In fact, it's quite high... Even compared with all the games on the market, this score is very high.
However, Linmu Studio has been really brilliant this year, especially the "Legend of Zelda" released at the beginning of the year, which left a deep impression on all players. Except for the game media, all of them gave it perfect scores.
This makes it seem that the 9.7 of "Civilization" is not that high.
But this is only for players who own a switch.
More ordinary players really think that this score is very high. If combined with the conclusion of the evaluation... then the evaluation is really too high!
The best turn-based strategy game I have ever seen or played... not even one of them.
I also added the premise in front of it that ‘everyone feels that the times have moved forward, the market has changed, and strategy games have been swept into the history pile’.
This is crazy...
How fun is this game?
Many players, including Frank himself, couldn't help but have such thoughts after seeing the comments...
Then the next second.
Frank suddenly thought of something and suddenly came back to his senses. He no longer stared at the reviews, but turned to open the vaporwave game platform and clicked on the store statistics.
Then pull it down.
I took a look at the current vaporwave game platform, which is the most popular game with the largest number of people online.
The game with the largest number of people online is "Breakout".
This is nothing to say.
The second, third and fourth games are two moba games and "battle"
royale》.
There is nothing to say about this. These games have long been at the top of the list of online users and are currently the biggest pillars of the vaporwave game platform.
But... now "Civilization" is also on it, and it's also on the list!
"Civilization": Current number of players, peak value today.
One hundred thousand? One hundred and sixty thousand?
When Frank saw this number, his eyes slowly widened.
Are you kidding!!!
This crappy strategy game can have 100,000 players online!? Are the players crazy!?
Frank really doesn't believe it!
but.
No matter how he counts.
The numbers are all six digits...
And it looks like it’s still going up…
Frank gritted his teeth, closed the vaporwave game platform, and ran back to the community.
Then he found out.
Players who were obviously discussing "Bloodlust" a few days ago are now discussing "Civilization".
Players who have never played a strategy game are asking whether they should buy it.
Players who have played it are sharing their experiences and their admiration for this game.
In particular, some fans of strategy games directly praised "Civilization" as the greatest strategy game in the new era... and they were not stingy with praise at all.
To put it simply...a huge hit!
Although "Bloodlust" is still popular, after all, there is no doubt about the popularity of the FPS game type.
What's more, "Bloodlust" has been released for ten days now, and "Civilization" has only been released not long ago. It seems understandable that the latter is more popular.
But know...
"Bloodlust", or most FPS, follows a path similar to FMCG.
Just like Lin Yao's previous life, except for a very few FPS, the others were basically very popular when they were first launched, but as time goes by and players pass the game, the popularity of the game will slowly fade away.
Then after a while, the number of people online will drop off a cliff.
Even if the game has a multiplayer mode.
Players will not open it again, but will play other games.
The process of this decline in the number of people online can be fast or slow.
Frank initially thought that "Bloodlust" could last two or three months, but the fact is that it only lasted ten days and the number of online players began to plummet... You said these players who ran away did not play.
"Civilization", he doesn't believe it at all!
On the contrary, Linmu Studio's new game "Civilization" is a turn-based strategy game.
Frank didn't take this type of game seriously at all.
Because during this period, this game type was really unpopular, and the best result was only tepid. Many manufacturers have given up on this unpleasant game type.
The best outcome Frank envisioned for "Civilization" was tepid, barely preserving capital.
But "Civilization" produced by Linmu Studio is a hit!
This brings about a very serious problem. Strategy simulation games are very replayable.
This is the consensus of the vast majority of players.
Why did Frank bring in third-party masterpieces "Bloodlust" and "Last Moment" to be exclusive? Isn't it just to attract players and cultivate their habits?
But now "Bloodlust" only lasted for ten days, and it began to show fatigue...
In fact, it doesn’t matter if you show fatigue in the first place.
This is a normal process, and Frank will continue to launch games on Black Friday to lock in these players.
But the premise of all this is.
Don’t be fooled by Linmu Studio. Its turn-based strategy games are... lukewarm.
But Lin Mu Studio’s “Civilization” now has 100,000 people online.
The replayability of turn-based strategy games is much higher than that of FPS... much higher!
Players may finish playing "Bloodthirst" and then turn around to open a game of "Civilization". Then due to the nature of repeated play, as time goes by, players may not continue to open "Bloodthirst", but they will continue to open it.
"civilization"……
Players may be in the game
The player turned around and headed to the vaporwave gaming platform.
Going round and round.
