Taiwan Province was listed in May, 1995, and the mainland was listed in May, 1995. At that time, everyone used piracy.
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■ Editor of Jinghe Lab: Wild Flowers
First, fate-fledgling
I don't wake up in the morning, and I am happy in my dreams every day. "
—— The Dream Hero in The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man
In the face of time, all dreams and everything that doesn't want to get old are vulnerable.
Maybe a good game should not pass with time. What is really valuable can still cross the background and impress people in another time and space. Like an altar of old wine that has been dusty for a long time, it comes today and is still mellow for a long time.
In the game history of nearly 11 years, it seems that no Chinese game has conquered players in every corner so quickly and decisively as Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man. "You can't refuse Xianjian, just as you can't refuse love. Before the sword, no game can make me cry. " In the post of a fairy sword forum, a veteran player is still immersed in those moving game moments today after 8 years.
In the minds of most players, the "Fairy Sword" is a carrier, but it carries more than just a player's simple dream of becoming a knight-errant in the game, and those beautiful and sad emotions that run through it from beginning to end make the "Fairy Sword" have a unique charm. Those touching feelings of where will you go will come to mind in an instant and become unforgettable feelings that can't be let go for a long time.
"Fairy Sword" is also a kind of complex, which represents players' infinite feelings for those lost emotions and lost years. In the past few years, all kinds of games, like colorful fashion, have been crushed to ashes by the great ship of time in an instant and become eternal passers-by in memory. During this period, if there are some games that can make people remember the past years of the past, the Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man must be one of them.
"Strictly speaking, Xianjian is not a simple Chinese martial arts game. It is more like a folk myth and legend, which contains rich humanistic and emotional legends." Today, eight years later, Mr. Yao Zhuangxian, a game producer who is known as the "father of the sword", still feels deeply when talking about his most proud game works. Facing the reporter, "Xian Jian" seems to be an endless topic. The production of Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man began in 1993. After Taiwan Province Daewoo Company produced a game called Monopoly 2, Yao Zhuangxian decided to try to make a Chinese role-playing game (RPG) that he had never set foot in.
According to Mr. Yao Zhuangxian's idea, the earliest positioning of "Fairy Sword" was the theme of historical martial arts, with the Anshi Rebellion as the background; The script is very big, with history, monsters and martial arts. Later, it was found that such a game could not be finished at all. So it was changed several times. A year later, Yao Zhuangxian discovered a theme, which was about the content of "human face". So the previous ones were torn down and the historical background was removed. If at this time, it is said that a person has both script, planning, character image design, main program, game map and monster design, and has written most of the poems and words in the game, which shows that Mr. Yao Zhuangxian is knowledgeable and skilled, then finally insisting on designing the heroine to die in the game reflects Yao Zhuangxian's spirit of making a breakthrough and anti-tradition, and also leaves the game with the most impressive players and becomes the heaviest brushwork in the classics of the years.
When talking about the three heroines, Yao Zhuangxian told reporters: "When colleagues saw the first version of Zhao Linger, they all said,' Huh? Isn't this Sun Xiaomei?' In "legend of sword and fairy", she became fat again, and there was no empty inspiration. Lin Yueru's name has been mentioned by others, but I can't remember whose friend it is, and I have never met him. There is a famous family in the Lins' Mansion in Taiwan Province Province, and the name "Lin" sounds like a big family, and the word "Lin" itself is more elegant. Other people's names are selected according to the character after imagining many kinds. For example, there must be a word "spirit" in Zhao Linger's name to highlight her character background and characteristics. "
" Anu's plot seems a little thin in the whole game? " The reporter asked.
"Because I can't finish it, Anu's plot has been cut a lot. Due to the reduction of the plot, her age has also been lowered by several years, but it is not a bad thing. Judging from the response caused by the current game, a plot that is too lengthy may be superfluous. "
When the reporter asked Mr. Yao which of the three heroines was your favorite, he said with a smile, "They represent the images of three kinds of girls in my mind, so I like them all." In fact, in earlier media reports, the motive for the initial production of "Fairy Sword" was largely due to an unsuccessful emotional experience of Yao Zhuangxian. Today, eight years later, when the reporter sought the answer with the same question, Yao Zhuangxian denied this statement. "It should be said that the imperfect emotional experience happened in the middle of the game, and it was a secret love that didn't even have the courage to speak. At that time, I was full of pessimism about life, which should be said to be the motive for making the tragic ending of the game. "
After two years and four months, 15 people participated in the production of this DOS game written by QBASIC with assembly language as the bottom layer, neither the producers nor the players expected that it would still have such a far-reaching impact eight years after its launch: up to now, the cumulative sales of various versions of DOS, Windows and game consoles have exceeded 1 million sets; Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man has been in the top three in the game list of Popular Software for six consecutive years. The new game cycle changes, but the popularity of Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man remains the same, and the expectation of Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man II reaches the extreme ... < P > Behind this influence, the protagonist Li Xiaoyao in the game begins to walk out of the small fishing village near the sea in Yuhang County, and with the same dream as the producer Yao Zhuangxian, he is a rookie and walks the rivers and lakes, accompanying countless players to achieve one dream after another in the game. The past is gone with the wind, and join hands with Yunfeng Yinxian Township. "
-Yungu Hefeng
The birth of a hero must have the soil to cultivate him. As for the love of heroes, some people are due to their wealth, appearance, admiration and unrequited love ...
