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However.
Although Yi Wenwen felt that the plot had all become details.
But the game did not seem to want players to be completely immersed in the special action system...
Just as Yi Wenwen moved forward, killed all the pursuers, and came to the designated mission location.
The protagonist looked at the city skyline not far away, and the memory screen came out.
He was a member of the escort of the Turkic envoys, and he was also the captain of the guard, a guerrilla general named Li Yuanfang.
And the reason why he fell into such a situation was that he was attacked on the way to escort the envoys...
Next.
The camera was given to Chang'an again.
Emperor Wu held a banquet to entertain the Turkic division, and after the banquet, the Turkic envoys reported that they hoped to set off immediately tomorrow to return to the northwest.
Wu Zetian was very puzzled by this. It was not common sense to come to Chang'an from afar and then leave the next day.
But considering that there might be problems within the Turkic, he did not think about it carefully and directly let the Yiyang Princess, who was married, set off at the same time.
But before leaving Chang'an City, the princess's convoy was ambushed and wiped out.
At this time, Wu Zetian's personal attendant Qianniuwei reported that the earthen kiln where the serious criminals were detained had caught fire, and one of the political prisoners named Liu Jin was missing. He also carried a mysterious list related to treason.
For Wu Zetian, who had obtained the position improperly, treason was her most sensitive nerve, and she immediately ordered a city-wide search.
Next in the game, it was time to close the line.
The expedited document that appeared at the beginning of the game was sent to Chang'an. When Prime Minister Zhang Jianzhi saw it, he was stunned for a moment and immediately went to the palace to report.
The content of the expedited document was actually very simple-the Turkic envoys were all killed ten days ago.
But the problem is that they just had a banquet.
So, who are the Turkic envoys who just left?
The atmosphere of the whole game here seems to be intentionally shaped in the direction of seeing a ghost... The dark and strange atmosphere is directly pulled to the maximum.
Yi Wenwen even got some goose bumps.
In the game, Wu Zetian was also a little shocked. When she learned that the number of guards who died did not match, and that a guerrilla general named Li Yuanfang was still alive, she immediately felt that he was problematic and ordered a nationwide arrest.
In addition, after encountering three strange things in one day, Wu Zetian mentioned Di Renjie again...
At this time, after the performance, the game returned to the perspective of the protagonist Li Yuanfang.
"It's really impressive. It shouldn't be a soy sauce to shape Di Renjie like this?"
Yi Wenwen smiled, then controlled the protagonist and continued to move forward.
This time, he was going to the nearest city,
but there were more types of enemies. In addition to the black-clad men who had been chasing him, there were also more officers and soldiers because he was wanted.
The appearance of officers and soldiers also brought a new combat experience.
Because the officers and soldiers used spears, fighting with knives also became chopping spears, and avoiding the attacks of the opponent's sticks stabbing at the body after the spear tip broke.
This is another new experience.
Then in this level, Yi Wenwen also encountered the first boss.
The boss who had briefly appeared in the promotional video and was holding a meteor hammer.
This fight is different again. Although the meteor hammer can also be blocked, using a knife to block it will cause stiffness and retreat, and it cannot even be completely blocked, and it will also lose blood.
So to fight this boss, you need to step on the chain of the meteor hammer after the boss's meteor hammer falls to the ground, forcing the boss to lose balance and rush forward to chop him
with a knife. But when the boss is chopped, he will also use the chain of the meteor hammer to block the knife.
And he will soon counterattack, push away the character controlled by the player, and swing the meteor hammer again.
If the player wants to defeat him, he can only find opportunities again and again, step on the chain, and then let the boss's endurance bar grow. After it is full, one-shot kill!
Yi Wenwen died here once, and only defeated it the second time.
Because the opponent's meteor hammer is too big and open, it can hit him in the face every time... Every time he can only use a knife to block it, so the stiffness plus the knockback effect, when he recovers, the opponent has already swung the meteor hammer again...
He can only seize the opportunity to dodge, then step on the chain and chop the opponent.
Timing is very important.
After the first execution, the enemy will not die yet, he will go crazy, and then directly hit the protagonist with the meteor hammer.
This is the so-called second stage.
The fighting method in this stage is different again.
As Yi Wenwen played, he felt like he was playing Dark Souls... Although it was not very strong, after all, the difficulty was not at the same level, but he could still feel the dedication of the production team in the boss battle.
"Die!"
In the end, after defeating the boss of the second stage and hearing the dull sound of execution, the sense of accomplishment was really strong!
Yi Wenwen felt very happy!
This difficulty may make soul players feel simple, but for most ordinary players, it is just right!
Moreover, the excellent level design and excellent boss also bring some more positive effects, that is, it will make players look forward to the next boss battle, and look forward to the enemies and scenes they will encounter next.
