Zhu Xiaoce, who had been silent, raised his hand. "This … let me express my opinion."
"Brother Huang, your idea is too idealistic."
"Making a game CG and making a movie at the same time and then screening it to earn two batches of money. It seems quite perfect, but no game company has ever done that before."
"There is basically no precedent in the world for a game company to screen a game CG or to use a ready-made movie as a game CG."
"Why? Because it won't work! "
"Movies require us to tell a complete story in more than an hour. The plot has to be coherent, and the elements have to be rich. It's the same for sci-fi movies."
"The game CG must be divided into several segments. After each chapter, a segment will be played. It is a form of fragmentation used to show the most essence of the game's plot."
"The combat part of the story is shown with the gameplay."
"In other words, if we make a good game CG and connect it together to watch it as a movie, a lot of key information will be missing, and the audience will be confused."
"If we break a movie into CG, it will be too slow. We will play a segment of the plot after each level, and the originally smooth plot will become fragmented. It will make players feel confused. Most players are waiting to play the game and do not have the patience to watch the plot. They will want to skip it after a few minutes."
"Therefore, we can't have both sides. We have to choose one. If we make a CG with a fragmented plot, we can forget about screening it. If we make it like a movie and break it into many segments, the players' reputation will definitely not be good. "
Huang Sibo thought about it carefully and it seemed to be the case.
The idea that he had smacked his head just now was not very feasible.
Everyone discussed for a long time, but there seemed to be no solution to this problem. They could only look at Boss Pei, hoping to get more hints from him.
At that moment, Pei Qian was trying hard to suppress his joy.
Very good, you all know how to answer first!
Since you've already discussed the standard answers, why shouldn't I copy them?
Pei Qian had a plan in his heart. After some consideration, he said, "Plan each chapter according to the game CG and shoot it according to the style of a sci-fi movie. It must be completed within the time limit, and the total time must be more than one and a half hours."
Zhu Xiaoce felt faint.
Did Boss Pei not listen to a single word he said just now?
Or did Boss Pei have other plans?
The three of them exchanged glances. They wanted to ask more, but seeing how determined Boss Pei was, they could only silently note it down and figure it out slowly when they got back.
Pei Qian continued, "The name of the game is' Mission and Choice '. It's sci-fi."
Hu Xianbin almost thought he had heard wrong. "Ah? 'Mission and Choice'? It's that … "
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right. Think of a way to get the copyright of this game. We're going to make a high-definition remake of it!"
Hu Xianbin was dumbfounded.
Mission and Choice was a disgrace to domestically-produced games, a nightmare for countless old gamers, the worst and most failed RTS game in history!
Moreover, its world view was a knockoff of "Starcraft". There was no plot at all, and the art was a mess. There was no redeeming quality at all!
When other people were involved in IP, they were all replicating classics.
We're doing IP, but now we're picking up trash?
Or poisonous, harmful, worthless garbage?
Why bother? Tengda had so many good IPs. Couldn't he just use any one of them? Or he could simply rewrite the worldview, which would be better than this!
Pei Qian was secretly delighted when he saw Hu Xianbin's exaggerated expression. He did not intend to explain further.
Huang Sibo frowned as well.
However, he suddenly realized something a moment later, and his brows relaxed.
"Ah, Boss Pei, I understand!"
"'Mission and Choice' is the pain in the hearts of all domestically-produced gamers. It represents the lowest point of domestically-produced standalone games. It is the shame of domestically-produced standalone games."
"Boss Pei, you chose to remake this game to wash away this shame and announce that domestically-produced standalone games have regained new life and are heading towards glory!"
"If it succeeds, it will definitely change gamers' impression of domestically-produced games and give all domestically-produced standalone game designers a shot in the arm!"
Hu Xianbin was enlightened.
So that was how it was. Boss Pei did not make this game out of utilitarian considerations, but because it had a strong symbolic meaning!
He could not help but reveal a very impressed expression.
As expected, only a hero like Boss Pei could accomplish such a great undertaking!
Pei Qian: "…"
Whatever you say, I'm already used to it.
Pei Qian sorted out his emotions and continued. "This game must be innovative to traditional RTS games."
Everyone nodded. Obviously, Boss Pei could not stick to the rules.
Boss Pei was obviously not such a person even though it was the safest choice to refer to successful RTS games like Starcraft 2 and Fantasy Battle.
Pei Qian thought for a moment and said, "There are only two races in the game, humans and Zergs. As for balance, just make do with whatever you can. It doesn't matter if you don't do it well. "
"The operation of the game must be simplified as much as possible. It would be best if you can play without APM at all."
