Game Making: Start By Healing the Player

Just like Song Ren, there are not a few players who have some expectations for "Bioshock: Elysium".

The dark and complex story, in fact, many players have some psychological preparations in their hearts when they are halfway through the game.

That's the possibility that the final ending of "Bioshock: Elysium" won't make them feel so good.

And in the games developed by Chen Xu, most of the protagonists have a very tragic ending.

But seeing Elizabeth fall in a pool of blood really made all the players feel heartbroken.

Especially before this, the player saw everything about this girl in Colombia, the city in the sky.

They've had adventures together before, and the feeling of that emotional connection is nothing short of simple.

Thinking about it carefully, Chen Xu did not seem to have said that Elizabeth would survive.

It's just that she's no longer the protagonist, but will appear.

But such an appearance is too cruel!

Players could still imagine that Elizabeth did not disappear, and there was a blank ending.

Just like the story of "The Last Survivor", if you keep going down, many players have to admit that in that kind of crisis-ridden apocalypse, maybe one of Ellie and Joel will die sooner or later.

But the plot of the game came to an abrupt end after leaving Firefly, and this blank ending was a perfection.

But "Bioshock: Elysium" is too complete.

Complete enough to make the whole story a perfect closed loop.

As Elizabeth's eyes slowly closed, the game screen returned to Jack's side again.

The game needs an ending, and the player also needs an explanation.

So under the pursuit of Fontaine who manipulated the security of Bliss City, Jack fled to Dr. Tynan's secret hideout.

With the help of the female doctor, Jack raced all the way to the former site of Dr. Yi's laboratory, and drank the drug to remove his mind control.

Next, Jack can finally deal with the old liar Fontaine who has manipulated his life.

And this battle with Fang Dan made Song Ren feel a lot of pressure.

However, as the protagonist of the game, it is normal to have a four-dimensional pocket.

The legendary mobile arsenal, plus the Plastid Archmage.

Stronger than Fontaine, he finally fell into Jack's hands.

After repeated battles, both Fontaine and Jack have been exhausted.

And at this last moment, a group of little sisters rushed out from the dark corner.

He stabbed Fontaine violently with a needle, draining all the Adam substance and life in his body.

The last little sister handed Jack the key to the control core of Elysium from Fontaine's body.

'They gave this city to you. ’

'You rejected the city. ’

This is Elizabeth's voice!

Seeing the picture of the little sister handing the key to Jack and the background narration sounded, Song Ren was extremely sighed.

Elizabeth's death, Andrew Lane's death, and Jack's arrival.

Just like variables and quantifications in parallel worlds.

Elizabeth saw the future in this timeline, and she understood that only by following the line she saw would it not deviate, and only when Jack finally arrived, Elysium could truly come to an end.

She saw this beauty, so she chose to follow the future she saw.

In the game, he took the little sister's hand, and Jack took them into the submersible and returned to the world outside the sea.

'and then? ’

'You saved them. ’

'You found the stolen wealth in their hearts and gave them back. ’

'That's hope! ’

'You watch them learn. ’

'You watch them get married. ’

‘You watch them find hope in life. ’

'And in the end, what did you get? ’

Jack's outstretched hand trembled as he lay dying on the hospital bed.

From different directions, five hands reached out and placed them in Jack's palm.

'You never mentioned it, but I think we all know...'

'It's a family. ’

Along with the end of the picture, the scene came to Paris, and Elizabeth's singing sounded, but there was no shadow of Elizabeth.

In such an ending, the two "Bioshock" films also officially came to an end.

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Watch the list of producers rolling at the end of the game.

Elizabeth's voice echoed in her ears.

Song Ren had too many feelings in his heart.

Maybe because of Elizabeth's sacrifice.

Maybe it's because of the huge and complex setting and amazing plot of "Bioshock".

Maybe it's because of Jack's relationship with his little sister, and Booker's adventures with Elizabeth.

But one thing Song Ren can be sure of is that "Bioshock" is definitely a masterpiece.

Especially with this lower 'Elysium City'.

It also completes the entire Bioshock story, forming a perfect closed loop.

Even though he hasn't fully recovered yet, the content in the game is too shocking.

In addition to the final big reversal in "Infinite", the BOSS was actually my own reversal, which shocked him.

Secondly, the whole game content focuses on the tacit adventure of Booker and Elizabeth.

Throughout the early and mid game, basically the fun is here.

The reason is naturally that there are too many pits buried in the whole game.

It was not until I finally saw the First Lady of Comstock that the puzzles in the players' hearts were revealed little by little.

Originally, Song Ren thought that the city of Bliss in the lower part of "Bioshock" was simply a map change.

It has nothing to do with Colombia, the city in the sky.

But in fact she was completely wrong.

The sky city of Columbia and the deep sea city of Bliss, these two so-called utopian cities, can be said to have an extremely close connection.

It is even said that without any party, the other city will not continue to develop.

Similarly, Elizabeth went to Bliss City and found Booker, which was just a fuse.

It's more about connecting Elizabeth to Jack's story.

Song Ren has to admit that "Bioshock" is definitely the game with the most mixed elements in history without making people feel abrupt.

As far as the ending is concerned, this is indeed a good ending.

As long as you don't choose to hurt the little sisters in the game, in the end Jack will successfully save the five little sisters, bring them back to the ground, and adopt them for them to go to school until they get married.

Then he lived his life peacefully.

Like Ezio in Assassin's Creed.

But the key point is not Jack, but Elizabeth.

Compared with Jack in Elysium City, there is Booker in Sky City.

The most impressive point of the entire "Bioshock" is Elizabeth.

Yes, this time the protagonist did usher in a good ending.

But this is based on the sacrifice of a more charismatic character than the protagonist.

This suddenly made countless players unable to hold back.