Grandpa Grandpa, your favorite game is finally tested for the first time!
More than 20 years ago, the novel "Xue Xian" came out, and the ups and downs of the story coupled with the xianxia theme content different from the traditional martial arts made the novel popular all over the Internet at that time. Novel characters and scenes such as Zhang Xiaofan and Qingyun Feng were also deeply engraved in the hearts of countless readers at that time.
In fact, although Perfect World has successively released the Jiexian mobile game in 2016 and the new Jiexian mobile game in 2021, if you talk about the Jiexian series of terminal games, it has to be traced back to the 2007 Xuexian and the 2009 Fantasy Jiexian, these "old antiques" have a history of more than ten years.
For more than ten years, this little daughter-in-law has to survive to become a mother-in-law!
However, life will always be better, there will be bread, and there will be new travels. No, Xuexian fans are looking forward to the stars and hoping for the moon Recently, they have finally come to the first internal beta of the new terminal game "Suixian World" of the Jiexian IP.
So what kind of challenges will Zhang Xiaofan and players face in this life, what adventures will be harvested, and which beautiful person will they meet, just follow the author to peek at the content of the internal test of "Immortal World"!
First, the refined technology, the shocking first impression
"Xue Xian World" still continues the tradition of the "Jie Xian" series of MMORPG gameplay, based on the original novel, integrating ancient Chinese mythological elements, allowing players to enjoy the dream of the world of xian xia. Although I also played the earlier Series of Games, the first impression of this game on the author is still very shocking.
The first is the character creation process that has just entered the game, and although pinching the face is a common element of today's MMORPG games, the first impression of this game still shocked me. Whether it's the meticulous hair that moves with the wind or the high-precision reflections produced by the skin, I have the feeling that this character is "alive".
Players can also freely customize the character in the details, such as facial makeup, leg thickness, and even palm size and other details, even Teacher Wang Han may call the insider when he comes.
Although the number of activation codes is limited, in fact, there is no activation code that can still pinch the face in the creation of the character link, so many players and anchors have spent a lot of time immersed in the face pinching link and can't extricate themselves, and even joked that they downloaded an 82G face pinching simulator.
In addition, the addition of the dynamic weather system and the display of light and shadow cloud and fog effects make the whole game world more full of "fluttering fairy", especially at the top of Qingyun Mountain overlooking the clouds and smoke in the mountains, there is really a wonderful feeling of being a hermitage of high-ranking people in the world. And this game can fly with a high degree of freedom of the Royal Sword, players can completely travel between the world and the earth of Qingyun Mountain, the mountains and the sea of waves and clouds under their feet, and truly experience the joy of becoming a fairy.
Finally, many scenes with different styles in the game are also a point that makes the author marvel, such as the beautiful Scenery qingyun Mountain and the heyang City with great life atmosphere. Located on the top of the peaks and between the clouds and mist, the main building complex of Qingyunmen is based on the architectural style of the Chinese Han and Tang Dynasties, and at the same time combines Taoist elements such as cranes, furnaces, and stars, showing the historical background of the gate school and the fluttering immortal atmosphere to the fullest.
(Qingyun Gate Panorama)
(Qingyunmen Hongqiao and main building complex)
In Heyang City, located in the south of Qingyun Mountain, it is always crowded and full of people, and there are vendors selling goods, fortune tellers with white hair and silver whiskers, and tea stalls and restaurants for pedestrians to rest, full of life everywhere.
(Streets of Heyang City)
(Heyang City Cutscene PV)
Although Heyang City is a stone's throw away from Qingyun Mountain, the two scenes outline two completely different artistic conceptions through the picture performance and background music, and the mountain and the mountain can almost be said to be two places in the world, which is really amazing.
The game is still in beta, but this visual feast has already made the author linger in the game. If it weren't for the limited time of the internal test of only 6 hours per night, I wouldn't mind playing it all night and then writing articles.
Second, familiar recipe, familiar taste
Although it has made rapid progress in graphics expression, the game still respects the original novel and reproduces the characters and scenes in the story with a high degree of reduction. Compared with the 2007 version of the player will be born directly in Heyang City, this game uses a dual-main line narrative method, in addition to the plot line of the self-created protagonist, players can also relive the classic original plot from the first perspective in the novel by substituting for Zhang Xiaofan's identity.
For example, at the beginning of the game, the animation restores the tragic incident in Caomiao Village from Zhang Xiaofan's first perspective, and in the face of the empty village, Xiaofan shouts out to his father in horror and helplessness, but no one answers. Ten seconds later, the painting style turned around, and it turned out that this was just a nightmare for Xiao Fan. After waking up, he and his playmate who were lucky enough to be rescued together worshiped under the Qingyun Gate.
