One person and one axe at the beginning, and Xishanju Xinyou's overseas test, is it a sandbox t

Recently, the English version of an open world MMO mobile game called "NewDawn" under Xishanju has been low-key overseasThe test started, which attracted the attention of Gamelook.The work focuses on the open world sandbox survival gameplay. The game background is based on an overhead fantasy world. The painting style and color matching are as elegant as "Ni no Kuni", and the look and feel is relatively good. However, there is no news about the Chinese version of the game yet.

From the APK installation package information, it is confirmed that it is the work of Xishanju

In the impression of domestic players, Xishanju has long been synonymous with martial arts MMOs. Therefore, just looking at the style and theme of "New Dawn", it is hard for us to think that this work is actually made by Xishanju.Of course, the current Xishanju is also developing in a diversified direction, whether it is the highly anticipated two-dimensional shooting game "Dust White Forbidden Zone", the new mecha game "Code B.R.E.A.K.", or the unfinished Guofeng PC sandThe box game "Orient: Hirano Guhong", which represents Xishanju's determination to break through more categories and even enter the global market.

In fact, sandbox survival games are relatively common in Europe and the United States, and more are reflected in PC-side works, such as "Hall of Valor", which has sold tens of millions of sets a year, and has been well received by Steam so far."Forest" with a game rate as high as 95%. Works with this kind of gameplay are relatively uncommon on mobile game platforms. NetEase's "After Tomorrow" is one of them.

In this context, after aiming at the game genres that players like, and integrating a number of popular popular themes and gameplays to a certain extent, it can be said that the birth of "NewDawn" is relativelyOccasionally.However, the quality of the work is as important as the creative direction and ideas, which often determine how far a game can go in the future.

The beginning is an ax, the furniture depends on chopping

Like all survival games, at the beginning of "NewDawn", players need to use the materials at hand to create a satisfactory ax tool to help the character gain a firm foothold in this grotesque world.Following the novice guide at the beginning, players will quickly learn how to use materials to make tools such as axes, and build a warm home for players by collecting various survival resources.

So players will hack and hack day and night to get more and more resourcesMake good use of every item and gradually achieve the big goal of "one person to one city" with reasonable planning.Of course, the road to success is not all smooth sailing. "NewDawn" has cleverly placed "obstacles" in some tasks.Shen will lose the battle.

As a survival game, frustrating experience is inevitable, but given such "obstacles"The difficulty of the game is gradual, which reduces the frustration caused by the failure to complete the task to a certain extent. At the same time, constantly overcoming difficulties and breaking through the experience of building blocks will continue to help players gain growth and fun experience.

From the video of the actual game trial, we can find that in the "NewDawn" game,Players can collect resources in a variety of ways. In addition to wood, stones, etc., players can also harvest a variety of edible resources by planting plants; they can also use tools such as bows and arrows to hunt strange things in a vast, unknown world.species.

So in the process of manufacturing and exploring, the very important experience of the open world-the sense of immersion is gradually formed.

This is an abstract source of fun. Simply put, in this game, the system usesRunning map missions and more main storyline missions guide players into the role, understand the environment information, and ensure that they can get sufficient positive feedback when completing missions.As the tasks continue to be superimposed, the positive feedback accumulated by the players will inevitably make the game characters and the unique homes created stronger, and the sense of immersion will be formed.In addition, the fairytale-like picture color scheme of "New Dawn" also binds the player to the environment to a certain extent. While deepening the sense of immersion, it also presents a visual feast.

As the story progresses, the items that players can use will no longer be limited to production and manufacturing.Gradually developing towards weapons, which also means that in this game of survival adventure, the tasks and enemies faced by the characters will become more and more powerful, so as to achieve the use of the plot line to promote the desire for game exploration and help stimulate the survival experience.

On the whole, "NewDawn" has a fairly standardized process in the construction of survival gameplay.The organic combination of the three makes the game more attractive and creates more possibilities for diversifying the game experience.

Excellent RPG experience

In fact, all open world games provide players with various channels for character enhancement, including the opportunity to, better equipment, improved character attributes, unlocked new functions, opened new areas, etc.You should know that this is not the biggest feature of open world games, just because the core purpose of diversification is to maximize the satisfaction of different levels of experience needs.Among them, the fun brought by RPG is the most important.

This is because the control of the player's progress comes from RPG, which means that the game content needs to provide players with enough choices, that is, the setting of the growth direction, so that players can develop a character according to their own preferences.A unique game character.

In this regard, "NewDawn" removes the common fixed occupation restrictions in RPG. In the game, playersCan unscrupulously use any item that can be held as a weapon.In other words, the container has various shapes, but as long as it is water, it can be perfectly adapted to it. Players can use the invisible fighting style to replace the classic tangible fighting style, and to a certain extent better fit their own operating preferences.

On the other hand, in order to enhance the RPG experience, the game provides players with many short-term and medium-term goals, which contain rich rewards. The reason for this design is that the development team hopes to use the reward mechanism to encourage players toThe behavior of trying and playing more-this is why high-degree-of-freedom games that follow the open loop principle are fascinating. Strong game vitality is one of the advantages of open world games.

As the saying goes, a design that can meet the needs is a good design, and all content is designed to create a specific game experience.In the open world game experience of "New Dawn", the development team also uses three different game experiences to control the player's progress, sublimating the fun core of RPG.

The first is to improve the ability of game characters, which is the most common and basic game setting.From the start with one person, one axe, and nothing, through continuous exploration of the game world, the character's ability will continue to improve.For example, Ubisoft's open world "Far Cry" and "The Division" have adopted this strategy.Obviously, the motivation for players to play is to continuously strengthen the strength of their characters, which is the most intuitive fun.

The second is the advancement of the story.For example, the story-driven game "Red Dead Redemption 2", in fact, the game characters have not changed much. From the beginning to the end, the story is stimulating the players to continue playing. Even if you can make money through various channels, it is better to buyweapons, clothing, or horses, but that's certainly not the main fun of the game.Similarly, in the trial video of "NewDawn", the in-depth form of the character plot and task line can enhance the player's willingness to stay in the game, and thus maintain their connection with the game world.

The last is the exploration of the game world.Unlike "The Witcher 3", players can't go anywhere they want. In "NewDawn", as a part of the big world, players are allowed to roam freely on this land from the very beginning.

For this work, we will insert the above three specific ways of using RPG elements to control the player's advancement rhythm. In fact, most open world games will integrate them, including "Legend of Zelda", "Original"God" and other excellent works, but the proportions are different.

Community connection sandbox may catalyze virus transmission

Comparatively speaking, sandbox gameplay is likely to cause community transmission.Just like "Minecraft", players use the game mechanism of "NewDawn" to happily create their own masterpieces, and then upload them to the media, websites or forums to share the fruits of their efforts with other players. From production to sharingon the line, greatly increasing the possibility of the spread of the "New Dawn" virus.

Current works have accumulated a certain popularity on YouTube, and most of the videos have been played more than 10,000 times.This is inseparable from its excellent game content and fantasy style of painting.Some players said, "The graphics look like a warm game", "I hope this game can be bigger, which can make the visual quality, environment and gameplay better, and the most important thing is that it can be processed on Snapdragon 855+ or 865The smooth experience on the upgrade of the device" and so on, the comment area is full of expectations.

To sum up, the appearance of "NewDawn" allows players to see a completely differentXishanju, although the work is currently in the testing stage, its excellent quality may give it a strong stroke in its exploration of diversified themes. As for how far it can go, we will wait and see.