The Legend of Sword and Fairy is a role-playing video game developed by the Taiwanese company Softstar Entertainment and its subsidiaries. The game incorporates elements of wuxia, shenmo and fantasy. Since its release in 1995, the game has spawned a successful video game franchise in Taiwan and mainland China. It was also adapted into the 2005 Chinese television series Chinese Paladin.
There are many subtle differences between the numerous versions of the game. The plot provided in this section is based on the PC game versions for Windows 95 and 98. The protagonist, Li Xiaoyao(李逍遥), is an ordinary 19-year-old boy who lives in a small fishing village near Suzhou(苏州), China. During a quest to seek a cure for his ill aunt, he travels to a strange island out at sea, where he meets a fairy named Zhao Ling'er(赵灵儿). He is forced to marry her and remain on the island forever, but manages to escape home with the cure for his aunt. However, he loses memory of his adventure on the island and does not remember Zhao when he meets her again. This time, Zhao's home has been destroyed by some enemies and Li decides to accompany her to southwestern China to find her mother, who may still be alive. Li and Zhao arrive in Suzhou and meet Lin Yueru(林月如), the spoiled daughter of a wealthy martial artist. Unexpectedly, Li emerges as champion in a martial arts contest and wins Lin's hand-in-marriage. Li and Lin are engaged but Zhao disappears mysteriously on their wedding night and they set of to find her. Their search brings them to Sichuan(四川), where the Mount Shu Sect(蜀山仙剑派), a powerful martial arts clan, is based. They learn that Zhao is actually a half-serpent spirit and has been imprisoned inside the Demon Prison Tower(锁妖塔) by the sect's elders. Li and Lin break into the tower and succeed in rescuing Zhao after making a perilous descent to its lowest level, but suffer grave injuries when the tower collapses on itself during their escape. The trio are saved by a herbal medicine guru, who tells Li that Zhao is pregnant with his child, and that Lin has died from her wounds. Li is deeply saddened but he has a more important task to do, which is, to retrieve two rare items to save Zhao and his baby's lives. During his quest, he meets and befriends A'nu(阿奴), a white Miao(苗族) princess. They are currently in southwestern China, where the Miao people live. The land is plagued by a prolonged drought and the white and black Miao are at war over scarce resources. Li completes his mission and Zhao recovers, after which she calls for a rainstorm and restores peace to the land. They discover that the drought is orchestrated by an evil black Miao cleric. Li, Zhao and A'nu confront him and manage to defeat him after a battle, but Zhao sacrifices herself to destroy a monster summoned by the cleric. Li is traumatized by the loss of his two close friends, who are also his love interests. He bids A'nu farewell and walks away alone. Just then, he sees Lin, carrying his child. Lin's reappearance at the end of the game is often disputed, but the official story released by the producers claim that Lin is indeed dead and cannot be resurrected. However, her body may be brought back to life, but she will never be the same as before because her soul is dead.
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Speaking as an American who just finished this game for the first time. I can tell you, this is now my favorite game of all time, I can see why it is seen as a legend for Chinese youth. The game, the art, the spells, the visuals, the animations, the music are all top notch. The story is insanely good, it will have you laughing, it will have you crying, it will have you playing all night. This is going to be a game I replay every year, it's *that* good. Buy this game, and hope we get more sword and fairy games! PS: Get the English patch!
I highly recommend this game to everyone who can read Chinese. True it was developed in the late 90s, but it is of very high standard even in today. Let me start with my own experience... I was around 10 when my elementary school started to have PC classes for students. However, PC was kind new to everyone even the teacher was not sure how or what to teach. After teaching MS Paint for half of the semester, my teacher started to play Biohazard 1, and then this game Sword and Fairy. He plays, we watch. Biohazard is not for everyone, certainly not for 10-year-old kids, but we all loved Sword and Fairy. Even some 20 years later, when I think back I still remember how excited everyone was for a PC class, this was probably the best memories I ever had. Sword and Fairy is phenomenal and classic. In my younger eyes, the puzzle, labyrinth, varies of monsters, specials battle skills, maps, citi
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Being an avid gamer that played almost every major Franchise and popular games since the NES. I would proudly claim that the Sword and Fairy is: 1. THE GREATEST SINGLE PLAYER GAME OF ALL TIME. 2. THE GREATEST STORY LINE IN ALL MEDIA. Proof: A crappy cheesy and corny TV series adaption of this game instantly became one of the most legendary TV series in China. All the main actors in the garbage TV series became A list celebrities in China (not due to their real acting skills, but purely from just being in the story). One of the A list star from that TV series is the famous "Yi Fei Liu". She ended up being Mulan in the Hollywood live action movie "Mulan". This is how impactful this story is. In fact, if you played this game the story line will shake you to the core. And if you weren't either devastated or extremely emotionally involved with this game, then I would question whether or not
What a great RPG. I only have 0.2 hours recorded instead of 30+ hours I actually spent because I did an English translation patch and didn't want steam to revert some of the files. The game is actually quite difficult since items are expensive and there is no resting at inns to heal up. Luckily, you regenerate HP and MP with each battle but the downside is if you are too low level or poorly geared for a difficult area you're just slowly chipping away at your HP and MP before you get to the boss. When you level up though you fully heal so keep that in mind as this game is very linear and you cannot backtrack. Story line was really good and captivating. It really drove me. Even though I knew who the final boss was going to be, I was hoping it didn't end there (you still get exp for defeating him). I will have to search for English translation for the rest of the games in the series to
It deserves a perfect score. Throughout the game play, the dedication of the development team is evident everywhere. To give a few examples, the dialogue texts in the game are very rich, and most characters' dialogues change accordingly as the story progresses, greatly enhancing the immersion during play. The dungeon levels in the game usually adopt a maze design, which significantly increases the content players can experience within a limited space. Navigating through the maze is also a major highlight of the game. In terms of the storyline, the three female protagonists have different personalities and backgrounds, so their affections for the male protagonist are also unique. The male protagonist's growth is not just about the increase in martial arts skills but also includes his sense of responsibility towards his lovers and his empathy for the common people during wartime. In summar
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