Is it not a galgame?

As soon as the E7 electronics show ended in July, Pokeni struck while the iron was hot and officially launched the new game "Spirited Away" at the end of the month.

It is still sold both online and offline.

As soon as it was released, sales exceeded one million on the first day.

Although everyone found it incredible, it seemed reasonable.

This is mainly because since the movie was released in April, "Spirited Away" has been very popular all over the world, and its box office performance has also broken historical records, becoming the best-selling movie in the history of Japanese box office.

It has been a huge hit not only in Japan, but also in Europe, America, China and other countries.

Even though it's already July, the popularity of Spirited Away doesn't seem to be waning.

In Japan, the number of screenings has not decreased, but is also steadily increasing.

It can be said that "Spirited Away" is simply a national-level movie.

With such high appeal and box office influence as a guarantee, when the game advertisement of "Spirited Away" was released, it naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

……

What's more, in July, Paradox brought this game to the E7 Electronics Show, and the whole world witnessed its charm.

This is not just a shoddy game that relies on gimmicks and appearance to deceive consumers and players. What's more terrifying is that the content of the game is almost the same as advertised.

This is amazing.

According to industry insiders, Pokeni's animation rendering technology has reached its peak and can deliver the feeling of a big movie.

When players play the game, they can feel completely immersed, just like exploring the real world.

It is roaming in the game like a protagonist.

And the game is not entirely a replica of the movie. In this game, Pokeni made some very clever settings:

First of all, the world view is consistent with Spirited Away. The temple is still the entrance, and then a magical world opens up.

In this world, Yubaba's bathhouse still exists.

However, the protagonist of the story has changed and it is no longer Chihiro.

Instead, she turned into a girl named Kitazawa Makoto, who was also 10 years old.

The same cute round face, the same courage and indomitable spirit, and the same kindness in their hearts.

The game is set after Chihiro leaves the other world, and Haku has been liberated, but the rest of the world doesn't seem to have changed much.

There are even many people from a different world who came here but forgot their original names, and thus lost their way and were forced to become Yubaba's workers.

These nameless beings include humans, monsters, and other kinds of gods.

Players can move freely in the entire [Ghost in the Shell], working in the oil house, solving puzzles and saving those nameless guys, while finding a way home.

What’s more interesting is that here you can explore a big movie world full of imagination and Miyazaki’s personal style, and learn about his unknown settings and the expanded parts.

The deeper you get into the game, the more you'll be amazed.

It is really a blessing to have a master like Hayao Miyazaki in this world. What he brings to players is not only rich imagination and creativity, but also beautiful and touching stories.

Here, you can appreciate the profound meaning of:
For example, being enslaved and exploited to become Yubaba's worker, losing their name and self, and becoming the lowest class of people.

For example, there are gods who lost themselves because of desire and became ugly one by one.

There are also two sides to the same coin, the twins Yubaba and Zeniba bring all kinds of inspiration to the players.

In short, even if you have seen the movie or not, you can get a brand new experience in this game, a journey of purification of the soul.

The parts that were integrated and expanded came partly from Miyazaki's ideas and partly from the designs of the Pokeni team.

However, these designs more or less have some shadow of Mushishi, which was also the inspiration Miyazaki got after playing the game of Pokeni.

By integrating some weird stories that seem traditional and quaint but also extremely novel, the final core is profound, touching, warm, healing and thought-provoking.

This kind of game is Hayao Miyazaki's ideal game, and it will live up to his "Spirited Away" IP.

Pokeni truly does that.

However, the difference from Mushishi is:

"Spirited Away" is actually no longer an open-world puzzle game, but an open-world exploration and action game.

Qianxun needs to jump, climb, bend down, and even crawl forward in the game. When crossing the sea of ​​clouds, she also has to row a boat by herself...

There are even various interesting boss battles in the game.

For example, in the bathhouse, when you are washing the body of the river god, what you need to fight against is the filth in its body. If you are contaminated by it, you will lose blood. And every time you pull out the dirt from its body, the dirt will jump all over the ground and catch you off guard.

The Faceless Man will devour others and disguise himself as different people. In the process of defeating him, you must be able to accurately identify his true form. More importantly, you must keep getting the people he eats out.

