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If you belong to the 8x generation or
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the early 9x generation and spent your
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youth on martial arts PC games, the
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name Vo Lam Truyen Ky 3D likely still
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holds many memories. This is JX3 (Jian
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Wang 3), one of the most famous 3D
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martial arts MMORPGs from China. In
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Vietnam, the game was published by VNG
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in 2013 under the name Vo Lam Truyen Ky
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3D. And for those who played it back
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then, you surely still remember the
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feeling of entering a completely
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different martial arts world for the
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first time. It was no longer the
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familiar 2D perspective of Vo Lam
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Truyen Ky 1 or 2. Instead, it was a
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vast 3D world where you could perform
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light-foot maneuvers, explore maps,
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join sects, and truly feel the
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atmosphere of the martial arts realm.
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But unfortunately, the journey of Vo
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Lam Truyen Ky 3D in Vietnam was quite
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short-lived. After less than two years
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of operation, the Vietnamese version
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officially ceased, servers were closed,
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characters disappeared, and guilds
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dissolved. For many gamers, that day
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marked the end of their martial arts
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journey. But JX3 in China did not
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disappear. The game continued to be
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developed through many versions and
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exists to this very day. Meanwhile, in
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Vietnam, it took more than a decade
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before we saw a special project bring
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this world back. JX3 Web returns to the
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martial arts world right in the browser
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. The project you are looking at is
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called JX3 Web. This is not a new
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official JX3 version published by VNG.
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According to project information, JX3
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Web was developed by a group of
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Vietnamese gamers who love the Vo Lam
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Truyen Ky 3D IP with significant
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support from AI technology. Due to the
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current small number of team members.
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The project is open for the community
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to experience, find bugs, contribute
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feedback, and help the team continue to
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perfect the product. What surprises me
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the most is that this is truly a 3D
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game running directly on a browser. You
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do not need to install a massive JX3
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client on your machine. The game will
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gradually load data as we explore the
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world. Of course, running on the web
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doesn't mean your PC from the Võ Lâm
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1 era will suddenly be magically
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revived. Actual performance still
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depends on your device's specs, browser
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, and especially your internet
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connection. But in return, the barrier
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to entering the game is much lower.
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Open your browser, log into the game,
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and start your journey. A 2018 version
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of JX3 is brought back to life. The
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next interesting point is that JX3 Web
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doesn't just recreate the JX3 version
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we played in Vietnam over 10 years ago.
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According to project information, JX3
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Web is developed based on the 2018
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version of JX3 content. So, if you
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played VNG's JX3 and come back here,
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you will feel both familiar yet
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encounter many things you have never
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seen before. Currently, the world of
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JX3 Web has over 90 maps. Names once
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tied to old players 'memories like Dao
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Huong Village, Yangzhou, Chang'an, or
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Luoyang all reappear. From peaceful
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villages and crowded cities to
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treacherous mountains, players can
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continue questing, exploring maps, and
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leveling up just like the old JX3
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journey. Perhaps the web version's
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graphics have been simplified
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significantly to run directly in a
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browser. But for someone who played JX3
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for years, sometimes what I miss most
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isn't 4K textures or GPU-melting
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effects. Just seeing Dao Huong Village
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again is enough for memories from over
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a decade ago to come flooding back. 14
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sects and names Vietnamese players have
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never encountered. In its first version
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, JX3 Web has 14 sects, each with its
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own martial arts system and combat
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style. And this is also one of the most
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exciting points for those who used to
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play VNG's JX3. Because it features
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sects that the previous Vietnamese
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version never had the chance to update
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to. For example, Changge Sect, Cangyun,
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Badao, Changgong, or Penglai. If you
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quit the game back when VNG's JX3
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closed down, these are almost entirely
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new pieces of content. That's why JX3
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Web creates such a unique feeling. For
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those who have never played GX3, this
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is simply a 3D martial arts MMORPG that
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runs directly in your browser. But for
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gamers from the 80s and 90s who spent
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hundreds or even thousands of hours in
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Võ Lâm Truyền Kỳ 3D. This is like
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a ticket to return to the world of
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martial arts after more than 10 years.
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The game may not have the grand
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graphics of the current GX3. This is
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also a community project still under
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development, so there will certainly be
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bugs and many things to improve. But I
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think the most interesting value of GX3
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Web lies elsewhere. A game that closed
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down in Vietnam more than a decade ago.
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Maps that we thought we would never set
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foot in again. The sects, NPCs, and
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quests that were once tied to an era of
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Vietnamese online gaming can now appear
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right in a browser tab. And if you also
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played VNG's Võ Lâm Truyền Kỳ 3D
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back in the day, let me know which sect
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you played, and if you returned to GX3
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after 10 years, would you still
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remember the way back to Dao Huong
