"Hidden Dragon Legend: The Shadow" review: when the country single martial arts incarnation horizontal version of the ACT

"Legend of Hidden Dragon" gives me the feeling is shallow and deep, in my first moment of contact with this game, "Legend of Hidden Dragon" on the slogan of "domestic" and "Unreal 4" two chariots parallel wording once let me tremble. But really specific to the game itself, the background statement of the ink style at the beginning of the game, as well as the modeling of the national style scene and the delicate and soft sword and light that barely deserved the name of "Unreal 4", although not excellent, let me glimpse the production team composed of only ten Chinese people, in the two-year production cycle, the painstaking polishing and full sincerity of "Hidden Dragon Legend".

Early in the game, I was very troubled by the rigidity and domination of the horizontal ACT, and the intensity of the hostile AI was beyond my imagination. However, in the subsequent successive moves were gradually unlocked, and the author became more skilled in operation, I began to enjoy the Japanese ACT setting of "Hidden Dragon Legend" similar to "Angel Witch Hunt" double-key rolling moves and "flick a flash". Later in the game, the increasing number of hostile units that could not be picked up and interrupted led me to instill a complete focus on the game. Finally, when I kept honing my skills, fell and got up again and again, I was getting closer and closer to knocking down the BOSS, and the secret of the "Line" organization was about to surface, "Hidden Dragon Legend" gave me some hardcore experience of European and American acts.

It is not appropriate to exaggerate in front of the country, it is true that the "Legend of the Hidden Dragon" is very strong, but to clarify that, unlike "Assassin's Creed: Origins", Ubisoft achieved in "Assassin's Creed: Origins" is not just a replica of ancient Egyptian towns and monuments. Through the protagonist's travels, players can have a detailed understanding of the time and place in history, the living habits and entertainment customs of the people, and in some ruins and pyramid modeling, the producer even made reasonable inferences and amazing renovations according to historical records. In contrast, the restoration of the national style in the Legend of Hidden Dragon stays more at the scene and visual level, and there is not much involved in the core of culture. But in spite of this, the work has made pleasing results on the basis of "restoration". The gilt luster roof, the White Horse Temple with the same appearance as the original, the vivid soldiers, and the large number of landscape features in the "parkour" chapter, all make "Hidden Dragon Legend" one of the most outstanding unreal four countries in the national style art in recent years.

The game of Hidden Dragon lasts about five hours, during which the player will face a variety of hostile units in human and Mech form. From the swordsman BOSS in the first chapter, the player can realize that the difficulty of this game is absolutely extraordinary. In the game, the player can collect two kinds of resources. The Red Soul is used to upgrade the mind, unlock the combo, and get it by killing units; Blue Soul purchases potions, and players can open the store at any time in the episode to replenish potions, as long as they are not in combat. Through the exploration of scenes scattered in various branch lines, players can collect rich blue souls, and at the same time have the opportunity to pick up excellent weapons in an obscure, or make good use of "two-stage jump", "dodge/sprint" and other displacement means to come to the route. In this case, "Hidden Dragon Legend" naturally did not miss the horizontal version of the game essential, similar to the Mario Brothers jump and trap parkour links. Too much failure, the official will be naughty brush up a wave of bullet screen ridicule.

"Light", "heavy" two keys coupled with the rocker, "Hidden Dragon Legend" a horizontal version of the ACT template type of move system. Even if you do not want to investigate the player, you can also rub out a set of regular combo in the "light" and "heavy" successive clicks. However, considering the core content of "Hidden Dragon Legend", this game often leaves only a very short Timing in the showdown between the player and the BOSS, and it is not easy to maximize the damage.

For skilled players, making good use of "pick up" is a good choice. The determination of floating time in the Legend of Hidden Dragon is closely related to the player's connecting moves in the air. If connected properly, a gorgeous set of floating and aerial joint moves can take away the vast majority of miscellaneous soldiers. Subsequently, in the later part of the game, there are often mecha form units that cannot be "picked" by players due to their large size, and the "bully" that appears more and more frequently in the BOSS state at the end of the game, and the players who are blindly immersed in their own rhythm will be difficult to make a breakthrough in the course of the level. This is the opposite of the "performance" ACT such as "Angel Witch Hunt". Memorize the opponent's moves, the fight basically relies on "flash", the back hand force, and then supplemented by the appropriate time to rub out the joint move, "soul" in the ACT of the core shake M fighting style is more consistent with the "Hidden Dragon Legend" to bring the player's feelings.

In addition, the combo played by the player will continue to fill the skill storage tank and consume this energy, and the player can release the damage of the big scene combo or the short-term effect of the BUFF class bonus, such as breaking the defense, hegemony and the "witch time" with vampire effects.

The pace of "Hidden Dragon Legend" is fast, so fast that its plot and cutscenes can be ignored, but on the contrary, we can also say that it is because of its unsatisfactory plot and cutscenes, failed to leave a good impression on the player, resulting in the background structure of "Hidden Dragon Legend" empty and boring. The only two female characters who have shown their face in "Hidden Dragon Legend" are just a quick walk, and they get the lunch or leave the team, and they can't get the full ink of the producer.

Grappling hook and flying knife are the bonus points in the ACT system of Hidden Dragon Legend. On the one hand, the producer added many "hook points" in the horizontal jumping scene of "Legend of Hidden Dragon", through the rope of the hook, the player can create a displacement out of thin air in the state of floating; On the other hand, the grappling hook can grab lighter enemy units to the player's side, speeding up the frequency of the player's combo. The placement of the flying knife is convenient for players to target air units in the Hidden Dragon Legend, and if they want to break the enemy's front shake from a distance, the flying knife is also a good means.

Conclusion

It is inappropriate to compare the Legend of the Hidden Dragon with benchmark acts such as Angel Hunt, Devil May Cry and Endurance Dragon. The game production cycle, the technical strength of the team, the financial support, and even the industry environment in which "Hidden Dragon Legend" was born have all added numerous obstacles to the advent of this game. As far as the category of domestic games is concerned, "Hidden Dragon Legend" is definitely a rare ACT boutique.

Editor's note: "Hidden Dragon Legend: Shadow" is a 3D perspective of the horizontal board action game, the PC version will be on March 13 officially landing the perfect game PGP platform, Tencent WeGame, block game platform, Sugo game and other major domestic game platforms and Steam country, the author of this experience for the Steam beta version.