Compared with the games of big manufacturers such as EA and Ubisoft, indie games often represent a niche and a shortage of funds. However, most of these types are full of personality, insufficient funding, insufficient technical strength, we can find another way, in the system design efforts, so as to make up for the deficiency.
Especially in China, although I don't want to admit it, there is still a long technical gap between domestic and foreign countries, and how to make innovations through gameplay is a problem that major manufacturers will think about.
It is in this environment that there are still a group of people chasing dreams in China, and "Liu Yin" is the first work produced by Kingna Game Studio. As a domestic independent game, as far as the CURRENT demo is concerned, there are indeed many flaws, such as the screen and combat action feel slightly worse, the initial play may not be friendly, but the deep play of the game itself also has its merits, such as his system and plot performance mode.
The player plays the heroine Han Jingli in the game, who lost all her memories when she first appeared, and can only go step by step through the tasks between her and the NPC, collect clues, and solve the mystery of her own life. As a game with a plot-driven element, this kind of story deduction mode can have a burst of surprises to the player when exploring, and always gain a sense of freshness.
The plot interpretation mode is somewhat similar to Miyazaki's Soul series of games, the combat is also very hardcore, the player's degree of freedom is very high, you can choose to be hard, purely technical, and there are many props to choose from, including the use of different materials to make alchemy props and so on.
When it comes to the featured system, of course, the interaction of the game is quite good, and most of the scenes and all NPCs can be interacted. For example, the player uses the "skyrocketing bomb" in the jungle, which can burn the entire jungle, which is called a spectacular, according to the official statement, this fire will also roast the animals (environmental protection girl warning), in the face of the boss, the use of thunder and water flow, you can invite him to eat a "Professor Yang package", but the fish in the water will also be electric cooked (the environmental protection girl is crying).
In the general impression, NPCs are mostly the existence of guiding the player's direction, providing help and support, while the attitude of the NPCs in "Ryu Yin" to the player depends entirely on the player's own choices, and they may mislead and harm our protagonist from time to time. However, the protagonist can also attack or flirt with NPCs and bosses, and it should be noted that these choices will more or less affect the plot of the game and the props available to the player, so you need to think twice.
For example, there is a boss in the game named InuYasha, which looks very simple, directly relying on the body method is more than enough (beast form), but if the player chooses to kill the Night Palace Lord first- Mingyu, then what awaits the player in the Inuyasha Tomb will be inuyasha - Xiaoyang (humanoid), compared to the initial beast form, the human form of the Inuyasha is more difficult to deal with, both near and far, both offensive and defensive.
Overall, Ryu's performance is OK, December 31 launched Steam coincides with the holiday, consider whether the official version is worth getting started, you can play the demo before making a decision.