Author of this article: Night Wanderer - Customs
preface
More than a decade ago, in the era of the proliferation of online novels, there were countless novels with the themes of "martial arts" and "Xiu Xian", whether it was "Sword Line in the Snow", or "Fighting To Break the Sky" and "Douluo Continent", which were more classic works, and indeed influenced a generation's views and perceptions of novels. Compared with Jin Yong's traditional martial arts, online novels have a little more imagination, and often make readers think of themselves as protagonists to travel through the jianghu world under this.
It's time to restart your journey to immortality
Since last year's fire of "Life Reopen simulator" has been well received by players, this interesting gameplay has provided many game developers with different ideas, and I think this game "Floating Basket" came into being. "Floating Life" is a "plot reopening simulation game, interactive light novel game" developed and released by Flow Studios, it can be said that the entries and plots in the game have a lot more copywriting and changes in the terms than "Life Reopening Simulator". Also as the title of "Floating Life Basket" indicates, "Floating Life" is this life that is as heavy and floating as duckweed, and "箓" is a record of the Heavenly Official Gong Cao, the Ten Directions Immortal Name, the summoning of the gods, and the execution of spells.
Blind box entries
At the beginning of the game, we can choose the desired plot for adventure, whether to choose the martial arts world of "doing heroic battles" or the xiuxian journey of "breaking through cultivation". Of course, players can also choose some mods in the "Workshop" to try the world of other players, but at present, the players have made fewer mods, and the content is not as rich as the two plots provided by the official, so if you like "martial arts" and "xiu xian" players, you may wish to take a look at the world brought by the official first.
The game is currently divided into two stages, the first stage is the favorite choice of entries to add a buff to themselves, and these terms are unknown, we can only open the blind box to determine their own talents and attributes, which also increases the player's inner uneasiness when opening the entry, is an ordinary mortal entry, or those braving red light of the world's entries, and even those foreshadowing that cause disasters, which are enough to make the player feel the tension and excitement when "reopening". On the left side of the entry is the story behind the corresponding "entry", and through the talent given by this entry, I have been affected by the butterfly effect at this stage.
Travel the rivers and lakes to witness the changes of the world
When we are 18 years old, we will leave this slightly childish childhood and embark on an adventure with these talent points. It was also at this moment that the plot of the game officially began. If you choose the martial arts will be born in the chaotic world, and the Xiu Xian is slowly cultivated under the sect, after playing several times, it is still recommended to "Xiu Xian" script, because the content is very rich, you can continue to cultivate to break through yourself, especially the love and hate entanglement between "Butterfly Jun and Flower Demon" makes me happy to see, and I also constantly break through myself with their help.
As for the "martial arts" script, it is still slightly thin, basically it is a hero who loves to be nosy, or he is confused and has become a pawn in the imperial court. But fortunately, the game's options are cutscenes, with rich copywriting and many interesting pictures to set off the plot, this "illustrated and textual" way really makes me feel like reading a novel with illustrations and feeling the life of the characters in the game. Whether they are killed by the insidiousness of the villain or defeated in the struggle with the monster, there are many possibilities in this generation, if they are not satisfied with the ending they have played, then reopen again, and travel through the changes in this world once again.
The flaw of the game itself is obvious, that is, the game copy is extremely simple in the case of richness, that is, the events I encounter after I keep reopening are very similar, which makes me play this game as an elimination, if I missed the opportunity because of this option in the previous life, then choose another one in this reincarnation. Secondly, there seems to be no benefit or effect behind many options, nothing more than showing the player a piece of text to expand the content, plus an event one year setting, so that I am seventy or eighty years old and have not married and have children, missing many details of the supplement.
epilogue
This game is a very rich "reopening simulator", whether it is a rich plot in the copywriting, or the unknown direction behind each option, players can experience this game as a "martial arts or xiuxian" visual novel game. I hope that the follow-up studios can handle the details in the game well, so that the game as a whole looks smoother and increase the immersion when playing.