On August 25, 2022, Shanghai Softstar Technology announced a major news. The remake of "Sword and Sword IV" was officially launched and has entered the research and development stage.
After the news came out, it caused a stir in the domestic stand-alone game circle. Many players, including the author, were very excited. They did not expect that in their lifetime, they would be able to wait for the fourth-generation remake.
You must know that " Legend of Sword and Fairy IV " occupies a decisive position in the development history of domestic stand-alone games. Today, its Douban score is as high as 9.3 points, second only to the first generation, and ranks at the forefront of the Fairy Sword series.
At that time, I don’t know how many players were confused and confused after completing "Sword and Sword IV", and their hearts felt as if they had been hollowed out. This impact has been with many people throughout their lives and has also changed their views on domestic games.
After the news of the "Four of Sword and Sword Remastered" project came out, compared to everyone's expectations for the game graphics, I was more concerned about whether the content that was deleted back then could be reappeared.
Players who are familiar with "Sword and Sword IV" may have heard the story behind it. Due to shortage of funds and tight construction period, the production team had no choice but to shorten the game process, resulting in heavy traces of deletions in the game.
The first generation of Shanghai Softstar was disbanded in 2007 after producing "Sword and Sword IV". This has to be said to be a pity.
So what content was deleted from "Sword and Sword IV" back then? Let the author summarize it.
The two levels of "color" and "qi" that were deleted in the Qionghua sect trial
You may still remember that before joining the Qionghua sect, Yun Tianhe and his party participated in a trial called "Illusion of a Moment" take an exam. This exam consists of four levels, namely wine, sex, wealth, and energy.
However, the final level presented only had two levels: "wine" and "wealth". After the player collected 99 bottles of wine and 13 opals, and then defeated two BOSSes, the level was passed. The remaining two levels were skipped directly.
In fact, in the original process, the two levels of "color" and "qi" were real, and even the level setting diagrams were prepared, but they were eventually deleted.
I have been worried about this matter for so many years, because I really want to know what Tianhe and the others will experience in the "sex" level. It would be great if the remake could reproduce these two levels.
Is there any plot in Buzhou Mountain Panlongzhu?
When the plot of "Sword and Sword IV" progresses to Buzhou Mountain, everyone must still remember the majestic Panlong Pillar!
Halfway along the dragon's back, the road ahead was blocked, but looking at the sky, you will find that there is still a passable road on the Panlong Pillar. Use the modifier to increase the angle of view to look down on the entire Buzhou Mountain. The dragon's waist is winding upwards, and its head towers directly into the sky.
"Huainanzi" once said that Mount Buzhou is located to the west of Kunlun and is the junction of the human world and the heavenly world. Looking at the Panlong Pillar in front of me, my heart can't help but surge. Could it be that the Panlong Pillar is the passage to heaven?
Not long after, a player also stretched the scene perspective and discovered that the final battle location between Jingtian and Chonglou in "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" was actually the top of the Coiling Dragon Pillar. The two cannot be said to be exactly the same, they can only be said to be completely consistent.
This shows that Mount Buzhou can lead directly to the New Immortal Realm. As for whether there is still a deleted plot on the top of the Panlong Pillar, it depends on whether the remake can reproduce the second half of the scene in Mount Buzhou.
Xuan Xiao's follow-up plot
We all know that in the ending of "Four of Swords and Swords", Xuan Xiao raised the entire Qionghua sect to achieve his grand ambition of ascending the sect, but when he succeeded, he was burned by heavenly fire.
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Girl fell from the sky, and many Qionghua disciples, including Xuan Xiao and Suyao, were imprisoned in the East China Sea whirlpool.
However, Xuan Xiao, who has a deep demon heart, said that the East China Sea cannot trap him, and one day he will get out of the predicament, and said the shocking sentence to Jiutian Xuannv, "If the sky abandons me, I would rather become a devil."
It was revealed in the game easter egg of " Legend of Sword and Fairy 7 " that Xuan Xiao is still practicing hard in the East China Sea. With Xi Hejian as his companion, he is still sane, but the other Qionghua sect disciples are in dire straits, most of them All went crazy.
I am very curious about Xuan Xiao's follow-up plot. The game itself is very short. If the remake can expand part of Xuan Xiao's plot, it will not only be able to form a linkage with "Sword and Sword Seven", but also satisfy players' infinite fantasies about Xuan Xiao.
The above are some of my reveries about the deleted plot. At the same time, "Sword and Sword IV" itself also has some answers that players urgently need to know. I wonder how the remake will solve it? Whose is the wordless tombstone on Qingluan Peak in the ending of
?
In the game ending CG, Mengli appears, Ziying returns with a sword, Tianhe slowly pushes out the door, and there are two more tombs on Qingluan Peak, one of which has the words "Beloved Wife Han Lingsha " written on it. "Tomb", most of the people buried in it are Han Lingsha who died young.
As for the owner of the other tomb? Who erected that unmarked tombstone? This has also become a major mystery in "Sword and Sword IV".
Ziying said to Mengli, "They have been waiting for you for a long time." Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for ordinary people to refer to the living and the dead as "them". Since it is certain that Lingsha is dead, the possibility that Tianhe is dead also exists.
However, Tianhe carries the breath of the candle dragon, and the illusion of Mengli has always existed, so it is unlikely that he will die like this. Therefore, the truth of the ending has also become the Rashomon incident, which is also a part of the future "Sword and Sword 4 Remake" Big attraction. Will
completely cut off Murong Ziying and Ziyin Zhenren?
Murong Ziying from "Fairy Sword IV" and Ziyin Zhenren from " Ancient Sword and Legend " are both popular characters among players. However, since the core creators of the two games are basically the same people, plus two There are too many similarities between people, so many players mistake them for the same person.
Discussions about the two have never stopped for a long time. Because they are two different games and different companies, it is impossible to be the same person just from the perspective of copyright. However, because of the stories behind the characters, everyone has reason to believe that they are the same person. They are the same person in different time and space.
So will the remake take advantage of this opportunity to completely separate these two characters?
turn-based or real-time combat?
This issue is probably one of the issues that everyone is most concerned about. Nowadays, real-time combat mode games are very popular. Domestic Three Swords have also abandoned the traditional turn system and embraced real-time combat. Then "Fourth Sword Remastered Edition" will still be available Will we continue to use the original battle mode?
is considering remaking it in the Unreal Engine 5 in the future, and the possibility of continuing to use the turn-based system is not very high. I personally guess that the battle mode of "Legend of Sword and Fairy VII" will probably be used, but will veteran players accept it?
Conclusion
As the pinnacle of the Fairy Sword series, seeing "Sword and Sword IV" being remade makes me feel a little worried despite being happy. It is still unknown whether the new Shanghai Softstar can stand on the shoulders of their predecessors and outperform their predecessors.
For many players, "Sword and Sword IV" is a work with a special filter that is unmatched by any game in the world. Whether this classic can be sustained depends on the quality of the game itself.
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