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On March 15, Ubisoft’s new masterpiece "Tom Clancy: The Division 2" was officially released. For the development and production of this work, Ubisoft invested a lot of manpower and material resources, just participating in the game development process The studios include Ubisoft Annecy Studio, Red Storm Studio, Reflections Studio, Ubisoft Bucharest Studio and Ubisoft Shanghai Studio. The entire project is led by Ubisoft's Swedish Malmö Studio. Among the many game development studios listed above, there is one studio we want to focus on, and that is Red Storm studio. The "Tom Clancy" series of games originally came from this studio, because of this One of the founders of this studio is Tom Clancy himself. Although many players may have played a lot of games in the "Tom Clancy" series, they are not quite sure about why there is such a prefix in the title of the game. Today we will focus on Tom Clancy and his person Its matter.
Tom Clancy and the military novel
Tom Clancy (Tom Clancy) was born in 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He has been passionate about the military since he was a child. He wanted to join the army when he graduated from college, but was caught by vision problems. The army turned away. To survive, Tom Clancy joined Baltimore's real estate stock insurance company after graduation and became a little-known insurance broker. However, his love for the military did not disappear because of his failure to join the army. Instead, he found another platform to give full play to his hobby, that is, writing. In 1984, Tom Clancy published the first novel in his life, "The Hunt for the Red October". Because of its vast layout and majestic momentum, it is very important for military weapons, terrorist operations, national intelligence systems, and global strategic relations. The description is realistic and detailed. "The Hunt for Red October" quickly became popular as soon as it was published. It reached the top of the bestseller list. Since then, it has also opened Tom Clancy's uncontrollable military novel writing career. By the way, the domestic "Hunt and Kill Red October" was translated by "Juzuo" Zhang Zhaozhong.
In the days that followed, Clancy launched his military novels at a publication rate of almost one per year, and almost every book became a bestseller at the time. The themes of his novels are mostly closely related to the current political situation. The characters in his works, whether they are doctors, engineers, soldiers or intelligence agents, are firm, loving, patriotic, and decent. He never intersperses pornographic scenes of , pictures, and images, and in the book, "My Book" Here must adhere to a principle: never write things that make people blush." Although this master of military fiction has no practical experience in military life, he relies on his rich cultivation and deep understanding of technology, politics and military A lifelike and exciting adventure story. The vivid and detailed descriptions involving military and national defense intelligence operations and terrorist organization activities have even attracted the close attention of relevant units. Clancy’s familiarity with military technology, his insight and foresight into the political situation is indeed surprising. What’s even more surprising is that the detailed technical data and inside information he described in the book are all based on Open source media such as newspapers, television, and the Internet, rather than a secret intelligence agency from the United States as rumored to the outside world.
Tom Clancy’s reputation reached the culmination of the "9.11" terrorist attacks in the United States, because Clancy’s 1996 book "Presidential Orders" published a description of terrorists driving Boeing 747s as suicidal. The plot of the attack on Capitol Hill. After "September 11", the American folks have been rumored that terrorists are planning actions based on his novels. And this is not the first time that the plot in Clancy’s book has come true in reality. In his 1994 "War between the United States and Japan", he accurately predicted the Great War between the United States and Japan in 1995. The scene of an economic war.
Tom Clancy and the movie
With the rise of Tom Clancy’s military novels, it naturally attracted the attention of many Hollywood film companies because of its eye-catching subject matter and its extremely realistic description. It's simply the best material for adaptation. inStarting from "Hunting Red October", some of Clancy's works were adapted into movies by film companies. These include "Hunting Red October", "Patriot Games", "Burning Eyebrows", "The Sum of Fear" and so on. Ubisoft also established Ubisoft Pictures, and plans to make all its "Split Cell", "Ghost Recon" and "The Blockade" into movies.
