When it comes to Fairy Sword Seven, many old players will feel a little regretful. As the first work in the series after six years, many old players speculated whether Fairy Seven would mention a lot of characters and stories from the previous work before it was released, so that even if it is feelings, they would pay for it. And when the specific real machine came out, old friends did exist. Shen Qishuang who took over the Xianxia sect a hundred years later. However, due to the substitution incident of Xian Er in the middle of the year, the plot was not in the same rhythm. Players were not satisfied with such a work. Xian Er's sales were mediocre and not many people knew about Shen Qishuang.
On the contrary, compared to the appearance of Shen Qishuang, players are more keen to dig out the Easter eggs in the Xianqi game. For example, the small village at the foot of Mingshumen Mountain contains many short stories about Xianyi, such as Li Xiaoyao peeping at a fairy taking a bath and being struck by lightning, children's nursery rhymes about the Eight Immortals, etc.
The Innovation of Fairy Sword Seven
Let’s talk about Fairy Seven itself. Fairy Sword Seven is considered to be the most innovative work in the past. In addition to the basic world view inherited from the Sixth Generation and the setting telling the story of Shen Nong Jiuquan, Fairy Seven also spent time on the graphics and battles. In the early publicity Yao Xian himself has mentioned many times that Fairy Sword Seven is produced using the latest Unreal Engine, and the combat gameplay is no longer a traditional turn-based system, but has been changed to a real-time combat system that is more popular nowadays. For this reason, the production team also added special motion capture, and added some new content to the real-time combat gameplay. Multiplayer is real-time, and players can switch between the four protagonists at any time to cooperate with each other.
With so many changes, the production members of Sword and Sword Seven are also fully confident in the work. The first word in the Sword and Sword Seven promotional video is "reproduce the glory!" implying that they hope that Sword and Sword IP can once again become the pinnacle of domestic Sword and Sword IP.
But the facts are a bit unexpected. After all, the Fairy Sword series relies on "plots" and "compassionate stories between men and women" to impress players. After its release, Fairy Sword Seven was evaluated by most people: the plot is bland and there are no ups and downs of emotional fluctuations. This is undoubtedly a disapproval of the new series. In addition, the game has player feedback and small bugs. The overall reputation of Fairy Sword Seven is mixed.
Immortal Seven's reputation reversed after a year
Originally it was about Immortal Seven, and I finished it very early. The follow-up focus is also on some small DLC fillings from time to time, the appearance of the dark iron epee, etc., which can make up for some regrets of the previous game, but a recent major version update made players feel the sincerity of the production team.
Sword and Sword Seven on Steam has recently undergone a major change. The announcement mainly mentioned the game optimization brought by this update, reducing the body size, increasing the display frame rate , improving the loading speed of cutscenes, etc.
The author is very clear that the update at this time has basically not affected the player experience. Most people have already cleared the game, but the thing itself is a rare move. Due to the domestic epidemic situation, the staff of Softstar are working from home like everyone. They are working under pressure to improve the game that has been on sale for one year. This is undoubtedly out of their love for Fairy Sword.
The most surprising thing about this is the players on Steam. They also left messages about this large-scale update, claiming that this update deserves praise from every staff member, and they have already guessed that such a large update may pave the way for the large-scale DLC mentioned before.
Regarding the large-scale DLC of Fairy Sword, the official announced before that it would be launched this year, but there has been no accurate information. Considering the epidemic, the postponement of the release of DLC is reasonable. And according to the current attitude given by the production staff, they may also hope that the content of the dlc can give players a new experience. In other words, maybe it can really bring a perfect end to the story of Xian Qi.
Finally, the author hopes that in such a difficult time, the players of Fairy Sword will also give the production team more confidence and uphold the spirit of craftsmanship to create better works.
