It's been more than a month since the release date of "Eldon's Ring of Law", and it has dominated the list for five consecutive weeks on Steam, and the popularity is still unabated. In the game, players have done a lot of unexpected things. However, the reason why the popularity has not decreased, Ben Meow analysis, is because "Eldon's Law Ring" has added an "open world" design.
So, the same open-world game "Zelda Legend: Breath of the Wilderness" (hereinafter referred to as "Breath of the Wilderness") once also reached a high score of 97 points, so "Eldon's Law Ring" and "Breath of the Wilderness", which are both open-world games, what is the difference in essence? Comparing the two games is somewhat normal, and this article will focus on the differences between the two games, introducing the advantages of both and their original design. Let's take a look at it with the dry rice meow!
The core of the open world design is to seamlessly connect multiple expansive scenes into a large world, in order to achieve a high degree of freedom to explore the experience, and at the same time to create a complete world that fully satisfies the curiosity of players. Because of this, map size and freedom will be the focus of open-world games.
One of breaths of the wilderness's innovations in open-world design is to connect the vast world of Hellaru into a single whole with a unified set of physical laws.
Example: If the player uses a power-up to put time to rest and hits a rock at that point, the rock will fly far away due to the impact when the passage of time returns to normal. At this point, if you touch the medicine barrel again, the rock will cause a huge explosion under the action of the impact force. Therefore, in the world of Breath of the Wilderness, the interacting things and phenomena will constantly create new things and phenomena.
The "open scene" pursued by "Elden's Law Ring" is very different from the high-freedom "open atmosphere" in "Breath of the Wilderness" in terms of design concept. Eldon's Circle of Law is an alternating rotation of linear and non-linear gameplay, successfully creating an experience where players can exert their subjective initiative.
Players who have penetrated deep into the vast junction will face countless branches in the game. In stark contrast to Breath of the Wilderness, the high-low design in Eldon's Ring of Law actually cuts the seemingly open scene into a complex "labyrinth".
After playing Breath of the Wild for a long time, you will find that the same enemies are all fighting around, and the types of enemies in "Eldon's Ring of Law" can be said to be very many. In this sense, Eldon's Ring of Law is a little better at creating a freshness to explore the world, and no matter where the player goes, the environment the character is in will always feel refreshed. After all, one is a game on 2017, and the latter is online in 2022.
The diversity of Eldon's Battle often manifests itself in the pre-battle preparation phase, such as how to assign attribute points, what skills to learn, and what weapons and items to use to take down enemies. Breath of the Wilderness battle focuses more on the chemistry between "the situation at the time" and "what the player thinks in their heads."
In general, although the two are both "super high-rated open world games", the original design intention and the final appearance are very different. Breath of the Wild is an "action-adventure game" that focuses more on exploring adventure elements such as puzzle solving, and the focus is not on growth factors and cool skills. Eldon's Ring of Law is the opposite, focusing more on RPG elements such as growth factors, equipment matching, and rich enemy types than exploration and puzzle solving. For both, the open world is only a means to achieve the goal, and the difference in game types makes the difference between the two.
The above is the difference between Ben Meow and the excellent open world game, "Elden's Ring of Law" and Zelda Legend: Breath of the Wilderness, and what other friends want to say can be discussed in the comment area!