I still remember that at that time, I saved up half a month's breakfast money just for a GBA “Three Kingdoms” cassette. Plug in the cassette, turn on the phone, and as soon as those few electronic sounds rang, the whole person seemed to be transported back to the war-torn and troubled times. In class, he secretly hid behind the textbooks and commanded Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to charge. After class, he argued with his deskmate about who was stronger, Lu Bu or Zhao Yun. Even on the way out of school, he was thinking about himself as the lord, all he could do was shake his feather fan.
Later I switched to PSP, and the moment the screen turned on, I felt like the whole world had become more advanced. I still remember that after turning off the lights in the dormitory, I huddled under the quilt, using the light of the small screen, watching the soldiers arraying on the sand table, and listening to the roar of the generals' skills. The feeling was 10,000 times better than eating chicken now. I have also played a lot of the Three Kingdoms theme on the NDS. I touched the screen to point troops and scratch cards to draw generals. I thought this operation was amazing at the time. Now that I think about it, isn't it the earliest "card drawing fun" haha😂
So when I saw the mobile game "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" this time, my first reaction was: Huh? Isn't this just moving the thoughts we had back then to our mobile phones? Heroes gathered together, famous generals were summoned at will, and five stars were guaranteed for ten consecutive games - to be honest, I wanted to cry when I saw the word "guaranteed". In those days, there was no guarantee when drawing cards. It all depended on luck and breakfast money. Drawing a rare card could make you happy for a whole week. Nowadays, the game guarantees a guarantee. This was a benefit that we could not even think of in that era. 😭
What's more important is that it actually says, "There are no useless generals in the three armies, and all members are incomparable." This hit me hard. When I was playing the Three Kingdoms when I was a kid, I always liked to practice unpopular characters, such as Meng Huo, Hua Xiong, and Pan Feng. I think every general should have his or her own highlight moment. There were no strategies at that time, so I made random lineups and was happy to lose, because the joy of exploring was much more interesting than copying homework according to the charts now. "The one you like is the strongest" in "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" really makes me feel that the game has returned to the era when we were purely about love.
After playing it for a few days, my feeling is that it is indeed enough to "protect the liver". To be honest, we old players don't have the energy to grind dungeons all night long now. Between working and raising children, it would be nice to be able to squeeze out half an hour to reminisce about youth. The offline income and massive gifts of "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" really understand us. You put down your phone and went to work, and when you came back, you saw that you had accumulated a lot of experience, and the generals had upgraded themselves. It was as if you stuffed the GBA under your pillow and turned it on the next day to find that the save file was still there and the troop strength had increased. That sense of security and youth were back.
Of course, as a handheld veteran, I definitely want to compare. In the original version of the Three Kingdoms for handheld devices, you control every step by yourself. You walk every path on the map, and you all rely on your fingers to conquer a city. It's called immersion. The current "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" is about placing cards, which is more like a "collection + development" process. It is not so hard-core, but the feeling of pleasure is more direct. The flash of golden light when drawing a card, the expectation of ten consecutive five-star guarantees, and the harem system of beauties dating (this thing was not available on the GBA back then, haha). To be honest, sometimes playing something more relaxed like this can actually make people more relaxed. After all, our current life is already hectic enough. In the game, we should be the king who can reap the rewards while lying down👑
And its painting style is really beautiful. The little pixelated figures on the GBA back then are still a sentimental thing now, but I have to admit that today's high-looking stand-up paintings really make people unable to take their eyes away. Lu Bu flicked his cloak and Diao Chan's eyes flashed. Just watching the cutscene made me think it was worth it. There is also the kind of anti-routine strategy development, which is said to be able to make all kinds of waves. I like this kind of non-conformist design. It is the same as when we invented evil ways to play. In the game, the most important thing is to be happy.
After all, no matter how many classics we played on GBA, PSP, and NDS back then, those machines may be lying in drawers gathering dust now, and the batteries may not be able to be charged. But that love for the Three Kingdoms has never changed. For me, "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" is like taking the dream of the Three Kingdoms from my childhood and continuing it in a more comfortable position.I go online every day to check out the lineup of generals I have accumulated. Listening to the familiar battlefield sound effects, the corners of my mouth curl up unconsciously - youth really has not gone far, it just jumped from the handheld device to the mobile phone screen.
If you have ever scrimped for a cassette, played through levels repeatedly for a hidden general, or stayed up until the early hours of the morning to clear a certain Three Kingdoms game on the NDS, then I think "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" is really something you can try. No need to worry about it, no need to use krypton (of course krypton is fine, just do what you can), just quietly recreate our Three Kingdoms dream on your mobile phone.
Finally, I want to say that I have trained Pan Feng to the point of being unparalleled in the game. I liked him back then not because he was strong, but because the phrase "I have General Pan Feng" was so funny, haha. We old guys are just playing with feelings. If you can turn the unpopular generals into gods of war, then I will accept this game🔥
Brothers, youth is back, the handheld device is out of battery, but the spirit of the Three Kingdoms is still there. Let's go to "Hardcore Three Kingdoms" together and be a king lying flat! 😎