Although the RTS genre has become completely outdated, it has become an indelible memory in the memory of many people.

Especially with the retirement of well-known gods such as the Emperor of a Generation and the Insect God, and the change of games, this type of game is no longer popular.

But Mao Yi and others have different purposes.

For him, buying a game company is not because he makes money, but whether he likes the game or not.

As for losing money or something......

He hadn't thought about it.

Anyway, now that I have been reborn and returned, there are business opportunities everywhere, even if I lose money, I won't lose much.

Just buy it and have peace of mind.

However, there are also opinions that make people feel depressed.

That's Diablo 2's remastered......

It's a little hard.

The reason is that because of a fire that year, the source code of "Diablo 2" was burned, although a test operation version was rescued, which is why there was only one DLC later.

So instead of resetting Diablo 2, it's better to develop a new game.

And that's exactly what Blizzard did.

They are working on Diablo 3.

But only Mao Yi knows how the future "Diablo 3" will be criticized by players.

Strictly speaking, the quality of Diablo 3 is not bad, and the story can be.

But it doesn't have the shock that "Diablo 2" brings, and it doesn't have the rich categories like "Diablo 2".

And for the soul of the ARPG genre "Dark" series - brush brush brush, it does not take into account.

It is true that "Diablo III" is indeed worthy of the phrase "produced by Blizzard must be a high-quality product" purely in terms of quality, but "Diablo III" has gone astray.

From the most basic build to the advanced brushing gameplay, Blizzard has not paid attention to it, but has become a game with no brains.

It's no wonder that "Diablo III" will be sprayed to death.

Later, some people who left Blizzard formed a company called Grinding Gear Games.

And the work of this company is called the most favorable inheritor of "Diablo 2"!

Doesn't that sound funny?

Blizzard's games have been inherited by other companies' games!

And this game, which has received praise from countless players, is called "Road to Exile".

In other words, you can think of the game as the online version of Diablo 2.

You can team up with friends, you can harvest countless touches, and what's even more amazing is that this game also has an official private server called "Private Server" in later generations, which can be changed through the official mod, for the current game, the same gameplay, different monsters, different experience.

I have to say that this strange and weird, but extremely attractive setting is actually developed by Penguin.

It also attracted the love of the production team of "Road of Exile".

A private server can be loved by the official uniform R&D team, you can imagine how surprising this is.

But the penguins did!

Until Mao Yi was reborn, "Road to Exile" had also been suppressing the living space of "Dark Three".

Here's why.

In fact, strictly speaking, the "Diablo" series, the real famous is "Diablo 2".

Or in other words, players all over the world recognize this IP because of the existence of Diablo 2.

If Blizzard can make a game that inherits the spirit of Diablo 2 and expands on it, even if the game is not completed well, even if the game has various problems, it will not be sprayed so badly.

Of course, in that case, Blizzard wouldn't be Blizzard.

Mao Yi is bound to get the reset version of "Diablo 2", and at the same time, he also bought the copyright of the game.

Of course, not the kind of exclusive copyright, but the online version that allows creation on the basis of Diablo 2.

Although Blizzard didn't accept it at first, fortunately, Mao Yi's banknote ability is good.

Coupled with the fact that this is only an old game, Blizzard finally agreed.

For this reason, Mao Yi paid a total of 60 million US dollars in copyright fees.

Now, it can be regarded as the completion of a heart matter.

After buying the remastered version of "Diablo 2", Mao Yi went to New Zealand non-stop.

Then after some twists and turns that were not twists and turns, I finally found someone.

Chris。

This name will be unfamiliar to many people, but in fact, it is this person who created Path of Exile and eventually gained the trust of David the Father of Darkness to become the honorary advisor of Path of Exile.

It can be said that in a sense, "Path of Exile" is the orthodox spiritual sequel to "Diablo 2"!

At this time, Grinding Gear Games (GGG) was just a game production company that couldn't be smaller.

Even the company's founders, Michael and Allen, often need to withdraw cash from their personal credit cards in order to pay their employees' salaries, relying on personal borrowings to support the company.

And to do this is seven years!

Seven years, how many seven years are there in your life?

And to persist in such an extremely difficult situation?

It is precisely because of such a love for "Diablo" that he has created a miracle that crushed "Diablo III" in later generations!

And Mao Yi knows deeply that in fact, another serious problem with "Diablo III" is that the system of this game is too complicated.

This, coupled with the advent of auction houses, led to the complete demise of the game.

But "Road to Exile" is better than "Dark Three" in this regard.

Because what it does is subtraction.

First of all, Liberation is too complicated, and there are many ways for players to enhance it, so to speak, in Path of Exile, you'd be hard-pressed to find two characters who are exactly the same!

This brings a different experience to the player.

One and only.

It brings difference to everyone.

Secondly, the trading system.

In "The Road to Exile", there are naturally gold coins.

However, the role of gold coins can only be used to purchase bound items, and the transaction currency between players is a kind of "currency".

In other words, barter.

And these "currencies" are also consumables, and as you craft equipment, functions such as punching, inlaying, enchanting, and resetting will be consumed in large quantities.

In this way, in order to become stronger, every player has to constantly farm equipment to farm monsters, or buy from other players, and then consume to become stronger.

In this way, it not only ensures that the trading system of the entire game will not collapse due to the acceleration of the later game progression, but also will not make people feel bored.

Only the best can be sold for "money", and these money can buy more of the best, and more of the best, and more of the best, you can go to brush out better of the best.

In this way, it becomes a cycle.

Naturally, the trading system is also a reason why Path of Exile is so popular.

Finally, it's simplification.

Although it is simplified, if you want to become stronger, you need to put in more thought and more trade-offs.

Some people like MF, so his points are mainly brushed and BOOS.

Some people like PK, and they can also be set to add points for PK types.

It can be said that the ever-changing thinking is the charm of the whole game!