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The core players of domestic rts games are also discussing such a brand new rts game.
In a "Legion Conquer" player group.
"I heard that a new rts has been released in China. It has been very popular recently, and it is discussed everywhere."
"I heard that it's called "Warcraft", and it's a Western fantasy theme."
"...Really or not? Aren't Western Fantasy and RTS the two major forbidden areas for domestic games? The two major companies, Dichao and Zenyi, have had their heads broken. Is there any designer who is not afraid of death who dares to touch? Touch two at once?"
"Thunder Entertainment, Chen Mo's company."
"Chen Mo? I haven't heard of it."
"You must have heard of "Plants vs. Zombies" and "My name is mt."
"Ah? Isn't that a mobile game company? Transformed into a PC side? Are you still doing rts?"
"I'm really not afraid of death..."
"However, it is said that this guy is very evil. He makes all kinds of games, and he makes a popular one. I am already downloading "Warcraft", and I will share my experience with you later!"
"Go, strong man! The people in the village are waiting for news of your return alive!"
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This player group is full of fans of RTS games, and most of them are playing "Legion Conquer".
A group manager with the nickname Kaiser asked in the group: "Really? A new rts game? Send me the address, I'll download one and have a look."
As soon as he spoke, many people exploded in an instant.
"Wow, is God K going to test the poison himself? Yes, I'm blessed to wait for the chicken."
"God K is bubbling, wow, awesome, let's take a group photo together."
"God K, "Warcraft" has to be downloaded on the Thunder game platform, you can search for it."
This guy whose ID is Kaiser is also a well-known figure in the domestic RTS game circle. The game "Legion Conquest" has several very famous masters in China, and Kaiser is one of them.
However, Kaiser is not considered the top group of players. He is ranked in the top ten in China at most. The reason why he is famous is that he often complains about the shortcomings of the game "Legion Conquer" on the forum, and often writes suggestions to Foreign developers, of course, have hardly been adopted.
Kaiser is considered an opinion leader in the domestic rts player circle, and has a group of fans. The teaching video of "Legion Conquest" he made has also influenced a large number of rts players.
Originally, this guy has been diving in the group all year round, which fits the image of a great god and aloof, but today he heard that a new rts game came out, and he couldn't help but bubbling.
In fact, the so-called God K who has a large number of fans on the Internet is nothing more than a sophomore in high school.
Xue Kai, game id: kaiser, 17 years old, a master player of "Legion Conquer".
Xue Kai has a wealthy family and is very keen on RTS games. He has captured a large number of fans through videos and live broadcasts, but he has always had great opinions on "Legion Conquer".
He also wrote a lot of suggestions, but after all, this is a foreign game, even if Xue Kai asked someone to translate the suggestion letter into English, it would not attract the attention of the developers of "Legion Conquest".
Therefore, Xue Kai has also been suffering from the lack of better RTS games. He heard that a domestic designer has developed an RTS game, and he tried it with a fluke mentality.
What if, I mean what if, this game is fun
Find the Thunder game platform, register for the Thunder game pass, and download "Warcraft".
Soon, the download is complete.
The icon of the game is a young man with a three-point evil spirit. Although a small icon does not show too much, it feels great.
Xue Kai double-clicked the icon to enter the game.
The first is a cutscene cg, the logo of the thunder game flashed past.
The whistling wind blew by, and the camera swooped down from the clouds, like a bird flying freely.
Accompanied by the whistling wind in the ear, the melodious melody sounded.
A crow flew over the continuous snow peaks, over the barren valleys, and finally came to a prosperous human city-state.
The human palace, the king's capital of Lordaeron.
Countless voices were discussing, while the old king Terenas was meditating on the throne.
At this time, the crow flew in from nowhere, landed in the center of the hall, and landed in front of the old king.
The background sound turned low, and this weird crow caught the old king's attention.
While everyone was arguing, a strange green light suddenly appeared on the crow's body. Under the astonished eyes of everyone, the crow turned into a person.
Medivh.
His face was hidden under the hood, but his voice resounded throughout the hall.
"Humanity is in crisis. The tide of darkness will strike again, and the world is on the brink of war!"
"Your people, the only hope is to move to the west, to the forgotten continent, Kalimdor!"
The old king looked serious, and he stood up from the throne: "I don't know who you are, and I don't know your beliefs. But now is not the time to prophesy, our country is suffering from war, but we should do it Decide how to protect our people! Not you!"
The melody at this time has become a little sad.
Medivh's voice seemed a bit lost: "I once lost my humanity, but I won't do that again."
"If you can't fix this, then I'll find someone else who can."
Medivh turned and left, leaving only a whisper like a self-talk.
"I have given the warning, and now their fate is in their own hands."
The screen went black, the cg ended here, and the game screen entered.
This CG is very short, but it contains a lot of information. Xue Kai didn't pay attention to Azeroth-related stories before, but he still learned a lot of information from this CG.
At this time, the human kingdom is being harassed by orcs, and the unknown plague is also spreading. A mysterious prophet came to the human palace, but his words did not attract the king's attention.
A short CG highlighted the suspense of the whole story. Although Xue Kai didn't know who Medivh was or what this human country was, this CG successfully aroused his interest. This is enough.
Moreover, the production of cg is very sophisticated.
In this world, it is not that there are no good animation and cg companies in China, nor is it that there are no good sound effects companies and dubbing actors. These are all available, and the only thing that is lacking is money.
