The old translation of “Legend of Time and Space Fantasy” is a classic RPG series that has existed since the Namco period. The degree to which you feel that it is “passable” or “barely passing”. Although the following “Legend of Scarlet Night” game is not bad overall, what about “Legend of Breaking Dawn” this time?
Let me talk about the conclusion first, this time it is very stable. From the editor’s point of view, “Legend of Breaking Dawn” is still one step away from the masterpiece, but it is considered a high-level masterpiece of JRPG in recent years. At the same time, it is also the new height of Bandai Namco’s games. It is no problem to be the god of animation games in recent years.
This time, “Legend of Breaking Dawn” has at least about 40 hours of game time. If you carefully break the branch line, run the map, etc., you may watch 50 or even close to 60 hours before the main line is completely broken. This time we are using PS5 for testing, so there is no problem in terms of reading speed. The PS4 version depends on the player’s subsequent response.
Let’s talk about the story first. What can be assured is that the characters who did not play “Legend of Enthusiasm” are missing this time. The overall plot of “Legend of Breaking Dawn” is compact, and the six characters of the protagonist group have their own characteristics. Neither ride on the dementia train, nor any shadow, and the ending is secure.
Since the plot of “Legend of Breaking Dawn” mainly tells the Reina people enslaving the Dana people, the plot will be a bit heavy before the final unfolding, while maintaining the tradition of the series, with the elements of kingliness, passion, emotion, etc. .
However, what “Legend of Breaking Dawn” does well is that it fills up the heavy plot of the main line with a comic-style small theater. The number of small theaters is astonishing, and the same as the main line, all are fully dubbed. At the same time, the design of the small theater is also more. It fully portrays the personalities of the six characters. If you are a player who likes to watch the plot, you will be quite satisfied with this.
The only thing that makes editor Xiaoxiao feel pity, maybe considering the popularity, the main line of “Legend of Breaking Dawn” is not hidden enough. In the role dialogue, some speculations about the situation are revealed too early, which will make people who are used to JRPG likely to anticipate the follow-up. development of.
In addition to the main storyline, this time “Legend of Breaking Dawn” also has more than 50 side missions. Although there is also a traditional old-fashioned “There are strangers outside the village please help me solve”, but several of the sidelines are linear plots themselves, and they are also related to The main story echoes.
Compared with “Crimson Knot”, the task-style branches are much better, and many branch rewards are very good, some for recipes, some for skill boards, and some for other important props. This part shows that the production team does have ulterior motives.
The most commendable thing is that in a round of the game, the various scene designs are also very distinctive and exquisite. Almost all the map designs are not repeated, and the various landscapes are completely displayed. In terms of monsters, although the mobs will inevitably be repeated, the boss design is not sloppy. Many bosses will only be seen once, and will not produce a bunch of illegal colors and put them everywhere.
In addition, through the new coloring technology called “Atmos shader”, the expressions and light of the characters in the performance are also more natural. Perfect, but also 70-80 points, this is a considerable improvement in the feelings that the script wants to interpret, and it is also a new height and index for anime-style games.
In addition, the production team also clearly caught the preferences of the anime-style players this time, and you can clearly feel the production team’s intentions in it. For example, the role used by the player/the role of the team/the leader (usually on the screen during exploration) The main role) can be set separately.
Also, there is a branch line to find owls in the game. This branch itself has designed a large number of appearance props. Although some appearance props will be a little funny in the plot when they are worn, when it comes to the “costume”-related plot, it will be forced to switch to the costume applicable to the current plot. The performance will not go off because of this.
Although Bandai Namco has been using the UE4 engine for a long time, “Legend of Breaking Dawn” gives the impression that Bandai Namco can finally fully utilize the capabilities of the UE4 engine.
In addition, the very good thing about this game is that all the designs in the game have their meanings. In addition to the main storyline for the upgrade of monsters, there are also cooking, ranch, fishing, arena and other designs in the game, although the number of mini games is not counted. There are many more, but the details of fishing are also made with great care, and all of these are tied to the player’s skill board and side tasks, which can be said to be closely linked.
In addition, throughout the game, each scene is very meticulously portrayed and there is almost no repetition. As long as there are non-target forks in the exploration, there must be materials or treasure chests waiting for you in the back. You must be absolutely praised on this point. .
