Little Nightmares
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment (2017)
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"Little Nightmares" ngumdlalo we-adventure wokudlala ipuzzle ohlasimthesimbane owenziwe yiTarsier Studios futhi washicilelwa yiBandai Namco Entertainment. Ishicilelwe ngo-Ephreli 2017, igeyimu ihlinzeka ngomuzwa okhanyayo nocebile ohambayo olubamba abadlali ngesitayela sayo sobuciko esiyingqayizivele, indaba ethakazelisayo, kanye nemishini yegeyimu egxile kuyo.
Ezingqondweni ze-"Little Nightmares" kukhona umdlali wayo oyinhloko, intombazane encane futhi eyimfihlakalo egama layo linguSix. Abadlali baqondisa uSix emhlabeni ongajwayelekile nowonakaliswe okubizwa ngeThe Maw, umkhumbi omkhulu, omnyama ohlala izidalwa ezimbi nezidume kakhulu. Indawo ibalulekile emdlalweni, ibonakala ngokuba nomoya omnyama, ocindezelayo kanye nokunakwa okucophelelayo kuyo yonke imininingwane. Imidwebo yayo yenziwe ngobuciko kakhulu, isebenzisa imibala ebilisiwe nezilinganiso ezedlulele ukuze kwakhiwe umoya ongakhululeki owandisa izinto zokuthusa emdlalweni.
Indaba ye-"Little Nightmares" idluliswa ngokusebenzisa indaba yendawo kunokuba ngengxoxo ecacile noma umbhalo. Njengoba abadlali behamba kuThe Maw, bahlangana neziqhafu ezahlukahlukene nezimpawu ezikhombisa izihloko ezingezansi zomdlalo, ezihlanganisa ukwesaba kwezingane, ukusinda, kanye nemvelo yokulamba. Ukuntuleka kokuboniswa kwendaba okuqondile kugqugquzela abadlali ukuba baqhubekisele phambili indaba ngokubuka nokuhumusha, okwenza umuzwa ube nomdlandla kakhulu futhi ucacisa kakhulu.
Umdlalo ku-"Little Nightmares" uhlanganisa ukudlala izinto, ukuxazulula izindida, kanye nezinto zokufihla. Abadlali kufanele baqondise uSix ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene eziyisimangaliso, ngayinye ihlotshiswe ngezinhlobo ezahlukene zezidalwa ezilimaza. Lezi zitha, kusukela kubapheki abanokubukeka okudayisiwe kuya kuNkosikazi angaqondakali, zikhombisa izithiyo kanye nokubaluleka kwendaba. Umdlalo uklanyelwe ukudala ukucindezeleka nokukhathazeka, njengoba abadlali kufanele bahambe ngokucophelela futhi baxazulule izindida ukuze baqhubeke ngenkathi begwema ukutholwa yalezi zidalwa ezesabekayo.
Enye yezici ezivelele zomdlalo ukusetshenziswa kwesikali nombono. U-Six mncane kakhulu uma uyiqhathanisa nezindawo ezizungezile, okugcizelela ukudayisa kwakhe futhi kwandisa umuzwa wobungozi. Lokhu kunquma okuhlakaniphile kukuvumela umklamo wezinga ongokwesimagusa, njengoba abadlali kufanele basebenzise imvelo yabo ngokudala ukuze banqobe izinselele. Izindida ezisekelwe ku-physics zivame ukufuna abadlali ukuthi bavule izinto noma basebenzise ukufihla ukuze bagweme ukubanjwa, okwengeza izindwangu zobunzima kanye nokubandakanya emdlalweni.
Umdwebo wezwi ku-"Little Nightmares" wandisa umuzwa ogxile kakhulu. Umoya wokuzwakalayo ugcwele imisindo yasezinganeni, ukukhala kwezinkuni, nemisindo eqhelile ekude eneminikelo kumoya oshisayo womdlalo. Ukusetshenziswa okuncane komculo kusetshenziselwa ukunyusa izikhathi zokucindezeleka nokumangala, okwenza ukuhlangana ngakunye nezakhamuzi zomdlalo ezidabukisayo kube nomthelela owengeziwe.
"Little Nightmares" yathola udumo kubadlali nabagxeki ngokumqondisi wayo wobuciko, indaba yayo enomoya, kanye nomdlalo wayo omusha. Umdlalo ugxila kahle ekwesabeni okuyisisekelo kanye nokukhathazeka kwezingane, kudala umuzwa ongakhohlwakali ongahlala isikhathi eside ngemuva kokuba amakhredithi edlule. Impumelelo yayo yaze yaholela ekukhishweni kwesandiso esilandelayo, i-"Secrets of the Maw," kanye nomdlalo oluhambelana no-"Little Nightmares II," okwandisa izihloko nemishini yasekuqaleni ngenkathi kungeniswa abalingiswa abasha kanye nezinga.
Ekugcineni, "Little Nightmares" igqama emkhakheni wemidlalo ye-indie ngezitayela zayo zobuciko ezingafani, indaba yayo enomoya, nomdlalo wayo omatasa. Kuyamenywa abadlali ukuba bangene emhlabeni omnyama nowonakaliswe lapho ukwesaba nokulangazelela kuhlanganise khona, kuhlinzekela umuzwa oshisayo oshiya umkhondo omude. Ngokuhlanganisa okuhlakaniphile kwezithombe, izwi, nomdlalo, "Little Nightmares" ihlola ukujula komcabango nokwesaba, iqinisekisa indawo yayo njengesakhiwo samanje emkhakheni wokuthusa.
Usuku Lokukhipha: 2017
Izinhlobo: Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, platform, Survival horror, Puzzle-platform
Onjiniyela: Tarsier Studios
Abashicileli: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment