Tales from the Borderlands

Iphume njengama-epizodi phakathi kukaNovemba 2014 no-Okthoba 2015, i-Tales from the Borderlands iyimidlalo yohambo exoxisanayo eyakhiwe yi-Telltale Games ngokubambisana ne-Gearbox Software, i-studio esemva kwefranchise ye-looter-shooter i-Borderlands. I-Telltale yakha igeyimu ku-engine yayo futhi yasebenzisa ifomula yayo eyaziwayo esekelwe ekukhetheni, egxile endabeni, emhlabeni we-sci-fi ongahloniphi we-Gearbox. Umphumela uchungechunge lweziqephu ezinhlanu oluhlanganisa ukugxila ekuxoxeni kwe-Telltale nozalo, isitayela sobuciko esinopopayi, kanye nolwazi lokuzingela i-vault olujwayele abalandeli be-Borderlands. Indawo Netone Indaba iyenzeka kuPandora, umhlaba onokudideka, ocebile ngezinsiza owethulwa kuBorderlands. Izindawo ezaziwayo njengesiteshi somkhathi i-Hyperion Helios, izindawo zokuhlala zasemathafeni njenge-Prosperity Junction, kanye nezindawo zokucwaninga ezicekelwe phansi zinikeza isizinda. Ngenkathi ukufakwa kwe-Borderlands kwangaphambili kugxile ekuthathweni kwezinto kanye nokudubula komuntu wokuqala, i-Tales iyaguqukela enkulumweni, izigcawu zefilimu, kanye nokuxazulula imfihlakalo okulula, konke kugcizelelwa ngemicimbi yesikhathi esisheshayo (QTEs) ngesikhathi sokudubula. Ukubhala kugcina ukungahloniphi kwe-Gearbox - amahlaya asheshayo, ukubhekiselwa odongeni lesine, nokudlRaymond okweqile - kodwa umthelela we-Telltale ubeka abalingiswa ukujula okwengeziwe kanye nezikhathi zokuba namahloni kunokudubula okuyinhloko okujwayele ukubhekwa. Isifinyezo sokuqala Indaba ihlelwa njengokubalisa okungathembekile: abalingisi ababili ababalulekile, uRhys noFiona, babanjwa iyinhloko engavamile efuna indaba yangempela yokuthi bayithola kanjani isibopho se-Vault esidumile. Abadlali bashintsha izindlela phakathi kwalaba balingisi, beluphatha izinqumo zabo nobudlelwano babo. * uRhys: indoda yenkampani ye-Hyperion esezingeni eliphakathi enamehlo okwenziwa, kanye nezifiso zokuthatha indawo yokuncintisana kwakhe nomphathi uVasquez. Ngemuva kokukhaphelwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi, uRhys kanye nomngani wakhe uVaughn baya emkhathini ukuyophazamisa isivumelwano sikaVasquez ngesibopho se-Vault. * uFiona: umkhohlisi wasePandora, kanye nodadewabo uSasha nomeluleki uFelix, nethemba lokukhohlisa i-Hyperion ngokudayisa isibopho se-Vault esithandayo. Imiklamo emibili iyashayisana esivumelwaneni semakethe emnyama esehla kabi, idonsela izinhlangothi zombili emzamweni ongadlula ezindizeni ezilimele, izinkundla zemidlalo yempi, kanye nezindawo ezindala ze-Atlas. "Umdimunye" wedijithali kaHandsome Jack - ofakwe ku-implant ye-cybernetic kaRhys - ingeze umngane we-AI onokukhohlisa ongakhohlisa umdlali ngeziqinisekiso ezinkulu. Abadlali ababalulekile ababalulekile bahlanganisa uGortys, irhoro elingane nje elibalulekile ekutholeni i-Vault ye-Traveler, umzingeli we-vault oqine njengokudubula u-Athena, kanye ne-Loader Bot, umshini wempi we-Hyperion obuyiselwe ukusebenza kabusha okuhlukumeza okuhlukumezayo kuye ngezinqumo zomdlali. Isakhiwo Sokudlala Isiqephu ngasinye (uZer0 Sum, i-Atlas Mugged, i-Catch a Ride, i-Escape Plan Bravo, kanye ne-The Vault of the Traveler) sithatha cishe amahora amabili. Imishini eyinhloko ijikeleza enkulumweni eyahlukene, izinkinga zokuziphatha, izimpendulo ezisheshayo, kanye nezimfihlakalo zokubeka izinto ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngokungafani