game trailblazer

Chapter 360 The Power of the Halo
Looking at Ichiro Fukai who looked embarrassed and a bit dazed, Ken Kutaragi finally realized that he asked the wrong person this question. Ichiro Fukai was in charge of the progress of specific game projects, and similar to camera games. It may be clearer to ask Phil Harrison about projects under development that require special hardware support. Even Mitsuko Iwata, who is in charge of game hardware development, may understand better than Ichiro Fukai.

Kutaragi Ken called everyone together for a meeting today not because of the direct threat that the smell generator attached to the special edition of "Heartbeat Memories 3" can bring. It is impossible to cause much trouble, unless Dongfang Industrial Group spares no expense to promote the smell generator. Even then, he believes that the follow-up usage fee of the smell generator will make many people stay on the sidelines cautiously.

The reason why he wanted to listen to the opinions of the audience was that Kutaragi Ken also wanted to confirm his own ideas. By the way, I would like to hear if you have any other ideas. In fact, he thinks that the best way to fight against the scent generator equipped with the DreamBox128 host is to do it on your own side. Come up with a new thing to attract the attention of players, and it must be very gimmick. Of course, it would be even better if it can sell well, so he remembered the doctor's camera game mentioned by Ichiro Fukai once.

"Iwata-kun," Kutaragi Ken thought for a while, and decided to hand over this glorious task to Iwata Manko: "You will contact the North American branch later to find out about the progress of the camera game."

"Yes, President!" Mitsuko Iwata stood up and nodded abruptly, with a resolute expression on his face, just like when he accepted the research and development work of the PS2 game console.

After the meeting was over, Ken Kutaragi returned to his president's office, stood at the window and looked out, the dark clouds in the sky had already dissipated, and the thin clouds could no longer block the reflection of the winter sun, and the high-rise buildings in the city were bathed in It became brighter under the golden light, just like his mood at the moment.

Before the start of the business war at the end of the year, Ken Kutaragi, who was deeply constrained, was always worried that the Oriental Industrial Group would continue to suppress the space of PS2 by some ruthless tactics.Even if the sales of "Onimusha" are very good, even if the sales of DreamBox 128 have rebounded, even if the other party has made a gimmick such as a scent game, Kutaragi Ken feels that it has not brought a big blow to PS2, after all, it is also a wonderful game There are many, although the PS2 game console cannot be sold in North America and Europe for the time being, after all, it has accumulated several million units in the early stage. Although it is not as large as the DreamBox128, there is still some room for movement, and it can operate a lot Game sales.

In the midst of many crises, Ken Kutaragi found a glimmer of life. He understood that the future will be very critical. He must find a way to remove the hat currently attached to the PS2 for military use. Sales license, if Sony Computer Entertainment can seize the opportunity to launch a killer game during this period, the PS2 game console will definitely find a chance to turn around, he firmly believes in this...

At the same time, in the United States on the other side of the ocean, Reg Smallwood is sitting in his living room, holding a game controller and fighting in front of the TV screen. There is an electronic alarm clock on the cabinet next to the wall. At [-]:[-] in the evening, he had been fighting for almost six hours since he bought "Halo" during the day, and even what he ate was the takeaway pizza he ordered by phone, in order to save precious time.

It has been a long time since he has been so devoted to playing a game. Reg Smallwood still remembers that the first time he stayed up late to play games was when he first came into contact with "Quake" on the computer. At that time, just like now, there was a The feeling of being addicted and hoping to pass the game in one bite attracted him to keep playing.

When the last enemy fell under the gun, Reg Smallwood exhaled softly, put down the game controller in his hand, took a sip of the Coke beside him, and then took the last piece of cold pizza I stuffed it into my mouth, swallowed it with the coke in a daze, and after cleaning the greasy hands with a paper towel, the cutscene on the TV screen had also reached a critical part.

"Chapter 4-Silent Cartographer..."

"The vast sea is shimmering under the light of Resot Star, and the two Pelican ships Ego 419 and Bravo 22 are speeding across the sea and flying towards a small island..."

After cleaning up the enemy troops on the beach, the Master Chief under the control of Reg Smallwood drove the Warthog, and took two fellow marines, wandering around the island while using the warthog on the tank. The cannon cleared away the unsightly Covenant wretches.After turning around for a while, the buildings faintly visible in the mountains in the distance caught his attention, so the Warthog adjusted its direction and drove towards the buildings.As the distance gets closer, there are more and more enemies. Relying on the powerful firepower of the Warthog and the driving skills honed in racing games, Reg Smallwood carefully looks for the enemy's line of defense The weak point, he knew that the place in front of him was likely to be the destination.

