Futurama

Umdlalo wevidiyo we-*Futurama*, owakhutshwa ngo-2003, unika abalandeli be-animated series umbono oyingqayizivele, ohlanganyela nabahlanganyeli obuye wabizwa ngokuthi yi-"lost episode". Oku, kwenziwa yiUnique Development Studios futhi kwakhutshwa yiVivendi Universal Games eNyakatho Melika nase-SCi Games eziFudumelayo zezifunda, kukhutshwe i-PlayStation 2 ne-Xbox. Ngaphandle kokuxhumana kwawo nomdlalo odumile, umdlalo uthole izibuyekezo ezixubile lapho ukhutshwa, abaningi bencoma indaba yawo nokuhlekisa kwawo ngenkathi begxeka ukudlala kwawo. Ukwakhiwa komdlalo we-*Futurama* kwabandakanya abaningi abaqashi ababalulekile abasemuva komsebenzi we-television. Umenzi we-series uMatt Groening wasebenza njengomqondisi wegeyimu wezobuchwepheshe, ngenkathi uDavid X. Cohen eqondisa abalingisi bezwi. Umbhalo womdlalo ubhalwe ngumbhali nomakhiqizi we-*Futurama* uJ. Stewart Burns, nabalingisi bezwi bokuqala, okubalwa uBilly West, Katey Sagal, noJohn DiMaggio, babuyela ezindimeni zabo. Lokhu kuhlanganyela okujulile kwabalandeli bomsebenzi kwaqinisekisa ukuthi indaba yomdlalo, ukuhlekisa, nesimo sonke sasihambisana nesimo esiyisisekelo. Umdlalo uvumelane ne-animation entsha cishe imizuzu engama-28, uqinisekisa isimo sawo njengengxenye yokuqukethwe okwengeziwe kwe-*Futurama*. Indaba yomdlalo igxile kucebo lobubi likaMom, umnikazi weMom's Friendly Robot Company. UProfessor Farnsworth uthengisa iPlanet Express kuMom, okumnika ubunikazi benhlangano engaphezu kuka-50% weMhlaba futhi kwamvumela ukuba abe umbuso omkhulu weplanethi. Umgomo wakhe wokugcina ukuguqula iMhlaba ibe isibhamu esikhulu sempi. Iqembu lePlanet Express—uFry, uLeela, noBender—kufanele lihambe ngesikhathi ukuyovimbela ukuthengiswa kungenzeki. Imizamo yabo, nokho, iholela esikhathini esizungezayo, idala indaba enesizotha neyenzeka njalo. Le ndaba yayithathwa njengobalulekile kangangokuthi izindaba zomdlalo zihlanganyele futhi zakhutshwa njengesiqeshana esikhethekile esiqinisekisiwe esithi "Futurama: The Lost Adventure" kwi-DVD yefilimu ethi *The Beast with a Billion Backs*. I-*Futurama* iyindawo engu-3D eneziqephu ze-third-person shooter. Abadlali bathatha ulawulo lukaFry, Bender, Leela, futhi isikhashana, uDr. Zoidberg, ngamunye isitayela sakhe sokudlala esihlukile. Izindaba zikaFry ziwumdlalo wokudubula ovame kakhulu, emnikeza izibhamu ezihlukahlukene. Izindawo zikaBender zigxile kakhulu ku-platforming, ngenkathi izindaba zikaLeela zigxile ekulweni ngezandla. Umdlalo usebenzisa i-cel-shading ukuze uphinde wenze isitayela sobuciko se-animated series. Lapho ukhutshwa, umdlalo wevidiyo we-*Futurama* uhlangene nokwamukelwa okuxubile kwezibuyekezo. Ababuyekezi nabalandeli bayithokozela ngokufanayo imidlalo ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwangempela kwe-*Futurama*, bagcizelela izindaba "ezihlekisayo", ubhalo oluhlakaniphile, nokudlala okuhle kwezwi. Abaningi bavumelana nokuthi umdlalo uphumelele ekubambeni ukuhlekisa nomangalisayo womsebenzi. Kodwa-ke, ukudlala kwakuyindawo ejwayelekile yokugxeka. Izikhalazo zazivame ziqondiswa ezilawulweni ezi-clunky, ama-engela ekhamera angakhululeki, ukubona ukubambisana okungalungile, nokuntuleka okuvamile kokuhlolwa. Ukudlala kwakuvame ukuchazwa njengokujwayelekile, ukudumazeka, nokuntuleka kwemibono. Ngaphandle kweziphambeko zawo njengomdlalo, uvame ukudunyiswa abalandeli njengento eyiqiniso nejabulisayo "yengxenye elahlekile" yomsebenzi.