preface
On the occasion of the golden nine silver ten in 2023, a husband and wife file producer brought us the dark horse-level independent work "Hengge". Even if this is an EA work, this work perfectly presents the vivid and extremely magnificent history of "Thirteen Heroes Return to the Jade Gate" through the plot mode with the carrier of video games. Its ink-style art background, Water Margin-style character standing painting, T0 professional-level dubbing and BGM have pulled the comprehensive quality of the game to more than one level. The only regret is that the plot mode is still unfinished, but it can also be used to simulate a strategy belonging to the Eastern Han Dynasty through the hegemony mode.
Plump kernel
The game is divided into story mode and hegemony mode in terms of overall gameplay structure. The story mode is the module that I personally feel is the most bright and the most attentive to do. Although you can only experience the real historical story of "Thirteen Generals Return to the Jade Gate", it is really superior in terms of the restoration of the plot, the advancement rhythm, or the specific combat gameplay and sound and picture performance. The combat in this game is obvious, with a sense of déjà vu at a glance. To be honest, I was quite frightened when I first saw the indie team adopt this mode of battle in the promotional PV.
First, it is difficult to control some micro-manipulation details, and second, this gameplay tests the optimization level of the program. But surprisingly, the actual combat performance of this game, although not very good, in my opinion at least passed. Players can arrange troops in a similar way, and use class restraint, terrain characteristics, and general's skills to match real-time tactics to face off against enemy forces.
Moreover, the number of people on the same screen on the battlefield is very exaggerated, and it provides far and near switching and rotation adjustment of the field of view. The most valuable thing is that the optimization is actually okay, and the 20 series graphics card does not have any obvious stuttering. The only fly in the ointment is that the UI layout is a little messy, the operation when changing the formation is not particularly flexible, and there will be mold wearing when the viewing angle is closer (this is really too demanding).
The hegemony mode has become a comprehensive strategy game covering internal affairs, foreign affairs, the growth of the technology tree, and military warfare. Compared with the story mode, the gameplay has been enriched and expanded, but the sense of immersion is obviously not as strong as the former. Personally, I very much hope to make more plot battles based on the real events of the Han Dynasty, after all, every day in the market except the Three Kingdoms is the Three Kingdoms, we have thousands of years of great power has no other stage of history to do? I will definitely "not teach Huma to do the Yin Mountain"!
Stunning shell
The most impressive thing in the game is undoubtedly the standing drawing style of the characters. Although we don't know which master did it, from the result point of view, it is very similar to the standing painting style of the CCTV version of "Water Margin" 108 General operated by Mr. Dai Dunbang, the master of Chinese painting, and accurately shows the character and expression of the characters only through the standing painting. And the level of dubbing is also amazing, especially when the DPRK and China debate whether to save Geng Gong,
Situ Bao Yu's sentence: "If one day, the Western Regions fall and the Xiongnu invade the territory again, dare to ask Sikong: Why is His Majesty an envoy?" "With the increasingly exciting BGM, it is really sonorous, loud and deafening.
A little testimonial
Who said that domestic games can't do historical simulation themes? Why are almost all of this type of game monopolized by Japanese manufacturers? "Hengge", good!
Game name: Hengge, supported Chinese
Text: Jing Xiaotian