Just like the original "Dark Souls", after the prequel of the Age of First Fire was released.
There are also many players who are also complaining online.
As for the main complaint, it's basically that Bonfire doesn't teleport.
"Ah, I threw up! Why can't the bonfire in this game be teleported? I'm trapped in the Village of Paradisiacs!"
"Same! I'm lost and can't find my way back to the Fire Protection Shrine!"
"That's right, +1 for those who get lost! So why cancel the bonfire!"
"Ahem, I have to explain here. The bonfire has not been cancelled. After arriving at the Royal City, you can start the teleportation after seeing the Sun Princess and getting the royal weapon."
"I also read that guide post, and I have to say that Sun Princess is really big!"
"Oh, this one is big and has a little something!"
"Hehe, just so-so, not much."
"But one thing to say, when fighting the Chaos Witch Kragg, the animation was so exciting that I couldn't control it at all!"
"Fuck! Brother, you have a good appetite. You can't hold it down even if you have a spider body underneath!"
"You LSPs, don't take the building askew. Isn't this discussion about the bonfire?"
"To be honest, I wasn't used to the lack of campfires at first, but later I discovered that the map design in "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire" is simply amazing, with all kinds of routes extending in all directions."
"+1, the Fire Sacrifice is connected to the Immortal Town outside the city, the ruins of Little Londe, the underground cemetery and other places. It is simply rich!"
"Yes, newbies can check out the maps and strategies provided by the big guys on the Internet. Although there is no teleportation, there are various shortcuts, so it is quite easy to get on the road."
"That's right, don't believe those who say that the most perfect experience is to keep the original flavor without reading the guide. "Dark Soul" is not a story-oriented game. The first playthrough is when the enthusiasm is highest. Check the guide to avoid taking some detours. , don’t leave any regrets on your first fire-passing journey!”
"+1 is because I read the guide and saved my Brother Suo from going crazy!"
"Boss maps and strategies, all with a hammer! The bosses have already fought against famous bosses such as Tomb King Nite, Witch, Artorius, etc., and I'm still suffering in the Sick Village!"
As a sequel, many players already understand what kind of game "Dark Soul" is.
So although many players complain about it, there are also more players who defend it.
And with the experience, many players also discovered the exquisiteness of the game map, and more and more players praised it.
At the same time, on the game community platform and major live broadcast platforms, "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire", a prequel game, has also completed various screen-smashing feats.
After all, it is a hard-core masochistic attribute label, which can be said to be quite explosive for the effect of live broadcast.
Coupled with the blessing of the popularity of the previous work.
Although "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire" is more difficult than its predecessor.
But the performance in terms of sales is quite good, with domestic sales of 2.4 million copies in the first week and overseas sales of 3.1 million copies in the first week.
And the popularity of related topics is also very explosive, far exceeding the performance of sales data.
Chen Xu was not surprised by this either.
After all, no matter what, "Dark Soul" itself is still a hardcore game.
This is also doomed, that is, most players will choose to watch it instead of playing it themselves.
Even if the difficulty curve of the game is very reasonable, most players can pass it as long as they persist.
But perseverance itself is a difficult thing.
But for players who really like the game Dark Souls, especially those who pay attention to the plot, it is a carnival.
Because "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire" better complements the world view of Dark Souls.
At the same time, many players’ doubts were answered.
Of course, due to the characteristics of the game itself, there is no real answer. Players rely more on the various blank spaces in the game to figure it out on their own. It can be said that everyone has a "Dark Soul" in their mind. Different people will have different interpretations.
In the game, should we spread fire or put out fire
This problem persists throughout the entire game.
This is the confusion in every player's heart.
Judging from the content of the game, players can actually feel that the flames extinguishing will be the final outcome.
Because in "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire", if the player chooses to pass the fire, he can see that the First Fire at this time is like a huge furnace sun.
But in the previous game, if the player chose to pass the fire in the end, there would only be a small cluster of flames.
It can be seen that if we continue to spread the fire, the flame will eventually go out.
Many players also have different opinions on whether Chuanhuo is a scam.
In addition to simply believing that the fire transmission is a scam by Gwen, or not a scam by Gwen, there are also players who have put forward bold hypotheses.
