There were no more designs for this. Yu Fei could only say whatever he thought of.
"In addition, two operating systems will be created. One is the standard attack mode, and the other is the simple attack mode.
"The standard mode is the same as common fighting games. You can only release the corresponding skills after rubbing half a circle or more than half a circle. For example, ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ → + A.
"Meanwhile, the 'Easy Attack Mode' allows players to perform a corresponding combo even when they mindlessly press the AB key."
"Considering that there are many moves in fighting games, including light and heavy punches, there may be more than twenty or even nearly thirty skills. It is undoubtedly unrealistic to equip all these skills with shortcuts.
"The traditional attack mode can indeed distinguish these movements, but it is more difficult to operate. Newbies can't do it.
"Therefore, we will design a set of combos for players. The AI program in the Nag Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will calculate in real time and choose a better attack method for players in a continuous attack. For example, when it is time to make a combo, the system will automatically release a combo even if players just press the AB key foolishly. The super kill is directly fixed on a basic key and can be released by pressing it.
"That way, even players who have never played fighting games can enjoy the joy of smooth combos."
Pei Qian frowned slightly. "Er … wait a minute."
He felt that something was wrong.
Wasn't this the same nature as the demonic sword in Eternal Fallen Samsara?
Hardcore players could honestly make combos while noobs could make gorgeous moves by pressing blindly and enjoy the visual feast that only top-notch experts could make.
If the movements were more handsome and the special effects were more gorgeous, ordinary players would be able to use it as a lawn mowing game with a plot. Wouldn't the threshold be greatly reduced?
How could he dissuade some lousy players if it was not difficult enough?
Pei Qian said, "I don't think this is appropriate.
"In my opinion, there can be a simple attack mode, but it can only be simplified to a limited extent. For example, the original ↓ ↓ → ↓ ↓ → + A can be simplified to ↓ ↓ → + A can be simplified to ↓ ↓ → + A can be simplified to ↓ ↓ → + A.
"Moreover, the power of moves made in the simple attack mode would be reduced."
The simple mode could not be too simple. The demonic sword in Eternal Fallen Samsara was a lesson.
If possible, Pei Qian would choose to cancel the simplified mode and only have the normal mode.
Players who did not know how to play fighting games would not be able to defeat the boss even if they bought it. They would have to practice for ten days to half a month!
However, the problem was that since this was a relatively difficult game with a story mode, Pei Qian had to clear it himself as well.
If he only had the standard mode, Pei Qian would not be able to clear the plot.
Therefore, he had to compromise a little.
The easy mode could not be too easy. If that was the case, Pei Qian would be able to clear the stage easily. Ordinary players would also have fun playing the game, and the sales would definitely not be low. The easy mode had a certain level of difficulty, and it would require a certain amount of hard training to master. However, it would still dissuade players who did not like fighting games. At the same time, it could ensure that Pei Qian could clear the stage himself.
Pei Qian had played some fighting games when he was young. Although he was very bad at it, he should have no problem executing a combo like rolling ↓ → → + A.
Moreover, the damage of the Easy Mode was low. This was considered to slightly disgust the normal players. It was a constant reminder to them that the damage of the Easy Mode's Super Kill Rate was lower, which made them unhappy.
Yu Fei nodded. "Er … alright, Boss Pei. We'll change it as such."
Clearly, he did not have any thoughts of his own. If Boss Pei said to change it as such, he would change it as such. In any case, he did not know how to do it.
"Other than that, I'm also planning to create a complete story for Ghost General 2!"
"This story is based on the background stories of the generals in Ghost General. At the same time, it is fused with some historical stories from the Three Kingdoms Period. I'm going to make some changes to these stories."
"Moreover, these stories can be combined with the skills of the generals."
"Ghost General is just a card game. Therefore, the original skills were rather simple. Every general only had one unique skill. However, if we were to make it into a fighting game, there would be at least ten to twenty skills. All of these would have to be redesigned. "
"Take Zhuge Liang for example. According to the description of the generals in Ghost General, he was a great inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. His research involved many cutting-edge fields such as weather weapons, aircrafts, vehicles, robots, and so on."
"After some research, I realized that these were the corresponding inventions of Borrowing the East Wind, Kongming Lantern, Wooden Ox, and Zhuge Repeating Crossbow."
"Therefore, I want to add these skills into Zhuge Liang's moves. For example, his Borrowing the East Wind skill can summon a large number of missiles to wash the ground and bombard a certain area. At the same time, it can create a violent shockwave that engulfs the surrounding area like a hurricane."
"On the other hand, the Kongming Lantern is a small aircraft that can lift him up to a certain height. At the same time, it can emit a blinding light to temporarily dazzle the enemy while dodging the enemy's attacks.
"Furthermore, since he has an automatic vehicle, he would definitely not be able to walk to the battlefield. Instead, he would have to sit in a 'Suyu', which is something similar to a wheelchair. In the game, it can be packaged as a high-tech hovering vehicle. Be it advancing or retreating or jumping, Zhuge Liang would not have to do it himself. That would be more in line with the character's design.
