Chapter 203 - What To Do (1/2)

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

On the other side, Xu Xiaojun hesitantly hung up the phone.

In the meeting room, Lin Chaoxu asked, “He declined?”

Xu Xiaojun nodded, “Yeah, and he was pretty firm on that too.”

Lin Chaoxu wasn’t surprised, “It’s expected. A hungry designer like him wouldn’t give up his games so easily.”

In the meeting room, Lin Chaoxu, Xu Xiaojun, and a few other designers from Emperor Dynasty Entertainment were in a meeting. Yan Zhenyuan was also there too.

“I think Chen Mo has big plans for this world. HE probably plans to turn the world into something of the level of Warcraft,” said Yan Zhenyuan.

Lin Chaoxu leaned back on his chair, “Now that we’re here, we can throw the plan of cooperating with Chen Mo into the bin. Let’s think of a plan B.”

Yan Zhenyuan smiled, “What plan B, we can only do it from the ground up.”

Lin Chaoxu looked at him, “How confident are you?”

Yan Zhenyuan replied after a pause, “Seventy percent.”

Lin Chaoxu nodded, “That’s enough. Based on his current abilities, he probably can’t turn Diablo into a VR game. Even the people at Zen Entertainment start at the same time we do, they won’t have much of an advantage either.”

“As long as Chen Mo doesn’t do something weird, there shouldn’t be any big bumps. Although he’s just an A-grade designer, he’s been incredibly successful, he’d always manage to find some weird perspective on games, giving new life to genres that we thought were done for.”

Lin Chaoxu laughed, “Are you afraid of him too, Mr Yan?”

Yan Zhenyuan shook his head, “I’m not. But I’m not some dunce liek Qin Xiao, you still have to give some respect to genius video game designers like him.

“Especially one that can start new genres, they’d always have their own ideas and understanding. It’s easy to get into a rough spot if you’re just copying without understanding.”

Lin Chaoxu asked, “Then do you have plans for the new game?”

Yan Zhenyuan gave it some thought, “Actually, we learnt from Diablo that there’s a huge demand for satisfying games, especially RPGs. There are very few games that are as satisfying as Diablo, so there’s a huge gap in the market.

“If we want to develop a similar game, there are two paths we can take.

“First is a PC game, but what we can do will be incredibly restricted. We really can only make a third person game, so no matter what we do, it’ll be a game that ‘copied’ Diablo.

Lin Chaoxu nodded, “Yeah, that’s not going to work.”

Yan Zhenyuan continued, “So I think it’s best to make a VR game. We can try to create a similar satisfying feeling in a VR setting.

“It probably would turn out quite well as VR games don’t have the same problem with field of view and at the same time, it’ll be even more scary. If we could create the essence of Diablo, it’ll sell really well too.”

Lin Chaoxu nodded, “Then what about the profit model? Do you plan to sell a single player game by copy or make it multiplayer?”

Yan Zhenyuan replied after a few moments, “There are a lot of risks associated with a single player game by copy. Because of how the game it set up, the later stages of the game only consist of killing mobs repeatedly. It’s hard to say if it’ll work if it was on VR.

“An online game would be the safer choice, but because it’s a game that’s mainly about killing mobs, we can’t have groups larger than five. Otherwise, it’ll be a big group against another big group, completely ruining the atmosphere of the game.

“Therefore, I think that we should work with what Diablo has, have a single player mode or up to a group of five. Moreover, we can allow players to interact in towns and allow them to trade. Chasing good equipment will be the driving force for playing long term.”

Lin Chaoxu nodded, “Yep, that’s what I think too. I’ll leave that to you. We’ll direct more funds for this project, so you don’t need to hold back on anything.”

Yan Zhenyuan nodded, “Understood.”