In a number of new games on the Switch in February, although Sophie 2 has a crazy poke at me, after seeing the handsome face of the long-cherished Ezio, I resolutely chose to win the "Ezio Trilogy".
I started with the "Mythical Trilogy" into the Assassin's Creed series, and I have longed for Assassin's Creed "Ezio Trilogy" for a long time, but I always missed it, and now with the East Wind, I can also be regarded as a dream of my own.
The "Ezio Trilogy" of this NS transplant includes the "Assassin's Creed 2", "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood", "Assassin's Creed: Revelation" trilogy, and "Assassin's Creed: Bloodline" and "Assassin's Creed: Embers" two short films. Physical cassettes can directly play Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood and Apocalypse can only be downloaded from the store after connecting to the Internet due to the limitations of cassette capacity, and the National Bank warriors can only play assassin's creed 2 contained in the cassette, let's salute the warriors first.
Don't seek merit, but seek no fault - picture
This is an old work that is not very difficult to transplant and optimize, coupled with such a huge influence and prestige, it has become a natural thing for the "Ezio Trilogy" to come to the Switch platform.
It has been more than ten years since the original was released, and the "Ezio Trilogy" has been optimized and upgraded in all aspects while logging on to the Switch platform. In terms of picture detail and resolution, the performance of all three works is quite satisfactory. The production team replaced the original materials, allowing you to play with more comfortable graphics, although it did not achieve the performance of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag on the Switch, but with the adjusted lighting system, it was enough to put you in the Renaissance five hundred years ago.
The most surprising thing for players should be the addition of two animated shorts to the collection: Bloodline and Embers. The former tells the story of Ezio's father, Giovanni, who preceded Assassin's Creed 2, while the latter tells the story of Ezio's later life after the Apocalypse. Completely completed Ezio's life. However, due to the many inconveniences of watching these two short films on Switch, most of the keys will quit playing, and they do not support adjusting the progress bar, you can search for and watch on the Internet if you are interested.
Considering the archaic style of painting, and the game is locked in 30 frames and other common problems of old games, the "Ezio Trilogy" may not be a good choice for the screen party, but it is a two-sided affair, and I believe that it is enough to prove to you through other advantages that this is an adventure story that opens up the great glory of the Assassin's Creed series.
All things are empty, all things are allowed - man-
Since it is the "Ezio Trilogy", it is natural to mention our protagonist. As the most iconic character in the Assassin's Creed series (almost none), Ezio Auditore was the only Assassin master to enjoy three canon games, a spin-off, and three short films depicting his entire life, so much so that Ezio's theme song was continued to be used in subsequent works and became the hallmark of the series. Next, I will briefly introduce the journey of the Master Assassin in the trilogy.
The trilogy in the collection corresponds to Ezio's three life periods:
Assassin's Creed 2, youth. As the son of an aristocratic banker, Ezio was supposed to live a carefree and leisurely life, but in a sudden "frame-up", his father and brother were arrested and executed in public, and Ezio embarked on the path of assassins while taking revenge.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Chronology. More than a decade later, the "revenge-successful" Ezio, who had just lived a peaceful life and was in turmoil, went alone to Rome, the core of the Templar Order, to rebuild the Assassin Order and confront the enemy head-on.
Assassin's Creed: Revelations, middle age. Ezio embarks on a journey in search of the legendary Assassin Mentor Altaïr, a dangerous journey that leads to Constantinople, the heart of the Ottoman Empire.
After the Ezio trilogy, no other protagonist has received such a prestigious title, condensing time into three games, and if you play in the order of the collection, it is as if you have become Desmond Miles, recalling Ezio's legendary life for him. Interestingly, the covers of the three works also correspond to the style of Ezio in different periods, and this little Easter egg is left for the readers to dig up for themselves.
Complicated operation or real experience? - Operation
If you're a new Assassin who, like me, got into the pit from the Mythical Trilogy, it may take a while to get used to the operation of the Ezio Trilogy. But even old players, who have been accustomed to the optimization of subsequent works over the years, it is difficult to quickly get started with the operation of old games.
Different from the current "one-click parkour", in Assassin's Creed 2 and the Brotherhood, the four buttons on the right side of the handle correspond to the "head" (eagle eye, dialogue), "hand" (grab climb), "foot" (fast walk, jump) and aggressive actions, if you want to complete a parkour, you need to use the high-key key and "foot", involving climbing also need to use the "hand", because the "foot" also serves the jump function, if you reach the edge of the terrain such as the roof and are still running, it will automatically jump, Poor control often leads to catastrophes.
Although it is troublesome to say, it actually follows a certain operating logic, but it is used to analogize the post-era Assassin's Creed works, and the operation of the "Ezio Trilogy" is more complicated for the player, but the advantage is that the character will appear more like a professionally trained assassin, which is the "one-click parkour" lost like a mechanical watch- fineness.
Another place that players may need to pay attention to is the "synchronization system" that is completely canceled in later works. The "Synchronization System" will add some completion conditions to the mission, or limit the time, or kill the target with special methods, or cannot be discovered, etc., and increase the synchronization rate to unlock some additional game content and story after completion. Although not completing it has no effect on the game, it is still somewhat uncomfortable to see a "full synchronization failure" on the screen in the game experience.
The "synchronization system" is not made up from the official setting. Due to the limited performance of the early Animus, the player-controlled Desmond Miles needs to restore the memory of the ancestor Ezio as much as possible to improve the synchronization rate in order to find the information and clues buried in the memory. So the official "synchronization system" set up under some plots may be to remind you that "this is how this story unfolds in the real world."
Heroes are lonely, timeless – the end?
Ezio's story ended ten years ago, and whether the Assassin Master was peaceful or not in his old age was still a concern, all depending on the understanding of the players themselves, but such an excellent work can reappear in front of our eyes through the way of high-definition remake collections, how can not be regarded as a bad job. Whether it is to let the old player see the name "Ezio" and recall the man's magnificent life, or let the new player walk into the assassin master, it is a qualified "fried cold rice" work.
As long as the cold rice is fried fragrantly, I eat a few more meals nothing
In today's increasingly high picture quality, resolution, and frame rate, countless players pursue light chasing, 144hz, as if the picture is good enough to forget the unpleasantness of real life (even the heroine is ugly does not matter at all), but it is such a picture even if it is renovated, it seems rough and retro, and the operation feel is also optimized to appear complicated.
The memory that the game can bring to the player is far greater than the sensory stimulation of simple repetition, and I think this is the original appearance of the "Ninth Art".