The number of people online in "Bloodlust" will get lower and lower, and the number of people online in "Civilization" will also decrease, but judging from the attitudes and evaluations of players in the community, it is estimated that even if it falls to the bottom... it will be better than "Bloodlust".
Moreover, for this type of game, the number of people online cannot be determined accurately. As long as it is recognized and players remember it, it is possible that a game of "Civilization" will be played at any time.
But after clearing "Bloodlust", not many players will open it again.
And "Civilization" is exclusive to the vaporwave game platform...
Frank suddenly understood why Linmu Studio made a turn-based strategy game.
Whether he believes it or not.
Lin Mu Studio... seems to be here again.
“Fuck!!!!”
Looking at the community, players are discussing "Civilization" enthusiastically.
Frank thought about the decline in the number of people online for the masterpiece he had paid so much for exclusive rights to, and thought about the future development, and became increasingly annoyed.
He finally couldn't hold it any longer, slammed the mouse hard, and cursed loudly in annoyance.
…
As a businessman and the head of a gaming company, Frank has a really keen sense of smell...
He hasn't played the game yet.
You can already imagine the result...
And the result was exactly as he expected.
As players progress further into the game.
Many players said that the early experience of the game "Civilization" was very similar to some rougelike games.
Because every time players open a new archive, they need to explore on a randomly generated unknown map, develop according to local conditions, and be ready to respond to emergencies or react to key information that is suddenly learned.
A new experience every time!
The map is randomly generated, and different cells have different resources, different productivity bonuses or technology point bonuses.
Whether the city is adjacent to mountains, located on plains, or adjacent to the ocean, there are different ways to play.
In addition, the game's relics, wonders, and AI will have different reactions and approaches in each game.
This makes every game full of variables and strategic depth.
In fact.
Many players have had the experience of playing against AI, and then opened a new save file without wanting to finish it. They thought that they should be able to play casually, so they continued to play according to the strategy of the last save file, and then got beaten to shit...
in addition.
The early stage of the "Civilization" series is, to a certain extent, more fun than the later stage!
Because players start with very few resources, they may not feel comfortable playing on an ordinary computer, but once the difficulty increases.
Players will find that they must proceed step by step. In the early stage when the number of cities and units is very sparse, they must be cautious and calm about the actions of each unit and the production plan of each city.
Because of an accident, the player's AI neighbor will drag a bunch of siege vehicles, directly beating the player in the early stage without any ability to fight back!
Even if there is no fight, the miracle will be preempted by the computer, the good territory will be taken away, the culture will be exported, and the damn will be preached.
Explore, expand, exploit, conquer.
These are the four core elements of a strategy game, plus a rougelike-like gaming experience in the early stages of the game.
Players are very willing to open new archives.
This replayability is indeed not comparable to ordinary FPS...
Take Lin Yao’s previous life as an example.
"Civilization 6" was released in 2016, but until 2022, six years later, the peak number of online users of this game was 45,000, ranking it in the top 20 of the entire Steam game rankings.
This is the ranking of all games on Steam!
The games that rank ahead of "Civilization 6" in terms of the number of people online are basically massively multiplayer online games, such as Warframe, Ark, and Everlasting.
This is enough to show how vital this series is.
certainly.
Not to mention Give Him Love 5, which is superior to all old games. Because of the continuous updates, it is already 2022. It can still keep more than 100,000 people online...second only to pubg, apex, and dota.
Games like csgo are really outrageous.
Online games do have unique advantages in this regard...
But online games are one aspect, and stand-alone games are another aspect.
It's not that "Civilization" is meaningless compared to online games.
In fact, it means quite a lot.
Otherwise, Frank wouldn’t be unable to hold himself back...
This kind of strategy game with tenacious vitality will retain many users on the vaporwave game platform, a lot!
In fact.
The repetitive playability of "Civilization" has been explored by players, and other ways to win besides conquest have been discovered.
The enthusiasm of the players has reached a new level.
Strategy games have become unpopular recently, especially turn-based strategy games. This is why players were disappointed when Linmu Studio announced "Civilization" because strategy games are now at a point of change.
After all, "Warcraft 3" reduced the operation of real-time strategy games to one dimension, and then spawned simpler moba games.
Directly push players' gaming habits all the way forward.
Because it is too fast, most strategy game IPs have not found their direction during this period of time... The complex system, boring operation, and difficulty in getting started have caused many players to gradually give up on this game type.
But again, although players have given up, it does not mean that they cannot accept this type of game.
The release of "Civilization" happened to be at this time of change.
Although the game "Civilization" has many and complex systems, this game brings a mature design style. It combines the four most important characteristics of strategy games, exploration, expansion, development and destruction.
