PHAMBI KWEZIPHEPHO | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Ukudlala, Ukudlala, Akukho ukuphawula, 4K

I- *The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*, okwethulwa ngo-November 11, 2011, yimidlalo yohlobo lokudlala indima eyenziwe yi-Bethesda Game Studios. Lo mdlalo, owalandela i-*Oblivion* eyayithandwa kakhulu, waba yimpumelelo enkulu kakhulu kuneyandulelayo. Usethwe endaweni eningizimu yeTamriel, kulo mdlalo abadlali bangena ezweni elikhulu elivulelekile, lapho benelungelo lokukhetha futhi benethuba lokuba yiqhawe elinamandla. Indaba yenzeka eminyakeni engu-200 ngemuva kwe-*Oblivion*. ISkyrim ibihlasimuliswa yimpi yombango phakathi kwe-*Stormcloaks*, abafuna inkululeko yaseNord, kanye ne-*Imperial Legion*, abafuna ukulawula kweMbuso. Kulo mbango wabantu, kuvela usongo olukhulu kunazo zonke: u-Alduin, "iNdlovu Yomhlaba," idrako lasendulo elinob Profethisi wokubhubhisa umhlaba. Umdlali uba yi-"Dragonborn Yokugcina" (noma *Dovahkiin*), umuntu ongumfel' igama onomoya wedrako, onamandla okumunca imimoya yezidrako nokusebenzisa amandla abo ngeNdathulo. Imidlalo e-*Skyrim* ibonakala ngokuba yayo evulelekile. Akufani neminye imidlalo lapho abadlali behlukaniswa ngamaqhawe athile, i-*Skyrim* isebenzisa uhlelo lokukhula ngokuzenzekelayo. Ukusebenzisa inkemba yesandla esisodwa kwandisa amakhono esandla esisodwa, kanti ukufihla kwandisa amakhono okufihla. Lokhu kusenza ukuthi abadlali bakwazi ukuhlanganisa izindlela zokudlala, njengomdlali wesandla esisodwa ongasebenzisa nomlingo noma umcibisheli ofihlayo. Isici esibalulekile yi-"Thu'um" noma amaDragon Shouts—amazwi omlingo anamandla angabeka imiphumela kusuka ekuphefumuleni umlilo kuya ekubambeni isikhathi noma ekubizeni iziphepho. "Phambi Kweziphepho" (Before the Storm) iyisigaba sesibili esiyinhloko ku-*The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*. Le nhlelo ixhuma isingeniso esinobunzima somdlalo nesipiliyoni sezwe elivulelekile. Ngemuva kokubalekela ukubhujiswa kweHelgen yiNdlovu Yomhlaba u-Alduin, i-Dragonborn iphuma ilanga emizileni yamahlathi eSkyrim. Lapha, ukukhetha komdlali womlingani ngesikhathi sokubalekela—uRalof, umvukela weStormcloak, noma uHadvar, isosha lombutho, kwenza indlela yendaba iqale ngayo ngendlela ethile. Lokhu kukhetha kuqinisekisa incazelo eyinhloko yempi yombango yomdlalo. Noma ngabe umlingani akhetha ubani, bobabili baphakamisa ukuthi umdlali ahambele emzini oseduze iRiverwood ukuyofuna usizo kubazali babo. Uhambo oluya eRiverwood luyisingeniso esilula ezweni elivulekile. Endleleni, umdlali uhlangana namatshe ezilwane, izindawo zamatshe ezindala ezenza ukuthi ukhethe "uPhawu" (Warrior, Mage, noma Thief) ukuze kukhuthazwe ukukhula kwamakhono. Uma efika eRiverwood, umuzi omncane wezinkuni osemfuleni, ukwahluka kokukhetha komdlali ngaphambili kudala ukuthi axhumane nomuntu ofanele. U-Ralof umphakamisa kudadewabo, u-Gerdur, ongumnikazi wendlu yokusika izinkuni. Ngokufanayo, u-Hadvar umphakamisa kumalume wakhe, u-Alvor, umkhandi wensimbi womuzi. Ukuxhumana no-Gerdur noma u-Alvor kufana ngokusebenza kodwa kuhlukile ngendlela yokukhuluma. Bobabili abalingiswa bamangazwa izindaba zedrako elibhala iHelgen. Bobabili banikeza umdlali izinto—izikhali ezingezansi, ukudla, nama-potion—ezisiza umdlali ukuthi aqale ukwazi imishini yokusinda yomdlalo. Kodwa-ke, ingxoxo yabo inikeza imibono ehlukene ngeMpi Yomphakathi, okwengeza ekuchazeni izwe kwezombusazwe. Naphezu kwalokhu kuhlukana, umgomo abawunikezayo uyafana: iJarl yaseWhiterun, uBalgruuf Omkhulu, kufanele axwayiswe. I-Riverwood ayinayo indawo yokuzivikela, futhi ngaphandle kosizo oluvela esigodini esikhulu, idrako lingacekelana phansi nomuzi kalula ngokulandelayo. Lesi sigaba sesibili somsebenzi sidinga umdlali ukuthi ahambe aye enyakatho eWhiterun, isikhungo sezohwebo saseSkyrim. Lolu hambo lude kunolokuqala futhi lungenisa izenzakalo ezingalindelekile, njengezigcawu noma imigilingwane phakathi kwe-Imperial Legion ne-Stormcloaks, okwengeza ezintweni eziyingozi zomgwaqo. Uma sondela edolobheni, abadlali bayabanjwa abaqaphi esangweni abathi idolobha livaliwe ngenxa yezingxoxo zedrako. Lokhu kuxhumana kwethula imishini yokuqiniswa, ukwesabisa, nokunikela izipho. Kodwa-ke, ukubika iqiniso—ukuthi iRiverwood ifuna usizo—kuyeke ukuhlola, okuvumela ukungena ngokushesha. Ngaphakathi eWhiterun, umdlali kufanele ahambe aye eDragonsreach, isigodlo esiphakeme esibuka idolobha. Ukungena esigodlweni kwenza isenzakalo esibhaliwe lapho u-Irileth, induna yendlunkulu yeJarl, eyala umdlali ukuthi amhlole. Lokhu kuhlasela kugcizelela ukubaluleka kweJarl nomoya onomoya ongaphakathi enkantolo. Uma umdlali ekhuluma noJarl Balgruuf, uyalele izindaba zokucekela phansi kweHelgen. Ukuphendula kweJarl kubonisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu, hhayi nje ngenxa yedrako, kodwa ngenxa yezimpendulo zezombusazwe, esaba ukuthi umphikisi wakhe, u-Ulfric Stormcloak, angasebenzisa leli cala ukuhlasela. Lo msebenzi uphela ngemuva kokuthi iJarl ivume ukuthumela iqembu lamasosha ukuthi lizolwele iRiverwood, liqede isithembiso esenziwe ku-Alvor noma ku-Gerdur. Njengesipho, iJarl iphaka umdlali isigqoko esiphezulu sesibhakela. Kodwa-ke, ukuphela kwe-"P...