In 2022, on February 25, Eldon's French Ring was released, and until today, it has peaked in sales on Steam for many consecutive weeks, with the highest number of online users reaching 1.02 million, and Hidetaka Miyazaki has once again created the myth of single-player games after "Only Wolves".
This reminded Zhao Tianshi that there was once such a person - Wang Tao, CEO of Sohu Changyou, who led "Tianlong Babu" to glory, so that Sohu Changyou became one of the top three game manufacturers in China with only one game of "Tianlong Babu".
Only unlike the peak of Miyazaki Hidetaka's repeated achievements, 5 years later, Wang Tao took "Tianlong Babu" to the downhill.
First, the first sight
On May 9, 2007, "Tianlong Babu" was officially released, and this year was also our first sight.
On March 26, 2009, the public beta of the Shadow Legend version made "Tianlong Babu" a legend in the Chinese game market.
800,000 people online at the same time was an almost impossible feat in an era when computers were not perfect.
This year's Sohu Changyou, with "Tianlong Eight Parts", reached the top of nasdaq in one fell swoop.
The game "Tianlong Babu" has indeed created many miracles in the history of Chinese online games, for example, China's Internet cafes once surpassed the coverage rate of other games, about 50% of female players, played a server war for half a year, and continuously exceeded 100 million...
Also, you who have been in the jianghu for 15 years.
Second, know each other
The emergence of "Tianlong Babu" lowered the threshold of MMORPG games at that time, free mode, powerful skills, less difficult spawn mode, activities from morning to night, strong playability, and excellent social systems that surpassed most online games on the market...
The production team, which attaches great importance to the player experience, has restored a jianghu in the hearts of countless young heroes that no one can match in future generations.
Map Sweeper, Runner, Horse Thief, Anti-Thief, XiaoXiao, Old Three Rings, Chess Game, Star Kill, Chest, Keju... In this jianghu, some people have experienced the satisfaction of making handmade equipment, some people have the achievements of flat and ethereal, killing stars, and some people have harvested love and friendship.
There are also people who have found the courage to do nothing in reality, regardless of gains and losses, and to swear to die in the happiness and revenge of the jianghu.
Third, parting
Wang Tao, CEO of Sohu Changyou, who single-handedly created "Tianlong Eight Parts", after leading "Tianlong Eight Parts" to great success, did not focus on research and development funds and focus on "Tianlong Eight Parts", but instead developed the skin changing game of "Tianlong Eight Parts". Wang Tao wanted to replicate the success of the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon in this way, and this kind of replication would never succeed.
Changyou reported a net loss of $19.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014
With an investment of 80 million yuan, successive failures from "Deer DingJi" to "Fighting and Breaking the Sky" hit Wang Tao, who was originally proud of the spring breeze. At that time, the "Tianlong Eight Parts" exploded because of the emphasis and respect for the player's experience, and when it lost its heart, the decline became doomed. Wang Tao was eventually forced to resign as CEO from Sohu Changyou and retired from the market.
The game miscellaneous up master Mango Ice OL once commented on "Tianlong Babu":
"Tianlong Babu is like a vigorous first love for many people, he is not much better, just appeared at the right time.
The time when you are intensely curious about everything, the time when you are always enthusiastic and tireless, the time when you never look ahead and can play freely.
Many people who are tired of playing a game or lose confidence in him will say, please recommend a game similar to xx.
There are too many games, but I don't think you can play any of them.
Because of feelings, because of habits, because of vision.
Also because, youth is only once. This mentality is only once. ”
"Some love is like a broken paper kite, and the ending is sad and the hand is in the line." This is the login music of "Tianlong Babu", our first sight, our beginning, and our ending.
In the past, Zhao Tianshi and Shaoxia made a ten-year covenant.
Today, it is still waiting for the young man to go to the appointment.