Разработчик: SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT
Описание
In ancient times long ago, in order to find his beloved missing daughter, the divine Jade Emperor opened the gates of heaven, allowing a direct connection between heaven and earth. This was done, so that worthy mortals could appeal to the Jade Emperor and obtain divine powers, to aid in the search of his missing daughter. However, this gift was exploited and taken advantage of, causing chaos in the mortal realm. The Nine Li Tribe became a cult that worshipped demons and practiced in the occult, divorcing themselves from the businesses of the mortal realm.
Forces of evil suddenly arose, inciting wars across the continent, condemning people into a life of fears and sufferings.
Emperor Zhuanxu feared the demon Chiyou would once again ravage the mortal realm. Limited by his own capabilities, he sought the help of the Queen of Huaxu, who once assisted Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor in warding off the Otherworld with the Bell of Donghuang. Both Fuxi and Nuwa—the children of the Queen of Huaxu—also supported Emperor Zhuanxu in convincing the Queen, for they too could not bear to watch people suffer any longer. In the end, the gates to heaven were finally sealed with the powers of the Divine Artifacts combined.
Since then, no mortals were able to ascend, nor were gods able to descend at will. This incident was later recorded down in history as “Juedi Tiantong.”
Features:
This latest entry broke new grounds in comparison with previous titles in the series, including: the new lighting system that better establishes moods, creating various atmospheric scenes; as well as facial animation and lip-sync systems, MVN motion capture system to elevate the quality standard of all characters in every aspect. These new technologies not only improve visuals but also game immersion, enabling the players to fully comprehend the behaviors and feelings of the protagonists.
The battle system has been replaced with a real-time, encounter-based gameplay mechanism, making the battles more intense than ever. Improved returning features exclusive to the Xuan-Yuan Sword series include: the Urn of Spirit Infusion that enables demon-synthesis and equipment refinement; the Guardian System that allows your captured demons to fight on your side; and the Miracle System that grants additional attack buffs. A new “Battle Formation” system is also introduced in this latest entry, allowing for a richer and better gaming experience for the players.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, japanese, simplified chinese, traditional chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP,Windows 7,Windows 8 (32 or 64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core Duo2 3.0Ghz or AMD equivalent (or better)
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GForce 9800GT or ATI equivalent (512MB or better)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 25 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct compatible sound card for audio
- Additional Notes: Keyboard and mouse are required
- OS *: Windows XP,Windows 7,Windows 8 (32 or 64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 2.80 GHz or AMD equivalent (or better)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 or ATI Radeon HD 7970 (1GB or better)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct compatible sound card for audio
- Additional Notes: Keyboard and mouse are required
Отзывы пользователей
Game total trash... I don't recommend it to anyone. Graphics better then average... BUT! Story is total trash... MC not even looks like MC... It's more like there is no MC here... Just your typical Chinese novel, where you get daily life description in period of warring states but with a scent of fantasy...
First - You are exiled from home, at that time home get's destroyed, and your not so blood related sister is victim or responsible for it.... When you return you need to fight her.
Second - your teammates betray you but you go with them like it doesn't happened - typical Chinese drama trash..
Third - game system seems based on Japanese "Tales of Zestiria/Berseria" style. Where you roam map and fight monsters in instances. But in difference to Tales you can't escape or outrun monsters that saw you, and there are no items to repel them like in Tales... And the Story-line Boss fights not balanced at all... Bosses uses unavoidable mass attack skills where your entire party either dies or is stunned with 1-5% HP and at that time you can't do a thing- Boss just kills your party while it is stunned... The only solution at such cases load save from 10-300 minutes before raiding Story-line Boss( depends on your luck). And grind like hell for about 1-3 days to become a little stronger....and have enough items to survive Boss battle. World bosses are another story if you found one - GTHO. Because your party will die with 1 HIT KO.
Forth - and the last thing is skill system: You can't change your skill buttons for basic Level skills(or remove them)... When fighting you are forced to fight with combo of first second and third skill from the range of two first two second and two third skills. Lets compare. At level 20+ my damage for skill 3 was around ~700-900 but time it takes for me to cast skill 3 enough for me to cast skill 1 3-4 times witch would give me around ~600+ damage in one use with a total of 1800-2400 and before casting skill 3 i need to cast skill 2 an it takes 1.5 time more then skill 1 and ~700 damage. So in the same time i make 2100 damage max. And if to remove skill 2 I could deal up to 3000 damage in total but no you can't do it... Well in total you just wasting your time for a trash game like I wasted my days...
