The days when I retired with the queen of music

Chapter 453 Lu Anzhi’s Shadow

Map: Azeroth, Draenor

History: Old Gods, Titans, Trolls and High Elves, Burning Legion...

How to play 1: Mission upgrade, copy, group book, battlefield, PVP...

Gameplay 2: Real-time strategy, base construction, troop selection, resource collection and competition...

Lu Anzhi listed these ideas one by one.

Since the birth of "Warcraft", generation after generation, from "Warcraft" to "World of Warcraft", it has been thirty years.

Especially since the launch of "World of Warcraft", the version has gone through iterations, and Azeroth has suffered countless hardships, and in the end, a big sword was even inserted into it.

However, Lu Anzhi does not intend to write out all of such a long history. After all, with the decline of Blizzard and the change of versions in the past life, the story of Azeroth has gone astray. Blizzard has read the book many times without knowing it.

When he copied the book, he didn't copy "Dragon Family IV", and when he copied the game, he certainly wouldn't copy the plot and characters that had already collapsed.

He only planned to write a rough history of the world of Azeroth, and then list the 1.0 version of "World of Warcraft" and the third version of "Warcraft".

The Scourge of the Blackstone is the beginning of the plot of "World of Warcraft", and the story before the Scourge of the Blackstone is the plot of "Warcraft III", which runs through the three versions of "The Beginning of Chaos", "The Frozen Throne" and "Conquer the Earth". 》The classic and popular character Er Fool has completed his transformation, from a righteous human prince to a Lich King step by step, and finally brought a natural disaster of the undead to the world of Azeroth.

"And this, this "Warcraft", these races, military classifications, base construction, and this, wood and iron ore represent resources, symbolizing construction resources in this way, rich but simple at the same time, really great …”

""Westward Journey" is simply not good enough in the face of these two game ideas!"

However, after he roughly wrote the outline of the story, he also made suggestions in the text: recruit enough good plot architects to enrich the plot, and then set up a large number of branch lines and arrange tasks to make the whole world full and rich. .

Because he mainly wrote the outline, Lu Anzhi did not write the story for too long.

And the plot that Lu Anzhi plans to advance can only go so far at most. Such a long plot is enough for people in this world to play for a long time - of course, this premise is based on the fact that Xinwei Company can make the game well.

Because of the popularity of "The Frozen Throne", the popularity of "World of Warcraft" immediately reached its peak when it came to the Wrath of the Lich King version.

"Missions, copies, battlefields..."

As for the subsequent Cataclysm, Mists of Pandaria, and the subsequent War of Draenor, etc., Lu Anzhi does not plan to write about it. He only plans to give a few clues and let Xinwei Company find a good enough author. Can we develop a new and satisfying future for Azeroth in this world?

"Azeroth?! Humans, orcs, dwarves, night elves, undead, tauren..."

Then the most important thing is the introduction of the gameplay.

Lu Anzhi wrote this part in great detail. From the operation methods to the gameplay features, from races to professions, he listed them all one by one. This is the foundation of the game and cannot be deviated from.

"I have never seen a game like this before. If it can be made, it will definitely cause a sensation!"

"Mr. Lu, your ideas are so great. I just saw the introduction and found this game very fun!"

In the previous version of "Warcraft", whether World or Hegemony, they were not the first ones. They all drew lessons from other games. However, World and Hegemony undoubtedly made a lot of optimization and refinement of other games, which made these two games so exciting. It is attractive and has become a world-famous game.

"I will prepare to recruit people when I get back. The company now has enough funds. The biggest consumption is bandwidth, but with the cooperation of operators, this part is actually easy to talk about. It is no problem to develop two games at the same time!"

The tone of it all is one of the attractions of the game.

Li Huiming was dumbfounded after reading it.

These branch plots allow players to experience the world during the upgrade process, enhance the sense of immersion, and make people feel that the world is flesh and blood, as if it really exists.

It took Lu Anzhi almost half a month to sort out all these things and give them to Li Huiming.

"There are also warriors, mages, thieves, druids, hunters, shamans..."

