Chapter 764: Rave reviews!
Translator: Legge Editor: - -
Launch day.
It was still an hour away from launch.
In the morning, Zhang Ye held in his hands the docunts that Fat Sis had sent to him. He went through it several tis in earnest, analyzing the information for dostic sales of puzzle gas in recent years. In the data, it not only included the dostically produced casual puzzle gas, but also an abundance of foreign puzzle ga titles.
Flying Leopard.
Casual dostic puzzle ga.
Price: Free.
Sales numbers: 800 downloads on launch day.
Kamikaze.
Japanese turn-based strategy puzzle ga.
Price: 9 RMB for mobile version. Not available for PC at the mont.
Sales numbers: 16,000 downloads on launch day.
Fishing Master 2.
Country of origin: Arica.
Price: 19 RMB for PC version, 6 RMB for mobile version.
Sales numbers: 95,000 downloads on launch day.
And so on.
This was the current distribution of numbers for the casual dostic puzzle gas in China. It could clearly be seen from the data of the 27 titles of gas the disparity of the dostically made gas to the foreign-made ones. The dostically made ga, Flying Leopard, had apparently taken a year's ti and a cost of 10 million RMB to develop—and was temporarily free to play—only managed a figure of 800 downloads on launch day. Describing it as a miserable result was already a nice way to put it. Then, looking at the foreign-made gas, most of the titles had downloads crossing 10,000 on their release days, with the best perforr being Fishing Master 2, which built on the success of Fishing Master 1. Its popularity showed with their market share in addition to receiving close to 100,000 downloads on launch day. With this montum, Fishing Master 2's sales figures would cross 1 million downloads in only a matter of ti, and shouldn't be difficult to achieve either.
Of course, the results of Fishing Master 2 still couldn't be compared with those large-scale, famous RPG series, among other popular titles. Nor should they be ntioned in the sa breath, since how could you compare a ga that was asured in gabytes to one that was asured in gigabytes? And that was the status of puzzle gas. The Fishing Master series had an absolute dominance in the puzzle gas genre, and was also one of the most popular puzzle gas as well!
After reading through the docunt, Zhang Ye had a heavy heart.
The situation was grim!
The dostic gas market did not have much hope!
Now, it just depended on how Plants vs. Zombies would perform. Not only did he want to make a stand for himself, he also wanted to help dostically made gas make a stand for themselves…Uh, although it was true that Plants vs. Zombies itself was a foreign-made ga to begin with, but then who would know about that in this world?
Hmph!
If this bro says that it is a dostically made ga, then it is a dostically made ga!
You gonna bite ??
...
The countdown toward the release began!
Three minutes.
Two minutes.
One minute.
At 8 AM, Plants vs. Zombies was officially launched as the resources were made available for download in this world, done in accordance to this world's market conditions with a new thod of distribution!
Zhang Ye clicked to download the ga. The internet speed was quite slow and the ga that was only several hundred gabytes actually took five minutes to download and even got stuck at 90% downloaded. Sitting at his computer, Zhang Ye did not feel like there was any progress at all. But unknown to him, at this mont, many other people were experiencing the sa issue!
At a ga download website, an uproar kicked up in the comnts section!
"Why can't Plants vs. Zombies be downloaded!? My gosh!"
"Why don't you try a different downloader? I can download the ga!"
" too, but it's really slow!"
"It's slower than a glacier! What's going on!?"
"Sa for , and I have a fucking 100 Mbps connection! But why does it feel like I am back in the era of dial-up? 5 kilobytes per second? Just how slow can it get!"
"Fuck, there are too many people downloading this!"
"Let's switch to a mirror and try! There should be many other servers providing this ga for download!"
"Don't bother, it's all the sa. I ca over from a different server, but the speed over there is about the sa. Hai, let's just wait a while!"
"Hahaha, my download is done! I'll go ahead and play first!"
"Fuck you, previous poster!"
"*flips table*!"
"What dogshit server is this!"
"Who the hell is causing this internet slowdown in my ho?"
"It's so slow that I'm crying!"
There were countless comnts!
The swearing from tens of thousands of people was a very shocking sight!
