Obviously, this topic has gained a lot of popularity after a night of fermentation, and so far, netizens have basically unified their views.
It seems that they really agree with the three endings of this game!
Moreover, netizens did not distinguish between right and wrong, and did not argue over which ending was better. They seemed to really think that all three endings could make the gods become gods!
With doubts, Wei Qicheng searched the Internet and finally found the source of this statement.
It turned out to be a video from a speedrunning anchor!
This speedrun anchor is Si Ye, also known as Ye Luo. He was one of the first streamers on the entire network to speedrun "Overcome Difficulties with Cats", and was also the first streamer to start speedrunning "Walking with Darkness" and "Walking Alone".
The martial arts ending of "Doupo Martial Arts" was the first one he unintentionally created.
In fact, when Lu Zhixing designed "Doubu Martial Arts", he did not deliberately hide the ending of martial arts. Compared with those deeper hidden easter eggs, this ending is actually not difficult to find.
But after all, the game's release time is relatively short, so only speedrunners can trigger it.
Ye Luo discovered it by accident while practicing speedrunning.
As a speedrun player, he wants to ensure that every key speedrun node is foolproof. Therefore, when dealing with these bosses, Ye Luo will try again and again until the methods of dealing with all the moves are formed into muscle memory.
When playing as Feng Shu and fighting these four bosses, there was nothing special about it. But when the identities were switched and these four bosses were used to fight Feng Shu, something strange happened.
As long as you don't execute twice in a row, the battle will automatically end!
Moreover, this kind of ending is not the same as the ending of a normal fight. You can clearly see that Feng Shu's expression and movements are different, as if he has been completely defeated.
So, Ye Luo tried other bosses and found that the other three bosses were just like this boss. This special mechanism could be triggered after giving up execution twice.
In the final battle against Feng Shu, Ye Luo found that giving up the execution twice was useless.
Because the difficulty of the final battle suddenly increased, Ye Luo suffered for a long time, but he did not give up trying because of this. After all, as a speed passer, these bosses were supposed to be familiar to him, so he treated them as speed pass players. Got through practice.
As a result, after Ye Luo finally gave up the execution for the third time, he naturally reached the martial arts ending.
Feng Shu knelt down and admitted defeat, and was taken away by the police who arrived to face legal trial.
This hidden ending spread all over the Internet immediately, but netizens did not reach a consensus on the evaluation of this ending.
Some netizens think this ending is very interesting, and it is an ending that can only be achieved by a real master; but some netizens think that forcing forgiveness is just a traditional shit-feeding ending? There was a game abroad that had a similar ending before, but it was criticized miserably.
Studio 404 must never fail in a place like this!
This argument lasted for a long time, and no one could convince anyone.
Finally, it was Ye Luo's video that had the final say.
Of course, after learning that there was a hidden ending, many players also started trying it. So after Ye Luo posted the video, these players who had also cleared the hidden ending also expressed their opinions, which gradually reversed the criticism.
As for why only Ye Luo's video can play such a role?
On the one hand, as a streamer who specializes in speedrunning, he has a good influence on the entire network; on the other hand, this statement is more credible only if it is spoken by a player who has actually solved the hidden ending!
Why did netizens argue before?
It's very simple, because most of the netizens at that time were cloud players. Maybe they experienced the game content of "Doubo Wulin", but they didn't try to beat the martial arts ending personally, let alone pass it personally, so they didn't understand this ending. Not profound.
These cloud players just watched the video, or just heard about it, and in their own imagination, they came to the view that the ending was "forced forgiveness".
As more and more players cleared the martial arts ending, their understanding of the game's ending became more and more profound. Positive voices gradually overshadowed the negative voices, and netizens gradually reached a consensus.
And what plays a key role in this is Ye Luo's video.
At this time, Wei Qicheng, like Yun Player, had no idea why this ending was so popular.
