Today I am going to give everyone Amway's "Honkai Impact Westward Journey", which really makes my old bones shine. You see, it's still the familiar Journey to the West shell, but it's filled with new wine—Red Boy is the protagonist! The Three Realms were invaded by aliens, and a little brat carried the banner. This was a setting in our time. If the screenwriter dared to write like this, he would be sent to the sword. But now young people are taking this trick, so the biggest change in the game industry is the courage to play new tricks on old classics, instead of always making trouble in the palace and three white-bone demons like we did in the past.
Let's talk about this scene again. At that time, in the Journey to the West game on the Famicom, the character was just a mosaic villain, and he relied entirely on his own imagination to enhance his appearance. Now take a look at "Honkai Westward Journey". The fresh Japanese two-dimensional painting style is paired with passionate 3D modeling. The gods and monsters look like they popped out of the anime. When I started playing the server for the first time, as soon as the loading screen came out, my daughter thought I was watching a new anime! This kind of technical ability was at the level of science fiction movies twenty years ago. We old players have really caught up with the good times. From pixels to fine modeling where you can see the character's eyelashes, this progress is faster than somersault clouds.
The gameplay is even more earth-shaking. I think back when we played ARPG, it was nothing more than making moves, eating blood bottles, and beating the level with one life. If you die, you have to start over from the beginning. That's called hardcore. Now "Honkai Impact Westward Journey" is engaged in strategic matching and development management. There are hundreds of gods and demons heroes for you to choose from. Hong Hai'er, Nezha, and Yang Jian form a "naughty boy group" to create chemical reactions for you. This is not just a matter of fighting and killing. It is obviously a business simulation with brains, and you also have to think about the lineup bonds. As the old saying goes: It used to be about hand speed, but now it's about brains. If you were to play this game to my computer friends at that time, they would probably be confused for a long time - after all, we were even moved to tears by the save function at that time, but now everyone is having fun playing it.
Not to mention the charging model. When we were young, we had to save two or three months of pocket money to buy a cassette, and for genuine and pirated copies, we had to look at the shop owner's face. Now "Honkai Impact Westward Journey" can be downloaded directly for free, with zero entry threshold. If you want to make money, you can make money. If you don't want to make money, just become a Buddhist-style player and you can play it. If this business model existed in our time, would game companies be tempted to take advantage of the northwest trend? But nowadays, people rely on their skin and monthly cards to survive. This is the progress of the times. Games have changed from a "one-time purchase" to a "long-term purchase", and the relationship between players and manufacturers has also changed from buying and selling to companionship.
Finally, I have to sigh with emotion. From Famicom to mobile games, from "Journey to the West" to "Honkai Journey to the West", not only the graphics and gameplay have changed, but also the mentality of our old players. When I was young, I always wanted to be a great sage and felt that it would be satisfying to be invincible. But now, I feel that it is more satisfying to grow from a small person like Hong Hai'er to a savior. The game is still the same as Journey to the West, but the way of telling stories has long since grown up with us.
No more talking, I have to go and give Red Boy a star. Dear young people, when you play "Honkai Westward Journey", if you encounter any new trendy gameplay, remember to come to the comment area to popularize it, lest I am old and blind and cannot understand the current game world! 😎