From World of Warcraft to Bloodborne Curse, in the video game industry, the Cthulhu Mythos have slowly revealed their unique charm.
Of course, there are not many related games that follow, and even some games that only have a small part of the Cthulhu element can get a lot of attention.
This also allowed Cthulhu's creator, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, to rise among players.
Lovecraft argued that the finite mind of man could not understand the nature of life, and that the universe was cruel and alien to man. This claim basically shows that the source of fear is more unknown, and human beings are extremely small, and it is difficult to explain the so-called strange things, and fear is mostly indescribable.
It is particularly worth mentioning that in fact, in the era of Lovecraft's life, his works were not fully recognized, and only a small number of people were willing to follow in his footsteps.
Even the Cthulhu mythological system, which we often call it now, was not actually proposed by Lovecraft, but was still followed by his protégé, That is, August William Dres, and sorted out, of course, there are many authors who recognize Lovecraft, and have also made a lot of contributions.
But in the case of Cthulhu itself, it is a deity created by Lovecraft and one of the rulers of the old days, symbolizing the existence of water. The appearance must be more familiar to everyone, that is, the head is like an octopus, there are countless tentacles of the monster, similar shapes in many game works, will appear, and even everyone is happy to do it.
Of course, it is a huge project to fully understand the mythological system of Cthulhu, of course, if you like Hidetaka Miyazaki, it just so happens that "Bloodborne Curse" and "Dark Souls" also have Cthulhu tones.
"Dark Souls" naturally needless to say, its predecessor "Demon Souls" has also been remade to PS5, and the 2015 work "Blood Source Curse" is worshipped by many core players as a god, and Miyazaki Hidetaka has also been enshrined on the altar for many years.
In the game, the study of the blood of the ancient gods has brought a lot of problems, including dreams, bestiality, players will slowly understand the truth of the event, of course, if you are just playing as an action game, perhaps the time to pass the level is still confused. The most interesting thing is that if you can understand the whole picture of the events in the game, you can understand the meaning of each ending and choose one, of course, not just to win a trophy.
Hidetaka Miyazaki's works, whether it is "Blood Curse" or "Dark Souls" series, the overall atmosphere is still relatively Cthulhu, that is, "Only Wolf" has some discrepancies, and the upcoming "Eldon's Law Ring", which is known as the "Old Man Ring" by the jianghu people, seems to be returning to Cthulhu's embrace.
This time the backstory design, FromSottware invited George Raymond Richard Martin, the name of "A Song of Ice and Fire", and there is no need to repeat it. Martin also said in an interview that he had done the corresponding work several years ago regarding the background and related settings of the story. In other words, the start time of game production may be a little earlier than we think.
However, in order to avoid spoilers, the author did not watch too many messages and videos, nor did he try to play, so he waited for the release and directly started the adventure.
Martin mentioned that in fact, "Eldon's Ring of Law" is very similar to the feeling of the sequel to "Dark Souls", so it seems that the elements of Cthulhu will also be filled with it. However, in order to experience the freshness, the author did not watch those videos, did not try them out, and waited for the works to be released and start the adventure.
By the way, I would like to ask you if you are interested in The Eldon Circle, whether you buy it as soon as it comes out or wait. After all, the gimmick of the open-world Dark Souls is still not small, at least for the author, it is not a buy-it-or-not existence.
Finally, I also hope that you can talk about your views on the Cthulhu Mythos, or the views of the "Eldon Ring of Law", and thank you for your reading and support, we will talk about it next time.