The richness of mobile games is definitely a major killer in promoting the development of smartphones in the early stage. Therefore, under the auspices of Zhou Xin, Flamingo has high hopes for this series of mobile games.
Zhou Xin hopes that they can help Mphone2 to quickly open up the global promotion situation. The reason why "Legend of Heroes" was selected instead of games such as Clash of Clans and Clash Royale was because of network restrictions.
At present, only a few major cities in Amerikan have completed the laying of 3G networks, and most areas are still in the 2G era. Real-time confrontational games such as tribal wars do not have that good experience under high network latency.
"Legend of Heroes" is different. This mobile game copies the mode of "Legend of Dota". Most of the game modes are PVE-based. Only the arena gameplay involves PVP. The arena also automatically casts spells, and has extremely low network requirements. You must ensure that the network is open only when drawing cards.
At the same time, "Legend of Heroes" can continue to enrich the world view of League of Legends, repeatedly use characters, and allow players to have an emotional connection with these game characters. More importantly, is there anything else that can attract users to spend more money than a card drawing game?
Don’t say that foreigners don’t like card games. The popularity of card games depends on human nature.
Charles looked at the gray icon in the Mphone app store and the reminder text next to it and felt a little frustrated.
From the Flamingo press conference, it seemed that "Legend of Heroes" was somewhat interesting, but this was not enough to make him decide to spend more than 700 US dollars to get a new mobile phone.
Mphone1 can still be used! Sometimes it is a mistake to make a mobile phone too well. Nokia, which lasted for 10 years, not only disappointed its competitors, but also made its own internal sales team desperate.
Fortunately, the emergence of Mphone has given consumers a new reason to change their mobile phones: What age is it, why are you still using a mobile phone that cannot access the Internet?
"Joseph, have you bought an Mphone2? Although it's a bit sudden to ask this, but because I was at E3, I saw that some mobile games launched by Riot Games require an Mphone2 to play, so I want to ask if you have changed to an Mphone2?
If you change it, I would like to come to your house to see the specific effect. "Charles remembered that he had a wealthy friend, Joseph, who was a fan of electronic products and bought a lot of useful and useless electronic products.
As for why we say Riot Games, because at first Flamingo was called Riot Games, and now Riot Games is called Riot Electronics Community, and later it was renamed Flamingo. Old players still like to call it Riot, because they think this name is more domineering.
Joseph was a little surprised when he received a call from Charles: "Are you at the E3 exhibition? I'm here too, but I'm at Blizzard's booth. Where are you? I'll come find you later."
Charles and Joseph are not very close friends. Charles only met colleagues after he went to the new company in January this year. Because they have common hobbies, they talk more. But when colleagues become friends, there is always some distance.
Charles said: "I'll wait for you at Riot's booth, right next to Sega's booth."
Charles was glad in his heart that he could buy the rich man's Mphone2 for free, because Joseph said so, which obviously meant that he had Mphone2.
After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Joseph, wearing a red polo shirt, approached Charles and suddenly shouted: "Hi!"
Charles, who was immersed in playing Temple Escape, was startled: "You are here.
The game released by Riot Games this time is a bit interesting, and it’s a good way to pass the time. "
Charles handed the Mphone 1 in his hand to Joseph, thinking about letting him take a look.
Joseph smiled and said: "I know, it's really good. I've been here before you. I have downloaded all the games launched by Riot this time. Compared with "Temple Run" and "Subway Surfers", "Legend of Heroes" seems a bit complicated.
Before I had time to experience it in depth, the "Warcraft 3" launched by Blizzard this time also looked very good. People were queuing up at the Blizzard booth. There was a curtain at the door, and the players' battle scenes were projected on the curtain at the same time.
I originally planned to queue up too, but it seemed like my turn wouldn't be available for a short time, so I came over first. "
In 2003, Blizzard was like a god in the gaming industry. Warcraft 3 sold 5.5 million units worldwide in just two weeks after its launch. Blizzard that later argued with NetEase was just an empty shell with the Blizzard brand name.
Charles said: "You should have told me directly on the phone just now, so that I could come to you, and while you queue up, we can try out the gaming performance of Mphone2.
