Chapter 254 Mr. Li’s revised plan

Chapter 254 Mr. Li’s revised plan

Lilith ignored the surprised expressions on everyone's faces and directly pointed her eyes at Gu Fan.

Gu Fan distributed the printed documents on the side to everyone, and then opened the latest development version of the game "Disputes in the Demon World" on the projection.

So far, the development completion of this game is about 80%, which means that about 80% of the basic functions have been completed.

However, even if the game functions are 100% completed, there will be a lot of debugging and modification work in the future, and the actual workload will still be at least 30%.

In other words, the game "Clash of Demons" is currently in a state where it seems to be playable, but in fact it is still far from being truly playable.

At this time, Gu Fan was controlling an ordinary orc warrior in the game.

He ran across the desolate plains, hopping from time to time.

Encountering a lion on the road, he charged directly towards it, then swung the tomahawk in his hand and struck twice, killing the lion instantly.

This damage surprised Gu Fan himself. He was silent for a moment and said, "Well, it should be that the damage value has not been adjusted yet. The current damage is a bit too high."

He controlled the orc to run two more steps, and happened to see a slightly taller and more powerful demon monster, so he charged towards it again.

This time the orc warrior charged directly, got stuck in the model, burrowed into the ground, and then fell into the endless void.

Gu Fan's hands were very fast, he clicked ESC at the speed of light, then switched characters, pretending that nothing happened.

Everyone looked at it with blank faces. Sometimes they looked down at the game introduction document in their hands, and sometimes they looked up at the actual demonstration on the big screen.

All I can say is that the more I look at it, the more eye-catching it becomes.

Wei Chengjie weakly raised his hand and asked, "Excuse me, where did you buy this game? How much did it cost?"

Lilith answered truthfully: "Oh, I bought it from a company called Tianlong Digital Entertainment. They originally asked for 40 million, but I went to haggle the price and got it to 37 million.

"So, it's still a good deal, right?

"They have invested nearly 100 million in developing this game! We can buy it at less than half the price! It's a good deal, right?

"The procedures haven't been completed yet, but we're pretty close."

Wei Chengjie couldn't help but his eyes widened, he was shocked by Lilith.

Each of these sentences was unexpected by him.

At this time, he really wanted to say something, Dachun, you are different from others, don’t waste your time making games!

How can this thing be so calculated? What does it have to do with how much money they spent developing this game before?

Even if it spent one billion or ten billion on this game, it would still be an unplayable semi-finished product, and in terms of game quality, it would not be worth that much money at all.

If a game can really make money, if they don’t develop it themselves, they will leave this money-making opportunity to you?

If Wei Chengjie was left to make the decision, he would have to consider selling this game for 10 million yuan. In the end, Mr. Li actually spent 37 million yuan to buy such a semi-finished product. I can only say...it's very thoughtful.

How do you rate this game?

On the surface, it is a very ordinary game with a western fantasy background. There are just a few common races, such as humans, orcs, half-orcs, elves, dwarves, demons, etc.

The professions are also common professions, such as warriors, paladins, thieves, hunters, priests, wizards, warlocks, etc.

The game takes place in a place called Azerlia, which is divided into various areas. Each area has different levels, different tasks, and also has different gameplay methods such as multiplayer team copies and battlefields. .

Wei Chengjie's expression was a little tense.

He looked at Lilith and said: "Mr. Li, with all due respect, the quality of this game is actually pretty good, the content is produced with more care, and the gameplay is all classic. If it is released normally, there is still hope of making money. of.

"But all this has a very important premise, that is, the best time now was twenty years ago, that is, in 2005..."

Wei Chengjie's statement is quite emotional.

Obviously, as an mmorpg game, this game is barely qualified in terms of content. It would have had a group of players 20 years ago.

But now, after all, 20 years have passed, and mmorpg has long since expired. Although countless game manufacturers are trying hard to design new gameplay for mmorpg, most of them are just minor repairs and are unable to change the decline.

Therefore, there are only two types of mmorpg games still alive on the market.

One category is those very classic mmorpg games, which have survived since around 2005. Even if they are just for nostalgia, there is still a group of fixed players who play them.

The other type is to follow the national style route, create some beautiful fashions to attract female players, and then use a large number of female players to attract male players, mainly focusing on the social attributes of the game to create differentiation.

As for the game "Clash of Demons"...

Obviously, it doesn’t occupy both ends!

Its gameplay is very retro, basically the mainstream gameplay of mmorpg around 2005. The mission system, career settings, team copies, etc. are pretty much the same.

The gameplay itself is relatively old-fashioned, and at the same time there is no emotional bonus, so no nostalgic old players will play it.

Its pictures are in a realistic style, which would be considered ugly if it has low emotional intelligence.

Without all kinds of fancy and beautiful fashions to attract female players, naturally it is impossible to have strong social attributes.

Not to mention that the game itself is still a semi-finished product, and there are still various unfixed bugs in the game.

In short, spending more than 30 million yuan to buy such a game can only be said to be a fool's errand.

What's the difference between this and just spending money for nothing?

Lilith smiled slightly: "Don't you need to modify this game after you buy it?

“I think that many of the shortcomings of this game can be made up for, especially in terms of graphics, which can be greatly improved.

"Originally, if we developed an mmorpg game, it might cost 100 million, but now, we spend 10 million to make minor repairs to the game, and the overall cost is directly saved in half!

"In addition to this, of course we will also make various modifications to the game to make it as magical as possible!"

Wei Chengjie couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth slightly, he didn't believe it at all.

Turn decay into magic?

I believe what Mr. Gu said, but Mr. Li, you are very unconvincing when you say this!

Lilith cleared her throat slightly: "Currently, the changes I am planning for this game mainly focus on the following three aspects.

“First, we need to focus our subsequent development on team copies!

“The number of currently existing team copies must be at least doubled, and various complex mechanisms must be introduced to make players experience a hellish feeling!

"After all, those who play MMORPGs now are all hardcore and die-hard players. They are all a group of masochists. The harder the game is, the more they like it. We will satisfy them and torture them to death!

"Second, I think the current values ​​in this game are too conservative, and they should be greatly improved! There is no need to add too much, just double them first.

"Thirdly, the art resources of this game must be completely revised!

“We will continue the previous art style, focusing on realistic painting, give the game a comprehensive package, and then promote it well so that everyone can play it.

"Well, that should be no problem!"

After hearing these words, everyone couldn't hold back any longer.

Wei Chengjie's eyes widened in shock, thinking, is this what Mr. Li calls "turning decay into magic"?

This is obviously turning decay into even more decay!

This game is not very good to begin with, but you hit it on the head, knock it out, and then bury it in the ground?

Is the problem with the game "Clash of Demons" the difficulty?

Although there are indeed some die-hard players who like difficult challenges, that is because they have feelings. Only when they play the nostalgic servers of some old games can they really endure the complex mechanisms and high difficulty and try again and again.

Why should old players be willing to play a new game and also be willing to suffer?

It doesn’t make sense!

What's more, the theme of Western Fantasy has always been the exclusive domain of some established foreign manufacturers. From any angle, it is difficult for "Disputes in the Demon World" to compete with the nostalgic servers of those classic games.

Wei Chengjie sighed silently, and then looked at Gu Fan.

However, Gu Fan remained quite calm about this, without any emotional fluctuations.

Wei Chengjie couldn't help but be curious, doctor, if the patient is broken into pieces like this, can he still be saved?