Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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Crytek! The Crytek of Crysis!

Girls' Frontline 2 gained more attention by using a deceptive tactic, and the number of pre-registrations successfully reached one million. This time, it really reached one million, unlike the data fabrication of the last time.

For this matter.

Yao Xiaodong personally approved a sum of money and led the scattered bombers in a large-scale team building activity.

"President Yao is indeed a brilliant strategist."

"The collaboration with Crytek immediately stunned the audience."

The team building event was held at a tourist resort near Shanghai.

On the lawn, barbecue, beer, various snacks, and all kinds of food were readily available.

The group ate meat, drank wine, and chatted, creating a very pleasant atmosphere.

Many employees who have been slacking off since the company's inception... ah, no, I mean, who have been working hard all along, have shed tears.

It's been two years.

Finally, we had a celebration banquet.

Everyone is very happy.

However, the copywriting team wasn't so happy.

They stood alone at the edge of the lawn, eating the meat grilled by the programming department while pointing and gesturing at the people in the center of the lawn.

"Hey, thanks to our copywriting team, otherwise we wouldn't have this celebration banquet today."

"That's right. If Sister Qin hadn't said she wanted to create individual character storylines, the game definitely wouldn't be as popular now."

They chimed in, one after another, as if they were the ones in charge of the successful publicity campaign.

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"Come on! Open a bottle of champagne and let's celebrate the successful closed beta test!!"

Yu Zhong had a few drinks and was starting to feel a bit tipsy.

Tong Xian glanced at him, intending to offer some advice.

But in the end, they gave up.

Let's not spoil this wonderful day.

"I haven't felt this relaxed in a long time."

Holding his beer, Tong Xian sighed and found a place to sit down.

Beside him.

An employee was watching a video on his phone, completely absorbed in it.

This aroused Tong Xian's curiosity.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you go get some barbecue skewers?"

Tong Xian didn't know the employee's name, but he knew that the person was from the operations department.

"General Xian!? No, I didn't see anything."

The employee who was looking at his phone was clearly startled to see Tong Xian sitting next to him.

"Haha, no need for a formality, we're all colleagues. Don't be so formal. Come on, let's have a drink together."

Tong Xian doesn't put on airs with ordinary employees.

This state of mind also made the employees who were looking at their phones feel much more relaxed.

Unfortunately, the two didn't know each other and their social statuses were vastly different. After having a drink, they ran out of things to talk about.

Tong Xian then asked again.

What were you looking at just now?

This time, the employee who had been drinking thought for a moment, then opened his phone and handed it to Tong Xian.

Tong Xian was initially very curious, but his curiosity vanished as soon as he saw the video title.

This video is a leaked video of Girls' Frontline 2, deliberately leaked by Tencent's marketing team.

"Why are you looking at this for no reason? Others may not know, but even you, from the operations department, don't know?"

The employee who was drinking scrolled down the comments section of the video.

"I know we released this video ourselves, but hey, please scroll down and read the comments, Mr. Xian."

[You stupid penguin, how dare you blaspheme against 95?!]

What's going on? What kind of plot is this?!

[Oh no, what those beta testers said was actually true?]

The video has a high view count and many comments, but the direction of the comments...

Tong Xian frowned more and more as he looked at it.

He immediately stood up, wanting to confirm with Yu Zhong.

But when he looked up, in the middle of the lawn, Yu Zhong was splashing champagne everywhere and singing a song that only he could probably understand.

Chapter 305 The Truth Can't Be Hidden forever

Yu Zhong, who was opening champagne and singing, did not get the second round of promotional activities.

Instead, it led to a major public relations crisis.

The public relations crisis originated from the leaked gameplay video orchestrated by Tencent Games.

The original plan was to use this gameplay video for both hype and publicity.

In fact.

The first half of this video is indeed quite good.

The carefully edited tactical gameplay has indeed attracted a segment of players.

However, in the latter half of the video, whether it was to showcase the game's features or because the copywriting team was overconfident, they added about 15 minutes of Daiyan's personal storyline.