nezishintshi ezidubulayo, ukudubula kugaywa kakhulu ngefomu le-QTE; ukucindezeleka kuvela ekunqumeni ukuthi ngabe uzothemba uHandsome Jack, ukuthi ungabela kanjani izimali ezimbalwa ekuthuthukisweni, noma ukuthi yimaphi abalingisi abazosindiswa enkingeni. Izinqumo zandiswa kulo lonke iziqephu, zishintsha ubuhlobo, izimfihlakalo ezihlekisayo, futhi ekugcineni ukuthi yimaphi amalungu eqembu asindayo ekuhlaseleni kokugcina ku-Vault. Umlando Wokuthuthukisa I-Telltale yethule iphrojekthi kuma-VGX awards ka-2013 ngemuva kokuthintwa yi-Gearbox. Ababhali abavela kuwo womabili ama-studio babambisene - uPierre Shorette we-Telltale kanye noAnthony Burch we-Gearbox phakathi kwabo - ukuqinisekisa ukuhambisana komlando. Igama lalibandakanya iqembu elinamandla lokudlala: uTroy Baker (Rhys), uLaura Bailey (Fiona), uNolan North (Vaughn), uPatrick Warburton (Vasquez), kanye noDameon Clarke obuyela njengoHandsome Jack. Ukuphathwa komculo kwakugxile kakhulu ezingomeni ezilayisensiwe, njenge-Busy Earnin’ kaJungle kanye ne-My Silver Lining kaFirst Aid Kit, ezasetshenziswa ezihlokweni zokuqala ezihlotshisiwe zesiqephu ngasinye. Ukukhishwa Namapulatifomu Ekuqaleni kwakhishwa ku-PC, i-PlayStation 3, i-PlayStation 4, i-Xbox 360, ne-Xbox One, i-Tales yafinyelela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ku-iOS ne-Android. Ngemuva kokushona kwe-Telltale ngo-2018, igama lahliswa okwesikhashana kodwa labuya ngo-2021 ngaphansi kohlelo lokushicilela luka-2K. Manje selitholakala ku-Nintendo Switch namanye ama-console amasha nge-backward compatibility. Ukutholwa Okukhulu Ababuyekezi badume ngokuzijabulisa kwawo, ukugaywa, kanye nekhono lokwenza abantu bazikhathalalele abalingiswa abasha emhlabeni ojwayelekile. Inkulumo, ubuciko bokugqwayiza, kanye nemiqeqesho yomculo yathola udumo olukhethekile, neziqephu 4 ezihlasela i-Helios kanye neyokugcina yempi ye-mecha esiQephini 5 zibhekiswe njengeziqhakambile. Izikhalazo zazihambisana ne-engine ye-Telltale ekhulayo - abanye abancane abancane kanye nezinkinga zokuhambisana komsindo - kanye nokunciphisa ukubamba okuthakaselayo ngaphandle kokukhetha nama-QTEs. Ngokuqondene nezimboni, isihloko sasenza kahle kakhulu uma siqhathaniswa ne-Telltale's The Walking Dead kodwa sakha iqembu elinamandla labalandeli futhi kamuva kwagunyazwa ngokuba nomthelela kumazwi wokulandelana ka-Borderlands 3; abanye abalingisi be-Tales, okubandakanya uRhys noVaughn, bayavela kulo midlalo yokudubula. Ubuhlobo Bokulandela I-Legacy Neso Lokuqhubeka Ngemva kokuvalwa kwe-Telltale, i-AdHoc Studio - eyakhiwe ngabasebenzi bangaphambili be-Telltale - yancedisa i-Gearbox ekukhiqizeni i-New Tales from the Borderlands (2022), esihlobo esilandela abadlali abasha. Ngenkathi efana nemishini, i-follow-up yenziwa ngaphakathi ku-Gearbox ngaphandle kwelayisense yasekuqaleni ye-Telltale kodwa yagcina ifreyimu yenkulumo eyahlukene. Abadlali namanje babona uchungechunge luka-2014-15 njengesilinganiso sokuxoxisa emhlabeni we-Borderlands. Ngokubheka emuva, i-Tales from the Borderlands ibalulekile ngokuhlanganisa izimiso ezimbili ezihlukene zokuklama: idrama exoxisanayo ye-Telltale kanye ne-sci-fi yesishoshovu, ehlakazekile ye-Gearbox. Impumelelo yayo yabonisa ukuthi ama-franchise eziqeqeshwayo angasekelwa abalingisi, izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene, ezandisa amandla endaba emhlabeni wegeyimu wezintshazelo.