The decline of PC games is a topic that has been discussed in the domestic game industry in recent years. With the continuous development of mobile games, the PC game market is not only becoming less and less favored by capital, but also many players seem to have lost their love

The decline of client games has been a long-talked about topic in the domestic game industry in recent years. With the continuous development of mobile games, the client game market is not only becoming less and less favored by capital, but even many players seem to have lost their interest in client games. If you love it, then is it really impossible to play PC games? In fact, all real old gamers know that it is not that PC games are not good, but that in today's fragmented era, the competitiveness of PC games has weakened.

Looking at the development history of domestic games for more than 20 years, you will find that in the past 20 years, a large number of classic client games have emerged, many of which have led an era. For example, " Fantasy Westward Journey " in the turn-based field, and "Cross Fire" in the FPS field, etc. Nine years ago, there was also a domestic 3D martial arts client game, which set off a martial arts craze. It was " Xiaoao Jianghu OL》.

In 2013, when the TV series "The Swordsman" became popular all over the country, the emergence of the online game "The Swordsman OL" made this fire even more intense. The popular star Chen Qiaoen is endorsed, coupled with the ultra-high quality of the "Swordsman OL" game itself, with the blessing of the Angelica III engine, the picture quality performance almost surpasses an era, coupled with the quite novel 100 %Pinching, dyeing, and self-created martial arts systems, the game became popular in the gaming circle as soon as it was released.

How popular was "Swordsman OL" back then? Perhaps we can get a glimpse of it from several sets of historical data. Two hours after the game was launched, the number of simultaneous online players exceeded 300,000, and the highest number of simultaneous online players reached 400,000. Until now, 9 years later, this online game is still firmly at the top of the domestic PC game rankings. It can be imagined that "Swordsman OL" 》The influence.

It is worth mentioning that in this era of declining client games, this domestic client game that was once popular on the entire Internet has made new moves. It turns out that just recently, it was officially announced that the high-definition server of the PC game "Swordsman" will be launched soon. While maintaining the atmosphere of the original game, the high-definition server will innovate the game screen quality and some gameplay methods to make it more suitable for this era. development of.

According to Game Daily , the high-definition server of "Swordsman" PC game will use a new engine to remake the screen. Judging from the demo video posted, the game screen is not weaker with the support of the new engine. The current mainstream PC game. In addition, in terms of gameplay, while continuing the classic combat system, the self-created martial arts and other functions that have been well received by players have been optimized. In terms of overall project volume, it is no less than making a new game.

To be honest, seeing these changes in the high-definition version of the PC game "Swordsman", Mr. Game Daily, as an old player, was also quite touched. After so many years, the official is still thinking of everyone and working hard in the era of the decline of PC games. To innovate old games, based on this alone, it is estimated that a large number of players will choose to come back to the game. Are you one of them?