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I believe that Daewoo Information is a game company. Many of its works have participated in the childhood of many players: "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Xuanyuan Sword", "Angel Empire", "Star Volunteer" and other familiar classic games are all made by him. Under it, there is also a famous casual game, that is, the "Monopoly" we are going to talk about today.
has been in its 30th year since the release of the first Monopoly on November 28, 1989. On October 25 this year, Daewoo Information finally released the tenth generation of the "Monopoly" series - "Monopoly 10" .
▲"Monopoly 10"
So what kind of game series is "Monopoly" and what kind of work is "Monopoly 10"?
Chapter 1: Make a comeback! The "Monopoly" series is back on the dead
1989, the game master Yao Zhuangxian completed the game production of " Monopoly " alone in his home. From game programs, artists, to game music, he completed it with his own strength.
▲The fairy sword, the father of Monopoly—Yao Zhuangxian
That year, PC (personal computer) had just become popular in China's two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. Computers are generally equipped with the ancient and mysterious "DOS" system. Therefore, Monopoly is also an absolute DOS game.
"Monopoly" was released and won the favor of the genuine game market. Yao Zhuangxian won 30,000 sales miracle when he was 20 years old.
▲ "Monopoly 3" is the last DOS game in the series
So, the "Monopoly" series officially got on track, and there were sequels such as "Monopoly 2", "Monopoly 3", and "Monopoly 4" that were later talked about by everyone.
By 2006, " Monopoly 8" was successfully released. But in 2007, Apple mobile phone was born, and Jobs' touch screen smartphone design completely overturned the whole world - stand-alone games seem to be no longer popular with everyone, and many players gradually shifted their attention to mobile games.
▲ "Monopoly 9" is a mobile game
So Yao Zhuangxian decided to stop the continued development of the "Monopoly" stand-alone game series. It was not until 2016 that Daewoo Information and NetEase Games cooperated and tried to enter the mobile game "Monopoly 9" brought back the long-closed game IP of "Monopoly", to players again. In order to recall and absorb old players, the game even added characters from "Legend of Sword and Fairy" such as Lin Yueru and Jing Tian.
▲ "Monopoly 9" even added the character in "Sword of Sword 3"
Now, "Monopoly 10" has re-made a stand-alone game. As for the reasons and reasons, we don't know. But we still need an objective and detailed evaluation of how the game is done.
Chapter 2: Still need to be optimized! Get started with the game and experience
. Start with too slow loading
When Shark Brother logs into the game for the first time, there will be a progress bar for loading the game. But after testing, this interface will take about 40 seconds for the player. Although this is not a big problem in itself, I am afraid of comparing everything.
▲Reading is very slow
"Monopoly 10"'s game body is not too large, only about 760MB; but in terms of time, it took me almost the same time as me to load the game "Era 1800" - you know, "Era 1800" has a large capacity of dozens of GB.
Note: 1GB=1024MB
Therefore, it can be seen that the game optimization is not very good.
. Complete information title animation
After reading the bar, a title animation will automatically enter, and players can press the ESC key to skip it.
But it is worth mentioning that the amount of information in this opening animation is very complete:
- ① From the brightly colored, playful and cute picture style, this work is still a young game work, with audiences being teenagers and children.
▲The style of the Q version is very cute
- ②All the characters that appear in the game appear in the animation. Except for the villains, they are basically familiar faces, and old players can tell at a glance.
▲Atubo, Mrs. Qian, and Sharonbas are all old characters in "Monail".
- ③All the board environment, transportation and house upgrades in the game are well reflected.
▲Travel tools are still motorcycles and cars, but with more skins, such as Fliggy (the body is a motorcycle)
- ④The opening animation also specifically reminds players that the characters in the game can be disguised.
▲The drag function is demonstrated in the animation
However, although the design and information of the opening animation are pretty good, the texture of the game screen and modeling is still a bit simple under the current aesthetic. Moreover, compared with some of the early works, the number of game characters has been significantly reduced, which is really regrettable.