...
At Beijing Television Station.
In the program team office of Do You Rember.
A loud shout of surprise rang out in the office. "I succeeded in downloading it!"
It was Hou Ge. After his exclamation, he quickly proceeded to install the ga. It didn't take long for the ga to be installed. Within thirty seconds, he was at the ga's nu.
In that mont, Dafei, Hou Di, Xiao Lu, and a few others all surrounded him imdiately.
Xiao Lu said in frustration, "We're all on the sa network! Why is my download taking so long?"
Hou Ge chuckled, "It's down to character, our character!"
Dafei urged, "Hurry up and start the ga!"
Hou Di said, "I can't wait any longer. Since this ga was produced by Teacher Zhang, it definitely has to be fun! I've even resisted playing the demo!"
Hou Ge clicked his mouse with a swagger. "It's starting, it's starting!"
The ga comnced!
Unlike the demo, this full version of Plants vs. Zombies did not bring the player directly into the ga mode. Instead, there was a tutorial mode to help players beco familiarized with ga, and the ga character that appeared to guide the player made Xiao Lu, Dafei, and everyone else freeze!
Was this Zhang Ye?
An NPC?
Crazy Zhang Ye?
Looking at that 2D cartoon character that vaguely resembled like Zhang Ye, everyone suddenly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Why is Teacher Zhang also appearing in the ga as a guest character!"
"Seems like this video ga company really respects Teacher Zhang a lot."
"No duh. This ga was designed by Zhang Ye in the first place. Do you think it would be difficult for him to make an appearance in it?"
"Hehehe, Teacher Zhang's pretty smart about it, even endorsing himself all the way into the ga. Can you imagine if this ga really blows up? How much would Teacher Zhang's popularity increase by? This is goddamn equivalent to pervasive soft advertising for him. You can't shut him out even if you wanted to!"
"I was still wondering why Teacher Zhang crossed over to making gas. So it was because he had ulterior motives instead. Who says that Teacher Zhang is being too much of a jack of all trades? In fact, I think that rather than a jack of all trades, he knows exactly what he is doing. Even though taking the bar exam and making gas do not seem like logical moves, all those activities actually affect his popularity and exposure to the dia!"
"Stop rambling and just play the ga!"
...
Peking University.
School had reopened, but on this day, the campus was quieter than usual. The people who would usually take a stroll beside the artificial lake were nowhere to be seen.
So students who were passing by the area were surprised at this.
"Eh, why is it so quiet around here today?"
"Everyone's in their dorms."
"In their dorms? Aren't they going to get breakfast?"
"Don't you know? Today is the launch day of Plants vs. Zombies!"
"Aiyo! It's today?"
"So do you understand now? Teacher Zhang has always been good to us in the past, teaching us his knowledge and leading us to scold the foreign dignitaries. Even during the recent student recruitnt, he helped Peking University stop Tsinghua University's antics. Knowing this, who among us do not appreciate him? Who wouldn't be moved? We don't know when Teacher Zhang can co back to teach us. Since he's releasing a new product now, we must support him even if it kills us! The Vice Chairman of the Student Council of Peking University and a few other officers of the council have already started calling on everyone to show their support for Plants vs. Zombies!"
"That's right! I won't acknowledge any teachers in the school except Zhang Ye!"
"We must give our support! No two ways about it!"
"Fuck, I better get back to my room then! I have to download the ga and purchase a serial code as well!"
...
At one of the female dormitories.
Crosstalk actor Yao Jiancai's daughter, Yao Mi, had already started playing Plants vs. Zombies with a few of her friends. All that could be heard coming from the dorm room were exclamations, laughter, and excited voices.
"Aiya, the zombie is approaching, it's approaching!"
"Are you stupid! Plant the Peashooter!"
"Haha, you got the zombie! Ah, another wave is coming!"
"Ah, I don't have enough 'sun' anymore! I have no resources!"
"Why are you guys so terrible? I've already passed the third level!"
