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The “Chao Kebo GP Grand Prix” developed by Square Enix was officially launched on Thursday, but this work, which originally carried the childhood memories of many Park Bay players, has been called “super dialable racing car” by many people. , What exactly did the road bird racing do this time, the next step is our actual measurement.

Dream back to 1999 “Road and Bird Racing”

The “Road Bird Racing” released on the first-generation PS in 1999 is a childhood memory of many people. This may have been the enlightenment work of many people’s prop racing games at that time. But now that I have grown up, I know that the real ancestor of this genre is “Mario Racing”. So why is “Road and Bird Racing” the earliest work that many people come into contact with?

The main reason is that Taiwan did not have the current awareness of copyright at that time, and most people did not reject piracy. Compared with the genuine and pirated CDs, the price of games was greatly different, so PS games were mostly pirated. Compared with the Nintendo 64 game “Mario Kart 64” of the same period, it was still a cassette, and the market share of the console was poor. At that time, many people were not familiar with “Mario Kart 64”.

After all, Nintendo games do not have the opportunity to cross-platform, so “Road and Bird Racing” has become the first work for many people in Taiwan to come into contact with this type of game. If players who grew up playing PC later, will probably become “Running” Karting”.

However, in fact, even with the blessing of “FF” and the lack of works of the same type on the PS platform, the results of “Road Bird Racing” in the Japanese market can only be said to be mediocre. This time, it is difficult to directly touch the strongest “Mario Racing” series in history on the Switch without being compared.

Introduction of “Chocobo GP Grand Prix”

After many years, Square Enix has finally restarted this work. This time, “Chocobo GP Grand Prix” is similar to the previous work in mode and system, but it completely imitates “Mario Racing” in terms of operation and the acceleration mechanism of the car body itself. “, mainly relying on tail flicks and stunts to sprint.

“Chao Ke Bo GP Grand Prix” has nine series of tracks and more than 20 characters, but whether it is a character or a track, you have to play the story mode to unlock it. The story is basically a very nonsensical plot, but a lot of it is buried The stalks of the “FF” series, if you have played several generations of “FF”, you will surely smile.

The story also bears the content of novice teaching and props teaching. There are nine levels in the main line, and there are certain difficulties in the later stage. The first round of levels can be played within about 3 hours. The second round of the story also gets more types of car bodies and other hidden characters. However, what the characters give is not straightforward. Some characters will only get the “unlocking right”, and they need to exchange for another farm ticket.

After the story mode is cleared, the main season is the “Chao Ke Bo GP” mode. This is a promotion competition with 64 people. Every 8 people are divided into 8 groups, and the top 4 are promoted. How far you can go depends on the player strength. In this mode, you can accumulate account experience points and earn coins.

In addition, there are multiplayer modes that can be opened online, single-player timed challenges, series of 4 tracks in a group, and custom races with custom rules. This machine also supports two-player games. So in the mode, it should have everything.

The racing car inherits the “magic stone system” of the previous work. Just like the magic of “FF”, it has the concepts of small flame, medium flame and large flame. In this work, it is simply a prop that can be obtained and upgraded through repetition. In addition, each character also comes with an ability (active skill), whether you can make good use of this ability of the character will be the key to victory.

At present, the only problem with the richness of content is probably the tracks. There are 21 tracks in 9 series of tracks including branches, but some tracks are short, simple, and less challenging. Therefore, real players will continue to play. There are about 15 left, and the consumption is very fast.

“Chocobo GP Grand Prix” after play

When talking about this game, the first thing I have to talk about is the “sense of speed”. Many people have watched demo videos on the Internet, and they all have a poor sense of speed. But the big reason is that the story mode and single-player mode of “Chocobo GP Grand Prix” have two difficulties: “novice” and “master”.

The novice is actually equivalent to 50~100cc of “Mario Racing”, and the master has the feeling of 150cc, so many people feel that the speed is very slow, part of the reason is that the high probability of the movie is the novice mode.

However, if you want to compare it with “Mario Kart 8”, it must be said that the gap is obvious. Although the problem of speed is related to the above difficulty, this game has a lot of room for improvement in nature, such as many times (jumping It is impossible to cast props. When the car and the car collide with each other on the track, the sense of physical collision is not good, and the deceleration rate of the crash or the wall is extremely high.

The operation of this work is completely imitated by “Mario Racing”, so except for the magic stone that can be upgraded and a skill that comes with it, it is a weakened version of the carriage as a whole.

In addition, after playing the game, although certain racing skills are still required, the probability of the props of “Chao Ke Bo GP Grand Prix” affecting the outcome is higher. There are two main reasons. The first is that many tracks are narrow. Sheen can’t drop magic stone attacks.

The second is that most of the magic has been attacked, and the defense is relatively small, so the probability of props hitting is extremely high, and the recovery time after being hit is very long, so if you can’t pull out the leading distance and are dragged into the chaotic war zone, the results will vary greatly. Big. In addition, some acceleration-type items can be obtained even in the high rankings, so the strong frontrunners will widen the gap.

The immortal mobile game Tianzun

As an extension of the “FF” series, “Chao Ke Bo GP Racing” will jump out of the event advertisement when the game is opened for the first time. It is also fully integrated into the play method and interface of the mobile game. There are not only daily and weekly tasks, but also additional stones that can be used to buy passes. The only big thing is that there is no gashapon.

The game is divided into three currencies. In addition to “Mithril”, which is purchased with cash, there are also two currencies: Item Roll and Gil, both of which are obtained from the game. Item Roll Farm Story Mode will be slightly faster, and Gil is only available in the card game, and can also be obtained by the rewards of the pass. The things that can be bought in the three currencies are completely different.

Obviously this time Square Enix is ​​challenging the payment habits of home machine players again, and the first season is the two ace Claude and Skell, and now the Mithril that buys the game is just enough to buy a normal pass, and you can have a farmer. Get these two characters, but if you increase the price to buy a high-level pass, you can get it immediately, so whether to donate the development fee of the new “FF” work depends on what players think.

It’s not surprising that many games now sell season tickets, but it’s puzzling that “Qiao Ke Bo GP Grand Prix” has to introduce this kind of token tuition system, which not only makes stand-alone players disgusted by preconceived ideas, but does not have a gashapon itself. Therefore, it is not possible to attract a lot of money.

Think about it, if you only sell the season pass and shape, but not using stones but general DLC, it may not be so annoying. This kind of design with two sides in the middle is really hard to understand (Maybe a big game of chess). Really want to talk about the benefits of using stones at present,It was after a bunch of inexplicable bugs were discovered on the first day of salethe official issued some compensation stones…

However, even if the tuition fee is not counted, this “Chao Ke Bo GP Grand Prix” is still a fan-oriented work. If you can bring your relatives and friends back to recall your childhood, or you are a loyal player of the “FF” series, or if you are a loyal player of the “FF” series. Leo racing is really tired of playing, so “Chao Kebo GP Grand Prix” can still be a try.

But if you’re looking for a fun prop race car, it’s better to stay in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Chocobo GP Racing is now available on Switch.