'The Condor', which has targeted the pain points of martial arts MMOs for twenty years, is it a slap in the face or a true warrior?

I wonder if you have noticed that there have been quite a few officially announced new domestic open world games in the past few years. Based on the concept of RPG role-playing, they also incorporate various elements such as action, shooting, dress-up, etc., but it has really It seems that only a few of them have gone online smoothly?

The author can count the number of games on one hand, and some even gameover at the speed of light not long after they were launched, and most of them are still in the drawing and testing stage.

So when NetEase brought its own golden signature - Jin Yong's authentically authorized martial arts masterpiece "The Condor", it decided to launch today (March 28) and take up the banner of launching an open world game in 2024. , and also put on a posture of "I want to defy heaven" and launched a fierce attack on those old habits, which undoubtedly grabbed a lot of attention.

And according to the author’s observations from the first beta to the present, “The Condor” is not simply about trying to make a fortune by wearing Jin Yong’s martial arts cloak. Full, the ambition it shows is to draw a new route in the realm of the open world of martial arts, so that we martial arts fans can also enjoy a journey that breaks through the tradition.

1. Open world, perhaps the best expression of the martial arts genre

Nowadays, there are no elite soldiers and generals with hundreds of people and hundreds of millions of people. No one dares to easily get involved in the dream-making project of the open world despite their financial reserves.

After all, an open world is not only about the size of the map and the massive content, but also about a vivid, full, logical and self-consistent worldview. If it does not have a core soul that is deeply rooted in people's hearts, it will become an empty copy and a lame imitation show in minutes.

Simply, "The Condor", which has the aura of Jin Yong's last officially authorized work during his lifetime, is the least to worry about that the world view does not have a mass base or lacks appeal. The copyright statute of limitations is at least enough for it to finish "The Condor 3". The whole story of "Part".

The real challenge of "The Condor" is how to bring Jin Yong's martial arts world to life in an open world way.

What Jin Yong constructed in "The Condor Trilogy" was not only a magnificent epic of martial arts heroes, but also a geographical map, humanistic customs and historical heritage that spanned 150 years of changes. Because of this, "The Condor" adopts an open world mode, which is a "travel artifact" tailor-made for martial arts fans.

NetEase began to lay out this large-scale Jin Yong martial arts open world as early as six years ago. It is also a seamless open world that very accurately targets the "sense of substitution" that martial arts fans crave most.

It no longer just wants to build a single linear character biography, but strives to restore the various behaviors of all living beings in an era. As the official tweet said:

Therefore, in terms of shaping the heroes, "The Condor" uses the idea of ​​​​content-based second games to create PVs and character songs, giving them The unique life trajectories and behavior paths of more than 300 knights. Players can gradually enter the inner world of knights through ingenious interaction and gift-giving mechanisms, learn their unique skills personally, and even trade with their favorite knights. Pretend to be playful and build deep friendships rather than cold NPC relationships.

(My own fashion, Huang Rong, the knight-errant, can also wear it)

In terms of multi-perspective and multi-branch plot, "The Condor" draws on Jin Yong's grass The narrative style of Snake Gray Line not only uses the top specifications of the film and television industry to reproduce countless classic scenes, but also makes up for the blank segments of the characters' lives in the original work. This has been well received in previous tests.

As a member of this era, players are not outsiders, but go deep into the world, participate in the changes of the times, and rewrite the script of fate with their own hands.

You can learn hundreds of martial arts and become a master of martial arts;

You can also accompany Guo Jing and Huang Rong as they grow into national heroes, and witness with your own eyes the growth of Guo Fu and Guo Xiang, the rise of the Tomb Sect, and more historical moments that have not been revealed... Everything is in line with the development of the times and is very mysterious.

Besides the main plot, "The Condor" is dedicated to presenting the various things that a native of the Song Dynasty would experience in this era. .

For example, in the Song Dynasty, you can see Goulan tile houses and fruit-flavored drinks everywhere. When passing by, you can hear the curling music, passionate storytelling, and the melodious tunes of Song lyrics, which often make people stop to listen and forget to leave.

