Library Of Ruina

After sinking in 132 hours into Library of Ruina I can easily say this was nothing short of Phenomenal. While it does have some issues I'll talk about in the review they generally were far outweighed by all the good in the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story and Characters Starting with the story, this is one of the best parts about the game. The narrative focuses mainly on Roland and Angela who are the driving force behind a lot of what keeps the game going. They primarily exist in the library where they plan to deal with various guests from different factions as well as interact with other librarians on different floors. The other librarians are on various floors and are tied to a number of topics which in conversations with Roland and Angela help a ton in building upon their character. This is nice because it serves as a means to challenge a lot of their core philosophies and ultimately what they believe in as the game progresses. This leads to Roland and Angela both being very fleshed out and interesting characters which when these are so ingrained with the main narrative ultimately works very much in it's favor. Another thing worth praising is this games worldbuilding. Due to the narrative structure and how it works, we regularly get to learn a lot about all the guests who come to the library. With this we get plenty of insight into the various factions that live in the city, how they work as well as their beliefs. Much like the other librarians these characters also help build on Roland and Angela by sometimes challenging their beliefs. The world of Ruina is a really great execution on a highly technological sci fi dystopia. It does a good job at establishing the hierarchy of the world and how extreme some factions can behave. I don't want to spoil too much but I found the way the story resolved in the true ending to be highly satisfying. Definitely have to play it to see what I mean. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gameplay In regards to gameplay, there is an absurd level of depth but also a reasonable floor to learn the basics. A lot of doing well in the combat revolves around understanding how certain mechanics interact and using them to your advantage. It's worth noting that this game is very unforgiving overall and that the difficulty curve is no joke. That being said though it rarely ever felt unfair to me. The game does a good job at giving you the tools you need to succeed. I won't get into too much detail since the game covers all of this but there are basically endless options as to how you can configure your teams. Throughout the game you unlock "floors" of the library which basically represent different teams you can setup. There are challenge battles called abnormality battles where it always teaches you something new about the game mechanics while also unlocking useful abilities for that floor. I liked this approach a lot because it makes it so you understand how something works before moving on and sticks in memory. One of my favorite parts about the gameplay is the level of customization the game offers. One of the main things you'll be doing is building out characters and teams as I mentioned earlier. When you win vs guests in the library you get these things called key pages which is sort of like unlocking a new character. They get their own passives and sometimes unique skills you can use and you can equip key pages to just about any librarian. In addition to this you eventually unlock "passives" which is similar to how badges work in Paper Mario Thousand Year Door. If you're unfamiliar you basically have limited points and different passives use up more points than others. You can equip other key pages to any other key page and select other passives to add as you see fit. As one can imagine there are an absurd level of options by the time you reach lategame. All in all the customization was a very fun part of the game for me. If I were to offer a few issues I had I would say that the tutorials and UI could use some improvement. When I first started playing I sometimes found the tutorials to be overwhelming and had to teach myself a lot of how everything worked. I would look at some of the community steam guides on gameplay as they help explain a lot. It's definitely manageable and since the game teaches you a lot through the battles themselves so it's not all bad but I think the really early tutorials could be better. I also think the UI could stand to be easier to use. When setting up passives on key pages the search function was very hit or miss. Again these are all manageable but flaws still so wanted to mention it. I also think a few of the endgame battles were a bit overtuned but that is a lot more subjective so not everyone might agree. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music I absolutely loved the music in this game. For how often you hear some tracks you would expect to get sick of them but that was never how it was for me. There is a ton of musical variety overall with wonderful vocal tracks, electric guitar and some more orchestral songs. I really enjoyed how the music was adaptive to how far along the battle is to match the intensity as needed. All in all I have nothing but praise for the music. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical and Art I don't have too much to comment on as far as the technical aspects of this game go. It's a 2D experience without much graphical intensity so it is expected to work well on most systems. I have a really powerful machine so everything ran perfectly fine (and I imagine this is the same for weaker systems). I didn't have any real bugs worth noting. Everything seemed to work fine although I heard some rare interactions can sometimes bug out. Nothing worth worrying about and the game seems well put together on a technical level. As far as the art goes I really liked the games artstyle. I think the way everything is presented lends itself well to the dystopian world the game tries to convey. All in all awesome artstyle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Thoughts Overall it was an absolute joy to play this game. It might have some of the issues I pointed out in gameplay but what I feel I got out of it through the story and overall experience far outweighed it. While it would be nice if the issues I mentioned were fixed they don't impact my overall score for the game. ProjectMoon did a fantastic job and should be proud of what they did here. 10/10

