For players of "Dark Souls", it can be described as the New Year again.

Even hearing news about the prequel is even more exciting for many fanatical Black Souls players than the New Year.

In the office of Nebula Games, Yang Xin, Ruan Ningxue, Qin Yi and others who were sitting in the conference room were confused.

Players from outside are extremely excited, and major game media have also reported the news that the sequel to "Dark Souls" is coming. The peers of the game industry designers and manufacturers are waiting and watching.

But my family knows what they do. This so-called prequel is really not created even a folder!

Even the picture posted by Chen Xu on the official blog was temporarily cut from last year's promotional pictures.

Today's meeting was clear about everyone, and it was basically aimed at the prequel of "Dark Souls".

"Mr. Chen, it's only been more than a month since the gameplay exhibition. It's not realistic to make a trial version!" Before the meeting started, Qin Yi, who was sitting down from the seat of Chen Xu, whispered to Chen Xu.

"Yes, although the overall framework is still there, it's too fast for a month, right?" Ruan Ningxue also spoke.

Everyone has the same meaning, that is, it is too difficult to create a test version for players to experience at the gameplay exhibition.

Even if you work overtime every day, it feels too late to make progress.

"Why are you doing so panic? Whether it's interview or official blog, did I say it? The gameplay exhibition will bring new content to players. Isn't the trailer content?" Chen Xu looked at everyone and sighed.

In terms of business ability, Ruan Ningxue, Yang Xin and Qin Yi have been constantly learning and improving in the past two years, and it can be said that they can stand alone.

He was able to complete the tasks assigned by him very well, but this person still lacked some understanding of them.

As a game practitioner, your most basic abilities are not enough.

Can a gamer who knows how to draw cakes be considered a qualified gamer?

Look at the famous game manufacturers and producers in their previous lives. Which one is not proficient in various cake drawing skills?

The various posts and stars in the official blog posts make people suspect that they are chasing stars with public funds. Occasionally, there is a photo of traveling and cooking. When the player asks the progress of the game, the answer must be done.

There is also a company with a B-shaped character that is even more amazing. At the exhibition, a game title was directly placed, and then a magnificent series of theme songs were put together with the scene map lens stretching, and that was over.

At least he is still preparing to do a promotional CG here!

After hearing Chen Xu's words, everyone was speechless, but they also relaxed.

Because if you look at it like this, time is really loose.

You should know that at this time last year, while they were producing and promoting CG, they were also developing two games, "Three Kingdoms Kill" and "Food Man".

And this year, although the time is about a month shorter than last year.

But you only need to focus on one project.

Moreover, the framework of "Dark Souls" itself is ready-made, which can save a lot of time for subsequent development.

After taking a look at the time, the staff from various departments had arrived, and Chen Xu also stood up to hold today's meeting.

"Okay, I believe everyone knows the theme of today's conference." Chen Xu said while turning on the laptop on the conference table.

A document appeared on the projector behind it with a title: The Prequel of Dark Souls.

At the same time, there is a subtitle below: The Age of First Fire.

Everyone at the meeting did not show too surprised expressions.

Because Chen Xu's official blog had already revealed this game of prequel nature to players, the game background setting was set in the ancient times, that is, the era of the beginning of the fire transmission.

So this subtitle is also consistent with the game plot.

The only thing that makes everyone curious is the difference between this prequel game and before.

"The prequel of "Dark Souls" will not make too many changes in the combat system, except for some numerical corrections." Chen Xu looked at everyone and determined a cornerstone of the game first.

Chen Xu was not prepared to change the core combat system.

Because in fact, the combat system styles of Soul 1 and Soul 3 in previous life are exactly the same, because they are all done by Hidetaka Miyazaki.

It is just because of technical reasons that some "difficulty" appears in the details.

The most direct example is when you drink the original bottle in the game.

In Soul 3, players can move small steps while drinking medicine. The biggest advantage of this is to make the battle smoother.

In Soul 1, it is a stand-alone drinking medicine, which is a lag in technical power. After all, when Miyazaki Hideto developed Soul 1, it could be said that he had no funds at all. The artistic map did not decide to do that early in the morning, but because the cost was not enough, it unexpectedly became the most classic existence.

Of course, drinking medicine in Soul 1 is not the most painful. What's even more painful is that Soul 2 was fired from Soul 2 by many black soul players. A quick attribute was added to the game's settings. As a result, the early experience of drinking blood became extremely painful, especially the speed of having no background, which made countless players complain that the drink was probably not a urea bottle, otherwise why would it be so difficult to swallow?

Of course, Soul 2 is not without advantages. Apart from the design of the map, Soul 2 is closer to a "reality" in the combat system, but this is completely different from the style of Soul 1, which also creates a situation where some players who have played Soul 1 like to think it is a kind of transcendence, but those who don't like it feels extremely bad, because as a series of games, it has changed directly in terms of game style.

Therefore, Chen Xu is not prepared to make changes in the combat system, but only makes some details.

As for the boss and monster settings, Chen Xu skips it for the time being, because for now, there is no need to worry about it.

So what Chen Xu mainly explained is the game's map design and game mechanism so that everyone can understand the differences between this game.

"The biggest difference from the previous work is that we will carry out a large number of reworks on the map. The feature of through-type design will be more vivid in the prequel, and it will even be one of the core experiences of the players. Therefore, in order to allow players to feel the charm more exquisitely, there will be some minor changes in the game mechanism at that time." Chen Xu looked at everyone and smiled.

A small change in the game mechanism?

When they heard Chen Xu's words, Ruan Ningxue, Yang Xin and the others looked curious, but when they saw Chen Xu's faint smile, they always felt that this mechanism changed slightly, and it might not be a real small change.

Sure enough, the next moment, Chen Xu's explanation shocked them.

"For example, the bonfire in the game cannot be directly teleported." Seeing everyone curious about the baby's appearance, Chen Xu seemed to have thought of something and smiled happily.

"Bonfire cannot be teleported!?" Qin Yi widened his eyes.

Everyone, including Yang Xin, Ruan Ningxue and other employees in the conference room, looked shocked.

They heard it right?

Can't teleport the bonfire on the map in the game?

If we talk about the most in "Dark Souls", what makes players feel at ease the most.

That's the bonfire.

Because when you come to the bonfire, you can go back to the fire sacrificial ground to communicate with the fire girl, which is equivalent to storing a progress.

But now the bonfire cannot be teleported?

This game can still be played!?

I want to go back and take a look at the fire-proof lady, but I am afraid I have to travel through many obstacles.

And if you have tens of thousands of souls on your body and want to go back and upgrade, but end up dying twice on the way, wouldn’t you be numb?
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