Ever since Blizzard announced the "ultimate move" it has been waiting for many years, the genuine Warcraft mobile game "Arc of Warcraft" developed by the original team has been controversial among many players: some people think that the gameplay of this game is similar to that of "Clash Royale" "It's so similar that Blizzard can't even keep up with Rehu. Some people suspect that the background setting of this mobile game will run counter to the chronicle of "World of Warcraft" and cause cognitive bugs for World of Warcraft players...
Of course, the vast majority of Warcraft players still left a very simple and rude question: "Is this an outdated April Fool's Day joke?" and walked away.
So the question becomes, what kind of mobile game will this "Warcraft Arclight", which is branded as the genuine Warcraft mobile game, be? Next, let’s summarize a wave of interview answers from the Blizzard design team to give you a comprehensive analysis.
(Vik Saraf, executive producer of "Warcraft Arc")
Although there is no evidence to prove that Blizzard still has a "World of Warcraft" themed mobile game under development, but we need to be clear that "Warcraft Arc: Warcraft" is not the "Warcraft mobile game" that most people default to. It is a mobile game with the theme of "Warcraft".
This is why when Blizzard divided the game's forces, it made settings based on the five major forces active during the Second and Third Orc Wars: Alliance, Horde, Blackstone, Undead, and Beasts, instead of adopting the "World of Warcraft" alliance, Differentiate between the current versions of Warcraft camps such as Horde, Death Knight, and Demon Hunter.
It is precisely because the game design of "Arc of Warcraft" is based on the background setting of "Warcraft", so in terms of gameplay, technical director Monte Krol has his unique feelings about RTS gameplay and "Warcraft".
Since participating in the "Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne" project, Monte Krol has always wanted to make some new ideas in RTS gameplay. This idea slowly evolved into an obsession when he was making "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty". It wasn't until he proposed the idea of "Warcraft Arc: Warcraft" that he realized this Warcraft dream that had lasted for more than 20 years. .
(Monte Krol, technical director of "Warcraft Arclight")
In terms of gameplay, "Arc of Warcraft" will be closer to PVE level battles, rather than becoming a strong PVP game like "Clash Royale".
At the same time, players need to have a deep understanding of the level map of the mobile game just like playing RTS client games, and build their own team according to the map objectives - even if the game lasts only about 3 minutes, players have to go through each game. Spend a lot of thought on how to get through the level.
According to executive producer Vik Saraf, "Arc of Warcraft" will be an arcade game placed by gnome engineers in the Azeroth tavern. This means that this Warcraft mobile game will not strictly follow the rules of Azeroth. Si Chronicles is designed to tell the rise and fall of major forces.
In addition, unlike "Hearthstone" where some characters can be transferred back to "World of Warcraft", at least at this stage, "Warcraft Arc" does not consider cross-platform "card play", even when the game is in open beta There will be no PC and console versions, and players will only have the mobile version as an option.
The most critical and important point is that executive producer Vik Saraf revealed that he has worked in a very professional mobile game company for many years, so he is prepared to promote the subsequent version of "Warcraft Arc Light" according to a certain update frequency and operation method. online in order to cover more content that players want.
To put it simply, "Arc of Warcraft" will most likely have a version update rhythm that is different from "Hearthstone". Instead, it will be in line with many mobile games currently on the market, with the appearance of a certain hero card continuing. Promote minor version updates more efficiently, thereby harvesting players’ wallets more efficiently.
In other words, is "Warcraft Arc War" fun? We still don’t know about this problem, but this mobile game is definitely very expensive. Players with no krypton party need to wait until the game is officially launched to wait and see how much it will cost to get started.
Of course, we still have to see the quality of the game to believe it. At the very least, "Arc of Warcraft" is not a "World of Warcraft" mobile game, nor is it a pirated "Clash Royale".