To say that the current popular word on the Internet, "inner volume" is definitely a one. People inside the volume, the game is also the inner volume, the volume welfare volume art volume screen, there is nothing that can not be rolled.
As a giant in the game industry, NetEase has money and willfulness, and naturally rolls its own games to a new height.
Take NetEase's heavyweight end game "Taiya Epic", which naturally cannot escape this wave of large inner volume. In order to make the game more complete and enrich the game's worldview, they invited the Dutch science fiction writer and winner of the 2016 Haaland Prize for Literature, Roderick Leeuwenhart.
Roderick Leeuwenhart cannot be simply defined by the label of a "writer." He is also a Japanese culture lover, tech geek, gamer, film critic, magazine writer... Versatility is absolutely reasonable to put on him.
Speaking of this Harland Literature Prize, domestic players may not be familiar with it, but foreign audiences are quite recognized. Roderick Leeuwenhart was a great god in their minds.
Roderick Leeuwenhart (2nd from right) standing on podium C
For Rodrick Leeuwenhart's work, some foreign netizens gave this evaluation: "His work is very suitable for me as a mild science fiction reader." I don't need to know very complex science fiction concepts, even people who have never read science fiction can read his books. The storyline he creates is uncomplicated and doesn't need obscure proper noun embellishments, but there is no lack of depth. Being able to read his books was a bonus in my life. ”
Affirmation from foreign netizens
So how powerful is this Harland Literary Prize? Simply put, it is the Nobel Prize for Literature in science fiction literature. That is to say, NetEase invited a foreign bigwig of mo yan Liu Cixin's level to write a world view for "Taiya Epic".
Good guys, this "Science Fiction Nobel Prize" winner to find, "Taiya Epic" this wave of can be called the game industry pen inside the ceiling, simply do not give peers a way to live!
One wonders, isn't Epic of Taia a medieval-style game? Featuring the adventurous national war of "Sword and Magic", inviting a science fiction bigwig to write about a medieval worldview sounds a bit weird... If the big guy is excited, the occupational disease has occurred, and the "Taiya Epic" is hard to write "Star Wars", what can it be?
However, after I went to check the resume of Rodrick Leeuwenhart, the big guy, I found that my first impression was actually ridiculously wrong!
As a writer, in addition to science fiction, Roderick Leeuwenhart can be regarded as a wide range of subjects, and most importantly, Roderick Leeuwenhart has written many knightly stories in medieval backgrounds. What is this called? This is called the professional counterpart of the medieval style "Taiya Epic"!
Even in his other novels, Roderick Leeuwenhart has a crush on Western magical elements. The entanglement of dragons and humans on the alien planet, the night watchman of human beings in the universe, these images that combine medieval wind and bone and modern art are all from the pen of this ghost writer.
And The Netherlands, the hometown of Rodrick Leeuwenhart, is also a place with medieval magic genes. The background setting of the well-known magic masterpiece "The Lord of the Rings" is largely a reference to the northwest European region, including the Netherlands.
This is amazing, the literary big man with strong penmanship, and he is from the archetypal holy land of Middle-earth. Whether it's the understanding of the history and culture of medieval Europe or the ability to weave a story, that's one word: top!
What's more, Roderick Leeuwenhart himself is also experienced in making games.
I believe that all of you who have been in the Steam platform for a long time, even if you have not played it, you should at least have heard about the game series "Shadow Samurai".
Roderick Leeuwenhart wrote the storyline for the Shadow Samurai series, another work of the famous game company Devolver Digital, Journey in the Mist.
Coincidentally, Journey into the Mist is the story of a human warrior who takes an adventure and survives many crises to save the world. In the main line, there is a soul that fits with the "Epic of Taiya".
Therefore, the author feels that although it gives the impression of being deeply rooted in the field of science fiction, the worldview of Rodrick Leeuwenhart, who is a big man, to write "Taiya Epic" is definitely as simple as sprinkling water.
In fact, for many players, especially online gamers, they have not paid special attention to the worldview and plot of the game, and may even think that it is unimportant.
But for a game, a good world view can penetrate into every part of the player's game, and the moisturizer silently allows the player to participate in the plot of the game. In a more official way, a good world view and plot can enhance the sense of substitution of the game.
Although the previous "Taiya Epic" gave players a strong sense of "medieval" in terms of country, family, gameplay, etc., the world view and plot setting have always been the weaknesses of the game.
This time, the Epic of Taia gave it all to Roderick Leeuwenhart, giving the big man the freedom to construct the Medieval Age in his mind.
With the launch of Rodrick Leeuwenhart's new worldview and storyline, players who have been playing Taia Epic will definitely experience the changes in the new version.
Case in point: in the previous version, the novice plot of Taiya Epic was a cross-over drama. Players who fight well with the advanced number in the rift of time and space are suddenly kicked to the novice village to start from scratch.
The new version completely reworks this storyline: the player becomes a refugee and is forced to drift into the world of Thea Epic in a shipwreck. After this new CG, the player will wake up from a beach, which will be connected.
The optimization of the world view also plays an optimized role in the process guidance of the game, so that the player has a significant goal in the process of running the task. In the old version, the task was to make you fight this and that, like an errand boy.
The new version is different, with the blessing of a new worldview - in order to avoid spoilers here, the author is not easy to say - the mission text will explain more world background settings and plot elements. These details are the source of the player's sense of immersion and substitution.
From a macroscopic point of view, the new version of "Battle of the King's City", a new PVP gameplay that allows players to compete for world supremacy, also originates from a new world view setting. Why did the old king, or NPC, be overthrown by the player? Where is the man behind the world crisis? This requires players to find the answer in the game themselves.
After the reconstruction of the world view and the extension of the plot, the "Taiya Epic" is about to usher in a new round of undeleted tests. Whether you're an old player who's been wandering around the continent for a long time and want a whole new experience, or a new player who's been drawn to the world of swords and magic and a Middle World style adventure, Epic Of Taia can give you a different kind of MMO experience.