They removed turn based mode
everything about this game felt ancient
This game it is a creation... a hidden jewel, i live in another world 60 hours - i played a lot of rpgs you have no idea how many, but this one rpg from chian, is a diamond, i dont need jade empire 2 anymore, because i played this game, 12/10
This game has probably the best plot/story development of any game that I've played in the last 10 years. It's as if DOMO Studio invested 90% of their budget into developing the story, voice acting, and music. The atmosphere of the game, the interactions of the different characters, the personal growth that each character experiences and presents, all come together to bring the player a unique perspective into Chinese mythology.
With that said this game is not without its flaws: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1215941852
Background:
Xuan Yuan Sword (XYS) game series are like the Final Fantasy games in China/Taiwan (though Final Fantasy is also quite popular in Asia). The parallel game series to XYS is called Chinese Paladin (or Legend of Sword and Fairy, LSF; the names are interchangeable, just translation differences). XYS is heavy on mythology/history, the main character is usually inserted into previously established mythology/history, and DOMO developed storylines/supernatural events are added. LSF is generally original story lines with much less emphasis on history.
The XYS games have a "core" series, titled XYS 1, 2, etc..., and a spinoff series, titled XYS 外傳 (wai zhuan). Some of the spinoffs are sequels to the core series, and some are completely independent games that are unrelated to the rest of the XYS series entirely. Gate of Firmament falls into the latter category (for the most part). You don't need to play the others to understand this game.
About the game (no spoilers):
This game is about the things that happened to Earth when the
Graphics
The game is built on the Unity engine, so stuff looks pretty dated, however the game came out in 2015 so that's sort of expected (for a Chinese game). The characters are a bit stiff, since there aren't that many facial expressions that can be modeled; however some things are animated such as: eyebrow furrowing, sadness/tears, joy/smiling/laughing, agreement/disagreement, and "sighing".
Though the character models are so-so. the environment is great, you can just google for background images of the game and they look pretty amazing. It's unfortunate that some of the backgrounds are only used a few times in the game, but they truly look amazing in the 3D world. A significant portion of the game is also done with hand-drawn art (a XYS tradition), such as the UI portrait photos, loading screens, some of the Steam card backgrounds etc.
The game runs at 60FPS for the most part, turning down AA + shadows should fix FPS drops.
6/10
Audio
Beautiful music, that's why they have a separate soundtrack for you to purchase. It's also part of the XYS tradition to have a great soundtrack, sometimes performed at concerts (like Nobuo Uematsu concerts). You can probably scope out the music on YouTube for more info.
Voice acting is fantastic, I have no complaints here. Originally people were really frustrated because of the awkward pauses between conversations, since the engine would load the 2nd person's response a few seconds slower than expected. A patch was introduced so you could just press "confirm" and end the first person's pauses, this (though requiring a bit of manual labor) sped up the pace of the conversations to feel more natural.
Sound effects are "not bad", I say this because as per XYS tradition, some of the sound effects are reused (from as far back as games in the early 90s). But that's not all bad, they've all been re-done to sound "modern", and if you haven't played the old games you wouldn't notice.
9/10
Gameplay Mechanics/Combat
The game is a mix of Tales style and Final Fantasy ATB. You walk around a 3D environment map, and there are monsters that randomly spawn. If you walk into them or are detected by them, a fight occurs. You can initiate the fight early with your map ability which causes specific effects.
Once in combat, it's an ATB style system (however your bar is a cooldown timer that doesn't really change unless you're slowed). Your physical attack/supportive attack is hotkeyed, health/mana pot is hotkeyed, and you can shift to 4 different spells. At the start of the game, you can only hit enemies once (no combo'ing), as you level up, additional attacks are added.
There is no "limit break" like in other XYS games (or Final Fantasy style games), though at level 20 and 30 you do get different combo finishers.
