For a long time, online games have been directly synonymous with MMORPGs, as a game type that was once very popular, even post-zero players have heard of "Blood Legend", "Miracle MU" and other MMORPGs that hit the country more than a decade ago. However, with the development of the times, this type of game has become more and more "marginalized", not only the number of new games is getting less and less, the number of players in the old game has also decreased sharply, and many players obsessed with MMORPG can only hope for the future, hoping to wait for a phenomenon-level MMORPG to appear and reactivate the entire market.
This game, which is regarded by players as a "savior", is the legendary "League of Legends MMO", for this game, players must not be unfamiliar - as the world's most successful MOBA game developer, Riot Company has long planned to create a "League Universe", and in 2021 officially announced the development plan of "League of Legends MMO", inviting senior developers such as the former "World of Warcraft", "Mass Effect" and "Guild Wars 2" to join and build together.
The blessing of super IP and star teams has made "League of Legends MMO" the last hope of many players as soon as it was announced, but when many players calculated day and night when this game would be available, bad news came - the former "World of Warcraft" designer, the head of "League of Legends MMO" "Ghost Crab" recently posted on his twitter, saying that this game that carries a large number of players' expectations may not be able to be released smoothly. As soon as this tweet was released, many players who were looking forward to the game were worried about the abnormality.
The main reason why "League of Legends MMO" may not be released is that the development of MMORPG is too "difficult". As we all know, MMORPG is a very mature game mode with a gameplay mechanism, after more than twenty years of precipitation, various systems have been developed very perfectly, and it is several times more difficult to develop other games than to innovate eye-catching products. At the same time, MMORPG also has a fatal weakness, that is, the game cultivation speed is too slow, in the era of mobile games and fast-paced games, this game mechanism that needs to be slowly cultivated is itself out of date, and it will inevitably face many conflicts such as player class needs and game schedules. Therefore, even a company like Fist hastily launched an MMORPG that disappointed players.
The dilemma that MMORPG is difficult to produce new works is also applicable in China. Taking the last end game masterpiece on the market, "Against the Cold Water", as an example, this game is the last peak of domestic end games since 2018, whether it is screen performance, content gameplay, jianghu setting, plot performance and freedom, etc., it can be said that it is the leader of domestic online games. However, even so, the needs of different classes of players for the game still have a sharp difference. In order to satisfy the players as much as possible, the game developer can only maintain a large team of more than 200 people for a long time to ensure the update and iteration speed of the game, and continuously increase the game demand of players with new content and new gameplay.
Since its listing, "Against the Water Cold" has maintained a weekly content update, every quarter there is a new expansion pack online iteration speed, as long as there is a new gameplay content that interests players, it will be added to the game by the developer, such as eating chicken, self-propelled chess, desert island survival and even open world gameplay, have joined the jianghu world of "Against the Water Cold", and at the same time, the game developers have also continuously adjusted and optimized the PVP gameplay, social gameplay and leisure cultivation gameplay, relying on diligent updates. Being able to sustain its own market development shows the difficulty of developing and maintaining an MMORPG.
So, what do you think of Ghost Crab's statement that "League of Legends MMO" may not be released, and MMORPG's final hope will be shattered?