Joy Jump "Magic Three Jay 2" games website invited professional review

About the author: Yago is a well-known professional game writer in China, and has contributed articles for Popular Software, Home Computer and Game Console, Practical Technology of Game Console and other magazines for a long time. He has high game understanding ability and literary accomplishment. September 2011 Joined the games website Literature Group, focusing on game reviews and forward-looking articles.

No matter online games or single-player games, whether the so-called classic works or garbage works, the vast majority of works in the game world have been attracting players with the stimulation of bloody killing and greed for equipment goods. While the dark desire is greatly expanded, it also distorts the fragile human nature more or less. The pure and innocent happiness in the virtual world has become less and less. More players only care about their hand speed, their equipment level, their kill number, and their gold coin number, although the fun of killing and being killed in the cycle of fun, but doomed to not long, what Blizzard, EA, what epic, in fact, are not as far-reaching as Tetris and Super Mario. The ultimate meaning of the game is entertainment and leisure, if you still feel empty with hundreds of millions of gold coins in online games, if you are tired of the fake shooting masterpiece, that is your inner call is awakening. You need a game that can really make you happy, do not need it to have tens of G capacity, do not need it to have a powerful picture, as long as it can make you happy, even if it is a short moment is enough to illuminate this materialistic world, but now there are such works? Yes, it is the recently released action adventure game "Magic Three Jay 2".

Frozenbyte, a game maker from Finland, initially followed the same path as most manufacturers, and their 2005 3D action shooter Shadow Zone was a mixed reputation in the market, and the real change began in 2009 with the birth of the Magic Three. At first glance, this is just a glossy 2D horizontal action game, and the three-in-one protagonist setting is not new at that time, but the collaboration of different professions in this game accounts for a large proportion, coupled with a high-intensity sense of action, extremely low difficulty operations and colorful pictures full of fairy tale colors, approachable "Magic Three Jers" has achieved unexpected great success. And the current release of the "Magic Three Jay 2" is its continuation.

Background 80

The background setting of "Magic Three Jer 2" basically follows the previous generation, the medieval style of the magic kingdom was invaded by the undead last time, this time is the Goblin group of demons in chaos, feeling the crisis of the ancient treasure Grail (Trine) immediately summoned the three heroes of the previous work to show their skills once again to save the world. Amadeus master magic mysteries, although his wife Ha Dong lion roar, but he always miss the family in the adventure; The thick-armed warrior Pontius, ignorant of the true meaning of the chalice but instinctively keen on adventure and battle; Bow and arrow female thief Zoya jumped the wall dexterously, but she is a money-crazy guy, if not her generation into the tomb to steal treasure, will not activate the grail leads to a lot of trouble. For this game, the story of saving the world is actually only a layer of optional wrapping cloth, a fairy tale book's opening scene simply explains the cause and effect, and then the beginning of the three heroes acrobatic performance is the core of the game.

Career 95 points

Players can only summon one of the three heroes at any time, so it is particularly important that the three heroes' personal stunts work together in different environments. Sorcerer Amadeus' stunt is to remove objects from space and create magic iron boxes out of thin air, which can move specific items that cannot be reached by jumping, iron boxes can be used as a jumping platform or weight to hold down the mechanism, and up to four iron boxes can be produced at the same time after upgrading certain talent items, and the boulders and wooden boxes scattered in the scene are enough to raise the heroes to the highest point; The main professional position of the warrior Pontius is to kill the enemy. He can raise his shield to block the sharp arrows and javelins thrown by the enemy, and brandished a one-handed sword to cut down the demons and ghosts blocking the way. Pontius can also switch his two hands to smash open the stone wall or secret door blocking the way. Zoya is equipped with a bow and a grapple, the former for long-range attack or triggering a specific mechanism, the latter can turn her into a flying Tarzan, swing or rise easily climb to the two companions can not reach the position, but the grapple can only shoot into the wooden objects, otherwise the game becomes Zoya's only show. After accumulating experience to level up, players can choose to enhance the stunts of three people in the Trinity talent tree, each hero has five talents, some of which must be lit in order to activate. Talent tree means the strengthening of the hero's specialty, the various difficult levels in the middle and late stages need to play the heroes' stunts to the extreme, which focuses on cultivating a hero depends on the player's personal preferences, but this does not mean that you can completely give up the other two heroes, three heroes in the adventure of layers of jumping organs have irreplaceable particularity. For example, when confronted with the siege of Goblin monsters, only the warrior Pontius can fight to kill the enemy, in this case, the mage Amadeus and the female thief Zoya are basically equivalent to useless, their strength is to jump to solve puzzles, rather than fight. Unfortunately, if Pontius is killed in battle, the player will have to switch to Amadeus or Zoya by the neck, and all three heroes will be dead in order to start over from the previous set point.

