Chapter 931: A Glance at the Mountains (6)
The disc was slowly pushed into the Longteng host, and a faint rustling sound sounded, and in less than five seconds, a familiar panda logo appeared on the TV.
The sound of the wind, ethereal, blew away the fallen leaves, broke the sorrow, and a lush forest appeared on the picture, and on the cliff, a knight in armor was looking at the sky.
Every fallen leaf, every strand of hair, under the highest quality CG picture, looks so lifelike. The invisible wind blew through the woods, lifting the long hair that the protagonist Seth had combed into braids, as if it had become tangible again.
"No matter how many times you watch it, it's hard to distinguish the real from the fake...... "Yushan Oura sighed with emotion: "With these CGs alone, it has a reason to play." This is the technological revolution and the way forward for electronic entertainment. ”
The person who played was Yougui Meiyi, and several other people didn't play, although their hands were itching so much that they couldn't hold it anymore, they sat behind them with a notebook, reviewing this cross-era super masterpiece with the most critical eyes in the world.
"Indeed." When Yuki Mei Yi became serious, she didn't look like a female college student at Ewha University at all, holding a piece of chocolate in her mouth and slurring her words, "However, just because of this, I will give a passing score of six points at most." Games are never won by graphics. Gameplay is its soul. A game with no gameplay, just rotten wood dressed in a gorgeous coat. ”
"The reason why I like the Qin Dynasty is precisely because of their pioneering and innovative spirit." Takuto Soma recorded his opinion and said, "Three or four years ago, the term "new genre" would have been very hot in the industry. For example, the famous works of the Qin Dynasty are found to be different, such as Need for Speed, such as DDR, every time it is a subversive idea. But ......"
He put down his pen and looked at the TV with eager eyes: "Now the word new genre, how many people will be hot?" Every film produced by the Qin Dynasty was a new genre. That's the gameplay at its best. The reason why Pokemon has become popular is the best embodiment of the gameplay beyond the picture. I don't think that the Qin Dynasty invested 400 million, and President Qin personally planned the meeting to be a work of ticket play. ”
After a few simple sentences, they continued to watch the CG. If it was another game, you would have chosen to skip the opening a long time ago. What's so nice about a 2D intro? But now, no one is proposing to skip it.
Every CG, that kind of beautiful, enough to hit people's eyes, from the beginning like a tide to the face. The wind blows and the music of Exodus sounds, and Seth stands on the top of the hill as the camera zooms in on the huge city-state below. There, there are camels drinking water, children playing, and quaint and majestic ancient European buildings. Everything is lifelike, and the impact of the "paper" opening of the previous 2D is completely different!
The music with super good sound effects, coupled with the top CG of this era that makes people speechless, the result is that the opening of more than ten seconds is played. Yuki Mei hesitated for a few seconds, and finally chose the "Replay" button.
Nothing objected.
Every strand of hair, every piece of bird feather, the capillaries faintly visible under the skin, the azure eyes, the two-color pupils, are no longer abstract, but as if they are right in front of you, facing a real person. That feeling, the feeling of watching the trailer several times, and now actually operating it and playing with it by yourself, makes the four of them unable to find a reason not to watch it again.
"Perfect." You Gui Yayi watched it for the second time, and there was already a trace of fire in her eyes: "The music and the picture are perfectly combined, like a rough sea, calling sailors to sail." This is the direction in which the game is progressing, I confirm once again. ”
This time, instead of rewatching it, she chose to enter the game.
The plot was explained quickly, and when a plot in which the king asked Seth to go to the East to find the "undefeated method of war" ended, Seth officially embarked on a journey.
Yuki Mei's movements are very fast, and as a professional commentator, she is well aware that all the elements of this RPG, 50% are focused on the battle, 30% on the update of the partners, and 20% on the plot and other systems. There is still a week left until the next FAMI Pass release, and this week, they have to eat the game.
As soon as the footage of the battle entered, everyone's eyes lit up.
Instead of adopting the battlefield division pattern of the previous 2D games fighting each other left and right, the back view is adopted. This perspective is more immersive.
Attack, defense icons, easy to recognize, spells are even easier to recognize, at this moment, Sawaguchi Shunsuke's eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately made a "stop" gesture.
"Look here!" His expression was completely serious, and he pointed to the numerical bar on Seth's head and said in a deep voice: "Above, green represents the blood bar, we all know this." But why is it blue underneath? ”
"It's not the MP we're familiar with, it's something we've never seen before." You Gui Mei Yi just squinted at it, and her eyes also lit up: "Skill value? This skill value is expressed in a very strange way, and it is not a whole bar. If you look closely, this is a sword, and this sword is a Western sword, and it is divided into three sections. ”
I'm afraid some players will see it and say, "Oh, I see. But the layman looks at the liveliness, the insider looks at the doorway, just this little thing, in the eyes of the people present, the embodiment is completely different.
