Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 597 Black Myth

This is actually a bit different from the previous life. Because the fog particle effect of the Star Engine is not as perfect, a zoom-in approach is used.

Unlike the previous life, which was a gust of demonic wind, this time the focus is on the place where the earth is emerging.

This is also why Chu Chen doesn't believe that the unreal is the only solution to Black Myth, because for players, many small details can be solved by changing the approach.

In the picture, the land creature peers curiously at the monkey in front of it, squinting its small eyes for a long time while making clicking noises.

"It's so similar, it's really similar."

In Tokyo, in Kenichi Sato's livestream studio, he had just recovered from the smooth and fluid parrying and disarming maneuver when he saw this comical little old man.

"Huh? What? What just popped out of the ground?" He stared wide-eyed at the Japanese subtitles at the bottom of the screen. "'そっくりじゃ、実にそっくりじゃ'... Exactly the same? Exactly the same as whom?"

The live stream chat was also filled with question marks.

What overseas viewers saw was a somewhat eccentric NPC, but for domestic players, this scene caused just as much of a stir as the exciting fight they had just witnessed.

"Holy crap! Land!"

"It's the Earth God! Look at his ginseng-shaped figure, the details are amazing!"

"'So alike, so incredibly alike,' that statement carries a lot of weight! Who does he say the protagonist resembles? Are we not playing Sun Wukong himself?"

"It's the part about the Black Bear Spirit! Guanyin Temple! Elder Jinchi! I understand! I completely understand!"

That's the charm of Journey to the West.

A single line of dialogue or a single pose can spark a whole host of thoughts.

On the screen, the Earth God, with his hands behind his back, slowly took two steps forward and continued in his aged voice, "Further ahead is the Guanyin Temple."

The camera slowly rose as he spoke, revealing the silhouette of a magnificent temple in the distance, partially obscured by the trees.

"Back then, this place was a thriving center of worship." The Earth God shook his head, his tone full of regret. "It's just a pity that a big fire burned it all down."

"Although the temple was rebuilt later, the people's hearts were gone. What's the use of repairing a dilapidated temple?"

This performance had no intense fighting or dazzling special effects, but Zhao Ming got goosebumps all over his body and felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

He had a vague feeling that the impact of this still-unreleased PV would be much greater than he imagined.

As mentioned before the exhibition, the PV for Starry Night's "Black Myth" is somewhat different from the first PV of its predecessor. The biggest difference is not the first half.

But it happens after defeating the boss, Ling Xuzi.

To attract investment, Game Science released a collection of monsters and scenes from "Havoc in Heaven," and this game is similar, except there's no "Havoc in Heaven."

After a series of monsters, the screen went black and then lit up again.

It was Sun Wukong, wearing the Great Sage Armor, who pushed open a dilapidated earth god temple.

The camera pans extremely low, slowly rising from the cobweb-covered ground, past the overturned incense burner and scattered offerings. Finally, with a powerfully oppressive upward angle, it focuses on several weathered statues of deities.

They were enormous and silent, half hidden in light and half concealed in darkness in the slanting sunlight streaming through the holes in the roof. The compassionate smiles on their clay faces, outlined by the light and shadow, appeared eerie and forlorn.

Then, a bell rang out with a "dong."

The camera suddenly zoomed forward, following the sound, and zoomed straight at the statue in the center.

The image shows a close-up of the statue's face. Its eyes are closed, but there is a deep crack in the eye socket, like a scar that will never heal.

A hush fell over the scene; everyone was completely captivated by the suspenseful spectacle. The Great Sage glanced at the Buddha statue, then let out a sneer.

"Trying to play tricks on me, Old Sun!"

He raised his hand to strike, just then a drop of water fell from the decaying roof, tracing a bright path in the air, and landed squarely on the crack in the eye socket.

"Clap."

Water droplets splashed.

At that moment, the background music stopped abruptly.

The only sound left in the whole world was the faint cracking of a water droplet.

The next second, a crisp "crack" broke the deathly silence.

A small fragment of clay broke off from the crack in the eye socket of the statue, fell to the ground, and shattered into pieces.

What was revealed was not the grayish-white stone core inside, but a piece of armor that shimmered with a cold metallic luster!
A chain reaction erupted instantly!
"Click! Click click click—"

The four statues began to crumble simultaneously, countless cracks spreading across their bodies like a spiderweb. Amidst the billowing dust, the clay shells peeled away layer by layer, and their forms rapidly expanded and grew taller!
The dilapidated temple crumbled and disintegrated amidst the violent tremors, replaced by a corner of a magnificent, cloud-shrouded heavenly palace!
The camera rapidly zooms out from the feet of the leading deity, transforming the former clay and stone sculpture into a living, majestic god clad in golden armor and wielding magical implements!

Virupaksha, Vaishravana, Virudhaka, Dhritarashtra...

The Four Heavenly Kings stood in the four directions, their appearances solemn and majestic, with golden rays and auspicious clouds behind them!

From a dilapidated earth temple to a magnificent South Heavenly Gate, from lifeless clay sculptures to majestic heavenly gods, this astonishing reversal in just a few seconds created a visually stunning effect that left everyone present speechless.

They opened their mouths, but no sound came out. They could only roar out those two words in their hearts with the most primal instinct.

What the hell!

This is not over yet!

The Four Heavenly Kings glared angrily, pointing their magical weapons forward.

"Son Wukong!!"

The camera slowly panned to follow their gaze, and in the distance, shrouded in mist, the small temple from before had collapsed, and a tiny figure was slowly walking towards them, step by step.

The figure, carrying a long stick, walked slowly, but every step seemed to resonate with everyone's heartbeat.

As he approached, his outline gradually became clearer.

He wore a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown, a golden chainmail armor, and lotus-silk cloud-walking shoes.

On that hairy face, a pair of fiery eyes burned with an indomitable flame.

He took the stick off his shoulder and slammed it to the ground. The camera followed the iron bar, gradually revealing the artistic characters for "Ruyi Jingu Bang" (the Ruyi Golden Cudgel).

In the picture, the monkey grins, its eyes full of arrogance and haughtiness.

"Your grandpa Sun is here!!"

The music suddenly exploded at that moment! The stirring sound of the suona pierced the sky, mixed with modern rock and electronic music, playing the melody that is engraved in the DNA of every Chinese person!

In the center of the screen, several large, flamboyant characters, like burning flames, suddenly crashed down!
Black Myth: Wukong

(End of this chapter)