When it comes to the Game of Three Kingdoms, there is always the name Glorious. To this day, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, which has a history of more than 30 years, and the popular "True Three Kingdoms Matchless" series, are still the two golden signs that are famous far and wide.
Many young players and friends may not know that the glorious creation of the "Three Kingdoms Battle Flag Trilogy" series of games ("Three Kingdoms Zhi Yingjie Biography", "Kong Ming Biography", "Cao Cao Biography") was also popular. Whether it is the three canons, or its fanmods (such as "Three Kingdoms Chronicles of Jiang Wei" and other works), it is still a topic that old players like to discuss today.
In 2005, with the popularity of the handheld GBA, Glory reproduced the two works of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Biography of Kong Ming" on this platform. In this re-enactment, the game content and settings have been adjusted a lot, and the warlord's avatar has also adopted a more exquisite version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There are many peculiar and interesting settings in The Tale of the Three Kingdoms, and the latest GBA version will be used as an example in the following description.
<h3>1. The Song of Death</h3>
As a wargame strategy game, a variety of classes is a major feature of the "Legend of the Three Kingdoms". The most representative of the offensive units in the game are the "Guards" symbolizing the ancient elite cavalry, the "Beast Messenger" who drives the tiger to fight, and the "Demon Magician" who calls the wind and rain, and can even summon thunder and lightning. However, the strongest single attack moves in the game do not belong to any of these classes, but come from the seemingly unremarkable auxiliary class, the Military Band.
The ultimate strategy of the military band, "White Dragon", has the effect of a certain chance to force the enemy unit to leave the scene. In the face of a fierce general like Xu Chu, who is so strong that he can't do it but is intellectually insubmittive, the power of this move will be fully displayed.
White Dragon
At that time, players wondered why this strongest skill that could kill enemies in a second would be the exclusive skill of the military band, could it be the legendary "Death Ode"? However, today, it seems that the song played when the white dragon is performed is the one that everyone is familiar with...
Professional team, ready to go
<h3>Second, you carry the burden, and I lead the horse</h3>
The protagonist of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" is Liu Bei, so it is destined that the player will reproduce the fierce battles he encountered in the first half of his life during the game. One of the most difficult battles was the Battle of Nagasaka slope.
In this battle, the number of enemies reached an unprecedented 28, second only to the final battle "Battle of Yecheng III." and the historical final battle "Battle of Yiling"; at this time, the military generals of our army generals generally only had more than 30 levels, and the average level of the enemy troops was around 48 levels, and Cao Cao himself reached the terrible level of 58; what was even more terrifying was the second consecutive battle - in this battle, players must face Cao Cao's army that can crush us regardless of number and quantity.
Because of the extreme imbalance in combat power, this level can also be completed by letting the people reach the escape location in addition to the usual battle victory. In the pc version, the player can increase the movement distance of the people by "giving the red rabbit horse to the people", and then speed up the speed of passing the level. Although the loss of the Red Rabbit Horse is a bit of a shame, it can greatly reduce the difficulty of this level.
However, in the GBA version, the game introduced a new mechanism of "items must be equipped to be effective", so after the player painfully gave the red rabbit horse to the people, they will be surprised to find that the people do not ride the red rabbit horse at all, but still walk slowly and leisurely.
Without equipment, the Red Rabbit Horse would be useless
Red Rabbit: "Please, I'm not a toy rocker in front of the store, how can anyone who wants to ride it?" ”
People: "No way, the system won't let me ride, I can only lead the horse." ”
<h3>Three, stupid! My Sima Yi's cottage technology is the first in the world! </h3>
In the glorious Three Kingdoms game, almost every work will have "Sun Tzu's Art of War" appear in the image of a top treasure, and this work is naturally no exception.
As the strongest soldier book in the whole game (intelligence +8), "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is naturally precious - not only can only get one copy in the main plot, but also the method of obtaining it is to "let go of Sun Quan's hatred for sneaking attacks on Jingzhou and Guan Yu and maintain the alliance". If the player is the kind of grumpy old brother who has to cut down Wu, then naturally it is not related to "Sun Tzu's Art of War".
However, it is such a valuable treasure, and in the later stages of the battle, we will be surprised to find that Sima Yi father and son have a copy of each hand.
This setting also leads to a magical phenomenon - if the player does not give Zhuge Liang a good enough possession, then the spectacle of Sima Yi's intelligence crushing Zhuge Liang will appear for a long time...
Sima Yi, who has an intelligence of up to 106, asks you if you are afraid
In addition to Sun Tzu's Art of War, there is also the "Sword of the Overlord", the strongest weapon in the game. This weapon could only be obtained in the final battle of the game, and it is the most powerful equipment in a flash. But such artifacts were also mass-produced in the hands of Sima Yi's father and son...
