark Soul" has not been announced yet, and even the trailer has not been released... Players have begun to imagine that because of Uncle Lin, it is directly tied to "The Legend of Zelda".
Before the game was released, the players' expectations were already very high...
and the players had also preset the gameplay.
Just...
Lin Yao couldn't even imagine the expressions of the players when they saw the big butt with a broken sword and felt the omnipresent malice of the game.
All expectations were messed up...
But on the other hand, Lin Yao had to admit that this brought huge popularity to the game... And no matter how the game was, whether the soul-related games could be accepted by the players in this world, it was estimated that this incident would bring huge traffic to Linmu Studio.
After the game was released, the relevant topics might directly sweep the entire gaming circle...
If Lin Yao really cooperated with this "Uncle Lin".
Of course.
In the end, this "Uncle Lin" might also be beaten to death...
And, as Zhong Xiu said, the current situation is indeed getting more and more interesting no matter what...
"Forget it..."
Lin Yao smiled and shook her head gently, and finally decided to forget it.
Since things have evolved to this situation.
Why not let yourself go completely...
Since the players think she really likes to joke, Lin Yao will not joke anymore...
...
May 20th.
The sales of ARMS have officially exceeded 2 million copies.
Now,
the sales of all the first-party masterpieces of Linmu Studio on the Switch console have exceeded 2 million copies.
This result is really breathtaking...
As new games are released one after another, the number of Switch installations has climbed from more than 4 million in the first month to 9.5 million! It's about to break 10 million.
Five months.
It's about to break 10 million!
This achievement has made the three major console manufacturers smack their lips.
Then they couldn't help but sigh that it was a good thing that Linmu Studio didn't make a traditional console... It was a good thing that their games were very different from traditional masterpieces.
But after a sigh of relief, they also had to admit that even Peria had to admit that Linmu Studio's Switch had completely established a foothold.
Linmu Studio has now completely entered the console circle and become one of the four major console manufacturers. The impact of Linmu Studio's successful entry into the console circle on the market is actually quite large.
The most direct impact is of course sales.
Linmu Studio's consoles are cheaper, and Linmu Studio launches first-party masterpieces faster, which has led to a change in the focus of many players in choosing consoles.
And after spending 2,000 yuan, it becomes a bit difficult for players to buy two traditional consoles like before.
After all, players' money is not blown by the wind.
Now, there are three traditional console manufacturers.
Players have many choices.
Among them, there is also a spoiler, Reflecta, which makes the market competition even more serious.
The console war that Lin Yao had expected has already begun.
The three major traditional console manufacturers have been fighting for third-party games for a while, and they have been paying higher and higher exclusive fees... It
even tastes like price gouging.
Many traditional console players have already felt the atmosphere of the coming storm.
In comparison,
Linmu Studio, switch players are much calmer, and they don’t feel the slightest storm at all...
Linmu Studio’s first-party masterpieces are steadily released one after another... When you are tired of playing masterpieces, there are also Linmu Studio’s carefully selected independent games as a change.
It’s very comfortable.
Now switch players are looking forward to when Linmu Studio will announce "Dark Soul".
Even many overseas players have heard that "Dark Soul" is the spiritual sequel to "The Legend of Zelda".
There is no way.
Linmu Studio is now a console manufacturer. Overseas players who want to get first-hand information will of course choose to come to domestic forums.
And they were also led astray by this stroll.
Now overseas players also want to play the spiritual sequel of "The Legend of Zelda", "Dark Souls"...
and Lin Yao didn't care.
Since she decided to let it go once, she was too lazy to explain. Anyway, the official didn't say anything, and what did the players' imagination have to do with her!
However.
Don't care about rumors.
But there is one thing that Lin Yao cares about...
that is, the system task has not been prompted to be completed.
Last year, after she received the reward of "Completion Mechanism", she also got a new small goal, which is-[Successfully release a console, sales exceeded 5 million].
But now the sales of the console are about to exceed 10 million, and the task has not been prompted to be completed. Lin Yao estimated that it was the same as before. This 5 million should refer to domestic sales alone...
She was a little concerned, but not too concerned. She
just kept this matter in mind.
With the release of "ARMS", her work focus has been completely transferred to the production of "Dark Souls".
And now the production progress has been completed by 95%.
Lin Yao is ready to release a promotional video to warm up, and is considering whether to start the trial play...
and on the other hand.
The other three console manufacturers are also very concerned about the dual-platform launch of "Dark Souls". This kind of first-party masterpiece on the console is not exclusive, which is indeed beyond their expectations.
"Will this affect us?"
At the Peria headquarters, Kawabe Mikio frowned and looked at the new head of the marketing department.
He looked haggard because the handheld game console brand under their Peria was half buried in the ground because of Lin Mu Studio...
He was powerless to change it. It
's not that he didn't think about imitating Lin Mu Studio to make a handheld game console like the switch, but the handheld game console like Lin Mu Studio is really too weak. Lin Mu Studio can do it because they can frequently launch first-party masterpieces as if they took medicine.
But Peria can't.
"It shouldn't have much of an impact. Linmu Studio's Vaporwave gaming platform is as important to them as the console. They will never give it up. So this time, their game is launched on both platforms, which is just a common practice."
The new head of the marketing department has been very careful because of his predecessor's experience. This time, of course, he is no exception. After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and added, "Of course, it is undeniable that the game will be a big success and then attract some traditional console players again, but I think this possibility is very small. Although their game this time is realistic, the function and expression of the switch should not be too good. It is unlikely that players will choose the switch because of a game."
