“Legend of Li 2” Wei Lei Experience: The game system is more advanced, but the plot moves forward slowly | 4 Gamers

The latest work of the Japan-made “Track” RPG series launched by Falcom, “Trail of Li 2”, was officially launched on the 27th. This time, 4Gamers also experienced the official version of the game. Now that the game has entered the end game, let’s talk about this game.

This time we will start to chat from the system and other levels, and finally talk about the story of “Legend of Li 2”. In the part of the story, we will not reveal the content of the plot itself, but Wei Xiaolei , who is on the trend of the plot, and Part of the story of a generation.

Let’s take a look at “Li Paths 2”

Although the title of this work is “Llwybr Li 2”, but in a certain way, it can be called “Llwybr y Creu 2”. Because they first appeared in “The Trail of Creation”, the ex-killers “Garden” Swain and Nadia, known as “3&9”, have a very heavy plot in this work. As for where the Labis doll went? You’ll know when you play the game.

Therefore, if you are a new player of “Trails”, before connecting to “Trails of Li 2”, it is strongly recommended to play “Trails of Li” first. The story and the characters are coherent. In addition, although the previous stories of “3 & 9” will be briefly mentioned in “The Locus of Li 2”, if you want to fully understand it, it is better to touch on “The Locus of Creation ” if you have energy to spare. . In addition, you can also learn about the past of the popular female character “Rain” in “Trails of the Sky”.

Not only the characters, “Paths of Li 2” obviously get a lot of saliva from “Paths of Creation”, whether it is a two-line plot, a large number of usable characters, and “Fairy Tale Garden” that can be used anytime to level and brush props. . These are all elements of the “Path of Creation”.

The advantage of this is that whether you like Fan En’s ex-girlfriend Elaine, the current heroine Yanais, or Li En’s “Senior Sister” Jing Ming, some of them are in “Li Zhi Locus” Characters that cannot be use but for a short period of time can be used, and even some characters that cannot be used, this time in “Fairy Tales Garden” this work. So, if you buy the game based on the number of characters, there is no problem with “Trails of Li 2”.

Evolving graphics and battles

Compared to “Li Paths”, “Li Paths 2” basically belongs to the design of stacked beds and houses. Some of the previous works are not lacking in this one, from the LGC system of three camps to the dual combat system. There are also details such as acceleration mode readily available.

Some details have also evolved, so that every move can now skip the performance animation, and when the same merchant has new goods, the markers on the map will show different colors, which is convenient for players to browse the shop in carpet style.

The two parts that have made the most progress are the screen performance system and action combat (called field battle in the game) This time, many new things have been added to the field battle, including that “gradual power attack” It can be launched after a perfect dodge, and add casting The “quick magic” of the spell. And the “EX chain” system that enters the command battle after being stunned.

Among them, the biggest changes are the last two Quick magic provides a means for players to stun opponents faster when fighting in the field. After entering the command battle, together with combat skills, they can launch an EX chain directly to deal large-scale damage, which can make ordinary monsters spawn The process has improved a lot.

As for the other parts of the battle, they are basically unchanged compared to “Trails of Li”, and even the problems of the previous work have been brought to this time. For example, we mentioned in the “Path of Lizhi” experience that the enemy who is in a state of kneeling will become an aggressive barrier after defeating a humanoid enemy, and this problem still exists in the second generation. And then only Vann has the related skills to increase hatred.

In the development part, the previous work had a rather complicated force guide system from the beginning The concept has not changed this time, but the presentation of the interface is a little better than the previous work, but the complexity is still the same, and because a large number of characters are added, the core that can be chosen And more so with spells.

After years of polishing, Falcom has made great progress in the animation performance of this 3D character module, which can finally be compared to some games of the same type. This point was also mentioned in the previous interview with President Yoshihiro Kondo. After a more complete engine and the use of motion capture, the quality of the entire presentation has indeed improved significantly.

Speaking of engine improvements, another new addition is the return of minigames, but for some unknown reason, the least popular tracking minigame in “Eye of Judgment” appeared in this work. But apart from tracking, there is fishing, basketball, decoding hacking, and card game. There are different types, but whether it’s fun or not, it can be a matter of opinion.

Next, put on a lightning protection line, because we’re going to start talking about a micro-lei story.

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Story ﹍ It’s a bit slow

Next, let’s talk about the shortcomings of this story: the villain, this problem has already appeared in “The Locus of Li”, although maintaining an ancient relic and destroying a village, the first generation of Amata does not matter in comparison to the “DG Command”, “Society” or the “Iron Prime Minister” faction of “Cold Steel Paths”, their momentum and motivation is clearly far inferior, as a group of middle-level leaders practicing and upgrades the main characters.

In the second generation, in addition to the identity of the “red devil” that can be seen in the trailer, the main track is “the legacy of Amata”. Let’s not talk about what this legacy is, but the main part of the story is the structure of the these two acts. The goal corresponds to the slow progress of the main story of “Trac”. Especially on the socializing side, although several characters appear in this work, they still haven’t touched the content of the socializing plan.

What about the side of the main character? In this work, no matter the origin and life experience of Fan En, or the true power of “Eight Cread”, it is still unresolved. However, this work has revealed the past of some partners, and also received some clues from “Lwłwbrau yr Awyr” and “Tracks of Creation”. .

If you want to summarize the story, it’s a bit bland, but there’s still a paragraph, so it should be better than “Tracks of Cold Steel 2” and “Tracks of Cold Steel 3”, which didn’t finish the story intentionally. .

Finally, according to the information that the game has finally completed the fairy tale garden, it can be seen that the next game will be the final chapter of the “Legend of Li” series. It’s just that the plot of the Republic episode is so slow. Perhaps people are not the most important key to the “Trails of Li” series staying in the main line, but the eight creations that are exceptional “treasures”.

Sum up this “Legend of Li 2”.

Not only is it an extremely long work, but as one of the only remaining Japanese style ACG RPG games, after years of technically “replacing training with games”, the progress of “Legend of Li 2” in all aspect of the game remains to be seen. As a mid-sized manufacturer, Falcom has done a good job that can be compared to the games of many well-known Japanese manufacturers.

“Track” seems to have become a new year product in recent years, so it can be seen that the game is still a little lacking in various aspects, such as incomplete dubbing, and some of the problems mentioned above in the previous work but not repaired, etc. There is still a little worry in the works.

However, compared to the increasingly mature technology, how the story of “Track” will develop may be the focus of more people’s attention. As a super-long work, it is already very difficult for new players to break into in of it. maintain a certain level of climax, it is easy to squander the popularity. This is also a big problem that the “Legend of Li” series has to face.

“Trails of Li 2” is currently available on PS4 and PS5. Other platforms are yet to be officially announced at a later date.