Revenge that spans a thousand years, my experience of playing “Resurrection of the Evil God 2: Revenge of the Seven Heroes”

“Resurrection of Evil 2: Revenge of the Seven Heroes” published by Square Enix was released last week. We also experienced this work this time. Let’s talk about our experience of this game.

This game has no story connection with the first generation, so new players can play it with confidence.

A free script spanning thousands of years

In this game, the player who plays the role of the emperor has to defeat seven heroes. However, the seven heroes are very powerful, so the emperor who plays the role of the player at the beginning cannot defeat all seven heroes. Instead, he must continue to pass on the throne and gain knowledge. The Emperor’s magic, which continuously inherits its abilities, takes hundreds or even thousands of years to defeat the Seven Heroes.

This is a rare design for most RPGs that focus on one character story. After crossing the era, players can recruit some partners who look the same as before but have different names. Skills can also be allocated again by yourself.

Although the original version of “Resurrection of Evil 2” was a Super Nintendo game in 1993, it actually has many avant-garde designs. The “free script” with today’s open world feel is a representative one. From the first hero on, players can freely Choose your own route, including liberating an area through missions, and encounter other heroes. In the process of these tasks, the player’s choices will affect part of the plot, including whether some characters can join.

Although it is not a map so big that you can break your legs on it, “Resurrection of the Evil God 2” already has some of the open world gameplay of the year. It is a game worth playing for multiple rounds. If you choose different routes, you may solve different tasks and encounter different challenges. On different partners.

Moreover, the role should be big and revealing, so praise it.

The biggest feature of the series: “Flash Enlightenment”

First of all, let’s talk about the development of this game. The character played by the player abandons the traditional concept of character level. After a certain amount of battles, the upper limit of HP and BP increases after upgrading. The weapons and skills (including basic attacks) are Relying on continuous use to improve the level of the weapon and skill, in today’s understanding is proficiency.

However, each character can use all weapons, so how to match them and use flash to create powerful skills is also the focus of players’ exploration.

Each character who falls to the ground can be raised directly with potions or recovery skills, but each character has “LP”, which will be -1 every time he falls to the ground. If the deduction is exhausted, the character will die permanently.

When talking about the “Resurrection of the Evil God” series, we must talk about the unique “Flash Enlightenment” system. “Flash Enlightenment” means that when a certain skill is used enough times, during or after the battle, “Flash Enlightenment” will appear. You can learn new skills in a “flash of inspiration” way. If you have a flash of inspiration during battle, you can use them directly.

Flash enlightenment is not only an active skill, but also includes “seeing through” certain attacks of the opponent. It is also learned through this random method. There is only a general possibility of enlightenment, mainly relative to the hidden values ​​​​in the game, which will determine the probability of you enlightening to the next skill. This system also retains full surprises.

Especially when fighting against bosses, if you happen to successfully master a highly compatible skill, it can be said that your battle will suddenly become easier. There are few games that can compare to this kind of excitement.

Modifications suitable for modern times

“Resurrection of the Evil God 2: Revenge of the Seven Heroes” has a lot of changes. The first is to add difficulty. In the early days, the language barrier was eliminated. Since many values ​​​​are hidden, the difficulty of the old version can be said to be extremely high from today’s perspective. This Even players who are slightly familiar with JRPG rules can play it easily.

You can also change partners directly in the tavern. Although partners who have already practiced to a certain extent may not want to change partners, in the old version, the character had to be killed first before a new partner could take over. In addition, in the past, there was a design that the more monsters were defeated, the strength of the monsters would grow infinitely, which caused many players to directly get stuck in the level. These have been adjusted now, and the design is much more user-friendly.

Then there is the order of actions in the battle. Compared with deciding who attacks first based on the speed of the enemy and ourselves, it is obviously in line with the gaming habits of today’s players. In addition, a mechanism for hitting weak points is also added. You can hit the weak point with a suitable weapon or skill. Accumulate the linkage meter. When it is full, you can use powerful linkage attacks to cause heavy damage to the enemy in one go.

In terms of story, it complements the past stories of the Seven Heroes, and in case the player doesn’t see it, it will give very clear light prompts and guide you to find the memories of the Seven Heroes.

Of course, some new content can also be turned off through options, allowing players to enjoy the excitement of the original version.

There is still a slightly pity part

Of course, “Resurrection of Evil 2: Revenge of the Seven Heroes” still has some regrets. The first is that although it was remade in 3D, the characters are still a bit plastic. This can only be said to be SE’s limited budget for this game, but relying on The whole process of dubbing has solved some of the problems that may not be vivid enough and may cause drama.

In addition, the editor feels that it is a pity that the key points that will jump the era are not prompted. For players who want to clear all the branch lines, sometimes the era jump is forced to trigger as soon as the branch lines are cleared. Although for the king of this game, It’s very easy to clean, but it would be better if there were relevant reminders. After all, the times have changed, and basically everyone including my partners has changed.

This time “Resurrection of Evil 2: Revenge of the Seven Heroes” obviously has budget constraints, so the visual presentation is not produced at the highest level, but Square Enix can be regarded as delivering a work worth playing this year. The satisfaction after playing it is even higher than that of “FF7 Rebirth” at the beginning of the year.

What the editor is more concerned about is the producer of this game, Shinichi Tafu. He has been the producer of the two remakes of “Sword Legend 3” and “Resurrection of Evil 2”. Both of them have received very good reviews. It can no longer be said that changes can be made simply by “resting on one’s laurels”. It is obvious that Shinichi Tianfu can clearly grasp the essence of the old game as well as the preferences and ecology of new players. If more resources can be entrusted to him in the future, then maybe he can Reproduce more of SE’s classic IPs in a better way, and players can pay more attention to this producer’s works in the future.

If you are interested in this game and want to know more about it, you might as well take a look at how Shinichi Tianfu introduces this remake.

“Resurrection of Evil 2: Revenge of the Seven Heroes” is currently on sale on PS5, PS4, Switch, and Steam.