Fang Xi was in the last time and space when he was in college. In fact, in the early 10's of the 21st century, the game as a whole revolved around two terms: symmetry and asymmetry.

Some gamers introduced symmetry into the game, so competitive games were born. The characteristic of this kind of game is "symmetry". The players on both sides are like mirrors. I also have the hero skills and equipment you have. I have the final decision. The outcome depends on the understanding of the operations of both players.

On this, moba games, fighting games, and counter-strike in FPS are the representatives of this series.

Relatively speaking, "asymmetry" is the relativity of symmetry, which is easy to understand, that is, the fundamental inequality between the two parties in the fight. A typical example is the "Soul Like" category. It doesn't hurt or itch if you cut the boss. The boss sits on you and the soul flies to the west. Strictly speaking, many early mmo online games are asymmetrical games on the copy-push boss.

Although this asymmetrical competitive process may be full of hardship and torture, but in the same way, how much discomfort the player has suffered when being abused by the boss, then the sense of accomplishment gained when defeating the boss is high.

And there is a small category in this, that is, asymmetry is not necessarily the overwhelming strength of the boss. Later, many producers have also discovered that the process of getting stronger and overthrowing the boss is very cool, but occasionally change the taste. Pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, put the player on the strong side, so that the player can perform fancy humiliation on the boss, and the player gets a lot of happiness.

What impressed Fang Xi in this type of game was probably the Prototype series, or better to say, the Boss Toss. This game will organically combine development and boss battles through the free sandbox. Players can be in the entire sandbox. Become stronger, wait until it reaches the limit of growth, and then push the boss horizontally. This is also a gameplay that many gamers have referenced later. Before this game, Japan also had this kind of reverse asymmetric game, that is, at that time The famous "Zhen Wushuang Mowing", players can walk sideways in the game as long as they can press the handle. Fighting the enemy is really the same as mowing the grass. You can harvest it piece by piece wherever you go.

However, this kind of game is still too far away at present, because it is like asymmetrical, as long as the level and the value are balanced, and then the smoothness and feel of the game are polished step by step, and perfect optimization for the operation is almost the same, but If you turn the powerful into the player side, the production of this game will be more difficult, because in terms of values, you need to make a ladder data model to ensure that the player will not get bored. At the same time, you need to tap other highlights of the game to let the player. It won't be boring. In short, Fang Xi doesn't plan to do it now. Now let's start with an asymmetric game to see the market reaction.

So Boss Fang dialed Lu Tao's phone directly:

"New game preparation, come quickly."

Then less than a minute later, Lu Tao knocked on Fang Xi's office door.

Entering the door, Lu Tao leaned his knees with both hands, took a couple of breaths to make his breathing smooth, and stretched out his hands: "Boss, don't say anything, what about planning the case?"

Fang Xi blinked in confusion, "What scheme?"

Lu Tao touched his head and didn't know how to describe it:

"It's the plan that you would give away every time there is a new game boss."

"It's said that as long as there is a plan, the pig can follow it to make a successful game plan."

Fang Xi keenly discovered the blind spot: "So, are you a pig?"

Lu Tao was speechless for a while, and quickly shook his head to indicate that of course not.

"Then it's over." Fang Xi clapped his hands and made a final conclusion: "Then you don't need this thing now."

"This time I came here to mention something to you and give you this idea, so that in the future this game will be your game, and you can write your name in the column of producer."

"Of course you can also insist on planning." Fang Xi also gave another choice: "Now you go back and wait for a week, and come over to lead the plan instead, but of course I will be the producer of the game that comes out. "

"The way is for you, then you can choose by yourself." After saying that, Fang Xi went to open the cupboard where he kept the tea set, and searched for tea while humming a little song.

Listening to Fang Xi's humming, Lu Tao found that Fang Xi seemed to be in a good mood, hesitated and asked, "Boss, don't you worry about me getting up and flying solo?"

Hearing what Lu Tao said, Fang Xi turned around and took a serious look at Lu Tao, then sneered: "What about flying solo, don't have the Hongyi brand on your body too deep, although I don't care about it, but after you go out, it's nothing more than two. This kind of evaluation. If you succeed, the media will say that you learned a lot in Hongyi. If you fail, they will only fall into the dark and say that you were in Hongyi with a big tree back to enjoy the coolness. Now you come out and know how many catties you have Are you two?"

Turning back, Fang Xi took a serious look at the tea pots Xiaolan had sorted out, and chose a Maojian green tea.

"Although I don't care about this, I think you may not want to be behind me all the time, and..." Fang Xi smiled and asked:

"Lu Tao, guess which is the most successful game in my heart?"

Hearing Fang Xi's question, Lu Tao thought for a while, and tentatively replied, "Eternal? Or else, it's an assassin."

Fang Xi shook his head, and at the same time, he thought that Lu Tao really didn't care about what he usually said was a first-class company as a standard.

"I think the most successful one is of course the Honghu platform. The success of a game will also bring a trend, but a successful platform can bring up the development of an industry, and the opening of a game era cannot rely on only one or two 3A masterpieces. Through the Honghu platform, people who concentrate on making games have food to eat. Producers who can’t support themselves can find their friends here. No matter how unpopular they are, they can find their favorite games here. This is the charm of this platform. "

After talking about a long list of Fang Xi's mouth, he also had a bit of dry mouth, and drank a bit of hot tea, and concluded:

"So I don't want you to become my clones one by one. I hope you can gradually understand what a successful popular game will look like under my guidance, and eventually be able to independently make the game you want to make, and be able to Lead the wave of games."

Speaking of this, Fang Xi's demeanor was quite leisurely. He took the lid of the teacup and brushed off the foam of some tea and said:

"So tell me your choice, you can stay here now, I will tell you the outline of the game, and then you can play as much as you like."

"You can also go back and wait a week for a plan, and then be my best deputy."

"First, let me explain that there is no difference between the advantages and disadvantages of these two options. My deputy's requirements are also very high. Now only you are qualified for the entire company."

"So come on and tell me your choice."