Say Yes To Making Bad Games, What the Hell is Titanfall? Chapter 172

  Chapter 172 Closed Meetings

  The hot atmosphere quickly spread.

Tuesday.

  The last day of Dongjin Game Festival.

   "Director Moriya, you called me?"

  Yuki pushed open the office door of Tetsuya Moriya, Managing Director of Comera Game Business.

   See you now.

  In Moritani's office, there were two other people present.

   They are not outsiders—

   Soki Sato.

  Okura and.

  Yuki was delighted to see this battle.

   Well, after resting for more than a week, the Silent Hill PT team is assembled again.

  Don't ask, this must be the start of the development and production of the official version of Silent Hill!

Too.

   Today's Silent Hill can be said to be in full swing.

   Countless players are calling for the release of the official version.

  Combined with the terrifying login rate of the somatosensory cabin, even if you think about it with your knees, this game is still profitable.

   It seems that the high-level management must have seen the current popularity of PT and felt that it is not too late to promote cooperative development.

  Thinking.

  Yuki nodded with a smile, and sat in a row with the other two main development executives, waiting for Moritani executives to mobilize them for development.

However!

  There was no expression of excitement and anticipation on Moritani's face, but rather dull.

   "Everyone is here, let's have a private meeting,"

   Moritani opened the mouth and said:

   "The rules of private meetings, I believe the three are also clear, no objection?"

   Heard the words.

   All three of them were taken aback.

  Closed meeting system, which is a form of meeting that exists in Komera and many large companies.

  This kind of meeting is not open and transparent, and no meeting minutes are kept.

  It is usually held when discussing some relatively hidden or inconvenient public affairs.

  At the same time, the participants will not disclose any information about the meeting by default.

   It is a kind of unspoken rule of the company.

   The three of them are no strangers to this kind of meeting.

  But the problem is...

  At this time, why suddenly hold a private meeting?

  For a moment, a sense of uneasiness lingered in the hearts of the three of them.

  Exchanged glances with each other, and the three nodded, acquiescing to the format of this meeting.

  Then, Moritani took out three thin business proposals from his drawer and handed them to three people:

   "This is the preliminary plan for the official version of "Silent Hill". After reading the recycling, we have plenty of time today. Please take a closer look."

   After receiving the project proposal handed over by Managing Director Moritani, Yuki looked at it with a slight frown.

  See what it says on it—["Silent Hill" Project Proposal (Draft)]

   Taking a deep breath, Yuki began to read carefully...

  First of all, in terms of game settings, the main game still continues the "outside world" and "inner world" settings given by PT.

  The protagonist of the work is named James, who is an excellent plastic surgeon.

  One day by accident, he received a letter from his wife, inviting him to a small town called Silent Hill, and mentioned many things about them in the letter.

   At first glance, this letter was very ordinary.

   It seems to be a divorced wife's request to meet again.

  The horror is that James is not divorced, but widowed—his wife has been dead for three years.

   This is a letter from my late wife.

  So, with all kinds of complicated emotions, James came to Silent Hill.

   Here, he saw the most bizarre sight.

   Various strange monsters and ghosts appear on the stage in turn, they are very powerful, and several times put James into a dangerous predicament.

   Among these monsters, only one is particularly powerful.

  It was a woman wearing an apron who lost her head. She was like a nightmare. Although she was killed countless times, she was reborn countless times.

  Finally, after fighting all the way, James arrived at the place indicated in his wife's letter.

   This is a mansion on the edge of the town.

   After entering the mansion, players will see many group photos.

   And the protagonist in those group photos is a photo of James and a woman wearing an apron.

good!

  James is the murderer of another wife murder case that appeared on PT radio. He changed his face and disguised himself at the convenience of his plastic surgeon and has been at large.

   Returning to Silent Hill this time is to wipe out the inexplicably "resurrected" wife.

  In the end, James killed the headless wife completely in the same kitchen.

   But the so-called retribution cycle.

  His shot killed his wife completely, but also ignited the liquefied gas in the kitchen.

finally.

  Among a loud noise, James got the final bad news and disappeared.

   click.

  This concludes the planning draft.

  Yuki closed the proposal with a complicated expression on his face.

  She looked at Okura, then at Sato.

  I found that the expressions on the faces of these two were similar to my own.

  In fact, objectively speaking.

  The degree of completion of this project is not bad.

   There is a beginning and an end, the story is complete, and it focuses on a karmic cycle of retribution.

Provided that-

  Don't put the Silent Hill name on it.