Screen 95 points

Although this game is a 2D game, its gorgeous image quality is enough to make the players who enter the game for the first time stunned, the fairy-tale style of the picture level is rich and full of color, the close-range vision is detailed, the vegetation branches and leaves are lifelike, the decoration on the surface of the furniture is finely carved, the markings on the rubble are full of years of erosion, and the moss on the ruins floor laments the passage of time. The most amazing is those very shocking effect of multi-color light source, colorful like a girl's dream, whether it is the golden glow of the rising sun or the portal light in the night, the use of extremely exaggerated but not offensive, even in the dark scene can see the forest and the stone if there is no flash of magic light, A lot of times I always feel like I have entered the world of Avatar? Such a beautiful picture is enough to impress every player with a love of beauty, I bet this game has the potential to become the most popular female players of 2011 solo debut, your girlfriend will be amazed by it. Of course, "Magic Three Jade 2" is not all rely on the master of art, don't look at the 2D horizontal version of the game, but there is also an amazing physical system, using the mage to pull the giant leaf can let the Ying Ying magic beads on the leaf surface roll from high to low, boxes or boulders if not placed well will roll like in reality, when the box falls from the head, You can even see the hero below raising his hand to protect his head. Many organs also take into account the effect of gravity, such as using the iron box to press the door opening organ, or using the dead wood lever to water the magic tree to grow a giant leaf jump platform, etc. The female thief Zoya's grab hook more perfectly reflects the role of gravity in the game, when swinging in the air, we must see the time to let go and jump to the high platform, flying out of the instant Zoya's body is not only very aesthetic, Its trajectory also follows real physical logic.

Operation 95 points

The operation of the game is extremely simple, the number key 1, 2, 3 to switch three heroes, the left and right direction key tube to move, the upper key or the space bar to jump, the left mouse button as the main skill, the right button as the secondary skill, the TAB key to open the talent tree. The response speed of the character action to the key is satisfactory, and the number of jumps can be completed only in the blink of an eye, which is not only elegant, but also fast, and the rabbit rises and the eagle falls to enjoy the visual beauty. Simple operation does not mean shallow content, do not look at the three heroes stunt is not much, but the difficulty of the level can be a lot of tricks, how to use the three heroes stunt combination across various obstacles sometimes people racking their brains, which not only to test the hand-eye reaction speed, but also the challenge of imagination and logical thinking, there is no shortage of strategic thinking wisdom light in the movement jump, Strategic thinking also needs accurate movement jumping to achieve. Due to the strong action, it is recommended that the player use the controller for the game, but in the absence of a controller, the use of the keyboard is not much delay, mainly because of the few keys and simple operation. Such a game is quite easy to get started, but to play a good clearance must take some thought, exit the game after feeling refreshed, no desire to fill the tangle, this is the real entertainment.

Puzzles 95 points

The various puzzles in The Magic Three are just the right amount of difficulty to keep a novice player stuck in a place where he can't double down or disappoint an ambitious master. The blood hearts, paintings and poems placed in the hidden places are all honorary rewards for the jumping master, but getting all the hidden items together is difficult without a master's skill. The difficulty of the puzzle is gradually increased from shallow to deep from the beginning, in this process, the player will deeply appreciate the different acrobatic advantages of the three heroes, such as jumping to seemingly unattainable heights can be stacked by the mage iron box, can also be performed by the female thief, the warrior seems useless, but when he encounters an indestructible obstacle or enemy, he shows his skills. The various dynamic elements in the puzzle put forward higher requirements for the player's thinking judgment and control accuracy, and many times the interesting combination of various tools and equipment and scene items is reminiscent of the "Incredible Machine", but the "Incredible Machine" is not so beautiful pictures and pleasing to the eye.

More than 90

"Magic Three Jade 2" network cooperation mode, three players can play three heroes at the same time to enter the level, this new setting is much more interesting than the generation of offline cooperation mode, such as the mage can carry the monster to the distance to let the bow and arrow female thief enjoy the remote firepower, multiplayer cooperation makes the level difficulty drops sharply, the single mode to explore and try for a long time difficult moments. Compared with the remote networking mode that does not meet each other, it is easier to use LAN online cooperation in Internet cafes or conditional families to enhance the atmosphere, and you come to me to help each other on the screen, and shout loudly outside the screen is not happy.

Music 95 points

The background music of this work is close to the Scottish style, joyful and light yet delicate, elegant and graceful also mixed with a trace of leisure, and the beautiful picture of the fairy tale style and the game content of the action and jump harmoniously, from beginning to end will not have any heavy fatigue. At just 30 years old, lead composer Ari Pulkkinen is one of the most famous game musicians of the day, and he is also responsible for the popular Angry Birds theme song.

Summary score 92.1

Most games have been reduced to an interactive experience of lust and imagination, but "Magic Three Jers 2" is still worthy of the original purpose of the game entertainment, beautiful to the extreme 2D screen, easy and healthy content, simple and quick operation, suitable for young and old difficulty, beautiful music, these characteristics determine that it will become a successful mass entertainment. The New Year's holiday is coming, in the cold weather, whether it is a single home, or a warm nest of two people, or a family reunion, "Magic Three Jay 2" is bound to be the best entertainment program, no one. Here I would like to thank games website Luanxiao Hanhua Group for the high-quality Chinese patch, because of their hard work, more players can perfectly experience this excellent work from Finland.