In the office of Hero Interactive Entertainment, Zhou Qi's expression was very complicated.
During the period when "Warcraft" continued to be popular, basically there was no sound of other games on the PC platform.
At the beginning, "Warcraft" had a balance crisis as he expected, and he cheered loudly.
But then Chen Xu performed a live broadcast, which completely made him look ashen.
After all, he had thought about countless possibilities, but he really never thought about things like going into battle through a designer and defeating a professional brother.
Originally, he thought that "Human War" had been lost and was a complete defeat.
But now he strangely discovered that the activity of "Human War", which originally dropped to a freezing point, has rebounded recently.
Through data investigation and some forum comments, he came to a fact that made him feel a little uncomfortable.
That's why these players came back to play "Human War". It's not that they think "Human War" is very attractive. It's purely because they feel that they are all handicapped and can't play "Warcraft", which is a slightly different game. Hardcore rts game.
It's still "Human War" where everyone brainlessly attacks each other, and then brings a wave of comfort and decompression, with a sense of participation.
At this time, Zhou Qi collapsed a little.
What's the meaning? Do you think "Warcraft" is too deep, and "Human War" is too brainless and does not require technical content
You must know that once upon a time, "Human War" was the most technically representative and balanced RTS game in the RTS field.
Has it now become a so-called 'casual and entertainment' game instead of a competitive game
This contrast made Zhou Qi uncomfortable.
But at the same time, I'm a little lucky.
Lost, but not completely lost.
At least he still has hope for light casual players.
If it doesn't work, let "Human War" undergo drastic reforms. As long as casual players can grasp it, they may be able to make a comeback!
Thinking of this, Zhou Qi felt his blood boiling again.
And when he was full of wonderful ideas about the future, the mobile phone placed on the table made a buzzing sound.
'The objects you follow have the latest updates! '
What’s going on
During this period, he only paid attention to one person: Chen Xu!
Sent a message
Is it a new version of "Warcraft"
The first time he picked up his phone and opened the official blog, Zhou Qi was stunned.
Just as he expected.
Chen Xu’s simple official blog is to announce the content of the latest version.
But why is the content of this update so weird
A new gameplay map and a self-created map editor
What is this
… … …
Like Zhou Qi, there are many players who are confused and puzzled.
"New version? What is this update?"
"Um, there are a few maps. They don't look like battle maps. What are 'Guarding Sword Pavilion' and 'Disaster of the Western World'?"
"And the map editor, what is this?"
"I'm a little confused!"
"Is it a new story campaign? But that's wrong. What's the background of the Three Kingdoms? Isn't "Warcraft" a Western fantasy?"
"And there are the pyramids in Egypt!"
"What is this map editor for? Are we players allowed to make our own battle maps? One with 100 gold mines?"
"Don't talk nonsense, aren't these two updated CG animations?"
"The level is as high as ever! But here's the problem, Mr. Chen, you are a game company, not an animation company!"
With the launch of the new version, many players excitedly opened the update text, ready to see what was updated in this version.
But after reading it, many players were a little confused.
Because this new version is completely different from what they thought.
Two cg animations and five maps that don't look like plot battles or battle maps.
There is also a map editor that I don’t know what it is.
Out of curiosity, many players also opened these maps and pondered them.
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As a loyal player who uses his own private money to buy the collector's edition.
Zhang Yi also updated the new version of "Warcraft" as soon as possible.
However, unlike the period when the game first came out, during this period he went to play "Monster Hunter: World" with friends such as Wang Han and Song Ren.
The main reason is that they are not very good at playing RTS games.
I am always in a hurry when playing, and I can't beat others at all. The score of new accounts on the ladder is 500 points, and it is still hovering around 400-600 points now.
Although we occasionally fight civil wars and fight against humans and machines together.
But he became less and less interested.
But this time, he was a little interested in the update of "Warcraft".
A new map with different gameplay
Is it a plot battle
With such an idea, Zhang Yi clicked on the map named 'Guarding Sword Pavilion'.
There are various different modes.
Match with passerby players.
Play solo by one person.
Or play with friends.
After thinking about it, he directly chose a multi-player match.
Soon he got into the game.
A burst of magnificent music came from the game, but it was not the background music from "Warcraft", but a BGM from "Three Kingdoms".
This made him a little confused.
Then the buildings on the map and the other unit models made him a little confused.
Why are they all from the same model of the Three Kingdoms
"Guarding Zhuge Liang, will it be over when Zhuge Liang dies?"
"Choose a hero. Instead of building units, you only have to control a hero?"
"It's a bit like an RPG game!"
"I want to play Zilong, brothers, can you let me play Zhao Yun?"
"Fuck, talk nicely! Just be a gentleman, okay! And look at how there is no Zhao Yun here now. They are all new recruits. There is no general Liao Hua in Sichuan as a vanguard. This is the end of the Shu Han Dynasty!"
"Damn, these heroes are so awesome! They have more than 100 attacks at level one?"
"The equipment still has levels, can it be upgraded? How can I upgrade it?"
"I exploded with a purple fan of intelligence. Damn, I have more than 200 attack points. I am not invincible!? Wait! Where is my equipment! What the hell is this bird? How did it pick up my equipment? Who is so incompetent! "
"Damn it, why is this boss so powerful! Zhuge Liang is dead now?!"
A group of new players played in confusion for about ten minutes, but obviously no one had figured out how to play this defensive map.
Along with the first big boss that was attacked by the tenth wave, none of the players on the field could fight, which directly led to Zhuge Liang's death in battle alone.
But none of the players felt any frustration. On the contrary, it was extremely novel and felt like they had opened the door to a new world.
After exiting the group of passers-by, Zhang Yi quickly took out his cell phone and started shaking people.
"Old Song! Stop grinding for beads. You have spent more than 800 hours grinding. Except for the guarantee of the plot, you only got 1. Come and grind for hammers. The new version of "Warcraft" is online, and there is a new mode to play! It's so interesting!"