Wolfenstein: The New Order

I-Wolfenstein: The New Order umdlalo we-shooter wokuqala womuntu owenziwe ngo-2014 yi-studio yaseSweden i-MachineGames futhi waphethwa yi-Bethesda Softworks. Ivuselela ifantasy ye-Wolfenstein ka-id Software, kodwa iyayisusa uchungechunge ibheke kokuhlangenwe nakho okugxile komlingiswa, okuyindaba, kuyilapho igcina i-gunplay yesivinini eyayichaza izinhlelo zakuqala. Umdlalo ubekwe ku-1960 enye lapho i-Third Reich yazuza i-Second World War ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obuyimfihlo, ubulandela iqhawe elihamba phambili uchungechunge, uCaptain William "B. J." Blazkowicz njengoba ezama ukuxhuma umnyakazo wokuvukela futhi abhidlize uhulumeni wobuNazi ngaphakathi. I-prologue ngo-1946 imisa i-premise. Amabutho ama-Allied alungiselela ukuhlasela okokugcina e-fortress yasogwini lwe-General Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse; umsebenzi uyahluleka, u-Blazkowicz ubanjwa ukulimala ekhanda, futhi uchitha iminyaka eyi-14 eboshwe emtholampilo wasePoland. Uvuka ngesikhathi esidingekayo ukubona amabutho e-SS ebulala esibhedlela, ubaleka kanye nodokotela u-Anya Oliwa, futhi uthola umhlaba lapho ama-swastikas akhona phezu kwe-London, i-Berlin, ngisho ne-New York. Indaba ibese ilandela uhlaka olujwayelekile lwe-hero’s journey, kodwa i-MachineGames iyihlanganisa nezindaba ezibonisa ukuthi abantu abavamile bahlanganyela kanjani noma bayalwa kanjani nokuphatha okubusa ngesihluku. U-Blazkowicz uqoqa abasindile ekilasini elincane eliphansi, angene esikhungweni sokucwaninga esifihlwe emidlalweni yase-London Nautica eyabhujiswa, uhamba ngesitimela ezindaweni eziningi zase-Europe ezinqotshiwe, uthatha ifayela eliyimfihlo eligadwe uFrau Engel, futhi ekugcineni ugibela imicibisholo aye e-Moon—enye yezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu kuchungechunge—ukuthatha amakhodi okwethulwa adingekayo ukuze kuhlaselwe i-compound ka-Deathshead. Indaba iyavalwa no-Blazkowicz eqhumisa iziqhumane njengoba eyala abalingani bakhe ukuba babaleke, ukuzidela okungacacile okubeka isiteji somdlalo olulandelayo, i-Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. I-gameplay ihlanganisa ugavutha omkhulu nokucasha, inikeza izindawo ezibanzi, ezinezindlela eziningi ezivumela abadlali ukuthi babhekane nezimpi nge-assault rifles ezimbili noma bathule amagadi ngemimese ne-pistols ezifihliwe. Uhlelo oludala lwe-health ne-armor lufaka imigoqo evuselelwe ejwayelekile kuma-shooters esikhathi samanje, lukhuthaza ukufuna nokuhlola izingozi isikhathi esithile. Ukubulala izitha ngezindlela ezithile kuvula amandla athuthukisa amakhono unomphela—amabhithi amakhulu ezikhali ezisindayo, ukunyakaza okusheshayo lapho uqotshwa, imimese ephonswe ngcono—ukuwuklomela noma yisiphi isitayela abadlali abasithandayo. Izinto eziqoqwayo ziqala ezincwadini zezindaba, ezicacisa umlando womdlalo omnyama ohlekisayo, kuye "kwi-Enigma codes" ezivula izindlela eziningi ezinzima. I-MachineGames yakha i-The New Order ku-id Tech 5, injini eyasetshenziswa ngaphambili ku-Rage, futhi yahlose ukukhiya ku-60 frames ngesekhondi kumakhonsoli akwasebekhulile nakwamasha ngaleso sikhathi. Izindawo zihlanganiswe nemininingwane emincane yemvelo—amaphosta ezothuthukiso, izingoma zaseJalimane ze-pop, nezingubo zesikhathi—ezakha umuzwa wokuba khona obonakalayo. I-soundtrack, eyenziwe ikakhulu yi-Mick Gordon ngokubambisana no-Fredrik Thordendal nabanye, ihlanganisa izinsimbi ezihlanekelwe nezinsimbi zezimboni ukuze ihlobanise nokuhlanganiswa komdlalo we-counterculture ka-1960 kanye ne-dystopian militarism. Ithimba lokuthuthukisa lalingamakhohlwa aba—ngezingxenye—abasebenzi be-Starbreeze Studios ababengenele imidlalo yendaba efana ne-The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. Umthelela wabo ubonakala ku-The New Order's emphasis on performance and dialogue; abalingiswa abasekeli njengo-Fergus Reid, u-Wyatt Matthews ongakholelwa ku-idealist, nomfundisi wesayensi u-Set Roth banikezwe isikhathi eside nesibhakabhaka sezothando esingavamile ukubonwa kulo mkhakha. Nokho, i-MachineGames yenqabe ukufaka i-multiplayer yomncintiswano, ikholelwa ukuthi izokudla izinsiza emkhankasweni—isinqumo esathi, nakuba sikhuthazwa abanye, sasiza ukugxila ekuthuthukisweni kwesivinini se-single-player. Ukubuyekezwa okubalulekile kugcizelele i-gunplay eqinile, ukwakhiwa kwezwe, nendaba engamangalisi kangako yabantu, nakuba abanye abahlaziyi bebonisa ukuphuma kwezithombe okungavamile, ukwehlisa okungalingani kwezinkinga, nokuhlukahluka komkhawulo kwezitha. Ngokuhweba, isihloko sedlule izilindelo ze-Bethesda, saba ngomunye wemidlalo ehamba phambili ngo-2014 kuma-North America nase-Europe. Impumelelo yaso yaba isiteji somdlalo ozimele owandulelayo i-The Old Blood ngo-2015 nomdlalo olandela ngqo i-The New Colossus ngo-2017. I-Wolfenstein: The New Order ihlala endaweni ethakazelisayo phakathi kwe-nostalgia nokuphinda isungulwe. Igcina i-power fantasy eyachaza i-PC shooters ka-1990s—amakamelo ayimfihlo agcwele izinto, izimpi zabaphathi ezinyantulayo, nezikhali ezingajwayelekile—kodwa igcoba leyo fantasi esakhiweni sanamuhla sokubonisa okujwayelekile nokubaluleka okungokomqondo. Ngokuhlanganisa i-sci-fi spectacle eyizintaba nezibuyekezo ezicabangelayo mayelana nokuvukela, ukubulawa kwabantu, nethemba, umdlalo wabonisa ukuthi ngisho nochungechunge olwaziwa ngokudubula amaNazi ngokungenamqondo lungahlukaniswa lube yinto eyahlukahlukene ngaphandle kokudela umongo waso.