730. Dropped City and Audition
However, before the mobile phone was launched, Yuanfang Group had another big thing, that is, two games were launched at the same time.
This move, at the time, can be said to have shocked the global gaming industry.
Of course, it's not a big shock, to be honest, to this day, there seems to be nothing in the gaming world that can cause widespread shock, but the launch of two games at the same time still attracted the attention of countless people.
These two games are "Dungeons and Warriors" and "Audition", which were given high hopes by Zhou Fangyuan.
The former, before Zhou Fangyuan's rebirth, survived for a full thirteen years, and in terms of game lifespan, it was not worse than Warcraft at all, but in terms of heat, when Zhou Fangyuan was reborn, the hotness of the dungeon even exceeded that of World of Warcraft.
Dungeons and Warriors, also known as DNF, Dropout City, Poisoned Milk Powder, etc., DNF is the abbreviation, and the name of Dropout City is because the original time and space are very easy for players to drop the line for a certain period of time, and players are dissatisfied, so they gave the game such a name. As for the poisoned milk powder, to be honest, Zhou Fangyuan really didn't know, when he finished DNF, the top copy at that time was still the king's relic, it should be a very early version, and it was the popular era of the disconnection city at that time, at that time, he was dissatisfied because of frequent disconnections, and finally quit the game and no longer entered. Later, I read some reports of version updates on the Internet, and I was bored to go in and take a stroll, and I saw in the comment area that someone called this game poisoned milk powder, is it because the letters and pinyin match? Or is it because of what? Zhou Fangyuan didn't know, and he didn't bother to get to the bottom of it.
This game,It's fun or not.,Of course, it's definitely fun.,2D side-scrolling game,When it was just launched,,It's also called a game for elementary school students.,After all, if you just look at the game screen,It seems to be no different from the previous games on the little overlord.,It's just that the picture is more gorgeous.。 At that time, the game industry was more popular for 3D masterpieces, and 2D games were ...... It's at the bottom of the chain of contempt.
But no one expected that it would be such a game that despises the bottom of the chain, which has lasted for more than ten years, and has compared countless games that seem to be stronger than it.
The game's setting is quite simple, and the story takes place in a world called the continent of Arad.
Before the light of civilization in the continent of Arad shone brightly, the world was a boundless universe that was pregnant with all forms of life. These beings are scattered in various void realms and underground castles, and with their diligence and wisdom, they create the prosperity of the world. The humans and elves living in the perfect continent of Arad are also one of the various forms of life. They used the wisdom bestowed by the gods to create the Arad civilization, which was admired by many otherworldly beings. According to legend, the Sky City connecting the Arad Continent with other Void Otherworlds was built by the Celestial Race and the Demon Race to facilitate travel between the Arad Continent.
In the various Void Realms, there is an object called "Water of Life", which can give the recipient infinite life. The emergence of the water of life has caused a struggle for life in various different worlds. In order to snatch the water of life, the demon apostle "Dragon King" Bakar led his dragons and the demon apostles centered on Heard to start a demon war known as the "Dragon War". It was a battle of destruction in which the heavens and the earth changed color and suffered heavy casualties, and the blood stained the land of the demons red! The defeated Bakar fled to the Celestial Realm through the Silent City, blocking all the roads of the Demon Realm to the Celestial Realm. In order to weaken the resistance of the Celestial Clan, Bakar, who fled to the Heavenly Realm, not only issued a ban on magic, but also used powerful magic to create light warriors with evil powers, and ordered them to guard the Sky City, completely blocking the connection between the Celestial Realm and the Arad continent.
The Celestial Realm has entered the dark period of Bakar's rule, and the prosperity and splendor of the Arad continent also seem to have begun to destroy with the disappearance of the Sky City. The elves broke with the humans, and most of the elves disappeared from the continent of Arad without a trace. The Arad continent, which lacks the protection of elves, has entered a desert period of civilization, and gradually retreated in the torrent of history. However, a thousand years later, a sudden change caused the originally calm Arad continent to be involved in a bloody storm again. First, a plague-like mutation caused the flora and fauna on the Arad continent to turn into evil monsters overnight, they were ferocious and bloodthirsty, wantonly devouring human life, and death and panic quickly spread across the Arad continent.
