In the past two years, the IP popularity in mobile games has become a phenomenon, with film and television, literature, and two-dimensional related IP mobile games rising one by one. However, looking at the detailed look, there are not many high-quality products of the Three Kingdoms IP mobile games. Based on the huge player group and the unmatched sense of cultural identity of imported products, there are very few excellent works of the Three Kingdoms, which is worth pondering.
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What's wrong with the Three Kingdoms mobile game?
Like Journey to the West, the Three Kingdoms is also a free IP that you can get at will, but it is easy to get it. At present, there are many types of mobile games on the Three Kingdoms theme, from pure casual to role-playing, simulation management to heavy action role-playing, tower defense competition, etc. The number of mobile games on the Three Kingdoms is so large that it is incomparable, covering almost all themes and age classes. There are many mobile games in Three Kingdoms, which should have made people cheer, but the fact is that due to the uneven quality of the game and the serious homogeneity, a large number of mobile games in Three Kingdoms have become a rampant, and few excellent works have been born, making it difficult for players today to have enough interest in a three Kingdoms mobile game with ordinary characteristics.
If you have to regain the attention of players in some way, besides the eye-catching popular IPs (popular film and television, novel IPs, etc. related to the Three Kingdoms theme), there will only be innovative breakthroughs in gameplay. Not to mention that there are very few popular Three Kingdoms IPs suitable for adapting into mobile games. Even if the popular IPs have the ability to bring enough users, they cannot prevent users from being lost without excellent quality and innovative gameplay.
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For all games themselves, instead of taking advantage of popular IPs that are difficult to get, it is better to do fine products and make your own characteristics. The Three Kingdoms mobile game can fully utilize the overall worldview framework of the original Three Kingdoms IP, or make changes, use innovative gameplay as a breakthrough to attract users to try, and then retain users from derivative gameplay and interactive experience. At present, such high-quality works with innovative ideas are urgently needed to re-lead the Three Kingdoms mobile game market.
Innovative ideas: Horse War and the Three Kingdoms
The "Horse Stepping on Thousand Armys" mobile game is an absolute Three Kingdoms mobile game, and the game plot follows the classics of the Three Kingdoms. However, the mobile game "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" unravels the historical plot of the Three Kingdoms and draws out a plot of the Three Kingdoms battle as the main line of the game. The plot of the Three Kingdoms that players experience will not be very complicated, but the plot of each battle is concise and in-depth enough.
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With the support of the Three Kingdoms Battle background, the existence of the "Wu Shuang Horse Battle" gameplay is more reasonable. When it was first exposed, the mobile game "Horse Stepping on Thousand Armys" appeared in the public eye as a "Horse Battle Unparalleled Hot Fighting Mobile Game", showing players the new mobile gameplay of the Horse War Three Kingdoms. The Unparalleled Horse Battle emphasizes the action, sense of blow and pleasure of fighting immediately. Hot fighting pays more attention to interpreting the passionate battle experience brought to players by the Wushuang Horse Battle.
《Horse treadThe innovative mobile gameplay of Thousand Armys has broken through the traditional Three Kingdoms mobile gameplay, making it stand out among many mobile games of the same type. Even without the support of popular IP, we can still rely on our own characteristics to attract users to play, and retain player users with rich horse battle gameplay and good game quality. In the three tests of the military horses, the gameplay of the Wushuang Horse not only aroused the interest of players, but its actual experience also made the players very satisfied.
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In addition, the unparalleled mode of the mobile game "Horse Stepping on Thousand Armys" can easily remind people of the console game Real Three. The Wushuang mode of the mobile game "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" is very similar to Zhen San, the accumulation of Wushuang's anger, the ultimate fatal blow, and the close-up of the shots when releasing the ultimate move, etc. In the game world, Wushuang's killing is very refreshing. The picture of Wushuang's ultimate move feels great, and I put a lot of effort into displaying special effects. The mobile game pays tribute to the quality of the console game, and its approach is highly commendable. However, in terms of core horse battle gameplay, the "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" mobile game Horse Battle emphasizes action, simulating the fierce collision and the sense of on-the-spot confrontation of the players when riding a horse. The war horses on the battlefield are the fighting weapon for players, and are essentially different from the True Three war horses as auxiliary.
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Siege·Strike for the World The real Three Kingdoms experience based on horse war
Players who like Three Kingdoms (mostly male players) who like Three Kingdoms games have different motivations, but they only have several factors to attribute to it. Influenced by the culture of the Three Kingdoms, there are deeper plots for some Three Kingdoms (such as generals, beauties, battles, etc.); the desire for challenges; the desire to satisfy the desire for conquest in the virtual world; the dependence on social interactions, because there are few female players, they prefer to form cliques in the game.
From the player's game needs, the horse war gameplay can lead to many distinctive gameplay. "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" does not abandon some traditional gameplay, but instead "transforms" traditional gameplay that can be perfectly combined with horse war, so that the game is flesh and blood and brings a stronger sense of entry into the Three Kingdoms.
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Integrate horse battle gameplay into players' daily gameplay, not only the main battle gameplay, but also the battle horse competition, military fund preparation, competitive competition, etc. in the daily life of the Three Kingdoms. Many gameplays create a more fulfilling world of competition for players. In the game, players can not only compete for the world alone, but also work together with other players in the game world to fulfill their "dreams" in the game.
It is worth mentioning that the siege gameplay of "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" in the three tests is a successful example of the game integrating horse battle into the siege mode. Siege itself is very consistent with the theme of the Three Kingdoms mobile game, and players also hope to lead the siege by themselves, so the mobile game "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" is done. Players defend, siege or form alliances, which makes siege a highly interactive gameplay. andIt became natural to ride a horse to siege the city, and the siege gameplay instantly became unique. Therefore, in the three tests, the siege gameplay was very popular among players.
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The current era of mobile games is an era that requires innovative gameplay, and innovative mobile games such as "Horse Stepping on Thousand Army" mobile games need to break through traditional thinking modes. On the basis of maintaining the excellent game production, restoring the true nature of the Three Kingdoms as the fight and battles and the battle for hegemony in troubled times, deeply exploring the needs of players' game, and finding breakthroughs in gameplay is the direction of the Three Kingdoms mobile game innovation path and the only way to create a high-quality mobile game.
