Chapter 345: Getaway (Part II)

For a story, especially a fictional story, to be placed in a different cultural background and gain the recognition of other countries and nations, it needs to have a corresponding reflection of reality, or the imprint of the times.

In the whole West, as early as the era of Greek mythology, there were a large number of lonely heroes with strong individualistic colors, relying on their own strength to turn things around and change the trend of the times. Stories like this have always been highly prized in Western culture.

Including the later United States, the history of the United States for more than 200 years itself is a personal heroic history accumulated by countless individual struggles, through the individual to save others or complete self-redemption, the worship of this personal heroism has become the master of various American culture and art, and through their cultural export, spread to the world.

In this context, many superheroes were born there, and the reason why these superheroes are so loved by the local people is that they themselves reflect the corresponding social phenomena and culture. Those superheroes resolutely appeared when people suffered devastating disasters to save the common people and the fire and water, and such fictional stories have unconsciously become the wall bricks of the social form and the construction of national spiritual civilization.

The Hulk, for example, reflects people's thoughts and fears about nuclear energy.

For example, Captain America, this hero was born in 1941, the year the United States entered the war, when the call for anti-fascism in the United States was already very strong, on the cover of his inaugural issue, wearing a red, white and blue star-striped suit, holding a shield? Rogers struck the Führer with an angry iron fist.

The superhero also reflected the society of the time, he confronted the evil German-Italian-Japanese Axis powers, biomorphized the comic book theme to a new level, and also achieved commercial success, making Marvel able to compete with DC from now on.

And then there's the X-Men, who represent a reflection on racism and why species that don't like us are seen as a threat to their own race.

Batman was born in an era of high crime rates, and he tells people that justice is not a cheap item that can be achieved overnight, it requires long-term effort, even if you need to sacrifice a lot of things, even if you don't have superpowers (but you need to have money?). )。

Wonder Woman is the epitome of the women who entered the factory during the war, and the freedom and equality she represents are still the creed of many superheroes and many Americans to this day.

And the rise of these superheroes, and even the entire superhero culture, was born in the 30s of the last century, the most depressed period of the American economy, and this crisis then spread to the entire human society. A large number of unemployed people, starving corpses on the roadside, poverty, hunger, cold, despair...... At that time, people needed a spiritual sustenance to get them through that most difficult time, so superheroes were born, in the context of that era.

These cultural symbols, which eventually became popular, have the meaning of the symbolism behind them, so that they can endure and become classics.

Therefore, when Ye Shenxi initially set up the game story of "Getaway", he told Rao Bin that they wanted to make an ideological core that could be empathized with by players in Europe and the United States, and it would be deeply reflected in the game.

In the end, he put this setting on racism, among the three major races in this world, the human race ushered in the most prosperous era, and the earliest rulers, the demon race and the witch race, have all sunset, no longer in the past, gradually declining.

Neither race has a leader, but a few people remain in the world.

Among the demon clans, the ancestor Nuwa made up for the sky and left, several demon emperors, Emperor Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, various star monarchs, and the great sage of the demon clan who was in charge of Star Dou had already disappeared in successive years of conquest and war.

Pangu, the ancestor of the Wu clan, incarnated into heaven and earth, and later the twelve ancestors were warlike and fell one after another, and several big witches also fought separately and did not seek each other. In the battle of Zhuolu, Chi You was killed, the sister of the ancestor witch Xuanming is also a descendant, and the strongest Jiufeng in the Great Witch has already assassinated the human emperor Zhuan Xuan and broke through the void after missing. The rest of the people are far away from the south and the north to the north, and they do not appear in the world.

With the advent of a new era of great prosperity and the expansion of the rulers of the New World, the aliens had to flee and be displaced.

On the way to escape the Imperial City of Zhuolu, Julio and the dragon bird gradually unravel the truth of this world.

He saw some ancient demon tribes scattered like him, and in order to create such an atmosphere of exile, the planning team deliberately set up a lot of scenes for the players.

In some villages, outside the Imperial City, where the various races are not so integrated, Julio saw the fear and disgust of the people of the two lich clans, and they were full of contempt for these non-self races from their words, and the parents coaxed the children who couldn't sleep to say that if they didn't sleep again, the demon people would come to eat you, and then the children must have heard the name of the demon clan and cried.

