Vol 2 Chapter 624: the cost is too high

Chapter 624 The cost is too high

Lin Feng took a special plane back to Shanghai quietly and hurried back to the "Second World" headquarters in the first place. In the United States for a month, several games developed by "Second World" have either been put on sale or are ready for public testing, especially the strongest underground. After repeated revisions, this game will finally be publicly tested. This makes Lin Feng extremely ticklish, naturally. Come back as soon as possible.

Upon learning that Lin Feng had returned, Wu Zhaopu also held an ad hoc meeting immediately.

"Mr. Wu, what's the current situation?" Lin Feng asked excitedly.

"Boss, have a cup of ginseng tea before you get off the plane. You must be very tired." Lin Zhiling then brought Lin Feng a cup of ginseng tea.

Looking at Lin Zhiling's style, there are thousands of styles that can't be said, and the deep affection in his eyes is also unprecedented. Lin Feng's outing not only disturbed the global record industry, but also caused the world's largest record company Sony Records President Motorra to resign. He also made his "second entertainment" the sixth largest record company in the world. The big record company also financed "Google" and joined forces with "Wal-Mart." The various "miracles" in this business have been amazing. Unexpectedly, Lin Feng is so "smooth and smooth" on women.

Looking at the affectionate styles in Lin Zhiling's eyes, Wu Zhaopu sighed. Why are all men also, Lin Feng can have a double harvest in love and career, not to mention the golden house at home, there are still full of blooms outside, and others like him are so "ordinary"!

In fact, Wu Zhaopu can't be regarded as ordinary anymore. He is 32 years old and has assets of hundreds of millions of dollars. He is single, Shanghai's upstart, the standard diamond celebrity, and I don't know how many beautiful women have embraced him. It's just a far cry from Lin Feng's comparison.

Regarding age, Lin Feng is less than 23 years old this year, but Wu Zhaopu is already 32 years old. In terms of wealth, Lin Feng sits on 40 billion U.S. dollars, while Wu Zhaopu's net worth is only over 100 million U.S. dollars. In terms of position, Lin Feng is the boss and Wu Zhaopu is a wage earner. Regarding women, all the women around Lin Feng are super beauties, and there are super stars. Although the women around Wu Zhaopu are also personally sweet, they are incomparable when compared with the women around Lin Feng.

Of course, these Wu Zhaopu recognized them a long time ago, and never thought of comparing them to Lin Feng. What makes Wu Zhaopu really depressed is why the women around him have money in their eyes, everything is for his money, and occasionally I encounter one or two women who seem to be unmoved by money, but also "pretend". What Wu Zhaopu saw in their eyes was only the desire for money, not the true love for him.

Originally, Wu Zhaopu had already admitted. After all, it is not his fault to have money, and it is not guilty for people to love money, so he can pick the best one. But look at Lin Feng, whether it is Avril, Li Zhiyou, or Lin Zhiling in front of him, there is only love in his eyes, which makes Wu Zhaopu a little unbearable.

Why is there such a big gap between people! ——Wu Zhaopu shook his head, no longer think about it, so he can only comfort himself. The boss is the boss, they can't compare with ordinary people.

"Boss, the sales of Heroes of Invincibility 4 is still introduced to you by the leader of the fourth game development team, Joe Wan-Kanheim." Wu Zhaopu said.

"Kanheim, what's the situation?" Lin Feng asked, looking at Joe-Wan-Kanheim expectantly.

If there are any games in this world that can be played for a lifetime, everyone can think of many games. For example, Tetris, minesweeper and so on, but if you can play for a lifetime and still play with gusto, Heroes of Might and Magic is definitely one of them. "Heroes" of various characters, various camps, and almost perfect game balance, make the magical heroes invincible full of fun.

Before the new-world-cputing game production team joined the "Second World", a total of 3 generations were developed. The launch of each generation has won wide acclaim from all players, but since the launch of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, to the present day, More than 3 years have passed, and although corresponding expansions were released later, for all players, they are still looking forward to Heroes of Might and Magic 4.

"Boss, according to your suggestion, Heroes of Might and Magic 4 we used a 2.5d game screen." Joe-Wan-Kanheim said.

The so-called 2.5d, also known as fake 3d, is a type of video game that often appears in the era when the three-dimensional technology of video games is not yet mature. Originally, with the current technology, it has been possible to design a complete 3d version of Heroes of Might and Magic 4. However, Lin Feng believes that when players play Heroes of Might and Magic 4, the requirements on the screen are far from the requirements for the fun of the game.

