Yesterday, the biggest news in the domestic gaming circle was undoubtedly the news that Blizzard had ended its cooperation with NetEase and that the national server of "World of Warcraft" was about to cease operations. "The Wrath of the Lich King version will be launched soon!", "The national server agent of "World of Warcraft" will be changed." Many old players will feel that this scene seems familiar.
Of course, with the suspension of the national server of "World of Warcraft", there will be a large number of "Warcraft refugees" who have no games to play. This should be regarded as the second wave of "refugees" in "World of Warcraft". So taking this opportunity, let’s take stock of which games can be used as replacements during the suspension of “World of Warcraft”.
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"Final Fantasy 14"
In today's PC game market, if there is one that can replace "World of Warcraft" in the PC game market, it is undoubtedly "Final Fantasy 14". After all, "Final Fantasy 14" has already exceeded the number of active players. "World of Warcraft". Therefore, if you are looking for a replacement game for "World of Warcraft", "Final Fantasy 14" seems to be the first choice.
Although the initial performance of "Final Fantasy 14" 1.0 can be said to be appalling, fortunately the official did not give up on the game, but directly chose to remake the game with full courage. The developers spent a lot of time playing World of Warcraft, European and American mainstream games such as Guild Wars and Rift were used to learn their production concepts, and finally presented players with a brand new "Final Fantasy 14" 2.0, which also started the glorious development process of "Final Fantasy 14".
With its pure features, the game has frequently won awards and high scores in the selection activities of major overseas authoritative game media. It has won as many as 63 awards worldwide, setting a new high in the number of awards for similar games at that time. On IGN alone, it received multiple nominations for "Best", "Best Music of the Year", "Best PC Role Playing", "Best PS3 Role Playing", and "Best PC Graphics".
In October this year, Enix announced that the cumulative registered users of "Final Fantasy 14" worldwide exceeded 27 million, and the number of monthly active users of the game also exceeded 2.4 million, once exceeding the number of monthly active users of "World of Warcraft".
At present, the 6.1 version of the national server of "Final Fantasy 14" has been officially updated. Interested players can go to the national server to experience this PC game that surpasses "World of Warcraft".
"Guild Wars 2"
If the Japanese-style "Final Fantasy 14" is not to your taste, and you are tired of playing traditional RPG games and want to change your taste, then "Guild Wars 2" may be a very good choice for you.
"Guild Wars 2" is an online game developed by the North American subsidiary of the online game industry giant. It was originally released on August 28, 2012. The Chinese server was launched in May 2014 by Kong Kong.com. In August this year, "Guild Wars 2" also landed on the Steam platform, although the Steam platform does not support Chinese.
"Guild Wars 2" is called the next legendary game with its extremely vast adventure map, unique epic plot, exciting and exciting real-life battles, world war across three major servers, and ubiquitous dynamic events and other subversive gameplay.
"Guild Wars 2" brings unprecedented vitality to traditional games, allowing players to immerse themselves in this world every moment. Players can have snowball fights, search for scavenger eggs, and fight with the town residents against the invasion of ice bugs. The dynamic event system makes players feel as if they are in a real world. Players will no longer force you to do what you must do or where you must go like in previous games.
With excellent creative gameplay and gameplay, "Guild Wars 2" has won awards around the world since its launch, including the "Best Online Game Award" at Gamescom, the "Best Exhibited Game Award" at the European Games Show, and the "Best Online Game Award" at Gamescom in France. 106 game awards including "Player Choice Award". The game media IGN gave it a high score of 9 points, which is extremely rare in online games, and it was awarded the "Best Online Game" by the American "Time" magazine.
"Guild Wars 2" is definitely a game that you will never lose money by playing, not to mention that this game also has many different channels to choose from, including Chinese server, Steam, and international server. It is recommended to try it.
"The Elder Scrolls OL" Chinese version
The "Elder Scrolls" series developed from the release of "The Elder Scrolls" series has become a world-famous game IP, and the launch of "The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim" (2011) has brought the series IP to a new height, and it is still a player today. One of our favorite popular games.
