Chapter 40: Brother-in-law
Afternoon.
Du Gang is still worried about today's report.
As a special service team leader, he is tasked with investigating the mysterious game of Dark Sands.
As long as there is progress in the investigation, a new report is submitted to the higher authorities on a daily basis.
After clearing the Assassin's Trial, he has written down the entire process of clearing the trial in detail, and has made some analysis of the game "Dark Sand" and this mysterious company.
It's just that that's not enough.
I originally thought that the player who became the first player to clear the Assassin Trial would definitely be able to connect with the official, but I didn't expect that this official was quite cold, and there was no contact except for sending him a message.
Du Gang also tried to reply to this message, trying to contact the game's customer service, but did not get a response at all.
I had no choice but to think of another way to continue the investigation.
I woke up this morning and glanced at the official website of Dark Sand, and found that all four trial copies had been breached. It stands to reason that today's report has been settled.
As long as you analyze the situation of these four copies and come up with some ideas, you should be able to make a difference.
But after all, Du Gang is older than the average player, and his professional knowledge in history and other aspects is not very good, so he racked his brains for a morning, but he still didn't have a clue and couldn't think of any new angles.
"I'd rather run ten field trips than write a report, hey, a headache!
"If only someone could write this for me."
Du Gang smoked a cigarette, and a sad expression appeared on his face.
He has the most headache to write a report, if it is a usual report, it is handed over to a special pen in the group to complete, and he can slip away.
There's no way, I'm really not good at it, just like when I was in school, some students wrote a few hundred words essay as if it was playing, and some students had to collapse word by word.
But this time, it won't work, and I can't hand it over to the special pen in the group, because he is the only one who has obtained the qualification for the closed beta of the game "Dark Sand".
The rest of the people don't know what he's been through in the game, so how do you write this report?
So he had to come in person.
I didn't gain anything after holding it for a long time, and I have written all the previous reports that can be written in the assassin's trial, and I really can't think of anything new today.
I had to open the official website to see the discussion of players and find inspiration.
Flipping through it, Du Gang's eyes lit up.
Because he saw that Chu Ge, who had cleared the scribe dungeon and had published the most strategies so far, posted a new post again!
And the title of this post is full of dry goods at first glance.
"Briefly talk about the overlooked details of the four novice trial copies of "Dark Sand", and by the way, analyze the cultural connotation of this game."
Du Gang felt like he was in a long drought, wasn't this exactly what he needed?
Hurry up and click on the post to view it.
Although the scribe's copy was only completely conquered last night, before that, Chu Ge, as the person who made the fastest progress in the scribe's copy, had also posted some strategy posts on the Internet.
It's just that the content of those strategy posts is relatively simple, or condensed, and they are all text-only information.
But this time it's different, Chu Ge posted a video!
The official just opened a forum on the official website, and opened the video function, which happened to be used by Chu Ge.
There are not many comments yet, but every time you refresh it, you can see that the number of comments is growing rapidly, which shows that the video is still hot, and there is a lot of potential for follow-up explosions.
Du Gang immediately clicked into the video to view.
……
The materials used in the video are all clearance videos of the four trial copies released by the official.
It can be seen that Chu Ge's editing level is not very good, but according to the content of his video, he symbolically edited some of the corresponding copies, which is not so particular.
But that's enough.
The significance of this video is mainly in what Chu Ge said, not in the picture.
"Hello everyone, I am the first player to clear the scribe dungeon, Chu Ge, today's video is mainly based on some of my experience in the Scribe dungeon, and analyze the details of the game "Dark Sand" that many people have not noticed.
"You can not only see this video as a guide to the game, but also as an appreciation and evaluation of the game, and better understand the difference between the game and other games.
"Without further ado, I'm going to explain the differences between these four identities in the order of Assassin, Ranger, Scribe, and Warrior, as well as the details in the Trials dungeon.
"First of all, the Assassin dungeon.
"When most players first enter this game, the first thing they experience is the Assassin Dungeon.
"In my opinion, the Assassin Dungeon is the most representative of the game Dark Sands, because it clearly points out the three difficulty directions of the game: knowledge, combat power, and role-playing ability, which is what we often call acting.
"Compared to other quests, the Assassin quest has the most comprehensive requirements. The Warrior dungeon mainly requires combat power, and requires some additional knowledge; The scribe copy mainly requires knowledge, with some additional acting skills; The Ranger dungeon is almost exclusively about combat power.
"The assassin dungeon is indispensable for all three, and if there is a shortcoming in any aspect, it cannot be cleared.
"That's the biggest difference between Dark Sand and other games: its difficulty comes from three dimensions, so it's really too difficult for players who are just starting out.
