What would it be like if, one day, the civilization of rats were highly evolved and began to invade us humans?
The worldview of Warhammer: The Plague of the Last Days 2 is built against this backdrop. In the game, players will play as rebels in a world ravaged by armies, turning the tide from this group of damn rats, which, unlike the rats, have weapons.
As can be seen from the screen of the previous game, this game is greatly inspired by "Evil Spirit Possession", in addition to the game content is quite similar, even the UI is directly borrowed in the original generation. Hey, what if you played the Melee weapon system of Demon Possessed 2? And so the series was born. That's right, it emphasizes close-quarters physical collisions more than the aiming and firing of ranged weapons, so it adds a lot of additional novel designs to melee combat. In addition, the game also has the so-called character development, you can brush equipment, point skills and so on. So overall, in addition to "Evil Possessed", it also has a dark Saboteur feeling, and this is also the feature of this game.
Darkness, chaos, and fear present an era of destruction
The structure of the game is in the era of being ravaged by the rat army, and everywhere has been destroyed and the corpses are scattered, so the atmosphere is full of oppressive and terrifying atmosphere. The gloomy sky revealed an uneasy, corpse on the side of the road warning the rebels who came here, and the town engulfed in flames was a provocative message from the army, and it could be seen from the scene that there was a dangerous and oppressive atmosphere everywhere, especially when the warning bell sounded, and when the threat of the army's oppression was about to be faced, it was inevitable that there would be a sense of fear.
In addition, due to the level system, the game has a variety of different and rich landscapes in the level design, such as barns to save villagers who have been taken prisoner, mines to root out rat-bred trolls, abandoned towns to destroy the granaries of large armies, and even to enter sacred churches to ring bells for the sound of east and west. Each level of the game gives a new visual experience, and the portrayal of each scene is also very detailed, every time you enter a new level, it is worth standing on a high place to watch, but unfortunately you are in a hurry.
The game's fighting style is to take the route of bloody violence, and because most of the time is mainly melee combat, amputations, waist beheadings, and headshots are commonplace. However, it is slightly different from the general bloody violence, which adds a lot of American humor, so when the enemy is amputated, sometimes it will do some very funny actions to alleviate the heavy taste effect of spilling blood everywhere, and with the vivid and interesting dialogue between the characters, the depressing feeling created by the scene is reduced a lot, so the overall play will not be as stressful as initially imagined, but it will be funny.
The end times are coming, and the world is about to be destroyed at the hands of the Legion of Chaos
The series of stories is set on the eve of the imminent destruction of the world, because the four gods of chaos feel that the world is too boring, so they want to send an army of chaos to destroy everything in the world and then regenerate the world, and this period of time is called - the end of the world.
Skavan rats, a group of beings of unknown origin, are violent, predatory and numerous, and they do not care what the consequences will be. In the previous game, for the purpose of non-existence, it attacked the situation of the Empire and caused a terrible war. And now, with the end of the world upon him, Skaven rats have also allied themselves with the Chaos Army that brought destruction, and this destructive force has swept through the Empire's territory in a rapid manner.
And the heroes in the previous game must once again turn the tide. Due to the small number of people who cannot face the battle head-on, it is necessary to eat whales step by step by destroying their reserve resources and strongholds...
Emphasizing melee first-person, teams work closely together to face thousands of Legions of Destruction
As mentioned at the beginning, the concept of the game is heavily influenced by Demonic Possession, so there will be many familiar situations in the game, but there are still some significant differences in this to allow players to have a different experience. Rather than Possessed by Evil Spirits, he emphasized close cooperation between teams and the skillful use of the melee system. Due to the high damage and large number of monsters, novices are very easy to be killed by massive monsters before the melee mechanic is started, so I personally think that the game is quite difficult, very challenging, and very teamwork-oriented.
1. Special melee mechanic
Although the game is first-person, the focus is not on long-range hot weapon shooting, but on the close-range cold weapon you come and go. Since the ammunition of ranged weapons is very small, they are basically used for assistance or rescue, and most of the time will still be mainly based on close combat (although some emphasize ranged classes). In order to emphasize close combat, the system design adds a lot of reaction mechanisms, such as: blocking, jumping, back jumping, heavy hits, etc. Different enemies have different ways of coping, and this pays attention to the player's operation and reaction.
Second, a variety of different special enemies
Just like Evil Possessed, there are a variety of different special enemies in the game, and some of these special enemies have the same effect as "Evil Spirit Possession", as long as they are touched, they will not be able to operate, and you will have to wait for death before your teammates help you. However, the focus of the game is PVE, not "Evil Possessed" has PVP, so there are more general categories in enemy design, such as Chaos Warriors can resist ordinary attacks and ranged weapons, Machine Gun Rats will cause huge damage from a distance, Storm Mage will create a large-scale tornado wind control field, and so on... The total category of enemies can be said to be very rich, and therefore more teamwork is required.
Third, a variety of different BOSSes
This game also has large bosses to work together to break, and there are many types of large bosses, which will randomly appear in the middle of each level, because the boss damage is very high, so it is also a test of player-to-player cooperation.
4. Multiple roles and occupations
There are 5 characters to choose from, and each character has 3 classes, so there are a total of 15 classes to play. Each class has a different skill tree that can be clicked on and special kill skills can be used, so in teamwork, a variety of combinations can be matched, which can be freely matched according to the player's preferences.
5. Weapons and equipment and booty
As mentioned earlier, this game has a slight Diablo element, which is simply the liver equipment element! Each class has a number of weapons and decorations to choose from, and these are opened through chests given at the end of the level. As the play time increases, the equipment will become stronger and stronger, which can also allow players to move towards the next game difficulty to brush better chests to open better equipment, and finally to challenge the highest difficulty, in the continuous climb of strength, the game will become more and more interesting.
This game places great emphasis on teamwork and character development, because the difficulty of the game itself is very high, and the number of monsters is large, and if you are not careful, you may overturn the ship. By leveling up and opening advanced chests to cultivate characters, you can gain the right to challenge higher difficulties. The higher the difficulty, the more you eat technology and cooperation, under high difficulty, the non-tank class may be gently touched by the mob twice and fall to the ground, and even the tank can not eat the special enemy's hard blow, just in this ultra-high-risk situation to find a way to break through the siege is a very exciting thing.
Addictive co-op games, the perfect choice for multiplayer fun
Although many of the mechanics are borrowed from "Evil Possessed", he has made another innovative breakthrough in this, which is obvious in his design of the melee system, so the overall rhythm of play is very different from "Evil Possessed", and the challenge is therefore much higher.
In addition, after adding cultivation elements and skill trees, the game will produce a variety of interesting skills and weapons, coupled with the differences in the innate physique of each class, so that the team combination becomes indispensable, and the close cooperation between players is emphasized, which I personally think is more interesting than "Evil Spirit Possession" in this regard. And the growth of equipment attracts players to want to climb, the playability is surprisingly high, and every time people want to challenge higher difficult levels with new equipment.
It has to be mentioned that the optimization of the game is very good, obviously the enemy is a whole lump of the emergence, but there is little stuttering in the game operation, which is a rare low-configuration work.
However, here we must first warn, because the game emphasizes multiplayer cooperation and cooperation, and the plot component is very weak, it is not recommended to play alone. But if you have three or five friends who want a challenging game, this game is definitely the best choice for you.