Death and rebirth

《 Elves and firefly will ( Ori and the Will of the Wisps ) 》It is a horizontal action game produced by Moon Studios under Microsoft Xbox Games and distributed by Microsoft. It was officially launched on March 12, 2020 after several ticket skipping. Moon Studios released the first generation of the series in 2015:《 Elves and Forest ( Ori and the Blind Forest ) 》, has not only achieved good reputation and commercial achievements, but also made this little studio rank among the forefront of the game industry. This work is the continuation and new beginning of the adventure story of the elf "Ori" after five years.

As a 2D style horizontal action game, unlike most people's imagination, Ori has made great efforts in art. Its style is not a simple pixel block, but a 3D rendering of 2D. Galaxy like Demon City ^one The way of playing is also very enjoyable when you want to smash the keyboard; The impact music also adds a sense of substitution to the game, making people linger. But the most fascinating thing is the story of the game.

In the story of Spirit and Forest ^two At the end of the day, Naru rushed to the sea of fire and picked up Oli, awakening the irrational sunspot. At this time, the mountain fire had spread to the nest of sunspot, and there was the last bird egg that had not yet hatched in the nest. In order to save the child's life, sunspot grabbed Saian and flew to the spirit tree. At the moment when Saian returned to the spirit tree, the spirit tree sent out a strong light to extinguish the mountain fire, but the sunspot also died because of the strong light. I think it's too sudden for sunspot to sacrifice his life to save the whole forest. Because I played Spirit and Firefly Will first, and then I played Spirit and Forest. On the premise that the plot of the sequel is preconceived, this plot is somewhat puzzling.

In The Spirit and the Will of the Firefly, the owl Shrek, as a villain, is also a tragic figure. Because his parents were petrified at birth, he was also affected and became somewhat different from other owls. In the story background CG appearing during the game, the player is always reminded of the story about Shrek's life experience. Whether Shrek wanted to approach an ordinary owl when he was young and was blocked by an adult owl, or he was displaced due to lack of family and went to the dark depths of the forest alone, these are the reasons why Shrek is not close to other animals.

However, Shrek's Boss image is not so deep-rooted. Unlike sunspot, Shrek has a clear intention to stop Ori. Shrek only attacks Ori because Ori has entered his territory. Even in the final battle, the difficulty is far less than that of the fleeing sand worms ^three It can be said that Shrek is not an important Boss at all, but rather a "tool bird" that guides the development of the plot.

It is often said that "hateful people must have pity", and we will sneer at evil people, usually because they are self inflicted. However, in reality, the so-called "evil people" have a human side, and games are no exception. The defeated Shrek did not choose to embrace the light, or continue to move towards darkness. From Shrek, he stumbled to the ground, fell down, stood up, walked to the petrified statue, and finally leaned in the arms of his parents with satisfaction. In the meantime, with the music of deep vicissitudes, Shrek's tragic life was brought to the climax. The last scene of Shrek brings a tear inducing effect no less than the self sacrifice of sunspot.

In general, The Spirit and the Will of the Firefly weakens the image of Shrek's Boss and deepens its background and background. Compared with sunspot, the game is merciless everywhere, but at the last moment of self sacrifice, it "washes white". Although it raises the theme and artistic conception of the game to a higher level, it is something I can't accept. With many transitions, this section can be more magnificent.

The other is the "sacrifice" of Ollie. In order to save people, Seir hopes that Ori can become a new spiritual tree. So Orry chose to sacrifice himself. A lot of people can't accept this paragraph. They think that this is the part of the sequel that is not as good as the previous one. In fact, it is not. According to my personal understanding, the theme of the previous work is "maternal love", and the theme of the follow-up work is "inheritance". At the beginning of playing the game, Ku's birth means that the dead sunspots have been inherited. Moreover, with the deepening of the game, Ori has gained new skills from the remains of spiritual trees, which also means inheritance. Therefore, Ori turns into a spiritual tree, which means returning to the root, rather than simply dying.

It's just that it's all too sudden. I thought I could happily eat hot pot and sing when I finished the task. Suddenly, I told you, "The old era has passed, and the new era will be opened by you. I need to give up your life to save everyone in the world." Emotion The tasks I worked hard to do before were all digging a hole for myself, and when I finally jumped in and buried the game, it was over? It is impossible for anyone to accept the plot on the spot.

I was not able to accept this outcome, but in the end, Ori grew into a bigger spirit tree. When the picture turned, another leaf fell from the spirit tree, which seemed to mean that there would be new adventures. However, Naru and Gumo are all old one after another. They are the last remaining clansmen. Who will find the second generation of Ori? Still, this is just to say that "the story of Ori will continue, but we will not do this series again". Then the ending of the story seems a bit BE.

Despite the lack of plot, and whether or not there will be sequels in the future, "Spirit and the Forest" and "Spirit and the Will of the Firefly" are worthy of taking some time to experience some games. The horizontal version of the game has a picture like that of Ori, and the soundtrack is rare (maybe I play too few games). Just listening to music is OK, and video cloud clearance is also a good choice ^four 。 Both works were sold on Steam, and "Spirit and Forest" also landed on Nintendo Switch. I believe that after you play, you should have different thoughts from me.

Author: mikusa

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