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Chapter 691 - 213: The Golden Age! (In-depth analysis of game plot, strongly recommend skipping if subscribed)_1

Chapter 691: Chapter 213: The Golden Age! (In-depth analysis of game plot, strongly recommend skipping if subscribed)_1

[This Chapter may only be understandable to readers who have played the game, cautious subscription advised for those who haven’t; if you insist on subscribing, treat it as a story that summarizes the plot.]

"Hello to all Fading Ones! Welcome to the new episode of ’Game Gather Interpretation’, I’m the magic ring scholar Yuan!"

On Thunderbolt’s video trending list.

A video entitled "What Story Does Elden Ring Tell?" rapidly climbed to the top 3 spots on the trending list.

Within just two days, it garnered an impressive 300w+ video views.

This likewise indirectly confirms the persistent high popularity of "Elden" since its release.

Even a secondary creative video like this can acquire such significant viewership.

Yuan is a dedicated game content creator at Thunderbolt Platform and is also considered one of the old-timers there.

In the early days, her video series ranked as the most popular game videos on Thunderbolt, alongside Zhang Heng’s ’Zhang Talks Games’.

However, as games became more homogenized and pay-to-win games proliferated, all adopting the same gameplay and reskinned models.

Both Yuan and Zhang’s video views were in decline, almost to the point of being unsustainable.

But fortune often comes to those in need.

The rise of the top player provided Zhang Heng, who highlighted new and outstanding game mechanics, with a second wave of popularity.

Being one of the earliest creators to make series videos about the top player and with a foundation as a game creator,

Zhang Heng quietly became the top figure in the gaming zone.

In contrast, Yuan’s situation became somewhat awkward.

With Zhang’s rising fame, he inspired a wave of content creators to make videos in a similar style.

The cake is only so big, and his peers had largely carved it up among themselves.

Even if Yuan wanted a piece of the pie, it seemed difficult for her to make a significant comeback.

But then "Elden" was released.

It gave Yuan another glimmer of hope.

Game plot narrative content creators.

Narrative content creators aren’t rare in the vast video content sphere.

Film commentary, anime analysis, literature explanations and more, they are all available.

And many viewers, in today’s fast-paced life, don’t have the patience or time to read the originals.

The abridged versions are actually their preferred choice.

Among the various narrations,

there was a gap – no one had tackled game plot narration.

The reason for this is:

the gaming genre simply had no compelling stories to showcase.

The stories in gacha games were all too similar.

Even for the multiple titles under the banner of the top player,

the storylines were so simplistic they were negligible.

"Mario" is fun, right?

But does it have any captivating story?

No.

"Cloud Top" is also nice to play in your leisure time, but again, no story.

It’s not that the entire game genre has never had narrative-focused games.

It’s just that, in the past, these games were linear in their storytelling.

Once you’d played through a game, you could more or less grasp the entire plot.

There was no need for content creators to make dedicated plot analysis videos.

But the release of "Elden" changed this dynamic for the first time.

Open-world—a whole new definition—introduced a new mode of story integration—granularization.

Unlike the past, where you could unlock pieces of the story by simply clearing levels.

"Elden’s" fragmentation was such that, unless players paid close attention, they might even finish the game without knowing what it was all about.

All they knew was I was butchered by monsters at the crossroads, then I grew strong enough to pursue and butcher the monsters, and I felt exhilarated and accomplished.

And then I became the King of Elden.

And then that was it.

"Could it really be that no players, after playing through once, want to understand what the game’s story is all about?" With this thought, Yuan experimentally made a video on the study of the magic ring.

To everyone’s surprise, it became incredibly popular.

A week after the video was released, it had already surpassed 500w+ clicks.

Many viewers who finished watching exclaimed, "What the heck? So that’s how it is?" "I’m shocked, all these details?" "Damn, so that’s where this side quest is... no wonder I couldn’t find it for ages."

The viewers’ enthusiasm and prompts for more content delighted Yuan.

She also rushed to produce the second, the third episodes...

Since Yuan’s video production incorporated a vast amount of in-game texts as evidence, along with a very diligent attitude towards video creation,

even many who had never played "Elden" started to follow her videos like they were an anime series.

Watching on, they found the game indeed seemed quite interesting.

Those who then went on to purchase the game were not few and far between.

"... Last time we talked about how, after the Fading One’s battle with Broken Star, the stars’ seal was lifted. The Eternal City that was cast below was cracked open by the falling stars, finally able to See the Sun Again."

"However, if you think that the top player opened up the underground world just to create an open-world experience, allowing players to discover surprises, you’d be sorely mistaken."

"According to the information I’ve found and the texts collected within the game. This Eternal City also conceals secrets, and it’s a crucial link in untangling the storyline that cannot be overlooked."

Quickly, as Yuan continued her engaging narrative,

the world of Elden Magic Ring began to piece together its original form in her explanations.

Originally, in the most ancient times of the crossroads,

it was more like a chaotic melting pot.

The melting pot fostered all kinds of bizarre lifeforms.

There were beings covered in horns, and ugly-faced Subhumans.

There were various large insects and jellyfish, as well as animals with various faces.

There were even dragons with double wings soaring through the skies.