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Hongxia Island / Redfall
2023.05.02 / XS X|S, PC
In March 2021, Microsoft announced the acquisition of ZeniMax Media, Bethesda’s parent company. An open-world FPS work that supports multi-player cooperation. There are two directors with good resumes: one Harvey Smith was the director and screenwriter of “Dishonored”, and the other Ricardo Bare was the director of “Prey” (Prey)’s level design and screenwriting.
According to the setting of the game, “Hongxia Island” sets a stage full of vampire creatures after failed experiments. Players need to play the role of survivor heroes with different special abilities, and use the combat ability that combines technology and magic to explore the island, Hunt common and special infected creatures.
This is one of the few main works of Arkane Austin since its establishment (Arkane’s headquarters is in France), and it is also a long-awaited monopoly on the Microsoft host platform, but the good expectations quickly disappeared after the release. After seeing the fierce bombardment from all parties, there is a feeling of “unfinished” in terms of technology (low frame rate and many bugs) and content. The poor debut of “Hongxia Island” not only hurt the face of Microsoft and Arkane, but also led the fire to Microsoft’s Game Pass service (because first-party games are more important in Game Pass), and many media have criticized the Game Pass business. The value and significance of the model at the present stage have been questioned.
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s game business, came forward to explain and apologize almost immediately after the game’s word-of-mouth collapse. At present, the public still can’t exactly know the key reason for such a big problem in “Hongxia Island”. After all, what Spencer said That way, Xbox’s lack of necessary intervention in a game that was already in development when it acquired Bethesda, or, as GamesIndustry speculates, the team is slacking off because Microsoft is busy buying Activision Blizzard. I just hope that the follow-up updates of this work can effectively solve some of the current boring feeling of “Hongxia Island”, otherwise a 60FPS patch may not be a long-term solution.
Age of Wonders 4 / Age of Wonders 4
2023.05.02 / PS5, XS X|S, PC
Published by Paradox Interactive and produced by Dutch developer Triumph Studios, the classic 4X turn-based strategy series was first born in 1999 and has been managed by Triumph Studios for many years. This work has its own distinctive features in the 4X field. On the one hand, this work uses an original fantasy world view, which allows players who are used to playing 4X works with realistic themes or styles to taste some freshness. On the other hand, this work integrates A large number of RPG elements allow players to deploy a very personalized skill set when climbing the skill tree.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom / The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2023.05.12 / NS
After more than six years, players did not wait for the successor model of Nintendo Switch, but first waited for the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, basically The original developer of the previous game will continue to offer it to everyone.
When the release was approaching, Nintendo released five interviews with the production staff of “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”. There is a basic idea for the direction of this work, which is to allow players to continue exploring on the continent of Hyrule after the previous work. It may be based on this that “Tears of the Kingdom” maintains a high degree of connection with the previous work: According to the official announcement, the adventure of the protagonist Link (Link) follows the last big event of the previous game. Except for the changes brought about by the passage of time and new crises, the game world basically remains the same. With new abilities and revisiting “your own back garden”, you will have a mixture of old and new.
From the perspective of the developers of “Tears of the Kingdom”, it is possible that the set of game resources built in “Breath of the Wild” (including everything that can be freely interacted with in games based on this engine) has not yet fully utilized. Players have not yet fully enjoyed the fun, and even a little push can do more, so instead of starting from scratch, this large-scale expansion pack of “Tears of the Kingdom” will be launched; judging from the community feedback after the game is released, the item combination The addition of new mechanisms such as , time backtracking, etc. really opened up everyone’s minds and made them enjoy themselves.
LEGO 2K Race / LEGO 2K Drive
2023.05.19 / PS4, PS5, X1, XS X|S, NS, PC
It is easy to see from the name that this is a Lego-themed racing game, which is produced and distributed by sports game giant 2K. The developer of this work is Visual Concepts Entertainment, a subsidiary of 2K. The team has arranged the adaptation games of NBA and WWE brands in recent years. Racing is not a type they are familiar with.
However, this may not be a particularly big obstacle for developing Lego games. Lego-themed games tend to have a light-hearted game atmosphere and add “non-serious” mechanics based on Lego brick-based gameplay. This work is no exception. The creative director of this work, Brian Silva, pointed out in an interview that the team is not going to make a racing game in the traditional sense, but hopes to encourage players to follow their interests to assemble vehicles, explore the world of building blocks, Complete challenge missions, etc.; the reason why I use the word “vehicle” is because the player’s car in this work can transform and switch between different forms of sea, land, and air. We can already see it in the game’s trailer. A funny shot of the player’s water hovercraft turning into a rooster float and smashing through the railings of building blocks.
Planet of Lana
2023.05.23 / PC
The debut of Wishfully Studios, a Swedish independent game developer, is a horizontal action puzzle game with a refreshing audio-visual style. Epic sci-fi saga as the backdrop”. According to the official introduction, this work takes place on an alien planet whose landform is similar to that of the earth. The haze of war and conflict hangs over this beautiful planet, but that is not what players need to focus on. If you need to fight, you just need to travel around slowly and solve the problems that block the way.
System Shock / System Shock
2023.05.30 / PS4, PS5, X1, XS X|S, PC
Launched in 1994 by the long-defunct LookingGlass Technologies, the original game has been completely remastered in Unreal Engine 4 by well-known high-definition remaster Nightdive. Nightdive has reproduced the first and second generations of “System Shock”, this is the first time the team has performed a “full remake” rather than a “high-definition remake”.
“Network Shock” takes the player to a space station controlled by AI. The AI ”SHODAN” who manages the space station has fallen into a state of madness. He has formed a mixed army of robots and mutants. Action is killed in the cradle. The original game is considered to be the originator of “immersive simulation”, which means that players can freely decide how to overcome obstacles based on the skills they have learned and the resources they have mastered.
The project was announced as early as 2015, and since then there has been news that Chris Avellone and other developers who have participated in Fallout: New Vegas have also participated in this production; according to related interviews Information, the development work was put on hold for a while, until it was restarted in 2018, and it went in a different direction from that planned by Chris Avellone and others.
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