The game disc of " Far Cry 6" has been sitting idle on my bookshelf for some time.
The scenery of Yala is beautiful, but after getting through the main plot, there is not much playable content in the game. However, I recently decided to return to Yala Adventure because I am a loyal viewer who has watched all 3 seasons of Stranger Things.
Some people may find it strange, what is the connection between a TV series and a game? All I can say is that if I hadn’t watched all of Netflix’s hit TV series “Stranger Things” before, maybe this special mission of “Mysterious Disappearance” wouldn’t have attracted me that much. The
game has an 18.5G update. After completing the game, two new special Yala tasks will appear: one is "The Vanishing" (mysterious disappearance), and the other is called "River of Blood".
▲ Stranger Things-style mission opening animation
The conditions for triggering the linkage in the game are very simple: after selecting "Special Yara Story", the protagonist Danny will receive a call from Juan, saying that there has been a group of teams carrying C4 bombs recently. The mysterious disappearance occurs. Let Danny investigate it, and then follow the guidance to go to a bunker and officially start the "Mysterious Disappearance" linkage mission.
Since it is a linkage, "Mysterious Disappearance" not only imitates Stranger Things in animation, but the unique map of this mission also well restores the "different world" in the TV series, and you can also see the giant spider-like monster in the TV series.
The mission goal of "Mysterious Disappearance" is still to require the protagonist to close the channel connecting the real world and the foreign world to prevent monsters from the other world from entering reality. Although players cannot tear apart the monsters in the TV series in the game, the route design of the mission levels and the tense atmosphere reflected in the final chase highlight the production team's carefulness in completing this linkage with "Stranger Things". Therefore, as a "Far Cry 6" player who has watched the show, overall I give this mission a favorable review.
In comparison, the other linkage mission with Rambo, "River of Blood", seems more casual. This mission will not meet the real John Rambo. The mission design only allows players to "use Rambo's method" to execute an enemy officer. The reward after completing the mission is a "bow and arrow used by Rambo". , the linkage tasks overall appear to be mediocre, with no surprises.
▲ At first I thought I could really see Rambo, but the relevant NPC was just an avid Rambo fan
" Rainbow Six " & "My Little Pony"
"Far Cry 6" is not the first film and television series It won’t be the last game to be linked.
"My Little Pony" is a very popular American children's fantasy animation, and "Rainbow Six: Siege" is a multiplayer tactical shooting game produced by Ubisoft . In addition to the Chinese translation of these two works, Both have the word "rainbow", but it seems that there is no connection between them.
But this is Ubisoft after all. On April Fool’s Day in 2019, Ubisoft updated a new map and special skins for each operator in “Rainbow Six: Siege”.
▲ The impressive pink glasses
The new map for this special event is actually the inside of a toy airplane with ponies, flowers and stars painted on the walls. The colors inside are purple, red, pink and other bright colors. Yes, the background music has also been changed to the cheerful tones of children's cartoons. It has to be said that this is completely an indoor children's playground.
The rescue target of the special event has also changed from an ordinary hostage to a kidnapped teddy bear. But I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional on the part of the producer. I feel that the design of this teddy bear is a bit too anthropomorphic, and coupled with its movements, it looks a bit weird.
▲ What a "hostage" with an optimistic attitude
If the linkage between "My Little Pony" and "Rainbow Six: Siege" is really "a mismatch" and too ridiculous, then the next movie and game linkage , which obviously makes people feel much more reasonable.
"Ghost Recon: Wilderness" & "Predator"
Also produced by Ubisoft, "Ghost Recon: Wilderness" is also a tactical shooting game. It tells the story of a "Phantom" team composed of four people who went to Bolivia to combat drug trafficking. The story of the group "Santa Blanca".
Later Ubisoft updated a special mission for the game - "Moving Jungle". The enemies to be eliminated in this mission were not drug dealers, but Predators from the classic movie "Predator".
Thanks to the super-large map of "Ghost Recon: Wilderness" that contains plateaus, jungles, deserts, mountains and other landforms, the execution location of this special mission is also quite authentic to the movie - deep in a jungle.
In addition to the environmental scenes, the lines and soundtrack also restore the content of the movie. For example, at the end, the Predator will self-destruct, and the player will even say Schwarzenegger's classic lines in the movie:
If it bleeds, it means we can Kill it.
After successfully completing the "Moving Jungle" mission, players can get a special piece of equipment - the Predator's helmet.
"Fallman: Ultimate Knockout" & "NieR: Automata"
Compared with movies and games, games and games belong to the same field, so the linkage between them is more laissez-faire. Even some of the originally beautiful game characters have become a bit hard to look at after being adjusted by the production team's "Hand of God".
Unfortunately, as a player of "Monster Hunter: World" and "NieR: Automata", I know very well what kind of psychological distortion this behavior will cause to players.
"Jelly Man: Ultimate Knockout" is a multiplayer online elimination game developed by Medidatonic. Within 24 hours of its release, it attracted more than 1.5 million players. During the same period, "Fall Beans" had 113 million viewers on the live streaming platform Twitch and YouTube.
An excellent game must be supported by excellent art. Just like the name of "Jelly Bean Man", the image controlled by the player in the game is indeed a jelly bean-shaped character. Under the influence of the game's physics engine, the silly movements of Fall Guys are really ridiculous.
Such a simple and honest image must have many friendly linkages with other game IPs, such as "Cuphead Jelly Bean Man", "Nameless Goose Jelly Bean Man", "Super Bomb Jelly Bean Man, etc." If the above-mentioned linkage does not feel inconsistent, then the linkage between 2b and Fall Beans truly reflects the "malice" of the production team.
b is a female mechanical life form with silver hair, slender figure, and free and easy movements. As the protagonist of "NieR: Automata", many players buy the game because of its image design.
