Chapter 44 Underestimated?

"Isn't it, it's so expensive? It's twice as expensive as "The Binding of Isaac"!"

"That's right, what age is the pixel art style? Why are they so expensive!"

"But what I'm more interested in is why the cost of this pixel game is so high? I checked the official registration and the cost is tens of millions!"

"Isn't it? Tens of millions of pixel games?"

"Am I the only one who noticed? The BGM in the promotional video sounds so good, it turns out that Chen Gang from Miracle Entertainment is in charge of the music part!"

"I feel that the picture effect of the game is also very good! The snow scene and the light and shadow of the desert are very good!"

Many players started discussing because of this price.

And many people in the game industry have been paying attention to "Octopath Traveler", and discussed it as soon as the promotional film was released.

"Yang Chen is too daring to play! He actually spent tens of millions of dollars to make a pixel game?"

"The use of art is particularly brilliant, and the music of the game is really good. The soundtrack of Chen Gang and Miracle Entertainment is not a joke. Although it is expensive, it is worth the money, but after all, this is a pixel game!"

"Although the cost is high, including special effects and various light and shadow images, it is costly. I have to admit that although the expression style of this pixel art is great, the final visual effect is still pixels after all. Most Players probably won’t buy it.”

"The most important thing is that this game is too expensive to sell. Although it can only be sold for 500,000 yuan, it can be paid back, but this money can buy already discounted 3A masterpieces on major platforms. Who would buy a game? A pixel-style JRPG game?"

"Yes, in terms of cost production, it is already out of the cost range of independent games, but judging from the visual performance of the screen, it is still very similar to independent games for most ordinary players."

Many people in the game industry expressed their pessimism.

Although there are game screens, everyone in this industry has a little understanding, and it can be clearly seen that this game called "Octopath Traveler" is not retro for the sake of retro, and even innovated in a simple pixel style.

But more people are still not optimistic, because pixel games are not mainstream, let alone JRPG in the RPG genre?

Even Lin Jiayi, who has always been in this area, said that similar turn-based RPGs are too restrictive, and that ARPGs will be the mainstream in the future. Such a product left over from an era, no matter how you think about it, it is that old antique.

JRPG is already a niche game, and if you add a pixel style, it will be a niche game.

Although the previous "The Binding of Isaac" was a crude pixel game, the excellent creativity and the highly playable random gameplay are enough to make players ignore his picture.

But this type of JRPG game, this kind of game for telling a good story, can you complete it and spend it?

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"I'm so mad! Why does this guy say that we are inflated? He also cursed that our game may not even reach 300,000 sales!"

In the room, Wang Yaliang, who just took a shower and finished drying his hair, put on the mask and looked at the information on the laptop in front of him, angrily grabbed the mouse and tapped it twice, making a popping sound.

"Wow, woof, woof..." Gangdan, who was lying beside the bed wagging his tail, was startled and suddenly stood up and looked at Yang Chen and Wang Yaliang who were on the bed.

"Don't bark, don't go play." Yang Chen casually took a red toy the size of a tennis ball from the drawer, and threw it aside.

After seeing the steel egg happily chasing the ball, Yang Chen turned his head to look at Wang Yaliang on the bed: "Who sprayed us again?"

"I don't know, it's a post made by someone else in the forum." Wang Yaliang pouted and said very unhappy.

Hearing Wang Yaliang's words, Yang Chen couldn't help showing a speechless expression on his face.

An ordinary passerby, you don't even know if it's a man or a woman, just spray it.

Why are you so angry? To his fault, he thought it was some well-known game self-media, or some influential person sprayed it.

But it's impossible to think about it. Is there any game in the same period, so I can't come over and step on myself.

Moreover, everyone is in the industry, and there is no deep hatred. If you want to play, you are playing dirty. Who would step on yourself in an open and honest manner.

Even if there is, unless the other party is really out of their wits, it's more of a show to promote the game, or it's just a mere provocation by the traffic media.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry." Yang Chen patted Wang Yaliang's arm: "There are a lot of people with this kind of rhythm, and now they scold us like killing their father and enemy, maybe when the time comes, we will sell the game Well done, he turned into a real fan of ours in the blink of an eye."

"And there are so many fans who support us, why do you want to see people who say bad things about us?" Yang Chen smiled and hugged Wang Yaliang next to him, passed his hand from the other party's armpit, grabbed the hand holding the mouse, and opened the social network. platform account.

Under the tweet message that released the promotional news before, many players who entered the pit from the game "The Binding of Isaac" expressed their support for "Octopath Traveler" and Nebula Studio. There are also many people who marvel at the combination of pixels and modern graphics technology in the game, as well as the original painting of the game.

"I know that too, but I just can't help but pay attention." Wang Yaliang glanced at the time, and slapped Yang Chen's hand holding her away, then took off the mask on his face, and massaged it.

Yang Chen couldn't help being speechless.

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Compared with the game industry's dislike for this game, Galaxy Network, which has already been released as an agent, is promoting the largest scale through all channels, and what players care more about is not the theme, but the content of the game itself.

In the JRGP game forum, a large number of players who like JRPG are discussing news about Octopath Traveler.

"I heard that there is a new JRPG coming out. It's from the creator of "The Binding of Isaac". It's called "Octopath Traveler". It's very popular recently."

"I must have heard of it, but I'm not interested in it at all. I can't stand the pixel wind."

"But the cost has invested tens of millions, and it is determined on the official platform, not the kind that the manufacturer brags about."

"Did you really invest tens of millions? Is the creator crazy? What kind of pixels are you making with so much money!"

"No, I saw the picture. Although it is a pixel, it is not a pixel in the traditional sense. How can I say that, in those old JRPG games, letting me play the pixel picture will definitely persuade me to dismiss me, but this "Bafang I feel that Traveler is not that bad, although it is pixelated, it is very beautiful and comfortable.”

A group of players who were following "Octopath Traveler" were blasted out for discussion.

Those who can gather here basically like JRPG games, and even if you don’t want to admit it, you have to say that it does seem to be dying, and there are too few games of this type , and even fewer good games.

With the participation of players following Octopath Traveler, more and more people are exchanging opinions.

And many people are interested in the game "Octopath Traveler", and have some curiosity.