If Minecraft2 were actually released in 2072, what would it look like?
In 2022, a big news that shocked the gaming industry: Microsoft spent $68.7 billion to buy Activision Blizzard, and one of its most famous games, World of Warcraft, the world-famous top online game for more than a decade, became Microsoft's family.
Do you remember how much Minecraft sold back then? On November 6, 2014, all of Minecraft and Mojang's assets were acquired by Microsoft for $2.5 billion, which was already a sky-high price at the time (after all, Minecraft was a zero cost for Notch). Looking back now, however, Markus Persson was simply at a loss, and Notch cried and fainted in the toilet.
What is the concept of $68.7 billion? It is only 27.48 times higher than the acquisition of Minecraft, which is 66.2 billion US dollars more, which translates into 436.9 billion yuan. (Markus's villa suddenly became unscented~)
Many people may not yet understand what this amount means. Some netizens have calculated that if Microsoft uses $68.7 billion not to buy Blizzard, that is, a huge financial resource of nearly 70 billion knives to purchase thermal weapons. This money is enough to easily form 2-4 aircraft carrier groups! Then they conquered Japan, forced Japan to sign unequal treaties, and then ate all of Japan's game industry. Wouldn't it be more cost-effective than buying the deal outright?
Now for Microsoft, the game resources it has at its disposal are definitely at the top of the current world. Sandbox has Minecraft, the world's number one selling game, and the online game has World of Warcraft, which is currently at the peak of the world's incomparably mature massively multiplayer online game. Microsoft's ambition, conceivably, is to build its own metaverse with a huge xbox-based game empire.
What's more, Microsoft has always regarded Minecraft as the prototype of the metaverse, and then there are games in the metaverse on the market, but the overall operation is far from World of Warcraft or Minecraft. Microsoft's metaverse layout is large. But to this day, it is still unclear what kind of way Microsoft wants to create a "metacosm".
But either way, Minecraft and World of Warcraft have become two of Microsoft's generals!
Let's take an interesting idea: what would happen if one day Microsoft merged two games, with the block elements of Minecraft, and the online game elements of World of Warcraft, to develop a completely new game?
Thus, an epic magic sandbox online game was born, and the new game was named Minecraft2!
Race settings; players need to choose races and classes when entering Minecraft 2, including Steve, zombies, skeletons, creepers, endermen, and so on.
Class settings: Classes include warriors, mages, hunters, warlocks, priests, and more. Or you can incorporate the class settings of Minecraft Dungeon, the race and the player itself have no class, and can be given different classes by different weapons and equipment.
Character Level: Minecraft2's player experience level is no longer something that can be consumed, but a level experience that makes up the player's growth system. The maximum level is 100.
Quest Mode: In minecraft2's world, NPCs have an exclamation point on their heads to claim quests, and different quests reward coins, equipment, and experience to upgrade.
Team mode: Players can team up in a squad of 5 people, and large quests can be teamed up with more people.
Suddenly, I felt that minecraft 2 (a terrier) that will be released in 2072 is really promising under the leadership of Microsoft!