Text: Kiko
The first game out of the circle in February was actually "Master", many people thought of it, but did not expect it.
At the beginning, this kung fu-themed martial arts action game reverse jump ticket was released two weeks in advance, although it won the favor of many players, some people speculated that this was just to avoid facing the old man ring.
But French Productions, Chinese Kung Fu, the production team specially hired Benjiamin Colussi, who learned Foshan Baimei Boxing in China since childhood, as a martial arts instructor to tell the story of a young kung fu apprentice's urban revenge...
With these keywords alone, a wave of traffic passwords was found.
After all, the main force of today's games, who have not hummed a song "White Brow Hero" when they were young;
And the animation film "China Kid", which scored 9.5 points on Douban but was slashed by Sino-French cooperation because of its overly advanced design?
Coupled with the careful polishing of the production team in the details of the game, even if there is no difficulty option at the time of the first launch, the length of the campaign depends on the player's technology, but the fist-to-flesh fight, the setting of becoming old and re-learning the cruel tempering after passing the level of death, still makes many operation bitters lose.
Unexpectedly, just playing a game, I was already so old.
But at the same time, Master also provides players with a fairly good game experience.
IGN also gave it a high score of 9, stating that it was "one of the best combat games I've ever played, with a top-notch level design, awesome music, and once the game is over, players are able to feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that no other video game can offer." ”
Although domestic players have a little bit of a taste for the character design and costume styling in the game (how is it always such a Chinese style), the game opens with the taste of old Hong Kong films in the 60s and 70s, and the actual moves are disassembled into the mode of operation to make the hardcore fight more felt.
It's really not easy for an independent studio to do that.
The circle of "Master" also made everyone start to pay attention to the various Chinese elements in those games.
In recent years, there have also been many excellent games with The skin + core of the Chinese style, which have received a lot of praise.
For example, "Three Kingdoms of the Whole War" indulged in the "Kuang Fu Han Room"
And the following games made by Crooked Nuts, maybe some of them are not familiar to you, but they have also received a lot of attention because of their strong Chinese style, and if you don't say it, you think it's our own game!
Legend of the Book Goose
The creator of this game is an authentic American, as a visual novel + SD fighting game, set in the ancient Chinese martial arts world. And you play this princess called "Book Goose".
Yearning for freedom, you embark on a fate-changing journey, becoming a heroine and a guardian of ancient magical powers. Although the overall picture is American style, the background of the ink painting is very colorful.
However, although it can be seen that the creators like Chinese culture, the Chinese style in this indie game only floats on the surface, not precipitates inside. In addition to the picture and BGM, the other can be said to be very chicken ribs.
Eastern Empire
This is a turn-based strategy game set in Chinese and Mongolian history, where players can experience the evolution of military, culture and technology over different periods across 3,000 years of history.
The game still has a lot of praise on Steam, perhaps because the Chinese territory inside is based on real history design, and players can "customize the script". You can expand your territory through military, trade, diplomacy and other means to create your own powerful empire.
The biggest plus of this game is the Chinese style of the music branch, the ancient style, on the whole, this is a strategic battle flag game dedicated to describing Chinese civilization, its content is completely composed of Chinese elements, and the developer has no other purpose, is to admire Chinese culture, want to make Chinese history known to more foreigners.
The Mystery of the Panda Man
Strictly speaking, this is actually the fourth expansion pack released by World of Warcraft, but it is really worth blowing a wave. If you look closely, you will find that this is not a simple martial arts cultivation routine, the panda people in it are not just a group of jianghu warriors or Western-style adventurers cloaked in oriental elements, but a lot of Chinese wisdom.
In Panda Man Mystery, players will be able to explore a whole new continent on an adventure that reaches level 90. In addition, players will also have the choice of joining the Alliance or the Tribe, the first neutral race in the World of Warcraft, as well as a new class warrior monk with ancient and mysterious but terrifying martial arts skills.
Along the trail of the Four Heavenly Gods and Shao Hao, I found the truth of how to fight, and I really felt that the Chinese chivalrous element was not only fighting, killing and killing, but also more justice and sacrifice
Shenmue
The "Shenmue" series itself carries a strong flavor of feelings. When telling the history of "Shenmue", it is easy to fall into the tragic atmosphere of "the wind is cold and the water is cold".
Many of the ideas in the game are actually more advanced, such as the originator of the sandbox game that defined the Sandbox class, and the "Grand Theft Auto" that later became successful from the 3rd generation, was also greatly inspired by "Shenmue".
Suzuki's love of Tai Chi is also unmatched by ordinary people, although the latest expansion pack has collapsed, but the moves in the game are much more rigorous than most domestic kung fu works. Every time I watch the teaser CG, the Chinese-style music can't help but cry as soon as it sounds, but unfortunately, this game, it is not timely, and at least the status will not lose to Assassin's Creed.
