To be honest, when I saw this "Peak Duel Stickman", I was stunned for a moment. It's not because of how stunning the picture is, but because that familiar feeling suddenly came over me. 😌
I remember more than ten years ago, when Symbian was still the main player, I would stay up late hiding in bed playing stickman fighting. Now I think about it with emotion. At that time, the screen was small and the pixels were low, but I just couldn't stop playing. This new game brings back that pure joy to me. Not to brag, its operation design is really retro, with only one direction key controlling movement and attack direction, but if you want to play well, you must rely on prediction and positioning. For example, if you want to push your opponent into the lava, you don't just have to rush without thinking. You have to calculate the distance well, and when the opponent makes a hard move, you can use a roundhouse kick to hit him. It feels very good.
There are three modes in the game, and there are quite a lot of weapons. Each weapon also has its own unique skills, which can be triggered by sliding the wheel to the edge and holding it for a while. I tried a few and found that this setting actually requires timing. You can't just slide and release it. You have to find gaps in the battle to accumulate power. It's a bit like the rhythm of playing arcade games in the past.
To be honest, the operational requirements of this game are really quite high, and it is considered hard-core among mobile games nowadays. Maybe young people are not used to it, but for us old players who came from the Saipan era, it is kind of friendly. There is no automatic path finding, no one-click combos, everything depends on feel and experience. 👍
In addition, I have some impressions of Shanghai Shimu Information, a developer that has made several action games that are niche but have good reputations. It seems they still want to stick to making something in-depth.
In general, if you are like me and occasionally miss the era when you could conquer the world with just two thumbs, then you can try this game and think of it as an excuse to nostalgic. 😄