
一 | The August 15, 2021 fall of Kabul shocked the world, signaling the collapse of the West’s 20-year-long, multi-trillion-dollar nation-building experiment in Afghanistan in a single day.,Less than two weeks before the cataclysm, US and Afghan officials issued statement after statement expressing confidence in the Afghan military’s ability to fight on without American support on the ground.,“[The Afghan Army has] got greater numbers, they’ve got an air force, and, oh by the way, their air force is also flying…This is not an incompetent air force – they know how to fight from the air and they are. They have modern weaponry. They have military organizational ability as well as 20 years of training in the field by – not just the United States but our NATO and Allied partners. So they have a lot of advantages. It’s really just now about using those advantages,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington on August 11, less than 100 hours before Kabul’s collapse.,In the chaotic few days that followed, Afghan Air Force personnel wound up flying nearly 50 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft out of the country to neighboring Uzbekistan.,What happened? How did the US and NATO’s orderly withdrawal – which began in May 2021 amid fears that the Taliban would attack Western forces if they didn’t stick to the terms of the 2020 Trump-Taliban Doha peace deal, turn into such a humiliating and disorganized rout?,Paper Tiger vs Shoeless Army,On paper, the Afghan government and army seemed prepared for a years-long slog, similar to the one put up by the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, which managed to hold out against the Mujahedeen independently between 1989 and early 1992, even as the jihadists received billions in arms and cash from the CIA, Saudi and Egyptian intelligence, Pakistan and China. By comparison, the NATO-backed Afghan Army had serious problems with foreign support for the Taliban, with the insurgent group’s only major foreign backer consisting of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence.,The Afghan military boasted a total size of some 300,000 personnel – the 16th largest army in the world, along with an impressive array of $85 billion in US-gifted weaponry, including tens of millions of guns, grenades and rocket launchers, 8,500 Humvees, hundreds of armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, and thousands of heavy and light trucks.,The Air Force’s inventory included more than two hundred Russian and US-made attack and utility helicopters, dozens of transport planes, and close to 30 Cessna 208 and A-29 Super Tucano ground attack and COIN jets.,US 'Lost Track' of Afghan War Aims, Says Retired Marine General12 August, 17:00 GMT,Facing off against them were the Taliban: a rag-tag group of militants whose core fighting force was estimated to consist of about 60,000 fighters, some of them shoeless, no air force, and limited mobility due to their adversary’s total air superiority and control of fuel.,Behind the scenes, a sprinkling of media reports and testimonies from Afghan soldiers and officials told a sobering story previewing the coming disaster, discussing the widespread disillusionment, demoralization and corruption centered around military and police structures based more on patronage, personal power and enrichment than competence and aptitude.,“There is no motivation for the army to fight for the corrupt government and corrupt politicians here,” Ahmad Wali Massoud, Afghanistan’s former envoy to the UK, told the Wall Street Journal on August 10, a few days before Kabul’s collapse.,“They are not fighting for [then-Afghan President Ashraf] Ghani. They haven’t even been fed properly. Why should they fight? For what? They are better off with the Taliban, which is why they are switching sides like that,” Massoud explained.,US Military Vehicles Falling Into Taliban Hands at Alarming Rate, Report Finds3 July 2021, 15:14 GMT,Ghani himself would end up fleeing the country as Kabul fell, with his entourage reportedly carrying so much money in suitcases from the state coffers that he had to leave some of it behind. Ghani has categorically dismissed these reports and denied allegations besmirching his good name.,John Sopko, the US inspector general for Afghanistan, warned Congress in March 2021 about the state of the Afghan’s military’s demoralization, admitting that “endemic corruption” was a threat, and that it was “fueling” the insurgency and giving the Taliban the means to gain public support.,Another problem, according to a May 2021 report by the Associated Press, was lack of professionalism. Attiqullah Amarkhiel, a former Afghan Army major general, told the news agency that while the Moscow-allied Afghan Army of 1989 consisted of about 150,000 high school educated troops. By contrast, he said, the NATO-trained crack troops of the Western-backed Afghan government had just six-to-eight weeks of basic training, with most recruits uneducated and/or allied to warlords.,“Then we had quality. Today we have quantity,” Amarkhiel said.,Blitzkrieg,This demoralization and corruption, combined with what The Intelligencer characterized as an institutionally built-in deep overdependence on US coalition support, culminated in the events of early-mid-August 2021.,By mid-July of that year, the Taliban was able to take advantage of coalition forces’ withdrawal by establishing control over large swathes of the Afghan countryside. However, no major cities and none of the country’s 34 provincial capitals were under the group’s control at the time. Throughout its two-decade insurgency campaign, the Taliban only launched one major strategic offensive against a government-controlled city – striking Kandahar in May 2011 before retreating back into the countryside.,Fast forward a decade, and the militant group would finally cast off their inhibitions about offensives cities.,On August 6, the militants captured Zaranj, capital of the southern province of Nimruz near the border with Iran, in a lightning attack, with government forces putting up light resistance and local bureaucrats fleeing the city.,A day later, the militants captured Sheberghan, capital of Jawzjan province, after heavy fighting. On August 8, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz and Taluqan, three provincial capitals in the north of the country, fell, followed by Aybak in the northern Samangan province on August 9.,August 10 witnessed the collapse of Farah in the west and Pul-e-Khumri in Afghanistan’s center. A day later, Faizabad, capital of the northeastern province of Badakhshan also fell.,Animation showing Taliban's inexorable march towards Kabul. “The problem with the army was not lack of training or weapons. The most important thing in war is politics”Read @AmyKazmin @KatrinaManson and @b_parkyn's story on why the Afghan army foldedhttps://t.co/bjjJdPp15J pic.twitter.com/Ll6JrHQWLH— Steven Bernard (@sdbernard) August 15, 2021,August 12-13 would become the darkest days for the Afghan army and government up to that point, with the cities of Ghazni, Herat, Kandahar, Lashkar Gah, Qala-e-Naw, Feruz Koh, Pul-e-Alam, Terenkot and Qalat falling to the Taliban in the space of 48 hours. On August 14, the strategic northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif fell.,Finally, on August 15, 2021, Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad collapsed – falling, awkwardly, while tens of thousands of coalition troops, contractors, diplomats, Afghan puppet administration assistance and Western intelligence agents were still in the country.,© AP Photo / Rahmat GulA U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy.A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy.© AP Photo / Rahmat Gul,In a post-op analysis of the events, General Yasin Zia, the former chief of staff of the Afghan army, estimated that some 4,000 security forces troops were killed, and 1,000 more gone missing, in the deadly weeks between July 1 and August 15, 2021 – with that figure representing about one half of the average of 8,000 Afghan security personnel killed each year over the previous five years.,Zia estimated that in total, some 92,000 members of the Afghan security forces died in the line of duty since 2001. Up to 100,000 Afghan civilians, tens of thousands of Taliban fighters, over 3,500 US and coalition troops, and 4,000+ Western mercenaries also perished.,* An organization under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.。
当 Sea of Remnants 明年发布时,它将带来一场免费的动作角色扮演体验。玩家既能在各种侠盗风格的回合制任务中驰骋于广阔海面,也能在游戏虚构的“Orbtopia”世界中探索陆地任务。

