Remember those Warcraft RPG maps you played before?
For some people, the age of gameplay such as the RPG map of Warcraft may be a bit old, and it is almost a "childhood memory".
However, in recent years, the official battle platform of "Warcraft" has been launched, and the remake version has been tested, which has given the RPG map a new development space. Recently, NetEase Blizzard held a "Warcraft" RPG map competition, with a total prize pool of 1 million yuan.
In 2002, "Warcraft III" came out, and the glorious era of RTS kicked off. Accompanying the birth of this game, there is another tool with the significance of the times - WarCraftIII WorldEditor, which is the "Warcraft" map editor. The emergence of the
map editor has brought the RPG gameplay of Warcraft III into the public eye. RPG lovers at home and abroad have begun their creative careers, presenting various high-quality RPG maps with different styles to players. The RPG map even surpassed the confrontation mode and became a popular gameplay. Many classic IPs became the childhood memories of players in that era.
such as "Guarding Athena" is the originator of today's defensive maps. The fixed wave number mode of defense has not only become a template for future defensive maps, but also used for reference by many other types of games. And "Guardian of the Sword Pavilion" and "God's Graveyard" are integrated into the plot on the basis of defense, using brand-new character models and skills, the addition of Three Kingdoms elements and magic elements also make the whole game more immersive. These classic maps laid the foundation for the development of the RPG mode.
If "StarCraft" has created a prototype for MOBA games, then DotA has laid the basic framework of subsequent MOBA games. After that, all MOBA games have borrowed more or less from the settings of DotA, and the defensive map is more inclined to entertainment. Compared with the gameplay, this new battle mode brings the game to the e-sports era, and the DOTA2 event is still one of the most popular e-sports events.
In 2016, the RPG gameplay of "Warcraft III" had a new trend. With the official authorization of Blizzard and the support of NetEase, the official battle platform of "Warcraft" was officially launched. The new platform has built a better online system, collected almost all the popular maps in the past, and a large number of activities have also attracted many "Warcraft" fans and map authors to develop and operate maps. With the support of the author support plan of the
official battle platform, the quality of RPG maps has been rapidly improved, and more and more fresh gameplays are presented to players.
"Knife Circle TD" integrates the "playing gold" gameplay into the tower defense mode for the first time. Today's tower defense pays more attention to operation and operation details. The strongest series of games has also allowed many people to see the hard core and potential of tower defense games. operability.
"Legend of Heroes" adds "fetters" and "rising stars" on the basis of "Knife Circle TD", emphasizing the growth of heroes, and the Three Kingdoms and mythological elements also make the entire game system more magical.
Of course, the defensive map also has a good development. "Ten Palace of Yama" fully utilizes the archiving mechanism of the official platform map level, so that the characters have more possibilities for growth, and players can experience completely different game content at different stages. , high difficulty pays more attention to the overall operation ability, each game is a new beginning.
In addition to these changes in settings, more and more game modes have also been added to the RPG ranks: Auto Chess in "Ninja Battlefield", Survival Roguelike in "Dream Trail Sand River 2", and "Warcraft 丨 Quenching Legend". ORPG co-op, Doom in the West RPG, and more. The current official battle platform of
is a stage for map authors to show their interests and hobbies, and also has a perfect author circle ecology. At present, the new map competition has officially opened. Anyone who loves RPG and is interested in making maps can participate in the event and share millions of prizes. The
map competition has no strict requirements and no professional restrictions. Any "Warcraft" enthusiast can participate in it. As long as you have enough enthusiasm and imagination, you will have the opportunity to share the 1 million yuan prize pool in this competition. , excellent works can also get promotion resources such as platform homepage exposure.
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