Text/Cold Sword Young Man
Recently, Wolong can be described as a popular fried chicken in the single-player game circle, which can't help but make me, an old player, sigh, after so much, Team-NINJA seems to have finally found the right direction, and another explosive model of its own after Renwang is about to be born.
To say that this group has gone through twists and turns, I must open a separate column to chat with you when I have the opportunity. To put it simply, they developed a 3D version of the Ninja Dragon and the Dead or Alive series in their early years, but with the death of the boss, there were problems with the company's management, just at this time, the producer Itagaki Shinobu tore up with the company due to salary and other sensitive issues, and eventually took away a large number of key members to go out alone, leaving only the younger brother Yosuke Hayaya leading the remnants of the clan to revive the ninja group, and now the news of that year can also be seen on the search engine, and the younger brother shouted in an interview with the media that Team-NINJA has been reborn under his leadership. Then two works were released in the same year, namely "Dead or Alive 5" and "Ninja Dragon Sword 3".
At that time, I felt that this Ninja Dragon reboot series has also gone to three generations like its FC original, which is really not easy, but this work has suffered a huge Waterloo. IGN directly gave a very low evaluation of 3.0 points, you must know that Ninja Dragon 2 is an unfinished product in the absolute sense, with a refreshing battle, they have scored 8.7 points, and the complete version of the Black Chapter of Ninja Dragon 1 has reached 9 points. There are only 3 points left in 3 generations, which is really miserable.
But at that time, IGN was also more credible than now, and Ninja Dragon 3 really did not do well, he abandoned the first two generations of perfect and mature severed limbs and soul-absorbing super killing systems, and ran to make an inspirational "broken bone system" that was cooler than broken limbs.
The first time I heard about the broken bone system, I thought it would be like Mortal Kombat 9, playing to give you an X-ray to let me see where the bones were broken, but there was no hair, the player just probabilistically triggered a slash close-up during the battle, and the enemy can be killed in seconds under the close-up, but high-level enemies will also trigger broken bone damping. To put it bluntly, it is to hit QTE wildly to cut the enemy, the problem is that it may be to limit violent performances and obtain a lower game rating, the game does not make a limb cut model for this system, and the male protagonist Hayabusa's knife is really just a mold, and it seems to cut in very hard, and then adjust the camera angle to cover the ugliness. Seriously, even if you cut it with some skin and flesh effect, but no, it's really just cutting through the model. Perfunctory.
However, the outrageous thing is that after the broken bone is cut, the enemy will not die, but will only lose the ability to resist, and there he will struggle with himself, waiting for you to execute him in the past. If you don't execute him, then he will struggle there, crawl all the time, climb until he is stuck in the corner and is still crawling, that is, he will not die. I've cut you in half vertically, and if you don't make a model with the corresponding effect, isn't it a little too much to not die. And Yosuke Hayaya, the living treasure, was designed only to highlight one of the themes of the game, "Torture".
In order to interpret the theme of torture, the first generation of ninja dragon execution action is designed to be very dragging, deliberately prolonging the execution process, amplifying the player's feelings, and deliberately playing some enemies when they see the frightened voice of the falcon dragon, cursing him for being inhumane and not a human. Let you intuitively feel how cruel things Hayabusa has done to these ordinary enemies. For this reason, the game is also adding a lot of enemies begging for mercy, and the falcon dragon comes forward to kill him. So this is both the battle theme of the game and the story theme of the game as a whole
The story of the 3rd generation puts Hayabusa on the opposite side of the world, and the ninja has changed from a lonely and mysterious existence to an existence that is not understood or even feared by the world, and the specific plot arrangement is also very American. Hayabusa must face the criticism of the world, endure the invasion of curses, accept the torture of conscience, and finally overcome the demons in his heart and achieve salvation. But because the story is relatively shallow, I want to tell the story a little more deeply and vividly, but unfortunately the effect is too poor, so that the little brother during the publicity, boasting that Ninja Dragon 3 is the darkest work in the series has become a joke, and the darkest sales and reputation are true.
The reason why the game story is so crotch-pulling, I think, is that there is a problem with the direction, and the little brother may be a chosen worker and a third-rate company manager. But it's really not suitable to be the producer in charge of the game as a whole, because when the theme and gameplay of the game have changed greatly, he has not found a new backbone for the game, he knows to add selling points and new gimmicks to the game, but everything is for gimmick services, such as the dark and bloody mentioned above, but there is no courage to go bloody to the end, imitating the broken bones of the killing formation system of Shinobi Shinobi want to amplify visual stimulation but do not have the courage to do it to the end, want to pull the feelings of the old ninja dragon, and find the former trouser removal demon veteran Masato Kato to write the script, But he made a brainless story of copying the plot of FC Ninja Dragon, so that Hayabusa's character in this part also became between the FC version and the 3D version.
