It’s not an April Fool’s joke.
Since its release in 2016, the asymmetric PvP game “Dead by Daylight” has sparked quite a stir at that time, thanks to its unique features and the “product promotion” effect of various live-streaming platforms. After having a huge user base, even for a horror-themed genre that focuses on novelty, the various supernatural butchers within it still cultivated a fan economy and further gave rise to various fan creations.
No kidding. Over time, it was inevitable that some bolder guys would gradually emerge and start to be envious of their bodies.
In the face of an increasing number of LSPS in the community, publisher Behaviour Interactive has taken its service attitude to the extreme and actually launched a love simulation game for them where they fall in love with killers – “Dead by Daylight: Dead by Daylight”.
It’s still the Qixi Festival on the 4th. It’s hard to say it wasn’t intentional
If I remember correctly, this work was announced rather suddenly at the beginning, to the extent that the mainstream online public opinion all thought that these Canadian idiots had got the April Fool’s Day date wrong. But friends who often enjoy the vulgar R-rated films must be well aware that the R18G scenes with fat intestines and liver all over the place and the sweet and sour R18 love story are never in conflict in American country slashing literature.
Look, in ancient times, there was the beautiful story of a handsome man and a beautiful woman finally getting married in the Cthulhu Mythos written by Lovecraft. Later, there was also the beautiful tale of Jason Boy, the disciplinary commissioner of Crystal Lake, who, through the introduction of his passionate fans, broke free from the constraints of nationality and physical conditions and married Sadako. Nowadays, it’s quite reasonable to let a few butchers who usually work hard and keep an eye on the village generator to prevent young people from the city from causing damage take a break and exchange their experiences of hanging meat under the beach to enhance their relationship.
Why can’t people fall in love in the movie “Blade & Slash”
Dating simulation games have always been quite creative in terms of themes, especially in the independent circles of Europe and America, where this trend is becoming increasingly intense. If you pay a little attention to game news, in recent years, you must have heard of works that fall in love with Cthulhu, pigeons or other flying insects and beasts to some extent.
At first hearing, it sounds rather silly, but a great man once said: Love is free. Or to put it more straightforwardly, it doesn’t matter if a pervert only shows himself off in private.
So you see, if you narrow the circle a little further, you can find something like “Armed Helicopter Love Simulation” or “Doomed love”. Diversity inclusion? The Ghost Man has long reached the pinnacle in the field of dating simulation games. As long as you don’t have any dietary restrictions, any dish can be served.
Don’t look it up. It will become strange
But generally speaking, such games are mainly about theme gimmicks and won’t really explain to you how two armed helicopters kiss. So I had a preconceived notion that “Drunken Soul” was just a commotion, but I didn’t expect that this game actually put a lot of effort into it.
On closer inspection, it turns out that Behaviour mainly provided guidance and supervision for this work, while the actual development work was actually outsourced to Psyop. You may have no idea about this studio at all, but you’ve probably heard of their last contract project – “KFC Colonel Finger-Sucking Simulator”.
Falling in love with the young fried chicken king, Colonel Sanders, may seem strange, but this thing is a genuine official promotional game of KFC. So Behaviour really intends you to be intimate with a bunch of psychopathic killers. The idea of “Intoxicated Soul” wasn’t a sudden whim; rather, it was well-prepared.
The original title of the game is also very Japanese light novel toilet paper style
First of all, it is indeed a ridiculous comedy, but the portrayal of the characters in the game basically captures the atmosphere of the original “Dead by Daylight” quite well. In addition, as a game mainly based on text reading, the writing quality within it is also satisfactory. It can offer dialogues worth watching and, within the limited length, it strives to ensure that there is enough fun.
Scarlet love bubbles
As an officially designated prank, Xin Zui Hun Mi has shown its crazy attitude from the very beginning.
The protagonist has a narrator in his mind who can communicate with other characters, but unfortunately, it is not the target of this work’s strategy – in fact, the narrator has his own partner from the very beginning – the Sea, who is also a nihilist with a philosopher’s air. But you don’t need to be depressed. Four romantic candidates who are familiar with the killing players but have more sexy images will soon make their appearance.
You wake up from the beach, nameless and genderless, with no information that can form a concrete image. Whether male or female, young or old, whether it’s a steel pangolin or a passing Kamen rider, any character setting can be used to fit in. So, even if I let a Romero Spine sword suspended in mid-air go on a date with the trap maker (the Trap Guy), the ghost (Tinker Bell), the huntress (Mom Rabbit), and the vengefully spirit (Linmei), no one can get in my way!
You’re crazy and I’m stupid.jpg
The game is filled with Meta elements throughout, brimming with many tributes to Hack-and-Slash movies or various jokes about breaking the fourth wall. This tone somewhat makes it difficult for players to take the story seriously and occasionally step out of it. But I think it’s quite suitable for the experience state of this game and won’t really make people fall into the trap of elaborate embellishment (?). Trapped in the love trap.
