Symbiogenesis

Symbiogenesis is a work with a very limited audience in a small circle, and the special thing is that this small circle refers to the crypto community - it's a so-called Web3 game. But it's also genuinely produced by Square Enix, and you can see a strong SE flavor from the logo's art style. Why do game players have such hostility towards Web3 games? Various Web3 games on the market eventually become money-grabbing games. Crypto people invented the new term GameFi, focusing on the Financial aspect. No matter how it changes, it's all about crypto people wanting to make money, so game players naturally don't want to be harvested. But Web3 games, conceptually speaking, still have merit, it's just that there hasn't been any breakout, phenomenally successful masterpiece so far. Symbiogenesis gives me a glimmer of hope. It's naturally good that major companies are willing to layout in this track. I must clarify that Symbiogenesis is definitely not stunning, probably just the same staff as SE's pile of gacha mobile games, but overall it's commendable and contains possibilities in its gameplay. This work features multiple NFT collectible art characters as protagonists, adventuring on the "Floating Continent." To solve the mysteries of the floating continent, there are three types of stories: "Main Story," "Side Story," and "Collaborative Story." Since players cannot see the full story from the beginning, timely cooperation with others is also the main gameplay of Symbiogenesis. The official encourages players to discuss and communicate on Discord, so the Discord community plays a very important role, which I think is the most uniquely innovative aspect. The entire game's progress requires all players to work together to advance and unlock the entire "Floating Continent" story. This is not a simple RPG where you go through the plot, fight monsters, get equipment and trade, but rather hands the story progression to all players, making everyone a pioneer, which is challenging. This is what I consider a good evaluation - the return of gameplay and the disappearance of speculation. As of today, the game story is still stuck in Chapter 1, and the current game content is not that much, but as mentioned before, this work will have a total of six chapters, worth looking forward to updated content. In a word: We want Web3's creativity, not GameFi's money-grubbing. Web3 games don't need to sweep the entire player community, but that doesn't prevent them from achieving great things and opening up new worlds with endless imagination.