Then a fire fell like a meteor on the Gran Forest, and the raging flames burned most of the vegetation in the Gran Forest, but it could not destroy the deformed flora and fauna. The Gran Forest was plunged into a sea of eerie fire, a forest of death. The elves also disappeared from the forest completely. All kinds of abnormal phenomena frequently appear in various parts of the Arad continent, and the abnormal animals and plants are becoming more and more crazy. Even the emergence of adventurers who traveled through the land of Arad despite the hardships of eradicating the monsters could not alleviate the anomaly, and the continent of Arad fell into boundless darkness. What's even more worrying is that the city in the sky that had disappeared has reappeared on the continent of Arad. With its emergence, all sorts of evil forces are on the rise: a black plague has plagued human villages, killing all the people in them, dark elves taking advantage of the chaos to wage war against humans, and the territory of the Duchy of Belmar being usurped by neighboring empires.
Far north of the Stroo Mountains, the ice dragon Skasa also woke up from hibernation at this time, and its powerful ice power plunged the Stroll region into a world of ice and snow. Battered by cold and hunger, the Bantu crossed the Stroo Mountains and savagely invaded Belmar's imperial defenses. The chaos caused by the mutation spread across the Arad continent, and various void otherworlds reappeared, plunging the entire world into madness. The story of all this begins with a team of heroes composed of ghost swordsmen, gladiators, clerics, sharpshooters, magicians, etc.
Zhou Fangyuan was playing a ghost swordsman at the time, and he was a red-eyed, also known as a berserker.
He still remembered that at that time, berserkers were not very good, as far as ghost swordsmen were concerned, the sword soul was the eldest brother, but they were particularly hungry for equipment, and basically it was impossible for you to become stronger without kryptonite. The blind Asura should be the profession with the lowest requirements for equipment, because all his attacks are fixed damage, and it is to look at the opponent's attribute resistance, if the resistance is low, he will eat more damage, and if the resistance is high, he can carry it more. Then there's Devil May Cry, which is also more equipment-eating, but not as exaggerated as Sword Soul. Only the red-eyed berserker, eating equipment is really eating equipment, but the berserker at that time couldn't do damage, coupled with frequent disconnections, which eventually caused Zhou Fangyuan to leave the game.
But I have to admit that this game is really fun.
It's easy to get started, simple to operate, the picture is gorgeous, and the requirements for the computer are not too good, and when many people despise this game at the same time, they seem to have forgotten that for the majority of post-80s, the little overlord of childhood was everyone's favorite at the time, and then they didn't play much, not that everyone forgot about the little overlord, but that the little overlord has lost its attraction for the post-80s who grew up. Nowadays, a game similar to Xiaobawang, but more high-end, has appeared, to be honest, it is definitely a big explosion of feelings for the majority of post-80s. And the quality of the game itself is also quite good, so the game attracted a large number of players as soon as it was launched.
Let's put it this way, this huge number of side-scrolling game lovers is the foundation of the game's ability to maintain its popularity, and even before Zhou Fangyuan's rebirth, there were still many people who were keen on computer-simulated arcade games. Of course, the horizontal version is the horizontal version, and the quality of the game itself is also very important. In the years since the launch of Drop City, there have been a lot of similar side-scrolling online games, but Dungeon is definitely the most classic one. At that time, there were countless side-scrolling games that wanted to challenge the status of dungeons, from "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Famous Generals of the Three Kingdoms", "MapleStory Island" and even "Soul Hunter" represented by Tencent, but what was the result?
Then there is the sheer volume of continuous activity. If there is a lot of activity in a game, DNF is definitely one of the most active games in the world. Even the future "King of Pesticides" will not have as many activities as DNF. There is no free time throughout the year, one after another non-stop activities lure players to keep returning to the pit, and also lure new players to keep joining, although DNF has also had a period of trough, but Dog Planning will definitely plan more activities for players to return to the pit.