For most of the game it's just button mashing, because there's a ton of trash mobs, so I completed 70% of the game just button mashing my AOE nuke.
Towards the end of the game you have to do some micro management since the AI isn't very smart.
Example: Switch to defense hero, cast buffs, switch to healer, cast debuffs/buffs, switch to physical, cast buffs, switch to each character to attack, switch to healer, etc. Some people describe this as FF13 style (since you constantly switch characters to change spells/buffs).
For that matter, the AI is TERRIBLE. If you skill spells on your non-main, the AI will constantly spam them, and eventually consume all your mana potions (called powders in this game). However this can be worked around by the weird money glitch (which is listed in the Steam guide section).
5/10
Story/Plot
I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say that the story is fantastic. However you're gonna need some patience as this game is nearly 70% cutscenes/voice acting conversations/FMVs, 30% combat. Some of the cutscenes/FMVs are nearly 20 minutes, so treat it more like a long movie/TV series/soap opera. It took some getting used to in the beginning, but towards the end, I felt it really was necessary to set up appropriate ambiance.
10/10
Translation
It's not very good, a lot of the clever puns and alliterative conversations are lost in translation. I could do a better translation, but at the number of lines per character, that might take quite a while. I'm fluent in English/Chinese, so I played the game with English subs to see what the translations were like. Often times they misrepresented the reason/emotion of what a character was expressing. Even so, I feel you can still understand the story and challenges faced by each character; (some of the best character-character sequences were non-vocal).
4/10
Overall
This game has a lot of flaws, but the plot alone is worth a playthrough. For the last sale price ($4.49!!!) it is 100% worth it to give it a shot. I bought it on release for $15 (which is still worth it!). Expect around 25 hours of main story (without skipping cutscenes). Probably 40 hours to do all the sidequests + side bosses. A 2nd playthrough is required to 100% cheevo the game.
7/10
軒轅劍
My first 軒轅劍 game into the series based on the Unity3d engine. Highly recommended if you are in for the (story, characters and stuff that makes you sad.)
My impressions:
Gameplay
: 7/10 - Typical RPG, Repetitive Real-Time battles, spamming same moves over and over (Think mmorpg in a way), only can allocate 4 skills onto 1 character, couple of unforgiving time-based sidequests which require you to backtrack a bit (Use the simple guide here on steam) Translation is decent (could be better), People complained about the long cut-scenes but I enjoyed them, plus a lot of development into the story are from the cut-scenes.Controls
: 7/10 - I played it on the X360 Gamepad so it was okay, didn't run into any problems. You can play the entire game w/ Mouse and Keyboard, it'd be like an MMO where you click where you want to go on the map.Graphics
: 7/10 - Game was released back in 2015 so Graphics are a little dated, Around PS3? The Environments are nice looking, Character and Monster animations need polish, but overall not a deal-breaker.Sound
: 9.5/10 - My god, the music in this game is beautiful. Really adds to the mood in some scenes. The songs with lyrics are good too even if you don't understand chinese. I deducted a .5 because of the sound bytes reused on some monsters add to the lols. (Some bird enemy has the same grunt sound as a human enemy, stuff like that.)Replability
: 5/10 - There are 3 endings you can achieve with your first-playthrough. Nothing much changes here in NG+ unless you want to collect all the weapons, items, level up your artifacts, and get the ultimate weapon. Your characters do start from level 1 though.Story
: 10/10 - TBH I don't know much about my own culture and history, but after playing this game I've been reading up Chinese mythology, wanting to know more about ancient Chinese history, all because of the story. Without getting too much into spoilers, this is my experience with the story... Imagine yourself on a emotional rollercoaster, and while you experience all the FEELz at the same time, you've decide that you want cut onions and rub that shit into your eyes while downing some strong alcohol. You can't help it but cry like a little bitch so to redeem my manlihood back, I had to punch some babies to take back my manliness again. (Disclaimer: Don't punch babies, I don't condone violence)Overall, I give the game a 9/10. But, If you don't care for story, I'd say 6.5/10.
Note: player needs to be online to save and load game O_O
Nice and enjoyable game with some problem, like party AI is just hopeless... they just spam support skills and strange story sometimes (maybe lost in translation). I wish it have place for grinding in end game though, as new game+ not carrying level.