. Main interface
The main interface can be seen that the game is mainly divided into two major parts: local mode and online mode .
The rest of the button functions are shown in the figure below:
▲The main interface of "Monopoly 10"
It is worth mentioning that because the game language defaults to traditional Chinese characters, if you mind, you can change it to "Simplified Chinese" in the [Settings] button.
has two options in local mode: single player mode and multiplayer mode. Single-player mode is divided into story mode and biographical mode, focusing on the plot; while multiplayer mode is a game mode where you play with real friends on the same computer.
▲Single player games have story mode and biographical mode
Next, let’s take a look at the specific content in the game.
Chapter 3: Original flavor! The basically unchanging traditional gameplay
. Select
Select Story mode , and you will enter a simple route board. From the prompts below, you can see that there are 16 chapters in the story mode waiting for players to challenge.
▲Story mode has a total of 16 levels
From the level selection interface, players can also roughly understand the types of the entire game map: Treasure Island, Japan, Egypt, Paris, Shanghai, the universe, the Arctic, etc. Maps are available.
. Instant display instructions
After entering the level, they come to the game's chessboard. There are many elements on the chessboard, which will definitely be dazzling for players who play "Monopoly" for the first time. But it is not difficult to find that as long as the cursor points to a prop, object or land, there will be detailed instructions on it.
▲ Wherever the cursor points, there will be an explanatory text
. Game interface
The interface in the game is roughly divided into five areas except for the function setting area in the upper right corner, as shown in the figure below:
▲Game interface
For novices, there are the following three points to note:
① Character status area
Character status area mainly displays the current character's cash and deposit . When both return to zero, it is declared bankrupt. The goal of the game is to make the game opponent go bankrupt.
▲Every month, the bank will give 10% interest on 10% of the deposit
Cash can be used to purchase land or props, and deposits are mainly used to purchase stocks and participate in the monthly interest collection of 10% of the time.
Every time you pass by a bank (regardless of whether the character stays on it or not), players can freely deposit and withdraw money. How to allocate the ratio of cash and deposits has become the focus of players need to consider.
② dice roll area
in the dice roll area in the lower right corner. If the player rides a motorcycle, he can throw two dice at a time, and after being equipped with a car, he can throw three dice at a time.
▲Flying pig motorcycle, you can throw up to two dices
It is worth mentioning that the means of transportation can also change the skin in [Settings]. For example, in the picture above, Mrs. Qian not only wore the skin of the vicious queen, but also replaced the skin of the motorcycle with Fliggy dice.
③ Card area
In the previous version of Monopoly, players had two props, tools and cards, but in Monopoly 10, the two were combined into one, and each player can only hold up to eight cards, if they exceed them, they must choose to fold.
▲The translucent card indicates that
cannot be used at present. In the player's own turn, the cards that can be used are highlighted, while cards that cannot be used will be reflected in translucent, making it clear at a glance.
. Summary
Roll dice, buy land, trade stocks, and use cards - In the single-player mode of "Monaign 10", the traditional gameplay is almost exactly the same as the previous works. However, whether it is from the simple interface design of or the simple game content of , players can clearly feel in the game that compared with the previous work, this work has become faster and simple .
Let’s take a closer look at the “fast and concise” of Monopoly 10.
Chapter 4: Vertical comparison! The showdown between "Monopoly 10" and "Monopoly 4"
Looking at all the works in the "Monopoly" series, if you want to choose a relatively excellent representative work, it must be "Monopoly 4" released by Daewoo Information in 1998. Whether it is its impeccable game quality or its rich gameplay, it has left a very deep impression on countless players.
▲The main interface of Monopoly 4 is
. Under the game design differences between Monopoly 10 and Monopoly 4, I will describe in detail the design changes of Monopoly 10 in "fast and concise".
