Chapter 506 Do I look like it?
On the same day,
at the same time as the Linmu Carnival,
the special briefing ended.
Linmu Studio simultaneously launched the dual versions of "Monster Hunter" and "Pokemon" on the switch.
Among them.
Along with the launch of "Monster Hunter", there is also a detailed text version of the introduction.
In addition to explaining the problems of the subsequent version push.
In order to more accurately explain the size of the game to players, the game store also marked the relevant clearance time.
The main line clearance time given by Linmu Studio is 100 hours, the branch line plus the main line clearance time is 210 hours, and the full collection is 700 hours!
This number can be said to be very exaggerated.
To be more precise, this is the first time that Linmu Studio has launched a game with such a long main line process.
After all, the main line of Linmu Studio's last new work only takes about 10 hours to clear, and even "Dark Soul", the theoretical time given by Linmu Studio is about 30 hours.
This time, not considering old players and speed runners, generally new players, it takes this much time to clear.
After all, the difficulty is quite high, and the map is also very large. Considering the 365-mile map running and the mechanism that monsters are resurrected when players are resurrected.
Most players agree with this length.
Even "Dark Soul" is only 30 hours.
So you can imagine how outrageous this 100-hour main storyline is.
But in the description document, Linmu Studio specifically stated that there will be no paid additional content in the future, and said that the subsequent DLC has been included in the game itself.
This gives players confidence again.
After all, this is not common. The game has just started pre-sale, and even the pie is not drawn. Not to mention free DLC updates, nor to say that there will be additional content in the future, but directly cut off their own retreat.
It is clearly stated that there is no additional content.
This also means that no matter how popular the subsequent game is, there will be no paid content.
This confidence is indeed very powerful.
And Lin Yao himself is actually confident in the announced length, after all, a lot of content has been stuffed in.
In addition.
The description document also specifically wrote that because of Linmu Studio’s mistakes, in addition to releasing dual versions, Linmu Studio will no longer release any advanced versions.
All players who pre-order the game before the release will receive all the advanced version costumes and cat and dog appearances.
Until the release.
This is also good news, after all, 99% of the games before will have advanced versions such as collector's editions, including Lin Mu Studio. Generally, the collector's edition is more expensive than the standard version, but pre-ordering the advanced version can get special costumes and other rewards.
Now it's free.
In addition, in order to cater to the theme of the carnival and apologize to the players, the price of the new game will be reduced by 15% during the pre-order stage, only 249 yuan.
Buying both versions together is the same price!
Well, everything above.
The moment the price is announced.
All turned into fireworks...
This is too conscientious! ! !
This is the only thought of the players.
A hundred hours of main line clearance process.
One month later, all the monsters of another version will be pushed for free.
Pre-order now and get the rewards given by the advanced version.
Finally, the game is only sold for 249 yuan.
Lin Mu Studio's 3A masterpieces have never set such a low price.
Although it is only limited to the carnival period.
But in the entire industry, there is no company that dares to set such a low price for a 3A masterpiece after its release.
This is too conscientious!!!
After reading the entire instruction document, most players are very satisfied. The only controversial point is probably the costume coins that must be obtained online.
Linmu Studio has no intention of giving up on this point.
Many players have also realized something.
This is the only point that Linmu Studio can stand on... It is really hard to remove.
If it really needs to be removed, the excuse of encouraging online play will not work.
And most players don’t really care about this thing.
Linmu Studio started out as an online game developer. This kind of costumes without any bonus that require special time to participate in special activities are normal operations.
Moreover, Linmu Studio does not specifically require face-to-face connection, and network connection is fine. It’s just that teammates have to try their luck...
However... Whether it is the instruction document or the update push about the dual version, it is all aimed at "Monster Hunter".
Although the two versions of "Pokemon" will also be reduced in price during the carnival, the price is also around 250 yuan, but there is no mention of the dual version... As Mou Feng expected, this game was subtly accepted by the players.
Because of the existence of "Monster Hunter", Linmu Studio doesn't even need to explain it separately.
