Rewrite the Technological Landscape

Because of the influence of Meng Qian's rebirth, the development of global games has undergone some changes, and even the changes are not small, especially this December in 2003 is destined to become an important part of the history of the game.

　　In the field of stand-alone games, Nintendo launched the "Legend of Zelda Wind Waker", China Dayu launched "Sword 3", and EA launched "The Sims 2".

　　In the field of online games, Korea’s NCSOFT launched "Paradise 2", Blizzard launched "World of Warcraft", and China has two companies, NetEase launched "Fantasy Westward Journey", and Dafeng Group launched "Ancient Mythology".

　　 What surprised Meng Qian the most was that a neon civil war that took place in 2004 was actually advanced to the month.

　　 That is the handheld battle between Sony and Nintendo. Nintendo launched the NDS, and the Sony launched the PSP.

　　 Faced with such a December, players are also increasingly talking online.

""Paradise" is said to be the most popular online game in Korea. "Paradise 2" should continue the performance of "Paradise". "World of Warcraft" is Blizzard's disgusting work. Watching the trailer video shows that it is well-made. The entertainment industry has always been based on ancient myths. This game is directly called "Ancient Myths", which shows its high status.

　　 As for "Fantasy Westward Journey"...what is it? "

　　 "I feel that this is more than just a contest between individual games."

　　 "Sit down and wait for the show to be staged."

The launch dates of the four online games are: "World of Warcraft" on December 2 Beimi public beta, "Ancient Myth" on December 6 China public beta, "Paradise 2" on December 8 Korea public beta, "Fantasy Westward Journey" Japanese China public beta .

　　 In fact, the response of the four games to the local launches is very good. Even the "Fantasy Westward Journey", which was not paid much attention at the beginning, is still attractive to some players.

　　 The global confrontation at the end of the month is the real opening of this drama.

　　 It was half a year after "World of Warcraft" entered China, but now Blizzard has launched "World of Warcraft" to the China market in more than half a month. There is no way, it was forced by Dafeng Group.

Normal games have a public beta period. During the public beta period, they must be tested locally, and then if there is a problem, they can change it before opening the external service. However, Dafeng Group has broken this tradition. I don’t know where I am confident that I always play the global public test. The key effect is still very nice.

　　 Moreover, Dafeng Group has a deep layout in global channels over the years, and can support him in doing this.

　　 There is no way, seeing "The Ancient Myth" only launched in China two weeks before it began to rush to the external market, Blizzard can only bite the bullet.

At the same time, NCSOFT has also kept up with the pace of both sides. The only thing that has not kept up is "Fantasy Westward Journey", which can only be launched in China. On Japan, "Fantasy Westward Journey" became the first out of the game war in December. Because I didn't even go out.

　　 And the other three games are placed in front of players around the world to accept the comparison from players. Although the three companies' foreign market layouts are not completely overlapped, everyone has won in several major markets.

　　 The first thing that players pay attention to is the game quality, because these are three 3D games. And if only talking about the picture quality, the three games have given the expected players a fairly satisfactory answer, and there has been an unparalleled public opinion situation.

Regarding the image quality dispute between "Lineage 2" and "World of Warcraft", there are too many posts on the Internet for three days and three nights. People who have played these two games in this era naturally know that these two games are indeed true. It is a very eye-catching 3D online game in this era.

　　 And only in terms of image quality, in fact, more people think that the image quality of "Lineage 2" is better, but with it comes higher requirements for configuration.

"Paradise 2" is a secondary development based on the Unreal 2 engine. The game engine of Dafeng Group has been compared with Unreal 2 before, so the picture quality of "Ancient Myth" will naturally not fall behind, even on characters and the like. The breakdown of the details is better than in "Lineage 2," but only a bit better.

The limitations of hardware, development capabilities, and the background of the times are destined to not be much better. Therefore, for most players, there is no difference between them. Those who think that the quality of the game is the best. Both.

　　 Accompanied by the confrontation of image quality at the beginning, it is also a kind of confidence for netizens from all over the world. At least for the time being, my own games are doing very well. It is inevitable that the Internet has launched the voice of cheering for the games of their respective countries.

　　 Chinese netizen, ""Ancient Mythology" is the best game in the country. Duck, rush out!"

　　 U.S. netizens, "World of Warcraft is the world's top game, unmatched, We　are　the　king!"

　　 Goryeo netizen, "Paradise 2 is the number one Smecta in the universe!"

　　 Neon netizen, "Let us resolve internal conflicts first and say goodbye..."

