Borderlands

IBorderlands yindibaniselwano ye-first-person shooter nemidlalo ye-role-playing eye yazihlula ngesitayela sobuciko obufana ne-comic book esimibalabala, ihumusha elimnandi, kunye nogxininiso olucokisekileyo kuludwa. Yadalwa yiGearbox Software kwaye yakhutshwa okokuqala ngo-2009, iBorderlands yasekuqaleni yafika ngexesha apho uninzi lwabantu ababadubuli babebheka kumnyama. Endaweni yoko, iGearbox yanyathela kwimifanekiso ye-cel-shaded, abalinganiswa abangajwayelekanga, kunye nesitayela esigqithisileyo esayahlula kwezinye imidlalo efana neCall of Duty okanye iHalo. Le ngqungquthela ngoku iyifreyimu eyaziwayo equka imibhalo emine ephambili—iBorderlands, iBorderlands 2, iBorderlands: The Pre-Sequel, kunye neBorderlands 3—kunye neminye imidlalo efana neTales from the Borderlands, iTiny Tina’s Wonderlands, imidlalo ephathekayo, kunye nemikhankaso emininzi yeDLC. Indawo kunye nembali Imidlalo yeBorderlands yonke ibanjwa ikakhulu kwisizwe sasePandora esingenamthetho okanye inyanga yaso iElpis, apho iinkampani ezinkulu zavela zikhangele izindlu zangaphakathi zabasemzini ezazicutshulwa zizityebi ezininzi kunye nobuchwepheshe. Emva kokuba ezo nkampani ziphume, isizwe sashiya kwabaqokeleli, iimbambano, kunye nabalinde ithuba ezibizwa ngokuba yiVault Hunters—ababalinganiswa abadlalwayo. Imbali ngokuqhelekileyo ihlelwa malunga nokukhangela indlu yobutyebi, ihlanganisa abalindi ngokuchasene nabantu abalawula ngobundlobongela (Atlas, Hyperion, Dahl, Maliwan), abalawuli bembali, kunye neenzame eziyinkathazo zabasemzini okanye ezingaphezu kwendalo. Ngelixa imixholo yobungcwele, ukucudiswa, kunye nokudlala ngokubi kwezinkampani ziqhubeka, isitayela sihlala siggogxela, sidibanisa i-slapstick kunye nesatire elimnyama. Abalinganiswa abanjengombutho ongenakho uClaptrap, uTiny Tina onobundlobongela kodwa othandekayo, kunye noHandsome Jack othi aqhayise ngobubi bakhe baye baba zithandwa ngabalandeli, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yombhalo obukhali kunye nentetho enentshukumo enentshukumo enentshukumo. Umdlalo oqhelekileyo IBorderlands yenza igama elithi "looter-shooter." Izixhobo ziyenziwa ngokuzenzekelayo ukusuka kumacandelo, ngoko ke isixhobo ngasinye sinokuba neenombolo eziyintloko, iintlobo zemveli, kunye nemiqalelo—umzekelo, izixhobo zemibhobho ezidubula iinkemba, okanye iirifle eziba namandla njengoko uzigcwalisa. Uluhlu lwemidlalo rhoqo luqhayisa "ngamaqhawe ezizixhobo," kwaye ubunzima besixhobo buhlungunywa njengakwi-MMORPGs. Ukudubula kukhawuleza kwaye kuyadakumba, nogxininiso kwintshukumo, ukubetha okubalulekileyo, umonakalo ophambili ngokuhamba kwexesha, kwaye, kwimibhalo kamva, amandla entshukumo njengokuslayida nokukhasa. Umlindi ngamnye ongumdlali ubalekela kwibakala elithile kwaye unezakhono zokudlala ezahlukileyo. Ukunyuka kwamanqaku kunika amanqaku okutshala kwimigca yesakhono esithathu kumlinganiswa ngamnye, uvumela ugxininiso kwi-DPS, inkxaso, okanye ulawulo lwabantu. Umsebenzi we-co-op—isikrini esahluliweyo sasekhaya okanye kwi-intanethi kubadlali abafika kwabane—uyonyusa amava ngokuvumela ukwakha okunye okusebenzayo; umzekelo, umdlali omnye angakwazi ukulawula iintshaba ngama-Siren phaselocks ngelixa omnye enqwenelela iibhonasi zokubetha kunye neklasi yeSniper. Le ngqungquthela yafumana ubudala obudibeneyo bokungena/ukuphuma kokudlala kunye neenkqubo zokuhlala ukuze abadlali abamanqanaba ahlukeneyo banokudlala imishini kunye ngendlela efanelekileyo. Ukwandiswa kwizigaba IBorderlands 2 (2012) yenze i-gunplay engcono, yenza i-AI engcono, yaza yanika imbali engakumbi eyaqhutywa nguHandsome Jack, echazwa njengomnye wabalawuli ababalaseleyo kumdlalo. Ukwandiswa okufana neTiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep—umdlalo we-RPG we-in-universe—kubonise ukufuna kwabaphuhlisi ukuzama i-mashup yohlobo. IBorderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014), eyabanjwa ngexesha phakathi kwe-1 kunye ne-2, yathuthela isenzo kwenye inyanga yePandora, yongeza i-mechanics yoxinzelelo oluncinci kunye nolawulo lwe-oksijeni kodwa yagxekwa ngokusebenzisa izinto ezifanayo. IBorderlands 3 (2019) yagcina ukubuyisela okuyintloko kwengqungquthela ngelixa iyingqamanisa intshukumo, yongeza i planethi ezintsha zokufumanisa, kwaye yafaka inkcubeko yokuhanjiswa komoya kwabachasi bayo, iiCalypso Twins. Nangona abanye badumisa i-gunplay yayo engcono kunye nomxholo omkhulu, abanye baziva ukuba ihumusha ayizange ibe bukhali, kwaye imiba yokusebenza yabonisa iinyanga zayo zokuqala. Imidlalo eyongezelelweyo yenza isitayela kunye ne-mechanics zibe yimixha. I-Tales from the Borderlands (2014, Telltale Games) ngumsebenzi wokudlala obeka ummiselo wokukhetha owenza umsebenzi omnye kwaye ugxininise ekubaliseni ngaphezu kokudubula. I-Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands (2022) ithatha i-RPG parody ukusuka kwi-Assault on Dragon Keep kwaye iyandisa ibe ngumdlalo opheleleyo, ivulela iingcamango zobuFanta, ukubeka imilingo, kunye nokuhamba kwamagumbi okuhamba ngokuhlanganiswa ngelixa ugcina i-loot gunplay. Ubuciko, isandi, kunye nehlesa Indlela ye-cel-shaded idibanisa imigca emnyama enqabileyo kunye nemibala egqamileyo, inika ihlabathi ubunjani obudwetshwe ngesandla obufihla ubunzima behardware kwaye yenza i-silhouettes ezahlukileyo kwiintshaba nezixhobo. Iingoma zayo zihlanganisa i-twang yaseNtshona, iibethi zombane, kunye neengxolo zemveliso, ngelixa intetho igxininisa kakhulu kwixesha lehlesa. Umbhalo unomthwalo wokubhekisela kwinkcubeko edumileyo, ihlesa ye-meta, kunye nokugqabhuka kwephala lesine, kodwa phantsi kwehliswa kukho imbali yabalinganiswa abachukumisayo, njengobuhlungu obubuhlungu bukaRoland kunye noLilith okanye ubudlelwane bukawo nobudlelwane phakathi kweHandsome Jack noAngel.