Players will figure out that "Monster Hunter" is to encourage players to go online, and "Pokemon" exists for the purpose of exchanging this gameplay.
After all, Linmu Studio gave a satisfactory answer in "Monster Hunter".
The price has also dropped!
This is the most important thing!
Adding all of the above together, acceptance becomes a matter of course.
But acceptance is acceptance.
The direction of things was still beyond Mou Feng's expectations...
At this time, Linmu Studio opened pre-orders for two games that were released on May 15 and June 10, and announced a 15% price reduction during the carnival.
The killing power was too high...
The enthusiasm of the players was beyond imagination...
Because the "Carnival" was originally the focus of everyone's attention.
On the same day,
the special briefing just ended.
The pre-order page was updated.
Before noon,
two games, four versions, all squeezed into the top of the sales rankings.
Two games, four versions, all exceeded 100,000 pre-orders in such a short time!
After twelve o'clock.
Five hours later.
As the audience of the carnival entered the break time and joined the pre-order army.
Sales have begun to sprint towards 200,000.
And seeing all this with his own eyes.
Mou Feng is a little skeptical about life...
"
Players won't buy both versions? This is too outrageous!?"
In the corner of the carnival.
Mou Feng sat down to rest, while looking at the "good news" on his mobile phone, looking at Li Guangsheng next to him with an unbelievable face.
"I don't know, but this is just the online pre-order... It doesn't count the pre-sale of the physical cartridges from Linmu Studio. These two games are all console games. I saw many players on the forum saying that they want to buy physical cartridges for collection."
Li Guangsheng was silent for a moment and shook his head gently: "They said that this is the first time that Linmu Studio has launched dual versions, and it is very collectible..."
Mou Feng: "..."
After a moment of silence.
"This is a dual version!! It means that the game that players spend money to buy may have less content! How can this be! Players, stand up!!"
Mou Feng questioned.
He had to admit that Linmu Studio opened up a new path. A
new path that he had never imagined.
The most outrageous thing is that Linmu Studio succeeded.
He could imagine what the final consequences would be if "Pokemon" was the first to announce dual versions...
Even if Linmu Studio tried its best to explain that this was for the exchange gameplay.
It is estimated that the scolding would not stop.
Because people are emotional, even if players know that dual versions exist for the two core gameplays of collecting and exchanging games, most players will not buy both versions at all, but less content is less content!
This means buying it in two parts! Moreover, Pokémon is not like Monster Hunter, because of the existence of the illustrated manual, it is more sensitive.
But even with such an adventurous release model, players will spit out shit if you are not careful.
In the end, it was easily resolved.
It's outrageous!
"Do you think the players care?"
Hearing this, Li Guangsheng looked up at the lively trial areas of Monster Hunter and Pokémon.
Seeing the happy players, Mou Feng fell silent.
...
At the same time.
Peria headquarters.
Kawabe Kanfu turned on his computer at noon. He originally wanted to see how Linmu Studio would be scolded,
but when he opened the forum.
What he saw was...
"I plan to buy the Fanglong version, this cover is better!"
"I think the Feilong version has a better cover! It's more collectible!"
"I want them all (referring to the digital version)!"
"I tried it on site, and it doesn't matter which version it is, there's too much content! Play for three or four hours a day, and I feel like I can play for a month."
"The price was reduced by 15% as soon as it was released, which is much cheaper than other 3A games. This is too conscientious!"
"It's worthy of being the Linmu Carnival, it's too good."
"..."
"?"
Seeing the first few posts.
Kawabe Mikio directly sprayed out the water he had just drunk, and then slowly typed a question mark.
He held the mouse and quickly flipped through the other posts on the forum.
Then he found that except for last night's posts, most of the posts today, the focus of players' discussions have all become games, and they are all praises.
It's as if last night's quarrel was an illusion.
Inadvertently.
The dual version release was over...
In addition to discussing the game, players also discussed what the next carnival Linmu Studio will bring.
Mikio Kawafu's eyes widened, then he immediately picked up the Switch at hand and opened the store page.
Then, he read the special manual for "Monster Hunter" in full.