"this…"

   After carefully organizing the language for a long time, I heard Sato say:

   "Excuse me, Director Moriya, I want to ask, is this... Gu Sang's project?"

  Seeing that all three of them looked at him.

   Moritani shrugged noncommittally, and asked, "What do you think?"

   The three of them look at me and I look at you, and they are all a little embarrassed.

  Finally, Yuki said, "I don't think...it's not like that."

   It's not that it's bad.

   Rather it looks... so ordinary.

You must know that a large part of the reason why PT has such excellent horror effects and topicality lies in its vague metaphors covered by clouds and mountains, as well as the way of telling stories with gods and gods, and the blank space at the end. Open ending.

  This kind of "care about the inside and the air" game form will always give the game a layer of mystery, as if there is a layer of veil between the player and the player.

but now!

  In this version of the project proposal!

   That layer of yarn is removed.

  What Yuki and others see is a story with monster-fighting and adventure as the main line, and good and evil will eventually be rewarded.

  Perhaps the only special point of this story is that the player acts as a villain once.

  Others, there is nothing remarkable about them.

  After listening to Yuki's words, Moritani also saw the helplessness of "as expected" appeared on Moritani's face.

   Sighed, then asked:

   "Then what do you think if it is considered as the ongoing project of Silent Hill?"

  Hearing this, Sato smacked his lips: "Which aspect does the 'how' asked by Executive Moritani refer to?"

   "Sales." Moritani said concisely.

   "It will definitely be affected." Sato was even more straightforward.

   Moritani nodded, looked at Sato: "Tell me specifically?"

   "This business proposal is obviously not Gu Sang's,"

   Seeing that Sato has already talked about this point, there is no need to hide it, so he simply opened the skylight and said the truth:

   "If it comes out as a stand-alone game, there's nothing wrong with that,"

   "But if it is released as the official version of PT, it may be too much to say that the dog's tail will continue"

   "But the influence of word-of-mouth on Silent Hill IP is certain,"

   "Today, PT has been promoted to the altar in the analysis of the media and players,"

   "Its unique charm is definitely beyond the reach of this ordinary planning case,"

   "At that time, it will be criticized and sales will decline."

  After hearing what Sato said, Moritani nodded, and then said:

   "Approximately how much will it be affected?"

   Sato thought for a while: "It's hard to say, because in this case, the player's subjective factors account for too much, a conservative estimate... 20%."

   Hiss—! !

  As soon as these words came out, both Yuki and Okura gasped.

   It's just a slightly ordinary script, but it will reduce the game's sales by one-fifth!

   And this is just a conservative estimate!

   "Then what about higher estimates?" Moritani asked.

   "That's hard to say." This time, Sato shook his head, indicating that he couldn't predict it: "If this project is really used, I won't be surprised even if the sales are 50% off."

   Say it.

   There was a long silence in the office.

  A long while.

  It was only then that Yuki asked slowly:

   "So, Director Moritani... the main work of Silent Hill, are we going to develop it ourselves?"

   Moritani's words have already reached this point, no matter how stupid they are, they can still hear the meaning!

  The executives actually wanted to throw away the golden wind and monopolize the sales results of the official version of Silent Hill!

   And this!

   Moritani also nodded slowly.

although!

   Prepared in mind!

but!

  When he saw Toruya Moritani nodding, Yuki couldn't help but get angry!

   What kind of stupid operation is this? !

  Dumping the Golden Wind means ditching Director Sam too!

good!

  You have seen the current popularity of Silent Hill and the widespread support of players. It is understandable that you want to get rid of the pennies and monopolize the profits!

   After all, Comera's usual style is the same!

  Besides, it is nothing new to change the director in the middle of the project.

but!

  Before you frankly get rid of someone, really don't think about it, who gave the soul of this game?

  The crown of "King of Horror Games" is on SamGu's head!

   Not in the hands of our KOMINA!

"This this…"

  Yuki couldn't understand this wave of high-level operations:

   "With all due respect, Director Moritani! It's almost like we make cars and—"

   "...and dumped the engine manufacturer!"

  Rewind time back to yesterday!

  Comera conference room!

  At a closed meeting chaired by President Keisha Joetsu!

  Toruya Moriya, the managing director of the game business, also raised the same question as Yuki!

   This operation is too outrageous!

However!

   Before Yue Yuejing could speak.

