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– Thanks to the CFS 2021 Grand Final, which received the best response in history last year, the recently released console FPS game ‘Cross Fire X’ by Smilegate Entertainment is drawing attention as to whether it has potential to grow as an e-sports event.
[게임플] It has been three months since the ‘CFS 2021 Grand Final’, which marked the end of Crossfire eSports, was held.
The CFS 2021 Grand Final, held as the 10th CFS standard, left a strong impression on Crossfire fans to be remembered as the best competition ever.
This is because, through the teaser video of ‘Road to Champion’, the logos of the winning teams from the first tournament to the past winners were displayed, and the meaning of being able to go down in history as a champion and the storytelling of the past history were focused.
Also, in the case of ‘China’, which is called the center of Crossfire’s popularity, as the CFPL changed to a franchise, each team focused on discovering new players.
In fact, AG, who made it to the final of the tournament, gave fans a sense of freshness as three players born in 1999, called ’99’s, became the MVPs of every game and were able to win the championship.
The change in Baisha Gaming was also noticeable. As a team on the edge of China, they had not been able to perform well on the global stage so far, but after the disbandment of Super Valiant Gaming, they recruited two superstars, Xingwei ‘DBQ’ Zhou and Hao ‘N9’ Wang, and emerged as one of the strongest teams in CFS at once. did. The key players of Baisha Gaming were also in the late 90s, so there was a reason to pay more attention to their future moves.
This trend is the result of Smilegate’s efforts to raise the level of CFS’s competition by hosting competitions such as CFEL and CFS Invitational for several years and implementing policies to foster teams outside of China.
As the skills of Brazil and Vietnam improved, Chinese teams succeeded in strengthening their power and replacing generations after franchising, raising the level of the competition once again.
Thanks to the flow of CFS, which has grown into a world-class FPS competition as it has developed in this way, interest is focused on the success of ‘Cross Fire X’ e-sports.
CrossFire X is the first console title based on CrossFire IP and features excellent graphics using Unreal Engine 4 and 100% of the excitement of a modern battlefield through long-time FPS game development know-how.
In particular, it has been evaluated that it has been added to the fun of playing beyond the fun of play as it has received an overall positive response from the tremor felt when it is fired, the feeling of hitting when it is hit, and the sensitivity felt when being hit.
As a result, expectations for Crossfire X’s e-sports are also rising. However, as the observer mode and other systems suitable for e-sports events have not been implemented, it is impossible to proceed with the competition right now.
In addition, it is necessary to add contents that were released in the trailer and make improvements to some functions and bugs.
However, as mentioned earlier, CrossFire’s unique hitting feel has been revived, and crossfire X’s unique content will continue to be added.
Console-based FPS is gaining popularity in the North American and European markets. From Smilegate’s point of view, if the IP and e-sports competitions of Crossfire are expanded from regions such as China and Brazil to various regions such as North America and Europe, it will be of great help as it can have a meaningful impact on other game competitions in the future.
At the time of the CFS 2021 Grand Final, Smilegate’s manager Yeo Byung-ho said, “With the support of fans around the world and the cooperation of teams from all over the world, we were able to create the best tournament. I will do my best to make it happen,” he said, but I hope that Crossfire X can also inherit the spirit of CFS and become a world-class e-sports event.
