Chapter 185 Ghost General 2

Seeing that everyone was present, Pei Qian cleared his throat and went straight to the point, "The development cycle for this project is five months. Since we don't have much time, we won't be making any particularly large games."

"I've been looking around, and it seems like Tenda hasn't made a fighting game yet. So, let's make this project a fighting game."

"Yu Fei, you're the lead designer, so tell us what you're thinking."

The atmosphere in the room instantly became awkward.

Yu Fei looked incredulously from side to side, then pointed at himself, "Me?"

Pei Qian nodded, "Is there another Yu Fei here?"

Yu Fei was speechless and nearly performed a triple denial.

"President Pei, I'm just a substitute!"

"The design document for *Eternal Reincarnation* was written by Hu Xianbin before I took over!"

"Besides, I've never even played a fighting game. What ideas could I possibly have?"

Pei Qian frowned slightly, "You're being too modest. What do you mean you've never played a fighting game? I don't believe you never smashed a few rounds of *Quan Ba* with your classmates when you were a kid."

Yu Fei was momentarily speechless.

Indeed, it would be a bit of a stretch to say that someone of their age had never played a single fighting game. After all, fighting games were popular all over the country when they were kids, whether in arcades or on home consoles. Most people had played a little bit.

Moreover, in high school and college, there were many similar arcade emulators on computers, and it was common to have a few rounds of noob-on-noob fights with classmates.

But what did playing a few rounds matter for a game like a fighting game? It was no different from being a complete novice!

Yu Fei continued to shake his head, "President Pei, if you want to be picky about words, then yes, I have played a few rounds. But my understanding of fighting games is limited to knowing that these games have move lists and that I can barely pull off a fireball. As for things like neutral game, mix-ups, and combos, I'm completely clueless!"

Hearing this, Pei Qian's eyes lit up.

"Oh? You even know those concepts? Not bad, you already know a lot. That's more than enough to make this fighting game!"

As far as Pei Qian was concerned, he had never heard of any of the terms that Yu Fei had mentioned.

Actually, Pei Qian was worried that if Yu Fei didn't understand fighting games at all and had no concept of them, the project might not be completed at all.

Now it seemed that there shouldn't be too many problems.

Anyway, as long as Yu Fei knew these basic concepts and understood a little bit, that was enough. Getting the game made and not delaying it was the best result.

Completely ignorant was no good; knowing too much was also no good.

Someone like Yu Fei, who only had a very superficial understanding, was just right.

Yu Fei's lips twitched slightly, "President Pei, don't make fun of me! Even if you want to give me confidence, you don't have to say that I know enough!"

"Besides, I only heard people mention these concepts when I happened to be watching videos online. I don't even understand what they mean!"

"I wrote the story for *Eternal Reincarnation* and the design document. I can barely accept subbing in for that, but a fighting game, this..."

Yu Fei felt that this matter was so outrageous that he didn't know what to say.

Who does things like this!

*Eternal Reincarnation* was one thing, since Yu Fei was the original author of the story, and he was also a fan of action games himself, and he knew a lot about the content of *Repent and be Saved*. Plus, Hu Xianbin had already written the design document. It was fine for him to come over and handle some minor details.

But this was a fighting game!

He didn't understand it at all!

Moreover, Yu Fei felt that he was about to leave, and Hu Xianbin was about to come back and take over.

Asking me to talk about my views on fighting games at this time? What can I say?

Yu Fei felt that he was shouldering pressure that he shouldn't have at his age.

Pei Qian chuckled.

The more Yu Fei resisted, the more it meant that he didn't understand the matter and lacked confidence.

In that case, he had to squeeze some good ideas that would inevitably lose money out of him!

In the conference room, the other designers felt a little sorry for Yu Fei's plight.

Wasn't this a bit too much of a forced march?

Although President Pei's starting point was good – he hoped that Yu Fei could gain some growth in the process of being a substitute lead planner – after all, President Pei had always required this of every lead planner. But... Yu Fei was just an ordinary person with no professional experience. It was normal for him to have nothing to say about a game genre that he didn't understand.

So, someone wanted to raise their hand and share their opinion. On the one hand, they wanted to answer President Pei's question, and on the other hand, they hoped to give Yu Fei a little inspiration.

Of course, none of the designers present were particularly knowledgeable about fighting games.

Although many players had played fighting games, only a very few were truly specialized. The staff in Tenda Games' department were generally young, and there was no such talent.