Otherwise the Faceless Man will become more and more powerful.

In addition, there are various kinds of BOSS, some of them are monsters, some are gods, and they all have very unique gameplay types.

Players can also experience unprecedented action game modes in the game.

It's so addictive.

It can be said that the game "Spirited Away" is a masterpiece of the era that truly takes [story], [creation], [graphics], [music], and [gameplay] to the extreme.

You can hardly find any fault with it.

As long as there are players who have played the game, basically no one will give a bad review. At most, they will say that they are not players of this type of game, but give the game full praise and affirmation.

This is the perfect combination of hard power and soft power.

Pokeni is probably the only person in the world who can accomplish this.

At the end of the game, players were surprised to find that Yubaba opened this oil house to wash away the filth on the gods, and at the same time, it also repaired the damage to the natural environment caused by the human world.

Dirty garbage polluted the river god, and human destruction of the environment caused the forest god to become sick...

But these are all solved to a certain extent in the oil house.

In the final analysis, it is still a kind of self-reflection on human beings:
Are we the improvers or destroyers of this world? Would the world be a better place without humans?

Who is truly needed in this world?

What is the meaning of human existence?

It seems that Yubaba has been whitewashed, but in fact it has been complicated, turning Yubaba into a very complex yet memorable and charming character that gives people nightmares at night.

Because Yubaba did good things, such as purifying rivers and forests, and comforting the gods who were gradually disappearing due to the lack of human faith.

But at the same time, she exploited and coaxed the monsters, gods, and humans into this world, causing them to gradually lose themselves in the process of working, and eventually become completely reduced to a member of the oil house.

Of course, there are also many players who stand on the side of Yubaba, believing that [the reason why people become Yubaba's workers is mainly because they are driven by desire and thus lose themselves]

[Only when people are firm in their hearts and not be deceived can they achieve ultimate victory]

……

After the game was released, it exploded the entire game market the next day.

This is not just a carnival for Japanese players, but also a surprise for players all over the world.

"Ah! The Spirited Away game is better than I thought. This is a very positive review, and I'm not being sarcastic. I was shocked when I first saw the related promotion."

"Also, I think Pokeni has done a pretty good job. It doesn't follow the narrative structure of the Spirited Away movie to fill in the story, but instead uses a new protagonist and main line, allowing us to re-explore the world and learn the truth about it."

"The truth may not be revealed in the end, but it is true that I have gained a lot of growth and spiritual sublimation."

“It’s mainly Ghibli, or more precisely, Hayao Miyazaki. After all, the movie itself has set the tone.

Spirited Away is Miyazaki's reflections on human nature and the world, blending in all the questionable things he has learned throughout his life.

However, one advantage of games is that there is no limit on the length of time. A movie can last for 2 hours, but a game can be played for 40 hours or even a hundred hours.

Therefore, a lot of details were added to the game, allowing us to have a better understanding of the world of Spirits.

Each character becomes more vivid.

Even Yubaba is not that annoying.

Although I still feel scared at night, I feel a little relieved when I think that Yubaba is also contributing to the purification of the world. "

“Andersen created fairy tales, and Hayao Miyazaki uses fairy tales to express profound meanings, which I admire very much.

It is really rare to be able to pursue yourself in the game, and at the same time feel the good and bad, good and evil of human beings, and think deeply about life, nature, and desire during the game.

No matter which aspect you look at, Spirited Away is a good game.”

“A masterpiece, absolutely a masterpiece that deserves to be called a masterpiece.”

"The part that impressed me most was the one on the sea train:
The scenery is so beautiful that you can even spend a whole day there and back.

Riding on the sea train, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside, and then traveling on the sea is very shocking, but after the shock, my heart also gained great peace.

Life is a train heading to the grave. There will be many stops along the way. It is difficult for someone to accompany you from beginning to end. When the person who accompanies you wants to get off, even if you are reluctant, you should be grateful and wave goodbye. "

“The sentence that impressed me most about the game is:
No matter how bumpy the road ahead is, as long as the direction is correct, you are closer to happiness than standing still.

