Chapter 438: The Original Azeroth
"Can I take a look at the game?" Boss Jia asked suddenly.
"This ......" Mike Mohuaimi and Alan Adhan glanced at each other, to be honest, Boss Jia's request was very abrupt.
Because this is a game that is still in development, and Jia Yapeng is not an employee of the company, but the owner of another game company, from any point of view, these two cannot allow Boss Jia to appreciate his unfinished work.
But maybe they really like Pokemon too much, and the two of them at this time are too simple, and finally they agreed to Boss Jia's request, turned on the computer, and entered a game that was still in development.
This is a game that seems quite rudimentary in the eyes of Boss Jia, and the game does not have the top-notch animation CG that Blizzard is used to at the beginning, and the task prompt at the beginning of the game is just two pixel people sitting at a table and chatting constantly.
"The two speakers, one is Ryan Wrynn, the king of Stormwind, and the other is Lothar Anduin, the hero of the human realm. Because of the recent appearance of orcs around the kingdom, the king plans to send Lothar Anduin to rebuild the original dilapidated town in a place called Shining Gold, and then organize an army to protect this stronghold! ”
Since the production has not yet been completed, the two chatters have neither made any sound nor subtitles, so McMowhamie can only act as a temporary narrator to explain the plot and backstory of this dialogue to Jia Yapeng.
"King of Stormwind...... Ryan Ureon ...... Lothar Anduin ...... and Shining Gold Town...... "Hearing these familiar names, Boss Jia remembered that when he was once addicted to the world of World of Warcraft, the moment he saw that the world in front of him had just been built, Boss Jia inexplicably felt a sense of sacredness.
This is my countless childhood and youth!
"We designed a world called Azeroth, this world has humans, elves, trolls and other magical races, as well as all kinds of magical powers, but there are no orcs in this world." probably felt that Boss Jia might not understand what he said before, so Mark Mohuaimi further introduced the worldview background of the entire game.
"Later, there was a very powerful mage named Medivan in the human world, he was tempted by an evil force, opened the passage connecting the orc world, and let the orcs in, so the story of the war between humans and orcs began!"
"In the end, Lothar Anduin will defeat that evil force, kill Medivan, and then assist the king in defending Stormwind, defeating most of the orcs and driving them back into their world, but there will still be a small number of orcs scattered elsewhere, accumulating power!" McMowhamie quickly told the end.
"Wait...... What did you say? Stormwind defended? Boss Jia was stunned.
"That's right! Stormwind is defending! McMowami also looked at Jia Yapeng blankly, is there anything to wonder about?
"Well, all for the Alliance!" Boss Jia said something that Mike Mo Huaimi didn't understand.
Next,It's into the actual game screen,This is the first level of the game Terran battle,All the people look like they're made up of pixels.,The picture is very simple.,The map is also a piece of earthy yellow.,There are some colored pictures pasted on it.,And about half of the screen is the game's control panel.,Used to display various information in the game.。
However, this is also very simple in the eyes of Boss Jia, for the whole of 1993, such a picture is already a very good computer game picture, at least it looks stronger than the Pokemon picture.
But the picture is not the point, the point is that Boss Jia has clearly seen a lot of things that have a profound impact on the future, especially the childhood of Jia Yapeng's generation.
For example, a gold mine that can only provide a maximum of 5 farmers (it is useless to put more farmers) to mine.
Another example is a tree that farmers can knock around.
And the familiar Terran infantry and orc infantry.
A house capable of providing a population of 6 and so on.
And all the animation textures are almost in the same vein as the three generations, from these simple patterns, Jia Yapeng can clearly see the shadow of the future of Warcraft 3, which makes Boss Jia start to get excited.
"This is the first level of the campaign that we designed, and it's relatively simple, mainly to familiarize players with the controls ......of our game," Mike Mowhimi explains, before noticing that the audience next to him seems to be trembling.
"Mr. Jia, are you feeling a little uncomfortable? Otherwise, I'll take you to my house to rest! Mike Mowami asked with concern.
"No need, I thought of something, I was just excited!" Boss Jia took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
This can't help but be excited by Boss Jia, you know, the game in front of you is the first generation of Warcraft, Warcraft: Humans and Orcs!
How important is the game Warcraft to the world of gaming?
Let's put it this way, the emergence of Warcraft brought the later StarCraft, as well as Warcraft 3, the pinnacle of the Warcraft series.
And a map editor in Warcraft 3 brings another game that has taken the world by storm: DOTA.
Dota has evolved into two world-leading online games: Dota 2 and League of Legends.
But that's not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Warcraft and StarCraft, two real-time strategy games, have created an unprecedented esports market.
Although as early as 1986, the world's first e-sports tournament began in the joint event of Nintendo and the United States ABC TV.
But it never became mainstream, and it was the first WCG World Esports Championship in 2000 that really brought a lot of attention to esports, the first world-class esports competition.
However, at this time, WCG did not have much traction, until StarCraft and Warcraft became popular around the world, as well as its strong competitiveness and spectacle, quickly attracted the attention of a large number of players around the world, and finally made e-sports famous at home and abroad.
Although the WCG was later discontinued, a series of high-professional leagues and world competitions such as League of Legends and Dota 2, as well as Overwatch, completely pushed e-sports to the peak.
In 2020, eSports has surpassed all traditional competitions to become the most watched competition.
And the beginning of it all is in this small computer in front of you, in this game called Warcraft: Humans and Orcs.
"What's the name of this game?" Boss Jia asked again.
"We really haven't figured it out yet......" Mike Mowami said with a wry smile.
"Then why don't I give him a name, it's called Warcraft: Humans and Orcs!" Boss Jia said directly.
"Warcraft ......" Mike Mowaimi and Alan Adhan suddenly looked at each other, although this was the first name they had heard, but for some reason, they felt that this name was so familiar, as if it was engraved in their bones, it was like a name that came out of their minds.
"Good name!" Mike Mo Huaimi couldn't help but praise, and after complimenting, he looked at Jia Yapeng strangely.
Just now I had to enjoy the game that hasn't been released in advance.,Now it's even the job of naming the game.,What does the chairman of the Daqian Group want to do?
Also, what did he come all the way here for?
"Two, are you short of money?" In the inexplicable eyes of Mike Mohuaimi and Alan Adhan, Boss Jia said lightly.