Story and music is good, visual is very nice especially on earlier chapter (it gets darker later on) ^^
Other features like player is free to reset skill, catch monster, and crafting.
I have held off on getting The Gate of Firmament for awhile now, mainly because of complaints I heard about the quality of translation and the overabundance of cutscenes. While the translation now is not necessarily top quality stuff, I've found it to be very coherent, with few spelling errors or typos, and good punctuation. In comparison to the other few Chinese RPGs translated to English at our disposal in this day and age, this is probably one of the finest efforts around. For this Softstar and DOMO studio are to be applauded.
As for the amount of cutscenes: yes, there are a lot, particularly in the first 3 hours or so. While the amount in these first few hours was a little too much, I've found them to even out as the story goes on. This might also be because I've become heavily invested in the storyline by now, so I don't mind them in the least. I love the setting and the mythological tone of the main scenario.
Something I found myself concerned about in the first few hours was the lack of difficulty, even on hard mode. It quickly became apparent, however, that this concern was unfounded. As long as you are not grinding like crazy, the difficulty pleasantly increases as you move into the 6~7 hour mark. I've been really surprised by the challenge the Bosses present, usually with a unique approach being key to a seemingly unsurmountable battle. This not only includes using in-battle skills, but considering the equipment you have, the demon you have bound to your fighting style, what level that demon might be, and what character(s) you are controlling in that battle. It's not the deepest system around, but I've been discovering more and more depth as I go on. I am very pleased about that.
Aesthetically, the game has a lot going for it. All the concept and character art is extremely good and a joy to look at. You can see this translated very well into a rather aging engine. Some environments are truly stunning despite the limitations inherent in a fairly dated game. The music is simply beautiful.
I would highly recommend this game to anyone looking to explore a mythological Chinese world, with great characters and an involved story. The game begins at a slow pace, both narratively and in terms of gameplay, but if you stick with it you'll be rewarded in the end.
Based on ancient Chinese myth and real history, the "Xuan-Yuan Sword" is one of the most beloved and longest-running video game franchises in China, with this "The Gate of Firmament" being the newest member of the series. It offers beautiful artwork and music, rich oriental story with nearly 50 hours gameplay, although sometimes conversation being too slow .
The save system doesn't work offline. On a many hour long RPG, this makes the game unplayable offline. Which boils down to a soft kind of online only DRM. Which is unacceptable for me.
Still don't know whether this is a bug or an intended "feature", but since it's not the only game from these devs with this issue, it seems it's either intended or not important enough to fix. And this is a big enough deal that I'm posting this review to make it known to potential buyers, as there's no warning of this online only requirement on the store page. None that I can see, anyway.
I'll remove this review (and rebuy this game) once this issue is solved.
This is a pretty decent game for a reasonable price.
Here are a few points I would like to mention.
No. 1 - Game graphics is definitely good no matter how you look at it, ( 8 / 10 )
Pros - Character design and background is fantastic. Game reminds me of Blades and Souls from character design.
Cons - Probably needed some facial expressions on characters as I could see that there is no shock factor there and no frowning from the character even though he is fustrated. Probably some parts where characters are too stiff and parts of the clothes could pass through character limbs during cutscenes. Hair does not even move when brushed against by their hands. Just an opinion.
No.2 - Gameplay is user friendly. ( 7.5 / 10 )
Pros - Easy to maneuver, Skill tree seems legit to me and able to assist my gameplay. They have gears items crafting and wow just wow. Game reminds me of Magna Carta in a simpler form. Multiplayer game to be converted into RPG for single player. Brilliant idea. Chibi mode when walking from town to dungeons? You got to love those.
Cons - I was hoping for more action wise from the gameplay but maybe it is just me. I was expecting more reactions that would affect the enemy as I was using the skills to attack them.
No.3 - Background Music/OST is beautiful ( 10 / 10 )
Pros - I like the overall synchronization of background music and atmosphere. It is really well made and I am really impressed with the arrangements. Got to say that this gives me a really smooth experience in the game.
Cons - Nothing from me so far but an english version of the song would be really pretty.