When people live with hope and dreams in their hearts, no matter how difficult the road is, they will not go wrong if they stick to their dreams and hopes. "

"Hahaha, the sentence that impressed me the most about games and movies is——

Don’t eat too much or you’ll be killed!”

“Hahahaha, me too. When I saw the fat pigs in the pigsty and then looked at the fried chicken in my hand, my scalp suddenly went numb.

Put down the fried chicken immediately."

"I'm different, I eat with a clear conscience. Life is so tiring, what's wrong with being a pig?
Eat, sleep, sleep, eat, and then get stabbed with a knife."

"In the end, it's still that sentence, and that's also what Pokeni wants to tell us, right? -

Don't forget your heart, you have to always.

"Spirited Away", people of different ages have different feelings. A 40-year-old middle-aged person like me was moved to tears when watching it. Thinking carefully, I found that I had long forgotten my childhood dreams, and then became one of the most ordinary templates in the world.

As for the game Pokeni, I actually feel that the ultimate hope is that you can find your own most beautiful and true original intention through your own insights.

If you also want to experience it once, you might as well go and play it. The game is worth buying and the movie is also worth watching.

In short, this is definitely a movie or game that must be experienced in life.

highly recommended."

"I admire you,
Pokeni has really not forgotten its original intention and still insists on game innovation, striving to bring us the newest, most fun, most interesting, most shocking and most touching games.

I love this company so much.”

……

This time, without waiting for Miyazaki to call, Qing Zhiyuan took the initiative to call the other party.

"The game sold very well, thanks to Mr. Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli for their contribution."

Miyazaki was slightly stunned.

Hey man, you've said everything I wanted to say, what else can I say?

"No, no, your game is still good. This time it perfectly expresses what we want.

Qingsang, you are a game producer with passion, ideals, thoughts and dreams.

He is also a great entrepreneur.”

This time, Pokeni and Ghibli have teamed up to convey some universal values ​​of truth, goodness and beauty through movies and games. However, the medium of communication is very oriental. Not only are the buildings quaint, but they also contain a lot of neon culture.

Together with various gods and monsters, it is equivalent to spreading culture to the whole world.

The game itself is also a vehicle for expressing and spreading ideas. On this point, Miyazaki Hayao fully affirmed Qing Zhiyuan.

At the same time, Qing Zhiyuan is not entirely an idealist. Compared with Hayao Miyazaki himself, he is a very pragmatic person. Not only can he create games with profound thoughts and make high-brow works, but he can also make them down-to-earth enough, which is very rare.

In Qing Zhiyuan’s own words:

He didn't intend to become a saint of the times, nor did he ever think about instilling any values ​​into the world.

However, being able to make players like the game while spreading more truth, goodness and beauty and making people think is actually the ultimate pursuit.

People should be able to see the moon in the sky and also be able to bend down and pick up sixpence on the ground.

This is Qing Zhiyuan’s philosophy of life.

At the same time, this is probably also a very important reason why he was able to grow the company to such a scale and become the world's number one gaming company.

Having ideals alone is not enough to feed oneself, and having food without ideals makes one no different from a maggot.

People need to eat and maintain their ideals.

You have to earn money while standing.

This is Qing Zhiyuan.

However, to some extent, Studio Ghibli deserves credit. If "Spirited Away" had not been released worldwide, thereby increasing players' awareness and allowing many viewers to understand the game world in advance and have a certain understanding of some traditional Eastern culture, the experience of playing this game suddenly would actually be much worse.

On the one hand, you may not be able to fully understand the game and comprehend the profound ideas contained in it.

On the other hand, there may be certain deficiencies in the experience, making people think that this is just an interesting action game with good graphics, but it only stays at this level.

But with the support of Ghibli, players will understand, oh, so this is how it is.

After the game is over, you will have a deeper understanding and a more complete experience.

"So, has Ghibli thought about what to make for its next movie?" Qing Zhiyuan asked with a smile.

Miyazaki Hayao was stunned.

My goodness, didn’t Spirited Away just come out? Why are you in such a hurry to release it?

That's not right. When did Qing Zhiyuan become an overseer? !
"Qingsang, as a human being, you still need to take a breath once in a while."

"But, we are already considering the next movie."

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...(End of chapter)