Hotline Miami

I-Hotline Miami, umdlalo wevidiyo odutshulwayo ophethwe yi-top-down, owakhiwe yiDennaton Games, wenze igama lawo embonini yemidlalo lapho ukhishwa ngo-2012. Umdlalo washeshisa waba nabalandeli abaningi kanye nodumo olukhulu ngokuhlanganiswa kwawo okuhlukile kwezenzo eziphakeme, izinto zakudala, kanye nendaba ethokozisayo. Ubekwe ngemuva kwe-Miami enezibani ezikhanyayo, ehlonipha iminyaka yawo-1980, i-Hotline Miami yaziwa ngobunzima bayo obunobudlova, ukwethulwa okuyisitayela, kanye nomculo ongenakulibaleka owenza kahle kakhulu ukudlala kwayo okubucayi. Esikhathini esiyinhloko, i-Hotline Miami ngumdlalo ongaphansi kwezenzo ezisheshayo nokuhlela ngobuchule. Abadlali bathatha indawo yomdlali ongaziwa, ovame ukubizwa nge-Jacket, othola izingcingo eziyimfihlakalo ezimutshelayo ukuthi afeze uchungechunge lokubulala. Ukudlala komdlalo kuhlelwe izahluko, ngayinye iqukethe amazinga amaningana agcwele izitha abadlali okumele bazibulale ukuze baqhubeke. Izindlela zilula kodwa ziyinselele: abadlali kufanele bazulazule izindawo, besebenzisa izikhali ezahlukahlukene, okubalwa kuzo izibhamu nezinsimbi zomzimba, ukuze babulale izitha ngokushesha. Ubunzima bomdlalo bukhuliswa uhlelo lwayo lokubulala ngesibhamu esisodwa, lapho kokubili umlingiswa oyinhloko nezitha zingabulawa ngokushesha, zidinga ukusabela okusheshayo kanye nokucabanga ngokusebenza. Omunye wezici ezichazayo ze-Hotline Miami yisikhathi sayo esiyingqayizivele esibonwayo nesilalelwayo. Umdlalo uhlanganisa ihluzo zobuciko be-pixel ezihlonipha inkathi ye-16-bit, nenhlanganisela yemibala egcwele imibala ekhanyayo ekhombisa ubuhle be-Miami yama-1980s. Lesi sitayela esibonwayo, ngokuhlanganiswa nombono womdlalo ophansi, sikunikeza umuzwa wokuthi ugcwele inkumbulo futhi uyinto entsha. Ukugcwalisa izici ezibonwayo kungumculo womdlalo oshukumayo, iqoqo lezingoma zomculo we-electronic ezishaye ngamandla. Umculo womdlalo, owakhiwe abaculi abahlukahlukene, udlala indima enkulu ekusethweni kwesimo nesivinini sokudlala, ubangela abadlali emhlabeni we-Hotline Miami. Indaba ye-Hotline Miami yiyinye ingxenye ebike yababamba ukunaka kwabadlali nabagxeki ngokufanayo. Ngenkathi ingaphezulu kungabonakala njengendaba eqondile yobudlova nembuyiselo, umdlalo ungena ezindikimeni zobunikazi, ubuyabona, kanye nemiphumela. Njengoba abadlali beqhubeka emdlalweni, bahlangana nezimo ezingenangqondo futhi eziningi ezididayo ezibubeka umugqa phakathi kweqiniso nokulibala. Indaba ilandwa ngemifanekiso emifushane nesimfushane kanye nengxoxo eyimfihlakalo, eshiya okuningi kokuchaza kumdlali. Lokhu kungagcini kwendaba kudala abadlali ukuthi babophe ndawonye indaba, bakhe ubudlelwano obujulile nomhlaba nezinhlamvu zomdlalo. Umthelela we-Hotline Miami udlulela ngaphezu kokudlala kwawo kanye nendaba. Umdlalo udunyelwe ngamandla wawo okubangela ukuzijabulisa kanye nokucindezeleka, lapho izinga ngalinye ludinga ukuhlanganiswa kokunemba, isivinini, nokuzivumelanisa. Ubunzima bawo obungenakubuyiselwa kanye nesikhathi sokudlala esivuzayo saqondiswa njengezinto eziyimfihlakalo ezidlala indima ekubambeleleni kwawo okukhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umdlalo ubangele izingxoxo mayelana nokumelwa kobudlova emidlalweni yevidiyo, lapho abanye bebheka njengesihloko esiphawulayo sokwehliswa kwamandla okubudlova kwezindaba. Ngemva kokuphumelela kwe-Hotline Miami, umdlalo olandelayo, i-Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, wakhishwa ngo-2015, wandisa izindikimba kanye nezindlela zomdlalo wokuqala ngenkathi wethula abalingisi abasha kanye nezindaba. Noma ngabe wabuye wangathola imibono efanayo uma kuqhathaniswa nabandulelayo, umdlalo olandelayo waqinisa isimo sochungechunge kwi-indie game landscape. Sekukonke, i-Hotline Miami yimelele njengobufakazi bamandla emidlalo ye-indie yokwenza izinto ezintsha futhi ijabulise izithameli ngokukhetha okuyingqayizivele komklamo kanye nendaba yokubopha. Ukuhlanganiswa kwayo kokudlala okunselele, isitayela esiyingqayizivele, kanye nendaba yokucabanga kwenze indawo yayo njengesihloko esibalulekile nesinomthelela emhlabeni wokudlala imidlalo yevidiyo.