The most comprehensive display.
Then the soul element of history is added, and by deconstructing the evolution of civilization, new mechanisms are constantly unlocked during player play, keeping players fresh, and then providing easy-to-achieve stage goals to attract players to continue the next round, and the next round.
"Civilization" can really be said to be a textbook on how to make a turn-based strategy game.
Just like what was said in media reviews.
Linmu Studio, once again stood up!
Then, it once again brought surprises to the players!
It even gave direction to colleagues.
on the forum.
As the first players who played the game cried and howled, more and more players became interested and ran to buy the game. Originally they only wanted to get a refund within two hours, but players who basically wanted to get a refund fell into the trap...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As the number of people playing increases.
"Civilization", which wasn't much discussed in the first place, has become a desperate counterattack.
Any post that appears can arouse the resonance of a large number of players.
[It’s awesome. The more I study this game, the more awesome it becomes. I feel something different every time]
For example, in this article, the original poster was just expressing emotion.
But below the post.
However, there are a lot of players who have the same feelings as the poster, and they are not shy about compliments and crazy rainbow farts in their replies.
"Yeah, sometimes I really want to ask, how many more surprises can Linmu Studio bring to players..."
"I have been playing "Civilization" for three days in a row. I feel like I have been possessed by an evil spirit! I have never been exposed to this type of game before! But every time I finish playing, I can't help but restart a game, and every time
It’s really outrageous that you can find different gameplay in each game that is different from the previous one!”
"If you only play Conquer Victory, you can really only see a corner of the game's various complicated settings. I cleared a technology victory, and it was a completely different feeling...Linmu Studio is really awesome! It actually went there
There are so many elements added to the game, and it’s so logical and self-consistent.”
"The game is too over the top... I haven't played "Breakout" for four days in a row, and I've been playing Civilization Civilization Civilization."
"Once again... the original "Warcraft" subverted the real-time strategy game, and now "Civilization" has subverted the turn-based strategy game. I am a veteran player of this type of game, and I have no doubts about Linmu Studio.
This time it would be successful, but I didn’t expect that they could make such a game...it’s outrageous.”
"Players who said they were disappointed at the beginning should probably think about it next time. After all, Linmu Studio has never let players down before!"
"I estimate that this game can be played for ten years... No kidding, you have to believe in Linmu Studio! You also have to believe that the strategy games they make are fun to play over and over again!"
"Actually, the biggest influence of this game is not on the players. If you look overseas, many producers of previous strategy games are working on this Amway game... They not only admire this game, but also rekindle their hope in this game type, Lin Mu
The studio gives hope!”
"Yeah, strategy game lovers are ecstatic!!"
"...A game like "Civilization" can do this. Linmu Studio will have two new games in the future. What surprises can it bring to players? Looking forward to it!!"
"You don't need to say anything! Lin Mu Studio is a god! Lin Yao is a god!!"
…
at the same time.
Just when players are discussing "Civilization".
Linmu Studio.
Lin Yao lowered her head and glanced at her phone. A smile suddenly appeared on her fair and round oval face. She suddenly raised her head, straightened her plump breasts, looked at Zhu Nianqiao with pride, and said: "Kami!"
"?……Um?"
Zhu Nianqiao stood in front of Lin Yao, biting the bread and looking at the senior who suddenly laughed, making a confused sound.
"Do you look like a god?" Lin Yao put her hands on her hips, straightened her chest, and asked jokingly.
Zhu Nianqiao took a bite of the bread, looked at the exquisite girl, and after a sigh, he said vaguely: "The God of Oppa..."
"?Shut up!"
Lin Yao immediately stretched out her hand and pinched Zhu Nianqiao's bulging cheeks.
"Uh huh..."
Zhu Nian Qiao fluttered his arm.
"Can you speak?"
Lin Yao glared at her gently, then pinched her soft bulging cheeks: "And eat quickly! How long do you want me to wait?"
"You are so angry!"
Zhu Nianqiao resisted Lin Yao's kneading, puffed out her cheeks, chewed the bread in her mouth gently, and complained.
"Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly!"
Lin Yao looked at her like a squirrel, couldn't help but smile again, and then said angrily: "Also, you can eat bread once or twice, don't eat bread every day, no matter how delicious it is, you can't eat it like this...
Don’t want it anymore?”
"Well……"
Zhu Nianqiao responded vaguely again.
No more struggling.
beside.
Bao Liangzhe happened to be passing by and saw this scene and smiled knowingly.
If you don’t work at Linmu Studio, it’s really hard to feel the atmosphere here...