As long as the money is paid, they can produce great cg works. Even if they can't fully reach the cg level of top foreign masterpieces, they won't be too far behind.
But the only problem is that most game developers are not willing to spend this money.
After all, cg usually only takes 2 to 3 minutes, and the money to make a cg is almost catching up with the development of a high-quality mobile game.
How much did Chen Mo spend on making these cgs
In the previous life, there was no conclusion about how much Blizzard spent on CG, but the widely circulated saying is that the CG cost of wlk is 5 million dollars in 3 minutes.
In the parallel world, the animation and cg technology is more developed, the labor cost is reduced, coupled with the more advanced real-time calculation technology, the price has been reduced a lot.
Chen Mo didn't even choose the highest level of cg, but chose a cheaper level of cg that he could relatively afford.
But even so, Chen Mo still spent more than 37 million.
This is the result of frantically hacking the plot. Chen Mo has already cut down and deleted those not-so-classic plots as much as he can, and compressed the budget almost frantically, and finally compressed it to 37 million.
For example, the opening animation of "Warcraft" was directly replaced with the section where Medivh warned the old king, and all the previous cgs were cut.
In order to make these cgs, Chen Mo basically lost all the money he got from a while ago, and even some places have insufficient budget, so he can only use real-time calculations to make do with it, or replace it with black-screen narration, so as to save as much as possible. .
To be honest, without the support of money-making games like "My name is mt", Chen Mo really wouldn't have the money to do such a money-burning thing, at most he would be a castrated version.
As far as Chen Mo himself feels, if he opens up to do these cgs, the cost will easily exceed 100 million. It is impossible for him to spend so much money to play now.
The cost of the game itself, including art resources, etc., is really nothing compared to the money for making CG. Now Chen Mo can understand that sentence: "Ten years of making games, nine years of making CG."
None of Su Jinyu and the others knew about this matter, only Chen Mo and Guo Feng, the person in charge of Xuandong Aurora Studio, knew better. If Su Jinyu and Qian Kun found out, they would definitely be shocked.
After all, this is too risky, what if no one buys "Warcraft"? Wouldn't that be tens of millions in vain
If all this money is used to make money-losing mobile games like "My name is mt", how much money will it make!
But Chen Mo himself knows, is it worth burning money to make cg
Not necessarily other cgs, but being a Warcraft cg is so worth it! You know, every cg here will become a classic in the history of the game, even if the money is doubled, it will be worth it!
Chen Mo dared to burn all the money because he knew that this was almost a sure-fire business. If he could set up the golden signboard of Warcraft, there would be plenty of places to make money in the future.
What's more, 37 million is converted into US dollars, which is only more than 6 million US dollars, which is quite cheap!
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At this level, in Xue Kai's opinion, it is already very, very amazing. It is rare for a domestic game company to spend so much money on cg, even if it is a foreign company, there are very few who are willing to make such a fuss.
What's more, this cg is not only of quality, but also of connotation!
Xue Kai was shocked instantly, and clicked to start the story mode.
After the human prince Arthas exchanged a few words with Uther the Lightbringer, the battle officially began.
Here is a relatively simple operation prompt, guiding Xue Kai to use the left button of the mouse to select units, and the right button to move.
"Huh? Is it different from the operation mode of "Legion Conquest"?"
Xue Kai was a little surprised, because "Legion Conquest" is the benchmark of RTS games, and few RTS games dare to change its settings in terms of basic operations.
As a veteran player of RTS games, Xue Kai did not start the battle immediately, but studied the operation mode of "Warcraft" first.
Left-click to select, right-click to move, after selecting a unit, there are many command buttons at the bottom right, including move, stop, stay in place, attack, patrol, and hero skills.
Moreover, these operations have shortcut keys.
"Stay where you are? Patrol?"
Xue Kai clicked the [Patrol] button, and chose a spot on the map, and Alsace immediately ran back and forth between the two spots.
"It's so rich in operation types, much richer than "Legion Conquer." Xue Kai was very surprised.
Moreover, the setting of hero skills also makes him feel very special. In "Legion Conquest", although there are some special units, there is no concept of "hero".
In "Warcraft", the hero has become one of the game settings. The hero portrait will be displayed in the upper left corner. The hero will also have special skills and play a very critical role in the battle.
In addition, there is an item bar at the bottom right. Although there are no items yet, it is clear that this game supports the setting of obtaining and using items.
"Interesting, there are innovations in so many places."
Xue Kai controlled Alsace and began to challenge the story mission.
In the process of completing the plot, Arthas was also talking constantly, responding to Xue Kai's instructions.
"certainly."
"For glory!"
"May the Holy Light bless my people."
This is similar to "Legion Conquest", but the localization of "Legion Conquest" is not perfect, and many translations are a bit awkward.
The lines of the characters in "Warcraft" were checked by Chen Mo himself, and the translations from his previous life were used as a comparison and reference. These lines gave Xue Kai a very natural feeling, with the flavor of Western fantasy, and the strong translation was removed cavity.
Xue Kai controlled Alsace and quickly cleared the first level.
After all, with a very solid rts foundation, Xue Kai had no difficulty in playing these plots, and quickly passed the level easily.
After completing the first level, Xue Kai did not continue to play the next level, but cut to the desktop and sent a message in the group.
Kaiser: "This game is really his fortress, kill "Legion Conquer" in seconds!!!!"
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