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After warming up, Eagle Point Network's new work "Ark of Tomorrow" released the first official trailer and a short real-machine demonstration on March 18. As a Michael Becky complained, "What is left of your Weibo besides football and Ark of Tomorrow?" "People, I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some interesting details and information that I found in the trailer and demo after watching it.
Perica's close-up character renderings, although the light and shadow effects do not seem to be sufficient, but as an early test rendering, I feel quite good
Where am I? Who am I?
At the beginning of the trailer, it directly shows a picture outside the atmosphere of a planet, and it can be seen that there is an asteroid belt on the periphery of the planet. The narrator calls himself "Terminal Navigation", and the "administrator" he calls "the administrator" should be the title of the player in this game. At the end of the trailer, Terminal Navigation says, "Welcome to Tower Ueji. ”
"Wei'er" is very easy to understand, presumably a satellite of a certain planet, and the name begins with the planet "Tower", my first reaction is to see the "Talos" mentioned by "Yang Yan" in the video before.
Screenshot from the video of "Yang Yan Classmate" of the B station UP master "[Ark of Tomorrow: The End] Has Information Collated and Speculated"
Friends who have seen Kelsey's archives in "Ark of Tomorrow" remember that there is a passage in Theresia's letter to Kelsey:
...... Remember those doctrines you taught me? I always remember.
You say that the earth is not infinite, it is just a pile of dirt on a round ball.
You say that our bodies are not innately created, that we crawl before we walk.
You say that the stars, like those under our feet, are rafts drifting on the celestial tracks...
Those words, Kelsey, I remember them all.
Combined with the trailer of "Ark of Tomorrow", Talos and its satellites should be another group of planets floating in space with the planet where the continent of Terra is located - I did not expect that the worldview of "Ark of Tomorrow" would be pulled to the cosmic scale so quickly. Moving the stage to another planet in the same universe does make it easier for the production team to avoid some of the shackles caused by the existing content of Ark of Tomorrow under the same worldview, and create a new story, presenting a completely different gameplay and design.
In the next screen of the trailer, a facility called the "Protocol Core" is airdropped to the ground from outside the atmosphere. When activated, it scans the surrounding minerals and generates a large number of buildings with their own clear functionality through a system called "Integrated Industries.".
I don't know if you see this, do you think of the base car in the RTS game like me? This trailer is more conceptual, so I'm not sure if this series of footage related to integrated industrial systems is directly related to the gameplay, but if this part is actually part of the gameplay, then we can think of two simple possibilities:
It is possible that the game will involve real-time strategy gameplay, including base building, mining and other operations, so that everyone can build a complete base. However, this design is quite strict on the overall scale of the game and the specific gameplay requirements, so I personally think it is unlikely.
Another more likely scenario is that the base building part and the RPG part are two separate sets of gameplay, and the resources for building the base can be obtained through certain mechanisms, enriching the base's facilities, and providing bonuses for exploration and combat. To cite some familiar examples, such as "The Parallelist" and "Phantom Pain".
Another place I am more concerned about is the explicit mention of the "source stone engine" in the above picture copy. Prior to this, Ark of Tomorrow players had a lot of speculation about the origin of the source stone, such as "minerals left over from ancient times", "deformations of ancient life", and "meteorites". The people of Terra Discovered parts of it that could be used for themselves when coexisting with the source stone, and invented the source stone technology. So now, if there is also a source stone engine on Tulla, does that mean that Talos and Terra have interplanetary communication? Or is source stone a mineral that exists on many planets, and the humans of Taros also invented source stone technology in the process of development?
In this case, what exactly is the source stone?
At the same time that the core of the agreement was airdropped, the trailer showed three characters - a female character who looked obviously not simple, a female character who used a cold weapon, and a male character who used a gun that looked like an AK. These three characters also appear in the promotional map, and it is estimated that they will be the more important characters in "Ark of Tomorrow".
These three characters have obvious characteristics similar to some of the terran parts of the continent, and I'm curious about what the setting of this part is.
Regarding these three characters, because there is not much information at present, I will not guess. Personally, I think it's interesting that two of the characters use hot and cold weapons. In "Ark of Tomorrow", there are many settings for firearms, such as firearms are closely related to the source stone industry technology, both the gun itself and the ammunition are expensive, and the user's source stone skills are also very demanding, so for most people in the Terra continent, guns are high-end weapons that either cannot be used or cannot be used or cannot be used or cannot be used, so cold weapons and crossbow arrows are very popular. I'm curious about what the gun setting would look like in Ark of Tomorrow, The End?
Meanwhile, the two characters entered a basement in the trailer to explore, which has a large number of high-tech equipment. Although the equipment in the basement is not activated in this clip, it can be seen that the scene is very similar to the scene in the March 16 pilot trailer.
