A spirit monkey broke out of the stone, developed his skills, caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and was trapped in the Five Elements Mountain. After being released, he defeated demons and demons along the way, and protected Monk Tang from going to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and finally achieved enlightenment. This is the story we know as Journey to the West. But is the Journey to the West story really like that?
Speaking of game plots, many games nowadays put little effort into plots. Most of them just use technology to pile up crazily on the screen, but the gameplay is very empty and it is difficult to really capture the hearts of players. In domestic games, the plot of Fighting God of War has always been praised by players, especially the plot before Lady Bones, which was even shocked by many players. Recently, Pang Dahai returned to God of War after many years. Let’s take a look at what kind of story the God of War tells.
Generally speaking, the first chapter of Fighting God of War serves as an introduction. From the beginning of the story in the Dragon Pit to the Five Elements Mountains, players are slowly introduced to the familiar characters of Journey to the West. However, the stories of these characters are... It’s very different from everyone’s impression.
In the well-known story of Journey to the West, Gao Laozhuang is just Zhu Wuneng's hiding place, and he is just lustful when he falls in love with Gao Laozhuang's daughter. But in God of War, Gao Laozhuang itself has become a magical place. As long as they enter the scope of Gao Laozhuang, everyone will turn into pigs.
Zhu Wuneng, who plays a central role in the plot of Gao Laozhuang, has also become a tragic character. In the sky and Chang'e were originally a couple of gods and immortals, but they were helplessly involved in the power struggle and descended to earth and transformed into a pig demon. However, Marshal Tianpeng, who is aloof from the world, has a completely different personality from Sha Seng. Even if he transforms into a pig demon, he just wants to hide in Gao Laozhuang, marry a wife and have children for the rest of his life. It can be said that Zhu Bajie is, to a certain extent, the most realistic portrayal of ordinary people like us. But Marshal Tianpeng, who lives in peace like this, still did not escape the immortal Buddha's calculations. In order to allow Zhu Wu to embark on the path of learning scriptures, he threatened everyone in Gao Laozhuang by turning into pigs.
In the design of the entire plot of Gao Laozhuang, the player plays more of a neutral role. When doing tasks, the player sometimes stands in the perspective of Gao Laozhuang, and sometimes stands in the perspective of the spell master. This way of interweaving two different camps also laid the foundation for the subsequent plot. Would you sympathize with the villagers of Gaolaozhuang who were turned into pigs because of the curse, or would you pity the spell masters who were turned into statues by molten iron. Even though it was only a 2.5D screen at the time, it was still creepy to see the densely packed iron men and pig faces of men, women, and children.
Demoted to the mortal world and transformed into a pig demon, he still has no right to pursue his own happiness. All the people in Gao Laozhuang have become shackles on him, and the gods told him not to harm the people around him. But no one tested Zhu Wuneng's wishes. In fact, the core idea displayed by the God of War here has shown that neither Zhu Wuneng nor the Sha Monk who appeared later had any intention of seeking scriptures. But on the road already planned by the gods, their opinions were ignored. No matter how they fought, they could only embark on a long journey of learning.
The world of Journey to the West in God of War is more like a dark version of Journey to the West. There are no superior immortals and Buddhas, and everyone has their own interests and calculations. Ordinary people who are not strong can only continue to struggle under the control of countless big hands. This may be why Zhu Wuneng shouted to the sky, "Why is the world so big that there is no place for me?" The old woman at the tea stall said: "Ask the Bodhisattva why he is sitting upside down and sigh that all living beings dare not look back." This sentence describes the entire world of Fighting God, the ruthlessness of immortals and Buddhas, and the helplessness of mortals. Perhaps it's like choosing to have a conversation with your nine previous incarnations in the game.
Xuanzang: "In this life, I suddenly realized that the so-called one flower and one bodhi is not the Dharma?" The previous nine incarnations: "In that case, what do you see now?" Xuanzang: "The nine lives are all nothingness."
On the surface, the plot of God of War tells the story of an immortal Buddha, but it is not a portrayal of our life experiences. When we were young, we were determined to say goodbye to childishness and refused to look back;
When we get a little older, we think we are mature and feel that we have wasted our time. We cannot bear to look back at those youthful years when we made mistakes, were bumpy and cruel but beautiful. As we grow older, we gradually understand that we just don’t dare to face the kind and pure person we used to be. , and even an ideal self.
