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  【The most surprising game of this generation! "Game of Thrones"! The best love letter from Forest Studio to players! 】

  The largest game forum in China.

  Such a post has been on the front page for half a month.

   And the highest number of replies created by "Modern Scroll" some time ago.

   As expected, the record was broken by "Game Stars", which is also owned by Linmu Studio.

   Actually.

   Even though it has been almost a month since Forest Carnival announced "Game Stars Smash Bros."

  This post, until now, still has countless players replying below it every day.

   The players talked about their joy with great excitement, and their enthusiasm was frighteningly high.

no way.

  Because this game is really... beyond the expectations of the players.

  Although the development history of video games is not very long, countless game IPs were born during this period.

  These game IPs, some are famous all over the world after only one work, some are unknown after several sequels, some are gradually eliminated by the market, and some are blockbuster after restarting.

  Among so many game IPs... no matter what type of player they are, there are a few characters that are impressive.

   Some of them come from Linmu Studio, some may come from ancient third-party games, some may be the protagonist, and some may be supporting roles.

   And now Linmu Studio tells the players that most players will be able to operate their favorite characters to engage in fantasy-level duels with other game characters...

  Let’s not say that players can experience the ‘Guan Gong Fighting Qin Qiong’ gameplay that almost every player loves in this game. It's just... The popular fried chicken of the game under Linmu Studio and the veteran game star participated in the battle together, and appeared in the same game, forming an extremely luxurious lineup.

   is enough to make the players excited.

  Because… there really hasn’t been a game that’s done this before.

   None.

  Before Super Smash Bros., there was no game that could provide such a special opportunity to let the characters from so many famous works compete on the same stage.

  The theme of this year's Forest Carnival is 'Love Letter'.

  If it is said that before the Forest Carnival was held, the players still had some doubts about it.

When "Ready Player One" was released after the Easter Egg Adventure, "Game Star Smash Bros." was announced at the opening ceremony of the Forest Carnival, followed by "Minecraft", "Bloodline", "The Witch 2"...etc. .

  All players understand why the theme of this carnival is 'Love Letter'.

  Because of this entire Forest Carnival.

   All published works.

   is a love letter to video games, a love letter to all players.

   This is already a consensus.

   And it is not only the consensus of the players, but most of the producers in the industry also think so.

   I don’t know how many producers, after watching the content announced at this year’s Forest Carnival, they looked up to the sky and sighed...

   This June.

   Or this year.

   All will belong to Linmu Studio.

  When the Forest Carnival ended... Forest Studio has become the undisputed No. 1 game company.

  After the Forest Carnival ended and before the release of "Ready Player One", there was even a game review media that created a game company ranking for the first time.

  They are not afraid of offending people at all, and analyze the current status of various game companies from multiple dimensions.

Then.

no doubt.

  Linmu Studio won the first place with a score of 97.

   As for this result, no player expressed any objection, but many players felt that the three-point reduction was too much...

   And the second place... only has more than 70 points.

   One can imagine.

  How much surprise did Linmu Studio give to the entire game circle.

  As for why Linmu Studio scored 97 instead of 100.

  Actually, the game review media also gave reasons for this.

  The only item that Linmu Studio lost points was actually the home game console.

  Linmu Studio does have home game consoles.

   Their switch was announced at the beginning, and I don’t know how many people were amazed.

   But it has been a long time since the switch was released.

   During this period of time, the level of hardware, fueled by Linmu Studio and the trend of qualitative changes in the game industry, can be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds.

  The function of the switch.

   It is indeed a bit behind the times.

  The other three host manufacturers have announced their next-generation hosts at the end of the previous year.

  The switch still stays in the previous generation.

  Although the game is really good.

   Under the bombardment of Linmu Studio's games, players really got the fun of completely ignoring the host's functions.

   But in comparison, especially when the game graphics of Linmu Studio's own PC department are getting better and better.

  Home game console hardware.

  Linmu Studio is indeed a little behind.

  The home game console can be said to be an indispensable part of the game industry.