"But after clearing the level, I think Dark Sand is a game that really takes the concept of 'role-playing' to the extreme.
"The rules of other RPGs are obviously too lax, and it doesn't matter if you run around in the game or do irrelevant things, but not in Dark Sand, if you do the slightest thing that doesn't fit the character, you will be suspected by the NPCs in the dungeon and lead to failure.
"Of course, that's not to say that the game doesn't have a lot of freedom, as long as you do something that fits your character, you can do things that you didn't think about before and turn the situation around.
"This kind of real role-playing, even more real than on the set of a movie!
"So, Assassin's Trials is a guide, reminding us that in order to beat this game, you need at least two of the three: combat power, knowledge, and acting skills. One is outstanding, the other is improvised, and the last one is made up with natural skills, so that you can play.
"Let's talk about the Ranger dungeon.
"The difference between the Ranger quest and the Assassin quest is that this is a quest that almost only requires combat ability. Even after watching the clearance video of the Ranger Dungeon, many players will feel that the painting style of this dungeon is significantly different from the other three dungeons.
"After all, the other three copies have corresponding historical events, and the Ranger dungeon doesn't know who the protagonist is at all, and the name 'Xue Tianba' can't be searched at all.
"I think this is explained in terms of the positioning of four different identities.
"Ranger and assassin, in fact, in the Yan and Chu dynasties and earlier, it is difficult to distinguish between them. At the same time, the rangers often break the law, or become poor because of righteousness and wealth, so it is very common to rely on some powerful people to become doormen. And these powerful people often order them to assassinate political opponents, so most of the famous assassins in history have the experience of being rangers and doormen.
But in Dark Sands, the distinction between assassins and rangers as two completely different professions reinforces their connotations.
"It can be seen from the exclusive talent skills that the characteristics of assassins are to assassinate those key people who occupy high positions but are very harmful, and they need to be carefully prepared before assassination, and they are unscrupulous and only for success; The characteristics of the ranger are to act for the sky, and most of the kills are gentry and strong, and after killing, they will also aim to retreat with their whole body.
"The most important thing is that the definition of the identity of a ranger in "Dark Sand" has been different from the definition in history.
"We all know that there is a saying called 'chivalry is forbidden by martial arts', the most famous ranger in the Great Chu period is called Zhou Jie, who is not handsome, five short figures, vicious, and has a bad temper. Other things, including hiding fugitives, making fake money, digging up other people's ancestral graves, and so on, are the same.
Later, his fame grew, and there were more and more younger brothers, so he began to whitewash himself, showing that he could repay his grievances with virtue and show his bearing, but in fact, this was all a performance. Someone reported his illegal behavior to the government, and as a result, he beat the complainant to death directly at the entrance of the yamen.
"In short, he was executed by the emperor in the end and beheaded all over the house, but such a person can be said to be a proper underworld, and it is a very bad kind, but he is the most famous ranger in the Great Chu Dynasty, which is obviously not in line with the interpretation of the identity of 'ranger' in the game "Dark Sand", nor does it conform to the public's first impression of the identity of 'ranger'.
And in the Ranger Trial of "Dark Sand", a ranger image that is more in line with the public's imagination is proposed.
"Let's think about it carefully, who is Xue Tianba? He is a bully and a hero, but in fact, he is closer to the historical 'ranger' image of Zhou Jie.
"Xue Tianba, a person with a solid family background and has practiced martial arts since childhood, the first time he encounters a player, he will also fight with the player with his bare hands in a fake manner, and he does not immediately copy the guy or call someone, which is enough to see that he has some 'chivalrous spirit'.
"However, he oppressed the good, did all the evil things, and harmed one party, which is enough to see that the kind of 'chivalrous spirit' he thinks is, in fact, it should be a very low-level righteousness.
On the other hand, the ranger played by the player, risking his life to kill Xue Tianba, is not for fame or profit, and this matter has not even been seen in the annals of history.
"It's purely for the sake of heaven and the injustice of the world. When the government and the laws of ancient times could not uphold justice, there must be rangers who will stand up for justice.
"And this process is very dangerous. Xue Tianba is strong, has strong martial arts, and has many family members and thugs under him. But even so, the ranger played by the player still kills him and retires.
"This is 'show the king today, who has injustice', this is 'kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles'!
"Therefore, the deep meaning of the Ranger copy is: Do you want to be a fake Ranger like Xue Tianba, or a real Ranger like the protagonist? When you can risk your life to complete an almost impossible task and seek justice for the poor and weak people without gaining any fame or fortune, you can be regarded as a true ranger! ”