"The Elder Scrolls" perfectly continues this classic IP, leading players to the continent of Tamriel in the second era to experience an adventure. Here we will start as a prisoner and embark on a journey to recover his soul and save the world. Immerse yourself in the boundless grand open world and freely choose from various starting points. You can play alone or with friends. Start from a challenging starting point, explore a rich and charming continent, and create your own legend!
Since The Elder Scrolls Online was first released, more than 21 million players have played nearly eight years of content updates, including the latest chapter expansion, High Island. For domestic players, the biggest regret of "The Elder Scrolls OL" is that it does not have an official Chinese version, which has also resulted in this game being very niche among domestic players. But all regrets ended on November 1, and the official Chinese version of "The Elder Scrolls OL" officially arrived.
Now, the one-year story "The Immortal Myth of the Bretons" in "The Elder Scrolls Online" has reached its epic conclusion with the launch of the new DLC "Song of Song". It is a good time for players to join the game.
In this new story DLC, players will explore the primitive and wild Galin Island located at the westernmost end of the Sisters Islands, gain an in-depth understanding of the life and culture of the druids, help quell internal worries to defend Galin Island, and finally face the Lord of Destiny. , bringing a perfect end to the one-year legendary journey of "Brightonian Immortal Myth".
"EverQuest 2"
"EverQuest 2" is a sequel to the classic "EverQuest" developed by Sony Online Entertainment. It started operations in North America on November 8, 2004. It can also be regarded as a classic of the same era as "World of Warcraft" End game.
This game has a super rich race setting. There are 19 types for players to choose from, including common humans, elves, dwarves, and more bizarre frogmen, ratmen, cave giants, etc. Each race has unique talents. Skill.
The background of "EverQuest 2" is set 500 years after the EQ "God's Realm" storyline. Due to geological changes, the Antonica continent was torn apart into smaller islands known as the Broken Islands. The connection between the various plates of Norrath was severed due to changes in the ocean, and the moon "Lucalin" was also blown into pieces for some reason and could not be landed.
Although the Chinese version of "EverQuest 2" failed to become as popular as "World of Warcraft", it was officially discontinued in March 2006 after several twists and turns.
However, "EverQuest 2" on the US server is still in operation, and it still has very little popularity.
In addition, the game has been launched on the Steam platform, making it more convenient for domestic players to join the game. Interested players can re-experience this classic game.
"Lord of the Rings OL"
Now that we have finished talking about "EverQuest 2", another European and American masterpiece "Lord of the Rings Online" that can be called a close friend of "EverQuest 2" has to be mentioned.
I believe that the "Lord of the Rings" movie will be familiar to many people in China. Of course, such a well-known work must be adapted into a game. "Lord of the Rings OL" is an online game adapted from the movie of the same name. The game is dedicated to restoring various scenes in the game and creating a dreamy Middle-earth world for players.
After the great success of "World of Warcraft", domestic game companies at that time focused on other European and American client games. "Lord of the Rings OL" was introduced to the country during that period. Unfortunately, the operation level of China.com, the national server agent, was really poor. Poor, the game quickly became obsolete, and many players didn't even know there was such a game.
In terms of background, "The Lord of the Rings OL" has a heritage that is not inferior to that of "World of Warcraft". Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy serves as the backdrop. The epic main mission runs through the entire game. It has the aura of the then-popular Lord of the Rings movie. It's simply It's not fragrant. The gameplay and graphics are both good, and it is freer and more beautiful than World of Warcraft at the time. When the game first came out, it also received widespread praise from the media and players overseas. At that time, many players commented that "Lord of the Rings OL" was a masterpiece that could compete with "World of Warcraft"!
Although the Chinese version of "Lord of the Rings OL" officially announced its suspension on January 21, 2012, the foreign version of "Lord of the Rings OL" is still in operation to this day and is also available on the Steam platform.
Players who like European and American styles can also try it.
"tower of Eternity"
Since its launch in 2005, "World of Warcraft" has occupied half of the domestic online games. Since then, many games have used slogans to replace them, but most of them are just slogans. However, there was one game in 2009 that really had some superpowers, and that was "Aion."
As a top-notch masterpiece, "Aion" has attracted the attention of many players just after its launch. The exquisite game graphics and the huge world view setting that is not inferior to "World of Warcraft" even made many players think that "Aion" at that time could replace the status of "World of Warcraft".
