games website "Attack dragon" detailed review: the most pure horizontal version of the ACT

Once upon a time, horizontal level games on major console platforms were the most popular type of game for players. From the earliest FC to SFC, MD, PS and arcade platforms, these 2D horizontal level games have won the popularity of countless players with their simple game mode, excellent level design and high game difficulty, and the arcade machines loaded with these substrates are also the most popular machines with the highest coin rate in the arcade.

However, with the mainstream game as a whole into the 3D era, the advantages of 2D horizontal clearance games seem to have become short board overnight.

The simple game mode also means that the gameplay is monotonous, and the operation corresponding to the simple key combination is also defeated in the face of countless noisy and exaggerated 3D action games, and the high difficulty caused by the challenging and creative level design also makes countless players have no ability to experience the wonderful follow-up games.

Seems to be overnight, when countless pictures vivid and beautiful, complex and deep plot, rich and colorful gameplay, the system of unfathomable games flocked to, the horizontal version of the game so quietly faded out of the players' field of vision.

When CAPCOM released the news of the remake of "Strike Dragon" in July 2013, the soul of the side version in my heart was reinvigorated, and after a few hours of trial play, I was surprised to find that the game that I had been searching for could deliver the simplest and most primitive fun to me was in front of me.

The remake restores the excellent level design and gameplay experience of the previous MD version of Strike Dragon 2. The original 2D game screen has been remastered in HD to show the 3D posture that is more in line with the modern player's aesthetic, but the essence is still the taste of the 2D horizontal version.

The player controls the dragon for the most operation is nothing more than chopping, jumping, climbing, sliding shovel, the operation is simple and there is no combo at all, but the game rhythm is crisp and smooth, and the combat effect is gorgeous.

The game system is more simple and straightforward, and the difficulty of the game is well controlled. Although the BOSS battle is more difficult, it will not cause frustration. Instead, the player will have the courage to try again and again after being familiar with the routine of the bosses until he completely defeats the BOSS. In a word, the whole game can't stop!

In order to extend the game time, the remake of Strike Dragon also adds challenge mode, survival mode, map exploration and locations that can't be reached in a week to encourage players to play multiple weeks of the game, the exploration process is not annoying puzzles affect the overall flow of the game, the map guide function is very thoughtful, there is no possibility of getting lost.

The reward for finding hidden elements will also help the player to challenge the difficulty even higher! All of this brings the most familiar feeling to the old players who have come all the way from that year.

Everything goes back to the beginning!

Game story

"Strike the Dragon" is a side-scrolling masterpiece representing the second half of the 1980s. With the near future as the game stage, combined with the SF style world view, players can enjoy the exhilaration of killing the enemies while running. The game takes place in a world ruled for many years by the Grand Master of the Underworld, a mysterious dark group of spies and assassinations known as the "Striders".

One day, the group sends one of their special A-level Striders, the Dragon, an impossible character - to assassinate the Grand Master of the Underworld, the ruler of the world, so the dragon strikes out, and the story begins.

In SUMMARY: Flying Dragon every time in CAPCOM's fighting game "Marvel Heroes VS Capcom" series of combat, this "Attack Dragon" remake is defined as positioned as a "rapid exploration of the ACT", in the game, players will operate the protagonist Flying dragon, and use a variety of rich actions such as sliding, climbing, double jump and other levels full of high and low stage to advance through.

Game screen

This remastered version landed PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One and PC five platforms, this review uses the next generation of PS4 platform and this generation of Xbox 360, and PC platform because only support win7 64 system, so many players have to give up this quality of excellent works, I have to say it is also a great pity.

This "Strike Dragon" is a high-definition remake of the MD version of "Strike Dragon 2", the game uses a combination of 2D scrolls +3D background, the dragon controlled by the player and most of the enemies are fixed in a one-way scroll, can move back and forth, longitudinal climb down but can not move from the current scroll to another scroll.

