The whole theme song of the city-country was sung live, and not only that, but there were many audience members with red hats in the audience, apparently fans of "Super Mario Odyssey", who spontaneously cheered.

"I didn't expect that so many people like Odyssey abroad?" Even Qian Kun couldn't help but be stunned.

This really came as a surprise to many domestic players, many of whom felt that Super Mario Odyssey might not be shortlisted for TGN's Game of the Year at all.

In this regard, it can only be said that this is a difference in perception between domestic players and domestic players, game enthusiasts and professional game evaluation media.

In Chen Mo's previous life, if you have to talk about the number of players, Nintendo's games can only be regarded as niche in China, but it would be nonsense to say that Nintendo is a niche game in the world.

The reasons for this are complex, including domestic policy reasons (console bans), game characteristics, player tastes, consumption habits, game aesthetics, and many other reasons.

In the parallel world, although the policy reasons no longer exist, there are still differences between the game tastes of domestic players and foreign players, and the differences are huge.

A very significant difference is that domestic players are goal-driven, while many European and American players are fun-driven.

In other words, most players in China must have a very clear goal when playing games, and the clearer the goal, the better they play. Like MOBA, the goal is to kill, push towers, and win; And the goal of eating chicken is to search for resources, kill people, and live to the end.

All such goal-oriented games, as long as the quality is passable, the gameplay is novel, and it is an online game, and then stir-fry and add a little topicality and popularity, almost all of them can be a big success.

And many European and American players are fun-driven, which means that they focus more on enjoying the fun in the game, rather than taking the fastest game as the primary goal. Even in League of Legends, which has a very clear goal, there are many foreigners who are trying this kind of moth gameplay, and they often appear in special game highlights.

Of course, this statement is not one-size-fits-all, there are fun-driven players at home and goal-driven players abroad. It's just that there are more players abroad who can experience the fun of this kind of game.

Chen Mo was making "Super Mario Odyssey" at that time, and he also had this consideration, hoping that this game could expand the player base as much as possible and even gain corresponding influence overseas.

All the candidates have been revealed, and then it will be a very exciting final award session.

The host held the trophy in his hand and came to the stage again.

"It's been a big year for gaming, with great games in all genres, but there's only one title for the best game."

"Now, let me reintroduce the shortlist for this year's Game of the Year."

The host once again officially announced the list of games shortlisted for Game of the Year, and every time a list was read, the audience erupted in cheers.

When I read "Dark Souls" and "Super Mario Odyssey", the cheers from the audience were even louder than in other games!

Obviously, these two games have also achieved good influence in Europe and the United States, and they are not even inferior to the classic IP sequels of those big manufacturers.

The host paused, waited for the cheers and applause to subside, and solemnly said, "Now, I am very happy to announce that the winner of this year's Game of the Year, which has been selected by 47 media outlets and fans around the world, is ......"

"Dark Souls by Thunder Games!!"

As soon as the host's voice fell, the scene had already erupted in thunderous applause and cheers!

"This is the first time that Thunder Games has won the TGN Game of the Year award, and tonight, Dark Souls won both the 'Best RPG Game' and 'Best Game of the Year' awards!"

The camera turned and photographed Chen Mo sitting in the audience. Chen Mo stood up, hugged the designer next to him very elegantly, and then walked to the stage while waving to the audience.

The experience store was also full of jubilation.

"Awesome! The store manager actually won the Game of the Year! ”

"Hahaha, there should be other designers in China who are paying attention to TGN, right? The store manager is going abroad now! ”

"But look at the store manager's performance so calmly, awesome! I'm convinced! ”

While there was enthusiastic cheering both on and off television, the awards ceremony continued.

Chen Mo and Denise walked onto the stage one after the other, and Chen Mo's face was also full of smiles at this time.

The host held the trophy in both hands and handed it to Chen Mo very solemnly.

Endless applause and cheers.

Chen Mo came to the microphone and looked at the TGN Game of the Year trophy in his hand with satisfaction.

"Thank you to the judges at TGN and the players around the world who love Thunder Games."

"On behalf of all the staff of the production team, I would like to thank all the players for their continued support."

"Congratulations to all the selected games, all of them are for the same goal, in order to make the game industry better developed, in order to allow players to enjoy more top-notch spiritual entertainment."

"Thank you again for your support, Thunder Games will give back to everyone with a better game, thank you!"

Chen Mo said a word, Denise translated a sentence, and the applause and cheers on the scene also sounded again and again.

In fact, in terms of Chen Mo's English level, there is no problem at all in saying such a few simple words of English, but he came to represent the game business of China this time, so he deliberately said it in Chinese.

In the end, the scene erupted in thunderous applause and cheers, which lasted for a long time, in the picture of Chen Mo holding the trophy in one hand and waving like the audience in the other, TGN came to a perfect end!

In the experience store, Qian Kun and the others were already opening champagne to celebrate, and many players were also partying, and the entire experience store was in an extremely joyful atmosphere.

"It's amazing, this time it's really exciting!"

"When will the store manager come back?"

"Celebrate first! "Dark Souls" is invincible, and the store manager is invincible! ”

……

The TGN Awards Ceremony has ended, but the discussion about this award continues.

For domestic players, there is no suspense about this award, but many overseas players have expressed doubts, why didn't Super Mario Odyssey be given to Game of the Year?

Although these two are Chen Mo's games, they are two completely different game types after all, and the core players are also different.

In fact, judging from the experience of Chen Mo's previous life, these two games are basically in a state of five or five in the eyes of professional game review media, and "Odyssey" may be slightly better.

The reason why Dark Souls 3 is not as good as Odyssey is because Dark Souls 3 is not as groundbreaking as Dark Souls 1 after all.