In fact, Li Xiaoyao's leap from a little-known fishing village boy to a swordsman in the Jianghu is indeed objective and reasonable in subjective setting. In the rivers and lakes defined by China's usual martial arts fantasy novels, nine times out of ten, after the hero, he will be another hero. It is not difficult to understand the reason why Li Xiaoyao became famous if he can still be so embodied in the martial arts novels. He was gifted, and his parents and aunts used to be all-powerful figures. As long as he got a little advice from a famous teacher with the ability of Bole, he would succeed. As a result, he happened to meet Jiu Jianxian of Shushan Sword School by chance. Li Xiaoyao's parents died long ago, and his aunt took him to live in seclusion, so the ideas between the rivers and lakes had no influence on him. Since ancient times, there have been many talented people in the south of the Yangtze River. Li Xiaoyao was young and frivolous, full of enthusiasm, and felt that there was nothing to do, daydreaming about heroes all day; His parents' reputation and amazing achievements made him regard his parents as role models. If his art goes down all day, he will take care of injustice, kill bad people (demons) and take ill-gotten gains. The process of parents' acquaintance and the title of "immortal hero" made him look forward to the romantic love at first sight instead of the traditional marriage of worshipping heaven and earth and worshipping Gaotang. The above three points determine the positioning of Li Xiaoyao in the story and his love experience in the process of wandering the rivers and lakes. As an ordinary person, his early chivalry was more manifested in being helpful and considerate to girls. He was just a hero in the eyes of girls. At this time, "chivalry" could only be expressed as "righteousness", and finally he saved the world in from the mire, which truly fulfilled a chivalrous righteousness. In Li's feelings, he Linger is the life of his parents and the words of a matchmaker. At first, it was because of fame, and then it was sublimated into love because of kindness; And Lin Yueru are half traditional and half romantic, and "fighting swords and rivers and lakes is a beauty"; And Anu are a bit of unintentional ingredients, saying Anu is unrequited.
For the story of "The Sword", the affection between Zhao Linger and Li Xiaoyao is classic and exemplary. Li Xiaoyao's feelings for Zhao Linger were completely in a vague state from the time he ate the "Forget Sorrow" given by Miao people to the time when Zhao Linger, the original son of Nu Wa, was rescued by Zhenyao Tower. In his mind, the free life of chivalry should not have been bound by the lives of both parents too early, although the affair on Fairy Island made him feel like a spring breeze, and forgetting his worries was actually the excuse of this concept in his mind. However, Zhao Linger always treated her lover with sincerity. Even after she became pregnant, she suffered frequent disasters, and spared no expense to maintain her life in the body. In the story, Zhao Linger didn't know her mother's double misfortune in marriage and love at first, but like the Empress Wu didn't live up to her husband, all her performances never lived up to the word "love". In many experiences, her concern, trust and dependence on Li Xiaoyao are still the same as before, and Li Xiaoyao's memories in the town demon tower are revived and her true feelings are revealed, so she really accepts this feeling in her heart-traditional things are not necessarily bad, after all, the essence of true love is the most worth cherishing, and what form is not so important. Although Zhao Linger in the town demon tower showed her true colors and was trapped in prison, she really felt the deep and strong love of the other side, so-called "lifelong support", and then she suffered ten times more, and she had no regrets. As for Zhao Linger, at the end of the story, it's a tragic ending with the skill of the Holy Spirit and the mutual destruction of water and Warcraft. It is better to say that she has taken on the responsibility of the Nuwa clan, saved the creatures in the scenic area, and sacrificed her life for human peace. The praise of these big scenes is always less appropriate than the explanation of the true feelings between children. "Asking about the world, what is love, makes people commit suicide", and Zhao Linger always responded to Li Xiaoyao's true feelings with the intention of "repaying". It is a virtue of China people since ancient times to "repay each other with the kindness of dripping water", and it is a creed that ancient women in China abide by to "make a pact of three lives". Regardless of its limitations, in Zhao Linger's concept, Lin Yueru treated herself like a sister, and there was no bad blood. In order to save herself and Li Xiaoyao from being killed by a broken wall, she was deeply grieved; After all the people saw the soul of the Empress Wu in Bai Miao, Zhao Linger learned that Li Xiaoyao had somehow helped himself when he was a child (of course, it is unknown whether this was a game set by Empress Wu to test Li Xiaoyao), so how much he sacrificed for his lover and future generations is out of consideration. Although the situation at that time was that only her death could win everyone's life, Zhao Linger was more out of love for her husband and daughter than her mother's righteous righteousness. Because Lin Yueru has done it, she can do it, and she still has to do it ... It's sad and sad, but the state of "love" has reached its peak. Although there are countless regrets, players should not have forced this ending to change.
