Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

It has to be said that the most memorable thing is the tragedy.

This is why, throughout the ages, many literature and art have ended in tragedy.

Foreign Shakespeare's works such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, etc., domestic works such as Liang Zhu and so on.

These stories basically end tragically, but they are also memorable.

And in Final Fantasy.

Zack died to protect Cloud, Alice was killed by Sephiroth to save the world, and Jesse of Avalanche trio died.

From the early stage to the late stage, it can be said that the tears of the players were directly squeezed.

It also caused the resentment of many players.

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In the game, just like the previous plot of Alice's death, Song Ren took a long time to calm down and moved forward with the follow-up plot.

Although judging from the characters that appeared in Advent of the Son, there should be no characters left to die.

But after experiencing Zack's ruthless slash, it can be said that he does not dare to gamble at all.

At this time in the game, with the help of Tifa, Claude also regained his strength.

At this moment Claude really became himself.

Instead of the deranged Claude who imitated Zack's behavior before.

His hand tightly grasped the great sword of destruction next to him. For Claude, who had recovered his memory, this was no longer as simple as a weapon.

From Angel to Zack, to his hands.

This sword carries their honor and dreams.

After Claude returned to normal, the huge meteorites in the sky continued to fall.

Although Alice's white magic has been successfully activated, it cannot take effect because Sephiroth still exists.

That is the black magic used by Sephiroth.

Knowing this, Claude and the others are going to go to Sephiroth to make the final call.

But at this moment, the Shinra armed monster named 'weapon' in the sea surfaced uncontrollably, and the forward position was exactly the direction of Midgar.

Marlene, Alice's adoptive mother, and countless innocent ordinary people in Midgar, considering this, Cloud and the others decided to intercept the weapons midway.

But just as they were about to fight the weapons, a huge cannon was erected on the rooftop of Shinra headquarters in the center of Midgar.

This is how Shinra prepares to deal with Sephiroth, and with the firing of the cannon, the weapon is successfully destroyed and even the shield of the large cavity is defeated.

But under Sephiroth's black magic power, the huge energy was reflected back towards the Shinra headquarters.

The president of Shinra, Lufas, was buried under the rubble. Seeing this, Song Ren also understood why this guy was paralyzed in the coming of the Son of God.

However, with the life and death of Rufus unknown, different departments within Shinra began to compete for power and profit. As a double agent, Cathy explained to Claude what was happening in Shinra.

Compared with the struggle for power and profit, the more terrifying thing is that without Minister Shinra's restraint, the treasure is completely out of control. He wants to let his biological plan crush scientific weapons, so he directly chooses to open all the magic furnaces and put the magic Xun leaked.

And the consequence of this will be to blow up the entire Midgar directly.

At the same time, in this part of the plot, Vincent's story gave players a knife.

Although there is no pain caused by Zack and Alice, it is also a story full of sadness.

Of course, the more important point is that in the story of the man Vincent Valentine, a point that made countless players stunned.

That is Sephiroth, the life experience and origin of the biggest boss in this game.

It turns out that Sephiroth's biological mother was originally Vincent's lover.

While Vincent was working in Tux when he was young, his girlfriend died in an experiment due to indirect reasons.

It made her feel guilty, which made her unable to face Vincent, and finally she chose to break up with Vincent.

But after breaking up, he was deceived by Baotiao.

It's just that, as a treasure of Frankenstein, there is no love for her.

Because Treasure has only one purpose from beginning to end, and that is to use her to let the newborn fetus implant Xenovia cells to conduct better experiments.

Including Vincent was transformed into a monster, the culprit is also Dr. Pojo.

This is still a bit distressing for Vincent, not only is his girlfriend gone, but also made like this.

The revelation of this episode caused countless players to drop their jaws in shock.

When the movie "The Advent of the Son" was released, many players didn't have too much hatred for Sephiroth.

Because from appearing to leaving, Sephiroth just had a fight with Claude from beginning to end.

If there is a bad thing, it can be said that it is not done at all.

Coupled with the appearance of Sephiroth, it can be called a forced Gramman, and the angel of "DengDengDengDeng" appeared proudly in the soundtrack.

Sephiroth's soundtrack is still ringing, including during the exit.

Even the chorus in its BGM is Sephiroth's name.

It can be said that in terms of momentum and pomp, Claude is no better than Sephiroth.

Such a character naturally has a large number of fans.

Although after the game was launched, Sephiroth's evil deeds appeared, fooling Claude and killing Alice, which made many people hate Sephiroth.

But in terms of appearance and brilliance, no one can pick out the slightest fault of Sephiroth.

