In the Internet café where Quhe is located, all players can play the trial version of Counter-Strike and know the magic of online matchmaking?...... For them, there is nothing to hesitate about, and they will definitely have to spend money on this game and play it online on New Year's Day.

The owner of this Internet café has also experienced the game, and knows that in terms of gameplay, "Three Kingdoms" definitely surpasses foreign masterpieces. Looking at the screen of the Internet café running "The Three Kingdoms", it is even more concluded that the revised version of the game will definitely be a big seller. Before New Year's Day, you should buy more game currency to prepare.

At this time, a man came to the Internet café, a promoter of Longyou Company, and wanted the owner of the Internet café to sell "Age of Empires".

The boss was surprised: "Age of Empires is last year's game, pirated discs are everywhere, and the genuine version can be sold?" ”

"This isn't last year's Age of Empires, it's the new expansion, The Conqueror. When we negotiated a distributor of the game in October, we warned all the pirates. Anyway, there is no pirated version of "Conqueror" on the market at all. To play this expansion, players can only buy the original version. The promoter was self-satisfied. Proud of the company's means.

"Oh, does this expansion sell well in the US?" The boss asked. "Of course! So far, more than three million copies have been sold! The promoter said.

"Okay, you take it...... Five come on, I'll sell and see. The boss agreed.

"Would you like more? The more you sell, the more you earn! "The promoter advises.

The boss has seen the new "Proud Three Kingdoms", and he has a comparison in his heart, and he is not very optimistic about the sales of the "Age of Empires" expansion. entered more and occupied more space, delaying him from selling instant noodles. So he insisted, "Just take five sets." It's time to sell out and buy again. ”

"Okay, I'll come back at noon." After the promoter finished speaking, he gave the boss five information pieces and a roll of posters.

In order to save costs, Longyou Company is very simple. It's a plastic CD box stuffed with printed paper.

But the poster brought by the promoter is still very beautiful. Unlike the international version of the poster highlighting the "Maya". Microsoft has designed a new poster specifically for the Chinese version, featuring an Oriental man with a delicate crossbow. Anyone who has played "Age of Empires" knows that it is China's characteristic class "Zhuge Crossbow".

Next to the Zhuge crossbow is the appearance of Japanese samurai and Mongolian cavalry. Microsoft has specifically checked the history of China for this purpose, and thinks this cover should be very eye-catching. But what's the use of a good cover? The owner of the Internet café looked at the introduction, adding Maya, Spain, Huns...... None of the new countries are particularly attractive. The boss still hung the "Conqueror" poster in a prominent place at the door. Maybe some of the surrounding residents will see the poster and come and buy it and take it home to play.

The boss asked the people in the Internet café in a loud voice: "Age of Empires has a new expansion." It's called "The Conqueror". Twenty dollars, which of you wants to buy it? ”

All those on board were indifferent. The original version of "Age of Empires" has been played a long time ago, compared to the current "Three Kingdoms". Not competitive at all. They weren't interested in expanding the pack with a few civilizations added. It's all twenty yuan, so it's better to keep it and wait for New Year's Day to buy an account.

It was noon. The promoter of Longyou Company came again and asked the boss, "How is it selling?" Do you want to buy more sets? ”

"I didn't sell a copy." The boss didn't have a good air.

"How is that possible! This is a game from Microsoft! Microsoft, you know, a $200 billion consortium! "The promoter is incredible. Microsoft's games are of first-class quality, there are no pirated versions, and they are sold cheaply, so how can no one buy them?

"You'll know if you have time to play "Three Kingdoms". I happen to have a machine here, do you want to check it out? Instead, the boss started the business of a promoter.

"Good. Let me see. The promoter agreed. Pay the money and get on board. Open "Three Kingdoms" and play for a while. He was dumbfounded.

In order to promote the "Age of Empires" expansion, he has received special promotion training and knows "Age of Empires" very well. After intuitive comparison, Microsoft's games are not as fun as those made by domestic manufacturers.

"I can't do this job." The promoter wins a game and feels that he should change jobs. There is really no future in Longyou.

……

The vice president of Longyou Company didn't have time to eat lunch, and he was in a hurry to death with the phone. A morning passed, and the news from the promoters was not optimistic, and the sales were dismal. There are also several promoters who have resigned directly!

What do you mean? The vice president couldn't figure it out. Even if players played Age of Empires last year, they didn't play this year's expansion, Conqueror. If nothing else, this game is definitely a lot stronger than "Three Kingdoms".

The phone rang, and the vice president hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Are there any signs of improvement? ”

The promoter on the other end of the phone sighed: "Vice President, the amount of tasks will definitely not be completed." Until now, not a single Internet café owner has asked me for any more goods. It can't be sold at all. ”

"How is that possible!" The vice president lost his voice and said: "Unless it's because players don't like to play real-time strategy games!" Otherwise, how could "The Conqueror" not sell? ”

"It's not. Now players are playing "Three Kingdoms", so our game can't sell. The promoter said.