▲ The full name is "YoRHa No.2 Type B" Picture from: Pinterest
Interestingly, although 2b is a girl with a height of 168 cm and a weight of 300 pounds in the official setting, her tall figure does not make people feel "Violation". However, in "Fall Bean Man", it is difficult for players to ignore the 2b body setting.
The only thing that can give players some comfort may be that the "Added Edition 2b" still has flexible and strong skills.
《Doom》&《Assemble! "Animal Crossing"
Generally speaking, game manufacturers choose a good release time for new games, which can often bring key advantages to new works in the early stages of release. Therefore, major game manufacturers will avoid the period when some games are released together.
However, plans always fail to keep up with changes. Nintendo originally wanted to release "Assemble!" in 2019. Animal Crossing: New Horizons, postponed to March 20, 2020. On the other side, id Software also coincidentally announced that its new game "Doom: Eternal" has been postponed from 2019 to March 20, 2020, and "crash" with " Animal Crossing " on the same day. A "car crash" on the release day of a game masterpiece is not a happy thing originally, but this time the crash situation was completely different from what was expected.
《Assemble! "Animal Crossing" is a life simulation game. From the game rating of "E" of ESRB, we can see that it is a game "suitable for all ages", while "Doom: Eternal" is properly rated as " 18+".
▲ You can see how different their styles are from the covers of the two works.
The cause of this "collaboration" was actually on February 17. A "Doom" player left a comment on the Reddit section of "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" A post was made, the central idea expressed is: Although the two new games were released on the same day, the "Doom" community absolutely supports "Animal Crossing".
▲ Picture from: Reddit
Of course, fans of "Animal Crossing" also left friendly greetings in the "Doom" section. There are always infinite possibilities in a peaceful atmosphere, and then it’s time for fans of both parties to create their own personalities. It is worth mentioning that the officials of these two works did not actually link up in the game. They only left comments on each other's official accounts of Twitter.
But this does not affect the interaction between fans of both parties. Even players who were not originally players of the "Doom" series have expressed their desire to buy "Doom: Eternal".
▲ The game rating website IGN specially put the reviews of these two games together. Picture from: ign.com
Perhaps after this private linkage, "Assemble!" "Animal Crossing" and "Doom: Eternal" will create a "maximum differentiation" overlap circle of players.
"Monster Hunter: World" & others
In addition to the host platform, there are many games, the importance of the PC platform is also self-evident, especially some games that can support various Mod (module) modifications, the most typical example It's "The Elder Scrolls 5". Mods are mostly made by private players, and linkage can be called officially produced Mods. Among them, there are many games that can be called "Linkage Mania".
By counting, "Monster Hunter: World" (including "Iceborne") has been updated seven times with special linkage missions since its release, namely with "Street Fighter 5", "Mega Man " and "Horizon: Zero Dawn" "Devil May Cry", "The Witcher 3", "Final Fantasy" and "Resident Evil 2 Re".
One of the things worth mentioning is the linkage with Capcom's own "Resident Evil 2 Re". In addition to the regular elements such as Leon , Claire 's hunter skin, this linkage also added a receptionist. The skin "Tyrant".
▲ The receptionist will always accompany you in "Monster Hunter: World"
The receptionist is the player's assistant in "Monster Hunter: World". She is affectionately called "the receptionist" by players. She can be said to be the most familiar person in the game. NPC. But if you want to cater to Capcom's bad taste one day, you can pay to replace your signboard girl with a "signboard tyrant".
▲The powerful enemy "Tyrant" in "Resident Evil 2: Re"
In fact, I personally think that the "Tyrant" may not be able to become the hunter's assistant. However, when Capcom did the linkage, it only changed the appearance of the poster girl and did not It is indeed a bit unacceptable to change the corresponding action settings so that such a tyrant with quite girly movements appears.
▲ Do you love the cute tyrant?
" Kingdom Hearts 3" & Disney
"Kingdom Hearts 3" is produced by Swirnix. It can be regarded as a game version of a Disney movie. The plot inside is an appropriate adaptation of the original movie. Characters with some respect in the Disney universe will basically show up in "Kingdom Hearts 3". Not only that, but the newly added " Super Marines ", " Toy Story ", "Trolls" The English dubbing of "Frozen" and " Frozen " are both the original voice actors of the original Disney animation .
The real "King of Linkage"
has talked about so many game linkages, but when it comes to who is the real "King of Linkage", I think if "Fortnite " considers itself second, then there should be no other games Dare to be number one.
According to statistics from the website Fnbr.co, a total of 1,292 skins have been launched in “Fortnite” so far. In addition to some of the self-created skins, other skins are linked to well-known IPs from third-party manufacturers. Some are from other games, movies, animations, and sports. There are only unexpected things that cannot be linked, which perfectly explains what " Everything can be connected.”
▲ "Fortnite" and the famous Japanese anime "Naruto" are linked
▲ How many characters can you recognize?
In this era of increasingly developed multimedia entertainment, circles with different hobbies are gradually overlapping. Just like "Assemble!" Just as players of "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" have begun to try a completely different type of game like "Doom: Eternal", the linkage of "Fortnite" with major film and television works also allows related movie lovers to experience the game first-hand. Put your favorite film and television characters.
After all, from "listening" and "seeing" to "listening, watching, and hands-on", it seems that there is only one more dimension of interactive experience, but the freshness it brings can be unprecedented. If you are a fan of a certain movie IP, you might as well find out if there are any games linked to it, which should bring you a brand new experience.
