《王者荣耀》英雄角色的背景故事搭建--“英雄之旅”理论视角的分析

Construction of Backstory for the Heroes in Honor of Kings:Analysis from the Theoretical Perspective of“Hero’s Journey”

《王者荣耀》因其强烈的竞技性、互动性、趣味性深受广大游戏玩家的喜爱,成为一款现象级手机游戏。基于“英雄之旅”理论视角,通过分析37个英雄角色的背景故事文本,揭示了《王者荣耀》英雄角色的背景故事搭建模式。研究发现,《王者荣耀》中的英雄之旅,经历召唤—冒险—回归三个阶段,故事搭建呈现出历史人物的虚拟建构、英雄羁绊的趣味性组合、传统文化的适应性嵌入、故事结局的开放性诠释等特点,由此构建一套以心灵世界冲突、理性袪魅后多元价值观和解、电子神话崛起为核心内容的游戏世界观。这种游戏世界观,吸引了大量游戏玩家踏上并沉醉于“英雄之旅”的冒险旅程。

Deeply loved by the game players due to its strong competitiveness,interactivity and interest,Honor of Kings has become a phenomenological mobile game.From the perspective of the“hero’s journey”theory,this paper reveals the backstory construction mode of the hero characters by analyzing the backstory text of 37 hero characters inHonor of Kings.It is found that the hero’s journey inHonor of Kings has experienced three stages of calling,adventure and return,showing the characteristics of the virtual construction of historical figures,the interesting combination of hero’s fetters,the adaptive embedding of traditional culture,and the open interpretation of the story ending.In this way,a set of game world view is constructed with core content of spiritual conflict,reconciliation of multiple values after rational disenchantment,and the rise of electronic myth,which attracts a large quantity of game players to embark on and indulge in the adventure journey of“hero’s journey”.