I still remember the days when I was hiding in bed and directing the Wagan brothers under the dim light of the GBA screen. There were no guides at that time, so I relied on trial and error over and over again, and I didn't feel tired after being stuck on a level for three days. Now that I saw this version of "The Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", I was stunned at first sight - isn't this just what it tasted like back then?
To be honest, there are a lot of mobile war games now, but most of them are flashy skill animations + drawing cards to raise girls. At first glance, this one has the bones of the old-school SLG: walking the grid, calculating terrain, blocking turns, and grinding blood skin. As soon as the names Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Luo Cheng came out, my mind was filled with images of those pixelated villains charging on the handheld console. The plot also follows the old path of Sui and Tang Dynasty romances, with Wagang gathering for justice and three axes fixing Wagang. The viewers are excited, as if they have returned to the troubled times where "heaven and earth repeat themselves".
I have to praise the "honest" quality of this game. There is no stamina bar to block you, no red dots all over the screen urging you to recharge, and the charging mode says 0, just for you to play purely with strategy. Nowadays, there are many so-called "nostalgic" re-enactments. When you enter, you will get VIP first, and then start an automatic battle. Am I playing a game or showing a PPT? On the contrary, this game is as clean and easy to play as it was in the past, and the pace is also slow. Every step must consider the distance between the enemy and the enemy and the restraint of the troops - it's right! 🎮
Of course, compared with the original GBA version in my memory, the graphics are definitely more refined, and the portrait portraits have a more "romantic illustration" feel, but the core feel is still there. The most touching thing is that it does not impose the "physical sweep" of mobile games. At the end of the battle, there is still the sense of accomplishment of "narrowly defeating the remaining health". As I get older, I always want to play fast, but this kind of slow game that requires my brain makes me feel like I have been transported back to twenty years ago.
If you have ever accompanied those green forest heroes on the handheld to charge into battle, or just like the board game of old-school strategy games, I really recommend giving it a try. I don't want to be crushed by krypton gold, I just want to find back the passion I had in the past when I could re-read the save file ten times for a perfect pass in the first level of Guan Wagang Battle. My youth seems to be really back again🔥