Chapter 198: Who taught you to make games like movies?
"The scene layout here in Honghuang is quite good."
“It’s actually set up like a tavern in Westworld.”
“And the restoration is so high!”
…
Among the audience in the live broadcast room, there were many who had watched "Westworld" and recognized the scene layout of the Honghuang live broadcast room at a glance.
They actually used the bar counter as the host desk, and all the Honghuang staff and several trial guests were dressed in western cowboy attire, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Huh? Honghuang actually invited Ajie, Caicai and the others to come over."
"Juqing also invited Muzi, Tangyuan and others."
"What a big deal! These are all top anchors in the host region. Their appearance fees are at least several million!"
"They hired so many people at once. They really are willing to spend a lot of money."
Almost all of those who appeared in front of the camera were the most famous anchors in the host area, with fans reaching three to four million.
Small companies usually won’t even look at them if they ask them to be their spokesperson.
But this time, Juqing and Honghuang invited so many people at once, which must have cost a lot of money, making the audience even more excited.
Because the strength of the guest anchors invited by both sides is basically the same, in the end it still depends on which company makes the better game.
"Hahaha! Look at Honghuang, what's going on?"
Suddenly, a series of barrages appeared in Juqing’s live broadcast room.
Everyone who was originally watching Ju Qing's opening greeting immediately shifted their attention to the Hong Huang live broadcast room.
After seeing the above footage, I almost spit out a mouthful of water.
Click, click, click——
There was a sound of ice cubes and wine hitting each other.
"Come on, ladies and gentlemen, have a taste of my special Flaming Lips cocktail."
Behind the bar, Ajie, dressed in cowboy clothes, was shaking the wine glass in his hand, like a bartender, making cocktails for the other anchors and Honghuang employees sitting in front of the stage.
The unprofessional techniques and weird scenes looked as funny as they could be.
The giant has already started reading the opening words and introducing the regulations, and you are still playing role-playing games here?
The audience couldn't help but laugh out loud.
But it has to be said.
In this era where the show starts right off the bat, Honghuang's funny opening is a refreshing change of pace.
The fans of several anchors, in particular, were laughing so hard that they felt like they were participating in something inexplicable.
"Fuck! This is so embarrassing, hahaha!"
"Ajie is really addicted to acting."
"Stop shaking it. If you keep shaking it, it will all be gone."
"I am dying of laughter at this opening. Whose idea was it to let the anchor perform?"
"It's actually quite fun. It's like watching someone I know act out an awkward scene."
The gaming industry in this world is just emerging now, and many live broadcast promotion routines have not appeared yet. Basically, everything is done in a serious manner according to the rules.
Honghuang's performance undoubtedly broke the inherent concepts of players and manufacturers about live broadcast promotion and marketing, and the atmosphere suddenly became cheerful and lively.
The audience who were originally at Juqing also rushed over after hearing the news and poured into Honghuang’s live broadcast room.
The popularity is actually slightly higher than that of the giant.
However, this phenomenon did not last long.
When Giant Engine finished talking about the charter and started introducing its own games, the audience returned again to watch the new games they made.
"I believe everyone has seen the game promotion we released before. This game, called "Faith", is an open world game set in a medieval fantasy world. Next, we will let Mu Zi, Tang Yuan and other anchors try it out. This is their first time trying it out without any preparation."
The JuQing employee faced the camera, gave a brief introduction to his own game, and then switched half of the screen to the game.
Just as he said.
This game is a fantasy world that they created at a huge cost.
As soon as the scene opens, you can see many medieval castles and all kinds of bizarre and huge monsters.
The shocking scene amazed the audience.
As expected, it is a game made by a big company, the quality is really impeccable.
But this was just the opening animation after all, and they still had to watch the actual demonstration later, so they were not too surprised.
Let’s take a look at the prehistoric world.
After a few brief and funny performances by the hosts, they finally got down to business and opened the games they had prepared long ago.
"Here I come."
"You've been holding it in for so long without any news, are you finally willing to let it out?"
"I want to see what game it is."
In terms of mystery, the new game Honghuang undoubtedly surpasses Juqing.
Because no specific content , we only know its name.
At the same time, I am also very curious.
What kind of game is it that gives Honghuang the confidence to go against Juqing?
"I'd like to ask, is this new game Honghuang really an open world game with the theme of Westworld adventure as stated in the announcement?"
After the performance, Ajie and his friends gathered around the bar, also very curious.
As anchors in the host area, they pay close attention to the trends in the host market and naturally have heard a lot of news about Honghuang.
"Yes."
The Honghuang employee in charge of the live broadcast gave a positive answer with a smile on his face: "Our "Red Dead Redemption" truly restores the world view of the West, and unlike previous open world games, we have made some changes to the internal gameplay."
"What does that mean?"
Cai Cai, the female anchor next to her, asked curiously.
"Please allow me to keep you in suspense and see if you can find the difference in the game."
The staff smiled mysteriously and didn't say much.
This actually aroused the curiosity of several anchors. Their eyes all fell on the computer at the bar and they began to make preparations.
And at this time.
The giant on the other side had already entered the game and immediately attracted a large number of viewers.