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Therefore, considering the current player’s computer configuration and game development costs, Joe-Wan-Kanheim chose 2.5d to ensure that the screen has both 2d gorgeous and 3d scene effects, making the entire game map more space. Many, but also uphold the consistent style of Heroes of Might and Magic series. Every time the next generation of games is released, the graphics have improved significantly.

As for the performance of the game, Joe Wan-Kanheim was originally planning to develop the offensive skills of "hero". After all, in Heroes of Might and Magic 3, "hero" is just a shelf, except for magical "heroes" that can be lost. In addition to throwing magic, physics heroes only have passive bonuses of attributes and skills that affect the army. But strictly speaking, there are almost no absolute physical heroes (except York, who has a unique background), because even barbarians can build three-level magic towers.

In order to break through the traditional shackles of the heroes of Might and Magic that are invincible against the "hero", Joe Wan-Kanham originally wanted the "hero" to have the ability to fight alone. However, this is also the biggest failure of the original Heroes of Might and Magic 4, and it is also the most unacceptable place for players. In Heroes of Might and Magic 4, the "hero" can sweep the entire map without a single soldier and one clan, completely devoid of the strategy of leading soldiers in the previous work of Heroes of Might and Magic, and become a true "hero invincible".

For this, Lin Feng is firmly opposed. After weighing it again and again, Joe-Wan-Kanheim modified it. However, the offensive ability of the "hero" is still retained. The hero can directly attack the opponent (the so-called non-magical hero), but the opponent cannot attack the hero, and the victory or defeat is still determined according to the destruction of one side's arms.

After modification, a 2.5d screen was adopted. Heroes of Might and Magic 4 was launched on November 11, a day known as the Stick Festival, at a price of US$18 and a unified global price. However, for Chinese users, "Second World" still adopts certain preferential policies. By ordering through "DingDang.com", Chinese users will be able to purchase genuine products at a low price of 69 yuan (original price of about 148 yuan).

In the first week of listing, 4.2 million units were sold in the European and American markets. Thanks to the new 2.5d graphics and the "Hero" also has a certain attack ability, the "Heroes" players who have been waiting for many years snapped up. I bought it for a while to relive the classics of the past.

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 also topped the European and American game rankings with its gratifying sales of 4.2 million units a week in the European and American markets.

"Boss, there is something more gratifying. Heroes of Might and Magic 4 has sold a total of 470,000 sets in the domestic market." Wu Zhaopu said with joy.

The score of 980,000 sets, although not comparable to the previous 500 million sales of the collection of Legend of Sword and Fairyman, is enough to make people ecstatic. This can be regarded as a rare gratifying achievement in the sales of domestic legal games.

Heroes of Might and Magic 4 can sell 980,000 sets in the first week in China. In addition to the support of tens of millions of "Heroes of Might and Magic" players in China, it is also because players can log in to the "first week with the original cd-key of Heroes of Might and Magic 4". "Two World" Battle.net, fight with players all over the world, and have a ranking of points. And "Second World" promised to invite the best players to come to the Shanghai Players' Festival to compete in the "Second World Players Annual Meeting". In addition, players who are ranked high on Battle.net will have the inside qualifications to experience Hero Invincible online first.

In Lin Feng's view, the Heroes of Might and Magic series can already launch online games, so that players who love strategy can directly reproduce the game's highs and lows through the network.

"Kanchem, how is the plan of Heroes Online?" Lin Feng asked afterwards.

"Boss, Heroes of Invincibility online is under planning, and we are ready to develop it into a real 3D game, and to solve the trouble of waiting between players during the battle of Heroes of Might and Magic series." Joe-Wan-Kanheim is confident Said full.

In the Heroes of Might and Magic series battle, the rule is that you go for one round and the opponent goes for one round. Although the time of each round can be limited, the waiting is still uncomfortable. If it is adapted into a network online game, naturally this game mode can no longer be adopted. Joe Wan-Kanheim is going to adopt the 2d-round game rules similar to the magic baby, but there are many problems in this need to be improved, and the game map also needs to be re-made, think about the heroes of Might and Magic, hundreds of millions of loyal players in the world , If they enter the game collectively, how big the map should be.

"Players all over the world are playing on the same server?" Lin Feng listened for a moment.

"Yes, boss, I think this will enable all players to experience the invincible fun of the heroes of Might and Magic!" Joe-Wan-Kanheim said.

Lin Feng was speechless for a while. Seen from the beginning of the World Army War, these game production teams have begun to target the unified server architecture. Although this is not a bad thing, in terms of the current configuration of the player’s computer, it is not a good thing for the “Second World” company to compare the performance of the player’s computer through a supercomputer.

The cost is too high!