The core players of domestic RTS games are also discussing such a brand new RTS game.

In a group of "League Conquest" players.

"I heard that a new RTS has been released in China. It has been very popular recently and is being discussed everywhere."

"I heard that it's called "Warcraft", which is a Western fantasy theme."

"...Really and false? Are Xihuan and RTS the two major restricted areas for domestic games? The two major companies, Di Chao and Chanyi, were both bloody. Who else dares to touch them who are not afraid of death? Touch two at once?"

"Thunder Interactive Entertainment, Chen Mo's company."

"Chen Mo? I haven't heard of it."

"You have heard of "Plant vs. Zombies" and "My Name is MT".

"Ah? Isn't that a mobile game company? Transforming to become a PC? Is it RTS?"

"I'm really not afraid of death..."

"But it is said that this guy is very weird. He makes all kinds of games, and he makes one popular one. I am already downloading "Warcraft". I will share my experience with you later!"

"Go, hero! The villagers are waiting for news that you will come back alive!"

...

This player group is full of RTS game enthusiasts, and most of them are playing "League Conquest".

A group manager with the nickname Kaiser asked in the group: "Is that true? A new RTS game? Send the address, I'll download one to see."

As soon as he spoke, many people instantly exploded.

"Wow, God K wants to test the poison himself? Yes, I'm blessed with the chicken."

"God K is bubbling, wow, awesome, take a photo."

"K God, "Warcraft" needs to be downloaded on the Thunder Game Platform, you can find it after searching."

This ID is Kaiser's guy, and he is also a well-known figure in the RTS gaming circle in China. There are several very famous masters in China, and Kaiser is one.

However, Kaiser is not among the top players. He ranks at most the top ten in China. The reason why he is very famous is that he often complains about the shortcomings of the game "League Conquest" on forums and often writes suggestions to foreign developers. Of course, it has basically not been adopted.

Kaiser is also an opinion leader in the domestic RTS player circle, with a group of fans. The teaching video of "League Conquest" he made has also influenced a large number of RTS players.

Originally, this guy has been diving all year round in the group, which is very consistent with the image of a great god. However, today he heard that a new RTS game has come out, and he couldn't help but bubbling.

In fact, the so-called K God, who has a large number of fans on the Internet, is nothing more than a second-year high school student.

Xue Kai, game ID: Kaiser, 17 years old, a great player in "League Conquest".

Xue Kai has a wealthy family and is very keen on RTS games. He has captured a large number of fans through video and live broadcasts, but he always has great opinions on "League Conquest".

I have also written a lot of suggestions, but after all, this is a foreign game. Even if Xue Kai finds someone to translate the suggestions into English, it will not attract the attention of the developers of "League Conquest".

Therefore, Xue Kai has always suffered from the lack of better RTS games. I heard that some domestic designers developed an RTS game, and he tried it with a lucky mentality.

What if, I mean, what if, this game is quite fun?

Find the Thunder Game Platform, register the Thunder Game Pass, and download "Warcraft".

Soon, the download is complete.

The icon of the game is a young man with a little evil spirit. Although a small icon cannot show too much, it feels great.

Xue Kai double-clicks the icon to enter the game.

First of all, there is a CG in the cutscene, and the LOGO of Thunder Game flashed by.

The whistling wind blew, and the camera swooped down from the clouds, like a bird soaring freely.

Accompanied by the howling wind in my ears, a melodious melody sounded.

A crow flew over the continuous snow peaks, over the barren valleys, and finally came to a prosperous human city-state.

Human Palace, the capital of Lordaeron.

Countless voices were talking, while the old king Terenas was pondering on the throne.

At this time, the crow flew in from somewhere, landed in the center of the hall, and landed in front of the old king.

The background sound was turned low, and this strange crow attracted the attention of the old king.

Just as everyone was arguing, a strange green light suddenly appeared on the crow's body. In the astonished eyes, the crow turned into a person.

Medivh.

His face was hidden under the hood, but his voice rang throughout the hall.

"Humanity is in crisis. The tide of darkness will come again, and this world is on the verge of war!"

"The only hope of your people is to move to the West, to the forgotten continent, Kalimdo!"

The old king looked serious and stood up from the throne: "I don't know who you are, nor do you know your faith. But now is not the time to make prophecy. Our kingdom is invaded by war, but it is up to us to decide how to protect our people! It is not you!"

The melody at this time became a bit sad.

