Chinese Video/Computer Games
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Youtuber played a demo of Blood Message and confirms it is the real deal.
This is important because on Chinese social media, reactions to the trailer and gameplay footage are actually quite cynical, with many comments about how it was all probably pre-rendered and China still does not have the technical knowhow to make AAA games. The game being made by Netease probably didn't help.
But regardless as with AI it is funny that statistically Chinese consumption of foreign products is dropping like a rock, but online many Chinese still rail against the quality of domestic products. Regardless of sentiments devs doing their thing and marching foward is all that matters. I wish the devs of this game all the best!
But regardless as with AI it is funny that statistically Chinese consumption of foreign products is dropping like a rock, but online many Chinese still rail against the quality of domestic products. Regardless of sentiments devs doing their thing and marching foward is all that matters. I wish the devs of this game all the best!
It is mostly due to NetEase's reputation, so many dramas.
It's because it was developed by NetEase that it's facing a credibility crisis.
But as far as I know, NetEase and the development team are very serious about it; this is a gamble for the NetEase vice president's dream and for NetEase to redeem itself.
It's most likely unreal engine 5 anyway, haven't heard anything about it being an inhouse engine like where winds meet. So with unreal engine 5 all they really need is a good art direction and good 3d artists.
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Did some googling and its powered by unreal 5 engine.
Netease made Marvel Rivals, so they've already proved they can make AAA games. (Rather its still Tencent that needs to prove they can come out with good IPs.) Although the game isn't that popular in China, so I guess most people haven't gotten the memo yet.
It's specifically cinematic AAA games like Black Myth Wukong or the God of War-style games that people are still skeptical about. To add to this, there has only been one domestic game that managed to do that so far, and that was Black Myth Wukong, which was made by a bunch of ex-Tencent devs. It's hard for people to put trust in NetEase or Tencent when it comes to these types of games due to their long history of drama and built-up distrust from the community.
I will say, though, the new NetEase CEO has been doing very well as seen with Marvel Rivals, and if their Blood Message game succeeds, then we can potentially see our own version of Naughty Dogs and an even stronger push towards cinematic AAA games.
Players outside of China may not be aware that Where Winds Meet was initially marketed as a AAA single-player game, but the company later backtracked on that claim, which had a significant negative impact on NetEase’s reputation in China.
Many players directly accused the company of fraud because of this, especially since the early versions of Where Winds Meet were of poor quality, which only reinforced that impression.
Similar promotional mishaps also occurred with "Justice Online" and "Naraka: Bladepoint," NetEase’s operations and marketing efforts have largely undermined the performance of the development teams.