These two costumes are really envious of the player
Interestingly, unlike the Art of War of Sun Tzu, which can be carried on the body, swords and horses also belong to the category of "equipment", while NPCs are not equipped by default, so the god costume of Sima Father and Son only looks scary, but in fact, it is completely unable to improve ability.
The appearance looks exactly the same, but it has no effect at all - is it really a cottage product?
<h3>Wei Yan: I'm too difficult</h3>
Wei Yan, as the second only fierce general in the Shu Han forces in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" after the Five Tigers, has always been popular with players. For example, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7" related raiders that can be found on the Internet, there is a historical event of "Wei Yan becoming a great general of the Five Tigers".
After countless tests by me, this incident can be considered a wrong strategy, and its popularity also proves the love of many players for Wei Yan from the side (of course, it may also be that the cottage five tiger generals in "Devouring Heaven and Earth" are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people)
However, in the "Biography of the Three Kingdoms", Wei Yan's treatment is not very good - although in terms of ability setting, Wei Yan is still the most powerful general in our side except for the Five Tiger Generals, wei Yan has only one head-to-head in the entire game flow, and it is still in the branch route. If the player chooses not to send a surprise attack team, then Wei Yan will not have a single head-to-head plot from beginning to end.
The content of this only single head-to-head is also very strange - in the face of Hao Zhao, who only has a force of more than 60, Wei Yan, who has an army of up to 92, was almost defeated. In the end, the key to Wei Yan's defeat into victory was actually because Hao Zhao had a heart attack on the battlefield...
Wei Yan: "... Eh? Am I still alive? ”
This kind of plot of "relying on the sudden illness of the opponent to win the victory" can be regarded as a "confusing operation" even today. When this kind of plot appeared in a wargame more than 20 years ago, it was in a sense ahead of the times.
The reason why such a plot showing Hao Zhao's bravery was designed in the "Battle of Chen Cang" may be a tribute to the classic scene of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which depicts that Hao Zhao used 3,000 soldiers and horses to restrain Zhuge Liang's hundreds of thousands of troops in Chen Cangcheng, and later because Hao Zhao was seriously ill, the city was destroyed.
However, there was no Zhuge Liang in the surprise attack team participating in the Battle of Chen Cang in the game, so the task of showing Hao Zhao's outstanding talent naturally fell to Wei Yan's body--he was the only fierce general in the surprise attack squad who was active in Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
Wei Yan: I'm too hard...
<h3>V. Deidara's Method of Warfare</h3>
As a wargame game, the difficulty of "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" is not low. Without cheating using arcane skills, almost half of the battles in the game are difficult levels that are a headache for players.
Interestingly, among the props that can be purchased in the game, there is actually a "bomb" that is incompatible with the background of the era.
Don't you think you're a little special about this bomb classmate?
In the game, the damage value of the bomb is good, the price is affordable, or there are no attribute items that do not have to worry about the weather and terrain. Therefore, when many players face strong enemies, they have developed a magical way of fighting - like Deidara in Naruto, using bombs all the way to the end...
<h3>VI. Pseudo· Hide Roles"</h3>
If you want to ask what is the most exciting setting in various games, then I believe that the "hidden plot" and "hidden characters" that require special methods to see can definitely be among them.
In "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms", many players have encountered a magical situation - in the character biography, Zhang Liao's return to the war as our side is obviously 0 (that is, a pure enemy character who will not join our army), but when the "Battle of Xuchang" is carried out in the later stages, it can trigger Guan Yu's plot dialogue to persuade Zhang Liao to surrender!
How could this be?
Being able to persuade the top players in the game is already a very happy thing for players. In addition, according to the situation of the column biography, Zhang Liao is a martial artist who cannot be obtained, and many players who play here for the first time probably think that they have inadvertently opened the new hidden elements of the GBA version, and then gained a sense of achievement.
Unfortunately, there is actually this plot in the original computer version - yes, Zhang Liao is not a hidden character at all, this is just Glory accidentally made a mistake when making the martial general biography...
<h3>Seven, the magical single challenge</h3>
In the "Tale of the Three Kingdoms", there is a very unique setting, that is, it is born from the "single head-to-head" system of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" - in most battles, after the corresponding military generals are approaching, you can trigger the heads-up. This kind of plot not only satisfies the player's feelings for the fierce duel, but also effectively increases the playability of the game.
Generally speaking, it is the famous generals on both sides who will trigger a single challenge. However, what is special is that in the early days, there was a head-to-head, and the general on our side who participated in the war was the famous Second Master Guan, and the other side was... Yuan Shao's military master Feng Ji?!
This gap in combat effectiveness is extremely single-handed, directly making the party Mr. Feng Ji also have a black line.
Guan Yu ah... Wait what you say! Singled out? Me and Guan Yu?!
The reason for this magical single challenge may be related to the plot flow in the game - as we all know, Guan Erye's most amazing achievements in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are no more than chopping Huaxiong, stabbing Yanliang, and cursing Wen ugly. However, in the game, the player can only trigger the "Warm Wine Chopping Huaxiong".