This point is really important for “Intoxicated Soul”. Yes, this is a dating simulation game, but when these four sexy beauties commit domestic violence, they can punch you out of your brain with one punch.
Damn it! After all the turmoil, you even have to pull out the broken glass shards that the vengeful spirit has stuck in your mouth from between your teeth. So aspects like gender and identity are almost all childish topics in this game. It also requires you to have a bit of awareness that transcends species and traditional cognitive concepts.
In fact, you and I both understand this truth – even if we adhere to the principle that the customer is God, there is no reason for you to buy this game and suddenly make the evil spirits fall in love with humans. The reason why players can make Jiazi Ge compete with Tinker Bell and be jealous is not because of a resume from a prestigious university or 100,000 zombie followers on Weibo. What they value more is your side that is not bound by universal values.
It’s not a situation like “Grass Cat” where the initial favorable impression is 999
You wouldn’t think it’s like the most common Japanese Gal games where the protagonist can handle all kinds of people just by being “gentle”, would you? Although in this game, the killers are much more polite than in the main game of “Dead by Daylight”, it doesn’t prevent them from pulling out their weapons from an unknown position in the swimsuit at any time, chopping up the unlucky guys including you and stuffing them into the oven for dinner.
Of course, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the game, each assassin in “Intoxicated Soul” not only has a nature similar to that of the original work, but also has a set of “superficial character designs”. For instance, in this game, Jiazi Ge is a narcissistic second-generation ancestor, somewhat like the talkative yellow-haired football captain in the stereotypical image of Europe and America. The ghost is a somewhat shy and introverted, and from time to time, he has a touch of philosophical madness and is a melancholy young man.
But beneath this external persona, they remain supernatural killers who long to be bathed in blood and are always ready to devour people alive. This is by no means limited to the BADEND of choosing the wrong branch and getting killed in one strike in the game. It also includes all kinds of “not so…” that are constantly mentioned in the process of conquering them. Uh, health? Or rather, a somewhat strong-tasting set of values.
I know that no one would bother to remember the fallacies and world-weary remarks of the bad guys in the game. But at the same time, it cannot be denied that in literary creation, there is something called the charm of villains. In “Heart Drunk and Soul Lost”, the characters we aim to portray are of this kind – it’s very important to recognize this. Don’t assume that they will completely deviate from the original work and be “whitewashed” into sweet-tongued little cakes.
Otherwise, what do you think you can eat on the isolated island
It should be noted that I personally haven’t had a very in-depth experience of the original “Dead by Daylight”. I didn’t play “Wraith” and “Huntress” before their implementation updates. But it is clear that in this game, these two killers should also have quite a few expansions. For instance, in the game, the vengeful spirit is depicted as a somewhat pretentious Gothic girl who refuses to go to work and prefers to spend her time petting cats and reading – at least that’s what she herself says.
Oh, she is also a descendant of a samurai family. From this perspective, it seems that the protagonist is a suspended spinal sword with a self-personality. It does seem quite appropriate (?) .
To be honest, I really appreciate the screenwriter of this game. He has managed to combine this spoof love theme with the original work very reliably. The text strikes a perfect balance between the American comedy formula and the dark and evil tone. While you are enjoying the tender and intimate moments of the guide route, you can clearly sense that you are gradually delving into the distorted inner world of a crazy killer.
Moreover, throughout this work, there is a cheerful atmosphere. Despite the continuous use of various voiceovers and Meta elements to force you to immerse yourself, the plot still interweaves some supplements to the original work. Under the dedicated strategy routes or stories told by each assassin at bonfire parties, they all correspond to the original Settings to some extent. They can be regarded as a kind of not-so-serious but still officially authorized plot completion.
There are three hundred taels of silver left here
Overall, relying on the huge user base of the original work, there should be quite a few people willing to give the official project “Heart Drunk Soul Enchanted” a try. But apart from the decent writing and the status of being an official fan, it’s likely that the old-timers in the Gal game world will soon discover that this game has a lot of flaws to pick on.
For instance, in terms of the system, there are functional issues such as inability to fast forward, inability to read previous text, and inability to save when choosing branch options. Compared with today’s conventional Gal, it appears very rudimentary. Mini-games are crude, boring and often in the way. Furthermore, there is a key fact that must be recognized regarding “Heart Drunk and Soul Lost” : its view on love is not the pure and innocent type suitable for all ages.
In fact, for the relatively conservative…… Or to put it more clearly – for the resolute pure love warriors, “Intoxicated Soul” probably won’t bring them any pleasant memories. But then again, what do you expect a few long-abandoned perverted lunatics to do in a place called Murder Island?
Fortunately, this game is not targeted at adults; otherwise, they might have created a super villain version of Herogasm for you
You are indeed in a relationship with a group of lunatics whose thoughts are not swayed by moral standards or other rules. So we don’t have to take it too seriously. Imagine yourself as a new killer who was hit on the head by a coconut and temporarily lost your memory, but whose true identity is the same as theirs. Enjoying this crazy vacation with a playful attitude will be much more comfortable.