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"Mojian Jianghu" game trial: a delicate picture of Jianghu

2024-07-18

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"The evening rain falls in the village on the river, and the green forest hero hears it at night."

This poem is probably the most direct feeling I had when playing "Mojian Jianghu". In the track where the "Chinese style + martial arts" theme has become a red ocean, "Mojian Jianghu" has emerged with an ink sword, bringing long-lost novelty and surprise to me who has already had some aesthetic fatigue. "Mojian Jianghu" first uses its unique meticulous ink painting style to create a unique poetic feeling that is different from similar games, and then uses its rich and varied martial arts system and outstanding character creation to draw a beautiful and arbitrary scroll of Jianghu, which makes me intoxicated for a long time.

A Jianghu version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"

What exactly is the "jianghu spirit" of martial arts? "Mojian Jianghu" gives its own answer with its exquisite and unique ink painting style, which is to extract the romantic and poetic side of the rivers and lakes between the joy of revenge and the flashing of swords and sabers.



When you open any scene or interface of "Ink Sword Jianghu", you will be attracted by the game's exquisite and hazy art style. Although it is in ink painting style, the presentation of the game's art is more like a meticulous painting, with fine brushstrokes outlining every plant and tree in this world. The game's large map is like a martial arts version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", and it is a dynamic version.

When I entered the specific scene of the game, the details of the painting were laid out in front of me. "Mojian Jianghu" outlines different flavors of scenes with different characteristics under the same painting style. Songzhuxi, where the protagonist was born and raised, is surrounded by lush bamboo forests and streams, reflecting a sense of quiet comfort. And the first city I stepped into, Wanzhou City, is full of the prosperity of a big city.



The game's time and weather system give these fixed scenes different looks in the time dimension. Whether it's the lights of thousands of houses at night or the snow-covered peaks, they can bring me a different sense of freshness of the four seasons. Therefore, when the rain comes, I walk again in the city I have been to many times, and a sense of tranquility like "the rain on the streets is as soft as butter" that I have never experienced before arises spontaneously.

In addition to the excellent scene creation, the art of "Mojian Jianghu" also plays a role in the performance of the plot. In addition to the dialogue and performance, "Mojian Jianghu" has added many exquisite illustrations to the plot. When I was immersed in the moving story of the game, a beautiful illustration suddenly appeared, and a beautiful scene was frozen in my mind. Maybe it was the touching sweetness of reminiscing about the past with my childhood sweetheart who I haven't seen for many years under the moon, or the tense ambiguity when I was in the same room with my senior sister. These illustrations played the role of finishing touches for the plot of the game. It has also become my most prominent memory point.



Freedom and willfulness make the world

For a martial arts game, freedom is often an important source of its Jianghu spirit and sense of immersion. As the core of the martial arts theme, martial arts and combat systems are the most intuitive manifestations of freedom. The combat system of "Mojian Jianghu" adopts a turn-based combat similar to auto chess. Players cannot control the characters specifically, but control the situation by adjusting the moves and formations before the battle and releasing the ultimate skills in the battle.



For players, 80% of the outcome of a battle is determined in the pre-battle strategy stage. The player's character training, team matching, skill selection and positioning will all become the key to influencing the battle situation. Adjusting strategies to defeat strong enemies is also the essence of the game's combat system. The battle process itself is not boring, because the remaining 20% ​​provides players with a considerable degree of operation and participation.

During the battle, "Mojian Jianghu" provides players with many interactive mechanisms, such as fires that can cause high damage to surrounding enemies, formations that buff your side or restrict the enemy, etc. Releasing ultimate skills and triggering mechanisms at the right time have the ability to reverse the situation, and this is also an important source of my sense of accomplishment in battle.



Unlike many previous martial arts games, which seem to be diverse but are actually homogenized, "Mojian Jianghu" has built a sufficiently complex and rich martial arts system based on different schools and weapons. The game constructs a three-level system of sects, schools, and specific martial arts, weaving hundreds of martial arts into a huge network. Players can extend and explore in any direction on this network to find a path that suits them best.

In the current "Mojian Jianghu", there are six sects with different styles, and each sect has derived different schools. They not only have their own characteristics in effects and abilities, but also have temperaments that match the characteristics of the sect. Take the popular Tianshan Sect in the game as an example, as a sect that is detached from the world and unrestrained. Tianshan, who is good at using swords, not only has free and unrestrained moves, but also derived a combo flow with high-intensity combos to create super high bursts, and a residual shadow flow that uses high-speed clones to harass the enemy.

