SEGA’s Renlong Studio’s latest work “The Memory of the Judgement” was officially released on the 24th. With the digital deluxe version that can be played 3 days in advance, we broke this game as quickly as possible. We will look at this new work from all aspects of the performance of “Memory of the Passing and Annihilation of Judgment”.
All aspects of this “Death of Trial”
First of all, although many characters in “The Judgment” are inherited from the previous work, most of the characters have become more lovable. The story itself is not a continuation of the previous work but a brand new event, so even if you have not played the previous work, you can start with this one. . If you only follow the main line, the game will be completed in about 25-30 hours.
But one of the highlights of this series is the interesting sidelines and mini games. Of course, this part hasn’t shrunk at all. Because the old mini games have not been deleted, there are a lot of new ones, so the total number is a lot more. The actual playing time will probably fall within 30-40 hours or even longer.
In terms of plot, the “Death of Trial” is still like a Japanese drama of reasoning. This time all the plots are derived from the keyword “bullying”. The same as the previous game, this time there is also the conflict of “Your justice is not equal to my justice”. As far as the overall feeling is concerned, the main storyline of “The Judgement” is not bad, but it is not far better than a generation.
The only thing the editor feels a bit pity is that the scripts of the trial series are good at shaping the conflict between reality and ideals. However, in this story, the main characters have not been able to influence each other regardless of their mouths or hands. It is of course to stick to oneself. But on the other hand, there will be the feeling that everyone is skipping stitches (“skipping stitches” is actually written in a certain line). Instead, some minor characters can see their transformation in the story.
There is a new style of combat, “Circulation” (if there are two DLCs, but the DLC will have to wait until the end of October), circulation is good at throwing skills and knocking down the opponent’s weapons, but these two features are not useful for the boss level. The original “Yuanwu” has been fully strengthened, and with the addition of “Yi Shan”, the three fighting styles have a certain balance this time, and the combat experience is definitely better than the previous work that hits the world with “Yi Shan”.
In the part of the scene, it spans Kamurocho and Ijincho. In addition, there is a newly produced high school “Maoriyo High School”. We will mention the scenes below.
Mixed youth group drama
In addition to the main storyline this time, the biggest highlight was Cheng Leng High School, which was related to the main storyline at the beginning, but after the middle. Chengling High School developed its own “Youth Group Drama”. Starting with Iori as the external teacher of the Suspense Fiction Research Agency, it started a series of plots that have nothing to do with the main line and stand alone. This is also the first time I have seen it. try.
In the “Youth Group Drama”, Iori needs to solve the situation of various clubs and a few specific students in the school. In addition to its own plot, the “Youth Group Drama” is also very large in scale. The story is also interesting and bound There are many small games and side missions. Therefore, “The Judgment” can even be said to be a dual-line game.
However, this first attempt also revealed some problems. First of all, the design of this “youth group portrait drama” is to start a new event when it reaches a specific specific value. Therefore, although there will be multiple community routes at the same time, but on the whole There is also a rough sequence, so the “Youth Group Drama” is still a linear plot in a certain way.
The linear plot is not a problem, but as mentioned above, the “Youth Group Portrait Drama” has a large number of branch lines. This leads to the fact that although the total number remains the same, the main plot on the original map has become less, and some blocks have become useless. Then there are small games. The progress of the small games is directly tied to the branch line. Although the small games are the main series of the series, it is not necessarily that everyone is so lovable.
One of the most troublesome is probably the production of robots in the robot club, which not only requires agricultural materials but also collects materials. It can be said that a lot of materials can be bought directly through stalls everywhere, so it is easy to do things with money, don’t roam the streets stupidly to hunt for treasure.
So whether this “Youth Group Drama” is a good part, the editor thinks it has a lot of room for discussion, and the idea is definitely not bad, but it seems that some details can be done better.
The last thing I have to say is the portrait. It is well known that Renlong Studio is very good at making motion capture characters, but for some characters that do not need to be captured but directly pinched their faces, it is easy to “crook”. Coupled with the expression calculated by the program, there is a skeleton but no muscles, if no detailed adjustments are made, the unimportant characters will easily have a sense of disharmony.
