Stand-alone games have always emphasized unique gameplay and rich plot settings, and the picture is secondary, as long as it is not too vague, it is not a problem. However, when the picture quality and modeling are really low to a certain extent, highlighting the ultimate gameplay, will this type of game still win the favor of single-player players? Taking the domestic stand-alone "Liu Yin" that will be released at the end of the year as an example, everyone may be able to inspire and establish their own views.
The fantasy theme and high freedom exploration game "Liu Yin" produced by Kingna Studios, the author felt quite uncomfortable with the game screen and fighting when I first played it.
In the prologue, the heroine played by the player needs to complete the novice guidance such as jumping, advancing, picking, and flame transmission according to the prompts, and the low modeling screen and simple character actions in the process expose obvious shortcomings.
For this reason, just a few minutes after the game starts, Ryu yin can dissuade nearly half of the experience players.
However, if players can accept the flaws of modeling, do not consider the details of the graphics, and are willing to withstand more difficult combat challenges, the "ultimate gameplay" described by the makers of "Ryu yin" may be worth a try.
Multi-week exploration of strong desire
The game is not a linear playthrough mode, the player needs to constantly intersect with the NCP, get the mission information, and turn on one of the multi-threaded ones after reaching it. For example: in the demo version, the two NCP white-haired swordsmen and the fishing old man that the player meets in the Lingfeng Valley have a related interaction, if the player keeps advising the player to complete the fishing man's task "hunting red carp", he will open the Night Palace line, and after defeating the main ghost of the Great Palace, trigger another BOSS "InuYasha Emperor" humanoid posture.
After listening to the white-haired swordsman and obtaining the bamboo from him, the player will only encounter the beast-shaped Inuyasha in the form of the Inuyasha in the dialogue with the Demon Emperor, and in the dialogue with the Demon Emperor, the player will not hear some of the past events of the Night Palace mentioned by the humanoid Inuyasha.
This kind of multi-threaded plot setting, constantly splitting, naturally gives players the desire to play a multi-week game. Similarly, this is also a consideration of the production team's settings in this regard, if it is too complicated, the workload is also a big difficulty, which is expected to be the actual performance after the game is officially launched.
The character setting is comprehensive and the plot is interactive
There is a more interesting character in demo: Yu Min.
When the player receives the task and searches the bookshelf on the second floor, he will find the past story of the lord of the palace, which probably tells the good times of his former friend, and the two finally cherish each other because of their different beliefs, and it is not difficult to detect the love of the lord of the palace for this friend.
As for who is the beloved person of the Lord of the Great Palace? It requires the player's own exploration of the game, and the author finally went to the 3rd floor of the Night Academy by chance after completing the level of the four-week purpose, where part of the history of the Night Palace is placed, and the more reference significance is the log letter of the hidden 290 years.
The person referred to in the letter is obviously the Inuyasha Emperor of Inuyasha. In the dialogue with the player, although he is disdainful of what Yuming has done, in the final analysis, the great change of a hundred years ago is the reason for the complete separation of the two, and the player cannot find the complex plot setting if he does not take the line of the Night Palace.
Similar to the rich characters of the Night Palace Lord - Yu Ming, there are also several in the plot, which are not enough for players to further explore the world view of this game in terms of the volume of the demo. Of course, people who are interested in the plot can also follow up with the official launch of the first-hand game, and the plot supplement should be more interesting.
"Liu Yin" itself is not an excellent work, the advantages are prominent at the same time, the shortcomings are also quite serious, as the developer said, like the game's gameplay, high freedom to explore the player may be more suitable.
Summary: A slight sense of soul fighting, fighting feel is a missing part of the game, but even if you add low picture quality, you can not cover up the game itself brilliant plot, gameplay, if the game development team can be online at the end of the year to adjust and improve the game, then "Liu Yin" is definitely worth a try!