The boss and senior management of Linmu Studio are all too young.
Especially the owner of the studio... is too young and energetic.
This creates the background of Linmu Studio.
The vitality and upward feeling inside Lin Mu Studio had never been seen elsewhere.
And this is all due to the influence of Lin Yao and the group of people who first came out of eBay.
Well... Actually, even if we don't look at their influence, we just look at them themselves.
I think it heals people's hearts...
the other side.
Just when Bao Liangzhe was sighing with emotion, Zhu Nianqiao finally finished eating the bread. She packed up the package and looked at Lin Yao: "Okay, senior sister, tell me, what's going on?"
"I thought of a good idea, but I don't know if you can adapt to it."
Lin Yao reluctantly put away her joy over the success of "Civilization", let go of Zhu Nianqiao's cheek, and said seriously: "I originally planned to let the PC department make dark-themed games, but as you know, they have been very
I’m busy, and I plan to port this game to switch.”
"Dark theme?" Zhu Nianqiao was slightly startled, then asked: "Like "Dark Soul"?"
"Almost the same, but not the same type." Lin Yao shook her head.
"That's it...Actually, senior sister, you don't have to worry about us. As long as you are here, our ability to adjust is actually very strong, and we can do it no matter what the subject is."
Zhu Nianqiao pondered for a moment and replied seriously: "And in fact, for the host department, sometimes it is beneficial to produce some other themes, so that it is not easy to solidify the mind..."
"Okay then, you can allocate the production team and be prepared. I will take time to write a planning document."
After listening to Zhu Nianqiao's words, Lin Yao pondered for a moment, nodded, and completely made up her mind.
"good."
Zhu Nianqiao responded, and then asked curiously: "What is the name of that project?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lin Yao thought for a while and replied:
"diablo,"Diablo"."
…
I had a little chat with Zhu Nianqiao.
Lin Yao turned around and prepared to return to her seat.
In fact, the console department’s third game was chosen to be “Diablo”.
Lin Yao also thought about it for a long time before making up her mind.
Diablo is undoubtedly a great series. It is so great that almost all MMs have more or less borrowed the ideas of this game. This game can be regarded as the ancestor of all Diablo-like and even Legend-like online games.
.
But this game series, in Lin Yao's previous life, due to Blizzard and external environment, the evaluation of the latest game was generally far worse than the second one... It also experienced a word-of-mouth crisis because of the mobile game.
After all, the development of the gaming industry is really rapid.
When Diablo 2 came out, there was no game type like arpg that was good enough.
But by the time Diablo 3 came out, all kinds of games were already in full bloom...
With Diablo 2 in the forefront, and various games flourishing in the market, and Blizzard North has died, it is normal for Diablo 3 to have a lower reputation than Diablo 2.
As for mobile games…
have nothing to say.
In short, because of the decline of Blizzard, this game IP always gives her the illusion that... this IP is old.
In this world, games are actually developing very fast, so when she first thought about this IP, she was a little worried, would this type of game still be popular?
But then she thought about it carefully and found that her concerns were actually unnecessary.
because.
First, Diablo is being played here without any historical baggage.
Secondly, playing the game is really fun, and the Diablo game experience is really special and probably unique in this world.
Third, Diablo is really, really suitable for handheld devices.
Also, from a commercial perspective, although Diablo 3 is not as good as Diablo 2... the sales of the game are indeed very successful.
So in the end, Lin Yao decided to give it a try.
certainly.
Now this is just a plan, and Lin Yao is just letting Zhu Nianqiao prepare it first. It is impossible for the project to be launched immediately.
After all, after the release of "Civilization", it will be the turn of several other masterpieces on the PC.
And Black Friday is coming soon.
"..."
Think of "Civilization".
Lin Yao immediately put aside Diablo and smiled.
She was indeed very happy, especially when she saw players complaining about not being able to stop in the next round...
The success of this game also proves that some games do not lose their charm due to time and technological development. To a certain extent, she decided to try making "Diablo" because of the success of "Civilization"
.
"I hope the follow-up will also go smoothly."
Lin Yao muttered to herself and then walked out of the elevator.
As soon as she came out, she bumped into Mu Wanqing.
"Miss Mu."
Lin Yao was in a good mood. When she saw Mu Wanqing, she immediately said hello energetically.
Mu Wanqing stopped and smiled softly: "I was just going to find you."
"What's wrong?" Lin Yao was a little confused.
Mu Wanqing said softly: "Game
player just announced their Black Friday promotions."
"Ha...they are anxious!"
Lin Yao was stunned when she heard this, and then the smile on her face became even brighter.