Al Escudero 与 David Wong,1987
Apple II 以及 C64
Al Escudero and David Wong, 1987
Apple II and C64
有人说,《巫术 4》是最恨玩家的 RPG。其他人——那些对巫术这种主流的东西嗤之以鼻的“高玩”——则可能会认为是《死亡领主(Deathlord)》。
结合《创世纪》自上而下的探索和巫术般的战斗系统,《死亡领主》发生在一个东方幻想世界里,所有东西都有日本名字。因此,死亡领主可以让您扮演 Toshi 和 Obake,Mahotsukai 和 Ronin。(奇怪的日文名字)
Some say Wizardry IV is the RPG that hates you the most. Others – the more elitist types who snicker at something as mainstream as Wizardry – might name Deathlord instead.
Combining Ultima's top-down exploration with a Wizardry-like combat system, Deathlord takes place in an Oriental fantasy world with Japanese names for everything. As a result, Deathlord lets you play a Toshi and an Obake, a Mahotsukai and a Ronin.
游戏一共有 8 个种族和 16 个职业,包括 4 个法师职业,每个职业都有独特的技能。每升一级都会给你带来显著的力量提升,让你可以勇敢面对以前不敢涉足的领域。
《死亡领主》的十七大洲和群岛,有很多值得一游的地方。这个巨大的世界有时可能会让人感觉太过空旷,但地点设计却是一贯的好。它们有陷阱、线索和秘密可寻。许多地方通过周围的环境和居住在其中的 NPC 展示了更多的东西,而不是明确地告诉大家,比如对德蒙古尔堡和马尔坎特(恶魔的火山城)之间永恒而又不稳定的对立进行了精妙的描绘。
本作没有任务目标,或者说根本没有任务。只有游戏中的反派死亡领主给你的起始线索。接下来进一步的线索都是晦涩难寻的。有些地方,如监狱或私人住宅,你不能简单地进入,只能闯入,后果则是激怒全城的守卫。
然而,如果你真的愿意冒这个险,你可能会学到一些有价值的东西——鉴于游戏的永久死亡模式,保存系统只有一个自动覆盖的档位,这让事情变得更加棘手,你要认真决定是否值得去冒险。
《死亡领主》的设计巧妙之处在于,尽管同样带来传统地牢的危险和困难,真正融合了《创世纪》和《巫师》的战斗流程,真的很流畅。大多数地牢都有一个独特的主题,而且既不留情面又富有创造性。如果不把它们绘制出来,你是走不远的,有些秘密只有在研究地图的时候才会被发现。
所以,对于狂热的地牢爱好者来说,《死亡领主》是是一款终极游戏。
There are eight races and 16 classes, including four Mage classes, each with its own compelling set of spells. The character system is solid, and every level-up brings you a significant increase in power, allowing you to brave areas you previously would not dare to.
And with Deathlord's 17 continents and archipelagos, there are a lot of areas to brave. This huge world may feel too empty at times, but the locations are consistently good. They have traps, clues, and secrets to find. Many show more than they explicitly tell, by way of their surroundings and the NPCs that inhabit them, such as the masterful portrayal of the eternal yet unstable opposition between Fort Demonguard and Malkanth, the volcanic city of demons.
There are no quest objectives, or quests at all. There is only the starting clue that Deathlord, the game's villain, gives you. Further clues are obscure and difficult to find. There are some places, such as prisons or private residences, that you cannot simply enter; you can only break into them, with the consequence of angering on the entire town's guard.
However, you might learn something valuable if you do take the risk – all the greater given the game's “permadeath” save system with only one, automatically overwritten slot.
The ingenuity of Deathlord's design is to make its blend of Ultima exploration and Wizardry combat flow really well despite the difficulties involved in bringing traditional dungeon hazards – chutes, secret doors, teleporters, etc. – over to a top-down perspective. Most dungeons have a unique theme, and are as unforgiving as they are inventive. You will not make it far without mapping them out, and some secrets are only noticeable if you study the map.
To an enthusiastic dungeon crawler, Deathlord is one of the ultimate games.