"Are you kidding me? Baotiao can give birth to such a son!?"

Song Ren looked at this episode, and the whole person was also confused.

According to 100 points of appearance, how can Baotiao, a guy with 10 points of appearance, give birth to Sephiroth with 90 points?

Is this a genetic mutation?

Or is it that Xenovia's cells are just that top?

Can he transform Sephiroth, who inherited the ugly cell like Treasure, into a handsome man?

Because of the performance brought about by this contrast, the sad points in Vincent's story have been washed away a lot.

Come to Shinra, and kill the treasure that is the source of all evil that has been implanted with Mako and Xenovia cells and turned into monsters.

Song Ren could feel that the game had come to an end.

Because Claude and the others are going to the depths of the big void where Sephiroth is.

Like most games, this episode also allows players to make final preparations, continue to develop characters, or go to other maps to complete sidelines, without leaving any regrets for this week's endgame.

And when they arrived at the big hole, Cloud and the others also saw Sephiroth again.

At this moment, Sephiroth seems to have become a god.

But with the help of Claude, Tifa, and the rest of the partners.

They still had a hard time beating Sephiroth.

But even so, Sephiroth has not disappeared.

Because Xenovia's cells also flowed in Claude's body, it also meant that Sephiroth's spirit also existed in Claude's body.

In addition to his own mental problems, the reason why Sephiroth was able to fool Claude before was also one of the key reasons.

This battle is only a battle between Cloud and Sephiroth.

The original Claude was so vulnerable against Sephiroth.

But the current Claude is no longer the weak one he used to be.

"Have a dream, if you want to be a hero, you must have a dream..."

'You are still here! Obviously it's going to be broken, right? ’

Zack and Alice seemed to appear in Cloud's mind.

Once again, he raised the great sword of destruction in his hand and charged towards Sephiroth.

From the uncomfortable longing for Sephiroth to join Shinra because he has no power to protect Tifa, to knowing Zack and witnessing the destruction of his hometown and the death of his best friend.

Beyond those false memories of the past, now Claude no longer has to imitate anyone.

Just like what Zack had expected at the beginning, Cloud had already become a hero.

Compared with the six styles used in the Advent of the Son of God, the ultra-specialized martial arts tyrannical slash, which uses the weapon inherited from the special forces to destroy the sword, is still extremely gorgeous.

It's not luck, it's not picking up leaks. At this moment, Claude has enough strength to defeat Sephiroth by relying on his own strength.

It seems to be a re-enactment of the last scene in 'The Advent of the Son'.

With the last sword piercing through Sephiroth's body, Cloud fell from the sky.

'Farewell... Sephiroth. ' Looking at Sephiroth gradually disappearing in the sky, Claude said slowly.

Sephiroth in the air just said that line again with a faint smile on his face.

'I...will not be a memory'

Looking at the disappearing Sephiroth, Cloud in the game didn't have much reaction.

But Song Ren let out a long breath. He understood that Sephiroth would never die.

At that time, Song Ren didn't understand the meaning of this sentence when he saw "The Son of God Comes".

But now that he understands Sephiroth's life experience, the story of Zack and Cloud, and the setting of Xenovia in "Final Fantasy", Song Ren understands the meaning of this sentence.

It's like a nesting doll.

Why didn't Sephiroth die?

Because this planet has a unique energy, that is, the flow of life, from which all life on the planet originates, so it will return to the flow of life after death.

The same goes for Sephiroth.

But the key is that Sephiroth has fused with the Xenovia cell.

It can be said that Xenovia is Sephiroth.

But on the other hand Sephiroth is the life of this planet.

So Sephiroth will return to the stream of life after death, which also causes Sephiroth to not die as long as the planet is not destroyed.

But compared to this, the more critical point in front of Claude and the others is that the white magic holy light was launched too late, and even had the opposite effect. The entire Midgar had been destroyed by a powerful force.

Even the planet was at stake, but just when countless people were desperate, a miracle happened.

Under everyone's astonished eyes, green light gushed out from the stream of life, and soon merged into a barrier, blocking the meteor and the planet.

With a dazzling white light, everyone closed their eyes, and Alice's beautiful face and her smile suddenly appeared in the darkness.

Alice, who has died and returned to the stream of life, is still protecting everyone and this planet.

After the battle was finally over, Cloud took the Destruction Sword in his hand, returned to the place where Zack sacrificed to protect him, and slowly inserted the Destruction Sword into the ground.

So far, all the content of the game is over.

Watching the back of Claude leave getting farther and farther, as well as the subtitles of the game production team that appeared, and the ending song.

Song Ren took a deep breath, and his heart was full of emotion.