For example, when Lin Yao played Super Mario Odyssey himself, he was particularly looking forward to what Nintendo would do next.
Excellent level design, coupled with excellent boss design, and then the plot goes a step further, leaving a mystery that interests players at all times.
This can basically be said to be a textbook linear development process.
From the beginning, the goal set by Dragon Studios was to imitate the Tomb Raider produced by Linmu Studios, and first try to make a standardized, commercial, and linear game with a rhythm suitable for most players.
And now it has been proved that they have succeeded.
Most players, faced with such a game, immediately got into it.
Yi Wenwen was the same.
After defeating the boss, he could hardly wait to control the character to enter the city.
The game's subsequent level design and boss design did not disappoint him.
Even the plot was quite unexpected.
The biggest feeling Yi Wenwen had about the plot of this game was that it
used the ideas of modern detective dramas and the techniques of TV series to interpret the plot.
The plot was compact, the story was gripping, and the performance of the plot was just right. The conventional plot performance was just enough, and after the plot performance, there was often a more intense level, which made people not feel bored even if they watched it too much.
The whole story, or the first story of the mission, was to use a small case at the tip of the iceberg to lead to a long-term big fish. The ending was unexpected but reasonable.
In short, it was a rebellion.
It involved elements of court-style conspiracy theories, and then it also had strong martial arts elements.
The suspense setting was very successful. Through a mission, a series of conspiracies were directly extended, and it was also related to the rebellion of the King of Yue.
Yi Wenwen didn't know how ordinary players felt when they saw such a plot.
But he thought it was quite fun. There were many dislocations in the play. Many characters were not reasonable when they were studied in depth. Of course, there were loopholes.
But Linmu Studio had a big imagination. Although it referred to real history, it was not made in the direction of historical drama.
Instead, it went straight to the strange and deep direction...
Don't tell me, this trick is really useful! It was adapted based on some real history, and then the idea of drama was completely abandoned. A bunch of modern detective drama techniques were used to make ordinary players want to know the follow-up.
At the same time, Yi Wenwen, a player who knew the history of the Tang Dynasty, didn't want to complain, but sighed at the other party's imagination.
Moreover.
Yi Wenwen had to admit that the game was really different from the historical materials.
Originally, he thought that "Di Renjie" was just a borrowed name, but he didn't expect that the game's portrayal of Di Renjie was very good.
This is much more three-dimensional than the model of monarch and minister in the historical materials .
It is difficult to define Di Renjie in the game as an honest official. He is more like a flesh-and-blood person who understands the ways of the world and the ways of the officialdom. He is even fat... and cute.
Anyway.
Yi Wenwen had a lot of fun playing.
He fought hard in the game for the whole afternoon.
And the size of the game was beyond his expectation.
After the end of such a big case as the Shock of the Diplomatic Mission, there is still content.
Also involving politics, in this chapter, the game seems to want to portray Wu Zetian, the controversial female emperor in China...
...
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
Yi's house.
Yi Wenwen's father walked in with a bag.
He put down the bag, took off his coat, hung it at the door, and looked inside.
No one.
He shook his head, changed his shoes, and then came to his son's room. He knocked on the door gently. There was no response, so he pushed the door and walked in.
Then, he happened to see that his son Yi Wenwen was sitting in front of the computer, controlling a character with a knife, fighting with a strong man riding a horse and wearing a strange mask.
In the open field.
One person was on horseback, and the other was on foot.
The one on horseback was holding a long halberd, and the one on foot was holding a long sword.
The cavalry had extremely strong mobility, and could charge, sweep, and even drag the ground to directly pick up the character controlled by Yi Wenwen.
And the tail of the horse, which seemed to be the easiest to attack.
The enemy also had means of attack.
Horse leg attack...
So.
Yi Wenwen seemed to be in a difficult battle, and could not find a breakthrough for a while, and did not know how to beat this boss.
Seeing that his son did not notice him, Yi Wenwen's father stood behind him and watched quietly.
As he watched, he suddenly laughed.
Because there were several people standing on the sidelines, judging from their clothes, they seemed to be officials from the Tang and Wu Zhou periods.
It was because of seeing these people.
He remembered what game this was.
It should be the game called "Di Renjie".
He said at the beginning that this game should not let Di Renjie, a civil servant, sit in the temple.
And now it seems to have come true.
Looking at the exciting action scenes and seeing his son getting into a tough fight, he knew that games are just games after all...
"Detective Dee" is really just a name.
"Damn, isn't this cheating! How can you fight like this? You can't let me jump up and fight."
At this time.
After dying three times.
Yi Wenwen finally couldn't help but speak out, and put down the mouse and prepared to drink a sip of water.