Mu Zi, wearing a white casual outfit, was sitting in front of the computer, controlling the game character to run in a village on the edge of a forest, and together with the soldiers, he besieged a huge black monster that ran out of the forest.
The sounds of swords clashing and arrows flying kept echoing, and the scene looked both gorgeous and grand.
"Hurry, hurry, the mission has been revealed! We need to light that powder keg over there!"
"It seems that we are still short of fuse materials to ignite it. We need to go to the other side to collect them first."
"We only have a few minutes left, these soldiers can't be stopped!"
"Catapult! Get on the catapult!"
“…”
Mu Zi was in a panic, running around the battlefield according to the task instructions, sweating profusely in anxiety.
The embarrassing look made the audience laugh so hard.
As expected, he is a rookie anchor famous for his clumsy hands.
But it has to be said.
This game is really good.
Although the gameplay is still about killing monsters and leveling up, it can be seen that the game is very sincere, at least not worse than those 3A games on the market.
The live broadcast room immediately became more popular than the prehistoric one, by a lot!
"Very good. Keep it up. The gap will only get bigger. I want to see what Honghuang can use to compete with us."
Behind the scenes of the live broadcast room, the person in charge of Juqing was full of disdain and did not take the new game of Honghuang seriously at all.
Today he will let everyone see that not everyone can afford to offend their giant.
"Manager, the trial has also started over at Honghuang."
At this time, an employee shouted from the side.
"Don't worry about them. Just make sure our game is played well and ask the publicity department to promote the live broadcast room."
"OK."
After saying this, the employee turned around and left, and contacted the publicity department to increase the publicity of this trial play.
…
Compared to the popularity of Juqing.
Honghuang seems much more low-key.
Apart from the stunning performance at the beginning, there were basically no other attractive highlights, which led many people to go to the Juqing live broadcast room to watch the new game.
"Okay, now that the background introduction is over, let's invite our anchor Ajie to come up and try the game first."
"Leave it to me."
With several people watching, Ajie sat down in front of the computer and opened the game with great anticipation.
The audience waiting in the live broadcast room were shocked and all watched the screen intently.
Next second.
The light comes on.
The first thing that appeared on the screen was an oil painting of a blood-red setting sun.
A man dressed as a cowboy pointed a gun at them, and there was a team of cowboys riding horses next to them, creating a western atmosphere.
then.
A cutscene appears, introducing the background of the game.
To put it simply, the Westworld was gradually conquered by the country, and the various gangs living there began to be cleared out.
The protagonist of the game is a member of one of the gangs.
In order to avoid being hunted down, he had to flee with the team and find a place to settle down.
It's cruel, but very realistic.
"I've studied some of the history of Westworld before, and it seems to be true."
"Yes, the regime was consolidated, and the Westworld was the last to be cleared out because many gangs there were too rampant."
"The main reason is that the higher-ups don't allow such gangs to exist because the hidden dangers are too great."
"You mean, this game restores the history of that time?"
At this moment, the audience seemed to finally understand what Honghuang meant by "the real Westward World", and they began to look forward to it more and more.
Wait until the cutscene is over and the scene will appear immediately afterwards.
The protagonist and his group rode in a carriage, moving slowly forward in the snowstorm.
Everywhere I looked, it was all white, and the sound of the wind whistled from left to right, constantly blowing past my ears.
Ajie, who was wearing headphones, looked at the screen with wide eyes in shock.
"What's wrong?"
"Are your headphones broken?"
Several anchors nearby cast puzzled glances.
"You guys come and try it too!"
Ajie didn't explain too much, but moved away, took off his headphones and handed them to them.
Several anchors curiously sat in front of the computer and took turns putting on headphones. Then there was a sound of people sucking in air.
“Fuck!”
Another male anchor cursed: "This sound effect is amazing! It feels like you are in a heavy snow! And it changes with the wind direction!"
By the end of his speech, he had goosebumps.
It's obviously just a PC game, but it makes him feel as immersed as playing a VR game. How terrifying is this production?
This is just the beginning!
Immediately, they switched the game sound effects to external speakers and continued to follow the team walking in the snowy field.
As far as the eye can see, apart from the endless snowfield, there is the dark and depressing sky, like a white curtain covering the sky and the earth.
“This atmosphere is great!”
“The sound effects are absolutely amazing!”
"I squinted my eyes subconsciously, and it felt like the snow was going to blow into my eyes."
“This is definitely movie quality!”
"Hong Huang might have made the game as a movie."
There were exclamations in the live broadcast room, and everyone was amazed by the opening of the game.
This game may not be as explosive as the giant game "Faith" at the beginning, but the grandeur of the scenes is in no way inferior to "Faith".
And more realistic!
It’s like being in a really snowy Western world!
Even without them urging them, Ajie and other anchors were already impatient to advance the plot, controlling their characters to ride horses in the snow and go out with their teammates to look for lost companions.
“The character movements are also very smooth.”
When Ajie took the computer again, his eyes lit up and he didn't feel any sluggishness at all.
This game.
I'm afraid it's not as simple as they imagined!
even.
An extremely bold idea came into his mind.
Could Hong Huang really be able to bring down Ju Qing this time? !
