In this era of entertainment supremacy, games and novels are the hobbies of many people. Novels that borrow elements from games abound and are a hit genre. And the game I want to talk about today cleverly combines the game with the novel.
This game is "Looking for Eternal Life"
Out of love for domestic games, the author opened this so-called "playable Xiu Xian novel" at the recommendation of a friend. My impression of the game was still stuck at the time of its release, and the system that seemed to need to be strengthened at the time and the slightly rough graphics made me less interested in this "semi-finished product" in my eyes.
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This trip really surprised me. The original rough system has been polished more and more perfectly, and the slightly rough picture has become small and delicate. But I care more about his "process" than the "results" I can see.
Most of the independent games made by personal studios are released tepidly, because of some practical reasons, such as small production team, less development funds, less development time, etc. The quality of the game is not satisfactory. For various reasons, some people chose to leave the "road of no return" of developing indie games, while some people turned around with the experience of this game to develop the next game. And very few people will choose to persevere and perfect their own efforts, which is no less than the "long road" of cultivating immortals.
The author is still stable and constantly updated with patches
The author of "Seeking Eternal Life" took two years to update, and he did it one week or even two times a week. With hundreds of patches perfected, the game is exuding its original charm, and tens of thousands of players have flocked to embark on a road that the author claims to have spanned two thousand years.
The number of people online has risen sharply since December 9 last year
My son Wang Teng has the assets of the Emperor!
Enter the game to create characters, and the strong smell of online text comes to the face. Unlike the slightly serious opening of the Taiwu scrolls, the route taken by Mi Changsheng is more relaxed, and you seem to have become the protagonist of Xiu Xian's novel. Of course, the author also provides a less "dragon proud heaven" option, you can be a multitude of sentient beings under the white cloud and the dog, staged a real "mortal cultivation immortal legend"; or a ill-fated person of heaven, who should not have lived to be twenty years old, you embarked on the road of cultivating immortals because of a strange fate.
Choosing to become the "Destiny Protagonist" has up to twenty talent points, which allows you to choose a lot of favorable talents and careers, allowing you to have a smooth sailing on the road to cultivating immortals. And mortals who choose to have nothing to do with cultivating immortals, if they want to cultivate immortals, they must start from scratch. If you have not experienced hardships, there is no compensation for talent. This is also the cultivation of immortals that the author wants us to experience, just as the so-called" said: "Everyone says that the gods and immortals are good, how many people in ancient times can understand the Tao?"
A variety of options are available to suit your character's needs
Next, you need to choose your origin, qualifications, experience, five elements preferences, etc., such as the "serious illness" of self-reducing life, or the "state of mind" caused by being publicly divorced at the age of fifteen, these negative choices will allow you to get more talent points, the so-called gains and losses.
A serious illness seems to be the standard for protagonists, such as our Chu Xiangshuai
Embark on the path of cultivating immortals
With a cry of "Have you dreamed enough?" ", full of visual sense of the game guide "carry grandpa" shouted to wake us up, the game here even if the official start.
Sure enough, it's you, Xiao Yan!
Waking up from a dream and kicking off seems to be a routine in the game world
The first thing that catches the eye is a simple and fresh game interface, the upper right corner is the time, place and mission, the upper left corner is the interaction related to the characters, and then the slightly simple map. "Seeking Eternal Life" uses a more retro way to describe the scene, similar to the hero invincible, the character action is in a large map, and the town and the door are summarized by a CG that clicks and moves. I have to say that in terms of expressiveness, it still needs to be strengthened to enrich the experience of the game. However, looking at the frequent updates of the author, it is not so unacceptable, and the future can be expected.
Fresh to a slightly rudimentary large map after entering the game
After entering the first city, we will participate in the must-have plot of the novel here , the auction house. If your character fell into a deep valley when he was young and got rare grass, he can sell some spirit stones at this auction house to spend. You will also be exposed to cultivation and learning exercises here. The choice of a few months and more than ten years seems to confirm the author's promise that this is a path of cultivation that spans two thousand years. All we have to do is to break through the realm before our own life expectancy is exhausted, otherwise we can only end up in a dead end.
We immortal cultivators stayed in the inn for thirty years
It is also a challenge to complete the foundation building at a young age
Of course, the game content is far more than that, playing the ring, the door school competition, listening to the master's opening altar preaching, various forces and sects, etc. Rich and interesting content, coupled with a large number of high-quality plots that the players praise the most, to ensure that your initial experience of the game will not be boring. And the author's continuous and stable updates will also escort your gaming experience.
Breathing rivers and lakes
Cultivating into immortals, if you pursue the truth too much, it will naturally be a bit boring. In order to avoid this phenomenon, "Seeking Immortality" strengthens the interaction between NPCs and players. Among them, the most ingenious is that the transmission system is made into a "WeChat" that modern people will smile, and it is also a unique game experience in the boring Xiu Xian and three or two confidants exchanging gifts to greet each other.
Xiu Xian World's WeChat you have not used
Not only the regular five elements, "Seeking Eternal Life" has prepared the "Three Thousand Avenues" for players who like to take a different path. Whether you want to become an alchemy master, a refining master, or a physical practitioner with internal training, the game can satisfy you.
Holding the sun and moon in your hand and picking the stars, physical cultivation is also a good choice
Interestingly, a player once rescued a lowly NPC on the Xiuxian Road, and exchanged "WeChat" with the NPC, and the NPC kept giving gifts to the player in order to thank the life-saving grace until the limit had arrived, and the moved player then opened the furnace to refine the medicine, extended the life of the NPC, and became the friend of the game.
The author summarizes
The reason for the popularity of "Seeking Eternal Life" naturally does not stop there. Although there are many kinds of excellent games, we always seem to be expecting our characters to be dressed in plain clothes, with their hands crossed behind their backs, and a long sword at their feet to swim between heaven and earth, and to slay demons and eliminate evil Voldemort. Even if some players shout "Guodan will not make games except for the theme of xiu immortals", there will always be a variety of xiu xian games that will set off a boom.
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"Domestic games to rise" as an old terrier has been spat on by everyone for many years, but whether it is high-quality independent games such as "Taiwu Painted Scroll" and "Caged Peeping Dream", or "Ancient Sword Qitan 3" and "Paladin Seven" that dare to abandon the traditional turn-based system, pluck up courage, and compare strength in a positive way, all of which prove that China's game groups are becoming more and more stable today, and the game environment is getting better and better.
Compared with the quality of the game, it is more surprising to see the courage of domestic game factories to dare to be positive
The unleased "Black Myth: Goku" and "Showa Rice Story", whether in innovation or technology, have already carried the banner of domestic game publicity and showed our games to the world.
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Maybe one day, we will be able to swim in our own open world. That day is not far away.