Then he turned around and saw a person standing behind him, and was startled.
"Dad, why are you here?"
"I just came back, and when I called you there was no response, I came in to take a look."
Yi Wenwen's father replied, and then asked with a smile: "Which "Detective Dee"?"
"Yes, do you want to play?" Yi Wenwen invited his father very frankly, and at the same time recommended: "Don't tell me, this game is really interesting! Although there are many magical changes, I have to admire the imagination of Linmu Studio! I think in terms of attraction, this thing is much more powerful than historical dramas. I guess after playing the game, many players will remember the name Di Renjie."
"I don't have time for now. I have to prepare some materials for the symposium later."
Yi Wenwen's father shook his head: "Play it by yourself, but don't be too addicted."
"Okay."
Yi Wenwen nodded, drank a sip of water, and continued to fight.
And Yi Wenwen's father, even though he was over fifty, was still a man. This kind of scene that easily made people's blood boil was still very attractive to him, so after he gave his instructions, he stood and watched for a while, and only left the room after his son died again.
His son is good.
This was his only feeling.
At the same time, he also recalled his past...
As for what his son said that many people could remember Di Renjie's name, he didn't take it seriously.
After all, it seems meaningless to remember it after it has been changed into this form.
As for getting others interested in history, it is even more a fantasy.
...
On the other side.
Linmu Studio.
After an afternoon of Warcraft melee.
The relationship between Chen Qiuwen, Zhang Tian, and Lei Hongguang quickly heated up.
Zhang Tian's restraint also disappeared.
Games are indeed good things, at least for these men who are about to enter middle age.
However.
After playing for an afternoon, the three were really tired.
They couldn't play games all the time.
So soon, the three of them were busy with their own things. Lei Hongguang went to play the stand-alone campaign of Warcraft, and Chen Qiuwen went to pay attention to the operation of his game.
As for Zhang Tian.
He opened the player community and prepared to collect feedback on "Di Renjie".
The three of them separated briefly, and then reunited two hours later.
"How is the evaluation of "Di Renjie"?"
Chen Qiuwen asked Zhang Tian, who had been looking at the player community for nearly two hours, while carrying the takeaway and calling Zhang Tian to eat.
Zhang Tian seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He did not answer but just raised his head and smiled at him.
His smile was brilliant.
He felt relieved.
Chen Qiuwen understood immediately, hooked his shoulders, shook him vigorously, and said excitedly: "Congratulations!"
...
Late at night.
Although he had been playing for almost a whole day.
But Yi Wenwen couldn't help but open the game again after taking a shower.
Although this game is not as addictive as "Civilization", it is equally attractive to players.
How to describe it...
It's like chasing a drama, making people want to know the sequel.
So.
He even planned to go to bed after taking a shower and be a self-disciplined brother.
But after taking a shower, thinking of the plot inside, he couldn't help but reopen the game.
And he also played the last case.
In the bright room, time passed slowly.
After a while, the clanging sound of iron colliding echoed.
After a while, the full and powerful voice of the voice actor echoed.
Finally.
At about five in the morning.
Yi Wenwen finished the game.
He sat on the chair and saw Di Renjie ask, "Your Majesty, can't you think of it?"
Suddenly he felt a little sad.
The last scene of the game is the palace in the early morning. Wu Zetian, the first female emperor in the history of China, sat on the dragon throne and fell into grief.
She gained supreme power, but also lost her family affection. He killed his son, and now his daughter wants to kill her.
In this game, Wu Zetian's image is undoubtedly three-dimensional.
Just like the performance before the game, Di Renjie gave a mixed evaluation... merits and demerits.
And the whole game ended in this slightly sad atmosphere.
The game screen darkened.
Then some real life stories of some characters appeared.
Including Wu Zetian, Di Renjie, Wu Sansi, Zhang Jianzhi...
The game began to introduce the real faces of these characters in history to the players.
Finally, the staff list began to roll.
Yi Wenwen finally reacted, and then he saw the two words Lin Yao behind the screenwriter and smiled gently.
This is a good game.
The ups and downs of the case are closely related to the secret history of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, with an excellent action system and excellent atmosphere creation.
The overall experience is really great.
What surprised Yi Wenwen the most was that the characterization of this game was great.
The name of the game is "Di Renjie", which is really worthy of this name. Di Renjie is the absolute protagonist, and the hidden second protagonist is Wu Zetian.
The protagonist of the game, Li Yuanfang, played by the player, is more like a thug.
It is probably because of this reason that players have a deeper feeling when observing characters such as Di Renjie and Wu Zetian from a third-person perspective.
