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[推荐]]The Chosen: Well of Souls (抉择：灵魂之源)
SoCoLD,2008-01-21 08:53:47
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[COLOR=blue]The Chosen: Well of Souls Review
Not the Diablo clone you're looking for[/COLOR].
October 5, 2007 - There is an addictive premise buried in The Chosen: Well of Souls somewhere. Yeah, it's that same one that made Diablo II so great, that makes many play sessions last just a half hour, an hour, two hours, all nig—longer than you intended them to. One more piece of delectable scrumptious loot to ferret back to the shopkeeper so you can get serious monies to buy fancy armor. The thing is, in this game, all sense of danger and urgency is lost by the fact that you can travel instantly, at any time—even in the midst of what I assume is supposed to be a frantic bloodcurdling battle, back to your home base where the Society of Alchemists is waiting to get you whatever you need if you have the gold. And you'll have the gold, if the game holds your interest long enough to make it past the grindy start.
The tale begins with some poor watchman nearly taking you for a demon and blowing your head off. You are one of three mighty classes: can you guess them? Warrior, monk, hunter! Customization does not exist beyond your player profile, which is not your character's name in the game and so it really doesn't matter.
The guards lead you through town to the Society of Alchemists where you meet all the fine helpful international experts for the first time. They all live to help you defeat zombies and werewolves…and hyenas if you make it that far, so salute that B return teleport hotkey and hit it as often as you feel you may die. The "oh sh*t" button incarnate.
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There is, of course, an evil sorcerer stirring up trouble. The keeper of the power-granting Emerald Tablet has been kidnapped and we need to close up the Wells of Souls before all hell…breaks loose. Luckily we can travel via the Etheroid-powered teleportation stand, but it does drop us pretty far from the main destination, as a taint has spread across the land that the Etheroid can't penetrate.
That just means there's plenty of time to level up along the way. You can have three active skills at a time, things like "Magic Skin" which decreases enemy magic effectiveness, and "Grace of Luck" which increases your chance to find larger piles of gold. When you level up not only do you get five points to boost stats with, you also receive one whopping skill point. The metering is never on your side, though. You generally are forced to keep acquiring new skills rather than upgrade the ones you really want.
Golem and Neferkar pets awarded from the Society right away are pretty expensive to resurrect, but it's worth having one of them around, especially with the plagues of bats in some areas. Golem is slow, but strong. Neferkar is a quick flying creature who attacks at range, but weakly. She also tended to die a lot faster, though, so I felt like there was more value in Golem.
Magic spells come from books or scrolls, but you have to have a pretty beefy Knowledge stat to do it. Of course you also find plenty of armor and weapons. For a while I thought the usage requirements were just insane, and I'm pretty sure the blame for that falls squarely on this gimmicky feature called the Cauldron of Creation. Characters in the story hail this thing as a miracle of science, but mostly it's a miracle of currency disappearance. You're supposed to be able to repair your weapons by combining items with armor you don't want, lessen the stat requirements by combining them with magic scrolls or books, but the cost makes it prohibitive. You need your gold for health potions and pet resurrection scrolls. The Cauldron is a horrible thieving noob trap that tries to charge you hundreds, if not thousands, of gold for often less than a one point change.
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Boss fights are just as anti-climactic as every other confrontation. If you have a spell equipped you hold the right mouse button, but otherwise it's just whack whack whack holding the left. Or maybe thwack thwack thwack as the hunter's arrows connect.
Sometimes you'll come across a random puzzle-type element, but it's generally pretty obvious what needs to be done by standing in a nearby whirl of magic and listening to the narrator go on and on with his full-effect pauses and phony accent.
While the rest of the sound is unremarkable, the graphics are not too horrible. In fact, they're not horrible enough that the one female character manages to have surreal bobbing breasts, and since the game is played from a mostly overhead viewpoint, you're pretty much always staring down her cleavage…classy.
Adopted from IGN.com
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An action RPG that pits three playable characters against a powerful sorceror and his army of demons, devils, and resurrected alchemists.
Genre: Action Role-Playing
Release Date: Oct 1, 2007
Players: 1 Player (Game Details)
Game Details:
[COLOR=blue]Overview[/COLOR]
The powerful sorcerer, Marcus Dominus Ingens became immortal after unraveling the mystery of the ancients. His pride and hunger for power made him eliminate all alchemists whose skills and knowledge equaled his. Now he keeps their souls in Golden Tanks and uses them for his evil purposes and controlling infernal forces. Whole armies of demons and devils are at his command. In order to take control over the world, however, he'd have to destroy the God’s Envoy.
