Turn-based games dominated the domestic game market in the early days with their strategic nature, and compared with other types of games that were not mature in technology at that time, turn-based games became the mouths of players. And now the game market is occupied by moba, fps, rpg and other types, its high quality of the screen, the richness of the content, the ultimate pleasure brought by the operation can be more accepted by the players, I can't help but ask, turn-based games have really been abandoned by the times?
Just a few days ago, at the new product launch of the B station game, a game called "The Dragon and the White Bird of the Great Rivers and Lakes" caught my attention, and it played the sign of the turn-based game, which made me more curious. With this curiosity, I had the privilege of participating in the demo of Dragon and White Bird to experience the competitiveness of turn-based games in the current game market.
The game is set in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty to create an original martial arts world, players will play the role of a shrimp who has just entered the jianghu, get to know the heroes of various factions, and break out their own stories in the multi-branched, high-freedom jianghu. There is no fixed plot, how all the story develops can be based on the players' own wishes, which is the embodiment of high freedom, how to become a hero, what kind of hero to become, completely up to the players themselves.
The game's art style is pixel-style, which looks simple but is refined. Turn-based games don't need cool animation design, and players who really like it should pay more attention to the hardcore of the game's own content. Back to the picture, the pixel wind RPG looks quite comfortable, although the model is still simple to zoom in, but the advantage is that each model has its own unique elements, which is enough for the big rivers and lakes. The map is also full of details, and even a corner of the clutter adds a lot to the game.
As a chivalrous guest, you should walk the rivers and lakes. The whole game revolves around the jianghu, whether it is the background of the story, or the skills and weapons and equipment, then the most interesting thing must be the content of the battle, I thought of what "broken bones and wrong hands", "bone soft palms" classic martial arts moves, don't say, there are really! Players can practice more than 150 martial arts cheats, buffs, debuffs, single body, group attack, healing effects are all available, so there are a variety of interesting combinations. He even paid tribute to Star Ye and designed the classic move "Stepping On the Finger"! Players are worthy of the "martial arts wizards"!
The opening of the game is also particularly interesting, really "opening a dog". Players can "trick" a dog as a combat partner through food in the opening mission, of course, there may be a player plot that goes straight past! There are many more such small details, all hidden in the game. Players need to explore on their own!
There are also many featured combat gameplay in the big rivers and lakes. Here are two examples: "Poison Flow" and "Combo". As the name suggests, poisoning is to kill the opponent through poison, which is very different from the traditional flat slash or burst stream, and players who like poisoning flow gameplay may become the leader of the Five Poisons Sect? The "combo" setting is also quite interesting, which adds an element of luck, adding some variables to the fixed value and adding new fun to the game.
Later in the game, players are more than just one person and one dog, and they need to control more characters to fight, which reveals the strategic diversity of the big river. Each character has different attributes, equipped with different skills, and also has a similar "tank", "output" and "healing" position settings, which requires players to carefully match, develop a reasonable strategy, and then defeat the opponent in one fell swoop!
Overall, as a new turn-based game, "Dragon and White Bird" does have a lot of eye-catching places, with its own unique places, but also let me really see the turn-based game in 2021 can maintain such a high playability, look forward to the official in the follow-up to do better, but also look forward to the praise of the big river and lake!