In the Internet field, Li Mu's influence is somewhat similar to that of Steve Jobs in later generations.
Li Mu has continuously brought so many high-quality, even artifact-like Internet products to netizens all over the world, so a large number of netizens have absolute trust and admiration for Li Mu. In their eyes, products produced by Li Mu are good. , top-notch, if Li Mu wants to release a new product, then everyone believes that this product will definitely be a super product that exceeds everyone’s imagination and expectations. If Li Mu wants to release a new game, it must be a An ingenious and good game with novel gameplay.
Moreover, Li Mu has never personally recommended any products or games to netizens through videos. This is the first time. It can be imagined that Li Mu must have strong confidence in this game.
As a result, netizens all over the world have been whetted by Li Mu and are waiting in front of their computers for the launch time node promised by Li Mu.
This feeling is like that of people in later generations waiting for Steve Jobs to convene the Apple Developer Conference. Hundreds of millions of fans around the world will watch the live broadcast through the Internet, looking forward to the new products that Steve Jobs is about to release.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Yanjing time, YY released a pop-up push message to global users at the same time: Makino Technology's 2003 masterpiece: "Plants-VS-Zombies: Online" (Plants-VS-Zombies: Online) was officially released, click to download and experience it immediately !
Plants vs. Zombies? What is the relationship between plants and zombies? The zombies look very scary, but the plants are extremely gentle. Is this game about letting these two unrelated species fight each other
Tsk tsk... This name doesn't sound very interesting!
Most people are disappointed with the name of Makino Technology's game, because the overall name of this game feels too "small". A name like "StarCraft" can throw it off countless streets every minute.
However, after all, it is a game that Li Mu personally recommended. With Li Mu's consistent behavior, the quality of the things he recommends must be sufficiently guaranteed. Then this is even more interesting. What is the mystery behind "Plants vs. Zombies"?
It seems that you can only know if you download it quickly and play it once!
With this complicated and contradictory mood, a large number of users began to pour into the download page, downloading and installing this game with a strange name, but they could not figure out what the meaning behind it was.
Makino Technology provides fast download nodes and stable bandwidth support to users around the world in multiple data processing centers around the world, allowing all users to download at the fastest speed.
"Plants vs. Zombies Online" has an overall size of 160MB. Even now, it is only a small game-level capacity. This is more than double the size of the first generation of "Plants vs. Zombies" in the previous life.
The reason why it is bigger than the original version of "Plants vs. Zombies" is mainly because the visual effects are more refined than the original version, and the online part is added, so the overall experience, in Li Mu's opinion, is far superior to the first version of "Plants vs. Zombies" "of.
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As users continued to download and install the game, countless impatient users immediately started running the game. After displaying the two brand logos of "Makino Technology" and "Makino Games", the game also completed loading and quickly entered the login menu. .
As soon as they enter the login menu, the cartoon image behind the login interface of "Plants vs. Zombies" brings great appeal to users.
On the left side of the login interface, in addition to a field of slowly swaying sunflowers with smiling faces, there is also a cute pea shooter who is twisting his body and slowly spraying out a pea from his big mouth. Across the login interface , and on the right is a silly zombie that doesn't look scary at all, and even a little cute. This zombie moves slowly and stiffly, its mouth opens and closes, and it looks a little cute.
At this time, the user has probably guessed a little bit about how the game is played. Should it be using this pea plant to attack zombies? Although it looks a bit younger, it seems to be interesting.
The iconic background music also sounded as the screen entered. This background music was hummed by Li Mu himself and was made by a professional MIDI music producer. It basically achieved 100% restoration. The music is very Simple, but very magical in brainwashing, it gradually brings users into a wonderful, indescribable fantasy feeling.
Looking at the login interface of the game, this game currently only supports one login mode, which is login with YY account. In addition, it does not provide any entrance for user registration. In other words, its positioning is entirely on YY. Within the ecological closed loop, the user system completely relies on YY. Even if you play on a single machine, you must have a YY account to activate it.
Fortunately, the users introduced through YY push in the first stage were all YY users, so everyone directly clicked the quick login on the login page and immediately logged in with their own YY number.
After logging in, the game immediately enters the teaching phase. The game logic of "Plants vs. Zombies" is actually very simple, so the teaching phase is also very simple. An NPC girl named Michelle jumps out and tells the player that zombies are about to invade the villa. Therefore, players must plant various plants in the backyard of the villa to resist the invasion of zombies;
Later, Michelle taught everyone the importance of sunflowers. They are used to create sunlight, and collecting sunlight is an essential element for growing various plants in the game. Of course, the game will also generate a plant for every ten seconds. Collect sunlight to provide some help for the player's start;
After learning to grow sunflowers, the plant list in the game begins to gradually expand. The first plant that can be used is the pea shooter, followed by the nut wall and cherry bomb.