(Opening animation Zhang Xiaofan's nightmare)
(Players can control Zhang Xiaofan from the first perspective to play the story game)
After Xiao Fan became a disciple of Qingyun, the game officially opened the perspective of his own character, in the story of this work, the player is the son of Xuanjie, who came to resist the invasion of the demons because he was summoned by the Book of Heaven. In the storyline of the self-created characters, the player will experience the whole picture of the Caomiao Village massacre from a bystander's perspective.
(Story perspective of the self-created character)
(From the perspective of the self-created character, Xiao Fan and Shocking Yu of Caomiao Village)
This kind of plot narrative method with different perspectives changes the previous process and task-style plot experience, and sprouts a stronger sense of substitution and more fresh experience under the framework that seems that the plot development has been fixed. For the original party, this is almost like a national comic remade of a classic novel, and for pure gamers who have not read the novel, it is also a new and wonderful adventure.
Third, the gameplay is open and all-encompassing
At present, five optional professional sects have been announced in the game, including Qingyun Gate, Ghost King Sect, Incense Burning Sect, Hehuan Sect, and Lingshi Gate, but behind the names of these familiar sects, there is a very distinct role positioning.
For example, the protagonist Zhang Xiaofan's Qingyun Gate Immortal Wind Dao Bone is not lost in elegance, mainly manipulating the flying sword to attack the target, positioning it as a long-range output character, and can also control the magic "Excalibur Royal Thunder True Recipe" to cause a wide range of lightning damage, which is really a combination of handsomeness and strength;
The Ghost King Sect is more domineering side leakage, its positioning is a high-blood and high-defense tank, with both rational and demonic energy, increasing rationality when using a large knife that focuses on defense, and increasing magic when using a double knife that focuses on attack, which can consume rational value to return blood, consume magic value to cause slowdown and damage, and has both defense and melee output, which is very consistent with its domineering appearance impression;
The positioning of the Hehuan faction is an assassin, highlighting a high explosiveness and high mobility, not only dazzling moves, but also stealth skills can kill people invisible, which can really be described as "ten steps to kill one person, thousands of miles without leaving a line." The thing is whisked away, hiding deep with the name."
In addition, Lingshi is good at providing healing, shielding and buffing effects to teammates; The Incense Valley is similar to a long-range mage, with an extremely wide attack range, and some skills need to be released by reading notes.
After choosing a character, the main gameplay includes the popular PVE (dungeon) and PVP (Battle and Arena) in traditional MMORPG games. In the currently open Black Stone Fire Dragon Cave Group Book, players can explore the Black Stone Fire Dragon Cave with Zhang Xiaofan, find the artifact Xuanhuo Jian in the Immortal Novel, and challenge our "old friend" Demon Fox.
The group of this work is also very testing the player's proficiency and mutual cooperation, at the beginning of the service, PDD, who has many MMO game experience, was once dried to the group when he first contacted the BOSS three-tailed demon fox, fortunately, he found out the boss's skill release law and strategy skills later, and chose a more reasonable team collocation to successfully pass the pass.
In addition, this game also retains the adventure gameplay of the previous immortal games, and the trigger conditions include but are not limited to dialogue, behavior, interaction, scene, item, location, time, weather, etc. For example, if you just walk on Qingyun Mountain as usual, the NPC master sister next to you will suddenly stop you and ask you to help find the lost tanuki cat. Adventure gameplay is not so much a hidden mission as a game egg, and you can experience an interesting little story everywhere.
Of course, being a PVX casual player in "Immortal World" also has a good enjoyment, such as you can hang up and watch the NPCs work at sunrise and sunset, such as admiring the silver-clad Qingyun peaks after heavy snow; For example, soaring by the beach with a sword and listening to the sound of the waves crashing on the beach...
In short, whether you are a sentiment party that wants to relive the original work, a PVE player who wants to brush the picture of the next picture, or a PVP enthusiast who is eager to compete, or even a casual player who does not want to do anything but just relax after work, you can get what you want and find the resonance of the soul in "Immortal World".
IV. Conclusion
Although the release of the first original novel of Xuexian has been more than 20 years ago, the story of Xuexian and the core and spirit of Xuexian have never been forgotten in the hearts of players, so the latest masterpiece of the Xuexian IP can still get the attention of the public. Shaohua is fleeting, time flies, perhaps our appearance is no longer young, but the heartbeat is still beating positively, and the appearance of "The World of Immortals" has once again aroused the author's infinite imagination of the world of immortals.
Of course, the game is still in the first stage of internal testing, the details can still continue to be polished, and there are many places worth looking forward to in the future, such as whether there will be more new sects in the future after the addition of the new sect of Lingshimen; For example, under the fixed content of the novel, can the parallel story mode of the two main lines create more suspense and accidents? Another example is whether the character's weapon strike can make different strike feedback (sound feedback) on different objects, and so on.
The internal test has been opened, will the public beta be far away? Let's look forward to the official release of the game in the future, and look forward to the new "Immortal World".