Almighty Game Designer

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It is already mid-October at this time, and in the next month or so, I have not heard of any classic games developed by major manufacturers to be released. If nothing goes wrong, “The Last of Us” won the annual game award is already a matter of course.

However, it is not only this that shocked the entire game circle, but also how many games of Chen Mo will be shortlisted for the annual game competition?

Last year, Chen Mo won the award of the game of the year with the excellent level design, world view, plot and difficulty of “Dark Souls”, and also made Thunderbolt Studio a “Dark God Factory”. Many people in the game circle thought that He will continue to continue this style and carry forward, continue to dig deeper in similar hard-core games.

However, Chen Mo took a completely different path.

“Uncharted” redefines the genre of adventure themes, while “The Last of Us” redefines the theme of the last days.

Obviously, even compared with the best works of this year, “Uncharted” has a high score of 9 points, even more how “The Last of Us” full score evaluation is if a Person blocks, then kill the Person, if Buddhas block, kill the Buddhas.

The most terrifying thing is not just these two games, there is also a game that is more popular than these two games, that is, “PUBG”.

After “PUBG” opened the international service, the popularity of this game has been rising, and the share of VR Game Cabin has continuously refreshed people’s perception. On VRPlatform, the momentum of “PUBG” is completely unstoppable. If no other more powerful dark horse comes out to cross the foot, “PUBG” is likely to reach the popularity of “League of Legends” on the PC side in the VR field.

Even the mobile game of “PUBG” has already reached the top of the Mobile Game best-selling list in more than 130 countries and regions, and the world is just around the corner.

It is said that on some campuses abroad, students addicted to “PUBG” Mobile Game has affected the normal curriculum, and some schools’ wifi has even specifically shielded “PUBG”, the game’s fiery degree can be seen.

Originally, the designers of traditional games did not pay much attention to “PUBG”, because this is a game that is not related to the “Game of the Year” no matter how it is viewed, and it has nothing to do with them no matter how hot it is.

But after reaching this heat, no one can ignore it.

In the game evaluation of major game media, “popularity” will also be an important consideration. Like “PUBG” has reached this level, even if you can not get the best game of the year, it is very likely to be nominated for a best game of the year.

Generally speaking, the selection rules of the major game media are different. The number of nominations for the best games of the year is uncertain. It may be 5 6 or 8.5 or so. As long as the game is out of this year, as long as the score is good (more than 1 points) ), have the opportunity to be nominated for the game of the year.

After all, there is only one game of the year, and the others are accompanied by running. It is hard to make a good game. Even if it does not allow running, it is a bit too much.

But this year is a little special, because “The Last of Us”, “Uncharted” and “PUBG” have almost confirmed that they will enter the annual game nomination. The first two are rated high enough, while “PUBG” is exploded because of its popularity.

In other words, not counting the small game “Seaside Mansion”, Chen Mo developed 3 masterpieces this year, and all of them were selected for the annual game nomination…

This is real horror…

In the game industry, there are many high-yield designers, and there are many designers with stable quality, but high-yield and stable quality are also very scary.

Many people in the industry are speculating that this year will be the year of the real rise of Chen Mo and Thunderbolt Studio. Perhaps in the future, Chen Mo will open a game era that is completely under its own rule, even reaching those that traditional large manufacturers have failed to achieve. height!

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As the popularity of “The Last of Us” continues to ferment, the connotation of this game has been increasingly excavated.

Players seem to have returned to a year ago, in “Dark Souls” through the description of each and everyone props to infer the full story of the interesting experience.

Of course, the story of “The Last of Us” is very complete and smooth, but there are still many small puzzles hidden in the waiting for players to discover. These puzzles may be about a character, the background of the whole story, or the story of a place.

And these little puzzles have further enriched and perfected the world view of “The Last of Us”, making it a unique world of the last days.

For example, in a room, Ellie saw a person committing suicide in the bathtub, saying that he could not bear this kind of life, so he chose a more relaxed way of relief. But Joel said, believe me, it’s not easy, being bitten by zombie or killing yourself by drinking bullets is much better than this feeling. In other words, in the past 20 years, Joel, who had suffered the loss of her daughter, had tried to commit suicide, but in the end, she chose to survive steadily.

For example, the black younger brother wanted a toy, but her brother stopped it, and Ellie deliberately brought the toy to the black younger brother. After the death of the black younger brother, Ellie deliberately brought this toy in her backpack. Other collectibles include letters to her from her lifetime and the firefly dog ​​tag of her good friend Riley.

For another example, when Joel approached two passers-by in the opening plot, one passer-by provoked him. As a result, another passer-by hurriedly apologized to Joel. When Joel left, the apologetic passerby asked his companion: “You are crazy Do you know who that guy is?” Judging from the side, Joel was also a guy who was so intimidated by many people when he was Illegal immigrants.

Included in cannibal hunter towns, you can find the places where these people burned corpses, where they discarded their clothes, and the “harvest list” of each batch. There are detailed records of how many people are injured every time.

There is even a joke about the 10000 holy festival in the purchase record of the Firefly Lab. The purchase list on the day of the 10000 holy festival is 50000 werewolves, and 10000 happy holy festival is also marked.

These seemingly unremarkable puzzles and details are full of the whole game. Players can always find many interesting baubles in the corners, or a piece of paper, or a status token, or a tape And these small details also make the world of “The Last of Us” more complete and real. Players seem to be able to see the life experienced by each supporting role through the experiences of Joel and Ellie.

Many players are expressing emotion, this is the real zombie theme, this is the real end of the world!

Those games that just made the end of the world just to allow players to kill indiscriminately in the game were well-educated by “The Last of Us”.