After reading it.
He was stunned for a while, and then opened the store page for "Pokemon".
There was no explanation on it.
"Are you crazy?"
Mikio Kawafu raised his head suddenly and looked at the screen in front of him again: "I just explained the dual versions of "Monster Hunter"! "Pokemon" didn't change anything! You accepted it!?
And Linmu Studio is also crazy! To achieve this for dual versions? To make two copies of "Monster Hunter" with so many models? To solve network problems, and finally make it the same again? And the price is cut in half? Except for the boxes, there is no difference at all! ? And they even stuffed DLC in it... How free do you have! ? "
He asked his doubts loudly.
But no one answered his question.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, so he directly posted a post on the forum to point this out.
But the players didn't pay much attention to this.
The players who would reply.
The reply was... "Isn't this for exchanging gameplay? "Such words.
When Mikio Kawabe saw the reply, he was stunned and felt sick.
Such a money-making model was accepted just like that?
Did I miss something?
Is this okay?
Is this okay?
Buy two copies of the game for the price of one!
What kind of magic did Linmu Studio cast on the players?
Since they can do
this, then am I...
Mikio Kawabe looked at the players who changed their minds according to the situation, anxious and angry, and then at a certain moment, he suddenly calmed down...
...
At the same time.
Linmu Carnival.
On site.
In addition to the special briefing in the morning, there was also "Battle Royale" meeting.
In the afternoon, the highlight is the "Diablo" meeting.
Although it hasn't started yet.
But many players who were queuing in the trial area are already ready.
Including the most popular new game trial area, the players who were in the middle and late stages of the queue have given up and turned around to wander around, preparing to go to the venue when the time is almost up.
Because of the special briefing in the morning.
The players are happy. The opening of the trial has also brought the players' enthusiasm for discussing "Monster Hunter" to a new peak.
Although it is a trial, there are not many open areas.
But this is not much.
It's just compared to the official version of the game.
Even if it is a trial version, there is currently no player who has run the entire trial version of the open map... because of limited time, and the map is really too big.
This big, and it's not empty.
A few Almost every player who tried the game could encounter a monster that another player who tried the game had not encountered.
This gave many players something to talk about.
It also gave players a clearer understanding of what Linmu Studio said, that the size of the game was unexpected, including the weight of all the subsequent DLC.
However.
All of the above had nothing to do with Lin Yao...
If she went out to hang out, there would be some problems.
After all, outside the square, from the third day, there were COSERs wearing maid costumes.
They didn't say who COS was.
But even so, they were surrounded by people.
Maid costumes have become a traffic password.
In this situation.
Lin Yao certainly wouldn't run around.
Otherwise, it would only add pressure to the staff.
At this time.
She was leaning against the wall quietly at the entrance door next to the main venue, turning her head to look in the direction of the stage, waiting for the "Diablo" fan meeting to begin.
"Lin Yao, the pre-sale sales of the two games are out."
At this time.
Mu Wanqing came over, saw Lin Yao leaning against the wall, paused, and then came to her side.
"Well, how is it? "
Lin Yao heard the voice, turned her head and asked.
"Pretty good, almost 200,000."
"Oh..."
Lin Yao nodded, then turned her head and continued to look at the stage.
"What's wrong?" Mu Wanqing came to her side and leaned against the wall with her.
"Nothing, I'm just not sure if I did the right thing after it happened."
Lin Yao looked at the stage, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "What do you think? Miss Mu..."
"That's something I have to ask you."
Mu Wanqing smiled and asked: "Why is "Pokemon" promoting the release of dual versions?"
"Well..."
Lin Yao thought about it, turned around, and replied: "On the one hand, I haven't thought of a better plan, and on the other hand, I probably think that the starting point of hoping that players can gain friendship and fun from the exchange of Pokémon is good, and it's not a bad thing... But in the end, when I saw the players accept it, I couldn't help but wonder, would this be unfair to players who have no friends?