The folk began to have the word "youkai", which was originally only a demon clan, but now it has become a monster.

The middle-aged people in the village organized themselves and went into the mountains together to encircle and suppress the monsters, it was just a wounded herring spirit, still young, and had never caused trouble to the mountain people. Many players also smiled when they played here, and sure enough, the dragon set of the Fish Emperor appeared.

Everyone does have an impression of this herring, and she once had a glimpse of it in the promotional video that was first exposed at E3 last year, and she had not yet turned into a human form at that time. Julio's mission is to bypass the crowd and go to the deep pool to report to her.

Finally, the herring thanked the dragon sparrow, and the moment she turned into a human form, the mountain bloomed, and she became a stunning beautiful girl, becoming one of the most beautiful moments in the game, she thanked the dragon bird, and then went up the river along the stream, fleeing to the gathering place of the demon clan.

Of course, even though the players have a strong expectation in their hearts to repay the favor, and may still have a little pink vision, they also know that this is impossible.

Not every beautiful woman who appears on the journey is likely to be the heroine.

The villagers in the mountains often hunt nearby monsters as a way to test their strength, and the young men who successfully cut off the heads of the monsters are their great honor.

The portrayal of these small plots makes Julio more and more sympathetic and sympathetic to the fate of this race.

But the herring fish network does not completely divide good and evil in this way, Julio sees a lot of good monsters, but there are also some that do evil.

Because compared to humans, the demon race is born with energy far beyond them, so they themselves have a fear from the heart, which is the fear of unknown inhuman abilities that they cannot control.

Many monsters have gone crazy, and it is indeed a disaster for the common people, causing disasters to the world, stealing the livestock that people keep in captivity is just a trivial matter, and some mountain leaders and reckless people attack criminals at night, or kill people in the water, cannibalistic spirits, and the villages that are tormented by some powerful monsters are also miserable. Some of them sought help from the military, while others had to flee their homeland.

Because this is the case in the world, the contradictions and conflicts between different races cannot be eliminated by simply running in, because each race is scattered on this land, and there are many of them, and a few contradictions may brew conflicts between races at the beginning.

There is a conflict of interests, a game of survival, an instinctive struggle, but there is no absolute good or evil.

During this journey, Julio, like other players, felt this deeply, and some decisions had to be made by the players themselves.

But in any case, he has been on the run in a kind of fugitive tone, and then participated in this world.

He saw cute demons, good people, but also fierce demons and evil people.

In the hidden hideouts of some demon clans, in the inaccessible mountain cols, the little monsters enjoy a rare peace.

In some cities, he also saw people working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Based on the NPC system of the game itself, the main NPCs have their own rhythm of life, some like to drink, and will go to wine shops and restaurants at night. Some of them are idle, wandering the streets when they have nothing to do, and they will also target some fat sheep and steal something. Of course, most people go back to their houses at night, and the city is quiet in the middle of the night, except for the patrolling guards who pass by every once in a while.

The plot of the game is not only to find the ancient demon clansmen who are in the world, but also the power struggle in the human world, as well as the legends of the ancient gods buried in it, and the prophecy that they are about to awaken.

After the contradiction with the alien race was no longer the main contradiction in society, various divisions also appeared within the human race. The leaders of the various human tribes, in Julio's opinion, should be lords and the like, and they also have their own demands.

In order to compete for rich land and wealth, the human world is not at peace, and the dragon sparrow also needs to make its own choices and choose the side to help among the many forces.

There are also prophecies circulating in the world, the immeasurable calamity is about to come again, the ancient gods are about to awaken, ushering in another war that shatters the heavens and the earth, and then the world will return to chaos, back to the nothingness before the ancestor Pangu broke the heavens and the earth.

These plot lines have a profound impact on the people who live in them, as well as the protagonists.

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During this journey, Julio and the dragon sparrow travel between mountains and rivers, and the in-game scenery is one of its deadly killer features, and even one of the first to be announced.

He had traversed the scorching Gobi and desert, his feet on the dry riverbed, and when the wind blew, in addition to the dead branches that swayed in the wind, the sand waves on the dunes were cascading like ocean waves. He also found an oasis in the desert, and in the midst of the withered yellow, a touch of life appeared, and that inner flutter made Julio unforgettable.

