The Rebirth of the Male God Starts From Playing Games

  Chapter 317 314. Combination punch

  The next day, Bomi officially announced the release date of "Girl with Guns", which is set on October 27th this year.

  At the same time, with the release of PV, the propaganda offensive of the entire "Gun Girls" is in full swing.

  Bomi’s channels have begun to spare no effort to promote and publicize, from QQ to Bomi Weibo, Bomi game channel, and AIR game platforms are all promoting "Gun Girl"

  As long as you log in to the store interface of the AIR game platform, the top interface recommendation column, the first is the pre-sale interface of "Gun Girl".

  You can see the poster of "Girl with Guns" on bus stops, subways, and various public places with relatively large access.

  ……

  This year can be said to be a blowout year for shooting games.

  In July, Epic, in which Bomi took a stake, released a third-person shooter game called Gears of War on the AIR game platform.

  The game has been affirmed by most players and many producers at E3, which ended before, with its amazing graphics.

  The game story tells the survival battle between humans in the future world and the underground race Rocas. The type of game is not a common first-person shooter game, but a third-person strategy action game that takes a behind-the-scenes point of view. It can more clearly show the actions of the player's character, and the interaction with the environment is more vivid and rich.

The sci-fi sense of the game, as well as the game development using Epic’s new Unreal Engine 3, are amazing in quality. From the character design of the game to the environment, and the entire story background, it is enough for players to keep this game firmly in mind. The name of the game.

  What's more, the third-person shooting experience used by Epic allows many players who are originally stunned to 3D to adapt to this game to a certain extent and get the corresponding experience.

  So after the game was launched, it immediately gained the favor of players.

  Epic’s Gears of War, the platform is XBOX360 and PC.

In the first month of its launch, the global sales volume has exceeded 5 million copies, which is already a very alarming number, breaking the historical record created by the Assassin’s Soul. At the same time, as of September, the global sales of Gears of War The total has exceeded 7 million copies.

  The whole world is surprised by the success of this game.

To some extent, thanks to the rapid increase in the number of users of Bomi’s AIR game platform, the number of global registered users of the AIR game platform has now exceeded 150 million, and this group of people is quite willing to pay for stand-alone games. height of.

  There are many players who like shooting games, and Gears of War has won the hearts of players with its excellent quality and good game experience, and this has resulted in subsequent success.

  "Gears of War" has brought extraordinary income to EPIC and Bomi, which is about 350 million US dollars in total, which is equivalent to 2.8 billion soft sister coins, which is close to 3 billion.

  Because the AIR game platform and War Machine are both in-house, the cost of publicity is basically reduced to the lowest level, which is equivalent to the cooperation of the left hand and the right hand, and there is almost no waste of resources.

  This game was evaluated by the outside world as——

  Bomi game’s devastating blow to steam.

Before the appearance of "Gears of War", Steam’s Half-Life and the CS series derived from Half-Life became the most popular shooting game in the world. Although CS is still the most influential shooting game in the world, it is because of the war. The arrival of machines has reduced their influence to some extent.

  Because Gears of War is exclusive to the AIR game platform, Steam cannot get the authorization of Gears of War at all, so some users are taken away by the AIR game platform in vain.

  This is not over yet, shortly after the release of Gears of War, in August, another masterpiece of shooting game also landed on the AIR game platform.

  The name of this game is "Mass Effect"

  "Mass Effect (MASSEFFECT is a sci-fi theme RPG stand-alone game developed by European and American RPG DreamWorks BioWare that incorporates action shooting elements.

"Mass Effect" incorporates the combat elements of TPS (Third Person Shooting) in the structure of RPG role-playing as the main body. Compared with popular works such as "Break Out of the Encirclement" and "BioShock", this work is mainly action shooting. The method of incorporating RPG elements is quite similar.

  BioWare’s products have always been known for their rigorous and atmospheric style. Regardless of the quality of the picture or the content of the game, "Mass Effect" has not disappointed players who like science fiction games.

  Science fiction theme, strong story background, players can really feel the greatness of aliens and various non-earth civilizations in the game, as well as the smallness of human beings in the vast universe.

  Sacrifice and rescue are filled with the entire mass effect game.

  This is a higher latitude, standing at the height of God overlooking the soul.

  So Mass Effect is a well-deserved masterpiece. After experiencing the coolness of future sci-fi shooting games, players are plunged into deep contemplation.

  Under the "Mass Effect" store interface of the AIR game platform, many players participated in the comments:

   "There is a man who stands firmly between humanity and the greatest threat facing it, and becomes the only solid barrier. In "Mass Effect", I embark on the wonderful adventure of Commander Shepard.

  This game is very good. After playing it, it will definitely not let you down. "

  "The game gives the infinite possibilities of the universe, endowed with appropriate imagination and real touch.

