Late at night, Qiao Liang sat in front of his computer, looking at the list of producers of ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ on his screen. He suddenly felt like smoking.
Of course, he did not smoke. He only felt that lighting a cigarette and thinking about life in the midst of the smoke suited his current mood.
Qiao Liang’s mind went blank after he worked so hard to get through the story mode of ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ and watched all the CG scenes. There were only countless question marks left.
“Am I wrong about this game?”
“Is this really the ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’? Is it really not some roadside store selling dog meat to scam others?”
“Even the DEMO that players make themselves is better than this!”
Qiao Liang was deeply confused.
It shouldn’t be at this level!
It was beyond comprehension!
He pinched his nose and played the game from beginning to end. Qiao Liang found at least three or four points that he could not accept.
First of all, the sales of the products did not match the previous publicity.
Previously, even though the producers had not made any promises, they had hinted many times that all the battle scenes would be remade, including the art resources in the game and real-time calculations.
They even said that there would be some minor adjustments in the plot to adapt to the changes in the worldview of Fantasy World.
However, after the products were released, the changes to these promises were not completed!
Most of the animations in the game were not remade. They only increased the resolution and the lighting effects. Even though they looked much better than the old animations, they still looked like they were from two different eras compared to the current games.
The only real replicas were the most classic and most popular animations. However, what Qiao Liang could not accept was that the animation that he had been longing for and had been looking forward to for a long time had been ruined!
At first, Qiao Liang had a pretty good feeling when he saw the animation.
After all, Qiao Liang’s eyes had become very resistant to images after watching the previous animations that were all over the place. He realized that the last animation was obviously different from the original. What’s more, the details were much better.
This animation looked like it was done using real time rendering. Even though the movements were smooth and the storyboard was not bad, the details were obviously much worse.
At first, Qiao Liang thought that it would be a little perfunctory to use real-time calculations to make the final and important CG. However, it was not bad and he could barely accept it. However, halfway through, he realized that something was wrong. This was not real time rendering at all. It was real CG!
This was very frustrating!
It could be said that the producers were capable but had no attitude if they used real time rendering to produce such an effect. However, now that a serious CG had produced the immediate effect of real time rendering, did it mean that they had neither the ability nor the attitude?
It would have been fine if it were other manufacturers. However, the key reason why the series of games, Fantasy Battle, was so famous was that their CG was very exquisite. It could even be said to have surpassed the times.
Wasn’t it a joke for such a manufacturer to make such a CG?
What’s more, the game’s optimization was very bad. There were all sorts of inexplicable small problems. Even though it was not impossible to play it, it was a fatal blow to players’ mentality.
“Fantasy Battle Remake” did not change the game engine like many players had expected. Instead, it was patched based on the original engine. There were even occasional lags when playing with high-end computers. Other things like the black screen when loading the Battle Campaign map, the inexplicable retreat to the checkpoint selection interface after loading, and so on were extremely frustrating.
What was even more ridiculous was that the Chinese subtitles of the game would have a bug with words. It would completely destroy the gaming experience in a very ridiculous way.
All in all, Qiao Liang’s hopes were completely dashed. ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ was a pile of sh*t, a complete piece of sh*t. There were no redeeming points at all!
Qiao Liang was in a good mood today. He had just finished watching ‘Mission and Choice’ and had happily opened ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ to continue having fun. He was like a person who had just finished a huge meal but was not full yet and wanted to have some dessert. If he was not careful, he might end up eating a huge mouthful of shit!
This disgusting feeling caused severe mental damage. It would last for a long time.
Qiao Liang opened the fan groups and forums, wanting to see the others’ reactions.
Previously, Qiao Liang had deliberately not paid attention to the information about Mission and Choice and Fantasy Battle Remake. He was mainly afraid that the spoiler would spoil his first impression of the game.
Now that he had played the game, he did not have to worry about spoilers.
Indeed, the gamers online were cursing like crazy!
This morning, everyone’s discussion was focused on ‘Mission and Choice’. The local players were all elated.
That was because this was an unexpected surprise. Even though many people had guessed that Tengda would produce a game called Mission and Choice, they had not expected it to be so fast and to be of such high quality!
On the other hand, many players were the same as Qiao Liang with the release of Mission and Choice. They had unlimited expectations for the upcoming Fantasy Battle Remake. Many RTS players felt that they would obtain double the joy today.
