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A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

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Author: Yun Ji

This article is only about the game itself and nothing else

Although I haven't played all folk horror games, I am also interested in this aspect to understand, and I have also superficially analyzed whether folk horror games are important to follow the heart or routine. I just don't know why the overall domestic folk horror games still have a sense of unenterprising rot, which leads mobile phone players to face a game that is not quite the same as "Paper Wedding Clothes" and feel, wow, god work; And PC players are prone to stepping on the pit one after another, and their ideas cannot reach the practice, and they are bitter.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

Therefore, this article takes the plot of "Ghost Fighting" and its own game design to make a brief analysis, and gives you a look at how folk games that can affect the emotions of domestic players are made.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

It unfolds with a small story, and each small thing experienced by the protagonist can be connected to shine for the whole story.

The story of "Ghost Fighting 1" is adapted with reference to the 228 incident in Taiwan in history and the real experience of an old man in Taiwan who jumped the official and was very powerful. As the protagonist of the story, Lin Huowang, he has never personally "experienced" these things in his life, but in order to understand what kind of people his parents are, he adopted his own Jizoan from 1954 and returned to his original village to find the traces left by his family here. It's just that most of the villagers in the village were slaughtered because of the 228 incident, and they had too many obsessions that led to too much resentment to let people outside the village wander here at will (here because Lin Huowang was a baby at that time, and he was eight years old when he returned to the village again, so they didn't recognize it at first, only knowing that Lin Huowang should be a small baby).

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

Fortunately, Lin Huowang was a child favored by the gods, so he "took away" his artifact; And he was very pleasing to Grandma, who told him about the affairs of the village, and also showed him the way to find the land father-in-law to help find his parents; Like the two elders in front, Xu DaoChang, who had calculated the heavenly opportunity, left Huo Wang a lot of cultivation secrets, making Huo Wang smooth sailing along the way, all the way to the residence of the Ghost King.

And in the process here, in order not to let the "villagers" get in the way, Huowang used grandma's method to play military songs on the radio station. It was not because of morale, but because the villagers were afraid of the soldiers. In the photo studio, in addition to finding photos of himself and his parents, the Fire King also found a photo album about Grandma's life, as well as a rare book left by the owner of the photo studio to his son Changhong, who may still be lucky to survive. There are also some ghost villagers who are not mentioned in the article, and they all meet Huo Wang with their experiences before death and the obsession that they can't let go of now. Good and bad, all because of obsession to make it what it is now, and because of their appearance, the fiery life has undergone great changes.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

Lin Huowang is here to find the cause, because he did find the suicide note left by his mother in the end to understand the truth that his parents left him. But he also violated the territory of the ghost king (the reason will be explained later) and was captured by the ghost king. In order to save Huo Wang, the grandfather in the nunnery came out to ask God to save him (because asking God is to pay the price) to save him, and we can see the moving and blood-boiling picture of the official general who rescued Huo Wang.

Of course, the two endings of "Ghost Fighting 1" are also intriguing, one is the ending of all the villagers who have been helped by Huo Wang, they all come to his dream to thank him for freeing himself, and here Grandma gave him the talisman of the official general when she said goodbye to Huo Wang, and he also firmed up the path he would take in the future. The second is the ending that belongs to Lin Huowang himself (the game is adapted from reality here), because at that time, Huowang collected all the candies and gave them to a child in the village who pushed a cart, and the child not only helped him show the way, but also let Huowang's mother hear the voice and see the Huowang Spiritual Hall after he died at the age of sixty. The two finally recognized each other under the separation of yin and yang.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

And Lu Cuilin in "Ghost Fighting 2" is just the opposite, she found Jizoan because of her sister's illness, and then came to the village where Huowang came with the help of the old man and the guidance of the gods. Encountering Huo Wang, who was practicing in this village, he also chose to help Cuilin find a way to save his sister under the guidance of the gods. The two first encounter the Demon Taoist and Changhong and piece together all the truth about the massacre of the village that year. After passing two levels (beating the little ghost woman and the demon Guan Yu), I learned that in order to help Huowang and Cuilin fight alone against two evil creatures possessing the statue of the bodhisattva, he also took one away in exchange for one in the case of a sneak attack, but in exchange for the statue being damaged, he also dispersed.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

and the verbal agreement between the Ghost King and the Demon Taoist Priest that led to Cuilin and the Ghost King being unable to recognize each other in their previous lives when they met (first, the Ghost Taoist took advantage of the idea that the Ghost King wanted to wait for his family, took away the life of the Ghost King, and also wanted to manipulate the Ghost King to kill Cuilin and Huo Wang at a critical time; The second is that the Nine Heavenly Xuannu possesses Cuilin, but she is a god of war and can kill ghosts. So the two reasons combined angered the ghost king and aggravated its resentment), and the relatives in the previous life went to the point of cannibalism. Fortunately, Huo Wang saw the memory of the Ghost King saving the villagers when he was finally preparing to kill the Ghost King (there was Huo Wang's mother), and let go of the Ghost King who regained his sanity.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

The ghost king also finally fulfilled the agreement with his wife to reunite the family again, saved his sister with his last life, and he saw his sister recover his complexion before the ashes, and touched her face without fear. And Huowang's side, also because of this experience of helping Cuilin, finally recognized the father sitting in the car, and a candy it left for Huowang. All those of the past have come to the end where they should go, and those who are still alive continue to run into the future with the hope of the past. The "Ghost Fighting" series not only rounded out many of its own pits, but also made many players who played this game put aside their obsession with the misfortune of the characters and look forward to the next one.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

The distinct character character makes the sense of fatalism stronger, and everything is fate.

