Try “Death Note Shadow Mission” and use the Death Note curse to kill your friends!

Bandai Namco unveiled the multiplayer game “Death Note: Killer Within” in a flash store last week, and it will be released tomorrow (5). At the invitation of Bandai Namco, 4Gamers and other Asian media I tried this game a few days ago, and now I’m going to explain it to you.

To put this game in one sentence, it is “Among Us” that incorporates the world view and rules of “Death Note”. The game mechanism is not exactly the same as “Among Us”, but if you understand the rules of “Among Us”, Then your understanding of this game will be higher.

So let’s first talk about the basic rules of this game. At the beginning of the game, players will be randomly divided into two camps, “Qile” and “L”. There are two characters in each of the two camps. They are “Kile” and “Kile Followers” under the Kiraku camp, and “L” and “Investigator” under the L camp.

As for the victory conditions for both parties, Qilefang’s victory conditions are to use the Death Note to punish L, or the “New World” progress bar is full. The L side camp’s goal is to find and arrest Qile, or the “search” progress is full. The design of the progress bar can probably be guessed to prevent passive players in the game from ending the game.

Players who have read the original work will know that Qile Fang has to write the opponent’s name in the Death Note before he can curse the opponent. Players enter the game with “pseudonyms”, so for Qile Fang, they must first know the opponent’s name. Just the name.

The characters on the L side will all carry ID cards, so the people on the Qile side can steal the other party’s ID card after getting close to them for a few seconds. This means that Qile knows the name. Now take out your little black notebook. Then you can take away the other party.

However, when writing or exchanging the Death Note, everyone on the screen can see it. When writing the notebook, you will have to enter a series of instructions. Therefore, you must find a place where no one is around when writing the notebook. Otherwise, as long as you are suspected of being suspected, investigate As long as the player keeps Qile on his screen, Qile will have no chance to make a move.

There are days in the game, and the number of people Qile can kill is limited each day. At the end of each day, a meeting will be held. All participating players can express their opinions and vote. The character voted by more than half of the players will be arrested and sentenced to death. If the captured character holds the Death Note, it is a victory for the L side.

This part of the meeting also supports voice, and L can ask some questions. This part is just like “Among Us”, it’s time for everyone to have a verbal battle.

However, the investigators do not know their respective identities, so this leads to the possibility of arresting the wrong person. The real name of the arrested person will be disclosed in the media. Therefore, if an investigator is arrested by mistake, it also means that Qile will be arrested the next day. There is a chance to kill the investigator. As long as anyone with the book is not caught, they can be released and returned to the game after being detained for one day.

In order to avoid this situation, L can issue orders to up to 2 people every day to let them stare at a certain guy. In addition, he can activate the command card to add additional tasks, such as installing cameras, etc., to make Qile more difficult. hide.

The most common role played by players is the large number of investigators. What investigators have to do every day is to complete tasks as much as possible to increase the progress of the search, and also complete the command card tasks issued by the leaders of both parties, because these tasks can also assist. Let the L side win faster.

The most important thing for investigators is to mark the people who may have stolen your ID card on your notebook, because even if you are killed by Qile, your notebook may be recovered by your teammates and this information will be passed on to your teammates. , it is very likely that Qile will be caught.

Finally, based on this experience, we will suggest what each character should do so that you can get started with the game faster.

• Qile: Try to steal the enemy’s ID card, and find a deserted corner to write a death note to kill people in the enemy camp. Use command cards to forcefully start some tasks (if the L camp has not completed them, the progress of the new world will be increased), thereby inducing people from the L camp to gather.
• Qile’s followers: Use command cards, help steal ID cards, and exchange identities with Qile at any time to confuse the other party.
• L: Lead the meeting to try to find Qile, use command cards to start tasks, solve tasks to improve the search progress, prevent your ID card from being stolen, and pay attention to whether anyone around you takes out a notebook.
• Investigator: Solve tasks to improve the progress of the search and prevent your ID card from being stolen. Pay attention to whether anyone around you has taken out a notebook. If the ID card is stolen, mark the person you think may have stolen it in the notebook.

My thoughts after the trial play, the rhythm of this game is largely controlled by Qile and L. Especially Qile, whether he can quickly obtain the ID card and deal with the investigators is the fastest gear to promote the game. Of course, the more actions you take, the easier it is for you to expose your flaws and attract suspicion. L, on the other hand, needs to have a comprehensive understanding of the rules and mechanisms of the game to be able to make a good judgment on who is likely to be Qile.

This game also comes with pass elements. As shown on the screen, players start with a normal finger puppet (which is also a finger puppet from the original L). Through the pass and the mall, they can get more customizations. The selection of characters is also similar to “Among Us”. Therefore, seeing Qile in the game does not necessarily mean that he is the Qile of this game~

“Death Note Shadow Mission” will be launched on PS5, PS4, and Steam tomorrow (5th), supporting cross-platform multiplayer games.