Steve Gray——世界頂級制作人之一,他曾擔任《指環王》系列等游戲的創意工作,也是百威“螞蟻”系列廣告的制作人,更是數字娛樂技術領域的尖端領袖。這位大師級的人物已于今年加盟渡口網絡科技有限公司,現在讓我們來看看來到渡口的他帶給大家怎樣的驚喜……
問:您加入渡口也有一段時間了,通過這段時間的醞釀,不知您或者渡口會有怎樣精彩的作品帶給大家呢?
Steve:Soon after I joined Ferry we released the Beijing 2008 Olympics game, now we're very excited about the War of Heroes Open Beta - and later this year we will bring Maypan to the Chinese Players. It's very exciting that in my first year we will release three new products. Next year we plan to do even better!
(就在我加入渡口不久后,我們就發售了《北京奧運2008》游戲。令人振奮的是,最近我們的《魔神爭霸》將迎來公測。我們將在今年的晚些時候,把《石器世界》這款游戲帶給廣大中國玩家。來到渡口的頭一年就能做到三款新產品這讓我非常興奮,明年我們計劃做得更好!)
問:那我在這里提前祝你們能獲得成功!你提到的《石器世界》,相信很多玩家會挺感興趣的,您能向我們介紹下這款游戲嗎?
Steve:Maypan is a really fun MMORPG based in the distant past. I really like the fun art style and great character designs. Maypan also has a really good "Pet System". I think Players will really enjoy growing and training their Pets.
(《石器世界》是一款非常有趣的以遠古時代為背景的MMORPG(大型多人在線角色扮演游戲)。我非常中意它有趣的美術風格和良好的角色設計。非常棒的寵物系統是《石器世界》的另一大特點。我覺得玩家們會沉浸于如何飼養以及馴化他們的寵物中。)
問:那么這應該是款今年很流行的寵物網游啦!我們知道,今年有不少寵物網游上市,這款《石器世界》與其他同類型游戲相比有什么不同之處呢?
Steve:Maypan's Pet System is much more interesting and varied than most other Pet Systems. There are lots of possible outcomes for how you feed and train your pets. This variety is very important to the fun of Maypan.
(《石器世界》的寵物系統更有趣并且比起其他寵物系統變化更多樣。玩家不同的飼養及馴化寵物方式會得到各種不同的結果。這些豐富的變化是使得石器有意思的重點。)
問:聽起來真有趣,不同的方式造就不同的寵物啊!這個寵物系統還有什么有意思的設置沒?
Steve:I'll tell you my two favorite features about Maypan's Pet System. 1) You can get monsters as Pets!!! All of you should definitely play the game just to use this feature. 2) There are Pet Battles, this is also very fun to test out how well you have grown your Pet.
(我來告訴你我最喜歡的石器寵物系統的兩點:1)怪物也可以當作寵物!!!我保證,沖著這點你們就會來玩這個游戲。2)游戲里有寵物搏斗,這同樣也是非常有趣的,可以測試出如何更好地飼養你的寵物。)
問:呵呵,聽了這么多,真的很心動啊!不知道您盛贊的這款《石器世界》什么時候會和大家見面呢?我已經很想試試了?
Steve:You will still have to wait at least a few more months, but we are working on it very hard!!
(可能你還要再多等一段時間,不過我們一定盡力讓他早點和大家見面!)
問:對于這款《石器世界》,您能否向我們預期下它的市場目標?
Steve:I think more importantly what is our goal for the Players of Maypan, and that is an easy answer - To have as much fun as possible!!
(我認為將如何使石器玩家獲得更大的滿足作為目標更重要一些,同時這也是一個很簡單的答案 --- 盡可能的得到更多快樂!)
問:謝謝您接受我們的訪問!我們非常期待這款《石器世界》能創造網游界的神話,并開辟出一個新的世界。(小聲)內測的時候,您可一定要幫我留個內測號啊?!
Steve:No problem!
(沒問題!)
(2008-10-10)