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
One of the most successful elements of the game is the distillation of the stealth content, which brings some interesting variables to make this dangerous hide-and-seek more interesting, such as a variety of dark passages, various profanity props, various scene elements, and so on.
However, the game ultimately failed, although its poster was really beautiful, the setting of the Ming Dynasty girl assassin was also very emotional, and it would be difficult to think of Chinese elements in assassin's creed in the future.
Rise of the Dragon
Anyone who has played this game will surely find that it studies ancient China very thoroughly. As a classic game of simulation construction, players will have to face Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, and Song, although the focus of the game is on building cities or participating in some famous wars.
Interestingly, the Chinese Zodiac will also be brought into the game. When the player is born in the same year as a year in the Zodiac, you will get an unexpected bonus. Although it is an old game more than ten years ago, it is still great to play it seriously and feel like sitting on an entire dynasty!
Emerald Empire
This game is a Chinese-style ARPG produced by foreign developer BioWare in 2008, which has won the attention and love of many players in both the West and the East after its launch, and its background is more attractive, especially for Chinese players, and the quality of the game has not disappointed players.
Graphically, it's a picturesque, imaginative, dreamy world, and even the details are exquisitely depicted. The action and fighting in the game are also more emotional, with a feeling of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Overall, Emerald Empire was a pretty good ARPG game at the time, with great graphics and music, a rigorous and simple system, and so on. And the plot is rich, the game freedom is extremely high, including four major factions with a total of more than 30 kinds of martial arts moves, players can explore the unknown world at will.
Heavenly Sword
This PS3 exclusive action game "Sky Sword" has a strong oriental style of the game, the game not only reflects the unique Chinese style, but also adds Japanese elements, which is a product of the combination of oriental culture.
The martial arts moves are very vivid and smooth, and provide realistic physical simulation reactions, including the character's limb movements, the collision and bouncing of various objects, etc. Have a detailed performance, whether it is the player's action, weapon attack, etc., in the fight process, it will have a rich interactive effect with the surrounding environment and objects, players can kick over the table, break the table and chair, lift the barrel to smash the enemy and so on.
It is worth mentioning that the game also provides a martial arts duel performance with real-time command input, and when fighting with a specific strong enemy, a special martial arts move mode can be triggered, in which the player will enter the instructions according to the instructions given on the screen and perform a brilliant martial arts move like a martial arts movie.
Hot-blooded scoundrels
Although the developers of this game no longer make games, I believe that players who like to play open-world games must know this "Blood Rogue"! The background is set in the police drama of Hong Kong city, and the strong Hong Kong style seems to be watching Hong Kong dramas.
In the game, players will experience the game as an undercover police officer Wei Shen ( Shen Wei ) , infiltrating the enemy and destroying the world's most stubborn criminal gang. Among them, the most praised by players is its action scenes, which are said to have specially invited Hong Jinbao as an action director.
In short, although the game is no longer updated, "Blood Rogue" still ranks among the best open-world games with its own excellent quality, and the live-action version of the movie has also begun, starring Zhen Zidan, do you expect it?
True Three Kingdoms series
This game can be said to be popular all over the world, released by Japan's Glory Co., Ltd. in 2001, as a sequel to the three kingdoms on the PS, its release to a certain extent to promote the initial sales of PS2, followed by several games in the following decades, each time the launch of the peerless series of new works is exciting.
As a lawn-mowing game, players need to choose a character from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to carry out the famous battle in the Three Kingdoms Era, the character is set with Zhao Yun as the protagonist, and experience the interpretation situation of "one husband and one pass, no enemy" and "taking the enemy will be the first level like probing for things" in the line.
Because the game sold so well, so many games later had the shadow of the Three Kingdoms.
——I am the ACG dividing line——
Recommend a Chinese-style ACG work, which may be the most careful work made by Crooked Nuts.
The Cora Saga
Full name "Incarnation: The Legend of Korra" is an American fantasy cartoon produced by nickelodeon children's international channel in the United States and co-produced by Korean studio Studio Studio Mir, and is the sequel to "Incarnation: The Last Qizong".
As an ACG work full of Chinese style, in order to better integrate the oriental culture into the anime, the creative team specially learned shaolin kung fu, bagua palm, tai chi, Hong quan and other martial arts and integrated them, and chinese traditional costumes, characters, etc. have also become a highlight of the work. It can be said that it is a very sincere work.
However, everyone's awareness of the American comic is not at all high, this work has become a niche, interested in children's shoes can go to make up for it!
The above is today's game Bai Xiaosheng.
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