2022 curtain has begun, and new stars have shining on the "national single" stage, which undoubtedly has a good start for the new year. The domestic Roguelite game "Warm Snow", which was officially released on January 19, has achieved both popularity and reputation thanks to its refreshing battles, diverse builds and unique "dark fairy tale" style. So far, it has received 5,697 reviews and a 91% positive review rate on the Steam platform.
The success of "Warm Snow" has set a good start for the domestic stand-alone game in 2022
As a player who almost got into the trap at the first time of release, I can say responsibly that if you are a fan of Rogue games and also like the theme of fairy tales, then even if there are some shortcomings in the depth and breadth of content, as well as the numerical and mechanism design, "Warm Snow" is definitely a game that can make you addicted to it.
As mentioned above, the success of "Warm Snow" is not only due to its excellent Roguelite experience, but also its likable theme style. As a game with the theme of "Xianxia", various magical weapons, magical powers and chaotic spirits are naturally indispensable. Today, let’s briefly talk about the first part of the game that met with players - the setting of the genre Buddha statue.
Seven Swords Shura
Seven Swords Shura is the initial unlocked Buddha statue in the game. Its image features are eight arms holding seven swords. The corresponding genre mainly features strengthening melee attacks.
Since it is named after Shura, the design prototype of the Seven Sword Shura is naturally the famous Asura in Buddhism. As one of the six realms, Asura is a typical militant. They are divided into men and women, men are ugly but women are very beautiful. Therefore, male Asuras often cause trouble and stir up disputes in various paths of heaven; while female Asuras often use their beauty to deceive sentient beings and disturb their practice. It can be said that Asura is a typical race with the "evil fall" talent. Although he is one of the sentient beings of good paths, he is kind by nature and believes in Buddhism, and is one of the "Eight Tribes of the Heavenly Dragons" of the Buddhist Dharma Protector, he always has anger and is born in the good path and does not correct the result. But on the other hand, Asura is also a very "human" category among the Buddhist gods. They can be said to have all the three defilements of "greed, anger, and ignorance" that ordinary people often have. This also makes it difficult for Asura to list good paths, but it is difficult to call it good, and Asura’s path gradually falls from good paths to evil paths. This also corresponds to the literal translation of "Asura" - the meaning of "not heaven" refers to "similar to heaven but not heaven".
Shura is one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhism
Imageously, the images of Asura appear in various Buddhist scriptures are different, and there are many different opinions, and it is difficult to be concrete. Therefore, when painting, it is generally depicted with multiple faces, multiple eyes or multiple hands. Common ones include three heads, six arms, four eyes and four arms.
Asura pictures in Dunhuang murals
It can be seen that the seven swords of Asura in the game are centered on Asura's irritability, fighting bravery and good at fighting. It adopts a common multi-arm image and combined with the seven sharp swords, which is very consistent with its corresponding genre's main characteristics of strengthening melee attack capabilities.
Venice of the Infinite Venerable
The image of the Buddha statue of the Infinite Venerable is a human figure with the characteristics of a bird, and the most conspicuous one is the wings composed of a sword. Its corresponding genre focuses on strengthening long-range flying sword attacks.
In Buddhism, "Venice" refers to those who are both virtuous and virtuous, and who can be a role model for others. It is generally used as a respectful title for Buddhist disciples and Arhats. Later generations extended this title to make it not only limited to Buddhism, but also widely used in many titles of ancestors or predecessors.
Eighteen Arhats all have their Venerable Name
It is worth mentioning that the translation of "Venerable" is different from the original text of different sources. It is unknown whether it is a secret combination or a consistent use.
Since the reputation of "Venice" has no special reference, it has a strong degree of freedom of creation. The game is prefixed with "infinite" and corresponding to the number of flying swords that become infinite after choosing this genre. Combined with the flying bird characteristics and sword feathers in the image design, it can be said that the core ability of "flying sword" is quite well expressed.
"The Treasure of the King"
Divine Drink Mingwang
The biggest feature of the Buddha statue of the Divine Drink is the wine gourd and the sword with flame (of course beer belly is also counted). The corresponding genre revolves around "wine" and "fire", focusing on strengthening fire damage.
"King of Ming", also known as " Wrathful Lord ", " Wrathful King ", as the name suggests, King Ming is the "incarnation of anger" of Buddha in Buddhism. In layman's terms, even Buddhas will get angry, and once they get angry, they will turn into the form of a Mingwang. Different Buddhas have different corresponding Mingwangs. The most famous of them should be the pair of , Tathagata, and Immobilized Mingwang.
