For example, Chen Mo did "The Legend of Wulin Heroes" before, and Zen Interactive Entertainment did "Yu Jian Wen Qing". The sales volume of this single-player game was only about 400,000 in the first month, which is completely drizzle.
Many people think that Chen Mo is too conservative and not aggressive enough to make such a game. Even if he can maintain the sales of this game at a good level by virtue of his strong plot ability and reputation, it is absolutely impossible There will be a fire.
What's more, judging from the original painting released by Chen Mo, this game is a bit too suspicious. How many players will like such a strong and weird cult style
Once it can't be controlled, then this game is tantamount to driving away the vast majority of mainstream players.
Someone to look forward to.
Some people questioned.
Some people sneered.
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Chen Mo was not affected in any way. Anyway, he basically would not pay attention to these doubts. Whether the game is good or not will only be known after it is made.
Forcibly predicting before that, there is a high probability that you will be slapped in the face.
The development progress of "Diablo" is also steadily advancing.
After the expansion of personnel, the speed of research and development has been greatly accelerated.
In Chen Mo's previous life, the development of "Diablo 3" took a long time. If you calculate from "Diablo 2" to "Diablo 3", it took 12 years.
Of course, there are many twists and turns, and most of the time is not spent on developing the game, but on overthrowing and redoing.
Due to commercial mergers and acquisitions, the main creative team of Blizzard North's "Diablo 2" left collectively, and the development of "Diablo 3" was also put on hold for a long time.
The original version that had been developed did not win the favor of the high-level, and the final result was a complete overthrow and redo, so "Diablo 3" did not perfectly continue the spiritual connotation of "Diablo 2".
For Chen Mo, he can completely avoid these detours that he has already gone through, and look at this game with a very mature perspective, so the development progress will be greatly accelerated.
A large number of original paintings of monsters and characters were completed by Zhou Hanyu after Chen Mo gave the line draft, and handed over to an outsourcing company to uniformly produce models and actions, and they were accepted in batches.
Several assistants handle various scenes and levels through the fantasy editor, and adjust the battle process of the entire game.
CG of a higher level than "Warcraft" is also being produced intensively.
There are also numerical balance, item design, and detailed adjustments related to the player's experience. The entire studio is operating at full capacity. Driven by Chen Mo, these people have been twisted into one rope, and the development speed has been greatly accelerated.
"Diablo" is more difficult to develop than "Warcraft", but after expanding the manpower, the development progress is faster than "Warcraft". It took more than four months, and the initial game has been basically completed. Version.
The cg is not yet complete, and the numerical balance is not particularly perfect. There are no secrets, ladders, and expert modes, but it is already playable.
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Chen Mo came to the experience store, found an empty massage chair and lay down.
In the past few days, he has been checking and accepting various art resources, skills, levels and other settings. He is a little busy, and finally has a free time to lie down on the massage chair and rest for a while.
Zou Zhuo is playing "Warcraft" on the computer next to him.
"Thank you for your hard work, the store manager. How is the new game?" Zou Zhuo said while handing Chen Mo a can of drink. I went over there, and I can't see the progress of this game."
Chen Mo said: "It's ready to play, just wait a moment, I'll get a mobile hard drive and copy a demo version."
Zou Zhuo was pleasantly surprised: "Really, it's ready to play? That's great, your efficiency is terrifying, store manager!"
Chen Mo returned to the nearby studio, copied the unfinished version of "Diablo" with a mobile hard disk, and installed it on Zou Zhuo's computer.
According to Chen Mo's estimate, it should be online in half a month. Let Zou Zhuo play now to experience the entire game process and collect feedback from players.
It was installed soon, and Zou Zhuo couldn't restrain his inner excitement. After all, he was the first player to try this game, so he was very proud.
The players next to him also gathered around.
"Fuck, "Diablo" is ready to play?"
"The store manager is really prolific like a sow, hurry up, come in the game and have a look!"
"Amazing, watch and watch."
"Manager, I want to play too!"
Chen Mo smiled: "Don't worry, this is just a trial version now, and there are still many problems, please wait patiently, it will be put on the computer in the experience store for everyone to play casually next week, and it will be officially released next week. sale."
Zou Zhuo double-clicked the icon on the desktop: "I don't care, anyway, I want to experience it first!"
Everyone else came over to watch Zou Zhuo try out.
As expected, before entering the game, there is a cg.
The first thing that catches the eye is a piece of red ink pad with the logo of Thunder Games printed on it.
The camera is slowly pushed up, and below the ink pad is a delicate parchment roll, filled with words of unknown meaning.
Accompanied by a somewhat depressing melody, an old voice whispered.
"When the end comes, the strange fire will pierce the sky."
"Justice will fall in the mortal world, and the war between light and darkness will spread to the eternal kingdom..."
Accompanied by whispers like a prophecy, scrolls of pictures appeared on the scrolls of parchment.
Crows appeared on the battlefield lined with spears, a thunderbolt exploded in the air, a waterfall of light poured down, and an army of angels descended from the sky, rushing towards the demon army on the ground.
Scenes of war scenes, angels and demons engaged in fierce battles on the battlefield, finally, the earth cracked, and a huge demon god appeared in the picture scroll, opening his bloody mouth and rushing over!
Liya woke up suddenly, with extreme fear in her eyes.
In the gloomy cathedral, the old Deckard Kane was still looking at the ancient records at his desk.
"According to these records, the demons of hell may have already taken action. We must warn the world as soon as possible!"
"You believe me, don't you, Leah? The end, it's come..."
At this moment, the cathedral suddenly began to shake violently, a thunder flashed, and a terrifying strange fire suddenly appeared in the clouds of the sky, it was a meteor.
The meteorite pierced the sky and fell towards the cathedral. The violent impact caused Lia to fall to the ground. When she stood up to look for Deckard Cain, she found that there was only a huge deep pit in the distance.
"uncle!!"
With Leah's exclamation, the entire cg ended, and the game logo of "Diablo" appeared in the center of the screen, along with its English name.
diablo!