Yesterday (26th), "Shooting the Condor", which is in paid testing, released the first limited character "Mu Nianci" PV and promotional poster warm-up, and the limited card pool will be launched tomorrow.
Dressed in a bright red butterfly wearing a floral shirt, holding a lancet, lingering with a red thread, Mu Nianci, who has been guarding the people she cares about under the ginkgo tree, walked into my sight from the PV generously. Between the words, Mu Nianci pulled out his sword from its sheath. "I would like to point my sword at the sky and break through the sky for you...... Guarding a piece of peace for you", revealing Mu Nianci's perseverance and warmth, and deepening Mu Nianci's image as a heroine in my mind.
As a limited character, Mu Nianci has many unique features. During the cultivation process, players will unlock limited avatars, exclusive ornaments, and so on. The production team specially wrote copywriting close to Mu Nianci's character for various details related to it. For example, "engraved jade shoes", the copy writes that as a token of love, "she never gave up when she broke up......";
The copywriting is word-for-word, and each ring alludes to Mu Nianci's ill-fated fate, which is quite similar to a verdict, and will win the favor of the original party players.
Friends who are familiar with the original work know that Mu Nianci is a secondary role in it. But in "Shooting the Condor", Mu Nianci is comparable to the "top match" of other games. So in the original work, Guo Jing, Huang Rong and other important characters, what kind of height will "Shooting the Condor" create, I really look forward to it.
I'm obviously not the only one looking forward to Shooting the Condor, and in the major gaming communities, I often see players posting and struggling to qualify for the test. Even if the official operation activities have released a lot of test qualifications, they have basically been cut in seconds, which shows the high enthusiasm of players.
Test eligibility in seconds
In fact, there is no shortage of games adapted from Jin Yong's novels on the market, which can be downloaded by clicking on the app store at your fingertips, why do players love the NetEase version of "Shooting the Condor"? I think it can be seen from Mu Nianci's character creation: The goal of the NetEase version of "Shooting the Condor" is to be the top Jin Yong game, and it is expected to become the ceiling of martial arts RPG.
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Everything starts from the original book,
Lay the cornerstone of the strongest Jin Yong IP game
Before downloading the "Condor Shooting" client, I heard that NetEase is expected to invest 1 billion yuan in "Condor Shooting" and set up a huge project team of up to 600 people. Where the 1 billion budget is spent determines the quality of "Shooting the Condor".
In fact, through Mu Nianci PV, I can feel the effect of the 1 billion cost. In the PV, Mu Nianci's costumes are delicate, various decorative details are clearly visible, jet-black hair is like a cloud, and the actual game effect is not inferior to PV. "Condor Shooting" was developed using the UE engine, and the graphics are really excellent, both the protagonist and the NPC modeling are very detailed.
It is understood that "Condor Shooting" is to develop the PC version first, and then use the PC version as the blueprint to transplant the mobile platform, rather than simply cutting the PC version of the special effects. So mobile gamers don't have to worry about a huge drop in graphics.
Through experiencing the current version of Condor Shooting, I found that Condor Shooting has laid the cornerstone for a high-quality masterpiece. The most prominent feeling is that "Shooting the Condor" respects the original work very much, and I believe it will awaken the sleeping feelings of fans.
The main plot of the game and the original book can be called a 1:1 reproduction and reinterpretation, and many storyboards are consistent with the classic scenes of memory. In Yang Kang's plot line, in the plot of the martial arts competition, Yang Kang met Mu Nianci and took away Miss Mu's embroidered shoes and other classic plots have been reproduced, and the follow-up plot line will also unfold along the love and hatred between Yang Kang and Mu Nianci.
Not only can I get a glimpse of Mu Nianci's fate in the main story, but I will learn more about Mu Nianci in the side quests, which is obviously what fans of the original book are happy to see.
Interestingly, the main plot of the game sets up many divergence points, and I often can't help but go back to the plot to unlock more possibilities of results, and the overall play has the illusion of a single-player game for many weeks. This is still rare in online martial arts RPGs.
