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这次是大名作。
这两部作品是那个时代特有的日本与美版不同步的典型事例:一代本来没发行过美版。所以日版叫做Mother和Mother2,美版叫做Earthbound Beginnnings和Earthbound。
本来是只想玩2代的,毕竟自古2代出神作嘛!但是下载之后才发现,GBA上是没有单独的2代复刻的,而是复刻了1+2的合集。那就不管我赶不赶时间,一起来呗!谁知道汉化组知难而退,并没有汉化小字体满是蝌蚪文的一代!而且本作的汉化好像也是在英化版的基础上搞的,所有道具都是英文名,以至于我打游戏的时候还要去参照英文的道具列表。
复刻版分良心复刻和没良心复刻。在我看来这GBA的1代复刻版就是没良心的那种。仅仅在原版的基础上加了个跑动键,修复了几个良性BUG,就拿出来卖了。宣称声音画面都有所提升,至少我在打最终BOSS之前是没看出来。
无数欧美玩家对本作推崇备至,但在我看来只是对勇者斗恶龙的简单扒皮:国王变成女王;教会存档变成打电话存档;魔法变成超能力;怪物变成外星人;马车换成铁路,仅此而已,连队列方式和视角都跟DQ差不多,真不比FF把战斗视角改成横板更具突破性。可能也是因为《阿猫阿狗》“借鉴”得太好,珠玉在后吧。
音乐确实可圈可点,不同场景的不同背景音乐,在那个年代的RPG里算难得的了。
敌人略显变态,最后一个迷宫有能放即死魔法的,有物理攻击免疫魔法攻击只掉20滴血的,有超高攻击并且一回合打你两次的,强度拉满,弥补了最终BOSS不能打的不足。而且最后一个迷宫实在是太远了,需要无参照物绕一个大圈,累。
亏我还找了个带更强力队友打BOSS的方法,做好了打BOSS时忽然死机的心理建设。死机最终没有发生,但我带强力队友也没啥用。因为一代的最终BOSS根本就不吃任何攻击,要靠女主不停唱歌把它吓跑……
一代通关。
二代出品比一代晚了5年,平台也鸟枪换炮提升了一个等级,声音画面游戏容量提升天经地义。
但是故事方面的提升却并不多。仍旧是与外星人斗。只不过一代的外星人只会魅惑动物,二代的外星人进化到了蛊惑人心。其实还是中二少年拯救地球的大框架。遇到BOSS前仍旧是需要学会8首曲子。8首曲子前面的铺垫很长,最后三首就很紧促,仿佛干着干着钱不够了的样子。当然在电子游戏界这也是一种常态。
二代对战敌人时的背景很有设计感。
两部作品各卡关了一个地方。一代卡的地方简直可以算是一个小BUG:因为我少踩亮了一个村子,所以去打完下水道里的龙之后,没有出现通往下一个场景的路,只能钻山洞绕大远;而二代是因为因为没插耳机,所以从博物馆出来的时候,一楼的电话在嗷嗷叫唤,我愣是没发现提示。二代有个非常好的设定,就是城里会有个要饭的,在你不知道该干啥的时候给出关键提升。
二代还有一个无奈的设定,打着打着,主角会莫名其妙的想妈妈而失去战斗力。做个游戏而已,也不用这么扣题吧。
二代对战最终BOSS前增加了一个战胜自己内心的小插曲,好评。不过穿越回古代,以及灵魂出窍这样的剧情真心没什么意思。
二代的最终BOSS是个类似于地球意志的东西,并没有实体。而且搞得玄而又玄的,四个主角需要魂穿到过去的时间线,消灭萌芽中的敌人。
跟一代一样,二代的最终BOSS也还是打不死,而是要靠女主不间断地“祈祷”。很难说不是从《龙珠》那边借鉴了攒元气弹啊!
二代通关!
一年一度的微软剑桥研究院夏日派对又到了。今年是我加入微软剑桥的第四年,这次活动举办在市中心一个靠近剑桥大学出版社(Cambridge University Press)的大草坪和花园里,环境非常漂亮。
活动地点是:
The Cass Centre
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8BS
从会议邀请来看,大约有 108 人报名参加(相比之下,整个微软剑桥研究院MSRC大概有两三百人),但实际到场的可能没有那么多。今天的天气很好,我特地擦了防晒霜——毕竟两周前BBQ的时候被晒伤了一次。结果我媳妇打趣地说:“微软作为市值第一的公司(今天微软3.5万亿),这场派对的规模也太寒酸了。” (一年不如一年,钱不少挣,但开销也照减不误)
今年邀请函上特地加上了‘Summer Garden Party’的说法,可能也是为了稍微弱化‘Summer Party’这个名称带来的期待感,否则以这次活动的规模来说,确实有些名不副实。
我的同事几乎都没来。要么是单身、要么是孩子已经大了,对这种家庭友好型活动没什么兴趣。今天现场我只看到一个华人同事。微软的夏日派对通常会邀请员工的家属一起参加,因此一般安排在周六。很多同事都会带着配偶和孩子来参加,很多孩子年纪还很小。
活动现场在草坪上安排了不少户外娱乐项目,比如乒乓球、Connect4、桌面足球、抽木块(Jenga)游戏,还有孩子们特别喜欢的充气城堡(Bouncing Castle),工作人员还吹泡泡给小朋友们追。
活动时间是早上10点到下午2点,一共四个小时,和去年一样。我去年是准时到场,结果一开始人很少,还有点无聊。今年学乖了,晚到了一小时,但人还是不多。我们大概等了40分钟后吃了午饭,也不是什么大餐,就是简单的三明治、水果沙拉和甜甜圈。
吃完饭后我们就离开了,顺路去了 Waitrose 买了点菜,回到家我还睡了个午觉。
还是很感激公司组织了这么个活动,至少娃都挺开心的。
没有酒精的啤酒。
水果沙拉。
媳妇穿着高根鞋走了一路,她还戴隐型眼镜了,然后后来说这个派对都不配她戴隐型眼镜。
每次看到Connect4就想起去年谷歌面我的面试题:一维的Connect4。去年去Perse参观的时候,计算机系的老师还给弟弟讲解了用Python写的Connect4。
希望公司一年比一年好!
微软MSFT股价过500应该问题不大。
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