Marcus is aware that he is too weak to destroy the God’s Envoy, so he sets free hordes of infernal monsters in order to harvest human souls. Each new soul makes Marcus more powerful, while the God’s Envoy becomes weaker and weaker. And then one day…
For many years the Mystery Guards Fraternities have trained Hunters to fight the evil. Hard-bitten, well trained in magic and alchemy, they traversed the world fighting against the powers of darkness. Now, their Fraternities need them back to face the whole army of infernal beasts. The life of God’s Envoy and the world order are at stake. The best of the best: Frater Simon, Elena and Tong Wong prepare to save the Earth ready to risk their lives in the fight against Marcus.
Do you have what it takes to stop the demons?
Draw your sword against evil to save your people’s souls and the future of your world!
[COLOR=blue]Features[/COLOR]
A deep and involving storyline set in a dark period at the turn of 19th century
3 original playable characters, each with their own distinct skills and abilities
Numerous supernatural monsters including werewolves, zombies, vampires and demons
Over 200 different types of armour, weapons, magic items and objects
Over a dozen blood-curdling quests
Explore a variety of different animated locations; old castles, dungeons, ancient ruins, lush forests, hot deserts and scorched lands
Many different ways to modify skills and allocate experience provide players with tremendous flexibility in developing one’s character
A host of powerful spells and a huge variety of weapons
Interactive NPC characters who assist you in your efforts in battling creatures and fearsome monsters Day/night cycles and weather that affect monsters’ behavior
Seizing demons during the game allows you to control and use them during a fight
Excellent 3D effects including huge explosions, gun flares, dynamic torch lighting and many others
Improve weapons strength and effectiveness through its development with ancient magic
Call upon mystical creatures to help battle the forces of evil
[COLOR=blue]System Requirements[/COLOR]
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Pentium III 1.4 GHz
DirectX compatible 3D accelerator card (64MB+ RAM)
256 MB RAM
600 MB hard drive space
4x CD-ROM
Mouse & Keyboard
Adopted from meridian4.com
SoCoLD,2008-01-21 11:39:48
[COLOR=blue]Vocabulary
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addictive adj. 沉溺的; 使成瘾的, 上瘾的
premise n. 前提
bury vt. 埋葬, 掩埋, 隐藏
session n. (从事某项活动的)一段时间,
nig
intend vt. 想要, 打算, 意指, 意谓
delectable adj. 使人愉快的; 十分高兴的
scrumptious adj. 极为愉快的, 绝妙的, 极好的, 味美的
loot v. 掠夺, 抢劫, 劫掠
ferret vt. 用雪貂打猎, 追赶, 搜出, 驱出 vi. 用雪豹狩猎, 搜索
shopkeeper n. 店主，小商人
fancy adj. 奇特的, 异样的
armor n. 装甲
sense n. 官能, 感觉, 判断力, 见识, ...感, 意义, 理性
urgency n. 紧急, 紧急的事, 强求, 催促, 坚持
instantly adv. 立即, 即刻
in the midst of 在...中间
assume vt. 假定, 设想
frantic adj. 狂乱的, 疯狂的
bloodcurdling adj. 令人毛骨悚然的
Alchemists n. 炼金术士
grindy
tale n. 故事, 坏话, 流言蜚语, 谣言, 叙述, 传说
watchman n. 守卫，警卫
demon n. 魔鬼, 极残忍的人
mighty adj. 有势力的, 强大的, 有力的
Customization n. 用户化,专用化,定制