Smartphones are a time-killer when waiting in line. Before you know it, it's your turn. "
Joseph nodded: "Good idea, you should try it first. All I can say is that playing the same game on Mphone 2 is completely different from playing it on Mphone 1."
After speaking, Joseph took out the Mphone 2 from his pocket, then smoothly used his fingerprint to open the main interface, and clicked on Temple Escape: "You slide it with your finger, and in which direction the character will go.
Come on, give it a try. "
Charles took Mphone2 from Joseph. Although he had experienced Mphone2 before in Mphone offline stores, he was still amazed by the feel and the visual impact of the entire screen.
The two most expensive components of Mphone2 are the screen and CPU. Other accessories are also expensive, but not as expensive as the screen and CPU.
Charles sat on the chair provided at the entrance of Flamingo and died after playing Temple Escape for five minutes. This operation was much more enjoyable than pressing buttons. There was almost no obstruction when touching the screen, and there was obvious resistance when pressing the keyboard.
Coupled with the visual impact of a whole screen, Charles didn't expect that playing "Temple Run" on Mphone2 could be so smooth. It felt like the entire game had been sublimated by changing the device.
After seeing Charles finish playing a game, Joseph said: "How is it? Is this experience very different?
I had the same feeling when I first started playing. "
After finishing speaking, Joseph took out another Mphone1 from his pocket and continued: "Because Mphone has limited power, I am very afraid that the phone will run out of power. Since using Mphone, it is hard for me to imagine how long it will take for the phone to run out of power." It’s hard.
So usually I take two mobile phones out at the same time. "
Charles complained in his heart that if you have money, you can really do whatever you want.
“When I just downloaded the game in front of the Riot Games booth, I also downloaded “Temple Run” on my Mphone1. My Mphone1 has many applications installed and I can only install one more game.
After I experienced "Temple Run" on two mobile phones at the same time, I felt that it was not a game at all. The expressiveness of Mphone2 was much stronger, not only the control mode, but also the clarity of the screen was one of the important reasons.
Mphone2's screen is not only the best among mobile phones, it is far behind the second-best mobile phone screen. Compared with handheld consoles from Sony, Sega, and Nintendo, its screen quality is also the best. If you include handheld computers, there is no product that can compete with Mphone2 in terms of screen performance quality.
Not to mention that Matrix also uses the most advanced touch screen technology.
Newman is indeed a god-like product manager who always brings us eye-catching products. "
Joseph continued: "Let's go to Blizzard's booth first and experience "Legend of Heroes" while queuing up.
Although Blizzard's booth does not have wifi, this area is covered by a 3G network. Even if there is no wifi, it should not affect our ability to play "Legend of Heroes". "
When we walked to Blizzard's booth, a large number of people were queuing up. The curtains placed at the entrance of the booth were even more exaggerated than Joseph described, with as many as four pieces placed.
"It seems that Blizzard is the big winner at this year's E3. With such overwhelming popularity, the curtain at the entrance of the exhibition, and the live broadcast of the players' confrontations, these reminded me of the E3 exhibition two years ago, when Newman brought "Tempers of War" That time when I was present in person." Charles whispered.
Joseph agreed: "Yes, I had a similar feeling queuing here before. I watched the players' battles here for a while before.
I feel that Blizzard also wants to improve e-sports. In the past, the threshold for watching "StarCraft" was a bit high. If you don't play this game, you can't understand it. It's not as easy to understand as "Teamfight Tactics".
Therefore, in the game "Warcraft 3", Blizzard feels that it has consciously reduced the difficulty of understanding for the audience. "
If the E3 exhibition is a grand gathering for game enthusiasts, then the offline competition of "Team Fighting Tactics" at the end of each year is a grand gathering for global "Team Tactics" players. Every year, top players from different countries around the world gather together. , fighting for the last golden shovel.
This event ensures the enduring popularity of TFT and also brings a lot of benefits to Flamingo.
The first offline competition only had one sponsor, Riot Games. By the third time, the broadcast rights of the offline competition were bought by three Americen TV stations, and there were also sponsors from seven large companies including Intel, HP, and Dell. sponsor.
