Video Game Designer

Since Warcraft entered the Chinese market, the high-quality, classic IP, epic plot and HTC worldview instantly captivated countless MMORPG players.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the world is invincible, and even some free MMORPG online games that allow players to prostitute for nothing, the number of online users is not as high as World of Warcraft.

At this time, domestic first-class media such as Youmin Xingkong and Players Paradise suddenly produced a headline article about Tianhe Network entering the MMORPG field to challenge World of Warcraft, not to mention how eye-catching it was.

But when Lu Yang clicked in and read it, after reading the whole article, he suddenly felt a little dull.

It turned out that it was all speculation based on the information released by Tianhe Network. There is no conclusive evidence at all.

I glanced at the comments below, and they were basically scolding the editor for simply looking for news without news.

Although Tianhe Network opened the official website of the League of Legends, and revealed a lot of information, including the background stories of some characters, and some obscure world views.

But what kind of game is it? It didn't mention at all. After closing the webpage, Lu Yang didn't rush to play the game anymore. Instead, he logged into QQ and opened a game chat group.

‘Have you watched Tianhe Network’s new game, League of Legends? What kind of game do you think that is? ’ After sending a link, Lu Yang asked in the group.

‘It feels like it is likely to be an MMORPG. Judging from the released information, the background is quite grand, and it is a combination of eastern and western elements. There are eastern elements and western elements. '

‘It’s not necessarily true, whether it’s an online game or a stand-alone game, how do you know it must be an MMORPG? I think it’s probably an RPG online game. '

‘No, it should be an action-adventure game like Red Dead Redemption. '

As for whether it will be a tower defense game like DOTA, no one has mentioned this.

Not only the players, but also countless people in the industry who followed Tianhe's network activities did not think of this possibility.

After all, the real charm of DOTA is the player-controlled confrontation between heroes, the passion of small-scale team battles, and the honor of the final victory.

As for the plot?

It's completely out of line with this type of game.

Not to mention the original DOTA, although the producer Ice Frog and the early sheep knife, wind stick and others will describe the heroes and items in the game in some languages, but it is just to make them look better.

Even if it gradually became popular later on, the so-called DOTA plot is more just what players and fans associate with the plot of War3.

However, there is another way in China, Dream Three Kingdoms, which attracts players with the national style. There are plots, but more of them are copies of the krypton gold gameplay. As for the plot itself, isn’t it the plot combined with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

However, regarding the war of words caused by the sudden opening of the League of Legends official website and the corners and corners of the game, Chu He has no intention of revealing more information.

At present, this game is a big cake, so we will not announce more for the time being.

Another project is also underway, which is the acquisition of DOTA copyright.

When Chuhe approached Ice Frog and his team, the main purpose was to recruit them to make an orthodox DOTA sequel.

But at that time, the other party had already accepted the olive branch of S2 games, and the Red Dead Redemption developed by Tianhe Network at that time had not yet been officially released. At the same time, S2 also gave Ice Frog and the team considerable benefits.

You must know that including Ice Frog, the entire team has not yet earned a penny from the DOTA game. With the increasing popularity of DOTA, there are frequent global competitions.

Third parties use DOTA's fame to make money, sponsors use DOTA's reputation to promote themselves, players use DOTA to make videos to open Taobao stores, play professionally to get bonuses, and conduct live broadcasts.

At the same time, because the map of DOTA is based on WAR3, it was made with an editor, and at that time, Blizzard had a rule of overlord in the editor, and the copyright of all maps was in the hands of Blizzard.

But the ice frogs, who are regarded as the creation gods by countless players, don't get any benefits at all.

If there is no thought, it is impossible, unless the ice frogs are really saints.

However, although they cannot use DOTA, after all, they are the ones who have perfected the rules of DOTA. Icefrog and his team have already had rich experience. At the beginning, they approached Blizzard itself.

But at that time, Blizzard already had internal projects, and for a group of community map makers, Blizzard didn't pay attention at all. What's more, because of the editor regulations, why are the copyrights in their own hands?

Isn't it easy and freehand to make one when you really want to do it?

So after being rejected by Blizzard, it happened that S2 threw an olive branch to Ice Frog and its team, so HON appeared.

As for why the copyright of DOTA was acquired while developing League of Legends, the reason is very simple.

That is, Chuhe still has a big heart, and he wants to dominate the whole market.

Only children make choices, and adults generally want them all.

Just like what was said when developing League of Legends, the positioning of the game League of Legends is completely different from DOTA.

It is not from the external things such as the game screen style, but the difference in the gameplay.

One is for entertainment, and the other is for competition. The former is easy to gather a large number of melon-eating players and casual players; while the latter will generate a strong cohesion of fans.

It's almost like Counter-Strike on the steam platform, and it's the same as the Chicken Eater on Tianhe Network.

Even with the huge publicity of Tianhe Network and EA, Eat Chicken is booming in terms of the fun of its own games.

However, the daily average number of people online on the steam platform Kanjiadou Counter-Strike has basically not decreased, and has maintained that stable value for several years.

Similarly, DOTA is the same as Counter-Strike, which tends to be more competitive. Even if there are rising stars such as Qifan and Dream Three Kingdoms in China to share the DOTA market, the graphics of these games should be better.

But there are still many DOTA players who would rather put up with the inconvenient battle platform, the map full of bugs, and the very old war3 screen in comparison, and still struggle on the front line of DOTA.

Calling a game Faith, Youth, this kind of player is almost hard to see in games that are biased towards entertainment, and more of them are pure competitive games.

For example, games such as Warcraft, StarCraft, Counter-Strike and DOTA, players who shout XX at the same time is their belief in youth, and there is another common feature.

That is, 70% of the people have played pure competitive games such as Warcraft, StarCraft, Counter-Strike and DOTA.

Even if these games are irrelevant.

Therefore, Chuhe still wants to acquire the copyright of DOTA and develop a real sequel, instead of using a national style version of DOTA when promoting it like Dreams and Three Kingdoms, which are similar to DOTA games.

Including League of Legends Chuhe, when promoting, he will not take into account the idea that it is derived from DOTA, but he will not promote the classic gameplay that inherits the original flavor of DOTA.

This is a brand new game, and this is an entertainment-oriented game.

As for the real DOTA, and the competitive core, if you can really get the copyright of DOTA from Blizzard, then you can do DOTA2 by yourself.

It’s the first time I feel who all the friends I know are~~ It’s probably because I’m so busy that I have to take a picture and send it to me when I go to the bathroom