Borderlands 4

I-Borderlands 4 yinto enkulu yesihlanu kwi-franchise ye-Gearbox Software, i-looter-shooter edume kakhulu, ephakamisa uchungechunge olunenqanaba elimnyama nelizwe elisha. Kumemezelwe kwi-Gamescom ngo-Agasti 20, 2024, ukukhutshwa ngoSeptemba 12, 2025, umdlalo ubanjwe ehlabeni laseKairos. Indaba iqala eminyakeni eyisithupha emva kweziganeko ze- *Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel*, lapho inyanga i-Elpis yahanjiswa ngokungena kumbangela weKairos. Le "Moonfall" ingozi yaphula isihlangu esasezigcina ihleli ihleli, yayithulula echilimini nasekuphazamisekeni iziphawulo zayo zenqaba, ibeka inqanawe yomlawuli wayo, i-Timekeeper. Abadlali bayaphonswa kule ngxabano, babhekana nezimpi ze-Timekeeper's Order kanye namaqembu afana ne-Crimson Resistance nombutho wabaphangi owaziwa ngokuthi yi-The Rippers. Indaba iqala ngenye isizukulwane sabazingeli be-Vault esifika eKairos, ukuba sibanjwe ngokushesha yi-Timekeeper bese siboshwa imicu yokulawula ingqondo. Ukukhululwa kwabo kuzi ngentengo enkulu, njengoba u-Arjay we-Crimson Resistance ezidela ukuzokhulula, isenzo esibeka isimo esibi sokuphila okuzayo. Abazingeli be-Vault bathola i-Resistance ichithakele, iholwa yingxenye yayo yokugcina esalayo, uClaptrap, obafaka umsebenzi wokwakha kabusha inhliziyo. Lona msebenzi oyinhloko ugxeka ingxenye yokuqala yomdlalo, njengoba abadlali kufanele baxoxisane nezingxenye ezahlukahlukene kulo lonke iKairos, kubandakanya abaqedwa ngaphandle komhlaba ababizwa nge-Outbounders, ingxenye yezindala ezimbi ezibizwa nge-Electi, nabomdabu, abahlonipha i-Eridium aba-Augers. Indlela yokubhekana ne-Timekeeper ifuna ukuhlula izinduna zakhe ezintathu ezinkulu—i-Idolator Sol, i-Vile Lictor, kanye ne-Callis—ukuze bathole imicu yazo yokuphatha, izikhiye zokungena endlini yakhe yempi. Njengoba indaba iqhubeka, ubuso obuqhephukayo buchitha uchungechunge lwezinkolo babuyela emuva, balufaka ezingxabanweni zeKairos. Umzingeli we-Vault uZane ubukeka, ubelokhu uphumelele noMoxxi, futhi unikeza usizo lwakhe kwi-Electi. U-Amara, omunye umzingeli we-Vault wangaphambili, ufika emhlabeni ekufuneni kwakhe uLilith olahlekile, enikeza ulwazi olubalulekile lokucwaninga kwe-Timekeeper ngezi-Sirens kanye no-Phase Dimension. Indaba iyakhula ngokukhohlisa kanye nokungajabuli, njengoba induna uCallis ijika ichithe umsebenzi wayo ngezimpi zokuthola ubunkulunkulu kanye nesiphakamiso esibuhlungu sokuthi umngane we-Resistance u-Arjay wasinda ekuhlehliseni kwakhe okuqala, ukuze aqondwe nokuguqulwa abe yi-Siren yokwenzeka engalindelekile ecabanga ukuziphindiselela. Isiphetho sihlanganisa umsebenzi wobulala obumbukayo kwizinsalela ezihlakazekile ze-Elpis ukukhulula uLilith ku-Phase Dimension, ukuhlaselwa kokugcina enhloko-dolobha ye-Timekeeper, kanye nokutholwa kokugcina ukuthi umbuso uyisifunda, ngempela, umgcini we-Vault wasendulo. Umdlali uzozwa le ndaba ngokusebenzisa amanye amakilasi amasha. I-Vex i-Siren iyisiphukuli kodwa umuntu onomusa onomlando onzima. URafa i-Exo-Soldier uyisikhulu sangaphambili seTediore esibalekayo, esivalelwe esigqokweni esinamandla esisigcina siphephile. UHarlowe i-Gravitar ngumculi ophumelelayo futhi osheshayo waseMaliwan osayifaka imishini ye-high-tech esempi. Okokugcina, u-Amon i-Forgeknight ungumlobi wezindaba-mpofu, umuntu wokugcina ongasala weqembu elibheke izilwane ze-Vault, manje esizinikele ekubazingela izimfene ezinjalo. Lezi zindimbane zinikezwa izinhlelo zokuba nezinye izindimbane ze-DLC ezimbili ezishintshiwe, ziqala nge-robot ebizwa nge-C4SH. Ukudlala kwe-Borderlands 4 kuye kwathuthukiswa kakhulu ukudala umuzwa ovulekile futhi ophilayo. Umhlaba weKairos uyenzelwe ukuhamba okungenamihla phakathi kwezindawo zawo ezinkulu ezine, kusekelwa uhlelo lwezimoto ongasayidingi kanye nesimo sezulu esishintshayo. Ekuhlukaneni okudumile kwingqayizivele yochungechunge, i-mini-map ishintshwe nge-compass ukuze kukhuthazwe ukungena ngqo kakhulu emvelweni. Ukuhamba komdlali kuye kwathuthukiswa kakhulu ngezindlela ezintsha ezifana nokugijima, ukuslayida, ukweqa kabili, ukunyathela, ukubopha, kanye nekhono lokudada. Ukuqhubeka komdlalo kuphinde kwathuthukiswa; umzingeli we-Vault ngamunye manje unezinhlelo zesenzo ezintathu ezingashintshwa, ezingakhiwa ngezidakamizwa kanye neziqhekwana ezinamandla. Lokhu, kuhlangene ne "trait" eyodwa eyimfihlo yomlingisi ngamunye, kunikeza izinga elikhulu lokwakhiwa kwezinhlobonhlobo kanye nokujula kwezobuchwepheshe, kuthembisa ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okunomkhawulo futhi yesimanje kwi-franchise ethandwayo.