The scenes and scenery I saw were not realistic but more freehand, rendering the artistic conception of Chinese style and ink, even every frame of the martial arts matching interface The movements all flow poetically in the silhouette of the sunset. The author particularly likes this part.

Game fashion even advertises "rejecting the Korean Wave and sticking to the true national style". This time there is no need to worry about why the ancients would bare their arms and legs and boldly show off the Song Dynasty The clothing features and feel the charm of the top class.

#As for the gameplay, "The Condor Shooting" also fully integrates the characteristics of the times. For example, the iron pot cooking technique originated in the Song Dynasty is designed to be an interesting and realistic cooking method. You can wield a shovel and a spoon in eight major cuisines. Every process is simulated in reality, from washing the pot, adding oil, placing vegetables, stir-frying, and putting. The seasonings are all available, and the finished product is just like opening a blind box, with expert comments.

There are also many cultural mini-games such as poems and poems, encyclopedia mini-classes, puzzles about metal, wood, water, fire and earth, five-tone bells, etc., which fully demonstrate the elegance of the literati of that era.

There are not only fights and killings in the rivers and lakes, but also various kinds of clothing, food, housing and transportation, and the customs of the Song Dynasty flowing in countless details will give people a sense of living in it. .

According to the official statement, the first public beta version will start when Guo Jing goes to Changchun and end when Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo depend on each other for life and death. It will be carefully constructed around Jinzhongdu, including Wudingfang and Prince Zhao's Mansion. , Meishan Village, Huafang, Meiwu, Wan'an Temple and other landmarks in the seamless world map, with more than 200 hours of interactive and collectible content at one time.

And this is just the first step in the grand blueprint of "The Condor". In the future, at least 19 major versions of the era will be launched.

In the author’s opinion, there are really few projects that are willing to invest so much financial resources and time in tracing the origin of traditional culture. When traditional culture is no longer a gimmick for game promotion, but is truly implemented from beginning to end, You might actually be able to play it as a "Song Dynasty Travel Simulator".

(As this player said)

2. The multi-faceted sniper martial arts MMO convention makes it impossible for players to refuse

If It is said that these traditional cultural elements give "The Condor" a unique temperament, so the act of daring to open fire on friends is a bit like overturning the card table.

Let’s leave aside the confusion this move has caused among manufacturers. In order to win the hearts of players, New Games is not only willing to lower prices and improve quality. Who can resist this sincerity? ?

In the past, those Jin Yong-themed games were either addicted to the quagmire of numerical comparison, or they lost the soul of the martial arts spirit while carrying the signature of Master Jin Yong, although they made a lot of money. is full, but it has never been able to satisfy the martial arts fans' yearning for that ideal world.

Therefore, counting the several firings of "The Condor Shooting" is not only targeted, but also a precise strike:

Faced with the industry's common practice of rolling servers and merging servers to make money, it directly showed the big move of "one server in the world", allowing millions of players to gather in the same arena. No., all done directly in one server!

The competitive pressure of rankings is abandoned in the game. The mall firmly does not sell numerical props. Naturally, you don’t have to worry about not being able to keep up with the progress of the large army and not being able to form a team and not be able to win the title. You can go alone. The heroes also have knights and smart partners to help out, and one-click clearance is no longer a dream; help functions such as "Bow Bow" make the world full of warmth, and there are rewards for helping each other. This is the true warmth of the world!

Let alone daily tasks and weekly tasks? Cancel everything and replace it with rich one-time gameplay. Whether you do it or not, and the speed of doing it depends on the player himself, making this world less constrained and more free.

Let’s talk about the explosive point that ignited the blood-"All fashions are sold directly for only 9.9 yuan, and we are determined not to do the lottery!" This trick has already made many players gear up and shout " I’m coming to the mall”, “I want to pack 100 sets for 999 yuan”! Just imagine, in many games where fashions can easily cost hundreds or even thousands, this is simply a subversive offer, 9.9 yuan, and you don’t need a bicycle!

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