G-STAR 2023
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⊙Developer: Nexon ⊙Genre: action arcade ⊙Platform: mobile ⊙Date of issue: First half of 2019
For this year's G-STAR entry, Nexon publicly disclosed many mobile games that uses IP. They were all games that most gamers have played as online games before, including The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon, Tales Weaver M, and Mabinogi Mobile. Another one of the games from Nexon's casual games from the past was Crazy Arcade BnB M (hereinafter referred to as "Crar M") that used IP of Crazy Arcade. It had been introduced at G-STAR after a long waiting.
Similar to other games, Crar M is characterized by realizing the sentiments of the original work. It is true that there were lots of worries at the beginning. Since it is a casual game that is more familiar than other games, it was worrying whether it can see the light. However, there was nothing to worry about. Crar M not only brought back its original work, but also went beyond that.
What changes were made to Crar M to go beyond its original work? Let's find out through the demonstration version introduced at G-STAR 2018.
■ Added skills to the original work's sentiments
The biggest difference between Crar M and the original work is the skills. Since about 20 skills have been added, Crar M is more exciting than the original one that was much more simpler. In the previous one, you had to destroy the obstacles in order to fight against the opposition, but it's different in the new version. Even if there's a wall blocking the way, if you use your skills well, you can get rid of the enemy even from a long distance.
You can attack the opposition by ignoring the topography and using the water cannon. The enemy trapped inside the water drop can be killed by throwing a bow from far away, or pulling at it with a super magnet. This means that no matter how far away you are, or even if the water cannon is in a strange place, you can never be safe.
▲ Water cannons can trap the enemy regardless of the topography, but it requires caution because it can do the same for friendly forces.
At a glance, you might worry that the game might have gotten more difficult because of the new skills, and you have to be on a lookout for the enemy's location since you never know what kind of skills will be used. However, even though the danger of getting trapped in the water cannon has risen, it has gotten easier to get out of it. Basically, unlike the original work, you don't directly set off the water cannon directly in Crar M, but it will be lifted when time goes by. If you have the needle skill, you can escape on your own.
Due to these skills, Crar M is full of excitement. Depending on what kind of skills you use and how well you use it, you can turn around the situation no matter how unfavorable it is.
▲ Only three out of about 20 skills can be installed.
▲ No need to worry if your side is trapped in the water cannon as long as you have the needle.
■ It's no fun if there's only normal matches.
Besides these skills, Crar M has differentiated itself from the original version by adding diverse modes, including eating dumplings, moving dumplings, pang land, and 16 people real-time survival. In the demonstration version, we could only try the eating dumpling mode. For three minutes, the team that eats the most dumplings that randomly appear on the map wins.
Of course, it doesn't mean you just simply collect dumplings to win. The key to eating dumpling mode is to collect as many dumplings as you can while attacking your opponent at the same time. Basically, getting killed in the eating dumpling mode has no direct impact on winning and losing. However, you have to keep attacking the opposition to prevent them from collecting dumplings and if you burst the water drops, you can make them spit out dumplings.
▲ The eating dumpling mode where the team that eats the most dumplings in three minutes wins.
The demonstration version only allowed the users to enjoy the eating dumpling mode, allowing us to have fun that is different from the normal match. Since it had no direct impact on winning and losing, you could be more active and aggressive. Besides these, we can look forward to more fun since diverse modes are in preparation.
▲ Besides the normal match, Crar M plans to offer more fun with four other modes.
■ Crar M is differentiated from the original version
To define Crar M in a single sentence, it maintained the sentiment of the original work, but improved to suit the mobile environment. Therefore, the gamers who enjoyed the original version, as well as those who never played it before can have fun.
Crar M brought back the game from our memories, but went beyond that. It not only was born again as a mobile game, but also added more fun and excitement. Looking forward to the great changes that Crar M will bring after further improvements are made before its release.
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