"Hmm … the greatest difficulty does not come from the enemy, but from your own people. Every soldier has to have their own thoughts and often do not listen to the players' commands and orders. "
"We need to hire actors for the actual filming, but we can only hire one main character. The others can only be minor characters. We can hire anyone as the main character. It's fine even if we hire big-name celebrities, but remember not to have expressions or acting skills. "
"Also, we have to guarantee the duration and spend all the money. There are no other requirements."
Pei Qian was confident.
I don't believe we can still make money like this!
These requirements basically wiped out all the advantages of traditional RTS games.
Just like He An said, if RTS games were made like Starcraft 2, they could still make money. After all, there were still many die-hard RTS players around the world. As long as there was a good game, they would still pay.
Making RTS games simple would not be able to cater to these old players and compete with games like GOG for new players. The chances of failure would increase greatly!
In addition, balance was also very important for RTS games.
Command and Conquer was not as good as Starcraft and Fantasy Battle in the minds of many players because it was difficult to promote as an e-sports project because of its poor balance.
Therefore, Pei Qian made an RTS game with poor balance!
There were only two races, humans and Zergs, and it was not balanced at all. The core players of RTS games would never accept it, let alone engage in e-sports projects.
As for 'soldiers must have their own thoughts', Pei Qian drew on his own experience. It was time for players to feel his own pain!
Imagine, in an RTS game, you command the minions to attack the enemy army, and then the minions see that there are many enemies, and immediately run away.
How cool would that be! The players would definitely be pissed off.
As for the actor, it was just a precaution.
What if this thing could really be released, become popular all over the world, and earn hundreds of millions of US dollars in the box office?
The possibility was very small, but he had to be careful.
Therefore, Pei Qian had to make sure that this thing would definitely fail as a movie.
There was only one main character, and he couldn't show any acting skills. He couldn't even show too many expressions.
That way, the possibility of Lu Zhiyao using acting skills to stir up popularity like Tomorrow is Beautiful would not exist.
All three of them froze after hearing Boss Pei's words.
Boss Pei's requirements were all a bit unbelievable!
However, they were all people who had seen the world after all. They were not too shocked and did not ask much.
They knew very well that Boss Pei must have come up with a new puzzle.
However, the problem was that Boss Pei's question this time seemed to be outrageous!
How could this be solved?
The name of the game was outrageous, the game mechanism was completely not in line with the basic concept of RTS games, and even the CG was so different.
Those who did not know would think that Boss Pei was deliberately making things difficult for everyone!
Pei Qian could not help but smile slightly looking at the expressions of the three people.
Very good, looking at everyone's expressions, he knew that the game was most likely successful this time!
Losing five hundred million in one go, just thinking about it made him excited!
Pei Qian stood up. "Alright, hurry up and get to work!"
…
Pei Qian hummed a little song as he returned to his residence after arranging the work.
He was in a good mood after arranging the two big troubles of Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace.
However, Pei Qian felt that he could not take it lightly after calming down.
He sent the plan to Teacher He An and let the guiding lamp confirm it again to see if they could make a loss and what the possibility was.
What if Teacher He could find something suspicious that he had not noticed?
At that thought, Pei Qian sorted out the main points of the meeting and sent them to He An.
"Teacher He, what do you think the success rate of 'Mission and Choice' is if we do this?"
He An replied in less than two minutes.
“？”
“？？？”
A few question marks were sent in a row, followed by a video call.
"Boss Pei, are you really planning to do this?" He An asked as soon as the video call connected.
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right."
He An looked shocked. "That's five hundred million yuan!"
Pei Qian could not help but smile. "That's right, five hundred million yuan!"
He An could not help but fall silent on the other end of the video call. He carefully observed Boss Pei's expression, but he still could not guess Boss Pei's true thoughts.
"If it was any other game company, I would definitely burn incense in advance.
"The standard answer for Starcraft 2 is right there. In the end, they did not even know how to copy it. They even made all the possible mistakes. This five hundred million yuan would definitely go down the drain. They would lose everything.
He An paused for a moment and said, "But …
"Boss Pei, you should have already thought of what to do. You only released a portion of the one-sided news on purpose to confuse me, right?
"Are you showing off your skills again?
"When the game succeeds, I will definitely be shocked by you and subvert many basic theories of game design.
"Is that what you think?"
Pei Qian: "…"
Oh no, Teacher He could not help but start imagining things.
Pei Qian probed. "Teacher He, how do you think this game will make money?"
He An pulled a long face. "You're amazing! I can't guess it, alright?! "
Pei Qian was a little speechless. Why was he angry when they were chatting nicely?
Alright, since Teacher He could not guess any possibility of profit, then he could rest assured.
"Alright, thank you for your guidance, Teacher He. I'll definitely treat you to a meal after the game is released!"
Pei Qian hung up happily.
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