Inside Hero Games' office, Felix's expression was very complicated.
During this period when "Warcraft" was constantly gaining popularity, basically, there were no other game sounds heard on the PC platform.
At first, "Warcraft" showed a balance problem, just as he had expected, and he cheered with joy.
But then, Lucas's live demonstration completely turned his face pale.
After all, he had thought of countless possibilities, but he really never thought that the designer would personally step up and even beat the pro players.
He originally thought that "Human Warfare" was already lost, a complete failure.
But now, he strangely found that the activity of "Human Warfare," which had dropped to rock bottom, had recently rebounded.
And through data investigation, as well as some forum comments, he came to a fact that made him a little uncomfortable.
That is, the reason why these players came back to play "Human Warfare" is not because they think "Human Warfare" is so charming, purely because they feel that they are too unskilled to play "Warcraft," this slightly hardcore RTS game.
It's still more comfortable and stress-relieving to have "Human Warfare" where everyone mindlessly spams units, and then takes them away in one wave, giving them a little sense of participation.
At this time, Felix was a little broken.
What do you mean? You think "Warcraft" is too deep, and "Human Warfare" is particularly mindless and requires no skill?
You should know that once upon a time, "Human Warfare" was the most technically representative and most balanced RTS game in the RTS field.
Now it has been reduced to a so-called 'casual entertainment' game, instead of a competitive game?
This sense of contrast made Felix uncomfortable.
But at the same time, he was a little glad.
He lost, but not completely.
At least he still had hope with the light casual players.
If it doesn't work, let "Human Warfare" make drastic reforms. As long as he can grasp the casual player base, he may be able to make a comeback!
Thinking of this, Felix only felt his chest full of enthusiasm boiling up again.
While he was full of beautiful ideas about the future, the phone on the table made a prompting sound.
'The person you follow has a new update!'
The update he's following?
The only person he has been following during this time is: Lucas!
Has he posted a message?
Could it be the new version of "Warcraft"?
He immediately picked up his phone and opened the official blog, and then Felix was stunned.
Just as he had expected.
Lucas's simple official blog announced the content of the latest version.
But why is the content of this update so strange?
A new gameplay map, and a self-created map editor?
What is this?
.........
Like Felix, many players were also confused and puzzled.
"New version? What is this update?"
"Um, several Zack maps, it doesn't look like a battle map, 'The Tribulation of the Western World' what are these?"
"And a map editor, what is this?"
"A little confused!"
"Could it be a new story campaign? But that's not right, what's going on with this Three Kingdoms background? Isn't 'Warcraft' western fantasy?"
"There's also the pyramids of Egypt!"
"What is this map editor for? Is it for us players to make our own battle maps? Make one with 100 gold mines?"
"Don't talk nonsense, didn't they update two CG animations?"
"As always, high quality! But the problem is, Boss Lucas, you are a game company, not an animation company!"
With the launch of the new version, many players excitedly opened the update text, ready to see what this version updated.
But after reading it, many players were a little confused.
Because this new version is completely different from what they thought.
Two CG animations, 5 Zack maps that don't look like story campaigns, and don't look like battle maps either.
And a map editor that no one knows what it is.
Out of curiosity, many players also opened these maps and began to ponder them.
............
As a loyal player who bought the collector's edition with his own private money.
Zack also updated the new version of "Warcraft" as soon as possible.
But unlike the time when the game first came out, during this time he went to play "Monster Hunter: World" with Hannah and Ben and other friends again.
The main reason is that none of these people are very good at playing RTS games.
They are always in a hurry when they play, and they can't beat others at all. The new account's ladder score is 500 points, and it is still hovering around 400-600 points.
Although they still occasionally play internal battles and play against the computer together.
But they are becoming less and less interested.
But this time, he was a little interested in the "Warcraft" update.
Maps with all-new different gameplay?
Could it be a story campaign?
With such an idea, Zack clicked on the Zack map called 'Defend Jian閣'.
There are various different modes.
Match with random players.
Play alone.
Or play with friends.
After thinking about it, he directly chose a multiplayer match.
Soon he entered the game.
A magnificent music came from the game, but it was not the background music in "Warcraft", but a BGM from "Legends of the Three Kingdoms".
This made him a little stunned.
Then the buildings on the map, and the rest of the unit models, all made him a little confused.
Why are all the models from the Three Kingdoms?
"Defend Zhuge Liang, will it end if Zhuge Liang dies?"
"Choose a hero, does this mean we don't build units, just control a hero?"
"It's a bit like an RPG game!"
"I want to play Zilong, can you guys let me play Zhao Yun?"
"Damn, speak properly! Be a man, okay! And look at where Zhao Yun is now, they are all some new recruits, there are no great generals in Shu, Liao Hua is the vanguard, this is the end of Shu Han!"
"Damn, these heroes are so awesome! Level 1 has more than 100 attack?"
"Equipment and levels, can they be upgraded? How do you upgrade!"
"Dropped a purple intelligence fan, damn, more than two hundred points of attack, am I invincible!? Wait! Where is my equipment! What is this bird? Why did it pick up my equipment? Who has no manners!"
"Damn, how is this BOSS so powerful! Zhuge Liang is dead?!"
A group of new players played for more than ten minutes in a confused manner, but obviously everyone didn't understand how to play this defense map.
With the first big BOSS of the tenth wave of attack, none of the players on the field could fight, which directly led to Zhuge Liang's lonely death.
But all the players didn't have any sense of frustration, but were very novel and felt that they had opened the door to a new world.
After leaving this random game, Zack quickly took out his phone and started shaking people.
"Ben! Stop farming beads, you've farmed for more than 800 hours, and only got 1 except for the guaranteed one in the story, what are you farming for! Come to 'Warcraft', a new version has been launched, with a new mode of gameplay! It's so interesting!"
(End of this chapter)
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