Recently, Xiaofa found a very popular mobile game - "The Evening Bell of Saint-Goethe" (hereinafter referred to as "Evening Clock").
It's not that this mobile game is so cool, but it's so well-made that it's perfectly good in mobile games, but it's completely free.
Yes, don't want a penny, you can play under it!
"Evening Bell" as a text adventure game, the core content of which is the plot, but this game not only has a high plot quality, the graphic design and music are also quite careful, is a very good mobile game in all aspects.
The background of the story that takes place in the game is alternate, and the characters, language, and location are fictional, but this does not affect the refinement of "Evening Clock".
The general gameplay of the game is similar to other text games, and all you can do is tap the screen to read the dialogue.
However, the picture of "Evening Bell" is not just a monotonous character standing, but is presented in the form of a comic book or storyboard.
In this way, when the player watches the plot, he will not feel bored because it is all text.
The sounds in the game are also very detailed, such as showing a murder case at the beginning of the game, even if there is no picture description, you can make up the picture of the victim being killed through the sound brain.
One thing to say, that bloody viscous sound does sound a little flustered...
Of course, the most interesting thing is the narrative of "Evening Bell", which adopts a writing style called POV, also known as the viewpoint character writing method.
Simply put, it is to tell the same thing from different character perspectives when talking about the same thing, which greatly improves the flexibility of the narrative.
And this narrative technique has been used in the original "A Song of Ice and Fire" of the American drama "Game of Thrones".
As a game, Evening Clock also adopts this narrative method, and the plot will unfold on seven different characters, which also leads to multiple story lines on the same day's plot.
But the production team used a very clever way to let players understand the plot very well, that is, simply separate the plots of different characters completely, and play whoever you want to play the plot.
The dialogue of the game is very distinctive, because the story takes place in an alternate world similar to the medieval European background, and all the place names, places, special items and other names in the game are created by the production team.
The overall text style of this game is also more gorgeous, Xiaofa here casually find two paragraphs for everyone to see.
I have to say that the textual skills of this game are very good, not only the rhetoric is gorgeous, but also able to show the mood of the characters while making metaphors in only a few words.
However, Xiaofa personally feels that sometimes the rhetoric is a little too flowery, and if you add the names and place names of the translators, sometimes it will be a little tiring to read.
In addition to clicking on the dialogue in the game, the only thing that can be done is to make a choice at the key plot points.
Making a selection costs something called "Hits", which earns 1 whenever a character is injured and 4 when he dies.
That is to say, only if the character is injured or hanged, can he make a choice in the future plot...
And the choice in the game is nothing more than two choices, such as letting the protagonist stay or leave, although this design is very simple, but before each choice, you must make a serious decision, otherwise it will affect the future plot.
And be aware that this option is permanent!
Even if the game is re-read later, the characters will still develop the plot according to their choices.
I'm a little confused when I play here, how many meanings does this game mean? Only when you die do you have a chance to make a choice, but you can't change your life against the sky...
However, Xiaofa still continued to play, after all, this is only the first choice, and the future choice is estimated to be more exciting than one.
Sure enough, in a plot line of intern doctors, after a somewhat disgusting autopsy plot, I was given another choice.
Choose to take the big road or the dangerous small road? Please, such a clichéd plot, give me this on the first day of the story?
In order to hurry, I still chose to take the small road, I can't always get the bento on the first day, right?
So I managed to be brutally murdered in the alley...
The depiction of death is extremely detailed
Xiaofa also remembered that once a choice was made, even if the plot was replayed, the characters would develop the plot according to the original choice...
However, Xiaofa looked at the timetable at this time and found that there was more daytime plot in the story line of Daniel, and originally there was only a night plot here!
That is, only if I trigger a key story point will I unlock more of the previous storyline?
Xiaofa did not rush to play the newly unlocked plot, but returned to the night of the tragic death of the intern doctor, and the plot that made the choice really couldn't play...
This is also unique to Evening Clock, where sometimes only when a character dies and triggers a "BAD END" can unlock the rest of the story.
With the deepening of the plot, more and more keywords are mentioned in the game, and the production team has carefully made a very complete menu, including options such as character files, character relationship networks, keyword interpretation and maps.
For example, if you forget what the keywords mentioned in the game, you can click in and take a look.
Character profiles here you can view unlocked character stories and profiles.
If you can't figure out the plot or want to pause, you can also look at the character network, maybe it will help the next choice.
Overall, The Evening Bell of Sant Goudgard is a game that is very well made in every way, but paradoxically, it is completely free to play...
So far the game has been updated to the story of the tenth day, but it still does not cost money...
Developer's Words ▼
Although it shows on TapTap as a beta version, the degree of completion is already quite high, and poor friends who like suspense, plot and text adventure must try it.
In order not to give you spoilers, the content of the game is here, and the plot mentioned in the article only covers the first day and the second day.
As for the direction of the characters in the game, please look forward to the launch of the full plot.
Finally, please ask the production team to quickly charge...