Yao Mi was the first to pass the first three levels of the ga. After she had completed the third level, a popup appeared and prompted her to enter a serial code. She needed to buy a serial code before she could continue playing. Without even hesitating, Yao Mi imdiately made the paynt online. It was only a few yuan, an amount that not too many people would care about. Afterwards, she continued clicking her mouse excitedly as she began the fourth level. The more she played, the more addicted and excited she got!
"This is so fun!"
"I can't stop at all!"
"Mimi, tell us why our Teacher Zhang Ye is so aweso!"
...
A video ga company in Beijing.
The Gaming Research Departnt employees had arrived early for work today. No one was idle as all of them were here to do the sa thing: download Plants vs. Zombies! Other people might play gas for entertainnt and leisure, but for them, it was for work, in order to learn from the experience of others.
In the office, the ga's soundtrack reverberated.
"Hai, the full version of the ga is quite different from the demo!"
"You've only just realized? There are so many ga modes, but they're still grayed out at the mont!"
"The levels are also different. They're much richer than in the demo. I was just ntioning that if the levels are just going to continue on so monotonously, the repetitive levels will surely cause gaplay fatigue. But after I said that, the next level imdiately went into night mode. There's a difference in the strategy of fighting and the type of plants that can be planted in night mode as compared to day mode? How interesting!"
"The person who designed this ga must definitely be an expert! If you go on further in the ga, there's even a pool mode. Reading from the introduction, there's also a roof mode. There are different strategies for fighting in each mode, so not only does that increase the playability of the ga, it also does not cause gaplay fatigue to the player! Is…is this really a creation of Zhang Ye's? Without seven or eight years of experience in ga design, how can he possibly have grasped the mind of a player so well? The demo was already amazing, but this full version is even better. After completing a level, I want to go on to the next one imdiately. I think that after this level, it's be enough. But then sohow, I still go ahead and click to start the next level!"
"If this ga doesn't go viral, I could never justify that!"
"Zhang Ye is indeed just like his reputation!"
"Who knows, Plants vs. Zombies could really lead the charge for our dostically developed video gas!"
"This is such a godly ga! It's really too goddamn godly! There's actually a day when our dostically made gas could co up with such a godly work!? How encouraging!"
The industry insiders were exploding with excitent!
The Internet also exploded with comnts from the netizens!
"This is so fun!"
"So the demo really was just the tip of the iceberg!"
"Is this really a ga made by a dostic video ga company? Did Zhang Ye really co up with the entire design of this ga? This is too incredible! I can't believe this!"
"A boost for our dostically made gas!"
"I've already recomnded it to friends and relatives!"
"This ga truly is constantly full of surprises! The more I play it, the more fun I have!"
There were also celebrities who posted on Weibo.
A C-list singer nad Wang Qiqi posted a link to Plants vs. Zombies with the accompanying words: "It's so good I'm crying!"
A movie star nad Chen Qi posted: "Recomnding a good ga my friend recomnded to . It's called Plants vs. Zombies. Please support dostically made gas!"
Zhang Ye did not know those two people, neither had he co across them before. The reason for their recomndation posts was clearly because this ga had truly touched them.
Naturally, Zhang Ye's friends did not idle around either.
Chen Guang and Fan Wenli highly recomnded it!
Yao Jiancai highly recomnded it!
Dong Shanshan highly recomnded it!
At the sa ti, the dia was also making its moves!
A few video ga websites had already published their analyses and review of the full version of Plants vs. Zombies. The reviews were very good, just like how the industry insiders rated it! Websites, newspapers, and other entertainnt dia's reporters did not idle around either. A puzzle ga that clearly had nothing to do with the entertainnt circle had actually been pushed to the front page or into the headlines as the topic generated massive interest! It was like a wildfire!
"An amazing, classic dostically created puzzle ga! "
"Can Zhang Ye continue writing his cross-industry legend?"
"So industry insiders frank opinions: Not optimistic of Plants vs. Zombies' sale figures!"
"Good but unable to attract an audience?"
"A legend of a dostically made puzzle video ga might have begun! "
"Possibility of poor sales? Don't be too pessimistic, don't speak too soon, just rember! The creator of this ga is—Zhang, Zhang Ye! "
"The turnaround of dostically made video gas? "
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