As the sales and reputation of the game "In My Eyes" continue to rise in the "Independent Games" and "Drama Games" sections of the official platform, more and more people are paying attention to the Easter eggs behind it.
Many players curiously searched for the name of the game "Ordinary Life", and then they were surprised to find that this game can already be found on the official platform, and it is "coming soon"!
The release date is exactly October 29th as announced.
What surprises players even more is its game content!
Judging from the introduction of the current mall page and screenshots of promotional materials, this is a game that shows the lives of ordinary people.
Players can play different identities such as workers and students, and experience the ups and downs of life in a virtual city based on Beijing and Hainan.
You can study and study, you can organize parties, and you can work in various places.
Its gameplay seems to be closer to a survival game. Players will be affected by hunger, cleanliness, health and other factors. They must survive in the city through their own efforts and earn as much as possible within the time limit. money.
Of course, if it’s just that, it’s nothing. The most shocking thing is these two points:
First, this is the second game of 404 Studio, and as can be seen from the final staff list of "In My Eyes", this so-called 404 Studio actually only has four people. They are all freshmen and have just completed the production of "In My Eyes".
Second, "Ordinary Life" will be a VR game, and it will be the kind of VR game with extremely high precision that strives to make the game look real.
Looking at one point alone, you may think it’s nothing, but when these two points are combined, it becomes a big problem.
The production capabilities of four freshman students are too limited. Even with the help of professors and other students in the college, why can they produce such a huge game?
If it's in the form of an independent game, that's it. Many game materials can be shrunk like crazy, but this is a VR game. If the materials are shrunk, can you still watch it?
Soon, as the popularity of "In My Eyes" continued to spread, players' discussions about "Ordinary Life" also began to become intense, and two distinct factions gradually formed.
One group is full of expectations, thinking that since 404 Studio can make an excellent game like "In My Eyes", it shows that they have a clear mind and dare to promote "Ordinary Life" in such a high-profile way. It must be because the quality of this game has given them confidence.
The other group is not optimistic at all, thinking that this is probably just a gimmick. After all, for games that look good in promotional videos produced by some small manufacturers, the best attitude is to "question first, then question".
Both sides hold their own opinions and think they are reasonable.
And this suspense can only be revealed on the day the game is released.
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October 29, evening.
Liu Liang immediately opened the official live broadcast and watched the latest press conference.
As the UP owner of the game area, he must of course understand the trends of the domestic game industry as soon as possible so that he can better predict them.
The press conference itself was rather boring. The official person in charge of the explanation introduced a new technology in the current game editor using a lot of professional vocabulary. Liu Liang didn't understand much, but he only roughly got these points.
First of all, this is a technology that "directly generates game materials by grabbing consciousness." It is a deeper application of the fifth-generation VR helmet consciousness connection technology.
Secondly, this technology is currently open to some game companies and individuals for internal testing. However, because the technology is not yet mature, it will take some time for it to be fully popularized.
Individual personnel have shown excellent talents in using this technology, but these are only a handful of cases, and most researchers are still exploring.
Thirdly, although the materials generated by this new technology are very fast, they can only be stored in the deep space of the "Tai Qing" virtual world and are not interoperable with the current Internet. However, this has no impact on players, because they can still experience these games normally with fifth-generation VR headsets.
Finally, after the press conference, the fifth-generation VR helmet will be updated, and a special recommendation event will be launched on the official platform so that players can immediately experience games using this new technology.
In addition, in the official live broadcast room, there were a lot of comments about the "High School Show Game of the same Name". Discussions on this matter on the Internet basically revolve around this game.
"Playing the game of the same name as the High School Show, you can experience the real stage with the contestants!"
"Collect character cards and form your own debut team!"
"The new VR technology brings you an immersive time-travel experience!"
There are endless arguments like this.
In the official special activities, the game of the same name of "High School Show" ranks first in the eye-catching list.
This is not to say that the column group of the College Show can influence the official game platform, it is just because these games are currently sorted by "attention" and "expectation value."
The College Show column team can mobilize a large number of trolls and fans to add this game to their wish list, so it will naturally be ranked high. This is a bit of unfair means, but within the rules, there is no official reason to sanction it. After all, it was all pointed out by real users.
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After turning off the live broadcast, Liu Liang, who had been depressed recently, finally regained some energy.
The previous "Stranger Massacre" hit him hard. Although he had thought that the next episode of the program would be a big one and release a video with enough weight to regain the place, but he kept waiting and waiting. They didn't wait for this opportunity.
This is where the UP owner of the game area gets upset: If you want to make a video, you must have good material!
