To be honest, as an old player who has played all the way from the Saipan era, I am really filled with emotions when I see the current mobile games. Recently I was playing "Mini Gunfight Elite", 50 people competed in the same game, and the mini style of painting suddenly reminded me of the time when I used Nokia to play Quake. I'm not going to brag about it, but this game has its own characteristics in the current environment where mobile games are flooding in. First of all, it is small in size, and the operating platform requirement is only 5.0, which shows that the optimization has been done well, unlike some big-name games that only require a few gigabytes. The second is charging mode 0, which is free, which is a breath of fresh air in the era of 648. Of course, it's normal for free games to make money through skins and passes, but at least the entry threshold is low.
Judging from industry trends, this lightweight competitive mobile game is becoming more and more popular. The reason is simple. Users' time is fragmented and they are unwilling to spend a lot of time downloading and loading. Moreover, the mini-style painting style is also differentiated and does not require as much hardware as the realistic style. I noticed that the developer is Hainan Mengxing Technology. This company seems to have made more casual games before. This time it tried the battle royale type, which can be considered a challenge. You can pick up grenade weapons and energy swords in the game, and you can also dominate in melee combat. This design is quite interesting and breaks the monotony of pure shooting. It's a bit like the knife fight in CS back then, but even cooler. However, it remains to be seen how the balance is.
To be honest, the mobile game market is getting bigger and bigger now, and old IPs are being reset and skinned in endless ways. But innovations like this with a retro mini style can actually arouse the feelings of old players. I personally think that the future trend of mobile games will be two extremes: on one side are 3A masterpiece mobile games with ultimate image quality, and on the other side are lightweight, fast-paced casual competitions. "Mini Gun Fighting Elite" obviously belongs to the latter, and it does a pretty good job. If you are interested, you can give it a try, especially old players who miss the simplicity and happiness of the Saipan era. They may find some familiar feelings. 😄 Of course, the above is just my personal opinion, welcome to discuss.