Chapter 257: No matter how good your Kung Fu is, you still need to beware of cheats
Bang!
A muffled sound.
Old E landed steadily outside a building in the factory.
Looking up, he could see parachutes falling everywhere, and many players had chosen locations close to him.
"Go in first and see what supplies we have."
Although the skydiving experience was a bit strange, Lao E was still eager to try it. He controlled the character to enter the building nearby and began to search for supplies.
After a while, he picked up a P92 pistol and a magazine and armed himself.
The entire operation process was very smooth, basically the same as changing guns in CF, so much so that he even thought he was playing CF.
"This penguin is so lazy that he even uses ready-made materials and is reluctant to change them."
Old E couldn't help but complain.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the style of this game was a bit cartoon-like.
I didn't pay much attention when I was outside.
But once you enter the building, many details are exposed, it's just basic materials painted with colors and placed there.
Even the containers outside looked like giant plastic cubes placed side by side, with no details at all except for the different colors.
“Seems a bit rough, huh?”
"Could it be that this was rushed?"
"It's quite different from the original CF."
"The movements for changing guns are exactly the same."
"Why don't we look somewhere else?"
When it comes to shooting games, Penguin is still very strong, otherwise it would not have been able to dominate the top of the same game charts for so long.
But any discerning person can see that this "Ace Battlefield" was rushed out, and many details are not well done.
It was completely pieced together from a huge library of materials.
"Okay, these kinds of games don't really focus on object details anyway."
Old E comforted himself and continued to search other buildings, finding a lot of supplies, basically various guns, bullets and grenades.
It was not until the third building was searched that a burst of rapid gunfire was heard in the distance.
"Here they come! Someone is approaching. How dare they step into my territory? They are tired of living."
Soon, he reached the roof and excitedly raised his gun to aim around.
After searching for a while, we finally found two figures exchanging fire on the hillside outside the factory area.
With several years of experience in shooting games, he naturally reacted quickly and aimed the crosshairs directly at one of the players.
Two shots blew the man's head off.
Then he took advantage of the other man's panic and shot him a few more times, killing him in one fell swoop.
"It's OK. It feels good."
Looking at the corpse disappearing in the distance, Old E said with satisfaction.
Although the production is not very eye-catching, with the new gameplay, this game is still remarkable, at least it maintains the passing line.
It also gave him the motivation to keep playing.
Other players who entered the game also had similar ideas as him and gradually immersed themselves in the game.
…
"Zeng Li, the background data for the first hour is out."
Penguin, Huanhai project team.
Just after the first hour of the game being online, the employees took the printed data and found Zeng Fuming who was supervising the work.
"Is it out so soon? Show it to me!"
Zeng Fuming took the report and read it carefully.
But after a while, his brows suddenly frowned.
“Player retention rate is less ?”
In the first hour, the retention rate was only 70%, which is already a very low figure.
However, when he thought about the fact that they had rushed out this game in a short period of time, he felt relieved and even smiled.
With Penguin's huge player base.
Not to mention 70%, even if it drops to 50%, there are still millions online.
This is already very terrifying for a new game, and it turns out that their decision to choose this new gameplay was the right one.
Wait until they have completely eaten up this market.
Even if Honghuang or other manufacturers want to get involved, they have no chance.
In the end, we can only watch them dominate the shooting category.
"Very good. Keep increasing publicity and try to retain more players."
"OK."
The employee responded and hurried away, with an expression of joy that could not be concealed on his face.
Their requirements are not as high as Zeng Fuming's. With one million online users in the first hour, it is almost catching up with several pillar games under Penguin.
This battle royale gameplay really has huge potential!
…
Bang, bang, bang——
Boom!!!
Fierce gunshots, accompanied by deafening explosions, echoed in Lao E’s live broadcast room.
After half an hour of fighting, he finally made it into the top five. He and four other players were the only ones left on the entire island.
"Of course, I'm already in the top five in the first round."
"The anchor still has something."
"Kill four more people and you'll be first!"
"It's a bit difficult. Those guys have been hiding in the building and won't come out."
"The main reason is that this map is too big and there are too many building shelters."
"The gameplay is fun, but I feel a little tired after one round. I was just busy looking for people."
As players continue to play the game, they finally begin to discover another drawback of this game.
The map is too big!
General CF maps are basically closed sandbox venues where you can encounter enemies at any time.
However, in order to replicate the battle royale gameplay proposed by Honghuang, this "Ace Battlefield" has enlarged the map dozens of times.
It was okay at the beginning when there were a lot of people.
The further we fight, the harder it becomes to find people.
Penguin has obviously taken this shortcoming into consideration, so it added a position mark. When there are only ten players left on the field, the positions of all players will be marked at intervals.
This can play a certain role though.
But the map is too big and it will take a long time to get there.
It took more than fifty minutes before Old E was shot in the head in a battle in a jungle, and won the third place.
"It's OK. Although it took a bit long, the battle royale gameplay is really fun to play. It's a pity that I didn't get first place."
Old E said regretfully, rubbed his sore eyes and stiff wrists, and then continued to the next one.
In comparison.
Other players who don’t have so much time may find it a little unacceptable.
A game lasts nearly an hour, and there is no break in the middle. This alone has discouraged many players from playing.
And what's more important.
It seems that there is not much difference between playing and CF.