And now, the opportunity has finally come.
In this video, he will focus on the official press conference and new technologies, introduce all the games in the topic, give a relatively broad prediction range, and try to catch up with the popularity as much as possible.
But covering it all doesn’t mean there’s no point.
Many of these games are old games that have been remade, or experimental games with little weight. These games can be covered in one sentence and are not worth spending a lot of space on.
The technology of using consciousness-generated materials is still too new after all. The game development cycles of those major manufacturers are very long and their strategies are relatively conservative, so it is impossible to use it so quickly. Most of the participants in this event are small factories or independent game producers.
Among them, the most popular ones are "High School Show" and "Ordinary Life".
The popularity of the college show comes from the promotion of Changteng Entertainment, while the popularity of ordinary life comes from the "In My Eyes", which players call a "paid promotional video", and the controversial topic of "college students making VR masterpieces".
"Very good, now let me, the game prophet, plan carefully.
"Whatever you say this time can't be overturned again. It must be 100% safe!"
Liu Liang thought about it and quickly determined two points.
First, he must make predictions before the game is officially released.
Second, he'd better predict both High School Show and Ordinary Life.
The reason why predictions are made before release is because unlike "Zen", these two games have a lot of attention. Countless small UP owners are eyeing this piece of fat. If the video is released late, the popularity will be seriously diluted.
And after playing the game, players will definitely feel that this is not a prediction at all, but a review. The content of this video is not powerful enough to "find the field."
In addition, Liu Liang had played the closed beta version of "High School Show" before and had certain expectations about the quality of the game.
If he could make predictions before the game was released, and both games were successfully predicted, directly changing from "win streak interrupted" to "second winning streak", wouldn't this be able to get the situation back?
So how should these two games be predicted?
Liu Liang fell into deep thought, his brain working rapidly.
"The sales volume of "High School Show" should be the undisputed number one in this topic, and the evaluation should be 'mostly favorable'.
"After all, I have played the closed beta version of this game before, and the overall production level is pretty good. Coupled with the support of fans, it shouldn't be difficult to get mostly positive reviews."
If it is a forecaster with little experience, there is a high probability that the prediction will be "mixed", but Liu Liang does not think so.
Because only players who have bought this game can give reviews.
"High School Show" is a game for fans. Its gameplay can be regarded as a "large-scale card drawing game" in short.
Players can draw cards to obtain various popular idols from high school shows. They can improve their skills through daily singing, dancing and rap training, and then team up these idols to debut and perform on stage, thereby obtaining online Heat index.
This is a very mature business model. Let’s not talk about whether it is old-fashioned, but it is really easy to use.
Therefore, in the eyes of fans, as long as the game is not too bad and can restore their favorite idols and stages, the reputation will not be too bad.
These fans of high school shows have very strong spending power and online attack power, and they really know how to brush up the ratings.
Of course passers-by don't like this game, but they won't buy it at all, so naturally they can't lower the rating on the official platform.
Therefore, Liu Liang comprehensively judged that the final evaluation of this game is likely to be "mostly favorable".
“So, what about ‘Ordinary Life’?
"Hmm... be careful, this game seems a bit difficult to handle."
For some reason, this game always gave Liu Liang an evil feeling, making him involuntarily recall the painful experience of failed predictions in "Zen".
After repeatedly confirming that the creator of this game was not Stranger, and that Stranger had not released any more games recently, Liu Liang felt relieved.
This is normal. The producers who made this kind of game must be just for fun. They relied on luck to make "Zen". After making enough money, they went to eat, drink and have fun and stopped making games for the time being.
This also made Liu Liang breathe a sigh of relief. Authors with this kind of special brain circuit had better play less games, otherwise a UP owner like him who relies on predictions for a living would really be unable to withstand it.
The producer of "Ordinary Life" is 404 Studio.
The good news is that compared to the mysterious "stranger", information about Studio 404 is widely available online, which will provide great help to Liu Liang's decision-making.
Should "Ordinary Life" be classified as "a visual hit" or "sooner or later a hit"?
Liu Liang decided not to classify it!
“Steady, I must be steady now.
“This is not called cowardice, this is called following one’s inner thoughts.
"I predict that "Ordinary Life" will never receive 'rave reviews' no matter what. Is this absolutely no problem?
“It’s too high to directly predict the risk, but wouldn’t the success rate be much higher using the elimination method?
“The gaming industry must respect objective laws and no one can violate them.
"With the development capabilities of this studio, even if it is cheated, "Ordinary Life" will never have the level of completion they showed in the trailer! So it is absolutely impossible to get a 'rave review' review! "