The answer is definitely unfair, but I can't think of a solution to this problem for the time being. If you want to increase the desire to exchange, you have to make differences. Even if it's not a dual version, it's bound to sacrifice some of the players' experience. Even if it's a short-term sacrifice, it's still a sacrifice, for example..."
Lin Yao paused and looked back at the stage: "The Diablo that will be announced later will also have online gameplay. There will be experience bonuses when playing online in a large secret realm. For each additional person, the experience bonus will be higher by one point, and in multiplayer mode, there will be more monsters. Wouldn't this be unfair to players who only like to play alone?
The answer is definitely unfair. The same amount of time is invested, but the experience gained by playing online and playing alone is different. But I can't think of a solution for the time being. Remove the experience bonus? Remove the setting that there are more monsters when there are more people? Then no one will think about playing online, right? Then, many mainstream gameplays such as witch doctors and auxiliary professions and auxiliary equipment will seem to become dispensable.
More players will probably think about training a version profession, and then find a way to brush 150 floors alone. Even if someone is willing to play online, it is probably to brush together with friends, or simply to try it out.
But online is one of the most mainstream gameplays of the game now, and it is the best way to increase user stickiness. The subsequent season mode needs players willing to continue playing before it can be continuously launched.
This is a problem... but I really can't think of a good solution for the time being. "
Mu Wanqing: "..."
"In the final analysis, some gameplays will give some players special rewards, but they cannot satisfy everyone. "Monster Hunter" will unlock new costumes for online players, and the exchange gameplay of "Pokemon" allows like-minded players to exchange the Pokémon they want and collect the illustrated books. If we go back to the past, in our studio's first online game "Fantasy OL", the experience gained by a three-person team and a five-person team is also different, and the explosion rate of items is also different.
Does this also mean unfairness? For some players who don't want to team up at all, it is indeed unfair.
But online is also one of the gameplays, and it is the best gameplay to increase user stickiness. I want to think of a solution, but the balance of encouragement and fairness is too difficult to adjust. "
Lin Yao sighed, then turned back to look at Mu Wanqing, chuckled and said:
"After all, this is something that a large group of smart people came up with... It's too difficult for an ordinary person like me to come up with a solution that has the best of both worlds."
"Aren't you a smart person? "
Mu Wanqing moved closer to Lin Yao when she heard that, put her arms around her slender waist, and smiled mischievously.
She didn't think much about it. She
just thought that the smart people Lin Yao was talking about were the smart people who came up with online gameplay.
But Lin Yao was not referring to them, but to all the smart people who made games in her previous life...
Lin Yao didn't explain, but looked at Mu Wanqing, whose long legs in black stockings were tightly together, and asked with a smile: "Am I similar?"
"Yes." Mu Wanqing replied without hesitation.
"Ha..."
Lin Yao smiled, then held Mu Wanqing's hand on her belly, rubbed her belly gently, looked at the stage, and continued: "At the beginning, the best mode I could think of to serve the 'exchange' gameplay was to release two versions, and we made a lot of efforts for this.
But I just thought about it, maybe Pokémon will have a better way... But if you don't want to get rid of the core gameplay of exchange, and you still want to believe that players can gain friendship and fun from exchanging Pokémon, even if it's a single version, you may still have to adjust the evolution routes of some Pokémon, encourage players to exchange, and give online players more advantages... This is another way.
If the dual version of Pokémon this year doesn't play one of the core gameplays of the game as expected, "exchange", then let's try another way... I hope we can overturn the dual version plan. "
"You've thought of a solution, haven't you?"
Mu Wanqing said with a smile, looking at the girl who was holding her hand and rubbing it gently on her belly.
"It's still too early. It's feasible to say that a single version is feasible, but for orthodox Pokémon works, the exchange gameplay is one of the cores. How to build a good online exchange mechanism without overturning this gameplay is a very complicated problem. "
Lin Yao said bitterly: "And I don't know how to do it yet, I only have an idea..."
It's really complicated.
She is not a professional planner.
She relies more on the experience of her previous life, but the problem is that the orthodox works of "Pokemon" that are later in time are all released in dual versions...
At this time, her experience advantage in her previous life has become a disadvantage.
