Perfect World held a special preview broadcast today (18th) ahead of the release of 'Lee Hwan', a new urban fantasy open world RPG from affiliated developer Hota Studio. In this special broadcast, Hota Studio's development team appeared and introduced game information and advance events before the release of Lee Hwan.
The city life of 'Ihwan', where daily life and abnormal phenomena coexist
First, Lee Hwan's worldview and major keywords were introduced. ‘Isang’, which is often mentioned in Ihwan, refers to all supernatural and unrealistic beings, and has existed in the world for over a thousand years. 'Circle' has continued to isolate and manage this, but it became known to the general public due to a large-scale abnormal disaster that suddenly occurred 40 years ago. Accordingly, the Abnormality Management Bureau under the Circle comes to the fore and takes charge of accepting and eliminating abnormalities.
'Hetero City', which is the main stage of the story, is where the headquarters of the Anomaly Management Bureau is located. Numerical values are checked through Wertheimer Towers erected here and there, and anomalies are periodically searched for and managed. There are many different abilities and abnormalities in Hetero City, and those with supernatural abilities range from those with a human-like appearance to those with physical changes. And the user, having lost his memory, becomes 'Zero', discovered by the Anomaly Management Bureau in the midst of an abnormal phenomenon, arrives at Hetero City, and encounters various daily lives and abnormal phenomena.
As it is set in a modern city, Hetero City offers a variety of vehicles, including cars. After purchasing a vehicle, you can enjoy driving with your own specifications by modifying not only the exterior but also the interior of the car at a tuning shop. Additionally, when driving a car, you can invite other characters to the passenger seat and drive together.
However, you must be careful because if you hit other cars or objects while driving on the road or threaten passers-by, police officers will be dispatched to arrest you. Vehicles can not only be purchased, but also commandeered with the cooperation of citizens. Sometimes, citizens may become uncooperative, and if you threaten them, they can get into the vehicle, but police officers will be dispatched after receiving a report.
If you are arrested by a peace officer, you will be taken to a detention center and imprisoned for a certain period of time depending on the crime. You can be released by paying bail or doing hard labor while in prison for a certain period of time, or you can escape from prison.
In addition to driving a car and going to prison, you can also travel around Hetero City by public transportation and live in different types of homes. Through gameplay, you can decorate your home by collecting furniture and other decorative items, and you can also invite other characters to play in the pool and interact with them. You can also accompany the character you invited to your home and walk around the city hand in hand.
These elements were partially revealed in the last CBT, and in the officially released version, voices and motions were refined and introduced in detail to increase immersion. For example, when NPCs passing by become aware of the camera, they react differently. Additionally, the ability to enjoy dates by inviting characters to specific locations has been added.
Funds to enjoy daily life in the city can be raised as a 'City Tycoon' who performs various missions in the city. By consuming city vitality, users can collect 'Ponzu', a commodity necessary for city life, while doing side jobs such as delivery, taxi driving, store management, fishing, and band. In line with the official launch, costumes and various cosmetic item rewards were added to each city tycoon content, while multiplayer was strengthened in some content to enhance the fun of playing with friends. Additionally, if you raise your City Tycoon level above a certain level, you can obtain the S-class character 'Cheese' for free.
Battle system with attribute-linked synergy, 90-time ceiling draw system
In the second part, key in-game information was revealed, including Lee Hwan's attributes, battle system, and character draw.
There are six attributes of Ihwan: Light, Spirit, Lord, Aspect, Soul, and Dark. When characters with different attributes are placed in a party and a support skill is activated, the 'Psychic Cycle' effect is activated. Each time a character inflicts damage during battle, the cycle value accumulates, and when the value is reached, a character window that allows you to interact with that character lights up. If you switch to the corresponding character, you can cast a support skill at the same time as the change and activate the cycle effect, applying a debuff to the enemy or causing additional damage.
During battle, when the red light turns on right before the enemy attacks, pressing Evade activates Extreme Evasion, and then you can use a normal attack to perform a special attack called 'Extreme Counterattack'. When an enemy casts a special skill, a warning notification appears with a red circle. If you hit the enemy with an attack, a counterattack is activated to block the enemy's attack and temporarily put you into a state of stiffness. In this way, you can reduce the enemy's collapse value to 0, turn them into groggy, and then continue the attack unilaterally. Also, as some enemies have weak attributes, you can reduce the collapse value more effectively by using support skills or psychic cycles that target the weak attributes.
Lee Hwan's main training and battle contents include 'Ideal Boundary', which allows you to obtain various growth goods, 'High Risk Quest', a difficult boss challenge, and 'Beyond Orbit', a challenge content that is reset regularly. In addition, you can access various abnormal phenomena throughout the city and experience new experiences based on different rules and mechanisms.