After sweeping out the surrounding enemies, the Master Chief turned over and got out of the car, and carefully walked towards the interior of the building with his assault rifle in his hand. The cunning enemy quickly reacted, and the door of the building was quickly closed, leaving Reg with nowhere to go. Smallwood had to vent his anger on a few unlucky guards who didn't have time to run through the gate, and the muzzle of the assault rifle began to flicker...

After a burst of gunfire, the last three Star Alliance elites who blocked the way fell to the ground. The Master Chief looked back at the island, and then jumped on the Pelican, ready to turn to the next battlefield.

Looking at the picture on the TV screen of the Pelican ship retracting its landing deck and rising with a huge roar, Reg Smallwood suddenly remembered some past events for some reason. He remembered the first time he heard about the The news of "Halo" seems to be in the middle of last year. At that time, it was said that Bungie planned to launch it on the computer. Of course, as for the dedicated platform of Macintosh or the open platform of PC, it may not be sure.Later, it was reported that Bungie was acquired by a wealthy group, and then the news about "Halo" gradually decreased. It was not until this year at the E3 exhibition in May that "Halo" appeared again. This time it appeared In front of everyone is a trailer of the game, and it is also confirmed that it will be the first to land on the DreamBox128 platform.

Reg Smallwood unfortunately missed the opportunity to observe the E3 scene. He only knew about it when he heard a friend talk about it, and then saw the second-hand "Halo" trailer through some channels, although The definition is said to be not as high as the version at the E3 site, but it still shocked him a lot.I heard from a friend who has been to the E3 exhibition that the scene at that time was even more shocking. Many people even suspected that it was impossible to achieve such an effect of CG with the function of DreamBox128. This kind of thing is not surprising. Back then When the PS game console first came out, Sony Computer Entertainment once promoted a demo of dinosaurs. The picture effect has never appeared on the PS game console until now. There are many situations where the picture shrinks, and the difference is only the degree of shrinkage.

Before getting the official version of "Halo", Reg Smallwood also guessed how much the official version has shrunk compared to the development screen, which is one of the reasons why he ordered a set early. Of course The more important thing is the unique FPS mode of the game.Before the official release of the game, there were many rumors. Some said that the game development encountered difficulties and the launch would be postponed. Some said that the game would cancel the online mode in order to catch up with the launch date. Some even swore that Bungie did not develop Halo at all. ", the so-called trailer that appeared on E3 was actually produced by a professional animation company, and the pre-order money for "Halo" has actually been taken away by the sales manager of Bungie.

Of course, few people will believe these unreliable legends, but once more people say it, it is inevitable that some people's confidence will be shaken. Although Reg Smallwood does not believe it, but he also has "Halo" in his heart. I was a little worried about the official version. I was afraid that the game would be very different from what I imagined after I got it. All of this would wait until the retail version of "Halo" was put on the shelves on time, and when he got the "Halo" from the boy of UPS as scheduled. " package, when the game screen with the same quality as the E3 trailer appeared on the TV screen, the rumors gradually dissipated, and he slowly let go of his hanging heart.

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""Halo" sold over one million on its first day of release..."

""Halo" was first sold, and the crowd queuing up all night at the entrance of Terry Storford's chain store..."

""Halo" is expected to land on PC within five months, Jason Jones revealed that a new LAN online mode will be added..."

In less than a week, with the help of the people behind the scenes, "Halo" quickly occupied the important pages of many media, and quickly climbed to the top few rankings in Google's search keyword rankings. ICQ's data included "Halo" The news of "Halo" is increasing rapidly, and many versions such as "Halo" Collector's Edition and Elite Edition on the Ebay page are among the best in the search volume rankings for a while, and among the player groups, especially among FPS fans, "Halo" is even more changing. It has become the hottest topic, whether you like it or not, a few words of praise for "Halo" or a few thorns for "Halo" can always successfully attract the attention of other players.

For players, "Halo" has brought freshness, even players who don't like "Halo" can also find their own fun from the debate, but for some game companies, the popularity of "Halo" Definitely bad news that couldn't be worse.

(End of this chapter)