Charles and Joseph squeezed into the queue, “Spurred on by the offline competition of TFT, of course other game manufacturers also want to eat this cake.
The most enthusiastic one should be Blizzard.
Blizzard itself got involved in e-sports much earlier than Flamingo. As a result, the events organized by Blizzard were half-hearted, while the e-sports events organized by other organizers about Blizzard games became very popular.
Blizzard is definitely not convinced. I saw news on the Riot Games forum before, saying that Blizzard poached the e-sports director of Flamingo Game, saying that it wanted to focus on e-sports. Judging from the layout of this exhibition, Blizzard should indeed have such an idea. "
While Joseph and Charles were complaining about the blizzard, the people lining up around them were also talking in twos and threes.
But the focus of everyone's discussion is on the game itself.
"It seems that the human race is much more powerful, and their variety of soldiers is far greater than that of the other two races."
"No, no, no, it's not a race problem, it's a player problem. The player on the left and the player on the right are very different in strength. If their strengths were similar, the human race wouldn't be able to develop to this stage at all.
This game is actually very similar to "StarCraft". The race that has an advantage in the early stage can turn the advantage into an economic advantage and then snowball until victory. "
"Blizzard's setting of the four races this time is quite interesting, and the distinction between the races is much higher than in "StarCraft". The arms of different races are also easy to distinguish."
Joseph and Charles stood in the team and felt a little out of place with the other players. They opened "Legend of Heroes".
"Compared with the characters in TFT, the characters here feel much cuter."
"It has more of an animation feel."
"Definitely, after all, it is switching from 2.5D to a complete 2D horizontal version."
"The previous levels are a bit too simple. Although they can be operated, I feel that I can pass them without using any skills."
"The animation effect is quite exquisite. When these heroes use their skills in Teamfight Tactics, there is no such special animation effect after a pause."
"I already have 960 diamonds. Do you want to draw 10 consecutive diamonds?"
"You can try it."
The two people moved forward in the long queue. By the time it was their turn, they had played "Legend of Heroes" for nearly four hours and watched an hour of live player battles.
I only played for four hours because Mphone2 was running low on battery and automatically shut down.
"Legend of Heroes has many ways to play and is very interesting. Players who are interested in collecting games will definitely like it. As a mobile game, it is undoubtedly excellent enough. It cannot be overstated to describe it as excellent." Charles on Mphone2 concluded after automatic shutdown.
After experiencing Mphone2 in depth, he has made up his mind to buy one.
Charles thought to himself: Compared with Mphone2, Mphone1 is still in the era of the Industrial Revolution. As for Motorola and Nokia? They were still in primitive times.
Joseph thought for a while and added: "I feel that our experience of "Legend of Heroes" is still very superficial. After all, after the physical strength is exhausted, we can only wait.
Although we bought a first-charge gift pack to continue playing, judging from the introduction in the "Legend of Heroes" section of the Riot Games community, we still have many modules that we have not experienced.
But the diamonds needed to draw cards are too difficult to save. They gave away a lot at first, but they used up faster. I even wanted to buy the $99.9 gift pack. I thought I was crazy. "
The US$99.9 recharge gift package corresponds to the 648 gift package. This is because the earliest built-in recharge in Apple's IOS system was settled in US dollars. At that time, the exchange rate between US dollars and RMB was 6.4. This pricing has been used ever since.
Charles was astonished in his heart. He deposited US$99.9 to exchange for a virtual product. This was simply crazy.
"Although "Subway Surfers" and "Temple Run" are paid games, they only cost 99 cents, which is very cheap.
"Legend of Heroes" is a free game, but it is filled with a lot of paid options. We have already paid $6 into it in just four hours.
I feel like Legend of Heroes is more expensive than paid games. ” concluded Charles, who was very sensitive about money.
Joseph retorted: "No, no, no, this is not a logic at all. Pay for the game with a one-time buyout, and you can't regret it even if the game is not as good as you expected.
For free games, you can choose not to recharge. Recharging is voluntary. "
(End of chapter)