"How is that possible!" The vice president lost his voice again, wouldn't he? In order to make it bad, they spread the pirated copies of "The Three Kingdoms", which actually caused "Age of Empires" to not be sold? This development is not right!

In his envision, players were disappointed after playing "Three Kingdoms", and then used the money they had decided to buy "Three Kingdoms" to buy "Age of Empires......

"Something must have gone wrong! "Three Kingdoms" is so difficult to play! The vice president said without hesitation.

Fortunately, the promoter didn't think much about it and said: "Vice President...... "Three Kingdoms" is actually very fun, I just played in an Internet café. From beginning to end, it was very intense. It's really a lot more exciting than Age of Empires. ”

"Impossible!" The vice president wondered if the promoter was watching the same game as himself. "Three Kingdoms" has to develop its economy for a long time before it can fight. Suddenly, the vice president remembered the ruins and villages in the original game.

Is there something I haven't played? The vice president hung up the phone and decided to give it a try.

He still opened the original version of "The Three Kingdoms". The light kept adjusting the resources and the head was dizzy, and he had to send troops to rob the ruins, but he couldn't take care of the head and the tail, and he was in a hurry, and he was in a mess.

Because of the loss of one or the other, when the vice president plays, he always makes mistakes and encounters a big defeat on the computer. He was depressed and breathless. In the end, the vice president couldn't stand it anymore and quit the game.

"It's the beginning to the end, but what's the fun?" The vice president thought to himself. Is that what players like about it? But it doesn't make sense!

The vice president felt that he was no longer suitable for the game industry. I can't understand the players' thoughts at all.

……

The new "Three Kingdoms" has been praised on the Internet. In Sina's "Three Kingdoms" discussion board, the remarks have been completely reversed.

Players will know that the batch of pirated disks in the early morning is the original work of the target software. The batch that the owner of the Internet café let install was changed out of the target software in a month. It's a world of difference.

Players can understand and tolerate the roughness of the picture quality, which is something that cannot be helped, the technical strength is put there, and it is unrealistic for anyone to catch up with the gap all at once. Chinese gamers' expectations are actually very low, and they pay more attention to gameplay. The most important thing is whether people can feel the fun of clicking the mouse and pressing the keyboard.

In all fairness, even the new version of "Three Kingdoms" has many minor flaws in addition to the picture quality. For example, the way soldiers walk is unnatural, for example, there are no details in the special classes, and for example, it is too difficult to operate during combat. But in any case, the new version of "Three Kingdoms" is a new way to play. No matter how many small flaws there are, they can't hide the huge surprise they find a treasure.

It's like three years ago, when everyone thought that real-time strategy games could only be "Command & Conquer" and "Age of Empires 1", suddenly "Interstellar" came out, and everyone was amazed: it turns out that the game can still be played like this!

The same is true of the new version of "The Three Kingdoms". Just when all real-time strategy games are saving money and holding back soldiers, this game adds a new way to kill monsters and train soldiers. They were made to have a similar exclamation.

Similar gameplay is actually available in Heroes 3. But one is turn-based, the other is real-time combat, and the senses are completely different.

This gameplay also fits well with the game's background. Players think about it, after forming an army in ancient times, they always had to take some kind of sacrificial knife such as bandits. They competed for experience by fighting the Yellow Turban Army, and they also had a sense of participation in witnessing a group of weak recruits grow into iron-blooded warriors.

Such a surprising gameplay naturally satisfies domestic players. The online reviews immediately reversed. Especially the players who have sprayed "Proud Three Kingdoms" before, they actually love it affectionately, and now they can't wait to make a few more posts and push down the posts they made in the morning. Otherwise, I'm embarrassed.

"Great God! Players are saying that they want to buy the original! On the official website of the target software, more than 100,000 people have declared that they have purchased the genuine version! Zhang Chun rushed to talk to Wang Buful.

It took more than two hours for the new version to be released, and the wind review was completely changed. Zhang Chun couldn't believe it at all. Who is not a domestic game with a mixed reputation? Those half-praise and half-scolding comments in the morning are actually normal, but now such one-sided praise makes Zhang Chun bottomless.

There are so many people, and everyone's psychological expectations are different. Some people have low expectations, some just play, and they will praise them when they see scum. Some people have high expectations and are ruthless in the face of elaborate games. To be as impressive as everybody is now, the quality of the game has to reach an astonishing level that everyone is happy with!

Is "Three Kingdoms" so powerful? Zhang Chun couldn't figure it out.

"I've also read the comments on the Internet, which shows one thing, no player will refuse innovative gameplay." Wang Bucheng said that he didn't have any thoughts about these praises, and he had already experienced "Frenzy" and "My Anti-Japanese". )