There are also a lot of dynamic units in the background, such as panicked crowds, enemy battle transport planes, subway trains speeding in from afar, and a lot of static scenes that fit the science-fiction setting: Tall buildings and statues in the smoke screen, large billboards and lights flickering in the distance, large abandoned cranes, crumbling power pylons, and laboratories strewn with paper debris all have distinct levels of close-up and distant views.

PS4 version screen shot a picture

The game uses a large number of dark background to set off the current game characters, the basic screen style of the game background is like a nostalgic old movie, mostly black and yellow, and the player controls the current scroll where the dragon is to carry out various slashing, jumping, climbing and sliding. Brilliant light and shadow effects and Flying Dragon's strong red scarf (not sure if it is a scarf) highlight the combat effect that the production team wants to emphasize.

Although the game is a realistic style of science fiction color, but some explosion and shooting effects with strong comic rendering elements, the combination of the two is still perfect. The pace of the game is refreshing, the action is hot, and all kinds of bosses are reborn after modern design, full of endless imagination.

The PS4 version corresponds to 1080P resolution and 60 frames of output, and the character modeling is more delicate and real, which is stronger than the Xbox 360 in the overall picture effect.

Summary: "Attack Dragon" in the picture performance and overall effect is stronger than many of the same type of 2D horizontal action games, the remake is very conscientious. But as a non-3A blockbuster, it doesn't make sense not to support XP and 32-bit systems.

Game sound

The game BGM is full of exciting electronic fan, percussion sound effects and a variety of enemies issued sound effects are also full of personality.

Bottom line: BGM is good but hard to impress.

Game operation

There are five kinds of basic actions in this work, respectively, press the □ button to use the weapon "zero" to attack, which can be connected. The button can lift the enemy into the air. X button to perform jumping, can be pressed twice for a two-stage jump.

○ Button use flight props "bitter no". × and left analog press down to glide. The above five actions are basic operations, as long as the player is slightly used to ACT, should soon be able to get started. Of course, the usual ninja moves of the series, such as wall climbing and ceiling fishing, are still there. And because the game's attributes have changed and exploration has been added, ninja moves that use walls and ceilings may be more important.

The attack action of the dragon is as fast as the running speed, just press the □ button brandishing zero to rush forward, you can briskly chop and kill the enemy continuously. The game is not a clear version of the clearance, some miscellaneous soldiers do not need to kill all hiding in the past can also continue to play the game.

Lightsaber Zero has a regenerative chopper, and is still carrying out blast attacks on the ground in the air, with a large range and the ability to destroy some obstacles, and unlock rebound bullet attacks and additional burning effects as the game progresses. The energy consuming slot can fire swords in the hand, and the number of launches will increase with the improvement of skills, and special attributes can also be added.

Summary: Easy to operate

Game style and system

"Attack Flying Dragon" is different from the previous horizontal version of the clearance, first of all, different from the puzzle-based action supplemented horizontal version of the game, "Attack Flying Dragon" has some decryption elements, but nothing more than running to a place to open the organ.

However, unlike the purely linear horizontal version or the horizontal version with a large number of branching routes, Strike Dragon incorporates elements of map exploration, but is confined to a large map, the player does not need to cross the map to find hidden elements, and the map guidance is quite friendly.

The unexplored terrain is shrouded in the kind of fog of war you would find in a real-time strategy game, and the player can unlock the fog by simply reaching the map to explore. Finally, "Attack Dragon" although there is not too much complex operations, but because of a large number of continuous organs and challenging BOSS battles, it is also quite a test of the player's operation level.

Exploring the map in the game can collect items that increase the blood limit and energy limit, because many times when fighting the BOSS requires a certain amount of health to study the BOSS's attack routine, so it is strongly recommended that players explore the map to collect these reinforcements, and the collection process will not be boring, and the route does not have a lot of repetition and torture. Open the minimap to explore, so easy!

Other collection elements include unlocking concept maps, chapter intelligence, and story intelligence, as well as challenge mode and survival mode for experts to overcome, and for regular players to try their hand at.