Hello everyone, the cool April is over, and May with golden week has always been a must for major manufacturers, what are the famous online game public betas in the history of May? Let's let Xiaobian take you to see it.
1. Guild Wars 2
Beta: May 15, 2014
Speaking of the game "Guild Wars 2", Xiaobian believes that both the game content and the map design are games that can compete with Warcraft, and the reputation of players in Europe and the United States before the introduction of China is also quite high.
At the end of December 2012, the American "Time Magazine" announced the annual top ten video game list, in this list of single-player masterpieces, the game that topped the list was "Guild Wars 2". Guild Wars 2 not only overwhelms blockbusters such as Blade of Alienity and Assassin's Creed 3, but is also the only online game in the leaderboards.
A large number of advertisements before the public test of the national service also attracted many players. However, the way to buy out online games at the beginning did create a certain threshold, and in 2014, players have gradually eaten fast food, and many players have not survived the long single-player mission period in the early stage, and there are weak social and other reasons, anyway, in the end, it is not on fire.
Over the years, "Guild Wars 2" has formed a fixed player group with its own excellent qualities. Not long ago, the game also updated the expansion pack "Dragon Desperate" after 5 years, and launched a new map full of oriental style - Kaishan Continent.
2. Rainbow Island
Beta: May 1, 2007
"Rainbow Island" is a horizontal scroll action game developed by Actoz Soft in South Korea, which was represented by Shanda in China at that time, and its exquisite and cute graphics, colorful maps and full sense of blow quickly made it popular in the online game industry. As a result, Rainbow Island has grabbed a lot of market share in side-scrolled online games such as DNF and Adventure Island.
Although the quality of "DNF" launched in 2005 is high, due to the game's too hot, the server is often full, and many players who refuse to queue have come to Rainbow Island.
Compared with the more complex operation of "DNF", the operation threshold in Rainbow Island is lower, and this setting makes the game attract many light and casual players. At the same time, "Rainbow Island" comes with a hang-up function of automatic monster fighting, so players will not get tired of repeatedly brushing pictures.
However, the good times are not long, and as the game's life span continues to be consumed, the kryptonite points in Rainbow Island are becoming more and more unlimited under the grand proxy. Later in the game, if you don't have krypton, it's even difficult for players to fight a mob. Players can only choose to spend money to find someone to bring, or krypton gold to buy equipment props, which eventually leads to a large loss of players.
3. "Audition"
Beta: May 12, 2005
"O2Jam", which was the original of the later "Jin Orchestra", swept South Korea as soon as it was launched in 2003, proving the feasibility of online music games. Compared with MMORPG, the development of a not-so-high music game allowed the then-unknown T3 Entertainment to see the opportunity, so after two years, "Audition" was born.
Compared with the more hardcore "Jin Orchestra", players in "Audition" only need to enter commands quickly, and do not need to click every button according to the music beat, and the game is simpler to get started. In addition, Audition has done a lot of work on character modeling, movement and dance expressiveness, and the social system in the game has also allowed it to capture a large number of casual player groups.
The list of games that the Internet café owner hated the most at that time definitely had a place in "Audition", and the unique "xxxxxxx x xxxxx x" infinite loop rhythm of the Audition company plus the machine gun-like knocking would not only affect the small partners around them who were concentrating on playing the game, but also the Internet café owner who changed ten new keyboards a month was also forced to understand the skills of keyboard maintenance.
Due to the popularity of the game, bad behaviors such as buying horn show love, Kryptonian climbing costumes, and scolding wars between various subcultures have gradually fed back into reality through the player base of Audition. Serious social problems, including "adolescent abortion", continue to ferment.
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, due to the national mourning suspension and inability to play games, the incident in which one of the Audition players insulted the people in the Sichuan disaster area became the last straw that crushed it. After "Audition" was finally named and criticized by the Ministry of Culture, it gradually withdrew from the first-line echelon in the verbal criticism of all walks of life, and stumbled into operation so far.
4. "QQ Dance"
Beta: May 22, 2008
"Audition" is cool, and Tencent, which is young and strong in "copying ability", will naturally not let go of this opportunity. In 2008, Tencent launched the "QQ Dance" can not be said to be very similar to the "Audition", but can only be said to be exactly the same.
The launch of "QQ Dance" filled the vacuum period of similar games, the game was the most popular at the same time the number of online people once exceeded 1.18 million, and at that time, the students around the editor were playing both men and women, and its significance must not need to be repeated too much.
In the follow-up, due to a series of problems such as the leak of the source code of "Audition", the proliferation of plug-ins and private servers, the days of "Audition" have deteriorated, and the status of "QQ Dance" has become more and more stable, and the game has been operated so far.
On this basis, Tencent also launched the "QQ Dance 2" with more realistic picture and modeling and more diversified gameplay, and the mobile phone corresponding to the series "QQ Dance Mobile Game" has also received the full support of players as always, and has dominated the top of the App Store free list for two consecutive days after the launch.
5. "Tianjiao 2"
Beta: May 23, 2007
In 2007, when Korean and Japanese games invaded the Chinese market on a large scale, the target software was unique, not following the old path of the current MMORPG in Europe and the United States, but continued to develop the Chinese cultural "Tianjiao 2" on the basis of the success of the previous generation of "Tianjiao".
