Many players may be unfamiliar with Klei, but I believe most players have heard or played its game works, such as Famine, Invisible Company and other famous games that became popular in China on 20 17. It can be said that since their first game "Shank", Klei has been making games in the direction of high-quality products and players' favorite, and "Seal of Ninja" is no exception.
The sorrow of ninja
Players familiar with Klei know that the games produced by this company generally have excellent plots, and "Seal of Ninja" is also a perfect inheritance of this feature. The plot of the game is like a complete movie. At the beginning of the game, the protagonist played by the player received a task: to kill the big businessman who occupied the ninja's home. As long as you kill this man, the protagonist's task is completed. But in the process of completing the task, the protagonist discovers the truth of the task. The occupation of ninja territory by big businessmen is the result of collusion with ninja leaders. The purpose of the leader's assassination of the big businessman is not only to recapture the territory, but the ninja leader wants to acquire the technology mastered by the big businessman.
During the game, players will find that the tattoo on the protagonist is actually a drug that the protagonist smears on his body to enhance his own strength. This medicine has a side effect, that is, it will make the user insane and hallucinate. The person or voice that has been guiding the protagonist in the game is produced by the illusion of the protagonist. And this illusion will cause users to gradually become crazy. If it is not stopped, the protagonist whose strength has become crazy will destroy the whole ninja home. But the only way to stop it is to kill the protagonist. ...
An expressive and aesthetic painting style
In addition to the movie-like plot, the game produced by Klei Company also has a feature, that is, the cut animation in the form of comics and its ingenious picture details. The overall picture of the game adopts a beautiful painting style, which makes the game picture slightly exaggerated without losing the sense of modernity. The elements in the game screen are filled with a large number of modern buildings and ancient buildings in the ninja territory, which makes the game screen have a strong contrast, and also shows the collision of two cultures in modern society and the sadness of ninja. At the same time, the game uses a lot of traditional Japanese cultural elements: ancient temples in the background, bells fluttering in the wind on branches, railings full of characteristics on the roadside and a lot of silhouette animations that match the plot, all of which can make people feel the intention of the production team. This is even more valuable for the British game company Klei.
Exquisite level design makes the game full of more possibilities.
Of course, it is not enough for an excellent game to just do the plot and picture. Fortunately, this company also has rich experience in game development. This is also a feature of Klei. Since the first work "Shank", the development team has attached great importance to the operation feel and level design of the game. This feature is particularly prominent in The Seal of Ninja. There are many ways for players to pass through the level in the game, which requires players to choose the best choice under their current conditions among many roads to clear customs.
At the same time, the players in the game cannot be found by the enemy. Once discovered by the enemy, the game is likely to fail. So stealth is the best way to get through the customs of this game, but if it is found, it is also possible to remedy it, that is, kill the enemy before the enemy signals. It can be said that this is a normal measure for a ninja or assassin in the process of action: don't expose your whereabouts before approaching the target. Of course, the game does not require players to sneak at this point. Players can control the protagonist to hunt down all the way, but once the enemy discovers his whereabouts, it will attract more enemies and the player's score in the game will be reduced accordingly.
At the same time, the weapons in the game are quite traditional. As a qualified ninja, most of the time the protagonist only has a ninja knife named Chuzhi. However, due to the mechanism of the game, few players will choose to kill with a knife, usually assassination, killing with one blow. Of course, the protagonist's weapon is not just a knife. A traditional ninja will certainly carry the corresponding hidden weapons. For example, shuriken and shuriken can't do fatal damage to the enemy, but they can smash street lamps and other items, arouse the enemy's thoughts and then the protagonist takes the opportunity to go there. There are other hidden weapons, such as spikes and worms, which work wonders in killing enemies.
Unique "dressing" system
It is worth mentioning that the protagonist in the game has no other special functions and super lethality similar to Naruto except the traditional ninja skills. The only prop with special function in the game is the ninja suit, and three sets of ninja suits will be unlocked gradually throughout the game. The three kinds of ninja clothes have different functions. For example, the ninja suit named Silent Road can make the protagonist travel without making any noise, and the protagonist can carry more interference gloves with this suit. However, there is also a drawback, that is, players can't carry attack gloves when wearing this suit, and they can't attack the enemy when they go through customs. Another forbearance suit named Yindao provides the protagonist with short-term teleport ability, but wearing this forbearance suit can't carry interference forbearance, and people who find themselves can only be killed to facilitate customs clearance. In short, the effects of the three kinds of forbearance suits are different, and we can also see that these forbearance suits have advantages and disadvantages in the use effect. Players can choose a more suitable battery life according to the different battery life effects and their own game habits.
Disadvantages of the game
Although the game is excellent in all aspects, there are still some minor shortcomings. For example, the scoring system of the game will add points or deduct points according to the player's operation, but this system is not complete. Due to the lack of corresponding scoring system, it is difficult for players to feel whether their passing process or operation has reached a perfect level, which also makes it difficult for players to recognize their game level.
At the same time, there is also a defect, but this defect is not so much a problem in the game as a common problem in 2D images. As a stealth theme game, although the game has achieved the ultimate in 2D games in this respect, compared with large-scale production and large-scale 3D stealth games such as Shame series, both the expressive force of the picture and the expressive force of the action are much higher than that of Ninja Seal. However, this is indeed the defect of 2D picture, and the game itself is still very good.
Write it at the end
Generally speaking, Ninja Seal is still a pretty good game, but as far as this game type is concerned, both horizontal 2D games and stealth games are relatively small games in the current game market. After all, the game market is constantly developing, and there are more and more games for players to choose from. The decline of ninjas in modern society described in the game is just like today's horizontal game. Although horizontal games have brought countless happiness to players, with the development of the times, horizontal games are still gradually declining. I hope that there will be new breakthroughs in the horizontal version of the game in the future and bring more joy to the players.