At most, it's just a bigger map.
Apart from the battle royale background, the basic gameplay has not actually changed. It is all about changing guns to constantly kill enemies, and then switching to better guns.
Moreover, the gap in between was too long, and we spent a lot of time either searching for supplies or traveling.
At the beginning, there was still a sense of freshness.
But the further I get, the more boring it becomes. I might as well go back to playing CF.
The original retention rate of 70% has dropped to around 50%, which is similar to Zeng Fuming's initial estimate.
But he was not worried.
Even if it is only 50%, it will be enough to crush other manufacturers.
In the following week, they also focused on promoting "Ace Battlefield", and the number of online users remained stable at over one million, which is a very good debut result.
Even though other manufacturers are jealous, they can only stand by and watch Penguin take the lead.
The most anxious among them are the employees of Honghuang.
…
"Boss Chen, if this continues, they will really get there first!"
In the meeting room, Lao Li was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
The other team leaders also looked worried and felt the urgency of the situation.
"How about we launch the test version first? Stabilize the popularity first, and then update and optimize it later." Someone couldn't help but suggest.
"I think it's okay. Otherwise, if it continues like this, all the players will be taken away by penguins."
“At worst, I can just work overtime for a while after the launch to solve all the testing problems!”
"But will this affect our reputation?"
All along, they have always focused on quality and have finally established a good reputation among the player community.
If we were to ruin the efforts of the past few years by launching a semi-finished product ahead of schedule, it would be a loss.
But it was extremely uncomfortable for them to watch the penguins take over their nest and snatch away the popularity that belonged to them.
After all, this is the result of several months of hard work and joint efforts, and it contains the sweat of every employee in every department.
Even if we lose.
He should have been defeated in a fair fight!
By then, even if you are unwilling, you can only admit that your skills are not as good as others.
Instead of being so depressed like now!
"Of course we have to go online, but not now."
At this time, Chen Lin, who was sitting in the first seat, spoke.
The originally noisy conference room suddenly became quiet, and all eyes fell on him.
"What plans does Mr. Chen have?"
Old Song spoke up and asked questions on their behalf.
"Just wait and see. The winds on the Penguin side will probably start to change in a few days. During this time, we just need to hurry up and do the final optimization tests."
Do you think you can sit back and relax with only 50% player retention?
Penguin really underestimated these players.
Chen Lin smiled calmly, showing no sense of urgency.
The employees below were delighted.
Could it be that the boss has a backup plan?
Unfortunately, Chen Lin didn’t explain too much. After he finished speaking, he slowly stood up.
"Okay, let's get back to work. I want to see the finished game before the 15th of this month. Can you do that?"
"Of course!"
Old Li spoke first.
Then other team leaders also responded to ensure the completion of the task.
At the same time, I am looking forward to what will happen before the 15th that will change the direction of the Penguins.
With this doubt, they all stood up and left the meeting room, busy doing the final finishing work.
…
In a blink of an eye.
Another three days passed.
After this period of promotion, Penguin's "Ace Battlefield" has become unprecedentedly popular, attracting many players to join in.
The largest number of them are students who have just started their summer vacation.
As the most energetic generation, they naturally became the main force of online games, tirelessly playing one game after another every day.
at the same time.
There were also more and more criticisms against this game.
For example, problems such as disconnection and lag, long game duration, clipping and jamming, gun switching bugs, and delays are gradually exposed as the number of players increases, seriously affecting the gaming experience.
This is all because Penguin is in a hurry to go online.
What's even more deadly is.
As the game became popular.
All kinds of plug-ins began to appear, including wall-penetration, automatic aiming, health lock, and teleportation.
This caused ordinary players to complain.
Penguin's backstage staff were also extremely anxious.
After waiting for a few days without any maintenance, it finally triggered a wave of people quitting the game and the number of online users plummeted.
The most serious one.
Several big anchors of Douyu compete against each other online to see who will win the game in the end.
As a result, we encountered an auto-aim cheat and were shot in the head even when we were hiding in the building. The whole group was wiped out. It was so arrogant.
Then I tried a few more times, and was killed by cheats in various ways.
In an instant, the entire gaming community exploded.
Several big anchors deleted the game and quit the game in anger, and their fans also left with them.
"Cheat! It's actually a cheat!"
Lao Li and others who received the news were both surprised and happy.
I finally understand what Mr. Chen meant when he said the wind direction will change.
It's not that he has any backup plan.
But this situation had been anticipated long ago.
What is the most important thing in competitive gaming?
fair!
The emergence of plug-ins is undoubtedly a severe blow to the fairness of the game.
If it is not resolved in time, then this game will be sentenced to death!
"Haha, they deserve it! Who told them to rush online without taking proper safety measures? Now they are getting their comeuppance, right?"
"I've seen that game. The protection measures are terrible. It's not surprising that cheats appeared."
"Now they are busy."
"Fortunately, we didn't rush to launch the beta version."
The employees were gloating and feeling fortunate.
Although I also hate cheats in my heart, I can't help but admire them this time.
This plug-in is great!
Just thinking about it.
Chen Lin also walked out of the office and joined the production team.
"Get ready. Release the second promotional CG and make an announcement. The game will be online at noon on the 15th!"
"Okay!"
The employees were delighted to receive the order.
Been preparing for so long.
It's finally their turn to fight back!