Speaking of this, it is necessary to complain that the FC Ninja Dragon is a product of the 80s and 90s, and the plot of that era really has no reference value. It can be tributed, but it really can't be copied. The previous Ninja Dragon 2 and Ninja Dragon 3 Hayabusa Dragon are characters who don't talk much, I don't care what your purpose is, the one who stands in my way dies, but there is a clear distinction between good and evil. But in the 3rd generation, how can he be a guy who cooperates with the villain's questions and is led away by the villain. These episodes happened to the rather juvenile Hayabusa in the FC era, and I think they are all normal. The Hayabusa Dragon in the 3D era is the ceiling of combat effectiveness, a master-level existence, and it is too bad to do this kind of thing. Maybe the little brother thinks that only in this way can he portray the pain, confusion and struggle of the falcon dragon. But players will really feel uncomfortable.
At least for me, I'm fighting enemies with such difficulty, honing my skills again and again, because I firmly believe in my heart that the character I control is a top-level ninja. Now you let me watch him confused in the cutscene, sorry I'm really upset.
Of course, for some old players, the plot of Ninja Dragon is really not very important. After all, if you hit too much, you should have skipped and jumped a long time ago. But this time the combat system is really not cool. The movements of the Falcon have become extremely slow, and the general attack speed of the 3rd generation is very close to the heavy blow of the 2nd generation, and the heavy blow of the 3rd generation is even slower, perhaps the younger brother did this in order to highlight the strength of the Hayabusa's move. It feels terrible. Compared to the enhanced blade edge of the 3rd generation, the entire combat system exudes a feeling of not being finished. Therefore, for real veteran players, Ninja Dragon 3 is not worth the repeated experience you put into honing your skills. Being able to finish a week is really face-giving.
However, in the eyes of many new players who have not been exposed to the Ninja Dragon series, the reputation of this work seems to be much better. Because for this part of the players, this is just an action game with violent action, exaggerated shots, and refreshing elements to play. I haven't experienced the beauty of Ninja Dragon 1 Black Chapter and the original Ninja Dragon 2, so naturally I can't understand why old players don't like this game. Ninja Dragon 3 and they are not a realm thing at all, and even the style of the game and the theme expressed are extremely different. Just like the ninja dragon in the arcade version and the FC version of the 2D era, they are all called "Ninja Dragon Sword".
Because the sales reputation of Ninja Dragon 3 both declined, the pants taking off demon sent a well-known firefighter, that is, Fumihiko Yasuda, the producer of this Wolong, to wipe the butt of the little brother. It took more than half a year to change "Ninja Dragon Sword 3 Edge of Blades" to save the reputation, and the edge of the blade added back a lot of things that the little brother chopped down, and the completion of the entire game can be described as clouds and mud compared to the original. All the shortcomings are also due to the lack of construction period and funds, and the helplessness left from the original 3rd generation. There really is no way around this. But in any case, the last remaining reputation of the Ninja Dragon IP has been preserved.
After that, the ninja group did not immediately give up the IP of ninja, in addition to letting Brother Long always play soy sauce in death or life, and boxing with soft and hard beautiful girls, they also learned Capcom's experience in doing DMC Devil May Cry, and found an outsourcing team to make a "Sword Warrior Legend Ninja Dragon Sword Legend" external work, and DMC Devil May Cry was developed with the Unreal 3 engine, and the painting style was bright and blind, but this is a game of fighting zombies, do you dare to believe it? He also made Ryu Hayabusa a villain. All kinds of styles are stewed in one pot, and the result is also obvious, and it is impossible to gain market recognition.
At this point, the ninja group began to be wary of the ninja dragon IP, some time ago said that there would be a ninja dragon sequel, but immediately refuted the rumors, but I feel that there will be a sequel, because the ninja group has never forgotten Along, after all, there are still many elements of dragon brother in the Nioh. Therefore, this IP will definitely be picked up one day, but the game is developing with each passing day, and now it is not more than in the past, I hope the ninja group can learn more experience, and one day it can bring players a different but better ninja dragon.
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