　　 However, with the development of the three games on a global scale, the first in the universe "Paradise 2" has been the first to expose the problems. Several core problems of that life have also appeared in this life.

　　 First of all, NCSOFT's high degree of indulgence in foreign service.

Anyone who has played the national service "Paradise 2" knows how big the gap is between the national service and the Korean service. In the later stage, it is almost no longer a game. In this life, NCSOFT still has almost no intervention in the foreign service. Agents in other countries can play whatever they want. .

In contrast, Blizzard has its own insistence that the agent can be changed to some extent, but the core things cannot be moved. As for the "Ancient Myth", because Meng Qian knows what kind of harm this matter will bring, it is naturally impossible to allow it. Too many changes in agents in other countries.

　　 Moreover, Dafeng Group has always adopted the model of joint venture or capital injection with agency companies abroad, and has also dispatched company teams to operate jointly. This is a traditional advantage of Dafeng Group's games in the global development.

　　 With the blessing of NCSOFT's indulgent attitude, another core problem has begun to be exposed, and that is the problem of the krypton gold system.

"Paradise 2" and "Ancient Mythology" are both free modes, "World of Warcraft" is still a time-based charging mode, but "Paradise 2" is very rough on the Krypton gold system, and it is more powerful if it is recharged. route.

　　Especially in a country like Huaxia, he actually directly embarked on a gameplay similar to that of the previous "Journey", which greatly amplified the power of krypton gold, resulting in almost no balance in the game.

And because the free model has been popular in this life a few years in advance, it seems to have inspired many agents to become enthusiastic about krypton gold. The krypton gold system in "Lineage 2" is even more exaggerated than before. As long as you have money, you can wipe out everything for civilian players. s hard work.

　　 In just half a month, "Paradise 2" created the highest item revenue, but it also gained the worst reputation among players.

　　 The Internet is full of complaints about money and crazy.

As the free-to-play version of "The Ancient Mythology", a big decision was made on the issue of balance this time, that is, only selling clothing, no additional mounts and other items that do not affect the balance of the game. In "The Ancient Mythology", Official channels that can become stronger by charging money will be eliminated.

　　 As for unofficial channels, for example, players privately use money to buy gold coins to buy props, then the company can't control it. This is also the case in World of Warcraft.

"The Ancient Mythology" made this decision after more than a dozen internal discussions, because it will definitely reduce the revenue of the game. The game krypton gold system of Dafeng Group has always been very gentle, and the complaints of players are not very loud, so Many people think there is no need to do this.

But this time, the reason why Meng Qian is more insistent is that in the past few years, the games of other companies have been too anxious to collect money on the krypton gold system. This has caused a backlog of emotions among many players. Meng Qian guessed that "Heaven 2" is likely to ignite the player's emotions because of the krypton gold thing.

　　 At this time, as long as you still play the routine of recharging and becoming stronger in "The Ancient Mythology", no matter how gentle you are, you will be affected. After all, Dafeng Group is the creator of free games.

At this time, facing the relatively fair mode of time charges in "World of Warcraft", "The Ancient Myth" is easily affected by market sentiment. As a rebirth, it will be clear to the game that the game makes money. The model has always been a cycle of several years. In the end, what is most acceptable to the public is obviously not to become stronger after recharging, which can only satisfy a small group of people.

　　 As the negative impact of Kryptonium broke out, "Paradise 2" began to expose the second problem, the proliferation of plug-ins. Korean games have always had a custom of ignoring plug-ins. Many people say that they can’t control it if they want to. This is obviously nonsense. It is impossible for plug-ins to control it. It is nothing more than the need to increase company investment. These companies don't want to spend this energy.

The proliferation of plug-ins makes players’ gaming experience worse and worse. As a result, the third problem of "Paradise 2" appears, that is, "Paradise 2" has no story, and the background of the first version of "World of Warcraft" It is a continuation of "Warcraft 3", "Ancient Mythology" needless to say, only "Paradise 2" has no real story background.

　　 For various reasons, "Paradise 2" was labeled as a pure money game. Beginning on January 6, 2004, "Paradise 2" increased the number of players and the number of players online began a downward trend that almost never looked back.

　　 The failure of "Paradise 2" has also become an important historical node in the decline of the Korean online game industry.

　　 After this war, coupled with the domestic authorization of Dafeng Group’s game engine, China’s domestic game industry continues to heat up, and other reasons, Korea has truly fallen into the second echelon of global games.

　　In the future, the global game landscape will be dominated by Omi, China and Neon Country.

　　 Goryeo is the number one country in the universe.

　　 GG Smecta...