Without waiting for them to think about it, a narrator voice and icon had already appeared on the TV.
"On the other side of the clouds and mountains, the energy of each character is not just MP, commonly known as mana. Rather, many characters have their fixed energy ways. ”
"Seth, for example, uses skill points. This skill value is represented by a Western sword that is divided into three sections but connected together. In each section, we call it 'one square,' and some of Seth's skills can be released with one block of skill value, some are two, and three are the most powerful skills. However, this does not mean that the three-bar skill is the strongest. After all, there is a 'gas' cycle for skill points. ”
"One bar of skills is released quickly, and some can even increase anger. Of course, this skill is very rare and needs to be explored by the player himself. The skill of two skill points is a mediocre skill, the power is good, and the accumulation of skills is not slow. The three grids are extremely powerful, but the accumulation is slow. Every time Seth dodges and crits, it will be related to the growth of skill value (there are attribute related hints in the attribute related panel) and when to use what skill, which is a test for the player. Friendly reminder: If you have been accumulating three skills, it is likely to cause the end of the group that the skills have been wiped out before they are released. ”
"The difficulty on the other side of the cloud and mountain is not small, the difficulty of the boss battle is quite large, and the accumulation of three skills will reduce the blood volume of the whole group, and finally heal the endgame that the characters can't make up. After each battle, the characters of the MP class will slowly increase, while the characters outside of MP, such as the character using skill points, the character using rage, and the character using 'mark', will continue to decrease. In addition, all characters have a common 'rage point,' and when they reach MAX, they can choose to unleash their stunts - the above hints are attached to the question mark in the lower right corner of the game interface and can be viewed by the player at any time. ”
Is it simple?
If players in 2015 look at it, even if they are not professionals, they will definitely say: Isn't this the holy energy slot of WOW Paladin? Mark? Milk power in LOL? Rage? Are you a warrior or a barbarian king?
These things will become commonplace in the future. But now, it's something that has never been seen before!
In this, two ideas emerge. The first is "stunt" thinking. Anyone who knows the history of electronic entertainment knows that the stunt slot, which will look bad in the future, is actually a brilliant innovation! The innovator is none other than the fighting king SNK.
Before SNK, there was no such thing as a "special move", and Street Fighter was a real fight with one punch and one kick, but in the hands of SNK, fighting really became popular, and then, this setting was promoted to one game after another. Not limited to arcade fighting at all, even the arcade game of Three Kingdoms, Final Fantasy, etc., all adopt this classic design.
It can be said that the life-and-death battle between Nintendo and Sega in Japan in the 80s, and Sony's ascension to the throne in the 90s, laid the most perfect paving for the World of Warcraft to promote a set of systems to the world in the future. Even Qin Yuanfeng himself has to admit that without Japan in the past 20 years, there would be no electronic entertainment in the future. Every set of games that players play today, even an equipment slot on it, is the experience accumulated by their predecessors for decades.
"This, this is ......" The four people felt their hairs stand up, and at this moment, with their keenest touch, they immediately captured a trace of the taste called "classic"!
"Game System Development...... How difficult is it...... I think RPGs have reached the pinnacle of development, at most taking a different path like Pokemon. Soma-kun, I remember, the last innovation was from Square Enix's Final Fantasy, and the class system that he joined right? Shunsuke Sawaguchi, who had stood up at some point, stared at the screen and asked.
"That's right, but this interface, an introduction, ordinary players can't see it, the four of us don't know, it says two things!" Soma Takuto, as a fan of the Qin Dynasty, felt a sense of honor in his heart, and raised two fingers and said: "First, the differentiation of energy!" It makes the whole battle completely different in its rhythm! Now it's just the main character, and we're getting acquainted with the skill values. This is just one skill value, which makes Seth's fighting style different from previous RPGs! ”
"Guys, you're all RPG veterans! You can even deduce a hidden plot from a word from an NPC. But let's be honest, RPGs, it's getting routined right now, losing its novelty. All RPGs, are a few outputs, one healing, buy MP medicine and HP medicine to knock the boss. This makes the game's characters unified, and loses its 'unique' charm. And game manufacturers put this charm on the creation of characters. In fact, it is just a character with the same skill nature and different shapes. ”
"The second is the rage value, which gives all systems a new idea! I'm sure you don't have to say anything about the relatively complex skill value. The rage gauge will definitely become the 'standard' of RPGs in the future! "Takuto Soma is already completely excited, and game enthusiasts are like this, when they encounter something that makes his eyes shine, they burn instantly. Especially since it's a company he loves.
"I'm looking forward to it now...... Takuto Soma took a deep breath and looked at the screen: "At the beginning, it brought two settings that were enough to change the RPG system...... What about the back? What's that rage? What is a mark? These things must be closely related to the game character! Even if you add a class system, these energies can be a tough test for the whole team...... This game relies on these two points alone...... 8 points! ”