Good weekend everyone, I'm Dr. X.
【Nostalgia Weekly】It is mainly composed of three parts: "Popular Nostalgia Game Dynamics", "Nostalgic Game New Works" and "Selection of Nostalgic Articles"
Let's take a look at what is worth paying attention to this week
【Popular Nostalgia Game Dynamics】
Key point: Diablo: Immortal announced that it landed on PC and mobile, but it was spat on by a large number of players!
Blizzard announced at a recent live event that Diablo: Immortal will open beta on June 2 and land on IOS, Android and PC platforms.
During the live broadcast on the same day, Blizzard revealed for the first time that "Diablo: Immortal" supports PC clients and is online with the mobile game version. At the same time, it also supports progress sharing and linkage between the PC version and the mobile game version. In other words, after exiting the Diablo: Immortal mobile game version, the player logs in to the PC version, and can go online in the mobile game where it is offline, and then play the game.
To know that "Diablo: Immortal" has been promoted by mobile games as a carrier before, and once caused players to resist and complain, in this regard, game development director Wyatt Cheng also exposed the classic quote "Do you guys not have phones?!" ）。 Today, Blizzard has reneged on its word, and although it is a good thing to let the game land on the PC, it still can't resist the player's spit.
Even some old fans said that they would not buy for this revision, after all, players only officially released mobile games when they were looking forward to "Diablo 4", and now it is difficult to convince players in a short time when they suddenly announce the launch of the PC side.
In addition, the operation mode of the game after release has also triggered a lot of discussion among players. In particular, the F2P business model makes many players feel that this is a process that destroys the sense of game experience.
Although this is the current trend of the mobile game charging model, but if you want to combine the F2P business model and the setting mechanism of the game itself in the game, the official needs to make more efforts, otherwise it will only disappoint the old fans and the new fans cannot be precipitated.
Key points: "The Legend of the Paladin Sword" multiple linkage online, is it to squeeze the IP dry or to find another way?!
On April 25, the official "Legend of the Paladin Sword" announced the activities of the Xianjian linkage Alipay members on Weibo, and the payment code skin of the Alipay member × the "Legend of the Paladin" will be officially launched at 10:00 tomorrow. The Digital Collector's Edition Alipay Payment Code Skin will be released in limited quantities.
This Series of Immortal Sword-themed Digital Collections includes all four protagonist images in the game "The Legend of the Immortal Sword": Li Xiaoyao who walks the rivers and lakes with swords, Zhao Ling'er who is soft and gentle in the inner, Lin Yueru who is cheerful and cheerful, and Anu who is cute and agile.
However, not long ago on April 14, "Eternal Destruction" and "Legend of the Paladin Sword" carried out a "dream linkage", such a high frequency of leapfrog linkage, so that many players suspect that the official is squeezing the IP value of "The Legend of the Paladin Sword".
However, it is also true that through these linkage behaviors, the popularity of the game has once again been driven. Moreover, as long as the object of linkage is reliable and powerful and restores "with an inner taste", I believe that the benefits still outweigh the disadvantages.
Draw the point: the "old predecessors" of the game industry celebrate their birthdays! NEXON's end game Dark Legends celebrates its 24th anniversary
A few days ago, one of South Korea's first generation of MMORPG terminal games, NEXON's "Dark Legends" ushered in the 24th anniversary, and at the same time as the memory sharing activities were launched this month, the 24th anniversary commemorative video was released.
Dark Legends opened a channel on YouTube on April 15 this year, and through the 24th anniversary video, it released game-related records such as "male-female ratio" and "popular class ranking", as well as player memories collected from the "Dark Legends Memories Sharing Event".
Participating in the event, players who saw the video expressed their emotion. At the same time, driven by the anniversary event, the number of dark legend players also increased, reaching 143.7% in the same period of the previous year, and sales also increased by 116.4% year-on-year.
In addition, "Dark Legends" also began to broadcast live from April 21. The live broadcast is in the form of surveillance, allowing players to see the villages and cities in the game, and without logging into the game, players can also see players participating in activities in the game, as well as chatting and other scenes.
In this regard, NEXON said: "Dark Legends" is a game that still has many fans, which is a very important IP for NEXON.