No.4 - Story Wise is intriguing. ( 9 / 10 )
Pros - Story is really pretty and great to experience. Not gonna spoil you guys but experience the fun yourself haha. You will love it when you see the little boar or piglet at the start of the game. Nuff said.
Cons - Deserves more series to come.
No.5 - Voice Acting/Subtitles/Language ( 7.5 / 10 )
Pros - I would say that the voice acting is decent. It was in sync with the character's lips, you can feel the emotions from the character. Subtitles are well made and I really appreciate for the developers to put effort to the subtitles. You got to give it thumbs up for this definitely. Otherwise, most players would not be able to understand the story.
Cons - Maybe I might be more demanding, I would hope that the developers would consider english voice acting as well. It would really really be so wonderful if there is also language for english voice.
Overall Experience ( 8.5 / 10 ) - I would buy the game even if there were no discount for this game. Improvements is a must but definitely brings you to another world of excitement for RPG players.
It's a Wuxia style RPG, and that's not something you see often. I love the genre so my psitio is biased.
But if you are not a fan there're some things you must take in consideration before buying it:
-The translation goes of the rails as the game goes on, and in the final chapters it's all sorts of wrong;
-Some near end side quest break the imersion hard, with Devs avatars in the mix and characters from other games;
-Crashes will happen, eventually;
- (No autosave)
After replaying the game I found an autosave feature. Not sure if it only appears on NG+. But it's on a different tab than the regular saves.
Plusses:
+ Wuxia (sorry, it's Xianxia, see [N]epgear coment bellow)
+ Really nice monster models
+ Takles the major chinese genesis myth with style
+ At some point there's a stand and punches stuff
+ Pangu kicks your ass super hard and you'll just stand there repenting for your sin of picking a fight with a unique legendary boss that was chilling in a very low level zone.
So... think before going into it. But it's fun man.
This is actually a great game.
7/10 Battle system. Boss fights actually requires strategy and may need multiple tries
8/10 Story. It's actually surprisingly good. I did have a low expectation before I started but the story does not treat you like an idiot. The things main characters say actually seem like they have thought about it and have reasons behind their decisions.
It's very different than games like Fallout or Pillar of Eternity where the game is about player decisions or different choices. Instead the story in this game is set and smoothly unfolds before the player, much like watching a movie. I normally enjoy making my own decisions in the game but it feels nice to take a break and just watch a well orchastrated show.
9/10 Music. Some good tracks and some great tracks.
Annnnnnd Voice Acting. One of the best I've experienced in a game. 10/10 will not skip cutscenes.
More and more after I become a working adult, I have less and less time, and consequently I play time-consuming games less and less, if at all.
However, once in a while comes a game that will hit your sweet spot. This game is it for me.
I love:
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This game is good (i think it´s the first game on steam in this style of artwork).
Pros:
- Excellent OST/BGM
- The graphic and artwork is beautiful
- Easy play game
- You can forge your own weapons and capture monsters
- I recommend buy the sound collection
Cons:
- Even if you play in english, the game isn´t fully translated (hope they will improve the english later)
- In game has few orthographic mistakes (for english language)
- The Steam version and non steam version are different. In steam version, as far i already played, you can´t disable companion AI to stop using items, so if the HP is running low, they will use items.
- Since this one is the sixth game from the serie, will be good if other titles come to steam as well
- You need know Chinese to enjoy fully, since even if you play the game with english subtitle, the subtitle is only a small part from their voices; in another words, if you know Chinese (at least conversation), you will have more fun with their chit chat. And this helped me in untranslated parts.
- The main character sister is a nuisance
- If you hate betrayal, don´t play this one
In the end, i recommend this game. If they fix the problems above, will be a great game.
After more than 40 hours of gameplay without skipping any cinematic, I finally completed the game. I would say that this game is worth for the money I paid for. Even though this game is not as good as those big titles, it does worth playing. This game remind me of Final Fantasy series and The Last Remnant, which is my all time favourite game, but this game is more toward ancient chinese story.
Storyline 10/10
This game has fantastic storyline, which is funny, touching and educate. I get touched several time by the story characters. This game is 40 hours+ long if you complete all side quest and kill all the area boss.
