Umkhuba Wokugcotshwa | I-Borderlands 2 | Ukudlala, Akukho Ukubeka Amasiko

I-Borderlands 2 ngumdlalo wokuqala wokudubula ngomuntu (first-person shooter) ngendlela yama-role-playing, owenziwe yiGearbox Software futhi washicilelwa yi-2K Games. Wakhishwa ngoSeptemba 2012 njengomdlalo olandela owokuqala i-Borderlands, waphinde wathuthukisa inhlanganisela yayo ehlukile yokudubula nokuthuthukisa izinhlamvu njenge-RPG. Lo mdlalo ubekwe emhlabeni we-sci-fi obuthakathaka futhi ohlasimulisa amadlingala, iPandora, lapho kuhlala khona izilwane ezinobungozi, izigebengu, namagugu afihliwe. Okunye okuphawulekayo kwe-Borderlands 2 isitayela sayo sobuciko esihlukile, esisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bezithombe ze-cel-shaded, esinikeza umdlalo ukubukeka okufana ne-comic book. Lesi sici sobuciko asigcini nje ngokwenza umdlalo ugqame ngokubonakalayo kodwa futhi sihambisana nesimo sawo esingabopheleli nesihlekisayo. Indaba iqhutshwa yi-storyline eqinile, lapho abadlali bebamba iqhaza njengomunye wezinsizwa ezine ezintsha, i-"Vault Hunters," ngayinye inamakhono ahlukile nemigqa yamakhono. I-Vault Hunters isemkhankasweni wokumisa isitha somdlalo, i-Handsome Jack, umphathi obukeka kahle kodwa oyimphi ophume esikhundleni se-Hyperion Corporation, ofuna ukuvula izimfihlo ze-vault yomunye umuntu futhi akhulule isidalwa esinamandla esibizwa nge-"The Warrior." Umdlalo ku-Borderlands 2 ubhekwa ngokuyinhloko yi-loot-driven mechanics, okubalulekile ukuthola izikhali nemishini ehlukahlukene kakhulu. Umdlalo unokuhlukahluka okumangalisayo kwezikhali ezivelayo, ngayinye inezici nemiphumela ehlukene, iqinisekisa ukuthi abadlali njalo bathola igiya elisha nelijabulisayo. Leli cala elizungeze i-loot liyinhloko yokuthi umdlalo ungaphinda udlalwe kangaki, njengoba abadlali bakhuthazwa ukuba bahlole, baqedele imishini, futhi bashaye izitha ukuze bathole izikhali negiya elinamandla kakhulu. I-Borderlands 2 futhi isekela imidlalo yokudlala yabadlali abaningi ngokubambisana, ivumela abadlali abangafika kwabane ukuba bahlangane futhi benze imishini ndawonye. Leli cala lokubambisana lithuthukisa ukukhanga komdlalo, njengoba abadlali bangahlanganisa amakhono abo ahlukile namasu ukuze banqobe izinselele. Umklamo womdlalo ukhuthaza ukubambisana nokuxhumana, okwenza kube ukukhetha okudumile kwabangane abafuna ukubhekana nezinselele ezidabukisayo neziwukhomba ndawonye. Indaba ye-Borderlands 2 igcwele ukuhleka, ukugcona, nabalingiswa ababalulekile. Ithimba lokubhala, eliholwa yi-Anthony Burch, ladala indaba egcwele ingxoxo ephikisanayo kanye nabasebenzi abahlukahlukene, ngayinye enezinwele zayo nezizinda zayo. Ukuhleka komdlalo kuvame ukuphazamisa i-fourth wall futhi kugcule izinto zemidlalo, kwakha okuhlangenwe nakho okubambelekile nokujabulisayo. Ngokungeziwe endabeni eyinhloko, umdlalo unikeza inqwaba yemisebenzi eseceleni nokuqukethwe okwengeziwe, okunikeza abadlali amahora amaningi emidlalo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, amaphakethe ahlukahlukene wokuqukethwe okungeziwe (DLC) akhishiwe, anweba umhlaba womdlalo ngezindaba ezintsha, abalingiswa, nezinselele. Lezi zandiso, njenge-"Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" kanye ne-"Captain Scarlet and Her Pirate's Booty," zithuthukisa kakhulu ukujula nokudlala komdlalo. I-Borderlands 2 yathola udumo olubanzi lapho ikhishwa, yahlonishwa ngomdlalo wayo ohehayo, indaba eyakhelwe, nesitayela sobuciko esihlukile. Yaphumelela ngokwakha esisekelweni esibekwe umdlalo wokuqala, yathuthukisa izindlela futhi yethula izici ezintsha ezathinta abalandeli bohlobo kanye nabasendlini. Inhlanganisela yayo yokuhleka, isenzo, nezinto ze-RPG iqinise isimo sayo njengesihloko esithandwayo emphakathini wemidlalo, futhi iyaqhubeka nokudunyiswa ngobuchwepheshe bayo nokukhanga okuqhubekayo. Isiphetho, i-Borderlands 2 igqama njengesibonelo somsebenzi oyingqayizivele womdlalo wokudubula wokuqala womuntu, ihlanganisa izindlela zemidlalo ezibambelekile nendaba ephilayo nehlekayo. Ukuzibophezela kwayo ekuhlinzekeni okuhlangenwe nakho okubambisanayo, kanye nesitayela sayo sobuciko esihlukile nokuqukethwe okukhulu, kwashiya umthelela omkhulu emdlalweni. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Borderlands 2 ihlala iyimidlalo ethandwa futhi enomthelela, edunyiswa ngobuciko bayo, ukujula kwayo, nenjabulo ehlala njalo. Emhlabeni onzima futhi ongafuniyo wePandora, lapho ukusinda kuyilwelwa kosuku nosuku, futhi ukwethembeka kuthengwa futhi kuthengwe, kukhona umkhuba odlula ubudlova obulula futhi ube yisivivinyo sangempela sobuntu—i-Initiation Rite yomndeni wama-Savage. Lesi sivivinyo esilukhuni sobunzima, esihlelwa umholi wabo, uKing Savage, siyisici esiyinhloko somsebenzi wenkondlo i-"Once a Savage, Always a Savage" emdlalweni wevidiyo i-Borderlands 2. Ayisiyona nje ukubulala okubomvu, kodwa yithuba le-Vault Hunter ukufakaza ukufaneleka kwabo futhi bavikele ukwesekwa okunye kwamaqembu anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngaphambi kokuba umdlali akwazi ukuqedela lo mkhuba, kufanele aqonde umongo wawo. Empi ebhekene ne-Hyperion Corporation kanye nomholi wayo ongaboshiwe, uHandsome Jack, i-Crimson Raiders eholwa uRoland baqaphela ukuthi b...