A challenging deck building game with lots of reading Pretty fun stuff

大概是中評吧。 ~86小時。韓配相當不錯。親自打了兩個結局，第三結局=再戰殘響樂團的時候卡住了(大概是因為打了幾個LBC角色mod的緣故，流程間遊戲崩潰了兩次，懶得逐一排查)，所以是雲的。作為卡牌遊戲平衡很差，越後期的書頁越是碾壓前期的，且為了獲得對應東西需要反復刷取。沒玩過前作(腦葉公司)，續作LBC進度到第九章，自認為廢墟圖書館裡以陽為首等人的支線是情緒溢出版的Texhnolyze,大概是得益於單機遊戲這種載體+主筆沒太涉足於自己不擅長的領域，金志勛在劇作上呈現出來的東西比起續作LBC要有趣不少，也許是因為他被世俗冠上了所謂精神病的惡疾所寓意的圖景(/成長經歷或處世態度)，能從作品中感受到編劇願意花篇幅描述人的處境，可筆墨相當的稀薄，我覺得逾半屬他對韓國社會觀感的凝空化投射(褒貶義並有)。為什麼說是凝空化呢？由於我對他的創作所呈現出來的舞台框架興趣缺缺，所以無意細說。倘若狀態許可的話，我打算抽時間宣洩下對自己所置身的境況的懊惱(認為hk這座城市在某些結構上跟韓國有相似的地方etc.)，試圖具現某個語境=進行所謂的(我)控訴，可在這個節點，只想就這款遊戲簡單分享下個人感受。 在行文前，我認為有必要把自我介紹裡的「頗推崇environmental perception(/環境感知)這類論調/思想體系，很感謝能包容我的網友們。」複製粘貼到這兒，然後陳述下自己接觸大多作品的習慣，在自己做出「第一次審判」前，不看評論+相關討論，目的是試圖盡力把人生經驗外的前置認知造成的影響壓制到某個值以下/附近。當然咀嚼完一部作品後幾乎也不會看來自他者的感想則屬個人的取態了。 「我對自己而言成為了一個問題。」，言出於奧古斯丁的懺悔錄。在他這番論調下，所謂的「自我」是種開放性的缺陷。為什麼我會聯想到這句話呢，因為金志勛筆下的角色(即便是遵循食指指令的代言/理人)大多都給我種相當自我(指的是我是量化一切的尺度)的印象，對自己相當坦誠，菲利普(/哭泣之子)這角色是個很鮮明的例子。他筆下沒有那種因為恐懼被傷害，寧可親手先他人一步把自己割傷，以謀求剎那的憐憫與隨行的茗醉感，在瑣碎的難堪間甘心成為自擬琥珀裡的囚徒的類型。可問題是，但凡是人，不論表徵如何，其意義並不能從無中生有，我意思是，這兒仍然存在某種複合式尺度。 無法透過從參與煙霧戰爭並獲得一定戰果且存活下來的許諾中贏取巢居住權的羅蘭等人所呈現的圖景謂何？ 芝加哥學派的Robert Park把城市比作情感空間(a space of sentiments)下的自然生態，意思是他把人群的分化視作個體基於性情而作出的選擇，Roderick D. Mckenzie則承著這點提出了人的搬家行為實際是藉人力資本換取居住資本的理性決策，而他這一假說建立在市場是個開放式經濟體系，每個個體能自由競價的前置上。 那麼我想提出的問題在哪裡呢？為什麼薩爾瓦多與羅蘭等人在那時刻的渴望並不能藉這份契約得到具現？不。 核心變量是住宅持有人作為篩選者無形地置身於該社區。不知道願意花時間看到這邊的你有沒有聽說過韓國那邊的全租房政策，在那邊有個房東只需要付住宅總價格與全租抵押金之間的差額就能購入房地產的政策，後續的問題自然是如何把房子出租給全租戶。住宅(/公寓)持有人的利益鏈條十分明確，就是無息貸款，藉這筆資金來進行投資等一系列抉擇。那為什麼麼租戶願意一次性付這麼大的金額呢？最大因素是租期結束後，大部分押金會退還，相當於超低成本租房，每月只需要繳付水電煤等費用。而在這個現象背後，是以韓國政府為根基的全租貸款擔保政策(我是憑「作為消遣」這種趣味在幾年前以某些紀錄片+相關書籍為契機，接觸到浮於表層的相關內容，而當下的我，已經沒有餘情去「觀看」諸類事項+針對此進行所謂的文辭修正，沒法保證信息與現實存在多少偏差)，而由此衍生出的一系列社會問題，近五年牽起的房市場改革等動作，我無意在此展露自己那寥寥無幾的認知。 這語境在遊戲裡某種意義上是以羅蘭等人以自己的伎倆與性命作為籌碼，卻始終無法換取獲得巢居住權來極簡化地呈現的。 其實羅蘭這個角色跟我前陣子有緣讀完《品格試煉》該漫畫s1以及這~20年我在HK這座城市的經歷讓我感會到的東西是類似的——讓我最難過的點在於郭建瑛這角色想要得償、證明乃至捍衛的東西——尊嚴是建立在悖論上。為了掙脫秩序的束縛，卻必須得在秩序中安分守己地承受人在社會裡的處境，就像檢察官(她的目標)這個職能所寓意的圖景，核心的矛盾是要擺脫所謂的「庸碌無能」，就必然得在冥冥之中踐踏情感的兩面，恪守儀式，獻祭我，從而成為我。 從後巷出身的羅蘭得到了特色收尾人漆黑噤默的稱號(其實我不確定名號是屬於他還是他老婆的，外界對這位收尾人的基本印象是戴著面具+黑手套，是不是在我這裡不太重要，我想表述的是他有足以跟特色媲美的個體戰鬥力)，可依然擺脫不了這個社會(/都市)結構，為了謀得懷孕妻子能過上相對更安全的生活這個願望，他費了相當大的勁，無果。再後來，他妻子安傑麗卡死在他直到某時期前都不願意去正視的鋼琴師異變裡。順社會層解放戰時的針鋒相對裡能窺見一些東西： 羅蘭：「能說出這麼奢侈的話，得虧你有過那麼富足的人生。你懂個屁，怎麼能說得那麼心安理得？所有人都在咬緊牙關活著！哪來那麼多閒功夫啊？」 Chesed：「你想逃避到什麼時候？」 基於個人情況，其他東西不打算說了。至於由遊戲衍生出的對應社區的主流風氣(基本十句有八句都在論戰鬥力/玩梗)是不是以金志勛為首的成員們想要看見的現象呢？金志勛他自己想以這姿態生活到什麼時候呢？我不知道。前作腦葉公司我買了，倘若有緣的話應該也會玩玩。

