Borderlands 4: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned

Ukufika okulindelwe ngabomvu kwengxenye entsha yochungechunge lwemidlalo ethandwayo yohlobo lwe-looter-shooter sekuvele kutholakala, kuletha ushintsho olukhulu endleleni indaba exoxwa ngayo kanye nendlela umdlalo udlalwa ngayo. Ngokuhlukana nezimpi zezinkampani ezisabalale kuwo wonke umthala kanye nezindaba ezigxile kuma-Siren ezazilawula izitolimende ezedlule, lo mdlalo omusha ubeka u-Ellie, isisebenzi sethu esithandwayo, embulungeni yonke. Ngokumenza umholi oyinhloko, abathuthukisi bakhe indlela yokudlala ezwakala iyintsha futhi ixhumene nezimpande zalolu chungechunge. Lesi sahluko esisha sifaka iqembu elisha labazingeli be-Vault ohambweni olugcwele isiphithiphithi, sihlanganisa amahlaya ayingqayizivele ochungechunge nendaba emnyama, ekhumbuza ubuciko be-gothic. Emaphakathi nomdlalo kukhona indawo esihloko somdlalo, okuwukwakheka kuka-Eridian okudumile nokwethusayo okuyisizinda somkhankaso walo mdlalo. Ngokungafani nama-vaults adlule ayeyindawo yokubeka ingcebo noma iziboshwa zezilo zasemkhathini, le vault entsha yethula umuzwa wokwesaba okungaphezu kwemvelo endaweni yezinganekwane zesayensi. Indaba ichaza ukuthi le yindawo evaliwe lapho kubanjwe khona imiphefumulo eguqukile yabazingeli be-Vault basendulo kanye nemizamo engaphumelelanga ka-Eridian. Lokhu kuvumela abathuthukisi ukuba bazame izitayela ezishaqisayo, neziteshi zasemkhathini ezishiywe zaba yindawo yezipoki, eziphikisana nezindawo ezomile nezinelanga zase-Pandora. Ukuxoxwa kwendaba ngokusebenzisa indawo ezungezile kuyakhanya lapha, kuhlanganisa isitayela se-cel-shaded nendlela ethusayo neyisimanga. Indlela yokudlala isagcina uhlobo lwayo lokudubula nokuqoqa impahla (looting), inenqwaba yezikhali ezenziwe ngezindlela ezingahleliwe, kodwa ishintshwe kakhulu ulwazi luka-Ellie lwemishini. Ukulwa ezimotweni kanye nokuhamba, okwakubhekwa njengento ebuthaka emidlalweni edlule, sekushintshwe ngokuphelele. Uhlelo lwe-Catch-A-Ride manje seluyindlela yokwakha izisekelo ezihambayo. Abadlali abasavele bazikhiqize nje izimoto, kodwa bakha imishini eqinile evikelekile kakhulu esebenza njengezinqaba ezihambayo kanye nezindawo zokudlalela ndawonye. Ukuhlanganiswa kokwakhiwa kwezimoto nezikhali kusho ukuthi abadlali manje bafuna izingxenye zezimoto nezinjini ngomdlandla ofanayo nalowo abawusebenzisela izibhamu ezinkulu (sniper rifles). Ngokwencazelo yendaba, umdlalo uthatha izingozi ezinkulu ngabalingisi abathandwayo. Ngemuva kwezenzakalo ezibuhlungu emidlalweni edlule, i-Crimson Raiders ihlakazekile, okushiya u-Ellie ukuba aqoqe izingcezu futhi aqale kabusha. Ukushintsha kwakhe kusuka ekubeni ngumlingisi oseceleni othembekile nethandayo, ukuya ekubeni ngumholi oqinile nosu, kunikeza umongo wemizwa yalo mkhankaso. Ukubhala komdlalo kulinganisa amahlaya akhe adumile nezikhathi zokuba sengozini nokuzibophezela. Usebenza njengomphikisi ophelele kumlingisi omusha omubi womdlalo, okuyinkosi yama-Siren necromancer ezama ukusebenzisa amandla esiphithiphithi ukuze iguqule umthala. Ekugcineni, le ngxenye entsha imele ukuvuselelwa okukhulu kochungechunge. Ngokunciphisa ububanzi bendaba, ukugxila kwitoni yokwesaba namahlaya, kanye nokuguqula ngokuphelele indlela yokudlala ngezimoto, abathuthukisi bafakazele ukuthi kusekuningi okusalayo ohlotsheni lwemidlalo ye-looter-shooter. Uhlonipha ifa lwalabo abawandulelayo ngenkathi uziqophela owakhe umumo, unikeza abadala nabadlali abasha uhambo olugcwele isiphithiphithi nengcebo ezingxenyeni ezimnyama kakhulu zomhlaba we-Borderlands.