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Role-playing drama game "Summer Dream" mobile game launch, a summer youth story about [regret] and [rescue]. Our players will play as the male leader Tu Baichuan, in the twelve nights of time, about "dream, youth, redemption and buy", a very interesting point, "dream, youth" is very easy to understand, nothing more than a dream ah, dream ah and so on. But the "redemption and purchase" is worth thinking about, and buying what is redeemed.

Game background and setting

The story of the male and female protagonists in the game takes place in their high school years, in Shanghai in the 2000s. However, the story does not directly start from the story of their high school days, but through the male protagonist's perspective, in his fragmented dream about collapse, through the game scene pieced together their story.

Through the words of the Black Cat and the following plot, we can learn that the time and space in which the hero is located is not the real time and space, but the world of consciousness constructed after he is critically ill for some reasons. This is somewhat similar to the setting of Inception, except that the dream space is an active dream through some means, and the space where the protagonist is located is a dream scene constructed by some protective mechanisms of the brain after his consciousness is on the verge of collapsing. And, in contrast, the consciousness and dream setting of the twilight summer dream are more in line with science and more reasonable.

Plot summary and analysis

From the perspective of the hero who helps watch the store in the bookstore, we control the character to follow the prompts of the black cat, and the memories of the past emerge again and again in different scenes to deepen the story step by step.

There are many warm and ordinary branch lines in a complete story line, in February 2003, day by day, in this period of time to get along with Xiao Su, to help the friend who pursues his dream, If Fengyi, and Ji Qiuyu who returned home after four years, to persuade Wu Xiaobo who is preparing for the college entrance examination from the perspective of experience... The ordinary and warm life depicted by these branches also forms the anchor point for the hero Tu Baichuan to shuttle through other parallel worlds.

In the main plot, most of the time, we will explore the "truth" said by the black cat from the perspective of the hero, meet friends and "myself" at different points in time and different parallel space-time, and explore the truth of the "reality" in which he is located. In reality, the hero is actually falling into a deep coma for some reason, and his former girlfriend returns after four years across the ocean, wanting to save him who is unwilling to wake up and take him to move on.

Although there are some peach parts in the plot that are a little embarrassing, the whole plot line is more about the choice of youth. Different choices lead to different worlds, and each choice is unknown to us at the time. But the youth we always have to do some brave things, choose not to regret, even if finally just become ordinary and mediocre themselves.

The plot details of the game are very well done, 2003 is in the period of acute infectious disease, this is also reflected in the plot of the game, which makes me born in SARS test in the new Crown is also very sigh.

Whether it is the main line of the plot or the branch line is more reasonable, there is no some normal people can not accept the plot. And the parallel world and dream setting, although not too new, but also more in line with some scientific theories. The richness of the plot is medium, which is relatively rich for single-player games, but for dialogue novel story games, the twilight summer Dream belongs to the regular level. Five out of five, four out of four.

Gameplay summary

The gameplay of the game is relatively simple, mainly scene exchange, dialogue with characters, search for items in the scene, etc.

What players should pay more attention to is that the options in the dialogue need to be carefully selected according to the previous synopsis and some characteristics of the characters. If a choice is wrong, it may cause the dream scene to collapse and start over, so be sure to pay attention to the important words highlighted in pink in the dialogue and clues.

Because it is a drama game, so the gameplay is not difficult, easy to get started, suitable for most people, the game can be played 4 stars and a half.

The details of the game are very much in place, there are some small Easter eggs such as card octopus, and late-night radio tells the story of people around the protagonist, players can pay attention to the rest of the play, carefully taste.

Artistic design comments

Because it has a specific time and place background, the style of the game restores the style of a place in Shanghai in the 2000s. Shops, banks, bicycles, full of memories of The Times, blue and white school uniforms, but also instantly pulled my memory back to the youth period of wearing a fat big school uniform sweat for college entrance examination.

The overall painting style of the game is inclined to the traditional Japanese quadratic style, and the screen design is more beautiful, light and shadow, color contrast, and the depiction of people and objects are pleasing to the eye.

However, there are also shortcomings, more want to ridicule is the dynamic effect of the picture is not very good, some plots have been written outside is rainy, but the sunset outside the window of the bookstore does not seem to change with the change of the plot.

The overall music style is relatively relaxed, and it can change with the plot, but with different music. However, there is no dubbing of character plot dialogue, the immersion of the game is much less, and the only dubbing heard is the black cat's "Meow Meow", which is also a joke.

For the game that has been on the line for two or three years, I do not approve of the dialogue dubbing without characters. I hope I can update the dubbing in the future.

Overall evaluation

The story of the game is relatively warm, about salvation and youth, compared with those fantasy stories about love and so on, the story of the twilight summer night is like a clear stream. It's about making peace with yourself in the process of growing up, and courageously moving forward in the face of all kinds of unknown options.

Although the game has some slightly rough areas in the production, it does not prevent it from being a good game that people like. In the fiction genre, Summer Dream is undoubtedly a success, it is a game that can attract people to understand deeply.

After the deep experience of the game, after all the plot, I have a sense of loss, and even can not help but recall my own youth and my own experience. The rebellion of adolescence and the courage of the world against the world have also become harmonious under the polishing of the years, we have changed from children to adults, harmonious with ourselves, and once our confusion and unknown reconciliation. No matter what the future holds, we must always live a good life, keep our original heart, and move forward bravely.

If you feel lost in front of the screen, feel sinking, feel sad, then I recommend you to play this game, feel today's life.