"We must make these two games! I originally thought of making only one game, but Mr. Lu, if you come up with two games, we might as well start working on both games at the same time."

Li Huiming's compliments one after another did not let Lu Anzhi get carried away.

Lu Anzhi asked: "Don't you need to go back and discuss it with others?"

Li Huiming said: "I'm afraid you don't know, Mr. Lu, that your suggestions now have absolute authority in the company. Everyone in the company completely trusts the suggestions you give. Because of your suggestions, Mr. Lu, our company has never failed." Pass."

And there are some words he hasn't said yet.

Facts have proved that the boss's direction is completely right, and this boss only cares about direction suggestions and taking money, and does not care about anything else. Who doesn’t like a boss like this?

Li Huiming added: "There is another thing - Mr. Lu, after you told me last time, I did some research and went abroad. We acquired a company in Frankfurt. That company has a gun war The game is quite good, it’s called “Cops and Robbers Battle”. Now it’s getting ready to be launched on X-BOX. We just want you to take a look first, okay?”

""The Battle of Cops and Robbers"?"

Lu An was curious for a moment and said, "Did you bring the game? I'll try it out."

Li Huiming said: "Currently there is only a stand-alone version. I have a USB flash drive with me. There are servers operating overseas now, but we will move to X-BOX later. If it is domestic, it will have to wait for review."

"Then let me try."

Lu Anzhi said, asked Li Huiming for a USB flash drive, opened his computer and plugged it in.

The theme of gunfights is indeed easy to think of. It was popular for decades in the previous life, and it appeared in this world after the conditions matured.

Li Huiming said that this game is actually quite popular, but the company that makes the game is a small company, and the investment in operating the game is not small. They can't bear it for a while, so they want to attract corporate financing.

As a result, Li Huiming happened to be looking for a suitable competitive game. The two parties hit it off immediately, and the small company simply let Li Huiming acquire it. Small companies took a fancy to X-BOX's platform and generous financial conditions, while Li Huiming took a fancy to this game. But now after Lu Anzhi sat down, he only tried for a while and then let go.

"I'll make two suggestions. See if you can change them."

He said.

Li Huiming's eyes lit up and he said, "Mr. Lu, tell me."

Lu Anzhidao: "You also read the "Warcraft" plan I gave you. On it, I put the keys for moving forward, backward, left, and right on the WSAD. It's best to change this like this, with up, down, left, and right keys. It’s not very comfortable to sit on, so I changed it to WSAD which is more suitable for people’s sitting posture.”

Li Huiming nodded, took out a small notebook, and wrote down this item: "Mr. Lu, why did you propose to set the key positions like that in "Warcraft"? If you think about it carefully, it will indeed be more comfortable this way."

Lu Anzhi added: "Then there is the gameplay. Now this is just a battle between cops and robbers, a head-to-head competition. Whoever has more heads wins. It is more entertaining than competitive. I think we can add a blast mode and set up a game. , both sides take turns being cops and robbers.

“In the map of this mode, AB points can be set up so that gangsters can use time bombs to place explosive packets. The gangster’s purpose is to blow up the point. The police must prevent the gangsters from placing explosive packets or deactivate the explosive packets before they detonate.

"This mode will be more competitive. You can create a ranked match mode and arrange a ladder list. Players compete in ranked matches. If they win, they will add points to improve their ranking on the ladder. If they lose, they will lose their ranking. This will increase the player's ranking. Bit of positivity.”

Li Huiming's eyes brightened: "This is a good idea, Mr. Lu, how did you come up with it?!"

Lu Anzhi smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of a saying? The purpose of playing games is to win."

Li Huiming immediately smiled and understood. In competitive games, the focus is on competition. This kind of game is different from games such as collection and development. Players play this kind of game to win, of course.

Of course, players who are purely for entertainment cannot be excluded, but in the final analysis, competitive games still have to win in order to stimulate players' interest to the greatest extent.

"Then our "Warcraft" will also have a ranked mode and join the ladder list."

Li Huiming said.

