Developed jointly by 2K Games, the copyright owner of the "Civilization" series, and Tencent, the "World Enlightenment" is a "Civilization" mobile game specially designed for mobile terminals. While Sid Meyer, the father of "Civilization", personally endorses its platform, the game is worthy of the title of the legitimate "Civilization" series mobile game in terms of play design and content quality.
From the moment you enter the game, if you are a loyal old player of "civilization", you will find many familiar and unique symbolic elements of the "civilization" series from all aspects of the game opening. Including but not limited to, there are several map areas for players to choose at the beginning of the game, and each area has its unique natural landscape and resource advantages; When choosing their own civilization, players can also intuitively understand the exclusive background of each civilization, and the special abilities and arms that can be unlocked in the development process.
On this basis, the game design of the whole World Enlightenment is also based on the foundation of the "Civilization" series.
Among them, the most core is the "technology tree" system that the players of the "civilization" series are fond of talking about. As a strategy game with the theme of showing the development of different civilizations across the times, the technology tree also played a very important role in World Enlightenment. From breeding and mining in ancient times, to the rise of trade in the Iron Age, to exploration and transportation in the industrial age, every breakthrough development of civilization requires players to complete project research and development on the science and technology tree.
Take a few simple examples. For example, after players have studied the "pottery making" on the technology tree, they can unlock the "warehouse" building in the city center, which can improve the online storage of players' basic resources. Later, after studying the technology of "sharp weapons", players can unlock the new weapon "fishing net warrior". Similarly, every kind of building, arms and function in the game needs to be obtained through players' continuous research on the technology tree, so that players can gain a continuous sense of freshness in the process of promoting the game process.
It is precisely because of the addition of the technology tree system that World Enlightenment, as a strategy game, has more possibilities to expand its playing methods in the strategic dimension.
First of all, compared with the single arms restraint system in the current mainstream Three Kingdoms theme strategy game on the market, the arms upgrade of World Enlightenment is closely following the common development of the player's civilization. That is to say, although at the beginning, the basic forces of each civilization are all featureless "warriors", as players continue to upgrade the technology tree of their own civilization, the selectable arms will continue to be derived and evolved, and the collocation of force lineups will also generate countless possibilities.
Taking the ancient Greek civilization I chose at the beginning as an example, just in the early "ancient times", I could unlock three types of close combat weapons with different abilities and attributes, namely, scouts, shield ax warriors, and fishing net warriors, by studying different technologies. After the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, more types of cavalry, infantry, and even catapults will be available, Will gradually become a powerful weapon under my command to help me seize cities and territories everywhere.
Especially when the player's civilization development has stepped into a higher era, through the technology of higher civilization, the feeling of cross era force crush on lower level civilization also comes down in the same line with the end tour of "civilization" series. As long as the players invest enough energy and time in the game, you can intuitively feel the expansion of your own strength through the upgrading of arms and technology, thus obtaining great satisfaction.
Not only that, the hero design of World Enlightenment has also achieved perfect integration with its arms restraint system. Each hero in the game has its own clear division of battlefield functions. Some are responsible for attacking, some are responsible for anti damage, and some are specially responsible for supporting friendly forces. And when different heroes and a wide range of arms are matched, players will fully feel the fun of arranging troops in the battlefield. How to reasonably arrange the combination of our heroes and arms when dealing with different enemies, and how to match our generals with different skills to create a strong version of the lineup, these are the core interests of my research on the battlefield marching game, and the possibilities it contains may not be clear to me yet.
Of course, as the saying goes, "science and technology is the first productive force", but it is certainly not enough to have science and technology without paying attention to other aspects of production. Another big difference between World Enlightenment and other strategy games on the market at present is that its playing method focuses not only on the territorial competition between players, but also on how to operate and cultivate their own civilization and explore random events in the whole map, which is an indispensable consideration for players in the process of strengthening their own civilization.
Moreover, just like the "civilized" end game, players can't develop their productivity without reclamation and construction in World Enlightenment.
When players continue to conquer cities and land and develop technology to a certain extent, they can cultivate and build on their own civilized land. Reclamation can bring more resources needed for the development of the player's civilization, such as food, iron ore and stone. Building different civilized buildings can speed up resource production, or unlock more play functions of the game.
Compared with the arrangement of soldiers in battle, this part of the game experience pays more attention to the long-term planning of the players for the future development of civilization. When should the fields be reclaimed? How to use the existing resources where they are most needed? Where on the map should fortresses be placed to facilitate the rapid march in the future? The game perfectly integrates the "Civilization" series, another well-known business system, with the mainstream strategy of the current mobile game market, so that players can not only feel the cheerfulness of seizing cities and land, but also really start from the perspective of a civilized leader, devise strategies, and learn the business method of making civilization develop strongly.
As for the map exploration part of the game, it is a major innovation in the playing method of World Enlightenment compared with other mobile games currently on the market. With the advancement of the game process, players will have the opportunity to encounter various task events in the map. After completing these tasks, players can not only obtain additional resource income, but also the classic historical characters from different civilizations that appear in the task will further enhance the sense of substitution of players as civilization builders in the game.
What is more positive is that in World Enlightenment, whether players give priority to developing technology or improving productivity, both are actually helping players to promote the development of the times. Therefore, only by combining production and technology can the game process of players become more smooth. This design can effectively prevent players from being bored easily because they experience a single play method for a long time. With more diversified play methods, players will unconsciously invest more time in the game.
To sum up, World Enlightenment is undoubtedly an excellent attempt to combine the depth of the symbolic strategic play of the "civilization" series with the design concept of lightweight play of mobile games. Its birth was jointly promoted by 2K GAMES, Sid Mayer and Tencent, which is bound to further spread the influence of the "civilization" series in China. This is undoubtedly a good thing for the strategy game category that has always left a small impression on people in the past.
