Isahluko 1 - Ukuhlaselwa Kwesizwe Esilahlekile | Borderlands: I-Pre-Sequel | NjengoJack, Ukuhamba...

I-Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel ngumdlalo wokuqala womuntu wokudubula, okuyindaba ehamba phakathi kwe-Borderlands yasekuqaleni kanye nalandelayo, i-Borderlands 2. Owakhiwe yi-2K Australia, ngokubambisana ne-Gearbox Software, wakhishwa ngo-Okthoba 2014 kumicibisholo ye-Microsoft Windows, i-PlayStation 3, ne-Xbox 360, nezinguqulo ezilandelayo kwezinye izinkundla. Endabeni yenyanga yePandora, i-Elpis, kanye nesiteshi sayo sezindiza se-Hyperion, umdlalo uhlola ukukhuphuka kukaHandsome Jack, umuntu omubi oyinhloko ku-Borderlands 2. Leli thuba ligxila ekuguqulweni kukaJack kusuka kumhleli we-Hyperion onemvelo ukuya ku-villain ogangile abalandeli abathanda ukuba abazi. Ngokugxila ekuthuthukisweni kwesinhlamvu sakhe, umdlalo uphakamisa indaba ye-Borderlands ephelele, unikeza abadlali ukuqonda ngezisusa zakhe nezimo eziholela ekuguqulweni kwakhe okubi. I-Pre-Sequel igcina isitayela sobuciko se-cel-shaded kanye nobumnandi obunobuhlakani, kuyilapho yethula izindlela ezintsha zomdlalo. Enye yezici ezivelele yindawo enegravity ephansi yenye, eyaguqula kakhulu izimpi. Abadlali bangakwazi ukudlula phezulu nangaphezulu, ukwengeza uhlangothi olusha lwempi ezimpini. Ukufakwa kwezithako zomoya, noma ama-"Oz kits," akugcini nje ngokunikeza abadlali umoya wokuphefumula esikhundleni sezindiza kodwa futhi kwethula izinto zokuqamba ezibalulekile, njengoba abadlali kufanele balawule amazinga abo omoya lapho behlola futhi balwa. Esinye isengezo esibalulekile somdlalo ukwethulwa kwezinhlobo ezintsha zomoya wokulwa, ezifana nezikhali ze-cryo neze-laser. Izikhali ze-Cryo zivumela abadlali ukuba bafrize izitha, ezikwaziyo ukuhlwithwa ngokuhlaselwa okungaphumeleli, ukwengeza inketho yamasu eyenelisa empini. Ama-Laser ahlinzeka ngezigaba ezilandelayo ezikhona kuyo yonke imikhakha eyahlukene etholakalayo kubadlali, eqhubeka nomkhuba ochungechunge wokunikeza uhla lwezikhali ezinokugijimisa okuyingqayizivele nemiphumela. I-Pre-Sequel ihlinzeka ngezinhlamvu ezintsha ezine ezingadlaliswa, ngayinye enezindela zayo ezihlukile nezimfanelo. U-Athena i-Gladiator, uWilhelm i-Enforcer, uNisha i-Lawbringer, noClaptrap i-Fragtrap baletha izindlela ezihlukile ezihlangabezana nezidingo ezihlukile zabadlali. U-Athena, ngokwesibonelo, usebenzisa isihlangu sokuhlasela nokuvikela, kuyilapho uWilhelm angathumela ama-drones ukuba asize empini. Izimfanelo zikaNisha zigxila empini yezikhali nasekuqaliseni okubalulekile, futhi uClaptrap unikeza izimfanelo ezingalindelekile, eziyingozi ezingasiza noma zilimaze amaqembu. Ubumbano oluhlangene, oluyisihloko sochungechunge lwe-Borderlands, luhlala luyingxenye eyinhloko, ivumela amaqembu afinyelele kwabane ukuba ahlangane futhi abhekane nemisebenzi yomdlalo ndawonye. Ubumbano nobubi bezingoma ezihlangene ziyaphakamisa umuzwa, njengoba abadlali basebenza ndawonye ukunqoba izinselelo ezinikezwe yindawo yenye eyinqaba kanye nezitha eziningi abahlangana nazo. Ngokwendaba, i-Pre-Sequel ihlola izimfuno zamandla, ukungcola, kanye nokungabi nabulungisa kwezinhlamvu zayo. Ngokubeka abadlali ezinyaweni zabangasekho, bayibona njengokunikeza abavukuzi ukubona abavukuzi ukuthi banjalo, kwayiswa yinto eyinhlangothi ezimbili zemali efanayo. Ubumnandi bomdlalo, obugcwele izinto ezifakwayo zezamasiko kanye nokuphawula okuhlelekile, buhlale bukhanyisa ngenkathi buphinde buhlalele ukuhlehlisa ukuhlehlisa imali yezinkampani kanye nobulwa, buhlukanise imibono yangempela kumhlaba wayo omkhulu, onobunjiniyela. Naphezu kokwamukelwa kahle kwezindlela zayo ezihehayo kanye nokuqonda okujulile, i-Pre-Sequel ibhekene nokugxekwa okuthile ngokuncikela kwazo ezindleleni ezikhona kanye nokuntuleka kwayo okubuyekeziweyo uma kuqhathaniswa nabalandeli bayo. Abanye abadlali bazizwa njengomdlalo oweqisayo kunokuba ibe umdlalo oyinhloko, yize abanye bathokoza ithuba lokuhlola izindawo ezintsha kanye nezinhlamvu ngaphakathi kwe-Borderlands universe. Ngokuhlasela kwesahluko soku-1, esibhalwe ukuthi "Ukuqothulwa Kwesizwe Esilahlekile," emdlalweni wevidiyo i-Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, kunikezelwa njengokuqala okubalulekile ezindabeni zomdlalo, izindlela, kanye nemibono yezitha. Abadlali bafakwa esenzakalweni lapho belandela khona isimo sikaJack, osathola indlela yokulawula isiteshi sezindiza i-Helios ngemuva kokuhlaselwa okubhubhisayo yi-Lost Legion, iyunithi yamasosha ehlubulayo eyake yaqashwa yi-Dahl corporation. Umsebenzi uqala ngesikhathi uJack ezama ukuvula izindlela zokuvikela zesiteshi, kodwa esikhundleni salokho, abadlali bahlaselwa ngokushesha izikhali ezimbili ezivelayo ezivela ezindongeni. Lokhu kuhlinzekwa njengesimo sempi sokuqala esifundisa ngempumelelo abadlali ukubaluleka kokubheka ezindaweni zokuthambisa nokusebenzisa izindlela zokuthambisa, njengoba kufanele bahlasele lezi zikhali ngenkathi begwema umlilo wabo wokungena. Uma izikhali sezikhishiwe, abadlali baqondiswa ukuba balandele uJack endaweni yokuhlangana, lapho befunda khona ukuthi izindiza zokubalekela zisengozini yiColonel Zarpedon, umuntu omubi oyinhloko ...