Steam’s free masterpiece “Drawing the Sword and King” is overwhelmingly praised! First of all, you are not qualified, you are not qualified | 4Gamers

I thought that following playing the “click to ten” independent game that can penetrate the truth of life in 10 seconds, Steam should not be able to find such a masterpiece that has received unanimous praise from players in the short term. Obviously, I was wrong. The new indie title The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king, which will be available for free on Steam on March 29, is a 99% overwhelmingly positive game in just a few hours.

“Drawing the Sword and Proclaiming King” as the name suggests, whoever pulls out the sword in the stone will be the new king, which is taken from the allusions of the legend of King Arthur. The game says that as long as you pull out your sword, you can clear the level, but it also adds that there are other players competing with you—If someone draws the sword first, your sword will be heavier and longer.

Anyone who sees this will still not know what the official wants to express. When you enter the game screen, following selecting the multiplayer online mode, you will see the list of the last top 100 kings, with the Steam player ID clearly marked on it, and the current difficulty level is also marked – when I challenged late at night, It just happened that the game had only been on the market for an hour or two, and the difficulty had reached level 841 at that time.

Again, you won’t understand what this number is until you actually draw your sword.Just like you haven’t touched FromSoftware’s Souls series, you will never understand how powerful those Dark Souls fans are shouting “Yinggao’s kindness”.

So I entered the multiplayer game, and the beginning was not sloppy, and I directly showed the sword in the stone in front of you. I clicked the blade with the mouse in a natural reaction, and found that it is indeed not easy to click to pull it out. .

Soon, I discovered the correct way to draw the sword, which is to press the left mouse button on the sword body, and then slide it up to lift the sword body slightly. Just like a newborn learns to stand, every player will understand and fully feel his own growth and progress within 1 minute of entering the game.

When I finish drawing this sword and become king, I will marry Princess Bai Fumei and let you live a good life. I don’t know if there is such a plot, but I hope this game can at least have a beginning and an end, at least tell me to pull What will happen when the sword succeeds.

But humans are so naive. If you haven’t put in the effort, you’re imagining the fruits you’ve harvested, and if you haven’t really succeeded, you’re just imagining the rewards you deserve.

Forget that foolish ambition. – “Bad Omen” Malkit

Put these foolish ambitions to rest.

Accidentally, my right hand slipped, the mouse slipped out of the sword, and the sword instantly retracted to its original position, which made me panic. It turns out that mistakes are to be repeated. It seems that this game is worth fighting for, and it is not a simple game with achievements.

At the same time, I also noticed that while I was drawing my sword, the system message kept popping up at the top of the screen, showing that a certain player successfully pulled out the sword in the stone, and my sword body was heavier and longer.

At this point, I finally understood what the challenges the development team had given the game.

Drawing a sword is just a superficial purpose, but in fact it is the epitome of competition in human society.

Each player who successfully draws the sword means that the next player has to draw the longer and heavier sword. At first, I didn’t care, until I drew it in the middle, and realized that this sword was not easily drawn by moving the mouse a few tens of centimeters.

I have to keep moving the mouse up to the limit of the mouse pad, and carefully move it back down, so that the optical sensor does not run away so that the mouse runs away from the blade, this process lasted for a full 10 minutes, and I still mightn’t see the end point. ..

Before I knew it, my right hand started twitching, my index finger was sore from pressing the left button for a long time, and my shoulder was stiff from the repeated up and down movements of the mouse. If I really want to compare, I’d rather try to challenge the black sword or Valkyrie of “Elden’s Circle” empty-handed, than to watch this endless stone sword grow infinitely like a golden hoop.

As the sword is drawn longer and longer, the viewing angle will be higher and higher, the sun’s rays in the sky will pierce into the eyes, and the background music will become more and more majestic, as if telling you “Come on, you are regarding to become king.”

However, this game has no BOSS health bar, nor does it have any UI to show how long you have to last. It’s like training with a stick. Every minute and every second is more painful, and it even makes people suspicious… Is this game a prank?

So, I fell into the decision of whether to give up. The last time I had such a mood was when I drew 200 draws of Princess Uniq in “Princess Connection”, there were no more stones, but following 100 draws, the patio will be.Give up now and there’s nothing left。

Then I realized that on the surface of this game, players compete with each other, and at the same time, it also brings players’ inner self-test. In the face of the game challenge of uncertain reward content, should you simply give up looking for another tour, or can you stick to the mission to the end?

Even in games, I want to be king.

With a crisp sound, the blade fell off the cornerstone, and as the Steam achievement window popped up, I had an unparalleled sense of achievement.

At the same time, the most touching thing regarding “Drawing the Sword and King” is that its ending is completely broken (No spoilers here, it’s really a full-blown animation), although the picture quality is not as good as “Ayrden’s Circle”, but it also buried a deeper metaphor – following you become the king in your place, is your destiny the same as the last king?

After I completed the challenge, the new blade length was over 1,300. I should be thankful, fortunately, I started playing earlier. When I wake up in the morning, I don’t know where this number will come, and which number will persuade players to try?

Now, I finally understand what kind of mentality the players who left the message “You are not qualified” on the floor of the king’s room in “Elden’s Circle”.

All faders who become kings of Eldon should come and challenge to see The Sword and King, before that sword gets too long, before you think you are qualified. In a world where people are compared, the height and difficulty of success are all created by predecessors.

Developed by the Spanish team Majorariatto, the free experimental masterpiece “Drawing the Sword” is now available for free download on Steam.