Yi Wenwen didn't know where Lin Yao got the inspiration for these characters. They were really likable. Not to mention Di Renjie, just the female emperor Wu Zetian, that slow and measured tone of speech and calm domineering, the ruthlessness and feminine weakness, really made me feel.
Maybe, this is the delicacy of women?
If it comes to plot issues.
Yi Wenwen can really find a lot.
But Yi Wenwen doesn't want to find them.
Because he thinks this is a good game.
Well.
It's that simple, a good game.
"Ah... It has to be Linmu Studio and Lin Yao."
Yi Wenwen leaned back, looked at the scrolling staff list, and sighed.
Then, he suddenly became a little pessimistic.
It seems that if you want to play a good game... you can only wait for Linmu Studio.
But when will their next game come out...
...
The next day.
"Di Renjie", which has been on sale for a day, has naturally occupied the hot list of the player community.
Players began to express their opinions on the game.
But unexpectedly.
This time, the release of the game has not only affected the players...
Some people who seem to have nothing to do with the game have also been affected.
For example... Yi Wenwen's father.
On that day.
Yi Wenwen's father got up early in the morning and came to the dining table. After sitting down, he didn't see his son, so he asked his busy wife: "Where is Wenwen?"
"Still sleeping." His wife replied unhappily.
"... Brat." Upon hearing this, Yi Wenwen's father immediately knew what he had done yesterday. After scolding him, he shook his head.
On the other side.
The middle-aged woman was busying around, complaining: "You two are the bosses. It's the 29th day of the lunar year. Not only do you want me to make breakfast early in the morning, but you also want me to wake you up..."
"Stop, stop, stop."
Yi Wenwen's father smelled the smell of some skill pre-swing, and quickly stopped his wife, feeling a little headache.
He faced his wife's rolling eyes, quickly drank up the white porridge in the bowl, and then ran into the study room, saying that he had something to do.
He did have something to do.
Although on the 29th day of the lunar year, in theory, everything can be postponed, but sometimes you can't help yourself.
Considering that people don't celebrate the Spring Festival overseas, the school said it would hold an online seminar for international students and teachers at this time.
The theme was to discuss how to tell domestic stories well and convergent education.
This gave Yi Wenwen's father a headache.
But fortunately,
he was just here for the sake of formality.
After all, history has little to do with the above. He was just in a position, so there was nothing he could do.
He opened the communication software and
started the online meeting.
Soon,
the screen appeared.
Several colleagues and several international students appeared on the screen.
He was about to ask politely if he was late.
But seeing him appear,
an international student suddenly exclaimed.
"Professor Yi Jianjun! You teach history, right?"
"...Yes, what's the matter?"
Yi Wenwen's father, Yi Jianjun, was stunned when he heard the somewhat poor Chinese coming from the speakers. After a while, he replied.
"Then I would like to ask, did Wu Zetian really kill her own sons? The Li Hong and Li Xian."
The international student heard the exact answer and immediately asked excitedly.
Because the other party spoke too fast, Yi Jianjun thought he was speaking Japanese. What about Neon Neon...
So, he was stunned for a long time before he reacted.
"This question is a bit complicated. There is no direct evidence or record that she killed her son, but there are related speculations." Yi Jianjun thought about it and couldn't explain this question clearly for the time being, so he could only reply vaguely.
"I see... Wu Zetian is so cool! Just like Catherine II! But she is more cruel and ruthless!"
But his vague words did not dampen the enthusiasm of the foreign student, but instead made the other party sigh like this.
Yi Jianjun was confused.
Wait, something is wrong!
Then, another international student heard the conversation between the two and spoke up: "Professor Yi, I would also like to ask, can Di Renjie really solve cases?"
"..."
When Yi Jianjun heard about Di Renjie, his face became even more strange, but he still replied: "There is no record of him solving cases, but he was indeed in charge of solving criminal cases in the Dali Temple, and in history, he was..."
"He is an excellent politician, right? He is also deeply loved by the monarch! He became a key link in overthrowing the female emperor Wu Zetian!" The international student began to answer.
Yi Jianjun: "..."
"Yes, Professor Yi, is there really a person named Li Yuanfang in the Wu Zhou Dynasty?"
Another international student spoke again.
Yi Jianjun: "..."
Confirmed.
No escape.
It must be!
Yi Jianjun was silent for a while, and did not answer the last international student's question. Instead, under the surprised eyes of other colleagues, he asked: "Why are you suddenly so interested in this period of history?"
As soon as he asked this question,
the answers he got were surprisingly consistent.
"Because of the game!"
"Because of Detective Dee!"
"Because the new game from Linmu Studio is really great!"
After hearing three identical answers, Yi Jianjun was silent for a long time, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He
was a little confused. He was also
a little surprised.
Isn't it... still possible to output like this?
Please vote for next month...
(End of this chapter)