To be honest, when I saw the name of the game "Cloud Continent", I was stunned for a moment. I'm not being pretentious, but I suddenly remembered that more than ten years ago, there was no 3D or open world at that time. A Nokia N95 and a two-dollar stylus allowed me to secretly play "Cang Shen Lu" in math class for an afternoon. At that time, there wasn't even a decent combat animation. It was all text descriptions. "You swung the wooden sword and caused 12 points of damage to the wild wolf". You can watch it with gusto.
I'm not going to brag about it, but the games of that era were truly pure. There is no first charge, no monthly card, and no physical limit. One save can last for a month, and if you die, you can start all over again. Now that I think about it, my patience at that time was really good. It's not like now. When you enter the game, you will be given a CG first, and then it will guide you and then guide you again. I can't wait to put food into your mouth. Some people think this is progress, but to be honest, sometimes I just want to paint pictures quietly without all the extra work.
Let's go back to “Continent on the Clouds”. In fact, I didn't have high expectations for this game at first. After all, it is "3D" and "idle". It sounds like the kind of reskinned browser game. But after actually playing it, I was a little surprised to be honest. It doesn't force you to spend money to become stronger, nor does it have the overwhelming red dot prompts. Instead, it brings back a little bit of the feeling I had when I idled the simulator and bought equipment. It's like that, you are busy with work and life, and the characters in the game are there to fight monsters and complete tasks. When you are free, you open it and take a look, hey, you have leveled up again, and your backpack is full of equipment and materials. This sense of "rewarding" satisfaction is actually what middle-aged and old players like me like the most.
And not only can it hang up, but you can also manually activate skills during combat, and you can also form a team to play dungeons with NPCs like dwarves and elves. It reminds me of when I used to play "Ragnarok", I would stand at the south gate for half a day in order to find a priest to form a team with. I definitely don't have the time and energy now, but the Adventurer's Guild and Os Arena settings in “Cloud Continent” can somewhat remind me of those nights when I spent all night fighting guild wars in Internet cafes.
Let's talk about the current environment. The current mobile game market, to be honest, is quite impetuous. Just copy whatever is popular. When it becomes popular, we will all make chicken games. When open world becomes popular, we will all make open world. Games like "Cloud Continent", which are honest idle RPGs, don't have any dark and dark plots, and just do "adventure" and "nurture" well, have become a rare species. It may not give you any stunning pictures that will make your scalp numb, but it is better than comfort, and it is better than the joy of "playing games easily" that you have not felt for a long time.
To be honest, the systems of dragon training and mounts are actually not very new, but combined with the background setting of the protection of the god Okeanos, it feels a bit like the middle-class feeling when watching "Saint Seiya" and "Rhode Island War". When I subdued the mount, I even vaguely remembered the excitement of catching the praying mantis for the first time in "Magic Baby".
Alas, I miss it again as I write. In fact, when people of our generation play games, they no longer aim to be the best in the world and be invincible on all servers. Having a place where, after a busy day, you can turn on your phone and see that your character is still adventuring safely, even for ten minutes, can be regarded as adding some thoughts to the ordinary life. Cloud Continent cannot be said to be an earth-shattering masterpiece, but for a nostalgic old player like me, it is worth it to find a sense of peace of mind here that I used to hang up and pick up equipment.
That's it. If you friends in the forum have also played this game, or miss the old game like me, you are welcome to chat below, and let's make peace with each other.