很爽，也很难，非常硬核，不建议休闲玩家轻易尝试。当然，如果打MOD当我没说。 游戏艺术风格独特，角色个性鲜明，部分配乐也还可以。 节奏方面，由于敌我伤害数值都很高，游戏不强调纠缠战，一般几回合就能结束战斗，战斗节奏比较快，这就是它爽的原因。 但是难度非常高，新鲜劲过去后会玩得比较困难。 难点有二。 第一，运气成分极高。任何卡片游戏都有运气成分，但这游戏运气成分相当高。一般的卡片游戏难在牌库搭建，只要抽到好卡片就能稳赢。而这游戏，不仅卡片随机抽，而且抽到好卡依然可能输。当然作为妥协，每次战斗搭建的牌库也并不大，不然真的要疯。 抽到好卡却依然可能输，原因在于，角色在每次攻击前，都要摇骰子拼随机点数，而且一张卡可能拼好几次，所以就算都用的同一套卡片，可能A能胜，而B就失败。而且前面也说过，一般的战斗几回合就结束，运气不好基本没有补救余地。这一点在前中期相当明显，后期由于卡片和技能强度上来了所以还好点。第三层以后难度断崖式提高，和前期的游戏体验完全不同。 第二，没有卡片升级系统。随着游戏剧情发展，玩家会逐渐解锁新的卡片，但是不能升级旧卡片。也就是说必须经常用新卡代替旧卡，否则无法通过后续关卡。所以，在搭配上会非常磨人，像其他卡片游戏那样一套卡用到死是不可能的。 游戏把常见的卡片设计改成了以书籍为核心的玩法，但本质上大同小异，上手之后很容易操作。 总之，很爽也很虐。

this game is just so good that its worth the 100+ hours of torturous torment you have to go through in lob corp in order to play it. definitely among my top 3 favorite games of all time

библиотеки в челябинске не перестают удивлять

游戏是个好游戏，剧情与配音和音乐都可算是顶级的，但就是游戏玩到后面越玩越卡，我就不明白为什么2d游戏能卡成ppt，而且游戏特别容易闪退，像打漆黑噤默时，我就闪退了不仅4次，每次打着打着快打完就闪退，把我的心态搞崩好几次，运气好通关了结局，所以就不能优化下游戏吗?加个几个模组也会闪退，真不知道是不是我电脑的问题了