In Li Xiaoyao's mind, Lin Yueru is estimated to be the most suitable object for his parents' concept of "immortal heroes". It's just that she is unruly. She comes from a Wulin family, and her father, Lin Tiannan, is the leader of the Wulin in the south of the Yangtze River. Just because the charming girl is martial, she will have a unruly personality. Li Xiaoyao may not be the best object for Lin Yueru, but it is the most ideal object. Lin Yueru's persona is the image of a Jianghu woman, and the performance of her and Li Xiaoyao in the story can be called a typical chivalrous couple. Mainly, her personality is strong, and she doesn't depend on Li Xiaoyao like Zhao Linger. The two girls are completely complementary. For the whole game, Lin Yueru honest and frank's personality and bold style are the embellishment and reappearance of the chivalrous society in ancient China by different women, and also the reasonable product of martial arts culture and supernatural culture. Beneath her fiery personality lies a gentle and tolerant heart. Lin Yueru belongs to the type of "do it first and then say it", and shows his feelings only through words and deeds. Although he is young, his attitude towards people and things is not in line with his age. Because of Li Xiaoyao's deep affection for Zhao Linger, Lin Yueru felt that "such a man deserves to be entrusted for life". When the three of us walked around the world, Li Xiaoyao's feelings always wavered between the two. When we arrived in Beijing, we finally said to Yueru, "When I find Linger and finish everything, let's go sightseeing together, see all the beautiful scenery on earth and eat all the delicious food on earth." Li Xiaoyao's favorite among the promises is Lin Yueru, which seems to be very obvious. It was not until Lin Yueru died that Li Xiaoyao realized Lin Yueru's emotional understanding, support and tolerance, and as always, she gave her full support on the Jianghu road. Unfortunately, it was too late ...
Anu is the daughter of the white Miao people in the scenic area, and she is considered to have status. In the ancient martial arts world, the scenic zone belongs to the "barbarian land", which has always been disdained by the orthodox concept of the Central Plains. Even if Li Xiaoyao has no concept of hierarchical sects, it would be a bit out of place to like her. In the story, Li Xiaoyao treats Anu like a brother and sister, and he is a friend in need, not a confidante. And Li Xiaoyao's later performance can also see that his mind is no longer in love. Under the sudden change, it is entirely possible for people's mind to change. Even if Anu falls in love with Li Xiaoyao, it's just a heartless unrequited love. The situation in the story is that at that time, there were wars in the scenic area, and everyone was on the verge of life and death, and it was even more impossible to have leisure to talk about love. At the end of the story, Li Xiaoyao lost two lovers and was dying of grief. Everything in the world lost its meaning, so Anu could only play piccolo and send you away. In this situation, we can only answer with the word "fate" after sighing. It's not Li Xiaoyao's giving her fickle love, nor Anu's ruthlessness. It's really fate. Anu only appeared as an ornament in Li Xiaoyao's chivalrous journey. In the later period of the story of "Fairy Sword", she joined the fighting team, but it was difficult to replace Lin Yueru's position in this small group. It is unfair to say that Mr. Yao Zhuangxian deliberately arranged it as a kind of compensation for Li Xiaoyao's feelings. Zhao Linger is the queen of the white Miao and the wife of Li Xiaoyao, so Anu is not competitive in all aspects. Dare to love and hate, but not as distinctive as Lin Yueru. In Li Xiaoyao's mind, he is a "good friend" at most. Besides, Li Xiaoyao's character, shaped by chivalrous culture, was so badly hurt after two emotional changes that it was difficult for him to love the third woman again. It is also reasonable that Anu doesn't write much ink in the story.
this is an era when heroes are not needed.
If the theme of creating game heroes is just the same as the previous Chinese martial arts RPG, it will undoubtedly not have such far-reaching influence as "Xian Jian" today.
this is an age that needs emotion.
Love is the most romantic and warm word in human language. For thousands of years, people have been exploring the profound meaning of love, giving it all kinds of great and lofty missions, and at the same time painting it with beautiful poetic colors. In the player's mind, when gradually getting rid of the shackles of blood, violence, fighting and pornography, the emotion in the game has become the softest comfort in people's minds as never before.
before "xianjian", Chinese RPG game.