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Japan Glory Company's " Romance of the Three Kingdoms " series of games has a history of more than 30 years. More than a dozen works have been released successively have a large number of enthusiasts. The important reason why the series has lasted is that each work will have innovation in the picture gameplay, allowing players with different preferences to find their own fun. What we are going to talk about in this issue is one of the very unique gameplay in this series, which is " Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8".
In the 1990s, the "Three Kingdoms" series of games achieved great achievements on both the computer and the console with the turn-based strategy gameplay with city as the core, becoming a benchmark work of SLG games on historical themes. After coming to the new century, due to the impact of other gameplay, the Three Kingdoms game also began to seek change. "Three Kingdoms 7" launched in 2000 boldly adopted the gameplay of ordinary generals similar to the other series "Taige Lizhi", which attracted widespread attention from players. However, due to the huge pace of innovation, the game also has some immature elements. For example, the design of summoning the holy beast is considered to be seriously separated from historical facts. In such an environment, the "Three Kingdoms 7" decided to improve it on the basis of retaining the core content of the new gameplay.
In June 2001, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8" was officially released on the PC version. The game's picture style has not changed much compared with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7", but the operation interface has been significantly improved. In the previous work, no matter whether the player plays the role of a monarch or an ordinary general, all the commands that can be executed are opened in line below the screen, and the city background only serves as a desktop wallpaper. Even in a metropolis like Luoyang , there are not many people in it. Except for the number of houses outside the largest palace, the entire city is filled with a tragic scene, like a dead city. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8", the main command operations are concentrated in various buildings in the city. Some buildings use the form of darkening fonts to clearly and intuitively inform players that no operations can be performed here for the time being, such as restaurants and restaurants. Once the fonts become brighter, it means that someone can visit it here. The city interface perspective also has the previous work "aerial photography and down" which has become a feeling of standing on the city wall to see the panoramic view. Each building has people moving there, presenting a vibrant scene. The story script of this work has become more detailed. In previous works of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, players could only choose a few special time points to start the game. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8", after selecting the script, they can also choose a specific time, such as the script "Hanzhong Jingzhou Offensive and Defensive Battle". Players can start the game from any year from 214 to 219. Friends who are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms know that many famous events have occurred in just a few years, such as Liu Bei taking over Chengdu, Zhang Lu surrendering Cao Cao , Liu Bei Sun Quan Dividing Jingzhou , Zhang Liao's power is shocked by Xiaoyaojin, Huang Zhong Dingjunshan Battle , etc. In the game, different forces occupy the city differently, allowing players to choose their favorite stories and generals, which fully reflects the high restoration of historical content.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8" still adopts a map design with cities as the core, and cities are connected by roads, but in this work, the map has been simplified, and the number of cities has been reduced. Several border towns with low strategic value in the previous work have been removed. At the same time, the sea offensive between some cities has been gone. The roads are divided into three types: ordinary, rivers, and mountains, corresponding to different battlefield terrain styles. In the game, the war no longer distinguishes between field battles and siege battles like the previous work, but combines the wilderness and the city into one.
The novel way to play the role of ordinary generals in the previous work "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7" will continue to be carried forward in this work. In addition to playing the role of a monarch and a traditional strategy game, players can also choose a variety of roles such as wild generals, ordinary generals, prefects, military advisors, etc., and different identities can be used for different commands, and there is a limit on action points per month.The most important thing in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8" is the strategic meeting once a quarter. You can put forward your own ideas and suggestions to the monarch, and you can execute it after approval. After players complete the instructions for reclamation, business, etc., they can obtain corresponding achievements and reputation. If they have high achievements, they can be promoted and increased their salary. At the same time, the number of troops leading in the war will increase. If they have high reputation, they can meet more capable people and patriots. Most of the tasks arranged by the monarch in the game can be completed in quality and quantity within three months, and the remaining action points are like spare time outside of work, completely controlled by yourself, improving ability and learning skills, and winning beyond eight hours.
In addition to work, players can freely access in various cities. After clicking on various buildings, corresponding instructions will appear. Clicking on the largest building, the palace will conduct evaluation or sending troops, diplomacy and other important matters. Of course, players need to reach a certain official position to execute them. Other buildings include: city gates can be built in city walls; rural areas can be reclaimed and water control; military buildings can be recruited and trained; forging can be carried out in weapons development and manufacturing; markets can develop commerce; booths can improve public security; restaurants and hotels can make friends, and finally their own residences, where personal instructions such as banquets, exercises, stepping down, independence, rebellion, rise up, official officials, and recuperation are all concentrated here.
