Thanks to the little black box for providing the game
preface
"Young Souls" is a 2D action role-playing game developed by The Arcade Crew Studios owned by Dotemu, and its Chinese was officially translated as "Gemini: Domineering" on the 22nd.
Players who like retro action games may not be familiar with Dotemu, such as some Metal Slugs and Metal Slugs.
Double-cut dragon
" and other works can evoke many memories of childhood. The game introduced this time abandons the traditional retro style that was commonly used in the past, and replaces it with a different American style of painting, which is also an innovative attempt.
Synopsis
On the deserted streets, the drizzle is pouring down, and it keeps falling. The protagonists Jen and Tristan gradually wake up in a coma, look around, the war is raging, and they can't care about the dissuasion of their elders, and the young girl resolutely embarks on the journey of protecting her homeland
After an intense battle (beginner's tutorial), two behemoths descending from the sky can't stand each other in the street, and the twins who survive in the cracks show their swords. Fast forward a few weeks, and the story begins...
The rebellious twin siblings, who are unpopular in the town, return home one day to find the professor mysteriously disappearing without warning, and are driven by curiosity to open the mysterious door and discover a secret that people don't know—in addition to the world where people on the surface are active, there is a goblin world deep underground that is full of life
In order to save the professor, to improve the intolerable relationship between the two worlds, and to eliminate the gap between humans and goblins, the two travel back and forth between the two worlds
As the plot progresses, liberate the goblins who aspire to live in peace and stop the machinations of the goblins who seek to seize sovereignty over the surface by force. Although the two save the professor, he eventually gives up his life to stop the Goblin from destroying the world
At the end of the story, back to the fragment previously described, two behemoths are at odds with each other, the mayor representing human force on one side and The Devoben Gobeng on the other representing the goblin force. Countering violence with violence is the most concise way, but when will it be possible to repay each other for wrongs? The twin siblings eventually defeated the two sides, ending the story in a peaceful way
Gemini Star, working together to break gold
As described in the story, the protagonist of the player's operation in this game is a brother and sister duo, which is similar to the "Cat Dragon Fighting" series in terms of operation gameplay, and the difference between the characters is not like the professional skills reflected in "Trinity", but the difference has been hard-wired during the game production process
The difference in characters is often determined by the player's later stages: the ability points assigned in the "Fitness First" facility, the weapons and equipment the characters match, and the decorations. Unlike Cat Dragon Quest, the game features two characters taking turns instead of appearing on the field at the same time
In view of this design, it is a good strategy to constantly take turns to fight wheel wars in the battle link, and from the game mechanism that has a certain health cache value for character injuries and will slowly recover when it is replaced, the developer should also be more inclined to this strategy, which also constantly highlights the characteristics of the game "Gemini"
The author found in the process of playing that if a character is killed and falls to the ground, another character can directly pull up the fallen character with the time of the invincible frame, although each character stipulates the number of times it can be resurrected, but in the face of a powerful BOSS, it can fill all its lives and greatly improve the player's operating space
Do what you can
Turning on the game's settings options, the "Accessibility" option aroused a lot of curiosity. The game was designed to be difficult to create and make that met the challenges of the players as much as possible
However, considering the player group's ability to accept difficulty, in addition to the normal four difficulty options in the open save, there is also a setting that allows players to modify the data in the game including the attribute values of the player and the enemy (damage, attack speed), game characteristics (automatic blocking, special attack invincible frames), etc. to maximize their enjoyment of the game
Whether you just want to experience the story of the game easily and comfortably, or want to mow the grass in the game, or want to lose repeatedly, the wolf-type players can find their own unique way of playing here.
A walk-and-go trip
After "Shadow Torch City" experienced many repetitive boring running charts, resulting in exhaustion, the author was slightly sensitive to the settings of the game's teleportation points, save points, etc
This game is quite unique about these settings, unlike other games, the regional teleportation points in the game are placed directly on the system interface, which is the commonly used ESC key
Fight it but don't move, want to go back and build equipment? ESC-Transmit. Gain enough experience and want to go back to bed with a dream to upgrade attributes? ESC-Transmit. All areas in the game can be teleported here without restriction at any moment, like a walk-and-go trip
Secondly, all areas of the Goblin Dungeon are teleported through the Moon Gate connecting the passes, that is, each subsection in the large area can be teleported at will, and the player can play repeatedly in a certain section of a certain area
However, the boring way of brushing props in a specific location is not a feature of the game, not to mention that there is no other valuable thing on the monster drop in addition to gold coins, the main plot of the game involves less than 60% of the entire map, and there are a large number of areas that players can explore on their own
Wounded one thousand enemies and eight hundred self-inflicted wounds
"What suits you is the best." Without the strongest attribute equipment, nor the most invincible entry characteristics, this game adds a lot of negative buffs to weapons and equipment, no weapons that drop ten times, and no indestructible armor
Players need to combine boss capabilities and environmental factors to decide which equipment is best suited for combat
Just a few words and think about everything
The game portrays the "growth" of the protagonists in the rebellious period just right, including some praiseworthy and thoughtful dialogue narration
The game begins with "This story is dedicated to those who did not know their value before they lost it, and to those who found them unexpectedly." Some twists, so I went to read the original text again, and the author's personal understanding is:
One
When the professor was still alive, he couldn't forget when his adopted twins could call him a father, and the brothers and sisters were dismissive of this, and when the professor sacrificed his life for righteousness, even if the father blurted out the word without thinking, it was too late, so "people only know how to cherish if they lose"
Second
Whether it is the gossip and finger-pointing of the citizens about the brothers and sisters on the bus to the city hall, or the narration dialogue that summons the twins' shadows in the darkness of the creed, there is a contradiction everywhere that the world rejects and hates them and they want to save the world. At the end of the story, Jen says, "We saved the city that always saw us as mischievous ghosts. "They found themselves and became people they didn't expect
Bugs and deficiencies
A little bit of bad luck, in the process of playing experience encountered a few bugs, hope to improve
After rescuing Sylvester, he visited his store for the first time, and the welcome was a string of English
Jump into the Lava Lands pass and drop the infinite drop card out of the map
When defeating a boss, sometimes the loot "Tears of the Guardians" cannot be picked up
Secondly, there are some places that feel a little inappropriate when playing, and I propose here:
When playing alone, the controlling character will follow another character when it comes out of a distance, and if the reverse distance is closer, the other character is the physical collision blocking the road
When the equipment weight value is displayed, there will be a situation where the last person will change directions, which is beyond the displayed area, and although it is harmless, it is unknown when it is first seen
Although the game is divided into the human world and the goblin world, the human world is too simple, and the connection between the two worlds is a bit far-fetched, such as having enough experience points to sleep to upgrade
epilogue
Although the game is not as smooth as the author imagined in terms of action, the game content is slightly thin and decent, but the developer's attitude towards players is worth affirming, whether it is to seek the opinions of players to translate the name, or to take care of the difficulty of different types of players
The detailed portrayal of character growth is the finishing touch of the game
A person will experience three growths in his lifetime
The first time is to understand the right and wrong of things
The second time is to understand that there are some things that are not only right and wrong
The third time, after understanding that there is no right or wrong in some things, is still determined to do what you believe and take responsibility for it. ”
This article is written by Floating Dream
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