At that time, I was still a dazed young man, watching TV 486 and playing "Age of Discovery 2" with a floppy disk inserted. Picture quality? The pixels are all over my face, but just listening to MIDI music and blindly clicking "adventure" on the map can make me survive the night. Children today may not be able to imagine that in order to find clues to the "Golden Kingdom", I had to read through the guide book for a long time. That is called piety.
Later, when I was in middle school, "Navigation Century" appeared in the Internet cafe. There were no smart phones at that time, and everyone crowded in front of the CRT monitor, quarreling over a merchant ship. You have to calculate the "wind direction" and "ocean current" yourself, which is completely different from the one-click navigation in current mobile games.
Let's talk about “Voyage and Home”. I started with the mentality of "testing the waters", but the result? So delicious! 😄 The picture is indeed 3D. You can really see the waves rolling on the sea. A sudden storm came and the boat shook so much that I felt like vomiting... It was like watching the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie back then. What surprised me the most was the "global dynamic event" - random sea monsters and sunken treasures. It was similar to the "emergency events" when I played "Age of Discovery OL" back then, but it is much more convenient to be able to play it at any time on your mobile phone.
The part about choosing a national camp directly reminds me of the port battle between "Spain" and "Britain" in "Navigation Century", but now there are "Captain Restraint" and "Constellation System" in the mobile game, which has a bit of strategic depth. An old player like me is most annoyed by mindless games, so I have to use my brain at least, right? The equipment attribute bonuses in this game are not just stacked randomly. They depend on the type of naval battle. It has that flavor.
Of course, what I miss the most is "running business" in the game with my brothers. Now this mobile game can also form teams, but voice connection to the microphone is much more convenient. At that time we could only type: "Left full rudder! Fire!" Now we can directly shout: "Oh no, he is cheating!" 😂
In short, this mobile game can be regarded as stepping on the shoulders of giants. Old players can find the feeling, and new players can enjoy the picture quality and convenience. Say no more, I have to go to the sea to fight for hegemony. Don't let the young people from the opposite camp underestimate us, the uncle born in the 1980s! ✌️