There are two different schools, each with several powerful mental methods and martial arts for players to choose from. In addition, rich mechanisms such as internal and external strength, healing and counterattack ensure the depth of the game in terms of numbers and schools.



Although there are sects, "Mojian Jianghu" does not restrict players from learning martial arts from other sects, which allows players to freely combine the mental methods and martial arts of different schools, thus producing many interesting chemical reactions. This also makes researching various powerful or interesting builds a major source of fun in the game.

The free martial arts system adds depth to "Mojian Jianghu", and the rich gameplay of the game guarantees its breadth. On the basis of the core gameplay, "Mojian Jianghu" has added a lot of interesting exploration content. The game has designed many complex terrains and puzzles for the mission scenes, and has stuffed various interesting adventures and treasure chests into the map for players to explore.

The process of exploring the map is not just a boring process of clicking and hitting, but it adds many interesting interactions and gameplay mechanisms. For example, when I want to climb to the top of the mountain to get a ticket to the martial arts competition, I have to avoid falling rocks from the top of the mountain during the rock climbing process; if I don’t notice that the enemy is attacked while exploring, I will instantly fall into a disadvantage in the battle. There are even map copies such as "Tianchi Villa" that are completely focused on stealth.



In addition to the lively scene design, "Mojian Jianghu" also provides a variety of challenging gameplay for players to obtain resources and verify their own build results. Gameplay such as tower climbing and inner demon challenge also expands the depth and playability of the game based on the combat system.

These rich gameplays not only increase the fun of game exploration, but also are an important source of game immersion. For example, when I join a sect, I need to do various daily tasks to improve my contribution, interact with various NPCs in the sect, and finally improve my title and status. This process is also the process in which I gradually develop a sense of belonging to the sect. And when I go to Xiaoyao Island and other places to challenge NPCs, it really makes me feel like I have grown and sublimated after competing with masters from other worlds.



The place where there are people is called Jianghu

If the rich and profound martial arts system of "Mojian Jianghu" greatly highlights the "martial" side of martial arts, then the ups and downs of the game's story and flesh-and-blood characters are the embodiment of the "knight" in martial arts. "Mojian Jianghu" adopts a linear narrative structure as a whole, and each chapter has a main goal waiting for the player to complete.

Overall, the main storyline of "Mojian Jianghu" is more like a "kingly story" of martial arts themes, and many elements have appeared in similar works. However, "Mojian Jianghu" still tells the story in a new way within the framework familiar to martial arts fans. The plot of the main storyline is closely linked and ups and downs. At the end of each chapter, there is a small climax of the plot, which opens up more suspense for the next chapters. The growth that players gain in the development of the plot can also let me personally experience the process of a small shrimp in the rivers and lakes growing into a generation of heroes.



In addition to the main storyline, there are also numerous side quests scattered on the map. In these side quests, the choices made by the player will affect the direction of the plot, the attitude of the NPC towards the player, and even the ending of the entire story. Within the framework of the main storyline, it provides players with sufficient freedom and sense of substitution. These side stories and adventures are also interesting enough. Some of them explain the stories of the NPCs and complete the worldview and settings of the game; some of them use humorous and nonsensical developments to tell me that this world is not only about swords and swords and grudges.



The characters in "Mojian Jianghu" do not need to be drawn, but are all obtained through the main or side quests. The process of each character joining the team is the process of me gradually understanding the character's past and grievances. Some of them come from famous families, but are trapped by the self-blame of the death of their fellow disciples; some come from ordinary families, but bear the blood feud of the death of their relatives. After experiencing these stories, they are no longer just beautiful portraits obtained by tapping a few cards, but flesh-and-blood partners who face the ups and downs of the world with me.



Overall

Among the numerous traditional Chinese martial arts games on the market, "Ink Sword Jianghu" has opened up a unique path with its own "ink sword". The meticulous ink painting is the skin of the game, the free and diverse martial arts and gameplay are the skeleton of the game, and the ups and downs of the story and character creation are the flesh and blood that fill the game. Together, they have made "Ink Sword Jianghu" into an exquisite scroll. Every time I unfold it, countless beautiful scenery and details come into view, prompting me to continue exploring. The game is now available for pre-download. "Ink Sword Jianghu", which will be publicly tested on all platforms on the 19th, is worth experiencing for every martial arts enthusiast.