With a large base of players and a constant flow of returning players, this game has the potential to make money. In this regard, Warcraft is obviously not as good as Drop City. In the dropped city, many players want to enjoy the thrill of the game and earn some pocket money over and over again, and even many students use DNF to move bricks to make money, and not only can they make money by moving bricks, DNF can make money by reselling, bringing a trumpet, or leading a group. Business-minded guys even became businessmen in the DNF, and some even made a fortune with abyssal tickets. This is something that is rarely seen in any other game, and even DNF has a separate economic system.
DNF is so successful, but what about Audition?
In the last life, the Audition Troupe was also popular for a long time.
Audition is an online music and dance game. In the game, the player completes the game by taking control of the keyboard, arrow keys, etc. The first time I came into contact with the game, it felt pretty good, the game graphics were beautiful, the design was fashionable, there was no "popular" equipment to increase ability, there was no shoe equipment that increased the speed of sound to increase the decision rate, and there was no RPG game to smash gems and strengthen, so to speak, the root of this game is technology. If the technology is good and the play is good, you can be sought after, and if you play poorly, it goes without saying.
Of course, there is some erotic * erotic * culture in this game, although some have nothing to do with the game itself, but the inaction or lack of action of the staff operator has indirectly led to the proliferation of some bad habits. All kinds of *lust * erotic * dance steps, hiring * wife *, hiring * small * three*, as well as a full-service speaker scolding for 5 yuan, sometimes you can count thousands of them, and such an atmosphere has been formed in the game. At the same time, there is a common phenomenon of characters in the game, which is understandable for adults, but minors may also be included in the game, and such information may have a certain negative impact on minors.
So while the game is popular, the infamy is also not small.
But then again, without these notories, would the game really be that popular?
Not necessarily.
In the final analysis, the popularity of Audition relies on the slightly *exposed* game characteristics, and some of the costumes and props available to players in the game belong to the more violent *exposed* costumes, but these costumes do not highlight the female body in an exaggerated way. However, the game has a couple dance step and marriage system, and at the end of a dance, there may be intimate actions such as kisses and hugs, and even the game is set up to appear as a reward for such actions. The game is a casual dance game with a relatively healthy theme, and the content of the game itself is free of vulgar words and uncivilized language.
At the end of the day, these things were brought by players, but it is undeniable that these things drove the popularity of the game in that era.
Zhou Fangyuan remembered very well that many young people were silently chanting the number of dance steps when they were walking on the road. In particular, the eight-digit dance step requires eight other number keys on the numpad in addition to 5, and after memorizing and memorizing these numbers, you can complete the dance steps more completely in the game, which was a common situation for most players at that time.
It's a pity that in the original time and space, this game is popular among colleagues, and because of the above problems, it has caused a lot of infamy. Almost every week, he was named and criticized by various media, and not only that, but some of the not so good phenomena in society at that time were also artificially related to the Audition. Speaking of which, it can be regarded as a disaster, but there is no way, who made the Audition Troupe really attract attention at that time. Basically, when you walk into an Internet café, there is the sound of banging on the keyboard everywhere, and the speed at which the owner of the Internet café changes the keyboard is called a fast, which is basically brought by the Audition Troupe.
To enjoy the popularity, you have to enjoy the abuse, this is the phenomenon brought about by the game of the Audition, and there is a saying that the popularity of the Audition at that time is, to a certain extent, actually related to killing Matt and non-mainstream. There is no need to elaborate on killing Matt and the non-mainstream, the representative symbol of the post-80s generation, just like everyone says that the post-90s "brain-dead people" have almost become a symbol of the times. At that time, the Audition Troupe assumed such a name, so the Audition Troupe at that time was both popular and scolding at the same time, but it was true that the game made money, not to mention anything else, just selling clothes in it made the game company make a lot of money.
A dropped city, a dance troupe, and two games were launched at the same time, which first caused a sensation in Nanxian, and then caused a lot of shock in China. In this case, the I2 mobile phone was long overdue, rushing to the market before Apple and Samsung released smartphones, but before the launch, the I2 mobile phone held a regular press conference, which attracted the attention of mobile phone users around the world.