I think there were no smartphones at that time. To play a game, we had to go to the arcade with two coins. Later, we saved our lunch money and bought pirated CDs just to listen to the electronic sound of "Vampire Hunter". It's good now, you can draw cards and raise characters directly on your mobile phone. Times have really changed.
Talking back to "Blood Race", the opening sentence "This time, it's different from three years ago, Dad" really broke my guard. In the past, when we played "Castlevania", we were chasing Dracula, but now it's better. This game lets us be on the vampire's side, following Liloe to find her father. Isn't this just like playing the "Final Fantasy" series back then? The protagonist doesn't want to save the world, but just wants to find relatives and take revenge. It smells like a Japanese RPG.
The key point is that the plot is quite big - the battle in East Prussia, the three wizard towers, and the siege of the Holy Land. When I look at it, it reminds me of the bad things of Tyrael and Mephisto in "Diablo 2", but this time the relationship between the camps is more chaotic. Humans, mages, aliens, Holy Land, the four forces are twisted into a mess. When I played "Warcraft 3", there were only four races: the human race, the beast race, and the night immortal race. Now people directly create a "three-party balance and then break the balance." Isn't this better than Boruto? 🔥
I also have to praise the gameplay. Turn-based? Cards? Don't be too hasty to persuade you to quit! I remember when Final Fantasy 10 was not turn-based, it still made me cry like a dog. This game combines card development and combat chess moves, a bit like the mobile version of "Fire Emblem", but it pays more attention to lineup matching. Look at the vampire characters, all of them are handsome and sassy, especially the combination of "Black Mage" and "Shield Guard". It reminds me of the obsession with choosing professional combinations in "Dragon Quest 4" back then - there was no guide at that time, so I relied on my own memory and restraint with a small notebook. It's better now, with one-click sweeps on the phone, but it lacks the fun of rubbing hands.
But what struck me the most was the sense of fate. On the way to find her father, Liloia meets allies, subdues heirs, and has to fight the butcher's knife of the Holy Land - isn't this a replica of Alucard in "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night"? ! In order to get the vacuum blade from Nicheng, I spent a week grinding flying skulls. Nowadays, this game can be played with zero krypton, which is rare. It doesn't force you to draw krypton gold for a limited time. It is different from those coquettish bitches who get stuck if they don't use SSR for three days. I still have the save file of "Under the Moon" that I used to play on the emulator on my tablet. Every time I listen to the "Nocturne" BGM, my scalp goes numb. If "Bloodline" can have a skin that pays homage to Alucard, I will blow it!
Speaking of feelings, at that time we were playing the comics of "Blood Tribe" (yes, the original comics of this game are quite old), and I would like to tell the children who are reading "Cells at Work" now, do you know what "Blood Feast" is? Do you know what the Holy Light of the "Holy Land Paladin" is? Back then, the boys in our class almost got into a fight over who was worse, Liloe or Rust! Nowadays, mobile games can restore the flavor of comics, and also add dubbing of the main plot. Although the sound on the mobile phone is not as high-quality as the game tape played by the tape recorder in the past, but be content with it.
Finally, to be honest, this game feels like a plate of cold rice to me - but it is very fried. It has the soul of the old Japanese RPG, the strategic sense of war chess, and the eternal middle-class romance of the vampire theme. You say it's krypton gold? The Zero Yuan Party can still develop a first-line team. You call it old-fashioned? But it's this cliche that makes an uncle like me, after working overtime late at night, take out his mobile phone and watch the group of vampire characters pop up to show off their skills. It feels like I'm back to the summer when I was hiding under the covers playing GBA.
Without further ado, I will start the plot of Liloai's bond. The screen is a bit blurry, it's really not presbyopia, it's the wind blowing... Ah, yes, I made a reservation before this game was released. When it comes out, don't look for me in the bar, I'm at the Liver Blood Clan! 🍷🧛♂️