The image of the Ming King is like
Since it is an image that will only appear when you get angry, the Ming Kings are naturally born to "educate" and difficult to adjust sentient beings. In short, the Ming King is the thug personality of the Buddhas, who is specifically responsible for physical education.
Education (Physics)
Return to the game "Warm Snow". Since the Ming King represents Buddha, it is reasonable to make him really "angry". Let’s work on the classic drinking and fire-breathing in folk acrobatics, and the “God-Drinking King” is just like that.
Holy Wild Thunder King Kong
The Holy Wild Thunder King Kong statue in the game is an image of an armored warrior holding a lightning-forked sword. Correspondingly, this genre is mainly characterized by lightning damage.
The word "Vajra" was first derived from the Indian Brahman classic - " Rigveda ", and is the weapon of the Thor Indra. In religious rituals, a small club-shaped weapon of the same name is often used to symbolize Indra's lightning magical powers. In order to distinguish it, this magic weapon is translated as " Vajra " or "Demon-subduing Pestle".
Vajra
In the subsequent development and evolution, the guardian gods of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism were often portrayed as holding vajra and glaring with eyes wide open (so there is the idiom "Vajra"), which is used to symbolize subduing demons and exorcising evil spirits and defending the way. These guardian gods are called Vajra Gods or Vajra Powers, and have gradually been simplified into "Vajra". The " Four Vajras " that is often said among the people is actually the name of the four guardian gods in Buddhist mythology.
The four classic images of the King Kong
It is obvious that the game is influenced by the four classic images of the King Kong. It is mainly composed of the warrior in armor, coupled with the expression of "Vajra's Grizzly" and combines the core characteristics of the genre, "Lightning", to shape the image of "Sacred Power and Wrathful Thunder King Kong".
spark with lightning
Sanchuan Kuhan Bodhisattva
Compared with other Buddha statues, "Sanchuan Kuhan Bodhisattva" is not intuitive enough to express the characteristics of the school they represent. At first glance, it is just a very typical image of a Buddhist female Bodhisattva. This genre features frost damage as its core feature.
Generally speaking, Bodhisattva is the second only to Buddha in Buddhist mythology. Thanks to the popular "Journey to the West", the names of Guanyin Bodhisattva , Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva can be said to be well-known, among which Guanyin Bodhisattva is the most famous, and even to the point where many people think that Bodhisattvas are women with great supernatural powers.
The image of Guanyin Bodhisattva in "Journey to the West" is very classic
In fact, as a necessary stage in the path to becoming a Buddha, there are many Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, and they can even be divided into fifty-two levels. These levels range from bottom to top, covering countless Buddhist children from ordinary people who are towards Buddha to great Bodhisattvas who are about to become Buddhas. Therefore, there are both men and women in Bodhisattvas, and they are not all as powerful as those of Guanyin . The image of the Bodhisattva in the classics is usually kind and kind, which is the embodiment of the Buddhist idea of "saving all living beings".
Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows
Unlike the Buddha statue mentioned earlier, the "Sanchuan" in the name of Sanchuan Kuhan Bodhisattva is a special reference to its own things. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Sanchuan refers to the Jinghe , Weihe and Luohe in the Guanlong area, all originated near Qishan , and later used to refer to the entire Yellow River basin.
Overview of Sanchuan
Comparing the classic image of Buddha statues and Guanyin Bodhisattva in the game, it seems that the production team is also deeply influenced by "Journey to the West".
The Three Corpse Ci Girl
At first glance, I knew that the Three Corpse Ci Girl must be a poisonous person. After all, the elements of snakes and skeletons in the Buddha statue are too typical.
Miss Ci, in legend, is the sister of Ge Xuan (commonly known as Ge Xianweng , Taiji Xianweng), founder of the National Taoist Lingbao School and the folk Taoist sect. She followed her brother to travel around the mountains and rivers, practiced medicine, and accumulated virtue, and had a high reputation among the people.
and the three corpses, also known as the three insects and the three poisons, are the three evil desires that are believed to be in the human body in . Among them, the upper corpse is good for decoration, the middle corpse tastes good, and the lower corpse is lustful.
It is obvious that the three corpses of the three corpses in "Warm Snow" is a image created by mixing the "medicine" of the three corpses and the "evil desire" of the three corpses (even made three faces to cooperate with the three corpses), which is quite novel and interesting.
Conclusion
In "Warm Snow", interesting settings are much more than this. For example, the image and move design of the four masters of pig, crane, turtle and tiger, the corresponding monster design in each level, the shapes of various weapons and special abilities designs, all have many places worthy of appreciation. The purpose of this article is just to draw a splash. As for the truly exciting game content, you have to experience it yourself to get the real chapter.