Dr. X believes that as an "online game veteran", it is very careful to bring players a unique birthday celebration after 24 years of ups and downs. I also hope that in the future game industry, there will be more and more high-quality and heartfelt games, which can bring you more surprises and touches.
【Nostalgia Game New】
Key point: Tencent's first sound game comeback?! "QQ Sound" was re-launched after three years
Recently, "QQ Sound" under a new name - "R2beat: Speed of Sound Awakening" launched on the Steam game platform, and has been officially tested on April 28, evoking the youth memories of countless old players.
As a game that has been in operation for thirteen years and has become the memory of a generation of people across the country, QQ Sound Speed can be called the enlightenment of many players in that era. Therefore, this comeback after three years has naturally attracted the attention and hot discussion of many players.
Although the returned "QQ Sound" has changed in name, it has maintained the original QQ sound style in style, that is, the classic version of the peak of QQ sound, whether it is the font, UI interface design, or the layout of the icons in the game, it is maintained 100% restoration.
At the same time, the operation mode of "R2beat: Sonic Awakening" is also the same as the original QQ sound speed, simple, easy but extremely testing the reaction, and the player's operation has been carefully optimized to ensure that the old players have a smooth operation experience.
Of course, in addition to retaining the original content, "R2beat: The Awakening of the Speed of Sound" has also made targeted improvements to the original problems of QQ sound speed, such as the use of 1080P hd picture quality, the character model is clearer, and the fashion style and social system have also been improved a lot.
For the return of such a classic game, Dr. X and most players are surprised and delighted, but the current "R2beat: Sonic Awakening" music library is not yet perfect, many of the classic songs have not yet been released, which is like losing the soul of the game for the old players.
After all, after three years, and the game has just been launched, the music needs to confirm the copyright one by one, so players can understand, I believe that in the near future, the game's library will slowly be full, so that players are more satisfied.
Key points: MMORPG mobile game "Legend M" open battle method Dao real machine video, multiple choices to meet the player
Recently, the MMORPG mobile game "Legend M: Pioneer and Drifter" (hereinafter referred to as "Legend M") under Yudede has released real-time videos of three professions, warriors, mages, Taoists and other three professions.
In the three open classes, warriors use their physical strength to engage in melee combat with their enemies, based on physical attacks, with excellent swordplay and destructive power.
Mages use powerful magic to unleash a class of gorgeous attacks. A mage with powerful magical attacks, using the power of fire, ice, lightning and other elements, is the most gorgeous class in the battle process.
The Taoist can summon babies and even resurrect teammates, and after learning more advanced martial arts, they can use more powerful buffs and debuffs magic attacks, and cooperate with other classes to keep enemies in chaos.
This public career setting, in Dr. X's view, is actually decent, but after all, "Legend M" is a new IP work restored after adding modern interpretations on the basis of "Legend 2" (national service name: Blood Legend), so the character gameplay should not be the biggest selling point of this game, the key is whether it can be integrated into the core content of the original work, and on this basis, it is upgraded and optimized.
【Selected Nostalgic Articles】
Key point: The first casual game represented by Tencent, the game after being shut down for 3 years, can it be revived?
Tencent's son "QQ Sonic" returns?! The enlightenment of countless music players, it withdrew from the market after thirteen years of operation, and it was triumphant again after three years!
Highlights: How fun was the Tower of Eternity in 2009? Eight-year-old player God operation, one person guarding more than a dozen warehouse numbers
From the beginning of the bloody struggle, to guarding the empty YY channel, "Aion" has become a vivid youth ending for players.
Key point: The ancient martial arts RPG, remake in the way of Diablo, where is good is the process is short
The replica is one step higher than the original?! The graphics, plot, and fight scenes have all been greatly upgraded! Playing too cool seems to be too short a process, which makes people feel unfinished.
Key points: "Sword Net 3", which has been operating for 13 years, this time wants to break the old routine of MMORPG
Jumping out of the original limitations and framework, "Sword Net 3" allows players to freely choose the way of play with "burden reduction", and "token merger" saves the player's liver! "Refining reform" to enhance the player's sense of gaming experience!