Here we are, with the original game, Genshin Impact, reaching version 5.7. After the update for version 5.8, the next region that the travelers will visit is not the Frostbind region, as expected, but a place called Norden Karel. The official has been building up the narrative for this region from the very beginning, and has been heavily promoting it, with many players getting excited. However, I believe that the Norden Karel region will likely fail. Do you think so?
Firstly, there is a significant issue with the current Genshin Impact environment. Players can sense that since the Na’Tok version began, the game’s experience has not been as comfortable as before. Why? It’s simple. The environment has changed, and it’s no longer as it was before. High-frequency events and high-quality storylines, on the surface, seem to be more abundant, but in reality, there is a significant reduction in content quality. As a result, players can no longer experience the high-quality stories from the Fanchen region.
Secondly, the current Genshin Impact players cannot bear the excessive grinding. Previously, you could say that Genshin Impact was hard, and players were satisfied, but now, the players have no energy left. In fact, it’s not the fault of the players; it’s mainly due to the planning team’s controversial methods. Originally, the players were quite hard-core, but over the years, the planning team has been reducing the grinding in the game, causing the players to gradually get used to it.
Furthermore, the positioning of the Norden Karel region is extremely awkward. What is it? It is a completely detached region from the core elements of Genshin Impact. From the perspective of the world view, it is an independent region, which has caused players accustomed to the seven elements in Genshin Impact to wonder about its positioning. Previously, many players were eagerly awaiting the Frostbind region, but they will be disappointed with Norden Karel, as it would take another year to wait for the Frostbind region, making the failure of Norden Karel unlikely.
So, why did the planning team decide to create Norden Karel? In fact, I believe it is for the purpose of extending the lifespan of the game. Initially, the planning team wrote the world view and script too rigidly, fixing the seven elements and seven countries, but to their surprise, Genshin Impact became so popular that they now need to find ways to extend the game’s lifespan through patchwork methods.
As a result, we see that the creation of Norden Karel, but why I say it will fail is simple. The planning team is also feeling tired. After going through five major versions, we can clearly see that Genshin Impact’s high-quality content has shown signs of fatigue. The game has been maintaining high-quality outputs in terms of plot, art, and music for a long time, but due to insufficient production capacity, content has become repetitive or superficial. This can be seen clearly from the activities in these versions.
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Feel the secret rhythm of loneliness and life in the interweaving of light and shadow of Fufu Tachibana’s Popcorn Pot skill
Haruki Murakami’s writing always carries a faint sadness and mysterious loneliness, as if digging out endless meanings in the cracks of daily life. Fufu Tachibana, the agent of the absolute zone zero, with her not gorgeous but very personal “popcorn pot” skill, seems to quietly tell a story about loneliness, persistence and details in the noisy battle scene.
Fufu Tachibana’s ordinary attack movements are coherent, but not hurried or slow, like the rhythm of footsteps gently tapping the ground on the street at night. The rhythm of the three-stage combo is like those inconspicuous little movements in daily life, subtle and warm. She tapped it with a spatula, and the popcorn seemed to jump and fly at any time, just like countless ordinary but precious moments in life, those small happiness and troubles, quietly accumulated into the texture of life.
The “imbalance” state caused by ordinary attacks is like some subtle changes in life. A slight touch may break the balance and cause ripples. Through continuous attacks, Ju Fufu gradually makes the enemy lose balance, which reminds us that in the late night of life, we often adjust our state slowly through little efforts and seek inner balance.
Her dodge skill design is very interesting. Short press makes you invincible and sprint, and long press enters high-speed rotation state. The short press sprint seems to be the short escape of people in life, fast and light, with a hint of unnoticed freedom. The long press rotation is like a solo dance deep in the heart, a way for lonely souls to redeem themselves in the world. The rotating flames and heat are like burning thoughts, warm and lonely.
The “heat” mechanism of the skill is also quite Murakami-style metaphor. The continuous accumulation and consumption of heat seems to symbolize the emotions that are constantly accumulated deep in people’s hearts, sometimes passion, sometimes anxiety. The changes in Ju Fufu’s state in battle are very similar to the process of self-adjustment in loneliness. They want to stay rational but can’t resist the restlessness in their hearts.
In the enhanced special skills, the rotating and swinging of the popcorn pot brings a visual impact and also makes people feel a sense of release. At that moment, it seemed as if time stopped. Fukufu Tachibana danced with her spatula, just like those characters in Murakami’s works who fell into loneliness but still loved life. They used their own way to stick to a belief that was not understood.
Fukufu Tachibana’s joint skills and finishing skills are more like a secret and subtle connection between people. Ordinary joints provide shields for teammates, symbolizing our protection and dependence on each other in life. The outbreak of the finishing skill is the moment when an individual finds a sense of self-existence in the collective, and it is a cry and release from the heart. Haruki Murakami has always been good at depicting this complex network of relationships-both eager to connect and afraid of being swallowed up.
The quick support and parry support in the support skills are particularly gentle. These actions seem ordinary, but they are the most critical support in battle, just like those friends and family in life who silently give and do not ask for anything in return. They exist like shadows, appearing when you need them most to protect you from the wind and rain.
