The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake

我永远支持lockedon！比Methods更加精致了！多了好多新鲜的东西，画面动感也很强！！剧情疯狂反转，我愿称之游戏界的为欧·亨利（doge）顺便求一个中文版本TAT！ 还有，最后wisher和miles乐死我了，好可爱！！ 还有，话说Grimalkin的原型不会也是lockedon的一只猫吧……就和Slakes一样

二编：找补一下。追求奇妙画风、全CG全配音演出，以及画面表现力的可以买。本作的演出效果和体量在这个价位还是很良心的。 这里有末世世界观，有各种打斗名场面，有（全都是）戴着面罩的超级英雄，有15岁的小少年，还有帅气的疯批姐姐，以及温柔的成熟大叔。 还有猫。（虽然是人） 欲抑先扬结束，下面是一编。 ------------------------------------------------- 如果你是好奇心很重的粉丝，或者是觉得这种艺术风格很新鲜，又或者你就是单纯地想支持一下作者锁头，你可以买来试试看。但如果你是一般路过群众，或者对剧情和人设比较敏感的人，那就不太建议购买。 本作无论是剧情衔接还是人物塑造都极其生硬，上一秒还在激烈斗争的人下一秒就可以瞬移到地上开始talk并交流下一步计划。如果你没读过本系列的漫画，可能部分人设在你眼里都站不住脚。[spoiler]我至今都没明白N姐为什么会突然救Namo，在她咏唱了一长段“我是虚无我是尘土”，刺激Namo和小O哥，带着伤爬上电梯，一路爬到控制台面前，好不容易激活了机械大军之后，突然良心发现，要救一个自己之前根本不放在眼里的、背叛了组织的低级杀手。[/spoiler] [spoiler]Namo也更是离谱，当初Demo的最后一段看得我直皱眉头。我实在想象不到，一个成熟的男人，和一个15岁的小少年，会为了他们的敌人——一个32岁的失足少女的死活，在那边内讧。一路边吵边打，最不希望机械大军被激活的Namo竟然放任N姐在控制台，一心阻止小O哥夺取N姐的性命。你们商量一下，先抓人后判刑不好吗？[/spoiler] 不排除有中西方价值观差异导致的问题，但至少在我眼里，整个剧情就是不合格的。 我也希望所有的心理障碍能被这么容易地克服。 本作的篇幅相较于剧情密度和登场角色的人数来说实在是太短了，恕我直言，作者并不具备在这么短的篇幅内把剧情和角色都处理好的能力。这基本是个套末世皮的超英故事，换个世界观这个剧本只需要改一点照样能演。大部分角色都是背景板，甚至可能只是为了满足作者的绘图欲望（选择末世世界观可能也是相同的原因）。 [spoiler] 最后稍微有点宗教性象征意味的结局我个人觉得还行，至少跟前面比起来还行。（二编：前面有一个我没说的特别小丑的片段，本作简直是环保大作）朋友：完全看不懂为什么要突然插入这一下，他们为什么要爬出去，不是说好的要Save the world，怎么就run了呢？[/spoiler] [spoiler]其实我觉得是锁头也圆不回来，就只能这样了[/spoiler] 最后一点写给之前玩过MTDC的玩家，本作锁头已经脱离了侦探小说和现实世界的限制，他的电波已经去往抓不住的彼方了。[spoiler]你们可以想象一下在列车篇死掉的楚能，突然蹦起来说我没死，然后过一会儿又死了，Ash悲痛欲绝，痛斥凶手，这个时候楚能突然冒出来，说：欸，不好意思，我又没死。然后凶手郑重宣布，T.A.D.S.正统在我，主持人们才是幕后黑手，他们嫁祸于我，我要当地下党造反！[/spoiler]

很硬的线条，很硬的帅///很硬。。。

[b][i]This is a sci-fi kinetic visual novel with a unique visual style and full voice acting about survival in a post-apocalyptic world.[/i][/b] Gameplay: https://youtu.be/8Wi-YDPGU8o The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake is reminiscent of Nickelodeon and Fox Kids' favorite sci-fi superhero cartoons. The game follows the adventures of Oliver Naut, a teenager who teams up with a professional assassin named Namo to stop the war and give humanity hope for survival. Together with their friends, they try to stop four warring organizations from capturing an army of robot soldiers. The game consists of four chapters. After completion, additional content is unlocked: music room, description of all characters and organizations, 3D gallery of robots and main characters, 3 comics and developer comments + Unique visual style combining 3D graphics and hand-drawn drawings. + Extremely high-quality voice acting of all dialogues. + 4 chapters. + Additional content in the Extras section. + Easy achievements. [u]You can read other reviews and subscribe to our curators. Welcome![/u] [url=http://store.steampowered.com/curator/25737869/] 5 minutes of game [/url]

