Chapter 75: To Copy or Not to Copy?
Tang Dagang said: "Okay, then I'll talk about it in detail." Obviously, "My Name is MT" is an original anime, but the popularity of the anime alone can't bring enough users to the mobile game, and the anime has a limited duration to fully show the setting of the entire world of Azeroth. ”
"Therefore, Chen Mo's launch of 'Azeroth Universe' is a supplement to the anime, in order to bring enough gimmicks and explosive points to the mobile game "My name is MT", and at the same time make it easier for everyone to understand some of the content in the anime."
"As for me saying that Chen Mo is ambitious, the reason is very simple, because I think his provocation is premeditated! If he was betting on impulse, how could he be so indifferent after winning? This shows that he is very clear about his purpose from beginning to end, all he wants is this recommendation position, Qiu Bin was completely tricked by him! ”
Since Chen Mo is very ambitious, it is clear what he wants to do. Azeroth's worldview is so large and complete, and even the rules have been refined to a piece of Hearthstone, which shows that Chen Mo has the idea of making this worldview a large-scale game. ”
"And this worldview can't gather so many players from the moment it appears, he has to warm up slowly, update it slowly, and present the whole world step by step, until he feels that the player's sense of expectation for this world has reached its peak, and then his ability is enough, and he will throw this new game!"
Yan Zhenyuan nodded: "Well, there is some truth. ”
Qin Xiao, who had been staring at his phone, raised his head: "So what?" What do you want to do? ”
Tang Dagang was a little excited when he said it, and he didn't notice the sarcasm in Qin Xiao's eyes at all: "So I said, this is good news for us!" Chen Mo is only a C-level designer now, and he can't control large-scale games in the short term, so we have to strike first......"
Qin Xiao waved his hand: "Okay, these are all your own people, you don't have to say it so vaguely, you just want to copy Azeroth, right?" ”
Tang Dagang was a little uncomfortable by Qin Xiao's words, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and then he nodded: "Yes." ”
Qin Xiao put his feet down from the table and stared at Tang Dagang: "Then let me ask you, how to copy it?" The entire Azeroth universe is created by Chen Mo, our Imperial Dynasty is a big company, if you really dare to plagiarize these things, with the current level of protection of intellectual property rights, you will be slandered and hemorrhaged! ”
Tang Dagang defended: "Of course I know this, but we can not copy it completely, adapt it, play a side ball or something." ”
Qin Xiao said: "How to play the side ball? The gameplay can play the edge ball, how to play the edge ball in this kind of world view background and plot? In the past few years, even writing a novel is a little bit like being beaten by the upper palette, and some time ago, a well-known writer was accused of being on the verge of bankruptcy, what is the difference between copying the worldview and the author copying the book? Do you think lawyers and judges eat dry food? ”
Tang Dagang said unconvinced: "There are so many screenwriters in our imperial dynasty, and there are so many designers who are good at plots, it's not difficult to change this worldview, right?" ”
Qin Xiao was speechless: "To what extent?" If there are fewer changes, others can see it at a glance, so what's the point of this change? Isn't it covering your ears and stealing the bell? It's changed a lot, that's equivalent to rewriting, and if you're willing to work hard, why copy others? Wouldn't it be better for us to rewrite a Western fantasy worldview ourselves? ”
Tang Dagang froze, searching his stomach and thinking about how to refute.
Qin Xiao continued: "Besides, can Western Fantasy be popular in China, don't you have a B number in your heart?" Well? Last year, the game adapted from the big IP "Supreme Ring" hit the streets in China, and now it's not cool, have you all forgotten? ”
Tang Dagang said: "Okay, but, even if you put aside this worldview, there are many settings in the Azeroth universe that can be used completely, such as running corpses to resurrect, Hearthstone returning to the hotel, bullet achievements, and so ......on."
Qin Xiao rolled his eyes and knocked on the table a little impatiently: "Can you think about this kind of thing before you ask?" ”
"First, these settings you mentioned are all attached to the Western fantasy worldview, if there is no such worldview, can these game settings still be so brilliant?"
"Second, what if you add these settings? Can just a few settings sustain a big game? ”
Tang Dagang was speechless when he was asked, he thought for a while, and said unconvinced: "But, if this thing has no future, why does Chen Mo bother to work so hard......"
Qin Xiao said: "Chen Mo is Chen Mo, we are us." Chen Mo has the complete setting of Azeroth in his hands, and the intellectual property rights are with him. What do we have? Well? For us, the world of Azeroth is good, but we can't use it. ”
"Let's put it this way, if you can give me a worldview comparable to the world of Azeroth now, I'll make you a VR game right away, do you have it?"
Tang Dagang defended: "We ...... We can adapt it to the Azeroth universe! ”
Qin Xiao asked rhetorically: "Can the adapted thing be the same as the original?" Do you think our screenwriters can change something more powerful than "The Supreme Ring"? ”
Tang Dagang: "......"
Yan Zhenyuan saw that Tang Dagang stopped talking, so he came out to play a round: "Okay, everyone is expressing their opinions, sometimes the wording is a little fierce, don't take it to heart." ”
Tang Dagang was speechless, how could he dare to go to his heart, Qin Xiao was an S-level designer, and even his boss Lin Zhaoxu dared to be ruthless, how could he dare to have an opinion?
However, Tang Dagang was still a little unconvinced, he was still a little puzzled, why couldn't he copy it? Why can "My Name is MT" be copied, but Azeroth can't? One is nothing more than a card game, and the other is a large-scale role-playing!
Yan Zhenyuan looked at Qiu Jiang, who had not spoken: "What do you think?" ”
Qiu Jiang glanced at him: "Are you pretending to be confused?" Copying games can only copy the gameplay, not the worldview, Qin Xiao said it so clearly, is there anyone who doesn't understand? ”
"Chen Mo may indeed make a large-scale role-playing, but it is impossible to support a large-scale game with the few settings released now. In my opinion, he is a thief, he keeps all the good things for himself, and what he releases is things that we can't copy or that don't matter at all. ”
Yan Zhenyuan was also helpless, he originally wanted Qiujiang to come out of the round, but it turned out that this thing spoke more directly than Qin Xiao.
Yan Zhenyuan sighed: "Hey, this, I don't think it's so absolute." Tang Dagang, you are also an A-level designer, if you are really interested, make a PC game by yourself, if you can succeed, and then apply to Mr. Lin to do VR. ”
Tang Dagang nodded happily: "Okay!" I'm sure I'll do it well! ”
Yan Zhenyuan said: "The amount of resources and the budget can't be approved too much, so let's do it as a general role-playing terminal game." ”
Tang Dagang nodded: "Okay, no problem!" ”
Yan Zhenyuan looked at the others again: "Do you have any other opinions?" ”
Other designers have also expressed their opinions, but no decisive progress has been made.
In the end, these people still didn't reach an agreement, but most of the designers, led by Qin Xiao, felt that although the world of Azeroth was good, they couldn't use it.
However, just in case, Yan Zhenyuan did not completely rule out this possibility, but only arranged for Tang Dagang to take the lead and make a game that imitated the world view of Azeroth, which was equivalent to exploring the path.
If the situation is optimistic, then consider developing a VR game.
In this regard, Qin Xiao said with some disdain: "Waste of time." ”