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Over the past year, Sony has patented a large number of intangible concepts and technologies. Last month, for example, a mechanic patent for the Death Stranding game, titled "Terrain Radar and Road Construction in a Virtual Environment," was just approved to protect some of the original gameplay systems.
Just a few days ago, another system plan described as "guiding users to play games" was also officially announced. According to the text of the patent, this is a system scheme capable of "teaching the player directly during the game."
At present, this technology is still in the conceptual stage, there are no specific examples and effects to show, and the official does not clearly state when and in what form this technology will be implemented into the game platform, but from the text description given in the patent, we may be able to roughly imagine this "game coach".
According to the introduction, this technology can identify a specific event that the player is working on (such as through a specific scene, challenging the boss, etc.), and preset the corresponding "horizontal threshold" in advance.
Once the player's performance is lower than the set level, the system will save the game video at a specific time point, and in the subsequent playback, the prompt content will be covered above the screen, and if necessary, the corresponding voice prompt will appear, so as to achieve the purpose of guiding the player.
Detailed operation tips will appear on the screen
Obviously, this technology will undoubtedly bring great help to novice players who suffer in difficult games such as "Only Wolf" and "Dark Souls" and can't find the tricks, and for game developers, they can also design more user-friendly game tutorials based on such systems.
A similar system actually appeared in May last year, when Sony announced another system dubbed "Uber", when players encounter difficulties in the game, they can directly seek help from online "game masters", at which time certified professional players will guide players remotely through text, voice, video or directly embedded prompts in the screen.
The official effect sketch, on the right is the operation prompt
Of course, this patent, like online coaches, is currently only in the basic concept stage, and it is not yet certain how and how Sony will implement this function, but for many "handicapped parties" who are willing to try games but are scared off by high difficulty, at least there is a good hope.