Chapter 376: Heavenly Fire Is Coming!

The live broadcast ends.

Lin Mo had underestimated the players' enthusiastic emotions.

I knew this would have a lot of repercussions, but I didn't expect the repercussions to be so big.

But it makes sense when you think about it.

The gaming industry in this world sucks.

Baofeng Entertainment is one of the few companies that has made quality games out of the trash.

Therefore, it was possible to gain a large number of high-quality fans in that era.

As these fans get older, they don’t play games much each year.

No matter how good the Naughty Cat game is, there is no time to try it.

When I see a new game from Baofeng Entertainment or a new expansion pack from Cosmic Rift, I will buy one on a whim, but after playing it for a few days I will get bored and return to the hard work of real life.

In the final analysis, you are paying for your childhood and feelings.

What I bought was not a game, but a happy time when I could play games freely without any worries.

Just because you don’t have time to play games doesn’t mean you’re lacking information.

Baofeng Entertainment’s move made countless players feel betrayed.

This is destroying the Great Wall and destroying the foundation of your company's survival.

Today's Baofeng Entertainment is no longer a company that can produce high-quality games.

Even Lin Mo was thinking about it.

"If I were West, I would be expecting Baofeng Entertainment to die suddenly and the acquisition to fail."

Diablo became popular before it was sold.

Since fans are promised a spiritual sequel, there must be some tribute in content.

As a result, the production team that went to China and the branch that assisted in production in China began a new round of overtime work.

It does not affect the game framework, gameplay, background settings and story content.

But added some easter eggs.

For example, some classic NPC names in the Road to Paradise IP were made into passers-by with no plot or significance, and placed near the teleportation point that everyone would pass by.

For example, for some funny equipment that is highly entertaining, give it a name related to the Road to Heaven.

The legendary and dark gold equipment in the Diablo series all have equipment descriptions. You can add an equipment description that old Road to Heaven fans can barely understand.

Then that’s it.

Any more, and it wouldn’t be a spiritual sequel or tribute.

Baofeng Entertainment is about to cause trouble.

"Hey, it's a bit hard to bear being surrounded on all sides. Things are happening one after another."

Lin Mo sighed.

The Diablo project has been finalized, and another round of wrestling with Giant Hardware and Storm Entertainment is about to determine the winner.

For now, it still has the upper hand.

But press the gourd and lift up the scoop.

Soani on the other side obviously didn't intend to make the naughty cat's life too comfortable.

I have mentioned before that I want to co-develop a role-playing doomsday survival game with Naughty Cat, which has been heavily promoted recently.

At this time, on the computer, the news page had a soft advertisement for the game.

The name of the game is "Seven Days Later". The game cover and promotional posters show a man and a woman who seems to be turning into a zombie.

It can be seen from the promotional video and soft advertising content that this is not a farming game with a survival theme in the apocalypse, nor is it a fun game about killing zombies.

It is a game that explores human nature and emotions under the apocalypse.

It can be said that it is fierce and ambitious.

The goal is directly at Naughty Cat and Switch, hoping to return playsquare to the throne of consoles.

Players in this world have not given Breath of the Wild the title of No. 1 in the world, but they have also given it a very valuable title.

The king of exclusive games.

Many videos or news introducing Breath of the Wild on the Internet have recommendations from fans.

[If you buy a console for a game, Switch and Breath of the Wild are the most worth buying]

Countless tap water is also the key to the success of Switch.

Obviously, Soni wants to steal this title with a sophisticated game.

But role play, apocalypse, survival, humanity, emotion.

With the support of these BUFFs, there is a game that is invincible, but the sequel is extremely painful.

It’s time for it to take the stage in this world.

Time has entered August, and there are only a few days left before the release of Diablo.

"Brother Hao, what are you busy with?"

Liu Hao was driving the car, with his mobile phone on the passenger seat and Bluetooth connected to the car, waiting for the red light in the 35-degree outdoor temperature.

"I just got off work and was about to go home. Why did you remember to call me? Tell me how much you can borrow."

The person on the other side of the phone is called Shen Zijun, who is one year younger than him.

The two of them grew up playing together.

When I was a child, I used to sneak around in the village. When I was in middle school, I came to the city with my parents and became obsessed with playing games.

Fortunately, I came to my senses later in high school, my college entrance examination scores were not too bad, and my income after working was pretty good.