"Of course, Zhuge Liang would definitely not be able to engage in a physical battle with the enemy. Normal attacks should be completed through the huge mechanical arm floating in front of him.
"On the other hand, the Wooden Ox can summon a mechanical army, and the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow can summon heavy machine guns to wash the ground.
"In order to make these skills better accepted by the players, I also considered gradually unlocking these skills according to the levels.
"For example, in the Battle of Red Cliffs, players would be able to control Zhuge Liang to use the Borrowing the East Wind skill. Players would need to stand on the Seven Stars Platform, which is the missile launching base, according to the instructions. Once they have done so, they would be able to release the skill to wash the ground and clear the level.
"Before that, players would not be able to release this skill. They would only be able to use fire attacks, which are simple skills similar to incendiary bombs. That way, players would be able to familiarize themselves with the main skills of the heroes through each level.
"At the same time, the plot could also be integrated into the levels, making the entire game's story richer."
Yu Fei was getting more and more excited as he spoke. Clearly, he was enjoying the process of smoothing out the plot of Ghost General over the past few days.
The more he thought about it, the more he was amazed by Boss Ma, who had written the plot of Ghost General back then.
How did he come up with all this? He was too much of a genius!
If one were to look at the requirements document at that time, they might think that it was written rubbish. There was no reference image, and it was just a few simple descriptions. What's more, it was written quite casually and did not seem very reliable.
However, it was this requirements document that not only perfectly matched the style of Ghost General, making it stand out among the Three Kingdoms mobile card games back then, but it was still useful today, three years later!
Yu Fei wanted to make Ghost General 2 now, so he had to design many skills for these generals. That should have been a lot of work and a lot of brain cells. However, as long as he went through the background of the heroes and combined it with the information in the Three Kingdoms history and novels, he would immediately be able to think of many suitable and interesting plots!
Could it be that Boss Ma had already thought that Ghost General would have such a day in the future when he wrote the requirements document back then?
However, at that time, Tengda was still a small company without much money. Its previous game was The Lonely Desert Road. Who would have thought that Ghost General would become such a complicated game many years later?
If Boss Ma had already predicted this, it could only mean that he had strong confidence in Boss Pei, Tengda, and himself.
If Boss Ma did not predict this, it would be even scarier. That would mean that Boss Ma had just casually designed it and naturally thought of all the content.
All in all, it could only be described with one word: awesome!
What level was Boss Pei, who arranged for Boss Ma to write the requirements document for Ghost General and then decided to change Ghost General into a fighting game many years later?
Tsk … he could not think too much.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Boss Pei was unfathomable.
Pei Qian was silent after listening to Yu Fei's long speech.
From Yu Fei's beaming expression, he was really excited about the plot and completely let himself go.
That was normal. After all, Yu Fei was a web novelist. It was natural for him to be interested in the plot.
However, the key problem was … why did Yu Fei's words sound more and more reliable?
Just like Zhuge Liang's skill, it sounded quite interesting. What was going on …
Pei Qian wanted to persuade Yu Fei at first, but after some thought, his idea seemed to be impeccable.
What reason did Pei Qian use to make Yu Fei give up on this setting?
After all, Pei Qian was the one who made the decision to make Ghost General 2. In the end, Yu Fei used the ready-made settings in Ghost General. There shouldn't be any problem with that, right?
What's more, Pei Qian told Yu Fei to focus on the plot and level design to divert his energy so that he would not think about the game's combat system.
If he were to tell Yu Fei to not make the plot so complicated, and to put aside the problem of changing his orders, the key point was that Yu Fei had turned his attention to the combat system, wouldn't that be even more dangerous?
Pei Qian thought about it for a long time and felt that he had to choose the lesser of two evils. He could only allow Yu Fei to think about the plot in order to make the combat part slightly worse.
Moreover, this plot was written by Old Ma in the first place. It was written in bits and pieces. Ghost General's success was all because of Ruan Guangjian's style.
Now that Yu Fei was focusing on the plot, he probably wouldn't be able to achieve much. At the very least, it should not be enough to make a niche fighting game that required a lot of tricks explode in popularity and earn a lot of money.
Making such a complicated plot would mean doing some real-time animation, character interaction, dubbing and so on. All of that would be a lot of work.
That would mean more money and at the same time, the difficulty of making the game profitable would increase.
If they were to create a regular fighting game as per usual, the investment would not be huge. They might even be able to recoup their capital and make a small profit just by relying on the die-hard fans of fighting games and the old players who believed in Ghost General.
However, what if they were to make a huge plot and level design for the fighting game? The investment would skyrocket, but there were only so many loyal fans of fighting games and old gamers of Ghost General.
Even if the cost went up, the sales volume would not increase and they would not be profitable.
Pei Qian thought about it for a moment and said, "Alright, there shouldn't be any big problems in general. Let's do this for now.
You can ask me anytime if you encounter any problems. "
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