But this time, Renlong Studio boldly adopted the design of “group portrait drama” where everyone is a key character. In addition, most of the characters are pinched out, but they emphasized their shortcomings in character design. In particular, although Renlong Studio is very good at making uncles with full-faced flesh, this time they are challenging young high school students. It is common for them to look out of age or look strange…
Gradually take a different path from “Dragon in Man”
In the previous game “Eye of Judgment”, many players responded that they hated the detective methods of tracking and chasing, thinking that it interrupted the original rhythm of the game. However, in this work, there are only more “investigative actions”, not less.
Of course, the playability of each survey action is not the same. For the most annoying “tracking” in the past, it is true that in the main line, the chances of encountering “tracking” and “unlocking” are much less, but “chasing” “, “Observation” is often encountered, and there are more new investigation actions, such as listening to passers-by to obtain keywords. To be honest, these new movements interrupted the rhythm to the extent that they did not lose track.
As for whether these actions make people feel irritable or not, it really varies from person to person. From the editor’s point of view, the main line is okay, but some additional elements that must be explored using investigative actions are really fascinating. Want to yawn.
I believe the production team is not unaware that some people don’t like investigative actions, but as they said, they hope that the trial series is a suspenseful and reasoning forensic detective drama. After the “Eye of Trial”, it is obvious that the production team It is hoped that the trial series can be distinguished from the dragon in man series, and the most distinguishable part is these “investigative actions” while maintaining the original actions in the battle.
The battle in the “Trial” series is a little different from that of “Dragon in Man”. Compared with “Dragon in Man”, the series of the trial series is much more gorgeous and smooth, and you often forget to ask for it. Find something to hit someone. Therefore, in terms of fighting style, the “martial arts” style of the trial series is also different from the heavy-handed underworld fighting.
In addition, if you look closely, the first part where the blood spurts is present, but the proportion is reduced. Moreover, Takayuki Iori, played by Takuya Kimura, will not get it, nor can he pick up the enemy’s knife or gun, which is a very lethal weapon in reality.
The reality carried by Renlong Studio
In all respects, Renlong Studio is now the leader of SEGA’s own family, and it is natural that it is also burdened with great revenue pressure. Therefore, since a few years ago, Renlong Studio has become a new year. The studio has new works released almost every year.
However, with the current development scale of 3A games, it is difficult to develop a “completely new game” in one year. Therefore, the works of Renlong Studio are prone to substantial resource recovery. It’s the same situation.
This time, Kamurocho, which has remained unchanged for thousands of years, plus Yokohama Ijincho, except for a few changes in shops (Yoshinoya replaced Akokumaru), is basically the same as “Dragon in Man 7”, and the new map has only one high school. Therefore, although the development team has worked hard to make differences in plot and gameplay, trying to get rid of “Dragon in Man” in this work, it is actually difficult to get rid of this impression.
Compared with the underworld and various restricted themes of “Dragon in Man”, Takuya Kimura’s “Eye of Judgment” should be able to gain a greater advantage in the audience, but what can I do to make the trial series comparable to the dragon in man? Even beyond, it is still the place where the production team has to try and work hard.
In addition, this time the DLC is tied into more “game content” that should have been originally included. In the past, the DLC of the “Dragon in Man” series mainly sold some appearance and items that can save time (or even break the balance), but this time directly Tied to the content of the game, such as three female characters who can fall in love, in October there will be a DLC with a fighting style. Whether this approach will go deeper in the future is worth observing.
However, the “Death of Judgment” did not lose its flavor this time. The overall is still very stable. Considering the reality of Renlong Studio, it is a pass or higher work, and it is quite satisfying after playing. Whether you are a player who likes the action gameplay of “Dragon in Man” in the past, or an old or new player in the “Trial” series, it is still a game worth playing.
It’s just that Takuya Kimura may not be able to pick up the protagonist of the “Trial” series before, but as far as this work is concerned, we can still feel that the “Trial” series should continue to be done, and the role surrounding the Iori has taken shape. If it is rumored It would be a shame to be true. It depends on how SEGA and Jennis (Takuya Kimura’s brokerage company) reached a consensus on the commercial battlefield.
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