Derivative works of Dead Souls

The game stage of "Dead Soul Song 2" is "Yamijima", a small island off the coast of Japan. In the 1960s, the discovery of gold mines on the island greatly increased the number of immigrants, which also led to the construction of residential areas, amusement parks and other facilities on the island. In the 1970s, due to the depletion of gold mines, protests from indigenous people, and frequent bizarre incidents on the island, the gold mining company closed the mines, and people began to leave Yami Island one after another.

One night in 1976, a siren suddenly sounded, the water turned red, and a tsunami occurred. All islanders disappeared overnight for no reason. After all investigations by relevant departments failed, the entire island was sealed off. , and it has been deserted ever since. However, the strange events did not end. In 1986, the passenger ship Huisheng disappeared in the waters near Yami Island.

One day in 2005, a group of people came to Yami Island for different reasons. At this time, the sea suddenly turned blood red, sirens sounded from the sea, and the islanders who had been away for 29 years "returned" to the island again...

Character introduction & live actors

Kuzuki Mamoru (actor: Sai Fujiko)

The trainee editor of the mysterious science magazine "Atlantis", at first glance he is just a young man, but he has the The ability to act decisively in the face of difficulties. He came to "Yami Island" alone to collect materials. After meeting the mysterious beautiful girl Yuri Kishida, he was involved in the chaotic darkness. After the "truth" of the matter was revealed, he was shocked and began to reflect, and used his unique meticulousness as an editor to find a way to confront the dark man.

Kishida Yuri (actor: Takahashi Shinui)

The girl Kazuki met on the weird "Yami Island". After escaping the pursuit of the zombies, she fainted in a building near the port and was later rescued by Kazuki Mamoru. She has a special temperament that an 18-year-old girl does not have, and she guides Kazuki Mamoru with mysterious words and actions, and there seems to be another intention behind it. Later, Kazuki was taken into the underground "underworld" and revealed his true face...

Ikofune Ikuko (actor: Yanasawa Nana)

Kazuki was looking for a way to sail to the night at the port. The migrant girl I met on the boat on the island was washed up on the island together. He was born with the special ability to read other people's thoughts, and because of this he was regarded as an alien and ostracized. After meeting Kazuki at the Night Island Amusement Park and helping him escape, he used his superpower intuition to climb up to Tower 4 to stop the dark man. Later, he met Kazuki again on the tower and acted together.

Yorito Nagai (Actor: Seiichi Ebina)

A member of the Self-Defense Forces was riding a helicopter transporting training when it crashed over Yomishima Island. Except for himself and his commander, the three members of the team crashed. Ze all died. However, comrade Okita Hiroshi and others turned into corpses and stood up. Following Misawa, he temporarily got rid of the corpse man, but later parted ways with Misawa because he didn't understand his actions. Acting based on his own intuition, he was a timid soldier at first, but gradually became experienced, decisive and ruthless through experience, and started a fierce confrontation with corpse men and dark men.

Misawa Gakuing (Actor: Furuta)

Self-Defense Force officer. He was cursed after participating in a mudslide rescue operation in Hanyu snake village two years ago. After that, he developed hallucinations and needed to take medication regularly. He seems to have a harsh and unkind attitude toward Nagai. He has a calm personality and rich experience, but is sometimes affected by hallucinations and goes crazy. In fact, he is the person who understands the situation best from beginning to end. Aware of the abnormality of Kishida and Yagura, Nagai accidentally killed him when he was questioning Yagura Ichiko, and was eventually resurrected in the form of a dark man.

Kuraji Abe (Actor: Eiji Nakamura)

As a suspect who killed his live-in girlfriend "Ryuko Taga" a few days ago, he is wanted by the police. During the hunt, he fled to the fortune teller Kiyoda Akiko and declared that he was innocent. In order to find out the truth, Abe and Zhang Zi took a boat to Yami Island. After getting separated from Zhang Zi on the island, he met Shu Mikami and went to Yami Island amusement park with him. Later, he met Zhang Zi again and escaped from the dark man's pursuit together.

Kiyoda Akiko (Actor: Misaki Nami)

A fortune teller who has the superpower to read the memories of people and objects, and has the special ability to see the past.

She was dubious about Abe, who claimed that she was innocent, and decided to go to Yami Island in order to find out the truth. But as soon as he arrived on the island, he was entangled in some strange memory, and then he got deeper and deeper into this memory, unable to extricate himself, so he explored around the island. Until I arrived at Ao no Hisa Village, I saw Mikami Ryuhei who had become a dark man...

Oshu Mikami (actor: Nakaizumi Hero Young Actor: Okubo Takuma)

Blind writer , due to an encounter when he was a child, he lost his memory and vision at that time (he was not completely blind). Because the longing for the "girl in memories" remained in my heart, I came to "Yomi Island", which has become an uninhabited ruin, with my dog. On the island, he was suddenly chased by an islander who disappeared 29 years ago, and was separated from his pet dog. Finally, Abe led him to the Hades underground of the amusement park, where his sister who had been separated since childhood suddenly appeared "before his eyes".