The theme of this work is "war", and it also absorbs the successful experience of "World of Warcraft" and other games in setting camp forces, and designs three "Celestial Clan", "Devil Clan" and "Dragon Clan" for "Aion". There are three different races, and the story mainly revolves around the war between these three, which can achieve large-scale "race vs. race".
Players can become Celestials or Demons, while Dragons are monsters and NPCs. There is a relationship of competition, confrontation or cooperation between the three, and players can experience large-scale racial wars. The Celestial Clan and the Demon Clan can work together to attack the Dragon Clan, or they can recruit NPCs as companions to reduce the territory of hostile players.
Although "Aion" did not ultimately replace "World of Warcraft", it is still in normal operation due to its solid content. Moreover, taking advantage of the success of "World of Warcraft" Classic Server, "Aion" It has also launched its own nostalgic server, which has attracted a large number of old players to return. Interested players can also experience this game that once challenged "World of Warcraft".
"Lost Ark" US server
In this review, "Lost Ark" should be the youngest game. After all, facing the impact of mobile games in recent years, the popularity of the PC game market has dropped a lot.
"Lost Ark" was developed by the developer of "Cross Fire". The game development lasted 7 years and invested 100 billion won (equivalent to approximately RMB 612 million). The final game was officially launched in 2018. The game is currently available on Korean, Japanese, and Russian servers. The US server will be launched on February 12, 2022, on the Steam platform, but the game will be locked in the country.
The combat method of "Lost Ark" is somewhat similar to the "Diablo" series, using a top-down perspective for control and combat. However, "Lost Ark" cannot experience the fun of exploring maps and building BDs in traditional Diablo games. It takes the MMO team-based gameplay as its core and has rich and complete PVE and PVP gameplay.
The game also inherits the consistent characteristics of Korean games. The combat feeling is very good and the effects are also very gorgeous. In addition to the normal gameplay of spawning monsters, you can also dig, cut down trees, fish, treasure hunt, hunt and many other interesting gameplays in the game. In "Lost Ark", players can also choose a more casual way of playing, such as sunbathing on the beach, playing in the sand, or even going to a nightclub for carnival. They can also build their own shelter and build their own home.
The American server of "Lost Ark" will be available for early access at 1 a.m. on February 9 this year. The game became a hit as soon as it was launched. The peak online number exceeded 500,000 people within 8 hours of its launch. It ranked first on Steam, surpassing games such as "CSGO" and "DOTA2". It is definitely the most popular game launched in recent years. Interested players can not miss.
"Jian Wang 3"
I’ve talked about a lot of foreign games, let’s talk about a few domestic client games. The first one to bear the brunt should be "Jian Wang 3". After all, it can barely be regarded as a game of the same period as "World of Warcraft". At that time, "Jian Wang 3" was even evaluated by many players as the Chinese martial arts version of "World of Warcraft".
Kingsoft is one of the oldest game companies in China. The early stand-alone series of "Swordsman Love" was known as the "Three Swords" of domestic production and was the game enlightenment for many players. After entering the era of online games, Kingsoft also took the opportunity to shift the "Jianxia Romance" series from stand-alone games to online games. After training in "Jiang Wang 1" and "Jian Wang 2", Kingsoft officially launched its own ace game in 2009 , that is, the martial arts online game "Jian Wang 3" which is still popular and has influenced a generation of Chinese teenagers.
The game brings a world of traditional Chinese martial arts to many players. It integrates poetry, singing and dancing, silk, guqin, drinking culture, tea art, music and other elements with traditional Chinese cultural characteristics into the game, showing players a magnificent and The magnificent and gorgeous world of Tang Dynasty.
"Jian Wang 3", the martial arts version of "World of Warcraft", did not disappoint. Today's "Jian Wang 3" is no longer just a game. After more than ten years of development, "Jian Wang 3" has developed into a large-scale IP complex covering games, musicals, film and television, etc.
In terms of the game itself, "Swordsman Romance III" is also continuing to update new game expansion packs to ensure player activity. Previously, the game was remade with a new engine, and the launch of "Swordsman Romance III: Remastered Edition" has completely improved the picture quality of this ten-year-old game.
