Action-platformer 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nine Sols is a decided departure from the previous titles of its developer Red Candle Games: the first-person horror game Devotion, and the 2D horror side-scroller De💃tention. For one, Nine Sols is significantly less spooky than these games, while also featuring Sekiro-inspired combat delivered via a 2D plane, with a focus on deflecting moves, absorbing attacks, and blazing through enemies with a massive blade or an explosive, Chi-infused spell. Alongside some nifty traversal of the game’s cyberpunk-ish environments, it’s not hard to imagine combat in Nine Sols as one that’s buoyed by palpitating beats, fuelled by an ambient electronic soundtrack that would ease the player into satisfying, comforting loops of rhythmic battles.
But what has remained consistent for Red Candle Games’ newest offering, at least, is that Nine Sols is still largely inspired by Chinese folklore and culture. For instance, one of the enemies I’ve spied from the trailer is a Chinese zombie called jiangshi, and there are a few Chinese guardian lions in the game’s backdrop, along with prominent Chinese architecture, pavilions and houses. Nine Sols a🌊lso described itself as being set in a ‘taopunk’ universe, which is what Red Candle Games described as the melding of Taoism with cyberpunk—a fascinating concept that may elevate the typically orientalist cyberpunk trope.
More than that, however, is that Nine Sols seems to be based on one of the most well-known tales in Chinese mythology: the legendary archer Hou Yi. In this tale, the mortal world was pla❀gued by a severe drought, due to the sudden appearance of ten suns—coincidentally, the ten children of the celestial emperor, Di Jun, and the sun goddess Xi He. Hou Yi was thus tasked by the emperor to deal with this calamity, with Hou Yi eventually shooting down nine of these suns, leaving just one sun behind.
The similarities between Hou Yi’s tale and Nine Sols are quite apparent; the Chinese title for Ni🍰ne Sols is 九日, which can be directly translated to ‘nine suns’. The fox-like protagonist of Nine Sols is also named ‘Yi’ and referred to as a long-lost hero—a clear reference to Hou Yi. What’s more is that Yi also wields a red bow, which is the very weapon that Hou Yi used to take down the suns. Then there is the Solarians (made up of the word ‘solar’ and the suffix ‘ians’), the ancient alien race featured in Nine Sols, who are distinctly referred to as the descendants of the suns.
There are drips of other clues, at least from the trailer, that hints at the game’s o🍎wn mythology as well, but perhaps it’s still too early to dive into them at the moment. After all, the game is now being crowdfunded via the developer’s own site. At this rate, Nine Sols is most likely going to be worked on by the studio, since the crowdfunding target has already♚ been met, but there are more tiers to be unlocked, including a story mode, in-game cutscenes, alternative ending and hidden bosses. Then there are also a bunch of physical and digital rewards, some of which include the collector’s edition of the game, and a rad collectible figurine of the game’s hero, Yi. You can find out more about .
