Brothers, my old driver is nagging me again. I just found "Dynasty Warriors" in the app store. When I saw that the developer was Shenzhen Fingertip Entertainment, I thought to myself: There are more Three Kingdoms-themed mobile games these days than Mr. Murakou's chess game. What kind of fun can you play with it? As soon as I started using it, hey, I was really good at it.
To be honest, as an old person like me who came from the Famicom era, I love and hate the Three Kingdoms game. I remember playing "Overlord's Continent" on FC back then. There were no smartphones at that time, just a small TV with a black and white screen. Fa Xiao and I took turns rubbing the controller, squatting in the actual machine shop all afternoon in order to recruit Zhuge Liang. At that time, there was no guidance for novices. It was all about exploring on your own. Even the map had to be drawn on a piece of paper to mark the city. Thinking about it now, that kind of pure love is really rare.
Later, "Swallowing World 2" in the arcade cost 50 cents a coin. I practiced Guan Yu until I could pass the level with one coin. The BGM of the Battle of Chibi level can still give me goosebumps when I hum it. Later, "The Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" was released on the PC. I saved up my pocket money for three months and bought a pirated CD just to watch the animation of the generals dueling each other. Of course it is rough now, but at the time I thought it was awesome.
Talking about "Dynasty Warriors", the graphics are indeed more refined than before, and the standing drawings of the generals are so handsome. Just collecting famous generals is enough to keep a collector like me busy for a while. In terms of gameplay, the national war is the highlight. The scene of thousands of people attacking the city on the same screen was more lively than when we watched the masters playing arcade machines in the game hall. Although I am handicapped, the operation is still the same as the old idea of pointing troops and generals, but I can't stand the powerful system. I take Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang to fly into the crowd. The feeling is as refreshing as when I played "Swallowing World 2" and chose the five tiger generals to rush past.
Modes such as territory management and classic battles are, to put it bluntly, prepared for veteran players like us who like to develop slowly. When you go to work during the day and are treated like a dog by your boss, go home at night to farm and collect grain, and then command the troops to conquer a city, you will have a psychological balance. Unlike those young people nowadays who shout "liver" and "krypton" every day, I thought to myself, it's a game. You just have to have fun by yourself. You have to clock in on time like you are at work. Doesn't it become a game to play with you?
Of course, this game is not without its flaws. Nowadays, this mobile game wants to squeeze out the few minutes you have online every day. The red dots of various activities make me almost suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. But then I thought about it, I just want to have a good meal, long live my understanding. Anyway, I, a prostitute like me, can put together a decent lineup just by doing daily work and receiving benefits. Think about the time when a game had no new content for half a year, but now there are updates every week, which can be considered an improvement.
Finally, I would like to say a few words to young friends: Don't look at old men like me and think that they are outdated when playing mobile games. In "Dynasty Warriors", you have the high image quality and refreshing attack that you like, but also the soul of the Three Kingdoms in the memory of our generation. Taking advantage of the lunch break to start a game, listening to the familiar sound of war drums, I felt as if I had returned to the boyhood with game coins in hand and all the passion in my heart.
Okay, let's not talk anymore. I still have to defend the city. Those little bastards from Wu State came to attack my granary again. See you in the game! 🍻