When the video was first released, it didn't cause much of a reaction.

The first half of the battle video does indeed look like a distorted version of "Girls' Frontline: Companions".

The 3D scenes and characters are also eye-catching, but the individual side stories have received almost no attention.

After all, most players find it difficult to empathize with characters they haven't even played in the game.

But soon.

The video was discovered by players who participated in the closed beta test.

The comments section of the video quickly changed.

[How about that? I told you this plot is garbage and you didn't believe me, but see? I'm not just making this up, that's really how it is.]

Don't just look at the beginning; the real essence is in the end.

[To those who call me a hater, come out and say something!]

Comments like these are springing up like mushrooms after rain.

Actually, during this period of time...

Players who participated in the closed beta and experienced the storyline in depth.

They've wanted to complain about the game's plot for a long time, but due to confidentiality agreements, they haven't been able to express their feelings properly.

Add to that the presence of Tencent's paid trolls, and their statements seem like they're just trying to smear someone for the sake of smearing.

just now.

Thanks to this "brave" person who leaked the video.

They finally have evidence to prove they weren't just making things up; the plot of Girls' Frontline 2 really is outrageous.

Aside from comments.

The appearance of this video also triggered a chain reaction, which is that many players discovered...

It seems that Tencent doesn't really care about leaks.

This video has been out for so long, and it seems like nobody cares.

Thus, this video produced a strange broken window effect.

Just like on a roadside where parking is originally prohibited, if even one person dares to park there, the area behind that car will soon become a parking lot.

Originally, many players who were worried because of the confidentiality agreement started to exert their efforts at this time.

A large number of beta test videos have begun to leak.

These videos are often Daiyan's personal storylines.

However, the plot was leaked.

The emotions of casual players are also getting stronger.

Soon, some plot analysis videos appeared online to help players who were too lazy to watch the story analyze what the current situation was like.

The most insightful video among them was made by a meticulous researcher.

[Who exactly is this Raymond that Daiyan mentioned?]

In this video, this legendary research enthusiast has dug out all the text from the side quest videos that have appeared in the game and started to analyze the details.

According to this player, he originally planned to make a video.

Let's take a comprehensive look at the differences between Girls' Frontline 2's storyline and Battlefront Girls.

But halfway through the analysis, the more I analyzed, the angrier I became, so I posted the current research results for everyone to evaluate.

Once this video appeared, its detailed arguments transformed the contrived and melodramatic plot of the original text into a clear timeline and storyline.

This greatly facilitated onlookers and players in quickly understanding what happened.

As a result, it quickly gained popularity and sparked heated discussions among players.

Many players who participated in the Girls' Frontline 2 closed beta also expressed their opinions, saying that they did feel something was very strange while playing.

Looking back now.

The core issue isn't just that the commander, who is the main character, has no screen time; more importantly, in Daiyan's personal storyline, this guy named Raymond appears far too frequently.

The group then began further analysis of the video and discovered even more absurd things.

They discovered it between the lines.

Despite being a collectible character, Daiyan's personal storyline suggests she has a stronger affinity for Raymond.

If Raymond were a well-designed character in the original story, it would be one thing, even though he still gets criticized, at least the story would have some plausibility.

But unfortunately, Raymond's character is a terrorist.

this...

That's hard to comment on.

However, up to this point, the matter was still in the fermentation stage and had not yet formed a widespread public opinion offensive.

on the one hand.

Girls' Frontline 2 is still in its initial testing phase.

On the other hand, too few players actually participated in the closed beta test.

Even if they expand their influence, the scope of their impact will not be significant in the short term.

At last.

The second half of Daiyan's storyline has not yet been unlocked. Although the possibility is very low, it is not impossible that the second half of the story will have a major plot twist. The production team may also be using a strategy of first suppressing and then elevating the story.

The second half of the story hasn't been revealed yet, so anything can happen.

Many players who support Girls' Frontline 2, as well as administrators of player channels who received marketing funding from Tencent, are using this excuse to fob off players.