  The vast Milky Way, the numerous galaxies, the magnificent Cidital, the prosperous cosmic civilization, the magnificent planetary landscape, the artificial intelligence life, and the legends of Normandy and Shepard.

  Science fiction is based on assumptions, and the game is presented from a human perspective. Mass Effect grasped the scale of science fiction very appropriately, and there was no incomprehensible existence.

  On the contrary, these sci-fi things are quite the shadow of human civilization, because of this, players can comfortably accept them without taking off the colored glasses called "humans". Players will have doubts about speaking English throughout the universe, and will be pleasantly surprised by the different speaking habits of different races.

  The elegant Asri, the brave Turian, and the aggressive Korgen, the game will teach players to accept life from an inclusive perspective.

  Highly civilized races, a vast galaxy, and inexhaustible resources, the game will also make players courage to explore aliens. Every trip, every planet, is a brand new experience.

  This is mass effect. Science and fantasy are embodied in a wonderful game world, and ideas and stories are expressed in interesting plots and gameplay.

  The collision and fusion of multiple universes, who will not imagine the stars when they look at the stars? "

   "I am Commander Shepard, this is my favorite game on the AIR game platform"

  ……

   "Mass Effect" is very good, the only regret that Bomi did not sign an exclusive agreement with him, which means that "Mass Effect" is not only sold on the AIR game platform, but also on steam.

Fortunately, there is an effect called the [Matthew Effect]. When everyone has the same chips, players will be more inclined to choose the platform with more people. Except for the diehard steam users, most players All chose the AIR game platform.

After    was released in August, the sales volume of "Mass Effect" exceeded 1 million copies in the first month. At the same time, the word-of-mouth was overwhelming, with 20,000 positive reviews, and the positive rate was as high as 95%.

  Affected by word of mouth, the subsequent increase did not decline but continued to maintain rapid growth.

  If it weren’t for the game’s lack of support for the Chinese version, its sales would have already surpassed Gears of War.

  This incident made Hudson, the producer of BioWare, understand a truth-

  Now the Chinese market is indeed very strong, so powerful that it cannot be ignored.

In an interview with reporters in September, he said, “The biggest regret of Mass Effect is that the Chinese version was not released in time. Therefore, our quality and design, as well as music, story, and shooting experience are not worse than those of Gears of War, but the results are better than those of War. "The Machine" is much worse.

  This is not to say that Gears of War is not good, of course they are also very good.

  It’s just that I don’t think we should only get less than 1/3 of its sales in the same period.

  This incident made us realize the greatness of the Chinese market. We have received a large number of messages from Chinese players on the official website and the AIR game platform.

  They told us that they like the game "Mass Effect" very much.

  But they need the [Chinese version], and they even told us this in many languages ​​of different countries. "

  While saying this, Hudson showed reporters the photos he took. The above is about the player's message in the AIR game platform, which read:

  【We need Chinese

  WeneedChinese

  Chinese は necessary

  Nousavonsbesoindechinois

  Wirbrauchenchinesisch

  Necesitamoschino

  Potrzebujemychin

  Precisamosdechinês

  Намнужнокитайский

  Xρειαζμαστεκινζικα】

  This screenshot made the reporters laugh.

  Hudson said, “So we will make it as soon as possible and expect to launch the Chinese version of Mass Effect in April next year.”

  ……

China’s growing influence is an indisputable fact, and China’s growing market is not just about the demand market on the material level. The spiritual demand is also very important. The demand for entertainment and cultural products has already A very large market was born.

  It's just that everyone hasn't fully realized this before.

  With the continuous expansion of the AIR game platform, from the intuitive comparison of sales figures, let the world know such a thing——

  If the game wants to sell better, then entering the Chinese market is a very wise choice.

  Conversely, if you don’t consider the needs of Chinese players and don’t have the [Chinese version], then no matter how good your game is, the sales volume will be greatly reduced.

  ……

  However, even if there is no Chinese version.

  The sales volume brought by the mass effect is another miracle, and people can’t help but wonder——

  This year, is it too easy to make games? As long as your game quality is good, as long as you can get on the AIR game platform, you can basically get good results.

  And now, Bomi Games has to add another new shooting game——

   "Gun Girl"

Although "Gun Girls" is a third-person shooter game, it is completely different from Mass Effect and Gears of War. It can be regarded as a new field, whether it is from the style of the painting to the character setting, to the structure of the entire world view and the beautiful girl and the gun. The combination of both brings a brand new experience to the players.

  The game is not yet on the shelves, and has attracted widespread attention all over the world.

The focus of "Gun Girls" lies in the beautiful two-dimensional character, the combination of girls and gun shooting, and a powerful world view. It assumes a role, in addition to continuing the continuation of "Gears of War" and "Mass Effect" on TPS. In addition to the impact, the more important thing is the need to find some marginal users, broaden the user group, and sink into more people who did not like shooting games before.