"Shooting the Condor" respects the starting point of the original book, and it can also be perceived from the shaping of the game's atmosphere. "Shooting the Condor" faithfully depicts the style of the Song and Jin dynasties, enhancing the player's sense of immersion.
The game tells the history of the founding of the city of Jinzhong
Of course, the game world in which Mu Nianci lives is not empty, but dynamic. The time in the game world is also synchronized with the real world, and the NPC activities are also in line with the time changes.
The singer's playing and singing are very good
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Impress the player's spiritual core
As mentioned earlier, with a high investment, Condor Shooting has laid the cornerstone of a high-quality game. can just look good, which is obviously not the style and pursuit of the "Condor" project team. In my opinion, "Condor Shooting" has a spiritual core that can impress players under the heart of a good-looking appearance.
After getting to know Mu Nianci in the main story, I started the side plot in Xia Kexing, helping Mu Nianci run errands to buy the winning cake, punish the bully for her, learn martial arts with her, listen to her troubles, and unlock more stories for her.
Combined with the main plot and chivalrous travel, I got to know Mu Nianci from multiple angles, and her plump character was presented in front of me in a more three-dimensional way.
More importantly, Mu Nianci's character of "guarding the people he cares about" has a more contemporary aesthetic interpretation in "Shooting the Condor", which is worthy of applause.
In the main plot and character voices, it is not difficult for me to feel Mu Nianci's tolerance for Yang Kang, a gentleman. Mu Nianci ignored the gossip of the world, and firmly loved Yang Kang with sincerity, and at the same time warmed me as a bystander.
So is Mu Nianci a supporting role in my gaming experience? Obviously not. Mu Nianci, who has integrated modern aesthetic interpretation, is very brilliant in image building.
In my opinion, the portrayal of the characters in "Shooting the Condor" surpasses most of the second tours that are good at selling characters.
In the end, whether the character can win the "love" of the player depends on the sense of companionship in the game.
The character obtained by drawing cards in "Shooting the Condor" is the "Knight", and has become an important companion for players in the game journey since then. Although the chivalrous servants represented by Mu Nianci are all AI-controlled characters, it does not mean that there is no sense of substitution.
"Condor Shooting" has designed a large number of side gameplay and PVE dungeon gameplay, and the knights can help me and let the knights have a scene to play. The knights fought with me against the gangs, challenged the powerful heroes, and always accompanied me to build emotional bonds. When I went offline, the in-game AI technology hosted my assets and characters, and I continued to walk in the rivers and lakes.
Because of the bond, I feel that the knights are not NPC characters, but flesh-and-blood companions. I am also one of the living martial arts rivers and lakes in the Song and Jin dynasties.
On the whole, "Condor Shooting" not only has a good-looking appearance, but also contains a spiritual core that impresses players. Whether it is artistic expression or character building, it is more in line with the aesthetics of young players today, and it is undoubtedly a high-quality masterpiece.
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"Shooting the Condor" is a top-level martial arts RPG that gathers the culmination
As the paid test of "Condor Shooting" is coming to an end, the project team has joined the Mu Nianci card pool with a sincere update, intending to push players' expectations to a new level.
There is no doubt that Mu Nianci can see 100% sincerity of the project team in shaping and publicity. Considering that the NetEase version of "Condor Shooting" is actually a "Condor Trilogy", which will span the 150 years of the original work, it is undoubtedly a long-term operation game with ambitions of thousands of miles. The project team will definitely spend more effort on content production, commercialization, and gameplay polishing, and will not be short-sighted.
NetEase has accumulated a lot of experience in RPG games in the past and has made many innovations. And now, innovations such as the season system and the dynamic world have been applied to "Shooting the Condor", making "Shooting the Condor" a masterpiece of martial arts RPG. I look forward to bringing more innovative shocks to martial arts RPGs when "Condor Shooting" is officially open beta.