Before Blizzard, the parent company will make "the King's emissary", keep the essence and create the new fairy tale

If you like adventure games, you may have heard of the King's emissary series. It is considered a classic of the Golden Age of adventure games. The series is made by the American film Games company Snow Leshan, the design of all the games by the founder of one of the company Roberta Willams completed. "King of the Emissaries" first published in 1984, for the Snow Leshan Company brought a reputation. But it's hard for us to experience the game because its last game goes back 1998 years.

Now the king's emissaries have returned. The new version of the "King's Emissary" by the independent game Studio The Odd Gentleman development, and will be reborn Sierra Games (Snow Leshan game) under the release. For the studio's president and creative director Matt Korba, this is a dream come true opportunity, but also a big challenge. "It certainly keeps us awake at night," said Matt Korba, who interviewed the Theverge website.

Blizzard former parent company will thrust Classic game: will keep the original essence

The new edition of "The King's emissary" is not a sequel, but the use of the past game characters and scenes, tells a new story. "It's like a Peterpan of" the fairy tale "or" the book, "he said," I think of it as a classic fairytale that has been repeated many times. " This version only reflects our ideas. ”

In order to keep the essence of the original, the studio found the original game Roberta Williams and Ken Williams. When Robert and Ken saw the game demo, they appreciated it and offered some advice. Robert and Ken told us about the pyramid. It is made up of play, story and art, he said, and these elements need to be grouped together to create the magic of the King's emissaries. So we try to maintain a balance. ”

The new works not only use a brand-new artistic style, but also absorb some elements of modern adventure game. In addition to narrative, puzzle and interaction with the surrounding environment, the player's choice will affect the progress of the story. In addition, its launch is a drama. The game is divided into five sets. The first episode was released this fall. The game has also been improved in the setting of puzzles, abandoning the odd puzzles of the previous adventure games. "There's not much of a dream logic in the game," he said. "You can't combine corn kernels with a snake to make a flying horse." All puzzles are logically supported. ”

As Korba as a child saw the game, the new version of the "King of the Emissaries" will be a combination of narrative and puzzle works. "That's almost the secret of all adventure games," he said, "especially the King's emissaries." ”

Blizzard Entertainment since 1994 by the dealer Davidson & Associates Company to acquire 6.75 million U.S. dollars, after many hands have been merged into the snow Leshan online (after renaming the Snow Leshan Entertainment), and snow Leshan behind is the Vivendi group. Vivendi in 2004 to reorganize its game business, set up a subsidiary Vivendi Games, Vivendi games by Snow Leshan and Blizzard Entertainment and other departments.

With the combination of dynamic vision and Vivendi games, Vivendi games under the snow Leshan and Blizzard Entertainment departments have been integrated into the whole of the company.