"... Yeah."
He Fukuo pondered for a moment after hearing this, nodded slightly, and agreed, but his mood was still a little heavy.
During this period,
the competition in the console market has become more and more fierce.
The only thing he is thankful for now is that Linmu Studio's console is not a traditional console. If they launched the game like this on a traditional console, he really couldn't handle it.
This is also a blessing in disguise.
...
Time passed day by day.
It was June 1st.
Children's Day.
Linmu Studios recently released the first-party masterpiece "Pokemon Legends: Arceus". The sales of "ARMS" are still rising, but the popularity has stabilized.
On this day,
when many players joked that they would buy a switch as a Children's Day gift for themselves,
Linmu Studios released the first separate trailer of "Dark Souls"!
There was no preparation.
It came.
Soon.
On the forum,
a player reposted the first trailer of "Dark Souls".
The post was quickly pushed up, and the words "hot" and "hot" appeared one after another.
Finally, the forum administrator simply pinned the post directly.
All players, as soon as they entered the forum, knew that the trailer of "Dark Souls" was out.
They couldn't wait to click in.
Wang Ang was one of them. He opened the playback window, then took a deep breath and clicked the play button with expectation.
The video progress bar began to move...
...
Mist rolled.
A gray and desolate scene with only towering tree trunks and gray rocks, nothing else, appeared on the screen.
The narration sounded.
The low, trembling voice of an old woman hums like a low voice, telling the story of the ancient times of this world.
"In the ancient times..."
"The world was not yet differentiated and was shrouded in fog."
"There were gray rocks, towering trees, and immortal dragons everywhere."
The camera moves slowly.
To the top.
A giant dragon occupies the entire screen. It looks forward like a sculpture. Its huge body, combined with the gray environment, is full of oppression.
"But one day... the first fire was ignited."
"All differences are thus created..."
The camera moves slowly, passing through the fog, and comes to the root of a huge ancient tree. Then the camera follows the tree hole at the root of the ancient tree and crashes into the ground.
In the darkness.
Orange-red sparks drift, bringing a ray of light...
"Cold and heat."
"Life and death."
"Light and darkness."
The camera moves all the way down.
Sparks appear more and more frequently.
Finally, it comes to a dark cave.
Not far away.
A raging fire burns, illuminating the cave, accompanied by heat waves.
Several humanoid shadows staggered to their feet on the ground in front of the fire, looking at the fire eagerly.
"Then."
"Several species born from the darkness were lured by the flames and found the king's soul around the fire."
"The first dead, Nit."
A monster made of human bones, as if a pile of corpses, slowly stretched out its skeleton arms.
The flames jumped in the skeleton's palms, reflecting the front of the monster.
"The witch of Izalith and the daughter of chaos."
A hooded magician, who could be seen as a woman from her facial features, raised her dirty hands and held them in front of her chest, as if holding the flames in front of her.
The camera slowly pulled away, and around her, there were many witches in the same attire, raising their hands and holding the flames.
"Gwyn, the King of Sunlight, and his knights."
A tall old man with a crown on his head and white hair and beard, held the hilt of the sword upside down with both hands, and the raging fire burned wantonly in front of her.
Behind him, the luster of the knight's armor was looming.
"And, the dwarves that no one has ever seen."
Finally, a dark shadow whose appearance was vaguely unrecognizable knelt beside the fire, holding the flame in his hand, and slowly stood up.
Like a treasure.
"They gained the power of the king and challenged the ancient dragon."
"Gwyn's thunder penetrated the rock-like scales."
"The witch's fire formed a storm."
"Nite released the death miasma."
"And the scaleless white dragon Seath betrayed the ancient dragon, causing the ancient dragon to retreat."
The screen switched.
Gwyn, the witch, and Nite appeared in turn, releasing their own divine power, bringing changes to this originally unchanging world, and challenging the ancient dragon that originally dominated the world.
At the end of the screen,
a white ancient dragon stood on a mountain of dragon bones and roared to the sky.
Along with the roar.
A flash of white light.
The tense and exciting music suddenly changed.
"The age of fire begins."
The camera broke through the clouds and the world was no longer gray. The huge city-state built on the mountain appeared in the center of the screen, bathing in the sun, announcing the arrival of a new era.
"But the fire will eventually go out, and then only darkness will remain."
"Now, the fire is about to go out."
"The light cannot illuminate the world, and the night continues endlessly."
"And the cursed ring of darkness began to appear among the people..."
Nameless cemetery.
A pair of fair hands reached out, as if to grab, and gently held the flying sparks in the air.
The camera zoomed out.
It was a woman with frosty white hair. She knelt on the ground, holding the floating sparks, with her hands on her chest, lowered her head, and prayed for the body lying on the ground.
The body of the knight in front of her, although the armor was still shiny, the body was like dry firewood.
The woman stretched out her hand and brushed across the knight's dry face.
Then.
A dark ring appeared in the center of the screen.
Flames rose at the edge of the dark ring. The game name
"Dark Souls"
"DARK SOULS"
slowly emerged on the dark ring.
The entire promotional video was only three minutes... and
it was over very quickly.
Wang Ang finished watching it.
Then.
He couldn't suppress his excitement at all. He didn't do anything and directly posted a post, excitedly typing: "Children's Day! Lin Yao is thoughtful! This is the best Children's Day gift for players!!!"
I will correct the typos later. Time is too tight...
(End of this chapter)
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