Seeing the other designers itching to speak, Pei Qian raised his hand, "Don't interrupt, I just want to hear Yu Fei's ideas."

He looked at Yu Fei again, "Don't be self-deprecating and afraid of losing face. Actually, every idea has its merits. Because you don't understand, many ideas will be more constructive and valuable."

"Don't worry, Tenda's tradition is to speak freely. No one will laugh at you if you're wrong."

Yu Fei was a bit speechless.

President Pei had said so much, it was really pointless to refuse any further.

Thinking of this, Yu Fei reluctantly nodded, "Okay, then I'll just say whatever comes to mind."

"I think, if we really have to make a fighting game, Tenda has a relatively unique advantage, which is the IPs that it controls."

"Fighting games are also a genre that pays a lot of attention to IPs. Tenda can actually add classic characters from many successful games, such as Yun Que, the Warden of Hell, and some popular hero characters from *GOG*, such as Modest, to the fighting game, making it a kind of all-star battle."

"That way, we should be able to maximize the expansion of the player base and avoid not recouping costs because fighting games are too niche."

After tentatively speaking, Yu Fei looked cautiously at President Pei.

However, he soon felt a "thump" in his heart, because although President Pei's expression didn't change much, he seemed to be unable to hide his disappointment!

"As expected, my suggestion is still too unprofessional..." Yu Fei was a little melancholy.

Pei Qian was indeed very disappointed. He didn't expect Yu Fei to come up with such a seemingly reliable plan.

If he developed along the lines of Yu Fei's idea, wouldn't he be making a game like *Tenda All-Stars*?

That was absolutely not allowed!

If he really did that, most of the die-hard fans would definitely add it to their library. It might not make a fortune, but it definitely wouldn't lose money.

Moreover, various games would definitely link up as a matter of course, and *GOG* wouldn't sit idly by.

Pei Qian really didn't want to use the existing IPs at hand, but specifically why couldn't he use them? It would be best to find a suitable reason.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Ah, sorry, I forgot to mention something just now."

"Actually, we've always had a very important player group, which is the old players of *Ghost General*."

"These players can be said to be true fans. As early as when there were only two people in Tenda, they had already become our players and are true veteran-level pioneers."

"So many years have passed. Although *Ghost General* has also updated some general cards and slightly improved the gameplay of card games, it's still the same old thing, and they're tired of playing it."

"Under such circumstances, the players are still loyal, which is really touching."

"I think, developing *Ghost General 2* for them can also repay the old players for their support and expectations."

"So let's use *Ghost General* as the background for this game!"

Pei Qian had specifically looked at the data for *Ghost General*. To this day, there was still a small group of die-hard fans playing it. He really couldn't understand what was driving them to be so persistent.

You know, the gameplay of *Ghost General* was nothing more than grinding data and drawing cards, and the probability of drawing cards wasn't that difficult. In an almost completely desireless situation, these people could still log in every day to do activities, which was really incredible.

So Pei Qian thought about it, and since it's so difficult for them, let's just reward them with a fighting game!

Anyway, there's absolutely no way that *Ghost General 2* could be made into a card mobile game. With Tenda's current R&D capabilities, they would definitely create a money-sucking demon that would sweep the mobile game circle.

Even if they didn't make a paid gacha system, but continued the buy-out + lifetime card fee from *Ghost General*, as long as the player base was large enough, it would be a very terrible income.

But letting card mobile game players play fighting games?

That was definitely a mismatch.

This behavior could be said to kill three birds with one stone.

First, nominally release a sequel for *Ghost General*, giving the loyal old players an explanation;

Second, change from a card game to a fighting game, which can wash away all the old players of *Ghost General*;

Finally, using this background setting can also smoothly dispel Yu Fei and others' idea of making *Tenda All-Stars*.

Then, they could say to the old players of *Ghost General*: You've been urging *Ghost General 2*, didn't we make it for you!

What? You want a card mobile game?

Hey, aren't all games the same to play? Look at this fighting game, how exquisite the graphics are, how smooth the attack actions are, how beautiful the special effects are. Isn't it much more fun than a card game?

What? Your hands are crippled? Can't play? Can't experience the fun?

Are your hands crippled? Is that my fault?

I made it for you, but you don't like to play it, what does it have to do with me?

This scene, just thinking about it is a bit beautiful.