"Mirror2: Project X": The Bitter Taste of Choking Throat, The Honey of the Tongue (II)

Love is a puff of smoke blown by a sigh;

Lovers have its purified Mars in their eyes;

The tears of lovers are the waves it stirs up,

It is again the most intelligent madness,

Choking the bitter taste of the throat,

Tongue-in-cheek honey.

—Shakespeare

After two and a half months, the much-anticipated "Mirror2: Project X" has finally updated the second chapter of the story mode.

As always, the game gives players a high degree of freedom in branching options.

At present, 5 endings can be played, which can be divided into 1 good ending and 4 bad endings (among them, although the picture taken home seems to be the meaning of a good ending, the accompanying text material implies that the male protagonist Norman sold the cat lady and bought some beast girl slaves, but one of the cat girls is very similar to Lani).

Although player attention is low, the game has also added a new time-killing mode - Challenge Mode.

However, because the "social security" content that players care about has not been updated this time, it is recommended that small partners who are still waiting on the sidelines can wait for the discount or continue to wait.

Personal Rating (7/10)

Storytelling: ★★★

Operability: ★★★★

Screen infectivity: ★★★★

1. Challenge Mode: "Rest" or "Shake to the End"

Let's start with the challenge mode.

First of all, you can choose the two heroines in the story of the first chapter (Leah, Rita, and Naoto Jingomiyaji), and you can choose "Simple Mode", "Normal Mode" and "Hardmode" to proceed.

After entering the page, just like the traditional level-breaking mode, it is estimated that those who have played peerless games are not strangers.

In addition to combat, there are levels such as lounges, random events, shops, treasure chests, etc. waiting for the player in front.

It is worth mentioning that the health bar is shared between battle and battle, which is very challenging to the player's combat mode.

Whether to win this battle first, or to replenish some blood and then "KO", so that the strategy between the battles is highlighted.

In addition, the acquisition of some powerful items requires the consumption of the player's health bar, so it is also worth thinking about whether to choose "rest" or "one stroke to the end" at the right time.

At present, the worldview of Challenge Mode is based on the content of the first chapter of the story mode, and players who like the plot can also compare it with each other.

One of the things I want to complain about is that in challenge mode your enemy is always holding a pillow, and if you don't operate for a long time, he will come out from time to time to look at you, which is very funny.

2. Death and rebirth alternate forever

Back to another mode of this update , the story mode.

The following contains spoilers, which can be crossed to the third part for sensitive people.

The protagonist, Norman, unable to integrate into his predatory and exploitative Sábian race, decides to set foot alone on the continent of Ore in order to obtain energy.

As a result of the depletion of energy, the continent of Ole has become a desert, the earth has dried up, and everything has died.

Here, Norman meets the native of the continent of Ole, the cat man Lani.

With her ancestral spirit (a small flower) and her sister Gernie, She travels alone to the furious, wild, and dangerous search for Mother Earth (a big tree).

However, due to the depletion of the water source, her sister Gernie died tragically.

Relying on Norman's rescue and the catman's unique ability to perceive the weather and location, La ni and Norman embark on a journey to find Mother Earth.

The two had been on the road without any sparks.

Until the strange female fox appeared, it also aroused the guilt of La ni's inner sister, and she decided to protect the female fox to go to the holy spring for treatment.

However, due to irrational exploitation, the holy springs have long since dried up and dried up like the continent of Ole.

In the conflict with the female foxess, Norman strongly protects La ni, and he carefully takes care of the injured La Ni.

The feelings of the two continue to heat up with this conflict,

It wasn't until the two of them came to the Sacred Tree that Rani understood that Mother Earth had long been transformed by Sabbia, like an indefatigable butcher, continuously absorbing the oxygen of the continent of Ore.

After a heartfelt story and a difficult choice, La ni and Norman finally choose to end the life of the Sacred Tree.

Death and rebirth are always alternate.

Norman thought he didn't belong to him, but in the end, he found a new goal and direction.

Together with La ni, he will bravely embrace a new life.

3. Flaws are not hidden, above the standard

Just like the first chapter of the story mode, the branch option will also appear in the story of the second chapter, and the player's choice will lead to a difference in the subsequent ending.

After the full branch challenge, players can see a total of 5 CG animation endings (one good and four bad) in the story tree, and overall, the options are not too difficult, and players who often play visual novels can easily win.

In contrast to the melodious music played at the end of the first chapter, each ending of the second chapter presents the player with a beautiful texture this time.

As for the game's own match-3 gameplay, it is a matter of opinion, and players who come to ghs will definitely feel cumbersome and boring.

For players who have repeatedly passed the level, the system will also set up a "compensation mechanism" intimately, so that you can have good luck after a certain number of repeated matches.

In addition, with the advancement of the level process, players can also obtain new skills and props, play different genres with different skill props, improve the efficiency of completing levels, get higher clearance ratings, and unlock collectible files to understand more plot information.

From the perspective of the game, the modeling accuracy of the game quality created by Unreal 4 is quite good, and the performance of the female character La ni who appeared in this version is brilliant enough, and the human setting is also very pleasing, I believe that it is possible to become the goddess/wife in the mouth of a new generation of players.

Moreover, the details of the appearance of the game characters are also particularly well done, and with the voice actor performance, it is enough to give players a good audiovisual experience.

Of course, flaws are not without, as the author said in the first review, in the match-three process, when the jam shell does not know how to click the connection, I did not see the same highlight flickering prompt as "Mirror" 1.

As a player who is sensitive to details and plot, you may find that you may also find that the plot is advancing in a hurry this time, and I don't know if it is possible to rush the work.

After all, the game's steam achievement is actually only "Mirror 2 Heroes", indicating that many of the preparations are still not enough.

In addition, compared with many good stories before, Mirror2: Project X will be in place in many places, and there will be frame drops.

If you don't deliberately pursue genre and all-element collection, you can still complete the chapter content of the story mode within 2 hours, even in fragmented time, you can also harvest a unique experience.