Since the launch of "The Forsaken Land" in July 2104, this game can be said to have been well received, with both sales and word-of-mouth harvesting.
Therefore, players are naturally very interested. Will there be DLC for "The Forsaken Land"? If so, when will it be released soon? Shihai Studio quickly gave a clear answer: Of course there will be.
The first DLC of "The Forsaken Land" was officially announced to players in November 2104, four months after the official version was released.
In the preface of the DLC, Shi Hai explained that since the gameplay of "The Abandoned Land" has been basically fixed, in order to avoid the loss of the gray and desperate atmosphere caused by large-scale changes, the main expansion will be other aspects.
For example, the name of the first DLC is "Monster Expansion Pack". As the name suggests, the main direction of expansion is to target the monsters that are not too rich in the original version.
After all, the original version was released a little late, and I didn’t put all my thoughts on the monsters. Therefore, after playing for a long time, the monsters in the game naturally feel the same.
Therefore, in this expansion pack, many new monster types have been added, which greatly enriches the players' combat experience, but the biggest change is not this.
Of course Shi Hai knew that he could not match the wisdom of the players by himself, so the biggest change was the opening of the monster designer.
Now players can design their own monsters and then publish them online for exhibition. Interesting designs will naturally be popular until they are finally incorporated by Shi Hai and loaded into the official game.
Of course, it is inevitable that some players will use the monster editor to cheat and deliberately edit a monster that is very weak but has a very large harvest.
The most popular among this type of monster is the "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Fox" edited by an anonymous player, because its cheating has reached a crazy level.
When the game just starts, or when the player lacks the required resources, the Fengling Moon Shadow Fox will automatically refresh and then actively move towards the player's location.
All the abilities of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Fox are extremely bad. The only outstanding one is the invisibility ability, because this can ensure that it will not be attacked by other monsters on the way to the player's location.
The invisibility ability will be released when the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Fox actively attacks, so players can attack and easily kill the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Fox.
After the death of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Fox, a large amount of resources will be released, basically eliminating the need for players to worry about resources later.
As a result, there will be no struggle in the apocalypse. There are many people in the city-state that can last for five or six thousand years, with the wind spirit, moon shadow fox, and others constantly giving away people.
Fortunately, no unofficial mods are allowed to be loaded into the rankings, so the highest record is still set by Ge Zhaodu, otherwise he would have been squeezed by this group of people to nowhere.
This crazy bonus has aroused dissatisfaction among some skilled players, who believe that loading this kind of monster will completely lose the fun of the game. Some people also proposed to cancel the monster editor altogether.
However, Shi Hai's answer is: Even without the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Fox, players who want to cheat will still look for external modifiers to reduce the difficulty of their games.
The purpose of the game is to provide fun. Since they are willing to use the Fengling Moon Shadow Fox, let them use it. Fun is the most important thing.
So what Shi Hai really did was to crack down hard on those players who cheated through modifiers and tried to disrupt the normal rankings.
However, some players complained on the forum: "Other games say it's okay to have fun, but you, God's Abandoned Land, say it's fun, isn't it a bit too much?"
In short, relying on the rich types of monsters and the highly open monster editor, the first DLC "Monster Expansion Pack" of "Forsaken Land" has a considerable reputation among the player community.
Therefore, some players began to discuss, after the release of the "Monster Expansion Pack", what aspects will be expanded in the second DLC of "Forsaken Land"?
No matter what aspect of expansion it is, if players appeal, it will undoubtedly affect the balance of Shihai Studio to a certain extent.
So a group of players went to the forum and said, "Where are the cakes you drew back then? Where are the legendary twenty-two sequences? Why is there only one in this game?"
A player first made an appeal in the forum, which soon attracted a group of players to follow, and the popularity of "Twenty-Two Sequences" quickly became popular.
Many imaginative players, even before the game was announced, relied on the "Warrior Path" template and began to use their imagination to create unique paths.
Of course, not all players are interested in the "Twenty-Two Sequences". After all, this is about combat. What they prefer is a unique society with rich experiences.
Therefore, this group of players posted on the forum that "We need a more realistic post-apocalyptic society", and were suddenly competing fiercely with the "Twenty-Two Sequences" for popularity.
So the players on the forum also gave these two groups names. The former focused on the "twenty-two sequences", so it was called the "combat faction", and the latter focused on simulation games, so it was the "simulation faction." .
Shi Hai's forum administrators couldn't wave a big stick against this kind of healthy competition, so they replied, "We are considering it."
This is not a lie but is indeed a consideration, because not to mention the players, there are also many employees within the studio who are very interested in the "Twenty-Two Sequences".
After the matter was reported to Dai Wenguan, he thought about it carefully and felt that since "The Forsaken Land" was so popular, it would be better to go one step further.
So a few days after the release of "Monster Expansion Pack", Dai Wenguan personally attended a famous game exhibition and was immediately surrounded by players at the meeting.
Since he appeared directly here, he was obviously prepared to be asked questions, so he had a very good attitude and allowed players to ask him questions. Now the question that players are most concerned about is "Land Abandoned by Gods".
He first picked a random person to answer. The person's question was when the next DLC for "The Forsaken Land" would be released. Dai Wenquan said that he had not made a specific decision yet.
Then I picked a random person to answer the question. What does Dai Wenguan think of the current conflict between the "combat faction" and the "simulation faction" on the forum?
Dai Wenguan has been a leader for two or three years. Of course, he speaks freely on the scene, saying that he welcomes healthy and enthusiastic competition. It is good for players to have their own opinions.
The third person was the one he arranged, and it was also the main purpose of Dai Wenguan coming here. The man asked according to the pre-arranged questions:
"I would like to ask Mr. Dai, can "The Land Abandoned by Gods" continue to expand the world view? I really want to see that desperate land be saved by the light, instead of sinking like this forever."
Unlike Gu Zuo in the past, since Dai Wenguan dared to appear, he must have brought a clear answer, so he said with a smile:
"There are currently no plans for a sequel, but our company already has plans and believes that the grand world view of "The Land Abandoned by Gods" can be presented through animation."
"This is also the reason why I came to the exhibition this time. Qinghai Studio, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qingyu Company, was established. Its first work is to produce animation related to "The Land Abandoned by Gods"."
