Plants vs Zombies believe that many players have played, as a milestone of tower defense games, it was a hit at the time, but presumably many players do not know that this game has also launched a sequel!
What is the continuation of a classic IP less well known? The story needs to start with the birth of the first generation of plants vs zombies game, the first generation of works was produced by George Fan, he and Bao Kai company have the same game thinking and game understanding, the two sides hit it off. Later, George Fan even left the Blizzard Company that produced world of Warcraft to join Baokai, knowing that Blizzard's position in the game industry was second to none!
Plants vs. Zombies was officially released on May 5, 2009, and the main gameplay of the game is to collect resources and plant plants to resist zombies, which is very similar to other tower defense game concepts.
But why is it the only classic? The configuration requirements of the game are very low, as long as the computer is not ridiculously bad, it can play Plants vs. Zombies without pressure, and its text volume is very small, it is easy to be translated into various languages, so the game is rapidly popular around the world. Although the configuration requirements are not high, the amount of content of the game is quite rich. There are 49 different plants to choose from in the game, and players can freely match and match different tactics to achieve the purpose of completing the level.
And the game's music "Zombies on Your Lawn" is even more unique, with a unique composition style coupled with a brainwashed melody, which is a little playful in the weirdness, so that the music will soon go out of the circle and spread all over the country.
The times made Plants vs. Zombies and destroyed it. The model of free-to-play paid props was a great success, and Baokai began to consider whether to follow the trend, when EA Game Company threw an olive branch, and Baokai also chose to join in and transform into a free-to-play game business model. The company underwent a major restructuring and layoffs, and the founder of Plants vs. Zombies also left in the storm.
After the transformation of Baokai, the first thing that comes to mind is its own doorkeeper IP: Plants vs. Zombies. As a game of testing waters after the transformation, Plants vs. Zombies 2 was born with a golden spoon. Under the influence of the IP of the original game, the game has achieved a lot of response once it was launched. The game has added new settings, new props, new maps, new gameplay.
But since the core founders have left, how to make innovations has become the biggest problem for game companies.
Sure enough, the paid props independently created by the new producers who cannot the essence of the game are getting stronger and stronger, and the game has fallen into the situation of not being able to play without paying money. To make matters worse, EA was also exposed to the "national costume features" scandal, the price of a prop will increase in China, and the popularity of the game has fallen into the freezing point.
Not all sequels end in failure, there are also many successful sequels, such as the Devil May Cry series and the Resident Evil series, the failure of the Plants vs. Zombies sequel is because of the forgetting the original intention of the game, the sequel should have a "emotional content" that the player has to remember, and it is also different from the previous game.
Life and Death Sniper 2 is a very good sequel, it not only retains some of the classic maps and modes of the first generation, but also optimizes them, and most importantly, they do not forget their original intentions: from the original page game FPS to today's useful sub-era futuristic wind of the end game FPS, their core members have not changed.
Compared with the page game style of a generation of life and death snipers, the picture of life and death sniper 2 is more delicate and exquisite, the shape of the gun is restored more realistically, and the classic map and mode are optimized. The Forest Playhouse is the restoration of the classic map and the mutation mode, and the map as a whole is closer to the effect of the mutant horror.
In addition to the optimization of the map, Life and Death Sniper 2 also has a special head mode, in which the player will wear a head covering and will be easier to hit. In addition, attacking friendly forces can help teammates restore health. In this mode, the player will also have a special energy slot, which will increase the amount of damage dealt to the enemy or restore the health of the friendly army, and when the energy is full, the player can transform into a melee hero with damage and super fast speed, entering the time of death.
After a high-intensity battle, players can take a fun big head mode to relieve fatigue.
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