[b] 7.5+1*/10 [/b] * Bonus point for using [u] OCEAN [/u] traits in BOIS for real science! [h1] I would recommend this VN to anyone who wants to enjoy a complete story with several twists integrated into the narrative naturally, also to you who enjoy ensemble cast (e.g. Avengers!) or are simply interested in character designs. [/h1] [b]PROS[/b]: [list] [*]It is almost an animation [strike] despite needing A LOT of clicks [/strike]. There are many fight scenes that can get your blood pumping with just simple, clear CGs + A1-tier music! [*]All the environment designs are really in place and rendered with full attention. The paper-cut style that strikes the eye is very much enjoyable even surrounded by the rich background.  [*]The story has several interesting twists but not too many to fit in the short time length. It gives a proper ending for the 'The Evolving World' series. [*]Most importantly, you get to see not just the closure of a story, rather the closure of a child's dream. There are old comics included in the game and the two pre-series animations available on youtube. The project was initiated back in 2011. Through the years they managed to keep the dream alive and have evolved in skills and arts, just like the game's title. Realizing that their enthusiasm did not get defeated by the harsh reality for indie game developers, [spoiler]I am filled with determination.[/spoiler] [*]There are developer comments that you can easily check out with fast play-through, explaining their 'regret and pride' behind the scene. Quite fun to watch. [/list] [b]CONS[/b]: [list] [*]In summary, the story is not particularly written to utilize the large-scale post-war world setting. The main conflicts are between the few main characters and during their self-development, despite there being four interesting organizations each carries contradicting principles, which is a bit pitifully shallow also thinking all the nice art materials. [*]The world is a thousand-piece puzzle with one key missing: the crowd. [spoiler] They are either conveniently silenced to not discriminate towards assassins/murders or dragged on the stage to play a pathetic role for the heroes to empathize with. I felt it is hard to believe that Blackguard, who is doing 'business of assassination', is not worldly hatred. On the contrary, they are even offered a seat when all the 'important' people gather in the end to decide everyone's fate and later got moved on to the new world. I am not saying that they can not get a good ending. But they did not pay any cost for what they did, as if the lives they have taken had no value. [/spoiler]  [*]I wish all personality disorders can be so straight-forwardly cured [*]Also, DATA is pronounced DATA, not DATA! [/list]

I came into this game with no expectations, but it was a really fun experience. Extremely solid voice acting, good direction, and a well handled story that would have been extremely easy to overdo, but hit the right notes. Unexpected, but extremely enjoyable.

不愧是锁头，游戏一如既往的有趣 打个广告：目前在b站发视频做了主线的翻译（CC字幕），之后也想把游戏里extra的漫画（虽然在爱发电上有资源我还在考虑是发专栏还是视频）和角色简介锁头的吐槽版主线翻译都做一遍（）不想啃英文的可以来看看赏个脸（直接搜The Evolving World就有） Grimalkin是异瞳大猫猫...可爱... 不知道为甚么Mile原本是心理医生这点也很戳我（原心理医生现暴力精神病，喜欢... ps：在三人来到世界的另一侧以后，他们有了新的名字：埃什顿，红色七月和杀戮之魂（并没有

这个好评的意思是，如果体量像探案法那么或许逻辑故事和人物塑造会更加合理，总感觉因为大小限制人物做事和决定的逻辑从而有很多bug（点名批评翻脸比翻书还快的态度），以及有些角色的过去仅靠三言两语无法明白，想法有意思但突兀点太多也是不行。 像我奔着cg与表现力变化来的倒是无所谓（

Yes!! Nihility!! My Idol!! ( Yes!! LockedOn!! My Idol!! I Wanna Chinese!! I'd be glad to help translate!! Though my English level fluctuates!! :P)

Short and sweet sci-fi VN that benefits greatly from the full voice acting. Doesn't overstay its welcome but also manages to squeeze in a few twists and turns to keep the reader's attention.