When he first learned about this ending, although he did not directly believe that this ending would be overturned like Zhang Jian, he was not very optimistic either. Just because I was wary of Studio 404 and Lu Zhixing, I subconsciously felt that this ending had a deeper meaning.
But how exactly does it have profound meaning? He couldn't tell either.
If he had known, wouldn't he have written out the plan in advance? It’s not like I’m going to work overtime now.
So, Wei Qicheng clicked on the video to view it with doubts.
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"Hello everyone, my name is Yotsuba, and today I would like to share with you my thoughts on the three endings of "Doppo Martial Arts".
"Everyone should know the three endings, which are the regular ending of the game, the martial arts ending, and the movie ending.
"Many friends have expressed their opinions on which of these three endings are better and worse, and what they said is very reasonable. As the first player in the entire network to play the martial arts ending, in the process of opening up wasteland I also have some insights, so I just want to throw some light on it and share it with everyone.”
Ye Luo is a speed streamer, not a professional UP host. Although he usually posts live broadcast videos, he is obviously not as sophisticated as the UP host in making videos.
He will not deliberately design the beginning of his video like Liu Liang.
Ye Luo's videos tend to get straight to the point, directly explaining the theme of this video, and then getting straight to the point.
But this is not a problem. Many viewers like this straightforward routine, unlike other anchors who talk a lot at the beginning.
As the first anchor on the Internet to discover the ending of Wude, and a high-end player of similar games, his views are quite influential.
"Many people say that the Wude ending is a failure, and they compare it with the 'forced forgiveness' approach in previous foreign games. I don't agree with this. In fact, if you play the Wude ending yourself, you will find that it is similar to the 'forcible forgiveness' approach in previous foreign games. The 'forced forgiveness' that everyone thinks of is completely different.
“There are three most obvious differences.
“First, the martial arts ending provides players with the power of choice.
"In fact, the most fundamental reason why that foreign game was criticized was that it did not provide players with the right to choose. Players were forced to forgive even if they did not want to forgive, which made many players feel unhappy.
"We know that compared to other art carriers, the biggest feature of games is their high degree of freedom, which means providing players with as many options as possible. In this way, different players have different ways of dealing with it.
"The wise thing about "Dubu Wulin" is that it provides players with a choice. They can choose not to forgive and beat Feng Shu to death directly, or they can choose to forgive and let Feng Shu accept legal sanctions.
"No matter which ending it is, it is the player's choice, so there is no situation of forcing players to feel disgusted.
“More importantly, the martial virtue ending is more difficult to play, and it also places higher demands on players, which also affects the weight of players’ choices.
“Second, this ending is in line with the plot.
“The plot of that foreign game is revenge, and the reason for revenge is that the enemy kills someone who is important to the protagonist, and it is also a sinister plan.
"In the minds of most players, this kind of revenge is naturally just. But the game does not allow players to take revenge. This huge gap is very disturbing.
"But "Dubu Martial Arts" is different. Although Feng Shu also killed people, it was not a calculation, but an upright competition. Moreover, Feng Shu still killed the opponent's territory first and won when surrounded by the opponent's disciples. Moreover, Feng Shu killed someone. , the plot of Feng Shu in a small county town also made this character fuller and more complex, making players more fond of him.
"From a plot perspective, the players have a mixture of love and hate for such a martial arts madman, so naturally they have no strong urge to kill him personally.
“Third, in the process of challenging the ending of martial ethics, the game has actually laid sufficient foundation for the player’s mentality.
"I have said before that the most important thing about a game is the sense of immersion. Let players take on the role and control the character to make the choices they want. The biggest problem with that foreign game is that the player does not have much immersion in the role. , and cannot control the character to make the choices he wants, but is forced to follow the game designer's script.
"The difference in "Dubu Wulin" is that the Wude ending itself is a difficult ending. Only when the player becomes strong enough to ensure that no matter how many methods Feng Shu uses and how many attempts he makes, he cannot succeed, can he Make this ending.