. The size of the chessboard
The most intuitive difference among the two works is undoubtedly the size of the chessboard. Let’s compare the smallest chessboards of each of them.
In Monopoly 10, the smallest map is Dubai map, and players can see the entire map with almost a suitable perspective.
▲ "Monopoly 10" is a sweeping view of Dubai City
. In "Monopoly 4", the smallest map is Treasure Island. In this map, players not only cannot see at a glance, but the hospital and prison also set up two small islands to connect to the large island. Conservatively estimated that their size is 1.5 to 2 times the size of the Dubai map.
▲The smallest treasure island map in Monopoly 4 is actually very large
The most direct effect of reducing the map is that shortens the development period of players, advances the confrontation period, and greatly shortens the duration of each game.
. Number of characters
In "Monopoly 10", there are only six characters that players can choose: Atubo, Sun Xiaomei , Sharonbas, Madam Qian, Kim Bebe and Nintaro.
▲ "Monopoly 10" has only six characters that can be selected
In contrast, "Monopoly 4" has twice the number of candidates that are available to "Monopoly 10".
▲ "Monail 4" can choose 12 characters with different personalities. There is always one that suits you. The increase in the game characters will not slow down. If you insist on saying that there will be any consequences, it will increase the cost and time of game production. Although the character's talent skill system was introduced in "Monopoly 10", as an old player, he still has certain feelings for some old characters, and losing the opportunity to choose them will undoubtedly cause certain regrets.
▲Shark Brother’s favorite character is Indian girl Wumi. He likes to say “I’m doing it all, I’m doing it all” as soon as he drives.
. New settings: Price
"Monopoly 10" officially introduced the concept of "price" , which is a setting that is not available in old versions of games such as "Monopoly 4".
shows the current number of turns in the upper left corner of the game screen. There is a very small number in the lower right corner of the turn number, which shows the current price multiple, which will get higher and higher as the game progresses.
▲ Prices automatically increase as the game
For example, for example, in the figure below, Sharonbas, under the influence of 3 times the price, reached the grid that received a reward of 2,000 yuan, but then received 6,000 yuan, which is exactly 3 times the price of 2,000 yuan.
▲Salonbass was very happy to receive a triple reward
So under the influence of prices, the game characters also gain more and lose more - maybe you were king in the last second, but the next second you might instantly become a beggar due to the price setting.
The longer the game takes, the higher the price will be, the easier it will be for the game characters to go bankrupt, and the easier it will be for the game itself to end.
Therefore, it is certain that the price setting has only one purpose, and shortens the duration of each game.
. Simplified stock
stock setting has always been a signboard of the Monopoly series. Some players even said: "The Monopoly without stocks is not the real Monopoly." Its main function is to increase the player's deposits - of course, if you do it improperly, you will also reduce your deposits.
▲ "Monopoly 10" stock interface, you can only buy and sell
In "Monopoly 4", the game introduced the "Chairman" setting, that is, there are three major stocks in each game, and the player with the largest number of shares can become the chairman of the corresponding company.
▲There are three stocks in "Monopoly 4" that are very special
The three major stock types are: banks, insurance, and department stores.
- ① If the chairman of the bank goes to the bank's grid, he can choose "working capital" and thus obtain a lot of money.
- ② If the game character goes to the insurance company's grid, he must immediately take out insurance, so that the chairman can earn a large amount of income. However, if this role is hospitalized during the insurance period, the insurance company will have to pay the claim.
- ③The chairman of the department store walked to the department store and immediately received a random prop given by the department store.
▲ "Monopoly 4" store will give gifts to the department store chairman
In contrast, "Monopoly 10" directly eliminates these game mechanisms, and stocks can only be traded; in the multiplayer mode of the game, the stock trading function is even directly omitted. All of these settings are undoubtedly for to speed up the pace of the game .
. Time-saving
game retains the classic monthly lottery settings.