  Yamamoto Tsuna, who was seated next to him, turned dark:

   "Executive Moritani, do you mean that with my more than 20 years of experience in the industry and my status as a senior game designer, I am not enough to replace a fledgling boy and preside over the development work of "Silent Hill"?"

good!

  As the "disciple and student" of the president Joe Keisha.

  Yamamoto Tsuna wants to occupy the magpie's nest this time, two projects with one hand!

   Now the official version of "Great Mania" has entered into an orderly development work.

  He can free up his hands and take over the now popular "Silent Hill" project!

   In this way, the two popular projects will be in his pocket!

   And it just so happens!

  Ever since Silent Hill exploded, Joe Joe has been thinking about how to kick Golden Wind out of this project.

   After all, this IP is so popular now!

  Once released, nine out of ten it will become a phenomenal horror game, and even have a high probability of becoming the highest-selling horror game in history!

   And such a tempting item!

  They actually want to share 30% of the net profit with the wind of gold!

  This is unacceptable to a pure businessman like Joe Keisa.

  Don't say 30%.

  He doesn't want to split out at all!

  Joe Yueke doesn't understand the game.

  In his opinion, Gu Sheng is an externally hired "business manager" after all.

   Now, Gu Sheng has accepted a big order for Ke Meila, and as a reward, he asked for 30% of the bill in the follow-up process of the project.

  Jie Yuejing is naturally unwilling to share the money.

   After all, he has another top business manager in his hands—Yamamoto Tsuna.

   Moreover, this business manager has worked longer and has more work experience. The most important thing is that Tsuna Yamamoto is not hired from outside, so he does not need such a high share.

   So, almost no trade-offs!

  Even though Joe Tsuna hit it off with Yamamoto, he decided to kick the golden wind and develop "Silent Hill" independently!

   "This... this is too aggressive! President!"

   Moritani became numb when he heard it!

  Joe Yueke doesn't understand games, he does!

  He is very aware of the particularity of the Silent Hill game!

   "The unique psychological horror experience of "Silent Hill" was first created by Sam, and he is also the most proficient designer who has mastered this concept. To replace him, I think uh..."

   Don't wait for Moriya to finish speaking.

   Just listen to Yamamoto Tsuna speak and interrupt him!

   "Haha, Director Moritani's words are too arbitrary."

  Yamamoto Tsuna smiled and said:

   “Replacing directors midway through game development is nothing new,”

   "There are even many projects that have already been developed halfway. Due to various reasons, the director was replaced, and in the end they landed smoothly without affecting the quality of the game at all,"

   "What's more, PT is just a trial version. It's a good time for us to change the designer before the official version is developed."

   After Yamamoto Tsuna finished speaking, he looked at Moritani with some complacency.

Moritani ignored him, but kept staring at the president Keisha Kamigoshi: "President, this game really can't be changed director, after all, Sam won the title of 'King of Horror Games' through this trial version, if At this moment…"

However.

   Moritani is not finished!

   Then Yamamoto Tsuna spoke again and interrupted him again: "It's just a false name, today he is the king of terror, tomorrow I can..."

   "No way to beat Bageya Road! (It's making noise to death you bastard

  Boom! !

   Moriya finally couldn't take it anymore!

   Bang the table!

  Pointing at the nose of the majestic Yamamoto Tsuna, he cursed:

   "How the **** are you?! How dare you interrupt me?! Are you courting death?!"

   Shout out!

   On the spot, Tsuna Yamamoto shrank his neck in fright!

  What is Toru Mori's identity?

managing Director!

  The top executive in the company after President Keisha Joe Joe!

   And what about him?

   A game designer!

   It's not even a star and a half behind Moriya's level!

  Although he relied on himself as the president's disciple, he participated in this private meeting.

   But in terms of level, Moritani trained him as casually as training a dog!

"what…"

   Seeing that Tsuna Yamamoto didn't dare to dance anymore, Moritani snorted coldly and gave him a hard look:

   "From now on, shut your dog's mouth to me. When I talk to President Joetsu, I don't want to hear you say half a syllable again, understand?"

  Yamamoto Tsuna lowered his head and flinched, looking at President Joetsu beside him, as if he wanted to say something.

   But Joey waved his hand: "Get out."

   "But teacher..."

Snapped!

   Without the slightest hesitation!

  Joe Yuejing's forehand and backhand is a big mouth!

   directly recalled Yamamoto Tsuna's words.

   Then, he shook his hand and raised his eyebrows!

   "How many times have I told you to call your job at work! Fuck off!"

   "Ha... Hay—!!"

  (end of this chapter)

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