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Pixel masterpiece! Stories underground! "Under the Legend"

author:Mianxi

In a 2015 game called "Under the Legend", players can choose to fight, can also choose to be friends with monster bosses, and through different game choices can get a number of different endings, the game since its release in September 2015, in three months of sales of more than 530,000 sales, now close to 900,000 units, for developers to bring at least $5 million in revenue. Maybe this number is not amazing, but what is shocking is that the vast majority of the content of such a good game is done by Toby Fox, a post-90s independent developer.

Pixel masterpiece! Stories underground! "Under the Legend"

The backstory of the game, a long, long time ago, humans and monsters had a protracted war, and finally humans drove monsters to the underground world and sealed them with seals, and the only entrance to the underground world was Mount Albert, which is also the weakest place for sealing power. One day, a kid named Frisk, our protagonist (hereinafter referred to as the protagonist), accidentally falls into the underground world, so he begins a long journey of exploration and return.

Pixel masterpiece! Stories underground! "Under the Legend"

Similar to traditional RPGs, this game also adds monster upgrades and game gold settings, but the obvious difference is that players can also complete the level peacefully, in the game, violent combat is not the only option, you can also decrypt or talk to NPC monsters. The game adopts the method of barrage combat, players need to dodge the bullets of monsters, in addition to paying attention to HP HP, they also need to protect the protagonist's heart from attack,

Pixel masterpiece! Stories underground! "Under the Legend"

Although the legend is still a masterpiece in pixel games in 2022, his plot touches people's hearts one after another, the legends under the ground, fairy tale-like stories, so that players have a deep sense of substitution, the meticulous portrayal of each character, every detail is very in place, excellent BGM is loved by everyone, this game is worthy of eternal spring in the game industry.