In "Monopoly 4", players must walk to the grid of the Lotto before they can bet, while "Monopoly 10" can bet as long as they pass by the Lotto grid, which undoubtedly greatly increases the players' sense of participation.
▲The Lotto animation of "Monopoly 10" only has 10 seconds before and after
In terms of time design, the Lotto animation of "Monopoly 4" will take 20 seconds, while "Monopoly 10" takes only about 10 seconds. The method of directly cutting half saves players a lot of waiting time.
▲The Lotto of Monopoly 4 takes 20 seconds
This phenomenon is not only reflected in the monthly lottery, but also in the monthly bank deposit balance animation, Monopoly 4 still takes 20 seconds, while Monopoly 10 is also 10 seconds.
▲The monthly settlement of "Monopoly 10" also takes 10 seconds
. Hot-fight mode
To say that the biggest change in "Monopoly 10" compared to the previous works is undoubtedly the addition of a brand new game mode - " Hot-fight mode" .
▲A new "hot fighting mode"
In hot fighting mode, the game directly canceled all small real estate and changed to the overwhelming acquisition of explosives and bombs.The game has only one goal, which is to try every means to bomb the enemy. In this mode, money is more like your own health value - because after being bombarded by the enemy, we will no longer be admitted to the hospital, but will lose money directly.
▲It will be lost if it is blown up
The damage of explosives and bombs will also increase with the increase of prices, and the stimulation and confrontation of the game will also increase exponentially - bankruptcy is something that happens frequently, making the already fast game rhythm more thrilling.
▲NPC Princess Sarah was bankrupt if she accidentally went bankrupt
General comment: I have a sense of innovation, but I don’t have sincerity
To sum up, it can be seen that "Monopoly 10" is trying very hard to take a path of its own in the popular fast food culture nowadays. It is very innovative, but it is still a little lack of sincerity. The emergence of
hot fighting mode well reflects 's innovative consciousness . This mode greatly increases the "gunpowder flavor" of the game in both form and content. The fierce confrontation gameplay actively aligns with the hottest multiplayer online confrontation games (chicken eating, DOTA games), and strives to cater to the vast majority of players' preferences for 's fast pace, short-term, refreshing game experience, and multiple people accompanying . Overall, such changes that conform to the market and trends are worthy of recognition.
▲I chose the vicious queen Mrs. Qian to fight with my friends, but unfortunately I was disconnected later...
and the design of online mode proves this - in fact, personally, I have indeed gained more happiness in the online game mode. After all, it is absolutely a pleasure to try every means to harm my friends in the game.
. The aspect of this game is not as sincere as is mainly reflected in gameplay .
The existence of traditional game mode is probably for insurance - what if the majority of players don’t like the hot fighting mode? But in fact, the streamlined game content may make some new players who like fast pace adaptable, but cannot touch old players who have enjoyed the high-quality gameplay of the old version series.
▲The prop store in "Monopoly 4" is not only rich in content, but also has voiceovers for clerks, and the background even has promotion of Daewoo Information Games.
After all, "Monopoly 10" has not made much progress compared to the previous work in terms of graphics and music, and the plot is more single and useless. The game texture is definitely not as good as the game released in 2019; as for gameplay, it is even more because it pursues a fast pace. The game has deleted a lot of game content (such as many interesting characters and settings of the three major stocks), but no interesting designs are added that are attractive enough. Designs like
are essentially reducing the overall quality of the game, giving a feeling of "over-castration but making up for the shortcomings".
▲The hot-fight mode is still very interesting
Therefore, "Monopoly 10" is indeed an innovative work that is vigorously adapting to the modern fast-paced game market, but while it tries to remove the "cumbersome" to achieve the purpose of "fast food", it has not added too many dazzling enough settings. I just hope that in the later maintenance of the game, the official can introduce more game characters and gameplay to strengthen the gameplay.
If you like fast-paced games but are tired of high-intensity combat, it is not a bad idea to come to "Monopoly 10" to have some fun occasionally.
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