   After all, before the emergence of the Vaporwave game platform, the bulk of console game sales were basically on consoles.

  The reduction of three points in this regard is not too much for emotion and reason.

  This can be regarded as a regrettable part of Linmu Studio.

   Actually.

  Some players have already begun to look forward to the replacement of the mainframe of Linmu Studio.

certainly.

   There are not many people.

   After all, the current situation.

  The forest carnival has just ended.

  Nothing can compare to the 'love letter' sent to the player by Linmu Studio.

but.

   Players are players.

  The staff in Linmu Workshop can't be like the players.

   After the Forest Carnival ended, all departments celebrated briefly, and then all returned to work.

  Because Lin Yao is already on vacation.

  In the end, she left an extremely rich 'inheritance' to the entire forest studio, and erected a 'golden signboard' that shines brightly.

  Next.

   How to prevent this 'golden signboard' from getting a little stain is a problem that all staff need to think about urgently.

  Although the staff were reluctant to give up, everyone...in fact, they didn't want to pull their boss back from vacation.

   Therefore, the success of the Forest Carnival did not relax the staff of the Forest Studio, but instead made them work harder.

  Following Lin Bing, that is, Lin Yao's father, holding his nose and reluctantly entering Linmu Studio.

  Everything is back on track.

   That is, when most of the staff passed by Lin Yao's office, they couldn't help turning their heads to take a look.

   After all, once some things become a habit and change suddenly, it will be really difficult to adapt for a while...

  …

  Linmu Studio, Kaishan Research Institute.

  Platform Technology Development Department.

  Zheng Xin was sitting in his seat, sneaking around and looking at the player forum.

  Although Kaishan Research Institute belongs to Linmu Studio, they are the department least affected by Lin Yao's vacation.

  Because Lin Yao is good at games, but really not good at hardware, and Zheng Xin's department is relatively independent, so there are less chances of "touching the scene" and the impact is of course the least.

   Of course, relatively speaking, because it is far away from the development line.

  Facing the works of their own company, they are actually no different from players...

   “For fighting games, the needs of arcade players are to quickly recognize a character and start the game, but in the home console scenario, the game needs more vivid characters and world views…”

Zheng Xin looked at the grand occasion on the forum, and saw that countless players were still replying to the post to describe the state of excitement. After sighing... he remembered the conversation between Lin Yao and Zhu Nianqiao that he happened to hear when he went to the host department .

  At that time, he didn't feel much about Lin Yao's words.

   But at this moment, seeing the reactions of the players, he really understood.

  What does Lin Yao mean by these words.

yes.

   "Game Stars" is a fighting game.

  The situation of fighting games in recent years has not been good.

  Many players will be discouraged when they hear fighting games, because fighting games often mean a long list of moves and a lot of practice to get started...

   Simply put, it is difficult, niche.

But "Game Star Super Smash Bros.", the number of pre-ordered and sold games alone has exceeded 10 million, and it is even approaching 15 million... This can be regarded as a big-selling fighting game genre with 2 million sets , can be said to be an out-and-out miracle.

  Zheng Xin believes that this can be regarded as a miracle for many veteran fighting game manufacturers...

   Because it is too exaggerated.

   Come to think of it.

  Zheng Xin couldn't help muttering: "If you need more vivid characters and world view... then join the fantastic lineup of characters and broaden the audience of fighting games."

"Fighting games are too difficult, so we simplify the operation, add interesting rules, joyful content, and adopt a design concept that is completely opposite to the complicated operation methods of existing fighting games... so that anyone can easily get started, while retaining the possibility of hardcore, really It's...too powerful!"

   Although Zheng Xin is not a game producer.

   But he is in Linmu Studio, how could he not like games.

   And because he is also a player, and at the same time a staff member of Linmu Studio... so he knows better than any player how powerful Lin Yao is.

  Zheng Xin looked at the forum, really full of thoughts.

   After a long time.

  He just closed the "Game Stars Super Smash Bros." discussion post that broke the reply record, and prepared to continue working.