Medivh's voice seemed a little disappointed: "I once lost my humanity, but I will not be like that anymore."

"If you can't solve this problem, then I'll find another person who can solve it."

Medivh turned and left, leaving only a low voice like a murmuring to himself.

"I have given a warning that now their fate is in their own hands."

The screen is black, CG ends here and enters the game screen.

This CG is very short, but the amount of information it contains is very large. Xue Kai did not pay attention to stories related to Azeroth before, but he still learned a lot of information from this CG.

At this time, the kingdom of mankind was being invaded by orcs, and unknown plague was spreading. A mysterious prophet came to the palace of mankind, but his words did not attract the attention of the king.

A short CG highlighted the suspense of the whole story. Although Xue Kai didn't know who Medivh was or what this human kingdom was, this CG successfully aroused his interest, which was enough.

Moreover, CG is well-made.

In this world, there are not many good animation and CG companies in China, nor are there any good sound effects companies and voice actors. There are all these, and the only thing that is lacking is money.

As long as the money is given, you can make great CG works. Even if you cannot fully reach the CG level of top foreign masterpieces, it will not be much worse.

But the only problem is that most game developers are reluctant to spend this money.

After all, CG usually only takes 2 to 3 minutes. The money for making a CG is almost enough to develop a high-quality mobile game.

How much did Chen Mo spend to make these CGs?

There is no conclusion about how much it cost to make CG in Blizzard in his previous life, but the widely circulated saying is that WLK's CG cost is US$5 million in 3 minutes.

In parallel worlds, animation and CG technologies are more developed, labor costs are reduced, and more advanced real-time computing technology has cut prices a lot.

Chen Mo did not choose the highest level CG, but chose the cheaper CG level that he was relatively affordable.

But even so, Chen Mo still spent more than 37 million yuan.

That's the result of the crazy cut of the plot. Chen Mo has cut those not-so-classic plots and deleted them as much as possible. He almost frantically compressed the budget, and finally reduced it to 37 million.

Like the opening animation of "Warcraft", it was directly replaced by this section where Medivh warned the old king, and all the CGs in the front were cut.

In order to make these CGs, Chen Mo basically paid all the money he had cheated some time ago. In some places, he even had insufficient budgets, so he could only make up for the real-time calculations or replace them with shady narration. He could save as much as possible.

To be honest, if it were not for the support of a money-lotting game of "My Name is MT", Chen Mo really had no money to make such money-burning things, at most he would make a castrated version.

As for Chen Mo's own feeling, if he opens up these CGs, the cost will be easily exceeded 100 million. He will never be able to spend so much money to play now.

The cost of the game itself, including art resources, etc., is nothing compared to the money of making CG. Now Chen Mo has realized the saying: "Ten years of making games, nine years of CG."

Su Jinyu and the others knew nothing about this, only Chen Mo and Guo Feng, the head of Xuandong Aurora Studio, knew more. If Su Jinyu and Qian Kun and the others knew about it, they would definitely be shocked.

After all, this is too risky. What if no one buys "Warcraft"? Wouldn't it be a waste of tens of millions?

If all this money is used to make money-lotting mobile games like "My Name is MT", how much money will you make!

But Chen Mo himself knows, is it worthwhile to spend money on CG?

Other CGs are not necessarily the case, but it is worth it to be a CG for Warcraft! You know, every CG here will become a classic work in the history of the game. Even if the money is doubled, it will be worth it!

Chen Mo dared to burn all this money because he knew that this was almost a sure profitable deal, and could set up this golden sign of the Warcraft, so that some places would make money in the future.

What's more, 37 million is converted into US dollars, which is only more than 6 million US dollars, which is quite cheap!

...

At this level, Xue Kai's opinion is already very, very amazing. Few domestic game companies spend so much money on CG, and even foreign companies are willing to do so.

What's more, this CG not only has quality, but also has connotation!

Xue Kai was shocked instantly and clicked to start the plot mode.

After a few greetings from the human prince Arthas and Uther, the messenger of Light, the battle officially began.

Here is a relatively simple operation prompt, guiding Xue Kai to select units with the left mouse button and move them right.

"Hmm? It's different from "League Conquest"?"

Xue Kai was a little surprised because "League Conquest" is the benchmark of RTS games, and few RTS games dare to change its settings in terms of basic operations.

As a veteran player of RTS games, Xue Kai did not start the battle as soon as possible, but first studied the operation mode of "Warcraft".
To be continued...