Now, it is thirty years old.

"Brother Hao, you've seen everything about me, haven't you? Am I that kind of person? Ahem, lend me 3,000."

"Okay, I'll transfer you later."

"You still have no sense of humor, just kidding. Are you busy lately? Do you want to play games for a few days?"

"Is it a new version of Cosmic Rift? Forget it, the new version from the year before last year, I spent all the money to play it and I didn't have time to log in within a week. And, is it so fast?"

"Of course not. Play that spiritual sequel to Road to Heaven."

Road to heaven?

Liu Hao suddenly fell into a trance.

I haven’t heard this name for a long time.

The last one dates back eight years.

He had just graduated at that time, and Naughty Cat was not yet a name known to gamers.

At that time, he could still pee three meters away in the wind. At that time, his girlfriend begged him to take a break. At that time, he didn’t understand what kind of medicine sildenafil was. At that time, after staying up all night, it didn’t affect his work the next day.

"Hey, forget it. I really don't have much time, I'm preparing for pregnancy, and the work pressure is quite high. I've had to call back from Party A many times for a plan."

Then came Shen Zijun's somewhat low voice: "Hey, okay. I was just thinking, we are all in the same city and haven't been together for almost three years. It's okay. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

There was silence on the phone for a long time.

No one hung up the phone.

Liu Hao suddenly felt a little blocked.

Since graduation, I have been either making money or on the road to making money. I have fewer and fewer friends and more and more pressure.

His girlfriend at that time, who is now his wife, did not understand him, and the two quarreled frequently.

Work hasn't been going well lately either.

How long has it been since you last played games and relaxed like you did back then?

I don’t have any hobbies. I don’t smoke, drink, or play with women.

Just playing a game, what's wrong?

Suddenly there was an impulse in my heart.

Go to the fucking job, go to the fucking marriage, and go to the fucking making money.

I need to relax.

"Okay, Brother Hao, you can do your work first, me"

"How much?"

"Um?"

"I said, "Road to Paradise 4", how much does it cost?"

On the phone, Shen Zijun's voice was full of surprise and asked: "Brother Hao, do you want to buy it? That's it."

He listened in silence for several minutes.

From hearing about the acquisition of Baofeng Entertainment by Ju Hard Company, to splitting and selling the IP due to antitrust review, to Naughty Cat deciding to make a spiritual sequel.

"So, this game called "Diablo" will be released five days earlier, right? OK, let's play this first. Then buy a copy of "Road to Paradise 4" after it is released, just to think about it."

"OK!"

The car had already driven into the basement of the community and hung up the phone.

It's still some time before the game is released, but after walking into the elevator, you can see from the smooth mirror-like metal surface that your face is smiling.

Just thinking about going home

A face fell.

That night, as expected, there was another quarrel.

Once you decide, you can't stop being curious.

Every day at work, what’s on my phone is the game content introduced by the UP owner.

Classes are introduced one by one, Barbarian, Necromancer, Druid.

Angels, demons, nephalem.

Diavolo, Lilith, Mephisto, Andariel

Imperius, Tyrael, Itrael.

At the same time, the leave application form with the company has been filled out.

I have been thinking about the reason for taking leave for a long time.

I don’t want to write about family members being sick, so just tell the truth.

When he took the leave request and handed it to the department head.

In the past, this leader, who had always had a dark face and was unkind to others, looked at the reason for his leave with a strange look on his face.

"Skyfire is coming? What a stupid reason. You still want to save Sanctuary?"

"What?"

"nothing."

As he spoke, he took another leave application form, signed his name without saying a word, and threw the blank leave application form over.

"The reason for leave was rewritten and I approved it. I will figure out a solution for the remaining few signatures."

Liu Hao glanced at the department head in surprise, hid some harsh words in his heart, and then walked out of the office.

As for my family, I also asked for leave in advance for the reason of working overtime.

Time comes on the 10th.

E-Sports Hotel.

"Brother Hao! Long time no see!"

The two men, who had not seen each other for several years, patted each other on the shoulders.

Shen Zijun was carrying a big plastic bag, instant noodles, beer, snacks, and Sanjo Liqun.

Without further ado, enter the room.

Open up!

Naughty Cat's new game is naturally downloaded to the system right away, and only needs to be patched on the first day.