  But the moment he closed the webpage, a post suddenly broke into his sight.

  It was the post about the ranking of game companies...

  Although I know the answer.

  But Zheng Xin couldn't help but click in and take a look.

  When I saw Linmu Studio's score of 97 points, as well as the deduction items.

  He froze for a moment, then smiled wryly, closed the web page, and opened OA.

  Then opened the internal mail that was received not long ago.

   As for what the internal email said...it's very simple, a replacement for switch.

  Inside Linmu Studio, in fact, they also noticed problems related to the hardware of the host department.

   Actually.

  The last thing Lin Yao paid attention to before the holiday was the hardware iteration of the host department.

but.

  She didn't give an answer until the end.

   But it doesn't matter whether Lin Yao is there or not.

  There is already a consensus in the host department.

   That's... the hardware does need to iterate.

  Although it is not the first priority.

   After all, the switch here has not reached the level of Lin Yao's previous life.

   But do start planning.

  Currently, the host department is not free.

  As for the executives... Lin Yao made it clear before the holiday that they have very little intervention in the product.

  Lin Bingye has just joined the company and is still in the stage of understanding the operation of the company.

  So in the early stage, only the platform technology development department in charge of Zheng Xin was in charge.

   And this is where the problem lies.

   Zheng Xin currently has no clue about the new host...

   Or, there is no good clue.

first.

  Switch iterations are certain, and he agrees with this.

   But how to iterate specifically has become a problem.

   Is it still in the form of switching between the handheld and the host, and supports the enhanced version of the switch that is backward compatible?

   Or start from scratch, give up backward compatibility, and go directly to traditional hosts?

  Zheng Xin preferred the former at first.

  But when Zheng Xin thought about the situation when Lin Yao held the switch press conference, he began to retreat.

  Because if it’s just an enhanced version of switch… there won’t be any surprises.

  The new machine is hard to say at the commercial level, but without the slightest surprise, it is already a big problem.

  What about traditional hosting?

   Not to mention surprises... and more problems, not to mention the compatibility of old games, how to solve the exclusive problem of the console?

  Traditional hosts are not like switches, and Linmu Studio also has a Vaporwave game platform.

  Because of the existence of the Vaporwave game platform, mainstream gamers already own a PC... If Linmu Studio still monopolizes the traditional console, it will undoubtedly force the users of the Vaporwave game platform to buy a console.

  This is too messy.

  So as a traditional host, Linmu Studio can only rely on the Vaporwave game platform as a part of the vassal.

   But what's the point?

  Zheng Xin thinks...Linmu Studio shouldn't release such a mediocre product.

"ah…"

  Zheng Xin leaned back, looked at the screen, and let out a long sigh: "Maybe it's the best choice for the mainframe iteration, and the enhanced version of Switch is the best choice, after all, it can solve the urgent need... But I'm still not reconciled."

   "It would be great if Switch launched an iterative product while also having a product that truly amazes players."

Yes.

  Actually, deep down in Zheng Xin’s heart... he wants to make an iterative switch, and also wants to make a product that can amaze players, just like the switch proposed by Lin Yao.

  Because this can not only retain the user base of Switch, but also allow Linmu Studio to have more possibilities.

  This is his small ambition.

   "But easier said than done..."

   Zheng Xin thought of this, and smiled helplessly: "The enhanced version of the switch has not been confirmed, and the other way, after much deliberation, seems to be only the traditional host, ah..."

  He leaned back, spread out on the chair, and the feeling of being proud because of the "Love Letter" project at the beginning disappeared in an instant.

  Although the current next-generation console iteration is far from urgent.

   But it was like an invisible boulder pressing on Zheng Xin's heart... It was very uncomfortable.

  If Lin Yao is still there... there must be a solution, right?

  Uncontrollably, an idea popped up.

   Zheng Xin looked at the ceiling and couldn't help smiling.

   "It seems that the hardware department is not without any influence...Forget it, let's do what we can first, and consider the direction of the enhanced version of the switch first."

  He talked to himself, then sat up, rubbed his face, and returned to work.