"In other words, the player is already a true grandmaster. Killing or not killing is actually not that important. This kind of grandmaster's state of mind is the basis for the existence of martial ethics. And the player has gained in the process of continuous challenges Only with this state of mind can we better understand the meaning of the ending of martial ethics.
“So, the Wude ending can be said to be a sublimation of the basic ending of the game.
“This also reflects Studio 404’s deep understanding of traditional Chinese martial arts.
"Practice martial arts to become stronger and defeat all opponents is the life creed of Feng Shu, a martial arts madman, and it is also the theme of this game. This is a matter of course.
"But at the same time, Chinese culture is so broad and profound. Chinese Kung Fu lies not only in the exquisite skills, but also in the pursuit of martial ethics. There is a saying that 'stopping fighting with force'. Many times becoming stronger is not about winning or killing anyone. No one should die, just to climb a higher mountain. Revenge is an endless cycle, and a truly strong man will stop his hatred within himself.
“The ending of Wude is also a kind of redemption for Feng Shu.
"If we analyze Feng Shu carefully, we will find that he is a martial arts lunatic who became obsessed with martial arts. The twisted and suppressed psychology in a small county inspired his martial arts talent and led him to embark on an extreme route.
"'Kung Fu is a killing technique', this is indeed one aspect of traditional Chinese Kung Fu, but 'stopping an enemy with force' is another aspect of Kung Fu. And when a player uses powerful strength to make Feng Shu kneel down, it is equivalent to Allowing a crazy martial artist to find his way back from his lost path also corrected his extreme understanding of Kung Fu, making all players more aware of the true meaning of Kung Fu.
“To be alone in the martial arts world, you don’t necessarily have to kill all the strong men, but you can also rely on your own strong strength to make the (deleted) strongest person completely surrender.
"In any case, the power of choice has always been in the hands of the player. Whether it is to replace Feng Shu or conquer Feng Shu with martial virtue, it all depends on the player's own choice."
Seeing this, Wei Qicheng completely understood.
Sure enough, the reason why 404 Lu dared to have such a martial arts ending was because he was confident!
Many netizens discussed it for a long time before, but they didn't get to the point at all. In the final analysis, it is because there are too many cloud players. They have not really played the martial arts ending themselves, and they simply cannot understand the mystery of it.
That's why Ye Luo's video can have the final say and determine the direction of discussion among players!
But Wei Qicheng still has questions: Both endings of the game are good, so why does the movie use another ending?
How good is the ending of this movie?
With doubts, he continued to look down.
“And the ending of the movie is a bit unexpected, it’s actually different from the two endings of the game.
"Actually, if you use a trouble-free method, you can directly use any of the two endings in the game as the ending of the movie. But the problem is that these two endings do not actually fit the expression of the movie.
“The biggest problem with movies is that the audience is always a bystander and cannot truly participate in the plot like the players.
"When we play the game, whether we kill Feng Shu or choose the martial arts ending to forgive Feng Shu, it is our own choice, and it is the ending we have made with our own hands after going through many hardships.
"But in the movie, the audience has always been a bystander. They can neither understand the hardship of the fight nor the strong heart required in the martial arts ending, so the two endings are inferior.
"The ending of the movie actually expresses another meaning: Sir, times have changed!
"This is one of the reasons why the movie is set in a modern setting. "Doubu Martial Arts" actually writes about the natural decline of martial arts. In modern society, a person's martial arts cultivation is useless even if it reaches the highest level. No martial arts can defeat the enemy. They cannot defeat modern firearms, so the ending of the movie does not express who has superior martial arts and who has inferior martial arts. The focus is on the individual's powerlessness in the face of the torrent of the times.
"This is not only a personal elegy, but also an elegy for the martial arts era, and even more an elegy for kung fu movies.
"This ending is unlikely to be accepted by players in the game, but in the movie, it can sublimate the connotation of the story."
(End of chapter)