  For example, young people in island countries have always had a low acceptance and preference for shooting games. For them, the "Resident Evil" series are mainly puzzle games and a sense of horror.

  Resident Evil 4 is a typical shooting game, but the evaluation of this game in the island country is not very high.

  They also don’t like adversarial games very much, such as war3 and StarCraft games, so the island country market can be said to be a unique game market in the world.

  But the market potential is huge, and the willingness of islanders to pay in the game is quite strong.

  This is the mission of "Gun Girl".

Cao Yang hopes that "Gun Girls" can broaden the user base, so that more island players can like this game through the style of beautiful girls and the two-dimensional, and in the production process of the Japanese version of "Gun Girls", he also gave way. Yue company found a lot of current very popular voice actors to dub the girls:

  For example:

The voice of   My King is also the voice of the heroine of the Bomi King series: Ayoko Kawasumi.

Popular female voice actor in the same firm: Akino Watanabe, her representative works include: "The Witch Hunter Robin" Sina Robin, "Soul Eater" Liz Thompson, "The Queen of Love" Yuki Lidou etc.

  In addition, there are many very famous female voice actors:

  Kasuki Yumi (voice actor of "Doraemon" Gen Shizuka), Kugimiya Rie, Tamura Yukari, Teak Ryuga...

   and the newly discovered newcomer popular voice actor Hanazawa Coriander.

  It can be said that the cast of the Japanese version of "Gun Girls" is very strong.

  When the players in the island nation heard about this lineup, they were all boiled:

"Wow! What is the cast of "Gun Girls"? It's too scary, right? Kawasumi Ayako, Watanabe Akino, Kugimiya Rie, Tamura Yukari, Teak Ryuga, other than Hanazawa coriander, others They are all famous."

   "I think even if you don't look at the game itself, for so many powerful voice actors, this game is already worth starting with."

  "Yes, the point is that from the promo, Bomi’s "Girl with Guns" is really awesome. I like both the character design and the graphics.

  The kind that you can fall in love with just a glance.

  What's more, the voices of these female characters are all my favorites. "

   "There is always one that you like? I don't know which role Sister Kawasumi plays, I am definitely going to capture her."

  "It can only show that Bomi is too powerful, and Xingyue is too powerful to invite so many high-quality voice actors. For us, this game is simply lucky in our lives."

   "I am now very worried about how much Bomi's "Gun Girl" will sell in the end. With so many celebrities, will I not even be able to collect the cost by then?"

  "Definitely not. At most, you can earn less. The key is how much he will sell at the end. If it is too expensive, I may want to consider whether to start this game.

  If it is within the 9,000 yen range, I think it is still affordable. "

  ……

   "Girl with Guns" has not been the first to hit, especially in the island countries, it has caused a wave of "Girls with Guns", which Cao Yang did not expect.

   also gave Bomi a lot of confidence.

  According to Cao Yang's words, this year's "Gun Girl" is not alone.

  This is a set of combo punches, starting with "Gears of War" and then "Mass Effect", which directly stirs up the topic of [Shooting Game Year].

   triggers an overall effect. When multiple masterpieces of the same type gather, it will naturally arouse high attention from the world.

  It’s just that "Gun Girl" is the last move of this boxing technique.

  Accumulated to "Girl with Guns", the heat has exploded.

  Only the pre-sale on the AIR game platform has reached more than 1 million copies.

  This is something that has never happened since the birth of the AIR game platform.

  At the same time, Combination Boxing has also brought millions of new users to the AIR game platform, making this unicorn-like game platform even more powerful.

  ……

  Faced with this situation, the boss of steam, G, jumped with anger.

   "Fack! The AIR game platform must be targeted and premeditated, otherwise, why would there be so many highly topical shooting game products all at once this year?"

  V's fortune is based on half-life.

  Now he really lives half-life, which makes G Fat feel extremely annoyed.

  Every time I go to grab authorization from the AIR game platform, people always look down on it. For example, the Mass Effect game is sold on Steam, and the v agency makes more concessions than the AIR game platform.

  Although steam is also slowly developing, but this time it has suffered a lot.

  AIR game platform has two exclusive shooting game masterpieces in 2006, how to look at it is a threat to the v agency.

  In the long run, the space of the steam platform will only be slowly eroded by the AIR game platform, and it is very likely to withdraw from the game platform market.

  This is where G Fat feels very uncomfortable.

  Especially this time, several masterpieces of shooting games on the AIR game platform are basically knifed in the heart of V, and they have really invaded the core area of ​​steam. The members of V have felt a deep sense of crisis.

  G fat can only sigh--

  Fortunately, "Call of Duty 3" and "BioShock" are not for sale on the PC side, otherwise, you might lose a wave of users.

  ……

  October 27, 2006.

  The players are finally waiting for the official release of Gun Girl.

  ……

  (End of this chapter)