Battle System 6/10
The battle system isn't as good as I expected. The steam version have different battle interface than the original release from Chinese version. The control are somehow terrible and too easy because you only have to keep spamming the skill with one key and heal occasionally. The skills for each character are somehow terrible as you only rely on 1 or 2 skills, and the rest are useless even for boss fight. The AI for battle are terrible, you will realise the pots go down so quickly enough that you might not have enough for boss fight, so buy more.
Character 8/10
Character setup are quite good. As the game only focus on 4 main characters, so you don't have to make decision to choose who is going to be in the party like other games did.
Graphics 7/10
Even though the game is in 3D, the graphics are still horrible for a year 2015+ game in my opinion. The facial expression for the character are driving me nut. Most of the NPC are terribly designed because developer only focus on main character facial expression. However, the scenery in the game are looking beautiful and attractive. Do note that the game is made in Unity3D.
Feature 7/10
The developer removed a few interesting features from the original release. You can no longer use LianYao (combine and merge any single monster into higher tier), you can't run from battle or maybe I don't know how because they is not a single button for that, HunTian skill system is removed, you can't control how AI works which is always finish up your pots in the beginning of the game.
Map 5/10
The game map for each area is insanely huge but empty. I did a lot of running through the map just the open one of the chest on another side of the map. Some of the quest make you run here and there which is actually quite annoying.
Quest 7/10
The quest system is somehow suprising me with the timeline implementation. You can't accept certain quest if the quest is past due the timeline. Some of the quest are good as they require some thinking and puzzle solving which I love it.
Monster 5/10
The enemy in each map are almost the same, just normal attacking with similar damage and no special skills. I find it boring to fight monster but to level up you have to do it. Boss fight are too easy for me, maybe because I did not play in hard mode. There are few map boss in certain area which are quite challenging but you can easily kill them when you know how your character work.
Overall: 8/10
Overall, I would recommend anyone to try this game if you liked final fantasy as the story of the game is good. I will not recommend this game if you are purely wanted a graphics intense game.
UPDATE: A patch was released that fixed one of my biggest gripes with the game, so I have now revised the review to reflect that, plus other additions now that I’ve played the game more.
Gate of Firmament might be a 3D game, but it feels like a retro 2D RPG. There’s nothing in the game that makes use of 3D, apart from giving the developers the ability to place the camera wherever they want.
Every detail from how you move, how environments are laid out, how the combat system works, how cutscenes and dialog scenes are paced feels like a 2D RPG. For example, you can’t jump, and the combat system is most optimally played if you only use the keyboard. This isn’t a negative, just a stylistic choice that shows the series origin as a long running traditional series.
Compared to western RPGs the cutscene quality is on the level of Knights of the Old Republic. There’s long pauses after every spoken line where you wait for the character animation to stop playing before the next line is spoken. So it’s cheap, but good enough that it gets the point across of what the scene is trying to convey. But it’s a far way off from Mass Effect, Dragon Age or Witcher 3. Luckily you can click to skip to the next line of dialog, a feature that was patched in after release. This is big, because now and then you get cutscenes where the pacing is particularly slow and stilted. Being able to manually raise the pace by clicking is a huge improvement. Very appreciated that it didn’t take them long to patch that in.
There’s something likable about Gate of Firmament. It has the charm of an underdog trying their best to create an epic masterpiece, despite only having a fraction of the money or manpower to achieve that goal. It looks older than it is. But thanks to the vibrant colors it’s good enough. If you have the patience for it, this is an alright game. It might even be great once the story kicks off in proper. I liked the characters, and the humor had a nice off-beat quality to it. It’s very far from perfect, but I find myself returning to it again and again, giving it another 30-60 minutes here and there. It isn’t amazing, but it doesn’t matter. It’s enough to be likable.
The game localisation was done so poorly, it is impossible to play. The poor translation is so distracting that I can't follow the story. It seems that the translation was done by a second language speaker of English with gaps filled in with Google Translate. This is unfortunate as I really wanted to see what a Chinese game could offer up. I can't speak to the story quality or interest, or even the battle system as I had to stop playing after the 3rd cutscene. If they clean up the English translation, I will give this another shot but until then it's getting returned.
