Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 386 The Wind Has Changed
Kenji Sato's live stream is not an isolated case.

Within just a few hours of the new version of FGO being released, the entire Japanese game streaming community was ignited by this mode called "The Fake Holy Grail Feast".

There's no way around it, this thing is just perfect for creating buzz during live streams.

In its previous life, "Goose and Duck Killing" had a peak concurrent online user count of 70, and related videos on Bilibili have been viewed over 50 billion times.

Among Us PC game sales exceeded 1000 million copies, peak Twitch viewership reached 53, and the mobile version saw 7600 million downloads in a single month, with 27% of those downloads coming from the United States.
The two games follow essentially the same path to success.

The streamers always play the game first, and then the game sells like hotcakes.

On this basis, "FGO Kill" has a large player base. For example, if Honor of Kings had created the auto chess game first, its popularity would have far surpassed the original.

Secondly, the gameplay is completely free.

Then, the game's tutorial for beginners is more comprehensive and has a lower barrier to entry.

Finally, this gameplay also benefits from the IP's appeal and the official "livestream incentives" from StarCraft.

IP enhancement, official support, zero barriers to entry, high level of fun...

When several elements are combined, the effect is not addition, but exponential multiplication.

It's no longer a question of whether it will become popular.

The real question is how popular it will become and how long it will remain popular.

No one can answer this question right now, but it's clear that Starry Night Games is still adding fuel to the fire.

Among all the "FGO Killing" live streams worldwide, the one with the highest viewership and the most online viewers is the official FGO live stream from Starry Night.

Xingchen went all out for this live stream.

They didn't do online live streaming; instead, they did offline live streaming.

The entire studio was designed in the style of the Fuyuki City Church, the scene where players start in the game, with dim yellow light shining through stained glass windows onto a huge solid round table in the center.

In the middle of the spacious church, a large round table recreating the style of the game was placed.

Around the round table were Ayako Kawasumi, Noriaki Sugiyama, Kana Ueda, Junichi Suwabe, Maaya Sakamoto, Rie Takahashi, Yu Asakawa, Kenichi Suzumura, Aoi Yuki...

It almost includes all the main voice actors and popular voice actors from FATE.

The most outrageous thing was that a "priest's seat" was specially set up next to the host.

Joji Nakata sat upright with a glass of red wine in front of him, and slowly announced the start of the live broadcast in Kirei Kotomine's voice.

"Gentlemen, the banquet of the false Holy Grail is about to begin. Tonight, whose faith will come to an end?"

Given this setting, this personnel configuration, and this opening statement.

The popularity of the live stream skyrocketed, jumping from 500,000 pre-registrations to 1.5 million in an instant, and is still climbing at a terrifyingly rapid pace.

【Wait, did I wander into the wrong movie set? What an amazing cast!】

[Nakata Joji! Hahaha, the official meme is the most lethal! So entertaining!]

[I can't believe it! Did they bring the entire Holy Grail War to the studio?!]

The density of the bullet comments has reached such a level that the transparency needs to be lowered to see the screen clearly.

Besides the official channels.

Basically, almost every Japanese blogger uses FGO covers, giving off a feeling similar to how, after the release of Black Myth, everything was Black Myth.
That evening, Bilibili, YouTube, and Nico Nico Douga joined the frenzy, with countless bloggers updating their videos of playing "Holy Grail War." There was no way around it.

This type of game is a typical example of a game where watching others play is more fun than playing it yourself.

Some people were chased and cursed as "werewolfs" the whole time because of their poor acting skills; some people used their silver tongues to distort the truth and stage a comeback; and some people played games together, but ended up turning against each other and exchanging insults over a game.

Various hilarious, dramatic, and unpredictable live stream clips began to spread virally on the Japanese internet.

The hashtag #FakeHolyGrailWar# has once again topped the trending searches on Japanese Twitter.

But this time, clicking through didn't reveal those "heartbreaking" manifestos and uniformly formatted negative reviews, but rather a sea of ​​joy.

"[Hilarious] How bad is your friend's acting when he's a werewolf?"

"[Amazing Reversal! A Five-Minute Guide to Understanding C-Mom's Thousand-Layered Tactics!]"

"【Team Up】Anyone want to team up? Looking for someone who's lying! I only know how to do quests!"

As for the 5ch anonymous forum, those posts with negative news and angry comments have long since sunk to the bottom, replaced by new posts that have sprung up everywhere.

[Guide] Analysis of all Heroic Spirits' Skills and Faction Gameplay in "The Feast of the Pseudo-Holy Grail"!

[Rant] Someone please take care of Gilgamesh!!! Why do all the actors who play this role look so smug?!
Incidentally, if we retrieve the backend data from the current location...

It can be observed that the number of text-based and voice-based matches is almost equal. Most new players choose text-based matches when matching, as text-based matches are more beginner-friendly than voice-based matches.

On the one hand, the system will automatically block profanity.

On the other hand, the emotional expression conveyed by written words is weaker.

However, after a few rounds of text-based games, many players quickly became familiar with the rules and started trying voice-based games.

This actually confirms some of the things Chu Chen had thought about before, namely that for players, a game that only has voice chat from the start has too high a barrier to entry.

It's easy for new players to find themselves clueless when they first log in, unsure of what to say, and getting criticized by others.

However, after becoming familiar with the rules...

Most players will actively choose voice chat because voice chat can bring a stronger effect and a better experience, especially since the phone's built-in microphone also solves the hardware problem.

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Time flew by as the anniversary update for FGO was rapidly unfolding, and the next day arrived.

At 11 a.m., in an expensive office building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Takahashi yawned and slowly strolled into the office of the Japan Game Industry Association.

Don't be fooled by this; the Japan Game Industry Association is a makeshift organization with fewer than 10 people in total.

But the office was decorated quite nicely.

Takahashi values ​​the "skin" he wears quite a bit, and this extends beyond just the office decor.

His attire was also very stylish.

He wore a well-tailored suit, his hair was combed meticulously with hair wax, and the Rolex on his wrist gleamed calmly under the light.

If he didn't speak, his demeanor would be quite intimidating.

Unfortunately, arriving at work at 11 a.m. and immediately heading to his office with a coffee revealed the true nature of this company.

Moreover, Takahashi himself was far from as calm as he appeared on the surface.

(End of this chapter)