Veterans, it's me, the old driver who has been struggling all the way from the Famicom era. Today I'm not going to talk about those 3A masterpieces or the open world. I just want to talk to you about a treasure I picked up recently—Wonderful Planet.
To be honest, I was stunned for a moment when I clicked on this game. At that time, we played a game and had to play the cassette tape in front of the TV. Every movement of the little pixel figure in the screen would make us excited for a long time. What now? With just a swipe of your phone, you can roam around the galaxy and collect all kinds of weird little guys. This change is even more exaggerated than when we went from plug-in cards to optical discs. At that time, if anyone said that mobile phones could play games with such quality in the future, I would definitely think they were crazy.
But the strange thing is that this game actually made me feel a little bit like before. Don't laugh, even though the screen is full of round and cute characters that look young, but while playing it, I actually remembered the days when I would squat in the game arcade for half a day just to watch others play a level. This game doesn't rush you, it doesn't rush you, it's just waiting for you to explore. The planets are unlocked one by one, and the little monsters follow you home one by one. The satisfaction of "collecting" is exactly the same as the feeling of collecting seven dragon balls to summon the dragon.
In today's games, there are always rankings for combat power. The first charge is 6 yuan, and the price is 999. Wonderful Planet is good, the charging model is zero, and it purely plays with you. There is still this kind of "not that tasteful" operation these days. I almost thought I had traveled back to the era of buying out cartridges and playing a game for half a year. There were no in-app purchases at that time. At most, the shop owner would give you extra stickers.
The planets in the game each have their own temperaments, some are like cream cakes, and some are like big oranges, and the character dialogues are also quite funny. My daughter was watching me play and said, "Dad, this game is so therapeutic." I said, "What do you kids know?" but I was actually quite emotional. In the past, what we pursued was to defeat the big devil and prove that we are a hero; now this game tells me that a hero can also be a happy little fool who picks up garbage (crossed out) and collects light under the stars.
The industry has become more and more sophisticated over the years, the graphics have become more realistic, and the plots have become more and more complex. Sometimes I feel tired while playing. But Wonderful Planet is like a child who hasn't grown up, reminding you of the original form of the game: curiosity, exploration, and a little bit of nonsensical happiness.
By the way, the development team is called Saiyun Network. I thought the name was quite artistic, but it turned out that the game was full of sand sculpture planets. But, isn't life like this? It's serious on the outside, but full of romantic adventures on the inside. There are always adventures in the starry sky. This is so true. I remember when we looked up at the stars and imagined what aliens looked like; now we look down at our phones and can make friends with a group of cute aliens. Don't tell me, this change is quite sweet. 🌌✨