How to build a reasonable gameplay that can also make good use of the "exchange" element in a single version has become a problem.
What's more troublesome is that in order to have more confidence in the mobile Internet era, the sequel to "Pokemon" cannot be delayed and must be made.
Unless this IP is abandoned.
So in the end, due to time constraints, Lin Yao still chose the dual-version release plan to make the sequel to "Pokemon" and let the players accept this plan.
And left herself a year to think about a better plan.
But she has no idea, and the reason why she said those words to Mu Wanqing just now was because of distress.
"Although I don't understand, the whole studio will help you... It's not just your business. I believe that after the release of the dual versions, the project team will also have new experiences. Let's grow together. This time, just treat it as a test. "
Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao's profile and smiled softly. She put her arm around her waist and shook her gently, whispering comfort.
"...That's right."
Lin Yao was stunned for a moment, then smiled, continued to hold her hand, and gently rubbed her belly.
Mu Wanqing stopped talking.
But soon, Lin Yao found something wrong...
"Are you getting bigger and bigger? It's already at my chest! Hand, hand, hand, hand."
Lin Yao glanced at her belly, then turned her head to look at Mu Wanqing.
"You grabbed my hand yourself." Mu Wanqing said confidently.
"Bullshit!" Lin Yao glared at her.
At this time.
"What are you doing?"
Zhong Xiu walked over from a distance and came to the entrance. Then he looked at Lin Yao and Mu Wanqing standing side by side against the wall, a little surprised.
"Wait for the "Diablo" fan meeting to start. Is it time?"
Lin Yao looked at Zhong Xiu and replied.
"Well, it's about to start. Don't you see that the audience is all full? What are you talking about, so engrossed. "
Zhong Xiu raised his hand and looked at his watch, took a deep breath, and began to prepare.
Lin Yao also looked at the audience seats after hearing this, and then she found that the seats were full.
"It's really full...Keep going."
Lin Yao looked at Zhong Xiu again and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, I'm also well-informed."
Zhong Xiu didn't want to show his weakness in front of the two women, and he immediately replied confidently after hearing this.
"That's good..."
Lin Yao nodded, and then couldn't help but look at the top of his head.
To be honest.
Zhong Xiu's baldness is becoming more and more obvious now.
She can even imagine what it will look like when the lights are turned on later...
"It has stopped recently! It's not falling off! It's not obvious at all! Zhu Nianqiao is talking nonsense, what baldness! How is it possible!"
Zhong Xiu noticed Lin Yao's gaze, his face darkened, and he refuted loudly.
"I didn't mean that."
Lin Yao held back her laughter and shook her head vigorously.
Zhong Xiu wanted to say something, but when he looked at the time, he found that it was too late, so he could only stop talking and walked out directly when the stage lights came on.
Then, he greeted.
But I don't know if he was led astray by Lin Yao...
As soon as Zhong Xiu came on stage, he said...
"Hello everyone, I'm Slide Xiu."
As soon as he said this,
cheers and... laughter instantly broke out in the audience.
And when he came on stage.
Hearing Zhong Xiu's words.
Lin Yao and Mu Wanqing were stunned for a moment, and then the big and small laughed so hard that they bent over, shaking.
Sorry, I messed up... Sorry.
In fact, the starting point of these chapters is very simple. "Monster Hunter" uses gimmicks to attract firepower for Pokémon, and then merges the two games, with the same game content of the two games, to provide a solution for subsequent push updates.
"Pokemon" is a true dual-version release, serving the exchange gameplay. I am willing to believe that the dual version is for the original intention that players can gain friendship and fun in the exchange of Pokémon.
But I didn't notice it.
I thought these were just my wishful thinking.
After all, who am I! ? A 9-to-7 worker who comes up with a solution within a few hours every day wants to solve a problem based on an existing game? Is it possible?
The idea that a bunch of smart people came up with and made a game, which I wishfully thought was a good idea, may just be a stupid idea.
Haha.
Really self-righteous.
It's really ugly...
Sorry.
Let you see such a chapter.
(End of this chapter)
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