There are five lines in the entry-level game. After the first zombie appears, the player can determine the earliest defense route. The entry-level zombies move very slowly. The most basic pea shooter can hit its head after two peas. Come down, then beat it to death with two more peas;
When the first zombie falls to the ground, a sense of accomplishment arises in the player's heart. Tower defense games have an extremely powerful ability to capture the player's psychology. The fall of the first enemy will prompt the player to expect in their hearts. He is looking forward to placing a second defensive weapon, and is also looking forward to more enemies invading and then defeating more enemies. He is looking forward to unlocking more plants with interesting properties, looking forward to more different zombies appearing, looking forward to it. With more gaming fun, challenges, and a sense of accomplishment.
Afterwards, the difficulty gradually increases.
There are zombies who use plastic warning stakes as helmets, zombies who carry iron barrels to protect themselves, zombies who carry javelins, and zombies who hold iron doors as shields. The game becomes more and more difficult;
However, there are also potato mines that can blow up zombies, man-eating grasses that can swallow zombies in one bite, super pea shooters that can shoot two or even three shots, and you can also put a nut wall at the far end and let it come. Block the zombies and buy time for the pea shooters behind, and the game will become more and more fun!
The appeal of this game to players is like the appeal of a box of the most delicious nougat to sweet tooth lovers. The nougat is sweet but not greasy, and there are nuts in it to spice up the taste. The chewing texture is also very good. It's sticky, but not too sticky like toffee, making it difficult for sweet tooth lovers to stop eating. Sometimes they just eat piece by piece, but accidentally finish the whole box.
It has only been an hour since the game was launched. According to background statistics, the number of online players has exceeded 10 million. Half of them are Chinese users. And the most valuable thing is that the loss of users within this hour is extremely low. Basically, once you come, you won’t leave in a short time. This proves that the viscosity of this game is unimaginably high!
At this moment, all over the world, whether it is night, day, early morning or late at night, there are a large number of players who seem to be possessed in front of the computer, intoxicated by the wonderful background music, cartoon-like pictures and sound effects. Under the simple guidance of the NPC character Michelle, they quickly got started with the game, and had a great time playing it. At the same time, they were constantly exploring more interesting elements in the game, and every defense was successful. , will bring a huge sense of accomplishment. This is the ultimate attraction of tower defense games. The unprecedented gaming experience makes everyone feel like they are poisoned, immersed in it, and unable to extricate themselves.
Games such as "StarCraft", "CS", "Legend", and "Red Alert" are fatally attractive to young male players, but for women and middle-aged and elderly players, their appeal is naturally much weaker;
Many girls like to play cartoon games, but they can't escape the feminine style of Hello Kitty. Therefore, they are almost unattractive to men, and some even avoid them.
And "Plants vs. Zombies" is really a great coincidence in style!
The core elements of this game are cartoons and relaxation. Although the graphics look a bit youth-oriented, in fact this cartoon-like game style is absolutely suitable for all ages!
Children like it, adults also like it, and even middle-aged and elderly people like it. Women naturally have a natural love for this kind of cartoon, and men don’t think that this kind of cartoon is mentally retarded, young, or feminine. They are petite and cute. Girls love to play, and so do tall and handsome men!
In China, Internet-addicted teenagers who like to play legends and miracles will also fall in love with this brainwashing game;
In the United States, those tough guys with big arm tattoos and big beards who ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles are also in front of the computer, fighting for the mouse with their girlfriends for this game;
In Japan, those otakus who are accustomed to playing console games and large-scale games have also thrown away game controllers and toilet paper, wearing thick glasses, dragging the mouse without blinking, and planting various plants on the computer screen;
In Russia, those fighting people who drink vodka all day long are also sitting in front of the computer and crazy about the battle between plants and zombies...
No one could believe that a game became popular all over the world just one hour after it was launched. The fantasy background music spread to every corner of the world in an instant.
It’s early morning and Silicon Valley is already buzzing. Countless Silicon Valley elites who follow Makino Technology have been waiting until five o’clock in the morning to wait for Li Mu’s new game to be launched. However, they are not players who pay attention to new games, but new products. Peers.
However, who could have imagined that at six o'clock in the morning, all the colleagues who were paying attention to Makino Technology's new products would all turn into obsessive gamers, extremely fascinated by playing in front of the computer...
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