This was followed by an explanation of the character drawing method. In Ihwan, the drawing takes place in the form of rolling dice on a board, and is characterized by a ceiling of 90 without a pick hole. If the S-class character of the pickup does not appear by episode 70, the probability of its appearance increases. Additionally, in the Pickup Draw, you can get not only characters but also various cosmetic items, including costumes, depending on the number of draws. You can also exchange it for various items, including lottery goods, with the 'Direction Piece', a by-product obtained from the lottery.
The 'Arc' that is equipped to the character can be obtained as another commodity called a triple key, and it is confirmed to be picked up at S level at the 60th recruitment and at the 80th recruitment. Additionally, the number of confirmed acquisitions is permanently accumulated and carried over to other Arc pickups. In addition, some Arks can be obtained once through in-game play in addition to drawing.
Meanwhile, in order to reduce the burden of character breakthrough, 'Lee Hwan' adopted the method of freely selecting and activating the awakening effect after breakthrough rather than fixing it. For example, the awakening option, which is usually in the 2nd breakthrough position, can be activated by selecting the 2nd stone option rather than the 1st stone option in the 1st stone state rather than the 2nd breakthrough. In addition, you can select and replace other breakthrough options depending on the situation.
The first pickup is Avon's Lee Sang Hunter, 'Nanari Collins'. Nanari Collins is a spirit attribute S-class character that enters an electromagnetic state when a skill is activated. At this time, you can freely walk on walls and ceilings, and during battle, each normal attack inflicts spirit damage to the enemy. When Ultimate is activated, it summons the creature 'Lee In-ja' and deals wide-area spiritual damage to the surrounding area. During the duration, normal attacks gradually pull enemies in and deal additional spiritual damage.
Avon's manager, Hotori, also appears as a pickup character. ‘Hotori’ is a light attribute S-class character with the ability to manipulate time. When Hotori participates in battle, an 'open clock' is displayed, and energy accumulates over time. When the energy is full, you can cast Ultimate 'Swarming World', inflicting light damage in a wide area and stopping time at the same time. At this time, Hotori can pull out the Tachi and inflict a more powerful attack on the enemy, and each time he attacks, the number of attacks accumulates. When accumulated to the maximum, the time stop ends and a powerful finishing blow is applied. Nanari pickup will be held until May 13th after the server opens, and Hotori pickup will be held from May 13th to June 3rd.
An event full of visual and optimization improvements, P5X and Porsche collaboration
In the final part 3, feedback from CBT was reflected and improvements, launch events, and various rewards were introduced. The official release version provides an all-round improved experience, including details on the character screen, ray tracing support, addition of first-person switching while holding hands during character interaction, improved pad operation feel, and improved control key customization function.
In particular, by increasing the city tycoon level, you can unlock the music player and play the songs you want at various moments, not only while driving. Along with improvements to the music player, new music tracks will be added in collaboration with Persona 5: The Phantom X and Tower of Fantasy. In addition, collaboration with Porsche has been confirmed, and you can drive the Porsche 918 Spyder directly in the game. Not only in-game but also offline collaborations were carried out, and in Korea, a collaboration between Nene Chicken and GS25 was announced.
Regarding compensation, all corresponding rewards will be paid out upon global pre-registration and exceeding SNS milestone targets. In addition, to coincide with the official launch, a 20% discount is applied to the first 5 and 10th consecutive boards. Within the 50th draw, you can pick up and draw the permanent S-class character you want, and the permanent board ceiling stack is not reset even after the draw is completed.
In addition, as a starter attendance event, A-class combatant Umitsuki, S-class arc 'Galaxy Moment', and 12 Truth Dice, a limited draw ticket, will be provided. Additional event rewards are provided each time your account level rises, and you can obtain a total of 10 Truth Dice, 35 Deception Dice (regular draw tickets), 25 Triple Keys (Arc Draw Ticket), and 300 Stones. If you raise your city tycoon level, you can obtain cheese, cheese's arc, and awakening materials. You can obtain more than 120 draws through gameplay, and about 470 draws can be obtained during the entire period of version 1.0.
In addition, to commemorate the official launch, 1,600 stones and 10 dice of deception will be paid by mail, and 600 stones will be paid through a broadcast event. Additionally, during version 1.0, Nanari's costume 'Academy Star' and Cheese's costume 'Breath of Green Bamboo' will be discounted, and pre-download will be open from 11 am on April 27th. In addition, through the 'Hetero Settlement Guide', you can receive a guaranteed A-level Arc through a pre-draw, and when invited friends make a pre-registration, various prizes such as PS5 will be entered into a drawing.
Lee Hwan will be released on mobile, PC, and PS5 on April 29, and detailed information can be found through the official community.
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