Just looking at this batch of sketches, everyone's enthusiasm was already very high. They were especially excited when they thought about how Azeroth was going to be made into an RPG game.
Wen Lingwei and Jia Peng didn't think that Chen Mo was actually going to make an RTS game. Since RTS games were dominated by foreign companies, there was no way for domestic companies to compete.
Everyone felt that making an RPG game was the safest choice for Chen Mo.
Wen Lingwei suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, manager, have you seen any new games from Zen Entertainment?"
Chen Mo shook his head, "Nope, what new game?"
Wen Lingwei said, "I think it's called Seven Heroes, a large scale Wuxia RPG game for PC."
Zheng Hongxi said, "I've been paying attention to it. I think it's releasing closed beta today, and will be open beta in two months."
Chen Mo's interest was piqued, "Really? What kind of game? Tell me more. "
Zheng Hongxi said, "I've seen the intro video, it's just a remake of Legend of the Sword, replacing Xianxia with Wuxia."
Jia Peng said, "Huh? That's possible? Zen Entertainment sure is lazy. "
Zheng Hongxi said, "It's not really lazy. Since Legend of the Sword is so successful, changing the gameplay might ruin the game. Remaking their own game is the safest way to go."
Chen Mo nodded. This was a common occurrence in his previous life. Most video game companies wouldn't have the courage to make major changes to a successful game. It wasn't easy to innovate, and might even lose the fun of the original game.
Therefore, it was actually a safer way to reinvent the game. Changing the Xianxia theme to a Wuxia theme, redoing the content, packaging, classes, combat system, and so on, but not changing the core gameplay. This way, the risk of failure would be minimized.
Qian Kun said, "Looks like they're testing the waters. If it's successful on PC, they'll make a VR version. It's the same old thing. "
Zheng Hongxi said, "The PC version should be successful. After all, the gameplay of Legend of the Sword is top-notch in China."
While everyone was talking, Su Jinyu suddenly exclaimed, "Hey? Look at Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's Weibo! They're releasing a new game too! "
Everyone took out their phones and opened Weibo. It was true, Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's official Weibo had posted a new game trailer!
After I Am MT, Chen Mo developed Thunderbolt Tabletop and Lifeline. The development period was a little over a month. Including the time spent on gathering players, research, and preparation, it had been almost four months since then.
Evidently, Emperor Dynasty Entertainment hadn't been slacking off during this period of time.
Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's official Weibo: "New game Ain World will be in closed beta soon! The grand world background and rich race settings will give you a different role-playing experience! "
There were also a few animations below the Weibo post. There were human knights, orc warriors, elven archers, etc. There were also a few animations of scenes. The overall feeling was that of a classic western fantasy.
Zheng Hongxi was also shocked. "What the hell is this? Why would Emperor Dynasty want to make Western Fantasy? "
Wen Lingwei complained, "Ain World? Isn't that a knockoff of Azeroth?"
"Manager, what do you think?" asked Su Jinyu.
Chen Mo laughed, "What's there to think about? Western Fantasy is pretty much dead in China. Emperor Dynasty and Zen Entertainment have always treated Western Fantasy as a taboo. Now that they suddenly decided to make a Western Fantasy game, and even used a completely original world, obviously …"
Zheng Hongxi continued, "They want to copy Azeroth."
Chen Mo nodded with a smile, "Yeah."
Jia Peng said angrily, "Wow, Emperor Dynasty is really shameless. They're copying everything the manager makes. How can such a big company be so shameless?"
Wen Lingwei added, "They're even copying games that haven't been made yet."
Chen Mo laughed, "Don't worry, they've copied so many games. Have any of them surpassed the original?"
Su Jinyu said, "Well, store manager, we can't just ignore it. We should be able to sue them for copying worlds, right? "
Chen Mo said, "Haven't they already changed it? Look, this game is obviously using classic Western Fantasy as a blueprint. They only 'borrowed' some creativity from the World of Azeroth, but didn't dare to borrow too much. "
Su Jinyu was still unconvinced, "Then, manager, are we just going to do nothing?"
Chen Mo shook his head, "Of course not. Do I look like someone who would take a loss? Come, Goldfish, give me my phone. "
Su Jinyu was shocked, "Huh?"
Chen Mo secretly pointed at the table next to him, "Over there."
Su Jinyu was speechless, "Manager, you're such a drama queen. It's just two steps away. Can't you just take it yourself? You're acting like an emperor."
Although she said that, Su Jinyu still took two steps forward and handed Chen Mo the phone.
Everyone was confused. What was Chen Mo trying to do? Was he trying to scam again?
Chen Mo posted a Weibo with only one picture: Arthas' concept draft.
He thought for a moment and added, "Always imitated, never surpassed."
This Weibo post was basically right after Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's Weibo post, with a difference of less than five minutes.
The netizens were shocked when they saw this Weibo post!
These people were about to roll up their sleeves and start a war of words when they saw Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's Weibo post. But who would care about Emperor Dynasty Entertainment's Weibo after seeing Chen Mo's Weibo post?
Although Chen Mo's Weibo only had one sketch and one sentence, there was a ton of information!
There were more than ten entries related to Arthas in the World of Azeroth. Everyone knew that he was a key figure in the World of Azeroth. Many netizens also knew about Arthas's past.
Moreover, even if they didn't know who Arthas was, just the sketch alone was enough to make them feel awesome!
Look at the design, the expression, the setting, the cool Skeleton Horse and Frostmourne. Just one word could describe it, cool!
Compared to this sketch, the beautiful artwork from Ain World was like a girl with heavy makeup. No matter how hard they tried to put on makeup, they were all ruined by Chen Mo's sketch!
Instead, it exuded a strong sense of imitation.
What's more, Chen Mo added a sentence, "Always imitated, never surpassed."
Yeah, that was the essence of what he said!
Plants vs Zombies, I Am MT, Thunderbolt Tabletop. No matter the genre, no matter what genre, no matter what kind of game Chen Mo made, other designers would copy it like flies. The netizens couldn't take it anymore!
And Emperor Dynasty even copied the World of Azeroth? How shameless he was!
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