Kanae (Actor: Takahashi Shinui)

A girl who lost her memory and drifted to the shore of Yomi Island 29 years ago. Mikami and his son took her in and named her "Kanae" (probably the name of Mikami's dead mother). Kanae's strange behavior, such as being afraid of the sun, makes the island's residents uneasy. She looks very similar to the other heroine Kishida Yuri. After Mikami Shu's father Ryuhei was killed, he took his young Shu to avoid being hunted by the islanders. Finally, Xiu was safely sent to a small boat, and he turned into bubbles and disappeared into the sea.

Ichiko Yagura (Actor: Rina Moriyori)

A junior high school student and one of the passengers on the Terusheng. After waking up in the Huisheng docked on the coast of Yomijima Island, he found that there was no one around him, and there were only corpses hanging around on the entire ship. He started to escape in panic, and met Shigeru Fujita and was protected by him. Escape from the zombies. However, the hidden side of himself gradually awakened, and he began to become trance-like. Later, he recalled the scene when he fell from the Huisheng...

Fujita Shigeru (actor: Hisakatsu Murakami)

The dispatch police officer of Yomijima Island. He encountered many setbacks in his career, which caused the family to be overwhelmed and was not forgiven by his daughter. While on duty on the main island of Japan, he discovered something suspicious on Yomijima Island and went to investigate, and was involved in the incident. I spotted the Huisheng with its lights on, so I stepped forward to check it out. After meeting middle school student Yagura Ichiko, he tried his best to protect her, but later died because of it. Finally became a dark man.

Player evaluation and comparison of previous games

"Dead Soul Song 2" inherits the Japanese horror style of the previous game, and has made many improvements in the operation method and story structure. First of all, difficulty selection has been added to make it easier for players to get started. The action element is added with a trot forward, which speeds up and is difficult to detect. Most of the weapons that the first-generation characters can acquire are clubs and other low-lethal weapons. A few of the firearms are only revolvers and old-fashioned civilian shotguns, and their attack power is quite weak. In the second generation, the protagonist can use rifles, submachine guns, and zombie weapons. However, in both generations, the zombies will wake up after being knocked down and comatose for a period of time. This also corresponds to the plot of "the zombies are immortal", so most of the time, quietly escaping without being seen by the zombies is the best way.

There are more than ten protagonists in each of the two generations, each with their own identity and background, and they were involved in the incident for different reasons. In the first generation, many of the protagonists were unarmed ordinary people, while in the second generation there were soldiers and people with super powers. Everyone's abilities are different. Children have weak combat effectiveness but can drill through small holes. Soldiers have strong combat effectiveness. People with superpowers can control corpses. Everyone's plot story is completely different, and one person's actions will change the fate of others. After completing this level, the next level will have to operate other protagonists to complete his plot. In many cases, the actions of this level can set the future protagonist's fate. Action paves the way. The protagonists of the game can also get to know each other in specific levels and act together.

In the second generation, three types of enemies were added: "Corpse Spirits", "Dark Men" and "Dark Spirits". "Corpse Spirits" are substances floating in the air like blood mist. They are afraid of light and seem unable to wipe out. Different from the setting that was corroded by red water in the first generation, the zombies in the second generation were transformed by corpse spirits parasitic on the corpses. The dark spirit is a white monster like a giant worm. It is wrapped in black cloth when it is on the ground. It is also afraid of light, but can be destroyed. After the dark spirit finds the corpse, it parasitizes and turns into a dark man.

"Dark Man" is a humanoid monster wrapped in black rags. It has tenacious vitality. Its only weakness is that it is afraid of light. It can also be knocked down but not killed. Both Dark Man and Dark Spirit appear at night and in closed rooms. . If it is a corpse man, turning on a flashlight may put him in danger immediately, but a dark man needs to turn on a flashlight or light immediately, so he can attack according to his different weaknesses.

Having talked about a lot of advantages, let’s talk about the disadvantages. First of all, although there are many levels in the game, many levels use repeated maps. In total, there are only a dozen scenes, especially in the first generation, each level map is not very large. The protagonist's movements are not consistent enough. He will be out of breath after running for a long time and his pace will slow down. He really needs to exercise. When fighting enemies, his movements are as slow as doing Tai Chi. Some scenes are so dark that you can't see even a few meters ahead, and enemies often spot you when you turn on the flashlight. The awkward controls in the game add more trouble to an already difficult game. In addition, the story narration in the two works is too confusing. Often the person's story is over, and they go back to play the previous plot. In the end, many people can't understand what this story with an incompatible preface and follow-up is saying, so there are people who are telling the story. Post your guesses and understanding of the plot online.