Isahluko 2 - Laboratory | EDENGATE: The Edge of Life | Ukuhamba, Ukudlala, Ngaphandle Kokuphawula...

*EDENGATE: The Edge of Life* is a captivating interactive adventure game, released on November 15, 2022, by 505 Pulse. Leaning into the themes of isolation and uncertainty that emerged from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the game places players in the shoes of Mia Lorenson, a scientist who awakens with amnesia in a desolate hospital. Her journey through the eerie city of Edengate is one of piecing together her past and uncovering the fate of its vanished inhabitants. Gameplay is primarily that of a walking simulator, focusing on exploration and interaction with objects to trigger narrative flashbacks, complemented by simple puzzles. Isahluko sesibili, "Laboratory," siwumzuzwana obalulekile ohambeni lukaMia Lorenson lokuzitholela kanye nokudalula imfihlakalo yesimo sakhe sangempela. Ngemuva kokushintsha kusukela ezingxenyeni zesibhedlela esingenalutho zesiqalo, indawo yelabhorethri inikeza ukuxhumana kokuqala okungokoqobo emuva empilweni kaMia njengesayentistidi eyi-gifted. Lesi sihloko sijulisa indaba ngokwethula izici ezibalulekile zezindikimba kanye nemishini yokudlala ebonisa ukulwa kwangaphakathi kukaMia kanye nokubhekana nobunzima obuqalayo obugqibelele umhlaba wakhe. Ukudluliselwa elabhorethri kugcina abadlali ngokushesha emsebenzini wobuchwepheshe bukaMia. Indawo yenzelwe kahle kakhulu, igcwele izinto zesayensi, imishini, kanye nezinto zokucwaninga ezizizwa zingokoqobo elabhorethri langempela. Lena indawo ayiyona nje indawo yokubona kodwa indawo eyenziwa ukuxhumana ebangela izinhlayiya zenkumbulo kaMia eyaphukile. Lapho ehamba emigwaqweni eyomile kanye namakamelo okuhlola, abadlali bahlangana "nezinkumbulo" ezikhanyayo ezidalula iziqephu zezingxoxo kanye nokuxhumana nozakwabo. Lezi ziqephu ezibuyela emuva zibalulekile ekusunguleni ukuzinikezela kukaMia emsebenzini wakhe, ukufuna kwakhe okungapheli kwempumelelo yesayensi, kanye nokuba khona kokungazwani emsebenzini, ikakhulukazi nomunye uzakwabo ogama lakhe linguLiam. Izingxoxo zikhombisa ukutholakala okubalulekile uMia ayekuso, okwakuhlangatshezwana nokungabaza nokukhathazeka kwabanye. Isithiyo esibalulekile esethulwe esahlukweni selabhorethri ukubukeka kwezicubu ezibomvu ezibuyelayo ezivimbela indlela kaMia. Lezi zicubu ezingaziwa zibonakala njengokubonakala kwezinto ezicacile zekatastrofi eyimfihlakalo eyenze idolobha lase-Edengate lingabi nabantu. Lezi zicubu azisona izitha ezihlaselayo ngendlela yendabuko; kunalokho, ziyimishini yendawo okumele zinqotshwe. Lokhu kuzuza ikakhulukazi ngokusebenzisa ukukhanya. UMia uthola ukuthi imithombo yokukhanya enamandla ingabangela izicubu ukuthi zibuyele emuva, ivule izindlela ezintsha. Le mishini iba isihloko esiyinhloko sesahluko, uMia kumele athuthe izibani futhi asebenze izinjini zesekhondari ukuze aqhubeke. Ukudlala kokukhanya nesithunzi kusebenza njengokubonisa okunamandla ukulwa kukaMia phakathi kokucacisa nokudideka, ithemba nokuphelelwa ithemba, njengoba ebuyisela ngayo ubumnyama obuqalayo obungaziwa. Ukuqhubekela phambili elabhorethri kuyinto eyenziwa ngendlela elinyekayo futhi eqondisiwe, nomdlalo uqondisa umdlali ngendlela enobuhlakani kuyo. UMia kumele ahlanganyele emishini elula yokuxazulula izinkinga, evame ukubandakanya ukuhambisa izinto ezifana ne-sample trolleys ukudala izindlela ezintsha noma ukufinyelela izindawo eziphakeme. Le mishini, nakuba ingabi nzima kakhulu, ibalulekile ekuzizweni kokuzibandakanya kanye nokuzimela njengoba abadlali bebamba iqhaza ekuhloliseni kukaMia. Enye imishini ebalulekile ihlanganisa ukuthola ikhodi yekhiphedi, 0052, ukufinyelela indawo evaliwe, iqinisa ubuchwepheshe nokuphepha kwendawo yakhe yangaphambili yokusebenza. Izinto eziningi ezibuthelwayo ezisabalale kulo lonke ilabhorethri, okubandakanya amanothi kanye nencwadi ebalulekile ethi "Difficult Bosses," lezi zinto ezibuthelwayo zinikeza ukuqonda okwengeziwe ngendaba yangemuva kanye nomhlaba we-EDENGATE. Amanothi avame ukuqukatha iziqephu zezingxoxo, idatha yokucwaninga, noma ukuzindla komuntu siqu okuvela kozakwethu bakaMia, kudala isithombe esigcwele sezinto ezehlela ngaphambi kokushiywa kwedolobha. Incwadi ethi "Difficult Bosses," into ehlobene nempumelelo, ingachazwa kokubili njengokubalulekile, okukhombisa ukungazwani emsebenzini, kanye njengokubonisa, okukhombisa ukulwa okukhulu, mhlawumbe okwangaphakathi, uMia abhekene nakho. Ngokweqiniso, Isahluko 2 - Laboratory siyinhlangano ebalulekile ku-EDENGATE: The Edge of Life. Sidlula ngaphambili emfihlakalweni yasekuqaleni yesibhedlela esishiyiwe ukuze sihlolisise umlando womuntu siqu kanye nowochwepheshe womlingiswa oyinhloko. Ukwethulwa kwendawo yelabhorethri, izicubu ezingaqondakali, imishini esekelwe ekukhanyeni, kanye nezinkumbulo eziyisiqephu konke kusebenza ndawonye ukudala umkhathi wokuncoma kwesayensi kanye nokuhlola kwengqondo. Ngokuhamba kwakhe ngendlela enobuhlakani kule ndawo ejwayelekile kodwa eyinqaba, uMia kanye nomdlali baqala ukuhlanganisa imfihlakalo yomlando wakhe kanye nekatastrofi eyiguqule kabusha umhlaba wakhe. Lesi sihloko simi...