二 | 随着 2026 年 Gamescom 开幕之夜直播中全新预告片的发布,现在我们可以深入了解这段超过 10 分钟的实机演示。Sea of Remnants 由 Joker Studios 开发,网易游戏(NetEase Games)发行,近期已宣布将于今年 12 月进行封闭测试。在开幕之夜直播前,我们采访了游戏的创意总监 Alfie,请他拆解全新的实机演示,并深入探讨 2027 年游戏正式发售时等待着玩家的秘密。Sea of Remnants 创意总监详解独家实机演示与游戏机制问: 在这段独家实机演示中,有哪些具体的机制或瞬间是玩家最应该关注的?Alfie: 我认为有三个元素特别独特。

三 | 首先是游戏的 Roguelike 结构。通过将 Roguelike 的成长性与回合制战斗及骰子机制相结合,战斗充满了不可预测性和可能性。我们也希望玩家在体验游戏时能关注音乐。我们投入了大量心血,为海上航行、海岛探索、战斗以及许多其他场景创作了独特的音乐氛围。

四 | 最后,玩家每周都可能在 Sea of Remnants 的世界中发现一名新的船员。我们希望在“遗忘航行”(Forgotten Voyage)中的每一次重逢,都像重新找回你的伙伴一样。同时,每增加一名船员都会引入新的团队阵容和组合,使 Roguelike 循环更加丰富,并开启更多可能性。问: 在 Sea of Remnants 中,你认为哪种机制或惊喜会让玩家真正感到措手不及?Alfie: Sea of Remnants 充满了小细节和隐藏的互动,我们希望玩家能亲自去发现。例如,如果你在开放世界的某个地方看到一把不起眼的躺椅,试着坐下来。那一刻,你可能会忘却一切,单纯享受宁静。如果非要选一个真正的惊喜,那就是每周都有机会发现一名新船员。有时我可能希望能找到船员 A,结果却遇到了船员 B。

