Every game update is like a silent farewell – you know it’s coming, but you always miss something. The 2.7 version of Collapse: Star Railroad may have been a destined encounter for some people. But these characters, their existence, seem like phantoms passing through the fog, although visible, but untouchable.
Sunday is such a simple name. Behind its name, there is no excessive decoration and suggestion, but it hides a layer of obscure sadness. He stood there, like a passer-by who never lingered, with a bizarre track behind him. His existence is like a part of time, and he always seems to miss the most important moments, leaving you with a slight emptiness and reluctance. He is a character with imaginary attributes. Perhaps it is this “unreal” existence that makes him always stand far away in the world of the game, like a person carrying fate, walking too fast and missing people’s eyes.
What exactly is Sunday? On this endless train, we meet in a hurry and leave in a hurry. Perhaps he is just a symbol, a symbol representing “nothingness”. He comes from Tongxie Fate, the seemingly insignificant branch of fate. But we can’t escape, and everyone loses himself in the choice. You thought he would be a fighting hero, but he had already decided not to go to the battlefield. This character seems to be a silent footnote left by the screenwriter-we all disappear in waiting, looking for the meaning of that moment in the long river of time.
Then there is Tingyun-she appears in your sight, like a beam of sunshine illuminating the corner you have forgotten. Tingyun disappeared for a long time, like a lost memory, gradually forgotten. However, her return, like the repetition of the tide, quietly invades your heart with an irresistible force. Her fire is not a blazing flame, but a silent burning-warmth that will not consume everything. She is a fire-attributed character with a vain destiny. The moment of her return is like some subtle changes in time, hidden behind every look of hers.
When she appears, you feel that you have also returned to the starting point in an uncertain time and space. Her changes are like an unsolvable mystery. Nine-tailed fox? What is her relationship with those gorgeous legends? She disappeared for so long, but you can’t help wondering, what made her stop and reappear in front of you? There are too many unsolved mysteries about Tingyun, just like her name, which is always unresolved. You ask yourself, what is she? Is she a symbol of the past? Or an image of the future? There is no way to know all this, you can only wait, and unknowingly, she slowly changes you.
Time always slips away from us quietly. These characters in the game have long surpassed the definition of “game characters” they should have, as if they are some old lovers, standing beside you, but never recognized. You draw cards repeatedly, meet these virtual characters repeatedly, and look for the lost part of yourself. In this world full of choices and waiting, you finally understand that drawing cards is just a game about fate. All choices are actually destined. What remains is just waiting and acceptance.
These characters are like those unfinished stories. They are never complete and never meet any expectations, but you still have to find something in them. Maybe it’s loneliness, or maybe it’s some unexpressible emotions. Sunday and Tingyun, they are just part of the game, but they have far exceeded the boundaries of the game. They are the words in a book that you accidentally flipped through one afternoon, warm but uneasy. Perhaps, you will continue to wait for the arrival of a new character in the next update, but a certain void deep in your heart can never be filled.
The update of version 2.7 is like a gust of wind, blowing past your ears, leaving some silent marks. And these characters may just be people who pass by in a hurry, staying for a short time, but taking away part of your memory. You hope they stay, but they never stay – just like the last scene of the movie, blank, silent, but still touching the heartstrings.