The third female character is the most impressive of the three. Judging from the fact that she rode a motorcycle to lead the team forward in the storm, she should be a relatively high-ranking leader in the organization "End Industries", that is, the "agreement recycling department supervisor Perica" mentioned in the promotional copy. In the footage of her walking up to the top, several spots of light on her legs flicker and gradually shrink, it seems that the wound is gradually healing, perhaps related to her skills in the game; and her "old shoulder giant slippery" shape looks very suitable for joining the Rhode Island Medical Department;
I've always been concerned about the copywriting of the trailer when Ark of Tomorrow's End of the Earth was released - "Authorized management account M3 has logged in." "What is the relationship between this M3 and mon3tr, a reliable partner, and what is the relationship between Perica and Kelsi?" Or is it just an Easter egg? Or did you deliberately choose a similar design language? These can only wait until the game is officially launched in the future to dig in.
In the next picture, we can see some unknown objects that combine the appearance of mechanical structures and form larger mechanical structures. Judging from the scenes of the two characters waiting closely, these mechanical structures should be one of the enemies in this game.
Next, the trailer shows two large scenes – in the middle of the wasteland, stands a magnificent abandoned high-tech building structure. Combined with the game's introduction, these ruins should be the goal of the End Industry, and players may need to lead the team into these ruins to recover lost technology and explore the secrets.
Next up is the trailer's regular "big-scene finale" and Slogan's "crossing the border to the front line."
In the introduction and publicity currently released to the outside world, "The Ark of Tomorrow" emphasizes the concepts of "exploration", "exploration", "recycling" and "construction", which are completely incompatible with the "front line". Then the End Navigation said, "It's time to make your judgment." Well, this slogan must be related to the game's plot. My guess is that end-of-world technology must confront some kind of threat in the process of exploration and exploration, so an industrial organization is on the front line, and the main gameplay and combat parts of the game are extended from here.
What am I going to do?
In addition to the official trailer, Ark of Tomorrow finally announced a short live demonstration today. The live demo begins with the menu of the current version of the game.
In the right half you can see the general content such as "Missions", "Maps", "Archives", "Backpacks"; the "Operators" and "Formations" in the left half, the "Procurement" and "BREAKING NEWS" in the lower right corner, and the number of information tips and resources above are very familiar to tomorrow Ark players, including "Friends" - it is not yet known what will be the content of the interaction between players after Ark of Tomorrow adopts the existing "3D real-time strategy RPG" game mode. Will it stay in indirect interactions such as "assisting in battle" and "passing on clues", or will it adopt a more direct interactive approach?
As for the interface in the lower left corner, it looks like some sort of production and earnings data.
The most eye-catching feature in this menu is the map in the middle. Judging from the "Deploy" button, this map plays the role of "Mission Menu" or "Level Menu". From the initial exposure to the current real machine demonstration, "Ark of Tomorrow" has made extensive use of contour visual elements, which may be to further emphasize the core "exploration" and "exploration" of this work in terms of visuals.
What is shown next is the content of the scene exploration, but because the demo content is not much, we can not see too much information, but we can determine that the gameplay part will use a 3D play mode, and the player will operate a squad of multiple characters to explore the scene. Although the scale of the scene is not yet visible, it can be seen that there will be three-dimensional scene design, biological ecological design, and different terrain.
Unfortunately, this live demonstration did not involve any combat or interactive scenes, nor did it have NPCs, and the official propaganda "real-time strategy RPG" was not directly displayed. We can only wait for more information to be officially announced in the future.
epilogue
This article is a whimsical "look at the picture to speak", in the end there is no way to talk to you about some particularly in-depth content, can only talk about my feelings after watching the "Ark of Tomorrow" trailer and demonstration.
In fact, I have always liked Eagle Horn's aesthetic in art design and music, and I usually talk about this aspect when chatting with colleagues in the office, and I find that everyone's views in this regard are quite consistent. Judging from the current trailer, there is less to worry about the performance of "Ark of Tomorrow," the end of the world— whether it's the extremely strong teaser trailer, or the scenes and sci-fi designs shown in the official trailer, all of which are consistent with their traditional style and present a high quality; in the trailer, the soundtrack co-produced by The ORIGINAL's lead singer Zong Li is also extremely gripping (the independent electronic band THE EITHER has worked with Siren Records on "Daydaydream", "Daydaydream", "Daydaydream", " Will drink" and "Casual" and other EP).
It's up to them to implement this conceptual, out-of-game content in the game.
Although "Ark of Tomorrow", "The End of the End" has been launched on the reservation page, announcing that this game will land on iOS, Android, and PC platforms, eagle corner officials also mentioned:
This is another of our imaginations about the Ark IP, and it is also another practice of our own artistic thinking. The game is still in the early stages of development.
And whether it is the game reservation webpage or the trailer copy, the recruitment information is highlighted, and it can be seen that the production team is still in the recruitment stage, and this series of publicity, like many game promotions we have seen before, also undertakes the task of attracting talents.
The official website, the self-media platform and the forwarding of the sea cat are all emphasizing recruitment information
Considering the actual situation, this game that has just been announced and is still in the early stage of development is definitely still far from being officially launched. Therefore, we can only wait for the official announcement of more information in the future, and look forward to the official launch of the game.
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