Another difference from "The Sims 2000" is the online gameplay of "The Sims 2000".

Although "Simulation City 2000" has also been connected to the Wanhu Battle Platform, it is different from players on all other platforms.

During the online process of the game "SimCity 2000", there will be no situation where two players interact directly face to face.

The online game of "Simulation City 2000" is divided into two modules, one is the "World Trade" module, which is very simple and easy to understand.

It means you can import what you need and export the products you produce.

However, if there is only such a system, it seems that there is no meaning to not even connect to the machine.

In addition, there is another one that is the "Mayor Chat" module.

To put it bluntly, it is a player's online chat room.

Players can talk about various things here and interact with other players.

There are even players who join forces to control the prices of bulk goods such as oil and steel.

Takahashi once studied the online mode of foreign stand-alone games. One of the major problems with these games is that they are still using the idea of ​​making stand-alone games to make online games.

What is the idea of ​​stand-alone game?

It is an immersive experience for players.

What is the idea of ​​online games?

It is a social platform for players.

The online mode of the game "Simulation City 2000" has become a chat emulator and an online chat room to a certain extent.

You know, most people are just chatting in awkward ways and can’t find any topics.

This is why there are many chat groups that often fall silent after a few days because they can’t find a topic to talk about.

When "Simulation City 2000" is online, the trade changes seen by cities are a natural chat topic.

If there is the inspiration for Takahashi's online model design, it is from an online game he once played called "The Eve of Star Wars".

This game with a spaceship outer skin is actually an economic system.

With the participation of many players, the entire game's economic system has become very complex, but it is also very dynamic.

Even as a game service provider, you cannot make any changes directly or roughly.

It is more like the government departments in reality, using various policies to induce change.

As for the second reason why "SimCity 2000" adopts this system, this approach requires lower bandwidth requirements.

It only needs to transmit some simple data, rather than fact, synchronize one player's city dynamics to another player.

In fact, this unique gameplay that was born is not uncommon due to technical limitations.

In the mobile game era, the popular "Clash of Clans" was not a set of gameplay developed to deal with the relative shortcomings of the Internet.

When a player attacks other players, he does not face dynamic other players, but a set of downloaded data.

This can greatly save the client's network requirements and server pressure.

Even the calculation results can be calculated locally on the client and uploaded to the server.

After a few years, with the development of mobile networks, the company launched "Clash of Clans" and the new works launched became a mode of "War of Royal Family", which allows multiple players to fight in real time.

Although "War Royal" is more advanced from a technical perspective, "Clash of Clans" has not declined because of this. There are still many players who charge money and play "outdated" games.

After playing the online mode of "Sim City 2000", the reputation evaluation is significantly higher than that of "Sim City 2000".

Because in the online mode of "Sim City 2000", the player is still the absolute protagonist, and he will not feel "invaded" by other players, but at the same time, he can really interact with other players.

Even, it can make players absurdly give birth to an idea that I can not only influence a city, but also a world.

Although it is a relatively illusory idea, it can make players feel satisfied.

And this sense of satisfaction with everything being under control is the basis for the game "SimCity 2000" to be sold.

Although "Sim City 2000" sold only 200,000 copies in the first week, the subsequent sales trend seemed to be faster than "Sims 2000".

These two simulation series game works have once again attracted the attention of game manufacturers to simulate games.

However, there are not as many manufacturers who blindly make similar games as they imagined.

Because, what you should try has been tried in the previous years.

Games produced in the "Sim City" series may have better sales. None of the games that almost didn't copy the "Sims" series of games at pixel level have sold particularly well. It is even difficult to guarantee a deposit.

This is because the "Sim City" series focuses more on the game experience, while the popularity of the game "Sims" is, in addition to the playability of the game itself, the remaining half of the game is attributed to the online and offline player community.

Without these communities enriching the gameplay of the Sims series, there would never be so many people who were obsessed with this game.

It can be said that the "Sims" series of games is a cultural phenomenon, and cultural phenomena are more difficult to replicate than a single game.

Although some manufacturers do have a very similar copy, for the Sims community players, everyone can experience various gameplay on "The Sims", why should you play a copy of yours?

"Simulation City" and his followers' works are different because no manufacturer can do the best and comprehensive.

Therefore, each must have its own focus, and the focus will be different, and the gaming experience will be very different.

Although "SimCity" can enrich the gameplay by releasing expansion packs, the problem is that the foundation of the game is that. If there are too many changes, it is not a game at all.

In this way, similar games that can provide differentiated gaming experience can achieve good sales.

However, the most special thing about this time "SimCity 2000" is that its new online mode can be imitated by other similar games.

You should know that the Wanhu battle platform is the Wanhu battle platform, and it does not mean that any game can be accessed.
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