写在最前面希望开发者看到
请让游戏中能显示手柄操作提示，既然你战斗界面都那么明显地为了方便手柄使用了。
在设置里调节操控设备或者游戏自动监测都行
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so excited to see chinese video games finally stepped on the international stage. though the game seams a bit immature and rough comparing to those AAA games, in general it is a good game, not to mention the tempting price.
i've played for a while with xbox 360 controller, the gaming experience is satisfying especially in the battle. but it's confusing why the developer didn't put the operative tips for controller (especially since the battle ui is clearly tailored for controller). most controls can be easily figured out but here are a few tricky ones:
on regular screen:
y - to show the map
on battle screen:
rb+ a/b/x/y - to use skills
lb + up/down/left/right - to change battlefield
lt/rt - to change objective
start - to escape
here are my personal rating:7/10
+exciting battling experience (controller strongly recommended)
+satisfying video performance for chinese games
+smooth gaming experience (easily 60 fps)
+QINGHUAI of chinese video games ;P (why is it a bad thing?)
-too many lengthy and boring conversations
能看到国产单机真正意义走向世界舞台的一天还是蛮激动的，虽然这款游戏在国际平台上的确略显稚嫩而且存在一些问题，但是整体游戏素质还行。
用xbox360手柄玩了一会儿，战斗的体验蛮好，比原版好而且更适合手柄。有一点比较困惑的是游戏里并没有手柄键位的操作提示。我看下面也有评论提到。但是试一下基本上很容易就能搞清楚了。需要注意的是在一般界面上Y对应开地图，战斗界面中start是逃跑，lb+上下左右是切换战阵，rb+abxy是使用浑天,lt/rt是切换对象。还有一点没搞清楚就是怎么用解毒药和复活药。
希望后续更新能把手柄的对应提示加上。这是一个好的开头，请不要让我们再次失望。
Things you need to know about before playing or purchasing The Gate of Firmament ( 穹之扉 in Chinese)
At the foremost, I have to be frank I am a fan addicted to The Gate of Firmament and its gaming series. But in this review I will try to elaborate neutrally the pros and cons of this game alongside with things you might be interested to know about.
- Languages Supporting. You attention here please, this game only supports English, Japanese, Chinese, Traditonal Chinese with the corresponding UI, menu and subtitles. So feel free to play if you are English or Japanese players, but unluckily for players in other regions, whether waiting for mods( or official translations, donnot be expecting on that ) or choosing not to buy is at your discretion.
- This game requires free disk space of appropriate 15GB , made by U3D (have been optimized several times since its first release in Feb, 2015 in China ), this steam version gladly has been given huge optimizations. In fact, my gt650m notebook with 8GB ram could run it quite smoothly in 720P, the highest resolution supported is 1920*1080.
Technical notes here: should you have problems in failing to initail(black screen or whatever), try starting in win95 compatiable mode, hope it helps.
- Gate of Firmament and its gaming series. Gate of Firmament is the 12th work in a row of the prestigious Xuan-Yuan Sword RPG gaming series(better be compared to the Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest gaming series in Japan, so you could get distinct understandings) with 25 years of history in China. As mentioned, there are twelve works from DOS to 2D to 2.5D to 3D with the first work released 25 years ago forming this Xuan-Yuan Sword game series. Each game have a separate story told so if you are a novice to play Gate of Fimament, there is no affecting your gameplay experience at all. (Somewhere through your play, there may be plots or concepts linked from previous works but believe me most are the surprise type for fans and have little to do with the gameplay).
[*]About the game itself.Now let's get down to our main business, how is the game?
The Gate of Firmament is a typical oriental rpg game or more specified, a Chinese martial arts rpg game in the sense that the game put great emphasis on the long moving story you gonna experience rather than the elements of a game, or put it in a another way, it is actually more like a movie than a game. The core spirits of this gaming series is its decent, impressive, beautifully written story.
On a scale of 0 to 10 I would like to rate as follows:
1.Story 9.5 points, highly recommended if you are fond of Chinese culture and this loving story with the elements of divinity(of course Chinese myths). Must say again here, it's more like a movie, you have to get around villages, towns investing and talking to different people, if you previously had any Final Fantasy experience, it would be ez.
2.Music 9 points, music and sound effects are composed by outstanding musicians, but mostly oriental style.
