The other day, Hand Tan Ji was swept away by the promotional video of a domestic game.
The most amazing thing about this game is that its story takes place in "the United States after being colonized by Japanese culture", and the name of the game is "Showa Rice Story".
But anyone with historical knowledge will know where Japan is in the real world of Japan-U.S. relations.
So Ji must first make it clear that the expression of the game is a way of "historical overhead". If Ji You is still relatively young, it can be directly understood that this is false, and the real history is not like this.
However, if you know the real history, you may be able to appreciate the fun of this game.
The official background of the game is described like this:
In 1966, Japan, with its strong economic strength,
Bought most of the United States.
Surging waves of immigration,
Japanese culture was "planted" on the American continent.
The United States, which once played an important role on the world stage,
It has been completely reduced to a "colony" of Japan's economy and culture.
Two different cultures have rapidly merged under the tide of the times,
Although contradictions and conflicts are often staged, over time,
People gradually adapt to life they never imagined.
However, a catastrophe of unknown cause changed the world forever.
Zombies and monsters that have only been seen in movies appear in large numbers,
Destroyed the original social order.
So first of all, Showa is the Japanese era name, but Showa has a total of 64 years, and in reality there is no Showa 66 years at all. Then, at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, there was indeed a wave of Japanese immigration from Japan to the United States, but the Japanese who were in the United States at that time were also excluded and discriminated against, which was considered to be the "yellow peril", which can be said to be the complete opposite of the game introduction.
In addition, according to the producers, the time of the game is actually "the 1980s and 1990s", paying tribute to the popular culture of the time, China experienced reform and opening up in the 80s, fresh culture influx, and at that time, Japan was experiencing the bubble economy era of "selling Tokyo can buy the United States", and Japanese pop culture also experienced a short-term glory in the world.
"U.S. country" is not a consonant of the United States, it is called American in Japanese, so it is not too much to call "the story of the Japanese conquest of the United States written by Chinese" as "the story of the Japanese conquest of the United States."
The game PV uses the 1991 pop song "それが事" (the most important thing) as the background music, it can be said that it is quite appropriate, this song is more well known to the Chinese people is the Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music "Red Sun", the 80s and 90s is also the hong Kong and Taiwan pop culture swept the mainland, but this game seems to be completely unnoticed, the reason, everyone knows.
The melodious songs are accompanied by a magical and imaginative cultural fusion, and the American landmarks in the game are given the shadow of Japanese culture, such as the billboard posted on the Statue of Liberty on the upper floor of the American apartment, which is actually dressed in a kimono.
On San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge, there are huge Japanese lanterns hanging. The ubiquitous images of gods and torii gates all give people a sense of dislocation: Is this Japan or the United States?
Replacing Hollywood is the huge sign of "New Yokohama", I don't know what kind of film will be made?
In addition, in the foreign version of the PV, there is also an additional swimming pool that is "said to be very familiar", and Tematohime does not understand what terrier, and I heard that it is used to shoot movies.
The game type is RPG, the main gameplay seems to be a sudden zombie fight, the introduction is full of all kinds of B-grade film colors, underworld plus zombies plus American highway, it seems to be able to produce strange chemical reactions.
In the interview made by the nomad starry sky, you can see the producer's love for B-grade films, and the game PV is mixed with a large number of blood plasma that is unfamiliar to domestic players, which makes people happily pat their thighs: it should be splashed out like this!
as well as animated and comic elements.
The zombies who bowed at the opening of the domestic PV at 90 degrees have brought the stereotype of Smith Marseille to the extreme.
The developer of "Showa Rice Story" is the "Suzuku Game" located in Wuhan, they previously developed a horror puzzle game called "DYING", "Showa Rice Story" from the project to the present has gone through more than 5 years, reaching the current level of PV, worth encouraging.
Although from the real screen of the game, the game's sense of blow and battle screen seem to be a little stiff, but at present only released a PV, I believe it will be more optimized.
For this PV, even extranet netizens have given a very high evaluation:
"This PV alone is pretty perfect."
"Great creativity and ideas, it's art!"
"To tell the Chinese story well, it is not necessary to tell the Chinese story well."
However, can such a game be easily played in China? The answer is likely to be no, although the producers said that they would make some adjustments to the game content to adapt to a specific region, not to mention the version number, whether the revised version can still show the characteristics of those B-grade films, Tate Tanji is skeptical.
So in a way, the existence of this game is an "art".
In any case, Ji sincerely hopes that this game can have good sales in the world, adding a confidence to the sea of domestic games.
Good night.