Metal says: The article was written on February 18, 2019, when in order to understand the whole of this huge game in a short period of time, I also specially joined the small group of the few online games in China, and found the big guy who played the longest time in China at that time to review the article, the big guy was so willing to help me I was quite moved, and to this day, when bubbling in the group, they can recognize me. A bit mixed feelings, the background of this article is world war II I am waiting for the graduate school scores to come out, I can still recall the anxious and slightly expectant mood at that time, although the final result is still slightly regrettable, I am 4 points behind the regret of falling off the list, compromise transfer to the current school graduate school. Along the way, whether from the creation of the article or the personal state of mind, I have improved a lot, I hope that I can become a more perfect person.
Roguelike top-down shooting, including a complex career system rebirth system secondary clearance system
Support online, can open the black with small partners in various countries, and the delay is high and will not be stuck, God is not magical
There is not only a dungeon exploration mode, but also a series of mission modes such as defense, hunting, survival and so on
The White Party can also play the free castrated version, feel satisfied and then buy the full version, and the progress is not lost
The picture style music box game is very compatible, the modeling is exquisite, it supports the controller, and the free version supports the machine flip Chinese
As a procedural ape, it has to be said that this indie game is updated incredibly quickly, evolving to version 3.0 in less than a year
Huge and diverse weapons, items, classes, enemies, talent passive system, content richness package ticket to your satisfaction
If you are the liver emperor, this game will have continuous measures to encourage you to continue to play, if you are salted fish, the reward of playing online every day is also very rich
The blow feels good, the installation package is also small, the configuration requirements are still low, and I TM blows up
The taste of the year has faded a lot, and even the price of the taxi on the road has dropped a little, and I finally decided to write a review of this game after a long time. I am a World War II examiner, tomorrow is the day when the results of the examination will come out, and no matter what the result, this game that accompanies me throughout the Spring Festival means to witness the transformation of my identity - the words "World War II examiner" will either change the front or the back.
Knowing this game is from its free version, we all know that there are some paid games themselves are very informative, and for various reasons are always tepid, the developers regret it more and more - I do much more than those hot chicken free games, but the monthly life is only a fraction of them, why don't I start free at the beginning, now free to offend the old players not to say, but also to find new paid content, it is a blood loss. Some of the more brilliant developers thought of it, I made an exactly the same castration version, also on the shelves steam, and then find a way to make the paid version and the free version into data interoperability, new players want kryptonite can also be directly upgraded to the paid version, so that both their leeks can also allow old players not to spray themselves, and do not have to do too much new content, simply plan.
One of the developers of SYNTHETIK, dutchman Shrike, has such a clever little brain melon that he developed Synth: Arena, which expanded the new gameplay while castrating a part of Steam as a separate game and making it free. This effect is very significant, in the in-game world chat channel, all kinds of Meng Xin every day wrapped around the paying players with the yellow badge logo to form a team, sometimes, Shrike himself will also go up the line, send some welfare blowing water, the chat room in a variety of intertwined different languages to bring this game has been on sale for nearly a year.
In fact, when the game "Synth" was released last year, it was indeed a well-received one - various indie game awards followed, but it was followed by the game's continuous loss of fresh blood, the more hardcore gameplay limiting the supremacy of popularity, and the lack of publicity due to the lack of developers limited the rate of heat climbing. I haven't played the ancient version from a year ago, but in terms of its changelog, it's clear that the developers want to attract new players and stick to old players through high-quality numerical balance and diverse game content. And it still achieved a certain effect, in the game's flat period, in terms of the number of people online per day, the downward trend is significantly small.
As you can see, this is a top-down shooter, if you have played "Alien Swarm" or "Survival Zone Subterrain" you may know that although this kind of game is a kind of TPS (third-person shooter), it does not require the player to have a high marksmanship, and emphasizes the combination of position and shooting rhythm, in the more common top-down shooting game, this feature is often associated with the gameplay of the mowing game, whether it can be hit or not, the sweep is finished The only thing that needs extra attention is probably that we don't have enough bullets to hit. The biggest innovation of "Synth" is that it ensures that each bullet of yours is brain-driven by drastically reducing the number of enemies, increasing the interactive dimension of a single enemy and adding a complex restriction system to the gun - a single enemy has multiple skills and characteristics, you need to think about how to attack at what rhythm, the weapon not only has a heat system, it must be manually loaded, and in higher difficulty, even replacing the empty magazine and the gun jam will become something you have to face.