profile n. 个人能力[特征]测验图
defeat vt. 打败, 击败, 战胜
zombie n. 行尸
werewolf n. 狼人, 凶人
hyena n. 鬣狗
salute vt. 传到, 传入
teleport 远距传物
hotkey n. 热键
incarnate vt. 赋与....以形体; 使成化身
evil adj. 邪恶的, 罪孽的
sorcerer n. 法师；巫师 (男性)
stir up v. 激起, 鼓动, 煽动
granting vt. 授与(权利); 让与(财产)
Emeraldn. 祖母绿, 翡翠, 绿宝石, 翠绿色
Tablet n. 写字板, 书写板, 碑, 牌匾, 拍纸簿, 便笺簿, 药片, 小块
kidnap vt. 诱拐(小孩), 绑架, 勒赎
close up v. 靠近, 关闭, 停止, 愈合, 封网
break loose v. 挣脱
Luckily adv. 幸运地
via prep. 经过, 经由, 取道
Etheroid-powered
teleportation n. 心灵运输
stand n. 停止, 抵抗的状态, 立场, 立足点, 看台, 架子, 台
destination n. 目的地
taint n. 污点
spread v. 伸展, 展开, 铺, 涂, 敷, 摆, 传播, 散布
penetrate vi. 刺入, 看穿, 渗透, 弥漫
along prep. 顺着, 沿着
decrease v. 减少
effectiveness n. 效率; 效能; 效果; 有效性
pile n. 堆
boost v. 推进
whopping adj. 巨大的, 庞大的
metering n. 测量(法), 计[配]量, 测定
force vt. 强制, 强加, (用武力)夺取, 促使, 推动, 施加压力
acquire vt. 获得, 学到
award vt. 授予, 判给
resurrect vt. 使复活; 复兴
plagues n. 瘟疫, 麻烦, 苦恼, 灾祸
range n. 山脉, 行列, 范围, 射程
weakly adj. 软弱的; 虚弱的, 多病的
tend v. 注意, 趋向
spell n. 符咒, 魅力, 一段时间, 轮班
scroll n. 卷轴, 卷形物, 名册
beefy adj. 象牛肉的, 健壮的, 结实的
requirement n. 要求, 必要性[条件], 规格, 资格
insane adj. 患精神病的; 疯狂的
blame n. 过失, 责备
squarely adv. 方形地, 直角地, 四角地
gimmicky adj. 巧妙手法的
hail vt. 向...欢呼, 致敬, 招呼, 使象下雹样落下, 猛发
miracle n. 奇迹, 奇事
currency n. 流传；流通；传播
disappearance n. 消失, 失踪, 绝迹
combine with 把...与...结合起来
prohibitive adj. 禁止的, 抑制的
potions n. 一服（药）；一剂（药）
thieving
noob
trap n. 圈套, 陷阱,
climactic adj. 顶点的；高潮的；巅峰的
confrontation n. 面对； 对峙［抗］； 对质
equip vt. 装备, 配备, 装束
otherwise adv. 另外, 否则, 不同地, 别的方式
whack n. 重打，重击
thwack n. 重击，猛打
arrow n. 箭; 矢
random adj. 任意的, 随便的, 胡乱的
element n. 要素, 元素, 成分, 元件, 自然环境
nearby adj. 附近的, 近处的
whirl n. 眩晕；天旋地转
narrator n. 讲述者，叙述者
pause n. 暂停
phony adj. 假冒的
accent n. 重音, 口音, 重音符
unremarkable adj. 不显著的; 不值得注意的; 平凡的
surreal adj. 超现实的, 离奇的
bobbing n.摆动, 振动, 浮动
breast n. 乳房; [喻]营养的来源
overhead adj. adj. 一般性的; 平均的; 总的
viewpoint 视点, 观点, 观察点
star vt., vi. 由…担任主角，由…主演
cleavage n. 劈开， 劈裂； 裂面， 裂缝
classy adj. [俚]上等的， 优等的; [美俚]漂亮的， 时髦的
immortal adj. 不死的; 永生的, 不朽的
unraveling vt. 解开, 拆开(毛线, 绳索等)
mystery n. 神秘, 神秘的事物
pride n. 自豪, 自尊(心), 骄傲, 傲慢
hunger n. 渴望, 极想 (for, after)
eliminate vt. 除去, 排[删, 消]除, 削减(人员)
infernal adj. 阴间的, 恶魔的
Envoy n. 使节; 使者; 公使, 特使
hordes n. 游牧部落; 游牧民族
harvest v. 收获, 收割
Fraternity n. 兄弟关系, 友爱, 互助会, 兄弟会
alchemy n. 炼丹术, 点金术
traverse vt. 横过, 穿过, 经过, 在...来回移动, 反对, 详细研究
at stake 濒临危险；得失攸关
Draw vt. 拉, 拖, 拉[拖]长, 拉成(丝等); 向某一方向拉
involve vt. 包括, 笼罩, 潜心于, 使陷于
storyline 故事情节
distinct adj. 独特的; 性质或种类不同的
Numerous adj. 众多的, 许多的, 无数的
supernatural adj. 超自然的; 不可思议的, 神奇的
quest n. 寻求
a variety of adj. 多种的
animated adj. 栩栩如生的
dungeon n. 土牢, 地牢
lush adj. 青葱的; 草木茂盛的
scorched adj. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
allocate vt. 拨给, 分配, 配置, 部署
tremendous adj. 极大的, 巨大的
flexibility n. 弹性, 适应性, 机动性, 挠性
Interactive adj. 相互作用[影响, 配合, 干扰]的, 交互性的
fearsome adj. 可怕的; 吓人的
Seize vt. 抓获, 抓住, 夺取, 攻占
explosion n. 爆炸(声), 爆发(声); 炸裂(声)
flare n. 闪光, 闪耀
dynamic adj. 动力的, 动力学的, 动态的
torch n. 火炬, 火把
strength n. 力, 力量, 力气, 实力, 抗力, 说服力
Call upon 号召, 拜访
mystical adj. 神秘的
creature n. 人, 生物; 动物; 创造物; 奇特的人; 家伙[/COLOR]
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