Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 232 Domestic Turmoil
While European and American gaming bloggers were criticizing IGN...

Across the ocean, the internet presents a completely different picture.

In 2017, IGN still had a significant influence in China.

Moreover, at this time, IGN had not yet established a divisional system, and IGN China had not yet been handed over to Tencent for operation. The entire IGN was still operating as a rating output point.

In other words, in 2017, IGN did not differentiate between different scores, such as how many points American IGN gave and how many points Chinese IGN gave; instead, there was a unified score distribution.

That's why IGN gave them so many points.

IGN has had its share of controversial ratings in recent years. For example, they gave Beyond: Two Souls a score of 6 in 13 and Doom a score of 7.1 in 16. They're also likely to give Death Stranding a score of 6 in the future.
The fact that it has caused these controversies precisely demonstrates that IGN still has a certain influence in the gaming industry. It's like how everyone criticizes the Oscars, but after the Oscars are presented, the winning films are still praised by the media.

The same goes for IGN.

Any work that gets a 10 from IGN will be met with a ton of praise from other media outlets.

This might be relatively better overseas, but in China, especially in 17, IGN's ratings were still quite "authoritative".

Ever since IGN gave "The Last Survival Guide" its review, the Chinese gaming community has entered an unimaginable "super frenzy."

Many people who cursed the stars to die quickly thought that God had heard their response when they saw this rating.

Almost instantly.

As soon as the media started reporting the news, a group of impatient "players" immediately and precisely refreshed the page below the relevant news.

A flood of negative reviews for StarCraft games began to appear.

"Hahaha, that's hilarious! They've been bragging about going to sea all this time, and this is all they've got? A 6 out of 10? They've got no shame!"

"I knew it! Huaxia Games should stick to making mobile and web games. Why bother with single-player games? They just don't have the DNA for it!"

"Thanks to IGN, finally a media outlet that tells the truth has appeared, slapping those overly enthusiastic fans in the face. What 'forever little star' nonsense, disgusting!! Pah!"

"As a rational and objective person, I have to say that 6 points is indeed low, but it also shows that this game has a lot of problems. The domestic media are too focused on profiting from this and have exaggerated it too much."

"A 6-point game is selling for 38? Good thing I didn't buy it."

"When I first started playing it, I didn't think it was fun. Finally, some media outlets are telling the truth..."

The comments sparked a "grand" celebration.

Guided by an unknown group of online trolls, it wasn't just the online trolls who quickly joined the "flame war."

There's also a whole bunch of inexplicable "rational observers" and "casual observers" who probably don't play games much and only have a superficial understanding of IGN.
I didn't bother to find out the specifics of what happened.

Then he started babbling...
The rapid rise of Starry Sky Games over the past year has certainly attracted many fans, but such rapid rise will naturally make some people unhappy, which is normal.

If the company is operating normally, that's fine, but once related "negative" news appears, things get interesting, whether it's out of jealousy or for traffic.

Given China's massive population, creating a situation where "everyone shouts to kill" is far easier than imagined.

You want to explain? People simply won't listen. Those who would actually listen to your explanation wouldn't be opposing you in the first place. And as more and more mindless trolls emerge, it will quickly escalate into a media storm.

For most companies, it would be difficult to resist such public opinion.

But for the stars...

Chu Chen's previous popularity, the player base covered by StarCraft, and the fact that IGN itself had a bad reputation in the gaming industry due to the cause of this incident.

Especially for players who have actually played "The Last Survival Guide," IGN's score was already absurd, and then there were a bunch of people who hadn't even played the game spouting nonsense, which only made their blood pressure spike. So, a large number of StarCraft fans quickly stepped forward to defend the game.

StarCraft Games has an impressive user base in China, with its StarCraft app consistently boasting millions of daily active users, and games like "Final Battlefront" and "Fate/Grand Order" also having millions of daily active users.

So, after they started to realize it...

Public opinion on the internet began to reverse.

However, as I said before, it's very difficult for ordinary people to fight against online trolls, because they are paid to do so. So, even though there are more people criticizing IGN on the internet now.

However, the overall situation did not present a one-sided atmosphere.

On the contrary, as the "debate" became more and more exaggerated, the media, naturally, were eager to watch the drama unfold and some even stood up for Xingchen.

IGN's credibility under scrutiny again? A 6-point rating reveals the arrogance and prejudice of Western media.

Is the huge gap between player reviews and media scores in "The Last Survival Guide" unfairly unfair?

There were also those who took advantage of the situation to "incite conflict."

A disastrous failure! Chinese-made single-player games suffer a major setback in overseas markets, receiving only a 6 out of 10 rating from IGN!

without any exaggeration.

Because of IGN's 6 rating, the entire Chinese internet is in an uproar.

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In a male dormitory at a university in Shanghai.

Zhou Weiwei angrily slammed his phone onto the bed, the bed board making a dull thud.

"Damn it! These idiots!"

As a loyal StarCraft game player, I started with "Final Battlefront," then moved on to "Fate/Grand Order," and finally, "Final Survival Guide," which amazed me.

He wouldn't say he's a fanatic about Starry Night Games, but he certainly thinks it's one of the few companies in China that takes games seriously.

This feeling became even more pronounced after completing The Last Survival Guide.

If he only felt that Starcraft was relatively dedicated and conscientious when playing mobile games before, this game made him completely convinced of Starcraft's quality.

When he saw Mia rescued and the three of them gazed at the distant city in the morning light, this tall man, standing at 1.8 meters, had tears in his eyes.

After passing the test, he even remarked to his roommate.

"It feels like domestically produced single-player games are really taking off."

On forums and online communities, a large number of people shared similar views with him. In one game forum he frequented, almost everyone was discussing the storyline.

The hottest topic on the forum after the IGN rating.

It's like building an airplane in "The End of the World Survival Guide".

The reason this topic became popular is because someone released an animation showing a plane taking off smoothly, flying a certain distance, and then exploding.

Although the plane eventually exploded in this animation.

However, because the explosion takes longer than most players, and the scenery changes significantly, there is even a close-up of oil leaking before the plane explodes.

(End of this chapter)