The office building of Rice Entertainment.
He hurriedly walked into Xu Qianshi's office. Wu Jianhua, the director of the marketing department, said excitedly with a joyful expression on his face.
"The sales data for the first week have come out, a total of 2.37 million copies!"
"Mr. Xu, we broke the record!"
The record here refers, of course, to the first-week sales record of RTS games. Before that, this record was held by "Rise of Kingdoms" produced by Canghai Studio.
As the pioneer of RTS games, this game officially defines the current mainstream gameplay of RTS games - from resource collection to violent demolition of homes.
Although five years have passed, "Rise of Kingdoms" has always been the ceiling of RTS games. Until the collapse of Canghai Studio, no one could surpass the first-week sales record of 2.2 million copies... not even Canghai Studio. Own.
But now, this ceiling has finally been broken!
As a master in the field of RTS, "Seven Kingdoms" has quickly become popular among the entire player circle at an unimaginable speed. Even players who have never played RTS games have been attracted to it and began to try to accept this type of game.
There is almost no doubt that this moment is destined to be recorded in gaming history! Remembered by all players!
Xu Qianshi was naturally very happy when he heard the news. But even though he was happy, he couldn't help but asked cautiously.
"Is there anything happening at Yunmeng Games?"
Hearing Mr. Xu's words, Wu Jianhua had a helpless expression on his face.
As a subordinate, of course he would not complain about Mr. Xu's nervousness, but he couldn't help but give him a tactful reminder.
"Mr. Xu, let me tell you the truth. I admit that Yunmeng Games is indeed a respectable opponent, but it doesn't make us so nervous."
"I have to be nervous. So far, none of the games they have made have hit the market. If it were any other time, that would be fine, but they chose June," Xu Qianshi sighed and continued. , "Speaking of which, they put it on the shelves on the 6th, right? Today is the 7th, how is the situation over there?"
Wu Jianhua shook his head and said.
"I don't know. I can't find the sales data on the creative workshop, but I see there's no discussion at all on the Internet. I guess it's probably out of stock."
Off the street
Xu Qianshi was slightly stunned.
His intuition told him that this idea was a bit naive, but so far, he really hadn't seen anyone discussing Warcraft on the Internet.
It has been almost twelve hours now.
If that game was really fun, wouldn't it be possible that no one discussing this game could see it until now
Maybe there are people discussing it where I can't see it, but in Xu Qianshi's opinion, if it doesn't become as popular as "Seven Kingdoms", it can't be said to be very popular.
He couldn't let it go. After thinking for a while, he spoke.
"I understand... you go down first."
Wu Jianhua nodded.
"Okay Mr. Xu."
The office door is closed.
Xu Qianshi turned on his computer, logged into the Creative Workshop, downloaded Warcraft, which had just been released less than twelve hours ago, and double-clicked the shortcut to enter the game.
Although playing games at this time was a waste of time during work hours, as the CEO of Rice Entertainment, Xu Qianshi felt that he needed to understand his competitors' products.
This is a necessary investigation, how can it be called fishing
Like other RTS games, the game is divided into two parts, one is the story campaign and the other is the encounter mode. The encounter mode supports fighting against AI, and also supports LAN connection to match with other creative workshop users.
Seeing this, Xu Qianshi finally understood why Yunmeng Games did not allow this game to be launched on the Dianqu platform.
"The online function is pretty good, and there are quite a few people playing it."
There are actually more than 2,000 rooms online at the same time.
By the way, it’s still working time, right
Are there so many people not working
After some thinking, Xu Qianshi randomly found a 1V1 room and entered.
Although he had only played the game for less than ten minutes and was completely confused about the rules and operations of the game, he did not panic at all.
Firstly, he has full confidence in his gaming talent, and secondly, everyone is novice anyway, so what if he plays for an hour or two more than himself
Besides, what if you lose
It’s time to practice.
After choosing the race, Xu Qianshi clicked on the preparation. The other guy was also very straightforward. After seeing him getting ready, he just clicked start.
It took less than ten seconds to load, and both parties entered the game at the same time. What came into view was a base standing on the grassland, and five human farmers standing next to the base.
A fair review. The graphics of the game are pretty good. Although it is slightly inferior to Seven Kingdoms, it still reaches the mainstream level of RTS games.
It’s not a bonus point, but it definitely won’t be a reason to deduct points.
The initial resources are 500 gold coins, 150 wood, and (5/12) food, which corresponds to the population.
Looking at the resources planted in the resource slot, Xu Qianshi thought about it and assigned three farmers to mine, two farmers to cut down trees, and then built a farmer at the base.
Then…
Seems like there's nothing to do
"The rhythm of the game is slow, and the amount of operations in the early stage is too little... After completing the production instructions, I was almost in a daze for 15 seconds. I don't know about the middle and later stages, but it seems that there are no special highlights so far."
Waiting for the progress bar from the production unit, Xu Qianshi gave this evaluation in his heart.
Finally, the farmer finished it.
Clicking on the building interface, Xu Qianshi took a cursory glance.
As the name suggests, the barracks should be used for manufacturing soldiers, the blacksmith shop is probably used for upgrading soldiers, and then there are lumberyards, farms, defense towers, hero altars, and mysterious shops.
By the way, what is the Hero Altar for
Although he was curious, Xu Qianshi did not directly build the hero altar. Instead, he chose to use limited resources to build barracks and farms first, and then create infantry to explore the horizon.
The gameplay of RTS games is basically the same. Before formulating a strategy, he must first find out the location of the opponent's base and what the opponent's layout looks like.
Xu Qianshi's thinking is very clear.
Although it was his first time playing this game, after getting familiar with it for a few minutes, he felt that he was almost familiar with it. He built a farm and then built troops. After gathering six infantry, the soldiers he sent out quickly found the base camp opposite.
When he saw that there were only a bunch of farmers in the house opposite, not even a single soldier, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face that showed he was sure of victory.
"Sorry, the game is over!"
Without any hesitation, he immediately selected six infantrymen, pulled them to the door of the opposite house, joined the infantrymen who were out for reconnaissance, and then killed towards the opponent's base camp.
Seeing the infantry rushing over, the orc farmers on the opposite side immediately panicked and fled like animals, and got into the holes scattered between the base and the mine.
Damn it
Can this orc house shoot arrows
Looking at the arrows shot out of the hole, Xu Qianshi couldn't help but feel a hint of surprise on his face. However, despite being surprised, he was not panicked at all. The blood volume of these caves is not very thick. Seven infantry A went up and quickly turned one of the caves red.
Just when Xu Qianshi was feeling proud, an alarm of being attacked suddenly came to his ears. At the same time, a red arrow locked the location of his lair on the mini-map.
"Our buildings are under attack."
Damn it
Was your home robbed? ?
Xu Qianshi was startled and immediately returned his view to his base. He saw several orc soldiers, led by a unit holding a long knife, hacking at his farmers.
Where did these orcs come from? ?
Seeing that all the farmers fell, and the opponent's attack was obviously much more fierce than his own, Xu Qianshi quickly pulled the attacking soldiers back in an attempt to save the situation.
However, it was already too late.
From the moment he dragged all his troops to the enemy's base camp, the game was lost.
Sure enough, before his soldiers reached the halfway point, his hometown was already bombarded by the opponent's A.
Seeing the game failed dialog box appear in front of his eyes, Xu Qianshi froze there.
I took a look at the game time and saw it was less than ten minutes.
At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind.
Isn't this too damn fast? !