"Tianjiao 2" uses the GFX3D graphics engine independently developed by the target software, the game's massive tasks and unique skill system have greatly improved the freedom of the game, and the qualifications for the game's internal testing have been speculated at a sky-high price, and when the game is officially launched, the players who flock to the game force the target software to expand the server several times.
To this day, the enduring "Tianjiao 2" is still in operation, and the game has maintained a good rhythm of a large expansion update every year in recent years, and players who have been out of the pit for a long time can consider returning to try.
6. "Flying"
Beta: May 15, 2009
Originally developed by Gala Lab, Feifei entered the Chinese market in 2004 after being represented by NetEase. Its unique flight system has shocked players who are still in the era of 2D online games, and as The first flying "Feifei" in China, it is completely on fire.
However, when NetEase represented "Feifei" that year, the agency agreement signed with the developer was not allowed to open a mall in the NetEase game, and the player did not use krypton gold in the game at all, resulting in the game closing the door without making money in 2008.
After NetEase subsequently got the right to use Feifei-related modeling data, it developed a "New Feifei" on its own, and NetEase, which had been holding back for many years, couldn't help but want to earn back the money from the free operation of "Feifei" in previous years, desperately consuming the surplus value of old players, and finally the enthusiasm of players was exhausted, and "New Feifei" was completely cool.
7. Legend of Wonderland
Beta: May 20, 2003
As a small editor of an old two-dimensional player, I have to mention this 19-year-old "two-dimensional online game originator" "Legend of Wonderland".
At that time, the MMORPG market was filled with a large number of European and American fantasy style games, players were immersed in gang wars, PVP, and national wars, and the game atmosphere was very hardcore and heavy. In such an environment, South Korea's GRVITY launched "Legend of Wonderland" with the cute characters of the Q version and bright and bright painting style, "Wonderland Legend" that pays more attention to the socialization between players than PVP deathmatch has successfully occupied a place in the market.
In 2003, "Legend of Wonderland" officially entered China, and at the peak of 2004, the number of people online at the same time pushed to 1 million, and "Legend of Wonderland" without too much deception became one of the best memories of players that year.
However, the good times are not long, and like most two-dimensional games today, the late game of "Legend of Wonderland" is more boring, and players often repeatedly brush up for something with a low drop rate. In addition, the defects of the underlying design of the game also lead to the emergence of large-scale plug-ins, which cannot be processed in time, and the flood of Daikin Studios in the game has led to a large number of losses of ordinary players.
While the game faces many problems, thankfully, Wonderland's solid player base has allowed the game to run in a state of flux to the present. The national obedience to the 2002 Beijing Zhiguan and the game Shinkansen, to the present Qiquan network agent, although it has changed agents 5 times, but the game is still operating normally.
8. Legend 3
Beta: May 25, 2003
Friends who have played online games must know the meaning of the word "legend" in the online game industry in that year, from "Legend of Blood" to "Legend of Legend 2", brilliant game graphics and excellent game quality make the IP "Legend" quickly occupy a large number of markets in Chinese Internet cafes.
As the developer of the "Legends" series, Korea Entertainment Virtue launched a sequel "Legend 3" based on the reference to the previous game, and the game entered the Chinese market after being represented by Guangtong Communications in May 2003.
"Legends 3" has added a lot of difficult and interesting tasks, and the balance between various classes and different monsters is also more rigorous. Remember that the editor's favorite thing was to run the boat every night with the brothers, and the running boat not only needed equipment, but also excellent technology and tacit cooperation were also essential.
However, the good times did not last long, and Guangtong, who saw the benefits, engaged in kryptonite activities such as "monthly card lottery", which greatly damaged the game ecology and balance. Then, in the face of the problem of "Legend 3" game Caton, Guangtong did not solve it from its own server, but castrated the game's client, which eventually led to the deletion of a large number of game maps, and the quality of skill special effects and modeling also declined greatly. Coupled with the proliferation of hang-up plug-ins and private server problems, it eventually led to the closure of "Legend 3" in 2009, although the subsequent Shanda resurrected it after obtaining the agency rights, but the grand situation of "Legend 3" was no longer there.
9. "Tang Dynasty Hero"
Beta: May 31, 2006
"Tang Dynasty Hero" is a martial arts MMORPG game independently developed by NetEase, the game is set in the Tang Dynasty, its plot is based on history, showing the heroic deeds of various characters in history, and a moving story makes players deeply immersed in it.
The innovative martial arts system, light gong system and battlefield system of "Tang Dynasty Hero" also refreshed players, coupled with the beautiful modeling and scenes, the number of people online at the same time exceeded 150,000 shortly after the game began testing.
NetEase is full of confidence in the excellent quality of "Datang Hero", and the feedback from players in the early stage of the game is also very optimistic, but it seems that the heavens have made a joke for NetEase, and the market has given NetEase, who is immersed in joy, a blow.
Not long after the point card system of "Datang Haoxia" was launched, the market began to popular free-made games, driven by the current, NetEase quickly lost a large number of players, struggling until the game finally stopped in 2013, and "Da Tang Haoxia" was also lost in the dust of history.