"Looking for Heaven": People always have to grow up, and loneliness is always the main tone of life

Once, this Canadian studio infected countless people with a lump of pixels, and the last wish of an old man before his death was to fulfill the promise he made when he was young, "If you can't find me, come to the moon and find me." Johnny and River's love, which began with a romantic moontime encounter in his youth, a promise, became Johnny's obsession in his old age, and this pixel-style narrative game was "To the Moon". Its unique narrative, as well as slow and delicate emotions, has touched countless people and shed tears for it. And as another sequel developed by this team, "In Search of Heaven", tells a very different story, which is the spiritual salvation of a lone traveler, life is always full of incompleteness and regret, but what does it matter? All the good is still waiting for you~

Continuing the pixel style of the previous game

In the game "Finding Paradise", the most direct and classic is the pixel style as always. All the screen content in the game is a pixel-style display, and even, in the plot of the game, we can still see the shadow of the previous game, such as Eva and Neil that appeared at the beginning, which are almost equivalent to the protagonists in "Going to the Moon", and even the classic "old actor" like Squirrel also appears in the sequel "Looking for Paradise".

The most common occurrence of the work "Going to the Moon" is the plot dialogue between piano music and pixel characters, and in "Looking for Paradise", this style is still continued. As soon as the narrative piano song is played, the sad atmosphere is overflowing. On the dialogue of the characters, we can also see the small dialog boxes of the characters that are constantly scrolling and appearing, which have the feeling of many classic RPG games.

Fun and realistic plot

The plot of the game also has a strong point of excavation, especially in the oaths and experiences of the characters themselves, which seem to show a person's life with few strokes. The plot content of the game is not as touching and moving as "To the Moon", each scene is a collection of sadness and sadness. But in the "Looking for Paradise" game, motorcycles and other interesting designs, but let the tone of the whole game, is not so sad.

What is narrated in this game is actually the lonely journey of a lonely person, which has a strong sense of reality. The theme of the game is very simple, although there are ups and downs in life, but in fact, everyone's life should be meaningful. In "To the Moon", we can see two researchers in order to help the protagonist complete his wish and realize his wish to go to the moon, shuttling through his memory, but in the end he still made a certain change. But in The Search for Paradise, we only see that the protagonist, Colin, finally chooses to step out of the past and become a new self.

However, in the design of Finding Paradise, we see a way to unlock fragments of memory, which is very similar to the way the co., LTD games click on stars. Such a design makes the game itself less interesting to operate, which may eventually lead to a decline in the look and feel of the game.

Story: The charm of the combination of sound and text

In fact, when playing "To the Moon", the author has such a question, that is, what is the initial touch? Remember that In Cao Wenxuan's book "Grass House", the word "initial heart" is used to tell the people and things that happened in Yau Ma Tei, and the original heart is to stick to it, but in order to complete other people, the spirit of selfless dedication. In "To the Moon", the initial touch is actually shown in the "going to the moon" commitment that the protagonist Johnny has always forgotten, and it is displayed in the daily fragments of his wife who he is looking for, and his wife is depressed.

In the game "Looking for Paradise", we can see more of the original intention. For example, at the time of his death, Colin is still obsessed with meeting Faye, the girl he has been with for a long time, he is lonely, but he has the same lonely heart, and he has built a girl who does not exist to accompany him, and is undoubtedly happy. But when he suddenly looks back to say goodbye to the past, his kiss and his wife's goodbye overlap with his final farewell in the real world, which makes people can't help but feel a sad mood of tears. The soothing music of this scene seems to have exhausted Colin's voice, just like the feeling of Johnny finally riding on a rocket and slowly flying to the moon in "Going to the Moon". At the storytelling level, both works do a great job.

epilogue

The unforgettable touch of the original heart is the main theme of "Finding Paradise" and "Going to the Moon", and your inadvertent vows may become an indelible mark of your life. And "Looking for Paradise", a sequel with a strong narrative, its mobile version is also tested on Taptap, and I believe it will be released soon, so that everyone can experience this kind of touching thoughts that are difficult to show.

"Are you looking for me?" Old stubborn? ”

"I wish I had time to tell you everything that happened after that."

"It's all right... I've always been there. Just tell me one thing. ”

"Do you have any regrets?"

"Sure, but that's okay anymore."

"Those opportunities I missed, those mistakes I made, and all my unfulfilled wishes..."

"But it's because of this that I have everything I have now."

"That's what I'm expecting, go ahead, they're still waiting for you."

They are still waiting for you, and there are some things that can always accompany you... But some things are destined to accompany you here. The same book, every page is different, this is what it should look like.