Obviously the plan of the production team is to let players know that in “Legend of Breaking Dawn”, nothing is meaningless and everything accumulated will be rewarded.
In addition, JRPG’s strengths: music is also commendable in this work. Whether it’s the soundtrack from various places, as well as the songs performed by “Feeling PIERO” and “Ayaka”, coupled with the 2D animation produced by Ufotable, they are perfectly matched in Together.
Then I will talk about why it is one step away from God. The biggest reason is that “Legend of Breaking Dawn” portrays a great worldview on the plot as always. It is basically divided into two planets, Dana and Reina, and Dana There are five kingdoms ruled by Reina.
It is a pity that the size of a “planet” level is not reflected in the game world. It is really more like five “towns” with a little distance from each other, but this is not a disadvantage, because it is so. Carefully not repeat, it is bound to have cost considerations.
The map played in the demo version is already considered big. The whole game is made up of maps of that size, but there are good and bad things. The advantage is that there is no big, cumbersome, and repetitive. In the maze, the plot can be quite compact, and it will not be irritable. But the relative story is that there are five countries in the story, but it feels like five big cities when playing.
The editor believes that with limited resources, the production team’s choice in this regard is correct. Rather than creating a big open world, planting a bunch of boring monsters and side tasks, it is better to make every small area. Players feel comfortable, whether it is collecting or killing monsters, they can enjoy this fantasy world better.
In addition, although we wrote that the entire game process is very comfortable, there is a mistake that makes it easy for the player to go wrong. That is, the recommendation level is not marked in the side missions.
Although this may not seem strange, after the plot progresses to a certain stage, the open branch line during that period spans about 20 levels. Once you encounter a Boss that is far beyond your current strength, because you can’t escape, once the battle is triggered, it will be over. , Only Game Over can read the file and start again. Fortunately, the game is automatically recorded quite frequently, so even if it is not recorded manually before the start of the battle, it can still be saved.
The last accident is that this game belongs to one round of the game. The past “Legend” series had multiple rounds of design, but we tried to open the second round of the game after it was completely broken, and found that this time the second round of “Legend of Breaking Dawn” Only the cultural relics you got in the first round are inherited, and there is no previous GRADE store. Everything else is back. To be honest, it will have an impact on the second round of game experience but has little meaning.
This is undoubtedly huge for the reform of the legendary series. The replacement plan of the production team is to read the first round archive after the first round is broken, and open some hidden tasks and elements that only exist after the break, so break in the main line After finishing, you can read the files and continue to practice and so on. This aspect is also something that Hyundai has broken through the technological barriers of the past.
Finally, it must be said that this time the editor is playing the Digital Ultimate Edition. The gifts presented by the Digital Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition are far greater than the official paper claims. Except for the three sets of costumes (School, Swimsuit, and Samurai), each The character will also have three additional skill boards and three technical skills. These three technical skills are powerful and are powerful enough for you to fight from the beginning to the level.
In addition, 8 cultural relics were delivered in one breath. These cultural relics have powerful effects and some are quite unique. It seems that the production material is reduced to 1, which completely solves the problem that players may have to spawn monsters as weapons. Basically, there are only full materials. Insufficient condition. It can be said that it has completely affected the player’s progress. Intimately, if you think it has an impact, you can choose not to use it.
It can only be said that this part has also changed with the times, and now the DLC of the game has begun to gradually involve some content that is not only about appearance. Whether this is good or not is a matter of opinion. If you really want the above cultural relics, costumes, and technical skills, the editor suggests that you can buy the deluxe version. If you are an old fan of the Tales series and want the previous music, then go on the ultimate version.
After playing the game, I can feel that the team led by the producer Yusuke Tomizawa has the momentum of “Tales series must not die” for this game. It is true that the rhythm and feeling of the overall gameplay of “Legend of Breaking Dawn” is very good, regardless of Are you an old TO series player, as long as you like JRPG, “Legend of Dawn” is worth playing.
We will also use another article to mention some details of this game as a guide for players to refer to, and the combat system will also be mentioned in this article. “Legend of Breaking Dawn” was released on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X❘S, and XBOX ONE all over the world on September 9, and the Steam version was launched on September 10.
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