Through the brief description of the content of the two games earlier, I believe you can see that the game is not stingy in the portrayal of supporting characters in production. And why I didn't mention Lin Huowang and Lv Cuilin in front is because the two parts come down, the most complete character and a sense of real change are still Lin Huowang. Although it is said that the ghosts of the whole village that he beat at the age of eight have to take a detour when they see him, after experiencing the run-in between so many characters in the first part, as well as his own god-blessed setting, we all watched him go from naïve to mature.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

Especially after seeing that he learned Grandma's spell; Heartache at the shattered statue of the land gong; And every time Cuilin is about to encounter a danger to her life, Huowang will desperately (even if it is breaking the rules) to save her (of course, as long as it is a person who encounters danger, Huowang will do this, the child of the gods is merciful to all living beings, not to mention that his current cultivation realm is so powerful). Although we only had the opportunity to manipulate Huo Wang to fight the boss at the end of the game according to the process, his performance in these two films, which cannot be ignored, is completely non-existent.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

And Lv Cuilin is the kind of existence that starts the key setting of the story, after all, in terms of various settings, Lv Cuilin does not have a strong sense of connection with this village and Lin Huowang. People who have been reincarnated for three lives (the middle one is related to the ghost king, so the two are father and daughter in the previous life), have worshiped the Nine Heavenly Xuannu in the first life, so there are gods willing to help, and they are willing to possess Cuilin under the call of Lin Huo Wang in the third life. But does anyone remember that when Cuilin first asked the old man to pray to God in Jizoan, God said that he could solve this matter without sending a soldier. Did they all guess the variables involved? Is Huowang willing to spare his life to help Cuilin, or is Cuilin not possessed by the Xuannu, she can also make the Ghost King not fight them?

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

We can also see Lu Cuilin's kind and tenacious character in the second part, she will sympathize with Huo Wang for things in the village, but when it comes to her sister's affairs, she doesn't care about her injuries. And when meeting the ghost king, she subconsciously confronted the genius, just because she didn't want to hurt the ghost who might be her father in her previous life so casually. As for Changhong, the tool man attribute is too high (please forgive me because every time the protagonist tries to find him, he will teleport to the mission point), and then recalls the scene before the village was not slaughtered, which is regarded as giving him a hanging-boy nature and a kind heart, so the ghosts in the village will not attack him.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

The words of the ghost king can be regarded as a complete supplement to his own image, and also enrich the setting of karmic reincarnation. He is not a ghost who does bad things and cultivates, but in order to fulfill his promise to his wife and keep his family back. So much so that the villagers who hid in its house during the massacre ended up sparing everyone because of the cry of children, and helped them scare away the soldiers. And in front of Cuilin, he was also enchanted because of the deception of the world. Until he was let go by Huowang, Cuilin also took it to see his seriously ill sister, willing to give her life directly, but did not expect that his sister woke up without fear to raise her hand to attach her face, at this time, as a father, it was not afraid of death.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

Folklore is not made up indiscriminately, and the details decide everything

The game is very meticulously portrayed from the Jizoan screen on the login interface, and when selecting the two games, we can see the existence of Lin Huowang and Lv Cuilin similar to the character evaluation from the flag. The details of the five flags behind the small fire, the text of the pen book, and the various moves used by the spell can all be seen in reality. This is due to the fact that Taiwan itself has been inheriting these folk cultures worthy of being remembered by the world, so most of them respect such an existence, let alone blaspheme such an existence at will. And we also have a lot of excellent traditional culture here, and the probability of being used well is less, more to put a layer of cultured skin on the game, and then frantically squeeze out the last drop of traffic on a road.

Of course, you can also be whimsical in a certain folklore, but it is not a loophole that makes up a mess that causes you to be unable to complete this plot. Not to mention being able to write the type of "Fighting Ghosts", which is unique to Chinese people in folklore.

A brief analysis of "Fighting Ghosts": Folklore, it has to come like this

I remember a netizen saying something was very good. The practice of Buddhahood cannot in itself bow down to a Buddha statue. Because if you bow down in everything, there will be no possibility of enlightenment (Buddha means enlightenment). Blind self-confidence is the biggest obstacle in practice. Wait and see, they have already been written like this, and those who are still obsessed with it will definitely not be able to eat any good fruit.

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