''Fantasy Westward Journey'' () is a
MMORPG
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game.
As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a Player charac ...
developed and run by
NetEase
NetEase, Inc. () is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications, and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Ding Lei. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile gam ...
. It was released for the Microsoft Windows platform in December 2001. The game is the most popular online game in
China
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as of May 2007 by peak concurrent users (PCU), with a peak count of 1.5 million. Registered users reached 25 million by April 2005,
Xinhua
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"夢幻西遊"搭車"動感地帶" 網遊結盟中移動
Apr 6, 2005. with 576,000 peak concurrent players on 198 game servers, considered the fastest growing online game in China at the time.
[ Average concurrent users was reported in August 2006 to be around 400,000. The game uses the same engine as '' Westward Journey II'' with a distinctively different graphical style. Both games are inspired by the Chinese novel '']Journey to the West
''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popul ...
''. Together with Westward Journey II, it is one of the highest-grossing video games of all time, having grossed an estimated $6.5 billion in lifetime revenue, as of 2019 and having 400 million users as of 2015.
History
In 2006 July, the administrators dissolved a 700-member anti-Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
ese guild, and locked the account of its founder for having an anti-Japanese username. A mass protest took place in the game days later on July 7, the anniversary of the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific T ...
, with up to 80,000 users joining the online protest on one of the servers.
Total registered users of Fantasy Westward Journey reached 310 million as of 2015.
Mobile version
A mobile version was released for the Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems in 2015. It grossed over in China alone by 2016.
Character introduction
Swordsman
The swordsman is willful and unruly. Life is indifferent to fame and fortune, addicted to martial arts into obsession.
Exploiting Weapon: Sword
See also
* Westward Journey Online II
''Westward Journey Online II'' () is a MMORPG developed and run by NetEase
NetEase, Inc. () is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications, and commerce. The company was founded ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Journey to the West
2001 video games
China-exclusive video games
Chinese-language-only video games
Video games developed in China
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
NetEase games
Windows games
Windows-only games
Video games based on Chinese mythology