Chapter 70 An in-depth exploration of "Darkest Dungeon"
For the entire Yanguo game circle, the biggest thing in April was that Ori won four awards in TGA, including the gold award for the best game of the year.
For a time, self-media people in all major game areas on the entire network were reporting on this matter, and it received a lot of attention.
However, Ori is already a very popular game after all, and the news value contained in it was almost all explored a few months ago.
But this does not mean that Ori's popularity is not easy to catch up with.
After all, Chuxin Game Studio’s new work “Darkest Dungeon”, which will be released on July 1st, is still a virgin territory that not many people have explored.
For a time, many self-media people in the game circle began to spontaneously dig up all the information related to "Dark Dungeon".
Among them, the first promotional video released by Dark Dungeon has been deeply studied by many people who eat this food.
However, due to the fact that the initial information provided is too little, everyone can only try to analyze it based on the elements that already exist in the promotional video, 70% by guessing and 30% by editing.
Not to mention, some ups who specialize in the field have discovered some useful things.
"Second blood bar?" Unique pressure system! 》
"I'm so excited! I never expected that a domestic game manufacturer would come into contact with the Cthulhu Mythos and intuitively reflect its core spirit through games!
To be honest, this makes me, an up owner who likes the Cthulhu Mythology and is always popularizing this niche culture with domestic audiences, feel a sincere joy in my heart.
Maybe some people saw Chuxin's first set of promotional videos released on April 1, except for the second status that appeared under the bright red character's health bar, and were confused about it.
But as long as you are a friend who really has a certain understanding of the Cthulhu mythology, you will be able to easily tell that this second state represents human beings' rationality.
In some foreign group board games, this kind of rationality is usually described as ‘san’.
The core of the Cthulhu mythology is the insignificance of human beings.
The universe is unknown, reality is false, the truth is often hidden under the appearance of peace, the truth is often dark, cruel, and despairing. The greatest happiness is ignorance, and the greatest fear is the unknown!
When human beings face the cruel truth and the terrifying existence called Cthulhu, they will lose all their rationality and the whole person will fall into endless madness.
But even in such a desperate world, there are still creatures called investigators. Relying on human courage and human will, the universe will finally see the power of human beings!
The hymn of mankind is the hymn of courage!
In the promotional video, we can clearly see that when human reason reaches a critical point, he may fall into endless madness, or he may bloom into a hymn of courage!
Law always really understands the Cthulhu Mythos, and he is not pessimistic!
Being able to convert these relatively metaphysical text settings into easy-to-understand game mechanisms, Mr. Luo's innovative ability is unmatched!
"Darkest Dungeon" is a must-buy! ”
"How do London College of Fashion college students look at the costumes of characters in Darkest Dungeon"
"To say that the most discussed game in the entire gaming circle is none other than "Darkest Dungeon", which will be launched on July 1st by Chuxin Game Studio.
I am also a loyal fan of Ori, so of course I can’t let go of my new work, I must give it a try!
And when I saw the promotional video, the moment the player controlled the character's clothes, my professionalism told me that the original intention was to put a lot of effort into the character design. From the picture we can see that this knight in armor has a large cross pattern on his chest. People who don’t know Western history may not know that this is a famous historical event that first occurred in the 11th century AD. The cross The army marches eastward!
After carefully browsing the books in the library of the London College of Fashion, and comparing the appearance and pattern design of this armor, I finally concluded that the background of this knight should come from the First Crusade. and the Second Crusade.
And this brings up a problem.
Let’s look at the next character, a doctor with a strange beak mask.
The beak mask originated in 1619, when a French doctor invented this device to combat the Black Death that ravaged Europe.
It was often made of silver, with herbs stuffed into the hollow part to filter the air.
Why would a Crusader knight whose background clearly existed between the eleventh and twelfth centuries actually form a team with a beaked doctor who appeared at least in the seventeenth century and explore the dungeon together?
Is this an oversight by the production team?
Even though Chuxin’s art this time seems crude, from the places I circled in the picture you can see that there are not many things that should be there!
Under Chu Xin's almost perverted control over the details of the clothes worn by the characters, it is obviously impossible to violate such obvious errors and omissions in the era.
Therefore, this is obviously the original intention.
The background of the story obviously does not take place in a specific era, but is instead an imaginary background.
Combined with the special description of the universe, time and space in the Cthulhu Mythos, it is not difficult for us to see the profound story behind this..."
The comment area has obviously gained more inspiration from these up analyses.
[Walking to the bottom of the water: "up's analysis is really good, and the popular science in many places is also very detailed.
Whether it’s the Cthulhu mythology, the medieval setting, the meeting of characters across eras, or the unheard-of new game mechanics shown in the current promotional video.
We can see that the initial ambition this time is not small.
From the birth of a new inspiration to the test of the market, this is a risky move. Although I would rather see the birth of Ori 2, trying "Darkest Dungeon" is also a good decision for me. ”]
[Yoko my wife: "Although the market is very disappointed that Ori 2 has not become the next work of the original intention, but with all due respect, even if Luo Zong is the author of Ori, it will be difficult for him to take another step forward and become A generation beyond Ori 2 is released
Under such a perfect situation in Ori, it is completely understandable for Mr. Luo to choose a new track. ”]
But no matter what, "Darkest Dungeon" has completed its preliminary warm-up in China because of Ori's award.
Also on May 1, 2031, Luo Bai, who had already returned to China, released the second promotional video of the game after taking an overview of the current development progress of "Dark Dungeon".
Revealed more information about the game.
(End of chapter)