Explore the secrets behind the game - "Mythic Quest: A Feast for Crows"
Today, let's talk about the American drama "Mythical Mission: A Feast of Crows".
Title Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (2020), alias Mythic Quest: Black Crow's Banquet (Taiwan).
At the beginning of this year, an American drama about the behind-the-scenes story of a game production company was launched.
The series is the first sitcom on Apple TV+, produced by Lionsgate TV and 3 Arts Entertainment, and produced by Ubisoft. Looking at the credits, most of the writers and actors are from another well-known sitcom, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," along with Abed from my favorite cult sitcom, "The Crap League."
Games, Ubisoft, Apple, sitcoms, and the Crap League are all points of interest, so I decided to pursue them.
Mythic Quest: A Feast for Crows is a sitcom that tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the gaming industry. Originally, players only saw the online side of the game, participated in online and offline activities, and at most participated in a comic exhibition game exhibition, even if it was very hardcore.
If players want to know more about the game company, there is no way, and it is even impossible to visit the inside of the game company. Well now, "Mythic Mission: Feast of Crows" directly shoots the game company to the audience on a daily basis, and with Ubisoft's participation in the production, it can fully satisfy the curiosity of the audience.
"Myth Quest" is similar to a workplace comedy for the most part, but the key point is the behind-the-scenes story of making the game.
In order to make this sitcom meaningful, Ubisoft's Red Storm studio really got the sandbox system to make a Middle-earth-style online game environment.
This seriousness alone is worthy of praise for the creators.
Of course, because Ubisoft participated in the production, you can see many shadows of Ubisoft's games in the play, "Assassin's Creed" and "Might and Magic", these famous IPs that can compete with Middle-earth have appeared in the play. If the show is built in a modern style, it is estimated that you will see the easter eggs of "Watch Dogs", "Far Cry" and "Tom Clancy".
"Mythic Quest: A Feast for Crows" revolves around a large-scale MMORPG "Mythic Quest" (Mythic Quest) online game studio.
There are not many characters in the play. The main ones are the creative director of the game studio Ian and the chief engineer Poppy.
Ian is the project sponsor of Mythic Quest, and it was his idea to build this fantasy world of swords and magic. He often has an epiphany and comes up with many novel ideas, which players love endlessly. At the same time, he is also an extremely conceited person, stubborn and self-centered, and he cannot tolerate others stealing his limelight.
Poppy is a super programmer with great programming flair, with few technical problems she can't solve. However, with some inferiority complex, she lived in the shadow of Ian for a long time, eager to be recognized by others.
David is the general manager in charge of managing the studio. He is the top leader of the studio, but in fact, he is not outstanding in all aspects. The main task is to maintain the harmony and stability of this department, and to be the object of everyone's anger.
Brad is the Abed in "The Crap League". This time, he turned into a miser and served as the game marketing director.
CW Longbottom was once a Nebula Award-winning writer, responsible for writing the background story for "Myth Mission". The old man still maintains his love for fantasy literature at a young age. It lies in the interaction of young people and mutual influence.
Rachel and Dana are two cute girls in the studio who are full-time in charge of experience tasks and catching bugs. They are engaged in the job that all game fans yearn for, but it is not an easy job.
The new assistant Jo has a quick mind, and his thinking is different from ordinary people. Every time he handles a problem, he can always think of a direction that others can't think of, and it is often the wrong direction.
It is these various characters that make up "Myth Quest", and they will lead the audience to experience the daily life of the game studio up close.
This show is produced by Ubisoft in good faith, so it is normal to have some bugs.
To be honest, it would be abnormal if there were no bugs in "Myth Quest", which would make people wonder if it was produced by Ubisoft. Fortunately, these bugs are all within the screenwriter's control. When they say they are bugs, they are bugs, and when they say they are easter eggs, they are easter eggs.
"I am your father" and "I am your son".
The father-son terrier is really an enduring terrier. From the space soap opera "Star Wars" to the medieval magical world "Myth Quest", the classic games "God of War", "Assassin's Creed" and "Iron Fist" are all tried-and-true tricks.
I also talk about the father and son here. I don't know if it is a tribute or a joke.
In the short 9 episodes of "Mythical Mission: Feast of Crows", the most dazzling and deepest is the fifth episode "Death of Darkness and Silence" in the middle.
Even if "Dark and Silent Death" is singled out, it is a very good short film. "Death of Darkness and Silence" is a story in the nature of the prequel to "Mythical Quest". In the story, a young man and a woman meet and fall in love because of their love for games and come together. They developed the whimsical ideas in their minds. The main elements of the game are "darkness," "silence," and "death." The game is mourning and full of philosophy, allusion to reality and full of fun, and once it was launched, it became popular in the game circle.
After the game was sold, wealth and status came one after another, and the couple gradually diverged due to different creative concepts. Men are constantly compromising to the market and bowing their heads to the power of money, and the main elements of "Death of Darkness and Silence" are disappearing one by one; women insist on making original personality games, not like the market compromise.
The experience of "Death of Darkness and Silence" is very similar to many games we are familiar with. When a certain game was independently produced and produced, it was amazing to all parties. Immediately after the independent game was acquired by a large company, the sequel and derivative works were launched immediately, and they couldn't wait to realize it, and the follow-up works gradually lost their original charm. It's ironic that horror games have even become toddler games.
To be honest, being able to turn your hobby into a career, being able to engage in your favorite job, and being able to find a group of like-minded companions is not the greatest blessing in life. Most of the people in "Mythical Quest" are working with a love for games. Except for a few businessmen who are chasing the excitement of money, most people remember the joy of making and playing games.
Making games is like doing anything. Everything is about "not forgetting the original intention". At any time, don't forget the idea of the first departure, and never forget the original love and original intention of the game.
To say old-fashioned words, may you and I go away for half a lifetime and return as teenagers.
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