When performing tasks, players can fully experience the improvement of game details and the improvement of agricultural commerce, which will make the land and buildings in the city more prosperous in the naked eye, and thieves can even be seen on the streets with low public security. When you use the instructions, it is no longer the simple word XX to improve, but will encounter emergencies . For example, encountering a large number of robbers, you will get extra money after successful attacks. The masses will occasionally hold celebrations. This is a good opportunity to win people's hearts. Should you directly disperse them or actively participate in the fun with the people? I'm afraid I don't need to say more. This kind of humanized task experience has a feeling of returning to the classic "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 5".
In addition to menu content, there are also a large number of NPCs in the city interface. Players will also have dialogues after clicking with the mouse, including complaining and sincere suggestions. People of different occupations, ages and genders can reflect the differences in characters, and even dogs at the door of the house can click. The scene full of lifestyle allows you to listen to NPC dialogues while performing work. In addition to personal growth experience, interpersonal relationships are also important in the game. After players get to know other generals, they can increase their favorability through multiple visits or banquets. After reaching a certain level, they can become righteous brothers. There will be a bonus for fighting together on the battlefield. The more important significance is that he will also introduce your girlfriend to you, so as to get married and have children, learn combat skills from your wife, and obtain treasures.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8" war adopts the turn-based chess form in a fixed battlefield map. Before the beginning, there will be pre-war meetings, and appropriate tactical strategies are designed. The defensive side can set powerful traps, so that the offensive side loses its strength and morale will decline at the same time. The offensive side can choose a variety of marching strategies, such as the fast attack strategy, all troops have increased their mobility, but they are not guarded against the trap; the caution strategy can effectively avoid the trap, but the mobility is weakened. In addition, before the war begins, you can also specify military troops, from ordinary infantry to high-end troops such as elephant soldiers, , mountain cavalry, etc. The improvement in capabilities also means higher assembly costs.
In addition to basic movement and attack operations, the troops can also use a variety of tactics and skills, including assault, surprise attack, fire arrow, rockfall, chaos, treatment, etc. In addition to directly causing a large amount of damage to the enemy troops, they can also enter a state of chaos, panic, etc., and their combat power plummeted is easier to be eliminated.This game has a fog setting for war. Sometimes you can enter the enemy encirclement when you are not careful. Be careful. Since the battlefield map adopts a rectangular design, both sides occupy one side and the vertical width is not large, it makes it difficult to achieve roundabout encirclement and other tactics in battle. Most of the time, they are piled together and have fewer strategic skills than previous works. Fortunately, the rich tactic skills give players sufficient choices.
game has more than 40 possible outcomes based on players' role playing and their merits and reputation at the end of the game. Just playing the monarch to unify the country, there are four possibilities: the Han Dynasty's emperor's identity will be successfully unified in China, accepting the friendly abdication of the emperor, forcing the Han emperor to abdicate, and the war will continue to be in trouble after the unification. The multi-end design gives players plenty of motivation to play repeatedly and experience the colorful Three Kingdoms life.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8" game music was created by Tori Haseabe. It is different from the previous BGMs based on the four seasons of the year and the scale of power. This time, it is divided into five major regions: North, Central Plains, South China, Western Shu and Southern Barbarians according to the location of the city. The city and battlefield interfaces each have a set of music, which fully reflects the cultural atmosphere of different regions and leaves a deep impression on people.
After experiencing the two works of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8", Guangrong temporarily came to an end in the improvement of the gameplay of playing ordinary generals. I personally think that the system of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" game is essentially different from "Taige Lizhi Biography". Although there are a lot of elements in the game for players to experience the fun of growth, they still cannot get rid of the strategy gameplay framework based on the month unit. This leads to the players' development in the game being rough and cannot arrange more detailed story content. Guangrong has not resolved the conflict between national strategies and personal growth in time units. The final result is that the user experience is very innovative, but the overall feeling is a bit twisted.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8" has been released and transplanted to PS2, PSP and other platforms. Glory has also launched a powerful version with added new content. Many players used it as the "Three Kingdoms Aspirations" back then, which is enough to recognize the personal growth gameplay. The game's ultra-low hardware configuration requirements have also become a magic tool for many people to stumble at work. Although this work needs to be improved in many aspects, it is undeniable that it has an important position in the entire Glory of the Three Kingdoms series.
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