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'Already Disturbing as F**k': Netizens Welcome New 'Game of Thrones' Spin-off 'House of the Dragon'_我的网站

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一 | With a new cast of characters and a more diverse production crew, the "Game of Thrones" prequel "House of the Dragon" finally came out on Sunday and immediately blew up social media.,The events of the series are set two centuries before the plot of the events that unfolded during the "Game of Thrones" timeline. The focus of the 10-episode prequel series is House Targaryen, made infamous by Emilia Clarke's Daenerys and her terrifying dragons in the original series.,Quiet in the realm.House of the Dragon starts now. #HOTD pic.twitter.com/ywqHj8Fckv— House of the Dragon (@HouseofDragon) August 22, 2022,But many users, while satisfied with the use of the original music theme and references to the original series, note that the spinoff is not a "Game of Thrones" ripoff.,Some Twitter users, for example, asked where the series' huge budget went when the costumes supposedly looked cheap.,"HBO spent $20 million per episode on House of the Dragon and yet the wigs look like that?!?!" one user wrote.,Others simply noted the show's traditional high level of on-screen violence.,Anyway I lasted until the scene where Matt Smith saws some dude’s balls off and then I was like pic.twitter.com/61z8blfgXH— Valerie Insinna (@ValerieInsinna) August 22, 2022,"Welp. That’s one of the most f**ked up (and unfortunately realistic) things I’ve ever seen in TV. #HouseoftheDragon," echoed the sentiment another netizen.,"Joffrey was a nightmare. She will be great. And that uncle is going to be a menace. #DemThrones," one Twitterian posted.,me after being disappointed by the final season of game of thrones: “i guess i’ll give house of the dragon a try” me to HBO after watching the first episode: #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/VPpeMHAhyb— kathleen (@kathleen_hanley) August 22, 2022,DAENERYS TARGARYEN DID NOTHING WRONG #HouseoftheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/1su2z7YYgr— dani ⚡️ (@daniclz) August 22, 2022,The smell of death and deception in show! #HouseoftheDragon pic.twitter.com/mVcqh9vLPf— Tommy Tikey (@tommytikey) August 22, 2022,"And House of the Dragon is already disturbing as f**k, insane violence, weird sex, crazy ass dialogue, and a screaming lady giving birth who will most likely die, yup GoT is back lol," another post said.,A separate deluge of tweets came about complaints about the crashing HBO Max app, likely due to the large number of viewers, which spoiled some fan experiences.,HBO Max tryna stop the app from crashing during House of the Dragon pic.twitter.com/xfyVlVVFKy— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) August 22, 2022,Me watching my HBO Max app crashing every 5 seconds instead of House of the Dragon pic.twitter.com/gdxbHj7h8s— Tessa (@crashtess) August 22, 2022,Prince Daemon Targaryen, played by actor Matt Smith, known for his "Dr. Who" reprisal, is one of the new faces in the series. The actor revealed in a previous interview that his evil persona is far more nuanced than he initially seems to be.,The sci-fi drama was co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, whose work includes the 2016–19 sci-fi drama "Colony," and is based on Martin's "Fire and Blood" work. Along with the prequel's director, Miguel Sapochnik, who has experience from the "Game of Thrones" series, Condal serves as executive producer and co-showrunner.,Me after watching episode 1 of #HouseoftheDragon after I was so mad at the GoT finale pic.twitter.com/pp3Sy1NzWC— carolina (@CarolinaBayuelo) August 22, 2022,me, after watching episode 1 of house of the dragon: pic.twitter.com/LVFIwq741z— hehe (@lorendew) August 22, 2022,In the first episode of the series, Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) succeeds his older cousin Princess Rhaenys Velaryon as the heir to the Iron Throne (Eve Best). However, Viserys must have his own heir because both his daughter Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy plays the adult version, while Milly Alcock plays the younger version) and younger brother Daemon harbor ambitions to become powerful figures.,Among the ensemble of actors are figures such as Rhys Ifans, Fabien Frankel, Emily Carey, Graham McTavish and Sonoya Mizuno.,New episodes of this season of the series will be released once a week, with the season finale is expected on October 23.。近日，改编自热门玄幻小说、基于虚幻引擎5打造的神秘学MMO《诡秘之主》，通过官方公众号对外披露项目全部投入，算上公测阶段推广支出，整体总成本已经达到12亿元，相关消息在游戏行业内引发不小讨论。在此之前，官方对外公布的研发投入约10亿元，项目团队规模624人。项目由前网易雷火祝融工作室总监、原《逆水寒》制作人徐杰主导，2022年2月正式启动立项工作。

二 | 这笔投入数字流出后，有玩家在社交平台发文，对资金使用情况提出质疑。相关内容被快手集团董事长看到，项目组随即重新梳理全部账目，核算后确认，此前对外公布的数据存在偏差，截至8月中旬，项目整体成本已经来到12亿元。

三 | 官方在长文当中提到，大型MMORPG开发，行业内有游戏界重工业的说法。这类产品，几百人的开发团队属于常态，开发周期大多四年起步，IP采购、市场宣发等环节同样会产生大量开销。

四 | 文章引用公开行业报道做横向对比，腾讯《王者荣耀世界》投入30亿元起，网易《遗忘之海》投入15亿元，《燕云十六声》《射雕》两款产品投入也处在10亿元上下，以此说明当前头部MMO的资金门槛现状。成本走高，UE5引擎移动端适配，是其中一大支出来源。

五 | 项目启动时，UE5还停留在5.0版本，PC端稳定性尚且不足，移动端适配方案几乎空白。

六 | 团队依靠多年底层开发积累，对引擎做大量自研改造，产出移动端延迟渲染管线、GPUDriven管线，还有AI驱动的实时全局光照方案等内容。官方认为，这套改造，推动国内MMO产品在UE5的落地实践。另外一个值得关注的信息，来自项目对于AI工具的取舍。

七 | 项目管理层做过测算，如果大范围使用AI方案替代部分人力工作，最多可以省下3亿元成本。但团队最终放弃这套方案。官方给出的理由，开发工作由需要维持生计的普通人完成，项目组不愿通过裁员压缩开支。官方也由此提出，《诡秘之主》或许是为数不多，全程依靠人力完成开发的MMO产品。游戏公测时间已经确定为8月21日全平台上线。8月19日早8点开启预下载，当天中午12点开放预创角捏脸。你会去体验《诡秘之主》吗？欢迎在评论区留下你的看法～。