The core skill “Popcorn pot automatic attack” brings continuous flames and heat bonuses, just like the energy that keeps flowing in life. Tachibana Fufu does not need to control it personally at all times, but can continue to release power, just like those strong people who still burn their warm and bright light even if they are alone.
Finally, the image of flame in the skill reflects the magical realism of Haruki Murakami. Flame is both destruction and purification, warmth in loneliness, and a symbol of change. Tachibana Fufu’s skill picture is like a dream, blurred and vivid, real and illusory, just like the stories written by Murakami that are free from reality and fantasy.
Looking at Tachibana Fufu’s skill setting, this is not just a fighting method of a game character, but more like a metaphor, telling how modern people in a lonely world use subtle power to maintain the rhythm of life and find inner warmth and belonging. Her seemingly simple popcorn pot carries complex emotions and the thickness of life.
In this era of noise and indifference, the story of Ju Fu Fu reminds us that even in the midst of vanity and noise, we must retain our own gentleness and tenacity, beat in loneliness, and become the truest light in our lives.
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In the long river of time, how do emotions and loneliness coexist
Life is, after all, a complex puzzle, and we are just an insignificant chess piece in it, at the mercy of fate at any time. Like those silent dusks, the air is often filled with unspeakable loneliness. Time has been moving, and the years have never stopped for anyone, but we are always pushed by it ruthlessly.
That evening, I shuttled through the crowd with a very complicated mood. The lights on both sides of the street began to light up, and there was a chill in the air, as if it was a precursor to winter. I couldn’t help but think of her-the woman I couldn’t let go. She stood in front of me, always so elegant and lonely, like a quietly blooming rose, never touched, but gradually withered. She is a scar in my heart, no matter what, I can never heal it.
Her name is Xiaojuan, whom I met in college. We were young at that time, and we were full of fantasies and expectations for each other. Her beauty is not that kind of strong and gorgeous, but with a bit of coldness and alienation. Her eyes always contain something unspeakable, as if she has never completely entrusted herself to the world. At that time, I always felt that she was a mystery. I wanted to get close to her, but I was always separated by her mystery and distance.
She never took the initiative to talk to me. Even in class, she always sat in the corner silently, occasionally looking up at the window, her eyes penetrated the distance outside the window, as if that was her only safe haven. And I began to notice her. Every time our eyes met, my heart would unconsciously surge with a throbbing. But I know that she will never belong to me.
Sometimes, we met by chance on campus, I would smile at her and say, “Xiaojuan, how are you today?” She always nodded slightly, didn’t say much, didn’t look much, just walked by gently, like a gust of wind. Her back always carried a bit of loneliness that dissipated in the air, which made me a little reluctant, but helpless.
As time went by, I knew more and more that her loneliness was the kind of loneliness that almost no one could understand. She didn’t belong to anyone in this world, and she herself had never really entered this world. She seemed to live in her own time and space, and I could only stand on her edge forever, watching her go away.
Later, she lost contact with me. Maybe it was because she was going to study abroad, or maybe it was because she never really took me to heart. In any case, I still lost her in the end. The small, seemingly happy times we once shared seemed to gradually blur in my memory. However, the real pain quietly emerged in the middle of the night, like a long-suppressed dream that could not be dispelled.
I often wonder, if I had been braver at the time, could I have changed the ending? If I had understood her more deeply at the time, could I have found the lonely corner in her heart and brought her a little warmth? However, looking back, I know that we were still young at that time, too young to understand what true emotions were.
I still remember what she looked like. She wore a simple white shirt, her long hair was casually scattered, but her eyes were always so deep, like the ocean in the middle of the night, vast and untouchable. She rarely smiles, but she always makes my heart beat. I tried to get into her life, to understand her and care about her, but she always kept an almost cold distance, like that dark cloud, always hanging between me and her.
I don’t know why I was so persistent at the time. Maybe it’s because when I was young, there was always a desire for love, and there was always an impulse to have each other. However, love is ultimately a matter between two people, and she and I never had that opportunity. Her inner world is like a closed garden, beautiful, but no one can enter.
After graduation, I didn’t see her again. She went far away, and I stayed in this city. We occasionally talked on the phone and talked about each other’s recent situation, but we could no longer find the intimacy we once had. She is still her, and that independent and proud attitude makes me unable to get close. I began to understand that love may not always be together, and sometimes, separation may be the best ending.
Time flies, and I have also experienced many things, and experienced more separations and reunions. But whenever I think of her, I still feel a pain in my heart. That pain is not because of loss, but because it is out of reach. What she brought to me is not only the fantasy of love, but also the deep sense of loneliness, as if it is an unspeakable void in life. Each of us may be like her, living in our own lonely world, shuttling through the long river of time, but unable to find the real belonging.
Sometimes, I would think, if I could meet her again, what would I say to her? Would I just stand quietly beside her and accompany her silently through the night she faced alone? Unfortunately, there is no if in life, and all the misses have become irreparable regrets.
Every relationship in life may be an unfinished play. We are always full of expectations, but we always find out in the end that everything is just a passerby. Every love and every persistence may be unspeakable loneliness, which we can only carry in our memories.
However, memories or loneliness are all part of our lives. Even if it is missed, it is a kind of existence. Love is sometimes like fireworks, brilliant in an instant, short and beautiful. It gives us not only warm memories, but also the deep loneliness that has never been touched.