In a sense, CDPR and Techland, a pair of brothers from Poland, are indeed a pair of "Crouching Dragon And Phoenix Chicks".
On the one hand, the two developers have made the game industry in Poland, a small Eastern European country, famous around the world with innovations in gameplay design and excellent game quality. The attention paid to the player group has touched the players who are fed up with the arrogant attitude of some European and American manufacturers, so the two have also gained the reputation of "Polish conscience" on the Internet.
On the other hand, the extremely similar experience of the latest works of the two developers makes people have to feel that fate is really elusive. Looking back now, whether it is "Cyberpunk 2077" or "Vanishing Light 2: The Battle of Man and Ren" (hereinafter referred to as "Vanishing Radiance 2"), both of them have gone from being highly anticipated by players, to several postponements of releases for various reasons, to the cake-style publicity that infinitely raises player expectations, and finally to the inexhaustible debut.
Today, the cyberpunk 2077 next door has been enhanced by multiple versions, and the game experience has been greatly improved. And "Fading Light 2" has also been updated and iterated again and again in the past three months, and it is slowly on the right track.
For "Fading Light 2", the original zhuyu was in front, making it a fanatical pursuit among players after its first public real-machine demonstration in 2019. Coupled with Techland's pie-like propaganda methods, players can see a beautiful, complex, and real zombie doomsday world. In the minds of most followers, Gone Wither of Light 2 should have a thought-provoking, brilliant American RPG mesh narrative; a branch design that allows players' choices to profoundly influence the direction of the game; and plenty of hours of exploratory collection that doesn't feel boring.
The real-machine demo on E3 surprised many players
Speaking of publicity, although I do not deny that Techland's frequent publicity method will bring continuous traffic growth to the game, the high-intensity painting cake and the frequent network promotion of this familiar plot have made many players worried when the game was not yet released. After all, at the time, the clouds of Cyberpunk 2077 still hung over every player.com. In the face of this, panicked players can only choose to trust, praying that "Fading Light 2" will not make a rotten job of "pictures for reference only, please refer to the actual object".
But the end result, everyone understands everything - Techland played off.
Anger is indisputable
Although Fading Light 2 is not exactly a follow-up to some games, the excellent parkour and combat experience, as well as the high degree of completion, allow Techland to get rid of the suspicion of directly taking the semi-finished product out of the shelves. But the gap between the actual performance of the game and the expectations of the players' hearts still almost makes people think that they are back in the winter of 2020.
Another reason why "Gone Withering Light 2" has been criticized by players is that the Bug in the early stage of release is really too tm's tm's provocative mentality. Even though Techland urgently updated nearly 31G patches on the first day of release to fix various vulnerabilities, the game still has some ridiculous bugs.
To be fair, despite issues such as publicity, optimization, and bugs, the advantages of Fading Light 2 are also very obvious. Whether it's from the fun of parkour gameplay or the construction of the open world, this game has a lot to say.
Compared with a generation, thanks to the improvement of graphics and technology, "Fading Light 2" shows players a real and vivid city that is destroyed and desolate due to the virus with a richer and more detailed open world. Plenty of interesting content to explore, enough to give you dozens of hours of enrichment.
In addition, the invigorating experience brought about by the evolution of the second generation of parkour skills is even more difficult to pick. With excellent environmental design, developers used parkour to connect the entire Villedor together. You can either cross the chasm between buildings and twinkle through the steel jungle of tall buildings, or walk along the walls of low, dilapidated eaves, smoothly moving freely between rooftops.
However, under the player's cathartic anger, the shortcomings of the game are infinitely magnified enough to completely cover up the flashpoint of the game. In fact, the player's anger is not incomprehensible, in recent years, many manufacturers "swing rotten" deeds are still vivid, after being challenged again and again to trust the bottom line, many players can not help but preconceived, naturally will think that Techland will next enter the link of lying flat and mocking.
But in fact, in the face of many problems in the game, Techland quickly assumed a positive attitude. After apologizing to the player for bugs and optimization problems, he quickly promised to solve the problems that plagued the players in the early game, and will report in real time on the progress of the follow-up DLC development work.
During these three months, Techland continued to fulfill the promises it made to players when the game was released, with new content and new optimizations such as free clothing DLC, parkour challenges, combat system improvements, bug fixes and patches. After several versions of the update, the gameplay experience of Fading Light 2 has been greatly improved compared to the situation at the beginning of the release.
In the recently released 1.30 patch, the game has brought players the most heavyweight update since its launch. In addition to fixing some bugs, optimizing the game and other regular updates, there are also different "New Game +" modes, as well as new missions and legendary weapons that many players have in mind.
In the new Game+ mode, players who have inherited the equipment of the previous save level will embark on a new adventure in a world where the story progress is reset. Not only does this mode have more equipment, but 30 new inhibitor locations have been added for players to explore. The addition of the Platinum Level Parkour Trial has also given a group of parkour enthusiasts a more fulfilling challenge.
From the beginning of the fix patch shortly after its release to the recent release of the 1.30 major update, Techland's promises are being fulfilled one by one. Although techland's promised big story DLC, more weapons and activities, and the Switch version are still not online, at least Techland has shown with practical actions that they are really doing it, rather than "will do it" as some European and American manufacturers say.
The game is also about to open new community events next month
For "Fading Light 2", as long as it grasps its unique open world construction and unique parkour gameplay design, truly pays attention to the feelings of the player group, and continuously launches new content that satisfies players through continuous operation, then it may not be like "Fading Light" - even after a painful debut, it can reverse the wind with sincerity and conscience and embark on a highly acclaimed road.
For now, at least, Techland's games are indeed thriving.