There, when a certain night came, he also encountered a sandstorm, the wind rolled up the sand and dust whistling in his ears, and when he couldn't see anything ten meters in front of him, the dragon bird also continued to lose blood in the wind and sand, and when he was almost about to die, fortunately he struggled to find the right direction against the wind and sand, and staggered out of the sand, and when he saw the moon again, the palpitations for the rest of his life after the catastrophe were also a rare life experience.

The river in the middle of the canyon drifted down with a small boat, and on both sides of the cliffs seemed to be hanging coffins in addition to crisp vegetation. He was tempted to climb up and find out, but by this time he had learned to fly short distances, but his stamina could not support him to climb that high. Moreover, he also needs to nervously operate the direction of the bamboo raft, otherwise if he encounters the protruding stones in the turbulent river, it will be the end of the boat destruction and death, which makes people breathless drag racing gameplay, so that he doesn't even have time to hear the uncontrollable ape sound on both sides of the strait.

During a mission, he also went to the top of Mount Emei, and after waiting at the top of the mountain for a while, he ushered in the sunrise of the Golden Summit.

At first, it was just a glimmer of light in the thick clouds in the east, he stood on the top of the mountain, under his feet was the rolling sea of clouds, which spread to the farthest point of sight, but it seemed that in a certain sudden moment, the golden light of the east bloomed, and a round of golden round sun floated from under the sea of clouds, and then pierced through the clouds, and in an instant, the Buddha's light shone.

The top of the mountain, the buildings, the plants, the surface, and himself, as if all the time, all living beings were bathed in such a hot light at this moment. Julio felt that this moment was so beautiful that he wanted to cry.

Especially damn it, the herring fish network also added BGM at this time...... This in itself should be a scene with its own BGM, especially the female aria of the Holy Spirit. In that aria, Julio even felt that his heart had been baptized.

At that time, he finally put down the controller for a while, and then quickly ran to the computer to open the web page and enter the game forum, he wanted to see if anyone was like him, deeply shocked by this moment. He couldn't find the words to describe such a moment, forgive him for being just an 18-year-old guy who didn't have that much life experience, but he wanted to see what others said and how he would feel.

He opened the GameFAQs, a forum where Getaway had climbed to the third place among popular games, and it had only been on the market for less than a week, and the number of people involved in the discussion had reached a terrifying level. This popular game is not just about the number of people who own the game and complete the game, but also about the places that touch them in the process of experiencing it, so that they are willing to come here and share those experiences and feelings.

At this time, ahead of Getaway were Grand Theft Auto 4 released in '08 and The Elder Scrolls 4 in '06......

The latter, in particular, does have a lot to discuss...... Four years later, there are still various mods that continue to emerge......

Sure enough, among the most popular topics in the discussion section of "Getaway", Julio found an article "those wonderful scenery in the game", Julio couldn't wait to click in, and when he opened the post, he repaid more respect than ever in the heart of the programmer who invented the forum to upload pictures.

This post is a bit of a test of internet speed, but fortunately his bandwidth is passable.

The scenes that he had experienced in the game, that left a deep impression, and that he had not had time to set foot in were refreshed in front of his eyes one by one.

Too many players are progressing much faster than him.

And their screenshot skills also make Julio unmatched, and there is nothing to say except admiration.

Behind the images uploaded by the players are countless messages from players praising Fisoa as a company and Pasca as a producer for bringing to them beautiful landscapes that they never imagined in their dreams.

Julio found the sunrise of the golden dome that made him tremble with excitement, and the player who posted it used several images to show the moving moment when the sky went from darkness to dawn. There is no doubt about the speed of the players' hands, of course, the ability to grasp the time, maybe the other party has also repeatedly intercepted the picture several times, only to save these few photos that he is most satisfied with, regardless of composition, angle, and timing.

"Pasca has revealed that Fisoa's employees have traveled to various parts of China to shoot and then restore it to the game, is this really a real scenery in China?"

"You can Google it, it's there, it's so beautiful, we see some pictures, if you don't really care that there are a lot of other people around you watching that moment."

"I think I should go to China, I have a feeling that the place is calling me, and of course, that will have to be after I beat Getaway and then start planning my trip."

"Are you serious? Where are you from, and I'm thinking about whether to go with a group? ”

"That's great, let's go to China together, every scene in the game, we have to find the provenance, and then go and see for ourselves."