In the free version, there are several modes such as base defense, elite hunting, soul power, gem collection, and endless survival, and all the facilities in each map include a gun shop, system upgrade points, or ammo replenishment points. You need to complete these missions with different objectives under these abundant supplies, such as base defense is to defend against a large number of enemies who come to destroy your base, in which case it is a safe idea to upgrade items with summoning functions multiple times.
In the paid full version, Synth has a great Roguelike dungeon experience, you'll be teleported through portals into maps, each map will randomly generate some buildings and treasure chests to reward you, and sometimes you can pick out your next map from several different danger levels.
It is worth noting that all in-game items, guns and player-controlled characters can be upgraded through some ways, item upgrades are more conventional to reduce cooldown to improve power, etc., while guns and player upgrades are from three random passive skills to choose one to learn, in addition, there are some special upgrades brought by collecting items, when playing, you must pay attention to the screws and balls on the map, the upgrade benefits it brings are considerable, sometimes, Enemies will also drop random temporary items, from normal blood packs to BUFF to reinforcements, all of which can be said to be very Roguelike.
The game, which has been in development for more than four years, is so informative that even when I experienced nearly 30 hours of gameplay, most of my guns and items and bosses had never been seen, and I had only experienced one profession, engineer, and even the initial interface of the game had a shocking complexity.
In order to avoid the situation that the audience may play the game but get confused, let me briefly introduce the initial interface.
Career Selection System: There are a total of four departments and eight major occupations for you to choose from.
Difficulty Element Selection System: The difficulty can be customized, depending on how much experience bonus you end up with.
Research System: Only available in the full version, use your data points (in-game currency) to research some of the game's overall effects.
Item/Weapon Collection System: Divided into five levels of gray, blue, indigo, and purple, you can select your favorite items/weapons to add value to the value, and you can also preset the increase or decrease of the occurrence rate of some items/weapons.
Bonus System: Use your data points to buy some additional temporary bonuses etc.
Online system: The place where the room is opened online.
Setup System: There are many kinds of things that can be set up, and it's worth noting that when you turn off the "screen vibration" option, you'll lose 5% less experience.
Map Selection System: In Synth: Arena, you can choose a map to play, and win the game by completing specific missions instead of breaking through dungeons, providing Hardmode.
Initial Equipment Selection System: Both initial carry items and initial firearms can be selected, and it is important to choose different initial settings according to different missions.
Rune system: Only in the full version, you can bring two rune bonuses for your character, in order to increase mobility, randomly upgrade several runes every day, encouraging players to try different rune combinations.
Level Passive System: When you reach a certain level in a certain class, there will be some in-game passive bonuses, which is also a common design of roguelike, in addition, "Synthetic Man" provides a giant liver rebirth system, when you reach level 25, spend 1000 data points to reset the level, and get a very large permanent passive bonus.
World chat system: a place to chat with foreigners blowing water, the only fly in the ointment is that it is inconvenient to add friends when chatting hi, and I have also given Sherink feedback on this defect, but he did not bird me.
If I had to point out where the game was fun, I wouldn't be able to say it directly, but the whole game is like a burger made up of dough lettuce cream chicken nuggets, eating these alone is not featured, but together they become a burger with a variety of flavors, these closely combined and strongly attractive parts, really made me think of playing all the time.
Such games both to control the direction of walking and control the direction of shooting, the controller for this type of game is usually not good experience, unfortunately, "Synthetic Man" needs to actively release the items are also particularly much, coupled with the replacement of the loaded gliding skills, it is foreseeable that the use of the controller to play will be busy, in fact, it is true, although the author in many updates to improve the operation mechanism of the controller, such as the addition of micro-automatic aiming, etc., but here is still recommended to use the new mouse to play. In addition, the free version of the machine flip Chinese makes people cry and laugh, if you are really not used to it, you can right-click on the setting properties before the game starts to change the language.
One sentence summary: Players who like roguelike and top-down shooting are strongly recommended to try out the free version of SYNTHETIK: Arena first, and if you have a good appetite, you may wish to buy the full version of SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising.
Gameplay: 8/10
Creative: 8/10
Coordination: 7/10