The video game "Element World," advertised as an open-world game, received high praise but didn't translate into high sales.
On the other hand, "Uncharted," a game with a linear path, achieved explosive sales, which led many game designers to think.
Is "Element World" not as good as "Uncharted"?
Not really. While "Uncharted" is indeed very impressive, "Element World" isn't bad either. Otherwise, it wouldn't have received such high praise.
At the same time, many designers are focusing on open-world versus linear games.
In the past two years, "Red Dead Redemption: Redemption" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" have led many game companies to focus on the open-world genre.
It seems like open-world has become a key to success.
Many game designers are starting to analyze.
What if "Element World" had taken a linear approach instead of being open-world?
Allowing players to follow a single path, making the puzzle difficulty design easy at first and then harder.
Just like in "Monster Hunter: World," the early dragons are easy, but the difficulty suddenly increases with Diablos.
Many game designers in the industry are discussing this.
But for players, while "Element World" is good, they still prefer "Uncharted" because it's more fun to play.
And thanks to "Element World" having elements of puzzles and adventure treasure hunting, it has rekindled some interest in "Uncharted."
It has also made many players look forward to what's next.
The golden city, Shangri-La, and the city of a thousand pillars, these legendary ruins have really gotten players interested.
And in this whole situation, Zeus, who got hurt, has finally made a decision.
That is to change partners.
For Zeus, "Element World" was clearly a very painful failure.
Even though the game quality was good and the reviews were good.
What's the point if it can't help the Zeus platform expand its territory?
For Zeus, its platform is definitely not the problem.
And the marketing was completely on point.
So where's the problem?
Without a doubt, it's Atari, the partner.
If the game isn't good, then it's definitely your company's problem.
So, after discussion, the Zeus executives made a decision.
That is, don't put hope in third parties!
They have the technology, and they have the money!
The momentum of "Uncharted" has passed, and the hype for "Element World" is slowly fading.
At this time, many players received a big piece of news.
That is, Zeus spent a lot of money to acquire FOW, a well-established European game company, for $2.1 billion.
Of course, this acquisition obviously wasn't negotiated just now. In fact, Zeus has been in contact with various game companies for a long time.
And the failure of "Element World" is a done deal, so Zeus doesn't need to waste any more time on it.
At the same time, Zeus also announced a new project on its website, code-named "Medieval."
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Players are discussing Zeus's big move in various ways.
After all, FOW is also a well-known game company in the industry.
This game company is known for its historical themes. As for its games, what has always been criticized is that it's reluctant to spend money.
Patching and mending for another year. Unless absolutely necessary, the graphics never get updated.
This time, being acquired by Zeus, players who like FOW aren't feeling sad. Instead, they're all cheering with excitement.
They've found a rich daddy! When FOW develops games in the future, the graphics should finally improve, right?
On various forums in China, players are also discussing.
"This time FOW is getting a major upgrade. It's found a rich owner."
"Yeah, I could never really get into this game company's games because the graphics were always outdated. Now I feel like I can look forward to them."
"Forget about FOW. Aren't you guys concerned about the progress of the 'Uncharted' DLC trilogy?"
"Nebula Games has been making a lot of moves recently. The VR theme has also been updated. It's just that Boss Lucas is a bit of a jerk!"
"Damn! That's right. The 'Outlast' theme scene. I didn't turn on the clear-headed mode and I was so scared I almost peed my pants."
"So why did you have to go into the 'Outlast' theme scene?"
"Speaking of which, is no one paying attention to Zeus's 'Medieval' project?"
"It's just a code name with no details. What's there to care about? And NetDragon's 'Shadow Action: Communication Interrupted' is about to be released. But I'm more concerned about Boss Lucas. The DLC content for 'Uncharted' should be done soon, right?"
"You're thinking too much. Look at the official blog post just released! Boss Lucas and Nebula Games are all on a team-building trip!"
Many players are discussing recent events in the video game world online, but soon one topic became the focus.
Many people were puzzled when they heard this news.
They all opened Lucas's official blog to take a look.
Lucas's official blog had just posted a new message ten minutes ago.
Compared to the usual messages announcing new content, this one seemed out of place.
'First stop: Florence, checking out the Florence Cathedral!'
Just a simple sentence, along with photos of Lucas, Rachel, Anna, Hector, Marcus, and other Nebula Games core members, with the local landmark in the background.
Countless players were dumbfounded.
We all thought Boss Lucas was working hard to make games, and the lack of news was because you were trying to release the 'Uncharted' trilogy DLC as soon as possible, or preparing for a new game project, but you guys went on vacation!?
Lucas's official blog post immediately confused many followers.
Is Nebula Games a game company or a travel agency!
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