Hoping to make your life's design a bit more dynamic!

Yep, this saga was released in 1998. Between 2 and 3 hours long, the movie is eye candy to go with our "Shiji the RPG". Altogether, the plot represents maybe two or three chapters out of 66 total we've written in the RPG, the main movie characters introduced early on are also key players in the RPG. Later, one of the three main characters in the RPG emerges as the second key player in the movie. All of this occurred around 300 B. C.

Some of the scenes in the movie are similar to those in the game. The biggest difference is that Lady Zhao in the game is the future Emperor's mother, not his wife, as depicted in the movie plot. In the RPG, Lu Buwei saved the Dowager from the slave market but later arranged a marriage for the woman with the Crown Prince of the Qin Kingdom. In the game, the Lady Zhou is also the sister of the Hero. Lady Zhao, back when she was a peasant girl, was sold into slavery by her parents during the Warring States Period, so the family would have one less mouth to feed during a famine.

Confused yet? Well, if interested thus far, you'll just need to watch the movie and play the RPG some day! At any rate, I'm jealous of the movie because the characters got war chariots, whether they existed or not! In the RPG, I didn't even get Chu Tu Ma, even though the Yan Kingdom is chocked full of thoroughbred steeds!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmBKUPyQIvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWigZMPO7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReAvgaHmhOI

I actually rented this movie from a Blockbuster Video many years ago. It's really good! Makes me want to play Shiji Hero Legend even more.

Edit: Is it Chu Tu Ma or Chi Tu Ma? If it is the former, Destiny of an Emperor spelled it wrong. lol

Nah, you're right. It's "Chi". I guess I was thinking about lunch when I wrote "Chu"!

Haha, I need to find and watch this one!

You're in luck Wildbill - like lamian, war chariots were all the rage back then!

BTW, Bongo` had to dismantle the "Chi Tu Ma-like" speed walking through towns. The hack messed up a lot of puzzle floors, causing the hero to walk off the stage into darkness and "hang", as well as be unable to find patterns through the invisible mazes. It also kept the player from reversing with the "B" button, to backtrack down stairs and return to the over-world. It even blocked off some narrow mountain tunnels, stopping all advancement toward critical items.

Those were problems I reported early-on - back when you sent me "dungeon" maps - when I didn't understand why I was having such difficulties.

Oh that's right! I saw some discussion about it on one of the early bug report threads in mantis. Well, thanks for clarifying. It was fun seeing how boats were also zipping lightning fast when transporting from one boat station to the next

By the way, alongside playing the latest version you sent me, I'm also compiling a list of all the hidden items (strat guide had text instructions for em, but it's 100x easier to find with pics as reference). I took the screenshots during my first beta v playthru but didn't get around putting all of it together yet. You'll love this one! There's some fantastic loot tucked away in places you'd never expect!

Sounds good.

BTW, I just re-wrote the first Mozi encounter. Do you know where the party picks up the Formula or Recipe? Is it the same time and place we pick up the Damascus Sword. It was just sort of "there" when I was motoring around Xianyang. I'm pretty sure I know what it is. Later, Zheng gets both it and the sword. Wherever I picked it up, I need to go back and re-translate and clarify in the story.

Not off the top of my head. I'll have to pay close attention this run. Same deal with that confusing "Sphere" quest item - no dialogue pops up telling you got it, just sorta noticing I had it later in the game.