Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Many were tagging Chen Mo on Weibo.
“This map called Holy Land is pretty good, maybe give an official endorsent?”
“I recomnd Holy Land too.”
“@Chen Mo, it’s a new year and ti to make new gas! Stop slacking off, my wallet can’t take it anymore!”
“@Chen Mo, please make a nice, non-scammy ga like Warcraft. Please stop trying to milk my wallet with scammy gas!”
Chen Mo was surprised to find that many diehard fans as he looked through his tags.
And there were many who were waiting for yet another high quality ga.
Chen Mo decided to give everyone a small hint.
He sent out a short and simple Webio.
“The next ga will be a single player RPG ga, Western Fantasy.”
He included a concept art of Tristram Cathedral under the cover of darkness lit up by candles. There was a traveller who looked into the sky where there was an unidentified object flying towards the cathedral, giving away an ominous vibe.
The Weibo caught the attention of many.
“My goodness! Look at this, Chen Mo’s new Webio!”
“It’s coming, Chen Mo is making another PC ga! I have my money ready! What kind of ga do you think it is?”
“Are you dense? Didn’t Chen Mo already tell you it’s a singleplayer western fantasy RPG ga? You can’t be more detailed than that!”
“From the looks of it, isn’t the atmosphere a bit too dark? It’s really ominous. The cathedral gives away the vibes of a cetery.”
“Yeah, I think there are tombstones upon close look. I think there’s a shadow of a skull in one of the windows.”
“Maybe it’s related to Warcraft’s Undead?”
“Doesn’t look like it. The artstyle seems much gloomier than Warcraft. It does give away dark ages vibes though.”
“Chen Mo is finally making an RPG! I’m looking forward to this!”
“Unfortunately it’s a single player ga. It probably wouldn’t feel as satisfying”
“Not necessarily, don’t you have to play single player gas to get a good story? Moreover, designers usually make single player RPG gas to get their nas out there in order to reduce the risk for MMORPGs.”
“That’s true. It’s by Chen Mo, it must be good. We’ll just have to wait!”
“Geez, I thought he was going to make an RPG version of Warcraft. That’s too sad.”
“Who knows, maybe he has sothing else in mind. I want to play a Warcraft RPG too!”
It didn’t take long before the news spread around within the industry.
“Have you heard? Chen Mo’s new ga is on the PC, a western fantasy thed single player RPG ga.”
“I’ve heard about it. Thank the heavens that he’s doing that.”
“Why?”
“Hopefully this ans he’s not making anymore mobile gas, give us so breathing room!”
“But I’m in PC gas, who’s going to give breathing room?”
“Alright, take note that Chen Mo is making a singleplayer ga. Emphasis on single player.”
“Oh, singleplayer. That makes it slightly better.”
“It’s great that it is single player, they have limited profitability after all. Seems like Chen Mo has the sa thing in mind with Warcraft, he’s trying to work on his na and not for money.”
“We’d still have to be careful. It’d still be pretty bad if our gas happened to be released around the sa ti. Take a look and see what he’s up to.”
“There’s a picture on Weibo! The ga is called Diablo. This doesn’t look like a first person ga.”
Maybe designers were trying to figure out what Chen Mo was up to via his We.
The new Weibo post was also quite simple. It specified that the ga is called Diablo. It also included an image of a forty-five degree third person view with a dual axe wielding barbarian battling countless skeletons and demons.
“It really doesn’t look like a first person ga. Is he planning a third person ga?”
“Possibly. Third person gas are easier anyways. It’s normal that he’d go for sothing more stable and predictable for his first RPG ga.”
“That’s not bad as there are fewer and fewer third person gas as it is going out of fashion. This ga probably wouldn’t lose him money, but it’s unlikely that it’d get all that popular.”
“Yeah, I’ve also thought out what Chen Mo was planning. There’s too much first in making a first person MMORPG, which was why he chose to pivot using a third person RPG, focusing on the story and the.”
“That’s what I think too. He’s making this ga just for the players who like Western Fantasy thes. Luckily the playerbase of this ga will have a huge overlap with Warcraft, which guarantees so of his sales.”
“We panicked for nothing. But I do feel kind of sad as this suggests that he’s admitting defeat? I rember how confident he was when he made Warcraft to go directly against Legion Conquest. Now he probably thinks that he doesn’t have the abilities and is playing safe.”
“Not sure if you guys noticed the color sche of these artworks?”
“Color sche?”
“Yeah, the colors are really dark.”
“Oh, maybe he’s trying to create a scary and ominous atmosphere.”
“It’s not as simple as that. Sure it might just be for atmosphere, but this combined with scary background music will give the players a lot of pressure. It’d be really tiring for them to play the ga. Just take a look at the popular online gas, none of them are dark at all as they fear the players might get tired quickly.”
“Oh is that so. I’ve learnt sothing today!”
“So I think Chen Mo made a mistake. He went too far just to create a unique Western Fantasy ga, but he never considered if the players would accept it. The artstyle in particular is too out there! Just take a look at Emperor Dynasty Entertainnt and Zen Entertainnt, none of them dare to do this!”
“Incredible. I’ve learnt so much from your analysis!”
“I think Chen Mo’s ga will be profitable, but it’s not going to be much, possibly just breaking even. There’s no way this ga will be as popular as his previous ones. Perhaps it’ll be well received in a niche community, but there’s no way this ga will get popular.”
“Thank goodness for that!”
—
Many were talking about Chen Mo’s new ga, industry professionals and players alike, but most of them didn’t expect too much from it.
The reasoning was simple, they thought that third person RPG gas were one of the most ancient types of gas, verging on extinction.
Moreover, the potential for these types of gas have more or less been fully explored as the industry was dominated by first person gas. How many players still liked ancient single player RPG gas like these was a question that remained to be answered.
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