Almighty Game Designer (Almighty Video Game Designer) - Chapter 1062

Many people understand when they are halfway through, and the story of The Curse of Blood is a subject of Cthulhu mythology.

As the same type of game of “Dark Soul”, the innovations made by “Blood Curse” in combat system and level design are not the biggest highlights of the game. If there is a bright spot, it is probably to encourage players to attack and let the game Become more “squeaky”, creating a more aggressive fighting style than “The Soul of Darkness.”

The biggest highlight of The Curse of Blood is its unique worldview architecture, which is inspired by the Cthulhu mythology system.

In fact, “Blood Curse” is indeed regarded as one of the best Cthulhu mythological games.

So, what is the Cthulhu myth?

In short, the Cthulhu mythology represents an “unspeakable fear of the unknown.”

However, this fear is not static, but a progressive experience with causes, passages, results, and completeness.

That is to say, due to the nature of human beings, constantly exploring the unknown, constantly recognizing the true meaning of the world beyond its own understanding, thus triggering a feeling of loneliness, despair, powerlessness and embarrassment.

The Cthulhu mythology is undoubtedly very successful, and it is widely used in film, games and novels.

In fact, the Cthulhu mythology should not be rigidly set, nor is it the story of all the similar subjects to use the names of ancient gods such as “Csulu” and arrange them for them.

The whole world view like “The Curse of Blood” and the ancient gods in it all reflect the myth of Cthulhu, but it has strong originality and does not affect it as one of the best works of Cthulhu.

The myth of Cthulhu believes that human ability is limited, people can’t see the truth of this world, and the understanding of the world and the universe is in a very superficial stage.

Human beings are like an unknown island living in the dark ocean. The ocean is like a universe. Human beings should not sail too far and explore too deeply, otherwise it will lead to a disaster.

The story of “The Curse of Blood Source” is such a standard Cthulhu myth.

In Yanan, there are human beings and powerful ancient gods. Human beings can’t see the ancient gods, and they can’t understand the existence of the ancient gods, and they can’t understand the level of thinking and vision of the ancient gods.

When the players don’t have enough vision, they can’t see the ancient **** of Amithara. They only see the vortex in the air, and they will die when they are caught.

However, the Nan Nan people discovered the ancient tomb, and curiosity began to drive them to explore and continue to penetrate the field of the ancient gods, to find the soul and to get the truth of the world.

Because human beings and ancient gods are not creatures of the same dimension at all, and the way of thinking and the way of life are completely different, it is impossible for human beings to resist the ancient gods, and forcing knowledge beyond the scope of human cognition will make them crazy.

Master William, Lawrence and Miklas are all exploring the way of the ancient gods in their own way, but this has brought a devastating disaster to Ya Nan, whether it is brain fluid experiment, animal disease or red moon ceremony. A disaster caused by forcing the ability or knowledge to transcend human limits.

The final ending of “The Curse of Blood” is meaningful.

The first ending on behalf of the player gave up the search for the truth, chose “stupid people have stupid blessings”, continue to live as a human being in the world, no longer seek to explore the knowledge of the ancient gods.

The third ending means that the player is still firmly moving forward. Even after encountering so many tragic things, he still has to understand the truth behind the world, defeat the powerful ancient gods, and then let himself evolve into a superior, even Do not hesitate to abandon the human form.

And this can be seen as the unique thinking of the “cursive of blood source” on the myth of Cthulhu.

Some people may think that the meaning of the Cthulhu mythology? Isn’t it a deliberate fabrication of some disgusting creatures as “God”? Isn’t it deliberately demeaning human ability, even seeing the ancient gods going crazy? What is the meaning of this “fear of the unknown” created by the arbitrarily created and forcibly created?

The significance of Cthulhu mythology lies in subversion and reflection.

It subverts the image of God. The so-called God does not grow like a human being. God does not necessarily love its creation. God may be completely beyond the scope of human understanding, such as countless eyeballs and disgusting tentacles.

It is meaningless to speculate on the image of God with human aesthetics. Since it is a “god”, it should be a living body that transcends the higher dimension of human beings in terms of thought and existence. What kind of life forms are there? Not surprisingly.

It subverts the type of terror. It is not simply bloody, nor is it simply scary with monsters, but creates an unknown feeling. The more you explore, the deeper the fear of the unknown, and even the endless exploration will produce a kind of despair. This unique horror is unprecedented.

It subverts the concept of good and evil and mainstream thought. In the description of many other subjects, good is good, evil is evil, angel is a handsome man with wings, and the devil is a bad guy with a horn.

But in the myth of Cthulhu, the ancient gods did not have much hostility to human beings. They viewed human beings, just as human beings looked at ants.

The ancient gods slaughtered humans, just as humans stepped on a lot of ants, humans would not guilty because they stepped on ants, and the ancient gods would not be saddened by killing humans.

That is to say, in the face of the ancient gods, the existing three views are completely subverted. The ancient gods are a special existence that transcends human beings. Their logical thinking and emotional ethics have nothing in common with human beings.

All kinds of subversions have made the Cthulhu mythology a very distinctive type, which is quite different from those of the mainstream world view.

The Cthulhu mythology is also a reflection. Human beings are more aware of their own smallness in the process of constantly exploring the universe. The more knowledge they know, the more they can feel the limits of human beings.

For example, this sentence: “The real mystery is not why the world exists, but the world.”

Of course, the charm of Cthulhu is inexpressible, its fear can only be realized, just like being in the dark, the more illusory, the more terrible.

When the Cthulhu mythology was combined with the hard play of Dark Soul, a new product was born, that is, the Curse of Blood.

This makes the Blood Curse a completely different trait from the Dark Soul in the construction of the world view.

The first fire will be turned into a hunter trapped in an eternal nightmare.

The king of the fire has become an unknowable and powerful ancient god.

The endless journey of fire has turned into killing the ancient gods and replacing them.

It looks a bit similar, but it turns into two completely different stories.