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Text: 廾匸 | Editor: Rin
The word "holy domain" comes from the "Biography of Hanshu Jia Xian": "Chenwen Yao Shun, holy Shengye, Yu into the holy domain is not excellent." "Now it mostly refers to the lifestyle, self-esteem, taboos, etc. unique to a certain group of people." Her Holy Domain", who is she, and what kind of "Holy Domain" does she have? Such a confusing title aroused my interest enough.
Past and present lives, let's talk about it in detail
Entering the game, the relatively simple and simple art style and UI make it not difficult to see that this is an old work and a new release, and the production team has rarely heard of it in recent years. Therefore, with the idea of finding out, I deliberately went to learn about this game club that seems to have disappeared long ago - FENG. "It wanted to blow a revolutionary wind for the HY world, but in the end it froze to death on the streets and died young." After careful examination, this is the best interpretation of FENG, a pioneer who has long left us.
FENG WAS FOUNDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY, AND FIVE YEARS AROUND 2000, IT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION PERIOD IN THE HAY INDUSTRY, AND SOME WORKS BORN DURING THIS PERIOD CAN BE CALLED HOUSEHOLD NAMES EVEN NOW: "YU-NO, THE GIRL WHO SINGS LOVE SONGS AT THE END OF THE WORLD", "TO HEART", "EVE BURST ERROR R", "GHOST ANIMAL KING Lance"... Each of these unprecedented masterpieces has deeply influenced the HY world to this day, which has led some people to strive for the goal of "one day being able to create such works that can influence others".
FENG also holds a similar concept and constantly tries to explore the creation of works. "Sunset Red Street" and "Bridge to the Stars" released in the second half of 10 years made the production team gain fame and fortune for the first time, and "Bridge to the Stars" won the first place in the sales of the first version of the year and the third place in total sales (first version + usual version) with the label of "super popular sequel", second only to "True Love Ji Wushuang" and "Guardian of Dawn", and "FENG" is gradually known to the world.
Unfortunately, the prosperity of FENG did not last long, 2014 can be described as the worst year in the HY world, many game companies are facing the crisis that games cannot be sold, and "Her Sanctuary" is also like most HY sales at that time. As the sequel to the Holy Domain series, "Sister's Sanctuary" and "School Sanctuary" have also been released one after another, and the game itself is still ultra-low in price, (like "Her Sanctuary", the deluxe version is 10,000 yen, equivalent to about 500 yuan) But the Sanctuary series did not set off a wave in the HY world like the empty series, replaced by a creepy downturn. So the Sanctuary series came to an end in tranquility.
As everyone knows, after making up for the pit of its eighth game, FENG went bankrupt due to insufficient funds, and reluctantly withdrew from the stage of GALGAME, slowly fading and becoming a thing of the past. THANKFULLY, THE OLD TITLES WEREN'T BURIED, AND THE SEKAI PROJECT REDEVELOPED THE SANCTUARY SERIES TO BRING IT TO STEAM. After the experience, I can only sigh that the work is not rough, but unfortunately the bad luck and bad fate make the game not show its due charm.
The distinction between master and servant has a deep meaning
The flow of the work is not long, and the plot is short and clear: the hero is mistaken for an idiot on the tram, and the other party is a childhood sweetheart who has not been seen for a long time - Qiu Shan Donghua. When she was a child, she was a beautiful and cute rich lady, like an idol, she was the first love of the male protagonist. Although the misunderstanding was resolved, Donghua threatened the male protagonist to become her housekeeper, and the two continued to get along and contact through this special relationship, and finally confirmed each other's intentions and went to completion.
How to move from evasion to face is at the heart of the chapter. Due to family changes, Donghua has plummeted from a rich family to become an ordinary person, which makes it difficult for her to deal with changing interpersonal relationships, especially her former admired playmates. She was afraid that her current self would disappoint the male protagonist and distance herself from her, and chose to escape with this fear of not daring to explore the truth: using the strange role-playing method of the master and the housekeeper to maintain the meeting of the two, but did not dare to understand each other deeply.
Some people say that escape is shameful, but it is useful. True. But over time, those who avoid talking about it become a thorn, stinging us all the time, at least remind ourselves not to live in the past all the time. Deformed relationships can't last long after all, and when Yangping chooses to terminate the relationship, what is left for Donghua is the test of revealing her heart, which is also a hurdle she must cross. Fortunately, in the retrospective of memories, she found her original heart and survived the difficulties, which is gratifying.
Miscellaneous talk one or two, short and long
Although there is a gap of nearly ten years between the creation time of the work and the present, there is still a lot of merit in the painting style, script, etc. As a cute direction, the insertion of a large number of H scenes not only does not have a strong sense of abruptness and weirdness, but also greatly satisfies the preferences of different types of people, after all, the amount is full.
Of course, if judged by the current perspective, all aspects of the work, including the depth of the idea and the optimization of the system, are far from enough. However, since it was a hot stir-fry as cold rice, at that time, it was a masterpiece worthy of a great role in the GAL industry.
epilogue
The sad departure of the "Ticket Skipping Society" is embarrassing, and we can get a glimpse of FENG's Yahui at this opportunity. I hope that in the future, more such classic works can be rediscovered. Expect.