games website "Shovel Knight" detailed review: 9 points retro masterpiece can not be missed

I know that in this summer of lack of masterpieces, you poor players must have suffered from a variety of fun games, easy to live, not easy to play, and play and cherish.

The author now got this game, it looks funny, in fact, it is not funny, we are tired of the next generation of abalone lobster masterpiece, eat tired of green tea red bean literary and artistic fresh skit game, also should return to nature, recall the bitter sweet, to pixel retro stone hamburger.

You know, retro is a big culture, ordinary people do not dare to do things, because this is a single step into eternal hatred, accidentally hit the ancestor signboard, Buddha dung thing.

Some people retro is to pull out a mummy brush paint on the sale, which is called gold jade outside of it; And some people who have found a conscience, will put the big beauty makeup, plain, put on a coarse shirt and tie a ponytail and pull out to sell cute, which is called the village and not bad, do not have a flavor.

IGN gave this retro pixel game "Shovel Knight" a 9.0 high score, although we often ridicule IGN for money to talk without money to open the spray, but most of the time people still have a reasonable conscience and morality.

For example, this Shovel Knight, I really deserve that high score.

Trust me, there are games that look beautiful and have a big story, but it's mainly for you, and there are games that look shoddy and forgettable, but it could be for people to play.

Picture: Simple and elegant 8 points

We now look at the screen, the author does not play little bully for many years, resulting in "resolution, anti-alialiation, vertical synchronization and dynamic shadow" strange disease, open the shovel knight found the existing "setting" option, but also honestly open to see if there is a resolution option.

Point to point to point for a long time, suddenly thought of such a fresh and refined natural beauty of the picture, you also what bicycle ah? I'm just asking -- are there any delays? Are there any delays? Fluency in wechat masturbation!

People have said retro games, you think it is "Trinity" or "Transistor" ah, rounded and charming lines can not be found here, we only rough and atmospheric color blocks.

The game colors are bright and beautiful, the color distribution can be called hierarchical, the conscience of the industry, and the magic feature has its own characteristics. Blue sky, burning clouds, trees, water, soil and stones have their own colors, will not be confused, murder will meet blood, digging treasure will glow, it is good enough.

Think of the first generation of "Compello" is what color, you can be satisfied with it, despicable is the pass of despicable, noble is the epitaph of noble, gorgeous 3A under the cover of empty withered soul, and God made every Mosaic, is a "serve the people" conscience.

Plot: 9 points

We know, do a good game, you have to tell a good story, no story of the game is like no plot of the novel, a not to screen the game, naturally to be prepared in the plot, the game has a name and a protagonist, naturally not to everyone to play "Tetris" and "Pinball".

In general, the game is driven by the story of the game, the protagonist is a knight with a shovel in his hand all day. Is this a grave robber or a pangolin?

Although the protagonist's strange equipment and suspicious behavior, but we do not need to read too much into it, because the next five thousand years we players play less fun than the protagonist? He's not the only one!

You know, once upon a time, gay friends Shovel Knight and Shield Knight joined forces to seal the Lord, but Shield Knight sacrificed himself.

The Shovel Knight has been smoking and drinking and smoking pot since then to save the spirit of the world, but now evil has returned, and the witch has led a group of "no pity knights" back and broken the seal. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world - after weighing the pros and cons, the shovel knight decided to return!

It's a cliche Hollywood scenario where a hero wakes up and saves the world, you know -- it fits our world view.

There are eight bosses in Shovel Knight, and the eight bosses in the game also build an organization,

The eight bosses are Ghost Knight, King Knight, Treasure Knight, Craftsman Knight, Mole Knight, Plague Knight, Polar Knight, and Propeller Knight.

There is also a mysterious banshee in the middle of the photo, but no official explanation has been given for the character.

Of the eight bosses, three can be selected in a normal campaign, while the other five can be selected in special mode. When players play a 4-player battle, each of the eight bosses can be selected.

The whole game still follows the ancient tradition of 2D action games - to overcome the final destruction of the great demon

Combat system: Fun 10 points

This is a very classic flat 2d game, pixel game, the author did not think that it can actually contain such a complex and rich game system.

Standing on the shoulders of giants, the Shovel Rider combines the essence of many excellent 2D flat action games, such as Donald Duck Adventure and Mega Man, and console classics such as Castlevania and Super Mario.

The simple system with fast-paced action gameplay makes people want to stop, and the level design is exquisite and unparalleled, which makes people feel that my life is over at any time.

Since the protagonist is called the shovel knight, and he is reluctant to part with the spade, naturally go out to work on his shovel, that guy must be the only weapon for killing and arson home travel.

Sure enough, the knight brandished his shovel on the road, did not know his previous life was Lu Zhishen or sand monk, convenient shovel rampant world.

As the conscience of the action game, the key of the shovel knight is very few, the following mainly introduces several operation keys.

WASD - Control shovel Knight running around

J -- using a shovel to dig coal, rob graves and beat people

K -- Jump into the air/select from the menu

E -- Open the Antiquarian Equipment screen, where you can change magic skills

K+W - Jump tackle combo skill, jump in the air and swing down tackle, this is an important attack and puzzle skill in the game

J+W - Magic skills, equipping different artifacts can switch different magic skills

Compared to the usual slow and halting game, Shovel Knight can be said to jump up and down and walk freely. He moves fast and can hit everything in the 2X2 square in front of him with each swing, but attacking harder objects and enemies will cause the shovel Knight to be hard and straight.

The shovel Knight will also use the shovel to dig the earth mounds and lighter colored wall blocks that have gained treasure and opened pathways. The Shovel rider can also use the shovel to bounce projectiles away, although this takes some practice and experience...

The most important skill in using the shovel is the "jump shovel", which allows the player to easily defeat difficult enemies and bosses, and many puzzles require a skilled "jump shovel".

The player's "jump shovel" will jump higher when it hits the enemy, forming a "double jump", which can be used to pass through places that are difficult to reach with normal jumps.

This is a rather colorful world, we not only have a variety of combat methods, but also encounter a large number of elements to search for, burning fireballs of glass blocks are storage points, some storage points can be destroyed to obtain the corresponding gems.

Destroyed save points are reset after you exit the level and re-enter. The player can release magic by suspending the equipment of different "antiquities" in the level.

However, the character's death mechanism is similar to Dark Souls, in that each death loses a quarter of the current total amount of money, and after dying again on the way to picking up the money dropped before, the money lost in the first death is never recovered.

It has to be said that the jumping shovel and all kinds of magic have an indescribable charm, a simple action can trigger infinite possibilities, and the interaction with the environment is also clever. The rich upgrade system and the thrill of discovery can keep you going week by week, week by week, week by week.

Background music: 9 points

Background music is not just staying in the "good" stage, it is very creative to play, in the game, we have to learn to collect music, the use of jumping shovel, magic and other combat actions to obtain precious music, these are the shovel knight's final collection, the collection of these to the village bard.

The Bard will pay you 500 dollars for every song you submit and will also be able to play the music in the background. Making money while still ordering songs, is a winner in life.

Overall review: Rare retro God for 9 points