In the end, they were knocked out by ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’.
The local gamers were cursing. Angry gamers were looking for ways to refund the game, shouting that they had been scammed.
The gamers’ complaints were similar to what Qiao Liang had seen. It was just that the actual quality of the remodeled version was too different from the promotional video. All sorts of small bugs that were as numerous as hairs had severely affected the game experience.
The foreign netizens were even more intense than the domestic netizens.
Some netizens had moved their reviews from foreign games websites. After only a few hours of sales, the rating for ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ was already plummeting. The full 10 points had already dropped to 2.7 points, and it seemed to be falling continuously!
The official platform gave a response after they faced with foreign players’ doubts. “According to the feedback given to us by the players’ community, everyone wants us to maintain the original taste of the game and not be broken at all. Therefore, we have decided to retract the original plan of redoing the live animation and corresponding animation movements to retain the spirit of ‘Fantasy Battle’, and let players relive that unforgettable moment.
This official response obviously intensified the conflict.
The gamers were already filled with anger. They had spent three AAA games’ worth of money to buy such a pile of rubbish. Yet, the official platform was blaming them?
What do you mean by ‘everyone wants to remain the same’? Who were in the “everyone” you referring to?
What the hell was “letting players relive that unforgettable moment”? If they wanted to relive it, they could just play the original version.
It was obvious that the game did not have enough time, budget, and sincerity. Yet, they found such a refreshing reason. Did they really think that the players were retarded?
To gamers, this was a commercial fraud. Of course, they could not tolerate it!
Many players pushed the blame to the outsourcing company that the official platform found. They felt that it was entirely the outsourcing company’s fault that the game looked like this. However, very quickly, players realized that the outsourcing company was only responsible for a portion of the game model, and this portion of the model was already the relatively outstanding part of the entire game…
Just as Qiao Liang thought that this was the end, he saw an even more shocking post.
Some foreign media noticed that compared to the original version, the final user agreement of the remake version of “Fantasy Battle” had been modified. The customized map created by players using the map editor belonged to the development company. The players’ custom-made map was also the property of the development company. Not only did it include various art elements in the map, but it also included the gameplay of the map and everything else!
This news was like adding oil to the fire, making the players even angrier!
Everyone knew that the reason why “Fantasy Battle ” had maintained a good vitality was partly because the E-Sports competition was still doing well. On the other hand, it was because there was a large amount of community homemade content. The various RPG maps that players created could be said to have lasted for a long time.
However, once this agreement was changed, players would not be able to retain ownership of the map that they designed. If the map became popular, players would not be able to retain their research and development results and could only hand it over.
In fact, similar agreements had been made two years ago when Starcraft was released. However, because there were not many outstanding works in Starcraft’s map editor, this agreement did not cause much of a stir at that time.
On the other hand, the news of the revision of the user’s clauses in the Fantasy War Version at this critical juncture was simply sending ammunition to the critics!
Many gamers had already gone to various games websites to farm low ratings for the Fantasy Battle Remake. Many gamers had even called for the website’s lowest rating game to be increased by 10 points, so that the last place would be the lowest in the entire game!
All in all, Fantasy Battle Remake had been highly anticipated and pre-ordered before it was released. However, after it was released, it immediately experienced a slide in its reputation. Its ratings plummeted, and there was a lot of criticism. Players who pre-ordered it were refunding it, and those who did not buy it would naturally not take the initiative to eat this sh*t.
They did not expect that this once masterpiece would fail to maintain its integrity. Its reputation and sales volume exploded!
After surfing the internet, Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional.
“Who would have thought that ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ would end up like this?”
“If I told others ten days ago that ‘Fantasy Battle Remake’ would be like this, everyone would think that I’m crazy.”
“Especially when compared to Mission and Choice, the difference is even greater!”
“The original humiliation of the domestic games industry was made into a real 3A masterpiece, while the original classic game was made into a pile of sh*t…”
“This is too interesting! We have the content of the new episode!”
Qiao Liang suddenly realized that even though Fantasy Battle Remake was lousy and fed him a huge mouthful of sh*t, it also provided him with perfect material!
If ‘Mission and Choice’ was going to become a masterpiece. It was not enough to rely on itself but also on his peers.
What could be more exciting than stepping on the former masterpiece, ‘Fantasy Battle’ to ascend to the altar?
Qiao Liang suddenly felt inspired and immediately began writing a new video proposal!