"Brother Hao, you haven't registered an Origin account? You're a bit behind the times."

"I don't have time, and I'm helpless. This naughty cat seems to be quite powerful?"

"That must be the world's number one gaming company."

"I think it's still worse than Baofeng Entertainment. Three Mountains is such a classic game. I was crazy about it back then."

"Hey, times have changed, not to mention the three mountains will soon be replaced by two."

"Unfortunately, it would be great if "Road to Paradise 4" was released on the 10th. On the 15th, I can only play for one day, and then I have to go back to work."

"The deadline hasn't arrived yet?"

"On the 20th, there's still time."

It didn’t take long to reminisce about old times, and the first-day patch download was completed.

Enter!

The game starts with an opening CG.

Different from Naughty Cat's previous style, this CG scene is like a mural drawn on parchment with charcoal.

Combined with the voice of the narration, the story of this place called Sanctuary is told.

When the natural enemy was in chaos, a creation god named Anu was born.

In order to maintain his purity, he separated the evil side of himself, but turned into a seven-headed dragon, and the two fought a long battle.

In the end, both died together.

The corpse of the seven-headed demon dragon turned into hell, and the dragon's head became seven demon kings.

Anu then transformed into the highest heaven, gave birth to angels, and his eyes turned into the world stone with infinite power.

For the World Stone, angels and demons fought an extremely cruel eternal war.

Because the souls of angels and demons will not be destroyed, they will only transform into another form.

Over time, the angel Inarius and the demon Mephisto's daughter Lilith were tired of war. They stole the World Stone and led a group of angels and demons who were also tired of war to create Sanctuary.

In the process, angels and demons combined to give birth to the half-blood Nephalem, who possessed more powerful power than angels and demons.

From then on, angels and demons began to use humans to start a proxy war.

In Sanctuary, the power of demons was suppressed.

The righteous angel Tyrael gathered powerful warriors, scholars, and mages to establish the Horadrim sect, defeated the three great demons and sealed them in the soul stone.

The dreadlord Diablo was sealed underground in a small town called Tristram in Khanduras.

The Horadrim built a church on it to guard the seal of Diablo.

Hundreds of years passed.

The heirs of the Horadrim gradually became scarce.

The power of the seal also slowly weakened.

CG ends and enters the character creation interface.

A bonfire lit up in the darkness, and there were shadows around the bonfire. There were many people sitting around, but I couldn't see what they looked like.

On the left side of the screen, many career options appeared.

I clicked on the barbarian first.

In the darkness next to the bonfire, a strong man with arms as thick as an ordinary man's waist walked into the light.

He had a rough face and some ornaments made of animal and demon bones. Just one look at him, you can feel the savage power under his muscles.

I clicked on the necromancer again.

The barbarian sat back in the shadow next to the bonfire.

One was obviously shorter, slender, with unnatural gray skin and gray hair. There seemed to be a few skeletons behind him with fierce eyes, staring at the player on the other side of the screen.

"One, two, three, six? When the CG introduced Nephalem, it was clear that there were more than one profession?"

"Maybe it's because other professions will be left for later? For example, the monks, witch doctors, demon hunters, Amazons, etc. that appeared in the CG."

"Which one do you choose?"

Liu Hao thought about it and chose the masculine barbarian.

Shen Zijun chose the mysterious and elegant mystic.

The game begins.

Today's Tristram is no longer as peaceful and tranquil as it was in the CG.

A strange atmosphere permeated, with corpses and broken houses everywhere, crows that represented ominous cries, and from time to time some skeletons and demons came out of the church to slaughter villagers.

The barbarian and the mystic had just taken a few steps when they encountered several skeleton monsters. After easily upgrading, they gained skill points.

After clicking on the skill, the barbarian obtained the Hammer of the Ancestors and the mystic obtained the Ice Arrow.

After walking a few more steps, there was a sound of fighting in front.

It was a prince, wearing gorgeous armor and exquisite weapons.

His name is Aidan, the son of King Leoric of Khanduras.

He had been traveling abroad before, but because of the accidental disappearance of his father and brother, he rushed back to investigate the matter.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a group of skeleton monsters and got into a hard battle, and his servants were killed and injured.

As the protagonist of Nephalem, he went with Aidan and stepped into Tristram.

A place where a nightmare begins. (End of this chapter)