五 | 这可能会打乱我原本的计划,但也可能开启全新的可能性。问: 海洋与陆地的双重设定对世界观构建意味着什么?Alfie: 创造一个海洋幻想世界无疑是我们最大的挑战之一。这类题材天生带有神秘感,每个人对其样貌都有自己的见解。我们花了很长时间思考如何让我们的游戏脱颖而出,构建一个原创且令人信服的世界,这促使我们开发了详尽的历史和神话体系,以赋予设定深度和内在逻辑。

六 | 例如,我们的岛屿设计得尽可能真实可信,并辅以完整的 24 小时昼夜循环等细节。

七 | 当玩家探索岛屿和城镇时,我们希望他们感觉到这些是真实的、有人居住的地方。

八 | 在这个写实的世界里,他们也会遇到许多奇特而富有想象力的元素;但一切都自然地存在于设定中,并遵循其自身的一致逻辑。问: 游戏以“起航、探索、收集、返回”的节奏运行。Orbtopia 在这个循环中扮演什么角色?Alfie: Orbtopia 在这个循环中起着核心作用。游戏分为两个相互关联的层面:千变万化的海上航行,以及作为这个海洋世界安全港湾的 Orbtopia。

九 | 玩家反复从城市起航,带着冒险所得返回。航行中运回的战利品可以在 Orbtopia 中使用,用于培养船员、升级船只并增强你的整体能力。这种成长让你能航行得更远,克服更困难的挑战,并在未来的航行中带回更丰厚的奖励。问: 配合游戏的回合制战斗,玩家在不同轮次的冒险中需要做出哪些调整?Alfie: 为了支持多样化的流派构筑,我们的战斗系统需要容纳大量的技能和一定程度的随机性。经过广泛的测试和迭代,我们最终选择了回合制战斗,因为它能让我们充分展现游戏 Roguelike 构筑系统的自由度和多样性。我们还将 Roguelike 元素直接整合到了回合制战斗系统中,包括可以赋予角色额外行动机会的骰子机制。这为每次遭遇战增加了不可预测性,同时也为战略决策和不同机制间的互动创造了更多机会。一旦玩家达到一定等级,一些较弱的敌人可以通过简化的实时战斗来击败。这让玩家能将更多精力集中在重要的 Boss 战和探索更广阔的世界。问: 你如何在 Roguelike 元素与长线成长系统之间取得平衡?Alfie: 针对特定航行的构筑在每一轮冒险中提供了更快、更显著的成长感,而 Orbtopia 的进度则奠定了持久的基础。

十 | 在每次航行中,玩家可以通过各种构筑选择来塑造团队,创造强大的组合和协同效应。这些选择多样且灵活,确保了每次航行都带有不确定性。然而,团队在海上的表现也建立在 Orbtopia 中实现的永久性进度之上。如果玩家遇到特别强大的对手,他们可以返回城市强化角色的核心能力,为未来更广阔世界的挑战做好准备。

十一 | Sea of Remnants 创意总监确认游戏将提供自定义功能并适配多种玩法问: 游戏将如何适配不同的玩法风格?Alfie: 玩家可以跟随主线剧情,以稳定的节奏探索我们的主要岛屿。在此过程中,他们将了解角色,发现这个世界的本质,并体验那些让世界显得丰富且真实的细节。或者,玩家也可以开启“遗忘航行”,快速确定下一个目标,直接迎接新挑战。体验游戏的方式有很多种,玩家可以根据当下的心情进行选择。问: 自定义功能的深度如何?Alfie: 我们相信情感纽带是通过反复的航行以及玩家在磨炼和精通每个角色上投入的时间自然产生的。让同一名船员使用不同的职业和构筑,可以产生完全不同的战斗风格。

十二 | 发现这些可能性并使其发挥作用,会让玩家与角色之间产生共同的成就感,同时也加深了玩家对该船员的理解。

十三 | 我们还在继续扩展每个角色的故事和相关内容,让玩家有更多机会在战斗和成长之外,与他们的船员建立持久的联系。问: 玩家在远征期间的决策如何影响叙事和周围的世界?Alfie: 玩家在 Orbtopia 做出的决定会对城市及其居民产生切实的影响。例如,玩家可能会赶走某些人,甚至导致城市陷入衰落。

十四 | 而在海上的 Roguelike 航行中,决策更侧重于玩家如何发展自己的构筑。不同的技能和能力组合会导致截然不同的结果,塑造每次航行的走向。

十五 | 问: 当 Sea of Remnants 明年发布时,你期待玩家会有什么反应?Alfie: 我们的目标是让玩家在游戏中找到快乐和娱乐,同时通过探索发现一个身临其境且真实可信的海洋世界。创造一个感觉真实且令人信服的世界对我们来说一直至关重要。Sea of Remnants 将于 2027 年登陆 Android、iOS、PC、PlayStation 5 和 Xbox Series X/S 平台。
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