Listening to Shen Qinghan, Zhao Ming's face showed a peculiar expression:
"Core?"
"The core of this game is to torment players."
"Only by seeing things from the perspective of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth can players truly experience despair."
"Otherwise, whether from the Imperial or Federation camp, it would be too harmonious."
"That's why I choose to focus on tormenting players."
"However, it's not that the Imperial and other Federation camps won't be open."
"We'll have to wait until the storyline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ends."
"Players will then be free to choose."
Then Zhao Ming explained to Shen Qinghan.
The opening storyline of the game indeed allows players to play as the Prime Minister of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, controlling the entire country.
But as the Imperial army approaches, the survival of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is entirely in the hands of the player.
At this point, players need to direct and deploy the army, analyzing the surrounding situation, immersing quickly in the game world, and feeling as if they are on equal footing with the Imperial Leader, the Prime Minister of the Anglo-French Federation, and the leader of the Soviet Union.
This heavy sense of responsibility and the starting point as a Prime Minister.
Players with such a script.
Are bound to have imagined commanding the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's army with everything they've learned, achieving victories left and right.
Finally unifying the world.
Zhao Ming's lips curled slightly.
When the game CG is fully released, players will easily distinguish between the two camps.
Imperial and the other Federations.
The Imperial is clearly the invader, while in the CG, the Anglo-French Federation and the Soviet Union are obviously protectors fighting to defend their countries.
Thus.
The thought that other Federations are good guys will deeply embed itself in players' minds.
But....
When players find the Imperial army advancing rapidly, and their own troop deployments and strategies fail against the Imperial firepower.
Players playing the Prime Minister of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth see the Federations behind them and think of those soldiers who sacrificed themselves in the flames to protect their country, confident that such soldiers can hold back the Imperial army.
And when players eagerly call for aid~
Hey~
Guess what~
Their home was lost~
Reality will give players a loud slap.
To let Blue Star players experience the treacherous nature of society.
The Prime Minister's role is lost.
And then they move into the second chapter of the storyline.
Due to the demise of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the protagonist gains a new identity, allowing free choice of camps.
You can choose however you want.
Whether to become cannon fodder for the Imperial or the Anglo-French Federation.....
The Prime Minister turns into cannon fodder.
This gap in identity is bound to earn a lot of Emotion Value.
Think about it.
A moment ago, you were engaging in attack and defense with the Imperial Leader.
The next second, your home is gone, and you become the lowest level of cannon fodder, the protagonist you control sent to the front lines with one command from the Imperial Leader, and a shell lands.
Boom——
Players can restart.
Unlike the battlefield of "Normandy Landing" where one life per game.
Immersive storyline allows revival; otherwise, it's nearly impossible for players to clear the game.
Every time a player dies, they switch to a new identity.
Simultaneously taking on a new life background.
When a player clears the game, every character played will display their families in the game CG, appearing before the player one by one.
Looking at their character die due to their mistake.
The grief and despair of the character's family upon receiving the death notification.
It brings unparalleled mental impact to players, questioning their inner selves.
Shen Qinghan's face was full of question marks after hearing Zhao Ming's explanation.
Couldn't imagine how Zhao Ming could say such cold words with an evil smile:
"Isn't it?!"
"Are you still human?!"
Zhao Ming shrugged, indifferently said:
"The more people curse, the hotter it gets."
Actually, anti-war, tormenting players, these can only be considered ancillary.
The central idea....
Is to mobilize Emotion Value in players.
As long as more Emotion Value is obtained, players curse if they want, not like they lose a piece of meat anyway.
And on Shen Qinghan's side.
Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.
Immersive storyline allows revival, changing identity every time, on the surface seems fine.
But that final move from Zhao Ming....
This is roasting people alive.
Because players can revive, they recklessly die.
And as the news of a character's death reaches home, scenes of family collapse repeatedly flash before players' eyes.
The weight of death continuously strikes the player's inner self.
The brutality of war becomes tangible at this moment.
Who would still desire war?
If this doesn't win an award, it would be a crime against heaven.
Shen Qinghan's eyes were filled with admiration, acknowledging this game is indeed good, but the degree of tormenting people.... is truly ruthless.
No way.
She has to keep her information hidden better.
Otherwise, when netizens curse this guy, they might drag her in.... after all, she is the game's main investor.
The game company boss acts like this, in netizens' eyes, what kind of person could she possibly be....
Shen Qinghan looked at Zhao Ming:
"When will the game CG be released?"
"On the day of the competition?"
The "Anti-War Competition" held jointly by the Six Major Federations, due to the different time zones, although starting at the same time, each region, like the Great Xia Federation here, begins at 3 PM.
Zhao Ming stroked his chin and said:
"Then on the day of the competition, around noon, let's first see what the Emperor Penguin side does."
"Just in time for lunch break."
"Lots of people will be browsing, and with a game CG, three hours."
"Even if the Emperor Penguin Group figures something out."
"They can't make it."
He has a systematic database, and together with the accumulated Emotion Value over this period, it took a week to complete the game.
Three hours, even if they exhaust themselves, they can't copy it.
Moreover, it's just a game CG, they don't know the actual game content.
But from a player's perspective.
This game CG can clearly analyze the camps.
Imperial and Federation.
Giving players an idea for the upcoming game.
Shen Qinghan had no objection, immediately agreed.
Then took Zhao Ming's virtual headset, intending to stay up all night to clear the game.
Zhao Ming could only shrug helplessly.
Then opened his phone and ordered a new model Virtual Body Sensing Pod.
Having money, you have to spend it.
——
Three days later.
Emperor Penguin Group, gaming department.
It's almost noon.
Games choosing to enter the competition have been released online one after another since the morning, some paid, some free, but the focus on the Great Xia Federation's side lies with Emperor Penguin Group and Polestar Game Company.
Some netizens roughly estimated.
In just ten days.
Both sides have already spent over a billion Federation Coins alone on trending topics, buying and suppressing them.
It's rare in the Great Xia Federation to see this kind of competition before the start.
Other games have no temperament to compete, as the advertising expenses alone could fund dozens or hundreds of them; what can be done?
When gods fight, mortals suffer.
Thus today, not many netizens and game developers are watching whether Emperor Penguin Group's "Ruins of the Future: 2100" has any new moves, and what kind of game Polestar Games' new "World War II: Empire's Rise" really is.
However.
It's already noon, now is the time with the most traffic.
Yet Polestar Games is still silent.
Xu Huan is sweating profusely, indeed over three days they have pieced together the storyline from Polestar Games' brief CG, but without full transparency from Polestar Games, he remains uneasy.
Seeing the time reaching 12:03.
Still no movement from Polestar Games, missing the exact 12 o'clock, Xu Huan gritted his teeth:
"Can't wait any longer."
"Release the DLC."
"Update the installation pack."
Others breathed a sigh of relief, immediately began operating.
Seconds later.
The update DLC for "Ruins of the Future: 2100" was pushed to all players' computers.
A minute later.
Two trending topics consecutively topped the charts.
# "World War II: Empire's Rise" game CG officially released! #
# "Ruins of the Future: 2100" new DLC update! #
Watching Polestar Games' game CG's trending topic at the top, firmly suppressing the "Ruins of the Future: 2100" DLC update, Xu Huan's head was buzzing:
"Damn!"
"Is it endless?!!"
How can a mere game CG top the list?
How much money did it cost? My God!?