In the opening plot animation, it is introduced that four characters have obtained the king's soul. In addition to the three gods with surnames: Sun King Gwen, the Witch of Izaris, and Tomb King Nite, there is also a little-known god. dwarf.
The Basic Bureau speculates that this dwarf is likely to be the ancestor of human beings.
What Gwen and the others obtained was the King's Soul. Is it possible that the fire the dwarfs obtained was the dark soul, and later distributed this dark soul to many humans? This is one of the reasons why the dwarves did not participate in the war. .
In "Dark Souls: The Age of First Fire", you can see the introduction to human nature:
[If the soul is the source of all life, then what is the human nature that only humans have?]
We can also see some hints that human nature is the soul of darkness.
So what exactly is the power of Dark Soul
It can be boldly assumed here that Dark Souls has an inseparable relationship with Abyss.
The dark arts in the game can be understood from the descriptions, which are mixed with strong human emotions.
Anger, sadness, love, jealousy, greed, it is these strong emotions that strengthen the original pure soul energy.
And this may be the real power of Dark Souls - strong emotions, or desires.
We can also get a glimpse of it through the introduction of Manus' soul. Once upon a time, Manus was an iron-clad man, but now his soul is full of humanity, and is as sticky as a polymer of humanity.
It can be speculated that the power given to humans by Dark Souls comes from the power that humans desire deep in their hearts.
It is precisely because of this that the fragments of the Dark Soul are called humanity.
Both the gods and the dwarves are afraid that the dark soul will lose control and create an abyss.
So they used the First Fire to set up a fire seal, spread the power of the First Fire throughout the world, and at the same time spread the fire seal to every human being.
And this reincarnation is like a curse, forever haunting humans with dark souls.
But one day the first fire will be extinguished, so the kings began to look for solutions.
Gwen, the king of the gods, set an example and was the first to spread fire. He sacrificed himself to maintain the Age of Fire and maintain the seal of fire. It was precisely in order to suppress the rampage of the dark soul. The witch wanted to create the first fire but was swallowed by chaos and became the source of demons. .
But just like in ancient times, a decadent dynasty was overthrown and a new dynasty was established. Over time, the original dragon slayer turned into an evil dragon. Countless years later, the gods used the undead to spread fire, but they did not want to curb the rampage of the dark soul. The emergence of the Abyss is simply to protect the eternal existence of the Gods.
Of course, after some players put forward these ideas, new doubters appeared.
And you can always find solid information.
In order to prove that their views and endings are correct, soul scientists in major game forums have gone through various data to study every word and punctuation mark in the game.
As for ordinary players, they are just watching the excitement. What kind of plot is orthodox
A thousand immortals, there are a thousand stories about the world of black souls.
Every player has their own understanding of what the plot is like.
And compared to the main plot of the game, the characters that appear in the prequel are what make players immersed in the game and moved.
Solar is the first Sun Knight to help players in the game.
Like the players, Solar also comes to seek the mission of the undead. He praises and worships the sun and hopes to shine like the sun.
But the difference from the players is that in one of the bad endings, if the conditions are not met, Solar will go crazy and kill him to get the news. His equipment is just ordinary equipment and has no magical power, and the sun on it is just a painting. When he went up, he relied entirely on his tenacity to move forward.
And if good conditions are met, the shortcut to the ruined city of Izaris is opened in advance, and all the sunworms are killed in advance, Solar can be saved. After that, although Solar seems discouraged, he becomes discouraged. elder brother.
But in the end, it was learned that Solar was inspired again, and completed the undead mission with the players, and finally challenged Gwen.
A gesture that praises the sun can be said to be the most dazzling existence of Rodran.
In addition, in order to save Urasilu and the entire world who are being swallowed by the abyss, Artreus signed a contract with the monster of the abyss to gain the ability to walk freely in the abyss, and fought against the abyss alone.
Jin Shining, who killed the fireproof girl, and the frustrated brother who was inspired to fight by the protagonist but turned into a living corpse in the ruins of Little Lund.
White Spider Soft Girl, Krag, Onion Brother, Gwendelin...
It can be said that every NPC and boss has a touching story behind them.