Lu Anzhi nodded and said: "If this model develops well and the game has a sufficient player base, you can even hold competitions and provide bonuses to encourage players to form teams and compete for the championship."

Li Huiming said hurriedly: "I don't dare to think about this. I don't dare to think about it for the time being. Let's finish the game first and promote X-BOX."

He was speaking so cautiously now, but he never thought that in the near future, Xinwei's X-BOX and "Counter-Strike" would really develop rapidly as Lu Anzhi said, and would be ready for competition.

——"Counter-Strike" is the name of the revised version of "Cops and Robbers". Lu Anzhi casually mentioned the name when he made the suggestion. Both Li Huiming and the game producer thought this name was better, so the name "CS" was used in subsequent versions.

They were even slow to react and only noticed this after many places had already started organizing competitions on their own initiative.

Anyway, Xinwei Company was in a hurry. After getting advice from Lu Anzhi, it began to recruit people on a large scale, and the entire game department was completely devoted to the development of new games. The development of the two games is carried out simultaneously and completely confidential from the outside world.

People don't even know that Xinwei Company has already begun to invest in the development of the next two games when the game trading volume in the game box is booming and "Westward Journey" continues to be popular.

The game production companies acquired by Xinwei also accepted Lu Anzhi's suggestions in full.

So the new mode came online, and the new operating methods came online, and they were quickly accepted by the players. "Counter-Strike" boarded the X-BOX train and fully demonstrated the effect of one plus one greater than two. Whether the game or X-BOX, the development momentum on a global scale is great.

Even many players in China know the game "Counter-Strike".

Domestic players know that X-BOX is the overseas version of the new micro game box, so they are optimistic about the launch of "CS" in China. "CS" quickly reached the first place on the domestic game expectation list.

It's New Year's Day soon. On New Year's Day, the new micro game box made two big news. One is that the domestic version of "CS" passed the review and was officially launched in China.

Players were very enthusiastic and quickly jumped into this game and started their new gun journey. For a time, "CS" was even more popular than "Westward Journey", and player activity data surpassed that popular turn-based game in just a few days.

In particular, the ranked match mode of "CS" has attracted thousands of players to flock to it, and their enthusiasm for investment is even greater than that of foreign countries.

Domestic players are tireless in their pursuit of victory and ranking. This was true in the past life, and it is true in this life as well. Sometimes this pursuit even reaches a pathological level. In order to rank, actors are bought and plug-ins are used.

Lu Anzhi specifically reminded Li Huiming, so Li Huiming paid special attention to this aspect. He not only invested manpower in supervision, but also increased technology research and development to avoid the proliferation of game cheats.

Li Huiming is now very interested in this game. For him, this game is not only a popular game, but also a powerful tool to consolidate the popularity of new micro-game boxes. Therefore, he absolutely cannot tolerate mistakes in this game.

The second big news is that the game "Dragon" based on Lu Anzhi's novel of the same name has officially launched a trailer and a 16-minute trial content.

This game, which took a lot of money, manpower, and time, is finally ready for the public.

Players who have experienced the last "Dragon" game know that the new "Dragon" is still produced by the original Gigi company, and are actually a little less optimistic about it. But I can’t stand the fact that Lu Anzhi is involved in this game.

In addition, the trailer is quite well-made. The music taken by Lu Anzhi from "Game of Thrones" matches the history and war scenes of the dragon clan, as well as the struggle of tiny humans, and is full of a cruel and passionate epic feeling.

Even if they are not going to play the game, many people still want to watch the trailer. Listening to the sound of "thum~thum, thum~thum~thum" of the violin in the trailer, a feeling of desolation comes over them.

Then the audience who watched the trailer saw that Lu Anzhi's name was listed prominently in the introduction of the trailer's producers, even in the column of game architecture.

"Lu Anzhi really wants to get involved in everything."

Someone said this and did not agree with Lu Anzhi's cross-border behavior.

Then an insider broke the news: "Westward Journey" and "CS" explosion mode were also planned and led by Lu An.

(End of this chapter)