Netease's Next-Gen 'Game-X' Will Make Your Dreams Come True, or Something

Chinese game sites are all atwitter with the announcement of an announcement about “Game-X”, the codename for an upcoming 3D game by Netease. That sound vague enough for you? We’ll learn more at the actual announcement on March 30th, but the details that we’ve got now definitely have us interested…and puzzled.

We know it’s a 3D game, and it’s being touted as using “next generation technology” by Netease. We know the theme of the game is “All you ever dreamed of, now made real.” And we’ve got some official images that are pretty puzzling. There is, for example, the above image that appears to show a realistic plane, and then the images below, which seem to depict a fantasy type setting, and then what I would describe as some kind of pollution monster in what looks like ancient Mesopotamia, wielding some kind of sci-fi gun. What the heck is going on here?

OK, so that’s confusing enough. But the game’s official site calls it an MMO, then implies that perhaps it isn’t an MMO in a strange survey for would-be alpha testers, which begins with a question about which game players prefer: God of War (a single-player action game with some light platforming), Devil May Cry (ditto), Uncharted (ditto, although it has multiplayer too) or Metal Gear Solid (single-player stealth).

The survey also asks questions about what you think Game-X might be, and what that image above means. It even asks whether you think Game-X should be an action game, an RTS, an RPG, or an MMORPG. Is it possible that Netease doesn’t even know what Game-X is yet?

Anyway, I suppose we’ll know more next week. Until then, you’re welcome to puzzle over the clues for yourself and try to sign up for the alpha if you can figure out the “correct” answers to the baffling questions.