Tom Clancy and the game
1, the birth of Red Storm studio
Tom Clancy is also a game lover, and he first came into contact with a first-person game called "Colony" , This is a game made by a programmer named David Smith. Clancy likes the game very much, so he invests in Virtus, the 3D tool development company of the creator Smith. Then the two of them began planning to make a new game. This game is called "SSN", is a submarine driving simulation game, the name of the game comes from Tom Clancy's new novel "Hunting Nuclear Submarine" (SSN). When they reached the details of the game, Tom Clancy started his connections: He called an old friend, U.S. Commodore Doug Little Johns, and invited him to participate in the game production. . The subsequent game development only took 9 months, and Clancy was very satisfied with the production results, so he decided to set up his own game company. He once again invited Doug John to take up an important design position. In 1996, the Commodore and his family moved to North Carolina, and the Red Storm studio was born.
2, the first work in the "Tom Clancy" series-"Rainbow Six"
Red Storm's famous work is "Tom Clancy: Rainbow Six" launched in 1998, this is adapted from Crane The FPS game of the novel of the same name in the West is very different from the same type of game on the market at that time. At that time, the FPS on the market was similar to "Duke of Destruction", "Thor's Hammer" and "Half-Life". In "Rainbow Six", shooting is regarded as the least important part of this shooting game. Players act as counterterrorists who save the hostages. Before each action, the game will let the player preset action instructions. For example, directing teammates' offensive routes and setting up firepower nets and so on. Players even spend a lot more time at this stage than the shooting session. They usually spend more than ten minutes deciding a route, and the battle can be resolved in only two minutes. There may be less than ten enemies in the game, but whether the player or the player’s teammates are shot, they will die.
3, Ubisoft era
maverick game style has made "Rainbow Six" after the release has been sought after by many players, Red Storm studio has a firm foothold, Tom Clancy's game path has also officially embarked on the norm. the way. The subsequent expansion and the sequel "Rainbow Six: Thundermen" also achieved good results. At this time, a large game publishing company noticed this newly established studio, which is Ubisoft. Ubisoft took a fancy to the potential of Red Storm and eventually acquired the Red Storm studio in 2000. At the same time, it also obtained Tom Clancy’s authorization to continue developing the "Tom Clancy" series of games.
The first game named Tom Clancy in the Ubisoft era was "Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon" released in 2001. "Ghost Recon" continues the original "Tom Clancy" game style created during the "Rainbow Six" period, emphasizing tactics, strategy and reality, with the same shot. However, "Ghost Recon" has a larger background than "Rainbow Six", and the usual pre-war planning link has also become an adjustable route and strategy system at any time. The entire game experience becomes very intense and exciting. Players spend a long time preparing plans, and finally decide success or failure in a moment, and this moment will definitely make people breathless and stop. This game shows no mercy to careless soldiers, as long as they relax their vigilance, they may pay the price of their lives. It feels real and challenging, and has become another classic brand under Tom Clancy's name.
"Ghost Recon"Far from satisfying Ubisoft’s appetite, in 2002, Ubisoft launched a stealth adventure game with the protagonist drama love as the core. Under the premise of focusing on military reality, it greatly strengthened the storyline. This is "Tom Clancy: Cell Division." "Split Cell" achieved unprecedented success, and its sales surpassed all previous Tom Clancy series. At this time, the "Tom Clancy" series is no longer limited to Red Storm studios, but is jointly developed by many game development studios under Ubisoft. For example, in 2005, "Split Cell: Chaos Theory" developed by Ubisoft Montreal Studio also achieved good results.
In the following years, the sequels of "Rainbow Six", "Ghost Recon" and "Split Cell" continued. Although the quality of the game fluctuates occasionally, most of them retain the obvious "Tom Clancy" series. style. In March 2008, Tom Clancy permanently authorized the naming and use of his military works to Ubisoft. Ubisoft also used "Tom Clancy" as a core game brand under its umbrella to continue to carry out related games. game development.
ended
Unfortunately, on October 1, 2013, Tom Clancy passed away at the Johns Hopkins Hospital near his home in Maryland, at the age of 66. The sudden death of Tom Clancy made countless of his book fans and players who loved the game "Tom Clancy" grief, but Ubisoft later stated that although Tom Clancy’s death was sad, the name was The justice, bravery and loyalty represented will not disappear. Ubisoft’s future development of related themed games will still use the prefix Tom Clancy, which is what we see today in "Tom Clancy: Tom Clancy: The Division 2"!