In the "War in the North" chapter, although players will encounter Yan Liang and Wen Ugly who are enemies in the battle, it is the Third Master Zhang Yide who triggers the single-headed plot with them...
How are you?
Of course, what you insist on saying is not impossible to explain - after all, Guan Gongjing cut off Yan Liang, Wen Ugly still had to wait until the Battle of Guandu, and not letting them meet each other also took care of the plot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". However, what is confusing is that even Guan Hai, the Yellow Turban general guan Hai, who was beheaded by Second Master Guan in the Battle of Beihai, was snatched away by Zhao Yun...
Guan Hai: "In the book, I obviously played with Guan Yu for dozens of rounds, and people changed without saying, how can I still be seconds?!" ”
From this point of view, the appearance of this magical head-to-head is probably because Guan Erye's classic achievements have been given to the brothers with a glorious stroke of a large stroke, and then given away as compensation...
It is worth mentioning that at the end of the game, this magical head-to-head plot appears again. The two sides participating in this war were Guan Xing, the fierce son of Guan Erye, and Cao Zhi, the son of Cao Mengde' poet...
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<h3>Viii. Death before the master is made, and the hero is filled with tears</h3>
As the representatives of "old and strong", Huang Zhong and Yan Yan, two veteran generals, are quite popular among lovers of the Three Kingdoms, and they are also very strong in the game.
The two-person class "Chariot" is a very strong class in the game: attack and defense and strength values, attack range and movement are very good, and the strategy can also be mastered more comprehensively, which can be said to be a generalist class. And Huang Zhong and Yan Yan, whose abilities can enter the top three chariot characters in our camp, the two veteran generals have also shown their might, and there are not a few players who take them as the main force.
However, in the battle of Xuchang in the penultimate level of the game, there is a rather sudden plot - in order for Liu Beijun to successfully attack the city, two old generals break into the city and open the city gate. However, in the process, he was unfortunately ambushed by Sima Yi's father and son and died heroically.
Veteran Huang Zhong was killed under the arrows of an unknown archer, which in a sense restored the plot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
The death of the two veteran generals in battle instantly ushered in the climax of the game's finale, and many players also burst into tears. Moving is naturally one thing, and more players are because of the collapse of mentality - after all, the battle in the last level is already extremely difficult, and the exit of the two main characters has raised the difficulty to a higher level. Many players fought so hard in the back that they even stuck to the level.
Faced with the dilemma of "playing to the last level but having to reopen the game", players can probably also experience a little bit of the feeling of "dying before the master dies, and makes the hero cry for a long time"...
<h3>Nine, there is faith in Cao Mengde</h3>
After the game developed to Lü Meng's white-clad crossing of the river, the boss character Cao Cao also died as in history.
Before his death, Cao Cao left a series of teachings for his successor Cao Pi, saying a string of words, which roughly means "Gua Wazi you will keep some gods in the future, the spicy big Wei Kingdom has been handed over to you, if you let you finish the ball, the old man I am afraid I am going to make you angry and come back to life."
After the entrustment, a generation of chaotic tyrants left for the west
As the game's plot progresses, Liu Beijun, played by the player, is also in a strong position, capturing most of Cao Wei's territory. In the final chapter, it was time to see that the Cao Wei regime was about to collapse as in Cao Cao's last words. In the final battle, "Battle of Yecheng III.", we see that Cao Cao, who has long died, has been resurrected...
This sudden reversal was very amazing at the time, although it was later explained that this plot was actually Cao Cao's strategy of deliberately suspending his death in order to destroy Sun Liu's alliance, but this kind of "being pushed all the way to his hometown before jumping out of the strategy" also made many players suspect that Cao Cao was born and lived...
In addition, there are actually many interesting places in this work, such as after passing the level once, you can get the cheats that allow Liu Guanzhang to reach level 50 at the beginning of the 3 people, and the content of this hidden cheats is actually the "up and down, left and right" that everyone is familiar with.
What a familiar key entry
These contents will not be repeated due to the length, interested friends may wish to explore in the game themselves, I believe it is also interesting.
The canonical works of the "Yingjie Biography" series are still stuck in the last century, and the remake version has no news after the GBA. Nowadays, wargames have begun to fade out of the mainstream players' vision, and many teenagers who were once addicted to "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms" have now entered middle age.
However, to say that the "Yingjie Biography" series has already come to an end, I am afraid that it may not be - in 2016, Guangrong launched a work called "True Three Kingdoms Peerless Yingjie Biography". Although it is a spin-off to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the birth of the "True Three Kingdoms" series, the restart of the warboard game has given many old players hope. After this, everyone also found that the producer of the latest work "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14" released this year was also The Echigoya Eihiro, who produced the "Tale of the Three Kingdoms".
Familiar game mechanics and former producers have re-emerged, perhaps the "Heroes" series has the possibility of restarting the classic again? Let's wait and see.