"Can I take a look at this game?" Boss Jia suddenly asked.
"This …" Mike Morwaimi and Alan Adehan looked at each other. To be honest, Boss Jia's request was very abrupt.
This was because this was a game that was still in development, and Jia Yapeng was not an employee of the company, but the boss of another game company. Therefore, from any point of view, these two could not allow Boss Jia to admire their unfinished work.
But perhaps they really liked Pokemon too much, and the two were too naive at this time. In the end, they agreed to Boss Jia's request, turned on the computer, and entered the game that was still in development.
This was a game that Boss Jia thought was quite simple. At the beginning of the game, there was no top-notch animation or CG that Blizzard was used to. The quest prompt at the beginning of the game was just two pixelated people sitting at a table and chatting non-stop.
"These two people talking, one is the King of Stormwind City, Ryan Wrynn, and the other is the hero of the human kingdom, Lothar Anduin. Because of the recent appearance of Orcs around the kingdom, the King is preparing to send Lothar Anduin to a place called Goldshire Town to rebuild the originally dilapidated town, and then form an army to protect this stronghold! "
Because the game was not completed yet, the two people chatting did not make any sound, and there were no subtitles, so Mike Morwaimi could only act as a temporary commentator and explain the plot and background story of this conversation to Jia Yapeng.
"The King of Stormwind City … Ryan Wrynn … Lothar Anduin … and Goldshire Town …" Hearing these familiar names, Boss Jia remembered the time when he was addicted to the world of World of Warcraft. At the moment when he saw that the world in front of him was just being built, Boss Jia felt an inexplicable sense of holiness.
This was his countless childhood and youth ah!
"We have designed a world called Azeroth. This world has Humans, Elves, Trolls, and other magical races. There are also all kinds of magical powers, but there are no Orcs in this world." Perhaps Mark Mo Huaimi felt that Boss Jia might not understand what he had just said, so he went one step further and introduced the world and background of the entire game.
"Later, there was a very powerful Magician in the human world named Medivh. He was tempted by an evil force and opened the passage to the Orc world, letting the Orcs in. Then, the story of the war between the humans and the Orcs began!"
"In the end, Lothar Andoine will defeat the evil force, kill Medivh, and help the King to defend Stormwind City. He will defeat most of the Orcs and drive them back to their world. However, there will still be a small number of Orcs wandering in other places to accumulate strength!" McMorrow quickly explained the ending.
"Wait … What did you say? Stormwind City was defended? "Boss Jia was stunned.
"Yes! Stormwind City has been defended! "McMorrow also looked at Jia Yapeng blankly. What was there to be confused about?
"Well, it's all for the Alliance!" Boss Jia said something that McMorrow did not understand.
Next, they entered the actual game screen. This was the first stage of the War of the Humans in the game. Everyone looked like they were made of pixels. The screen was very simple. The map was a khaki color with some colored pictures pasted on it. About half of the screen was the game's control panel, which was used to display various information in the game.
However, this was very simple in Boss Jia's eyes. For the whole of 1993, this kind of screen was considered very good. At least it looked better than the screen of Pokemon.
However, the graphics weren't the main point. The main point was that Boss Jia had clearly seen a lot of things that would have a profound impact on the future through the game's timing demonstration, especially the childhood things of Jia Yapeng's generation.
For example, a gold mine that could only provide for five farmers (more farmers would be useless).
Another example was a tree that farmers could knock on.
There were also familiar human and Orc infantry.
A house that could provide for six people and so on.
Moreover, all of the animations were almost the same as the third generation. From these simple pictures, Jia Yapeng could clearly see the future of Warcraft 3. This made Boss Jia very excited.
"This is the first stage of the War of the Humans that we designed. It's relatively simple, mainly for the players to familiarize themselves with the controls of the game …" McMorrow explained, and then noticed that the players beside him were trembling.
"Mr Jia, are you feeling unwell? Why don't I take you to my house to rest for a bit? "McMorrow asked with concern.
"No need, I just thought of something. I'm just excited!" Boss Jia took a deep breath to calm himself down.
Boss Jia couldn't help but be excited. After all, the game in front of him was the first generation of Warcraft, Warcraft: Humans and Orcs!
How important was Warcraft to the gaming world?
Let's put it this way. Warcraft's appearance led to StarCraft, and the pinnacle of the Warcraft series, Warcraft 3.
And a map editor in Warcraft 3 led to a game that was popular all over the world: Dota.
And Dota evolved into two games that dominated the world: Dota 2 and League of Legends.
But that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was that Warcraft and StarCraft, these two real-time strategy games, created an unprecedented eSports market.
Back in 1986, the world's first eSports competition was organized by Nintendo and the United States' ABC Television.
However, this never became the mainstream. What really made e-sports receive a lot of attention was the first WCG World E-Sports Competition in 2000, which was the first world-level e-sports competition.
However, at that time, WCG didn't have much appeal. It wasn't until StarCraft and Warcraft became popular all over the world. Their competitive and entertaining nature quickly attracted the attention of many players all over the world. In the end, eSports became famous all over the world.
Although WCG was later discontinued, League of Legends, Dota2, Overwatch, and a series of high-level professional leagues and international competitions completely pushed e-sports to the peak.
In 2020, eSports had surpassed all traditional competitions and became the most watched competition.
And the beginning of all of this was in this small computer in front of him, a game called Warcraft: Humans and Orcs.
"What's the name of this game?" Boss Jia asked again.
"We really haven't thought about it yet …" McMorrow said with a bitter smile.
"Then I'll give it a name. Let's call it Warcraft: Humans and Orcs!" Boss Jia said straightforwardly.
"Warcraft …" McMorrow and Alan Adehan suddenly looked at each other. Although this was the first time they heard this name, they didn't know why they felt that this name was so familiar, as if it was engraved in their bones. It was just a name that popped up in their minds.
"Good name!" McMorrow couldn't help but praise, but after praising, he looked at Jia Yapeng strangely.
Just now, he wanted to enjoy the game that hasn't been released yet, but now he even wants to name the game. What does the chairman of the Daqian Group want to do?
Also, why exactly did he come all the way here?
"You two, are you short of money?" Boss Jia said faintly in McMorrow and Alan Adehan's inexplicable eyes.
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