3.System/Combat 7 points,actually turn based, you learn and upgrade your abilities, not much to talk about. One thing worth to point out is its Lian-Yao system(mainly you can capture the monsters after you defeat them as pets and combine different ones to a strong pet ) of this gaming series which may fascinates you. Also, there are mini-games included for instance you need to solve some puzzles to get treasures.
4.Video 6.5 points, made by U3D engine, modeling of characters and scenes may seem a little rough sometimes but much better than those 2D or 2.5D babies. Modeling are oriental aesthetically.
At the very end, I would like to say if you are looking for extreme "play" experience such as RTS or acting , this is definitely no choice for you. But if you are a RPG lover or somehow just wondering what our Chinese game is, this game is a perfect choice for you. It won't let you down for such a fair price.
If you have any questions during your game play, be free to leave a message, I would be glad to help.
I don't buy a lot of games with zero prior knowledge of them, but the screenshots looked nice and the price was appealing, so I gave it a shot. And so far, I'm very pleasantly surprised. It's very good looking (especially for the price), and despite some rough edges (weak animations, rough translation), it's a shockingly well-made game, with a lot of nice presentation throughout (nice looking UI, full 3D model viwer for evey item/equipment/enemy in the game, great OST, etc). And it runs well too.
Just in case the trailer didn't give enough info, this is a very by-the-numbers JRPG (or CRPG to be more accurate), with semi-turn-based battles with some combo/timing based inputs. Encounters aren't random though, and you can see all enemies in the world before hand and attack for preemptive strikes. Everything else is pretty typical RPG fare: decent amount of exploration, chests with loot (and you can actually dismantle the chests for more loot!), tons of battling, and I think even a sort of Pokemon-esque element later? Mostly what you'd expect, but with some nice twists as well. Definitely not regretting the purchase at all, and will probably buy future installments if they get English localizations (it seems like a small miracle, or at least an anomaly, that this one did).
Xuan-Yuan Jian is my love. Xuan-Yuan Jian is my life. Hopefully, the Steam release of Gates of Firmament is the first step to spreading that special joy to others in the world. While lacking in the graphics and game engine department when compared to western AAAs, The Gate of Firmament delivers the heart the series is known for. Although it is rough around the edges, especially in the English and Japanese translations, I hope that the enthusiasm and pride of the developers, the ever dedicated and evolving DOMO Group, shines through. It's a game that I can recommend for you to play without hesitation, if you are a fan of good characters, engaging stories, and immersive settings.
Just got the game and it runs in full HD @60FPS. Only one hour in so I haven't left the starting town, most time was invested in talking to townspeople to get the story of who you and your family are.
Game looks nice, a bit like an unmodded Skyrim so don't expect 4K textures all around. The setting is truely Chinese which is a nice for a change. You get a few nice errors in the english translation but that isn't a problem. All voices are in Chinese but that makes the female characters even more cute than they already are.
Hard thing is to remember all the Chinese names being thrown around in the story and it's not easy to understand sometimes what they are trying to tell you in details but I do get the general picture.
Haven't been in a singly fight so the 'action' still has to start but what I've seen so far and specially for this low price a true recommendation if you are into these kind of games. (If it's possible to edit this review later I'll try to give some updates)
Edit1: Works perfectly with mouse+keyboard, PS3 controller (DS3 motion in joy) and PS4 controller (DS4Windows).
Brief first impressions. Since english subtitles+UI are available, why not!. Standouts are the beautiful cutscenes and soundtrack. Game itself seems decent but a little rough around the edges, examples being collision meshes missing and some npc pathing issues, Nothing gamebreaking. Translation wasn't a problem though you will find some humorous 'oops' moments. Initial gameplay was your typical jrpg affair, fetch questing around the village while learning the story of your existence.
Completing that, then sent to a nearby bamboo forest which introduced combat. No random encounters so far, needed to walk into enemies that roamed about. While I'm still learning the systems but any recent final fantasy player should feel at home. Talent trees were available for characters and equipment system looked deep. Will give it the thumbs up as it's a lovely game for the price. Cheers.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=632178136
No english audio, just UI/subtitles. Runs @ 60fps and max resolution is 1080p.
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| Разработчик | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 23.01.2025 |
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