Zibulale Wena | I-Borderlands 2 | NjengoGaige, Ukuhamba, Akukho Mazwana

I-Borderlands 2 ngumdlalo wevidiyo wokuqala wokudubula onezakhi zokudlala indima, othuthukiswe yi-Gearbox Software futhi washicilelwa yi-2K Games. Wakhishwa ngoSepthemba 2012, usebenza njengokuqhubeka komdlalo wokuqala we-Borderlands futhi wakha phezu kwendlela eyingqayizivele eyawandulela yokudubula kanye nokuthuthuka kwezinhlamvu zesitayela se-RPG. Lo mdlalo usethwe endaweni enempilo, ye-dystopian science fiction eplanethi i-Pandora, egcwele izilwane zasendle eziyingozi, abaphangi, kanye namagugu afihliwe. Esinye sezici ezigqame kakhulu ze-Borderlands 2 isitayela sayo esihlukile sobuciko, esisebenzisa indlela yokugraphic ye-cel-shaded, enikeza umdlalo ukubonakala okufana nebhuku lamahlaya. Lokhu kukhetha kwe-aesthetic akugcini nje ngokuhlukanisa umdlalo ngokubukeka kodwa futhi kugcwalisa ithoni yawo yokungahloniphi nokuhlekisa. Indaba ihambisana nomugqa wendaba oqinile, lapho abadlali bethatha indawo yomunye wabane abasha abakwa-"Vault Hunters," ngamunye enekhono elihlukile kanye nezihlahla zamakhono. Abakwa-Vault Hunters basesifunweni sokumisa umphikisi womdlalo, u-Handsome Jack, i-CEO enomusa kodwa enonya ye-Hyperion Corporation, ofuna ukuvula izimfihlo ze-vault yesikhala kanye nokukhipha into enamandla eyaziwa ngokuthi "The Warrior." Umdlalo ku-Borderlands 2 ubhekwa ngendlela yayo yokugembula okugxile ekuqoqeni inqwaba yezikhali nezimpahla. Lo mdlalo unamabhayisikili ahlukahlukene akhiqizwe ngendlela ehlelekile, ngalinye linezici ezihlukile nemiphumela, kuqinisekisa ukuthi abadlali bahlala bethola izimpahla ezintsha nezijabulisayo. Le ndlela egxile ekugembeni ibalulekile ekudlaleni kabusha komdlalo, njengoba abadlali bakhuthazwa ukuhlola, ukuqedela izimishini, futhi banqobe izitha ukuze bathole izikhali nezimpahla eziqina kakhulu. Ku-Borderlands 2, abadlali bahlangabezana nemishini eminingi ehlanganisa ukuhlekisa, isenzo, kanye nokuba yingxenye yokungaqondakali. Enye yemishini edume kakhulu phakathi kwalena umsebenzi oseceleni ohlanganisa ukuphuma empilweni. Unikezwa yi-Handsome Jack edume kabi ngesithombe sikaJack Bounty esitholakala esifundeni se-Eridium Blight, lo msebenzi ubonisa ukuhlekisa komdlalo okumnyama kanye nokuthatha kwawo okugxile emhlabeni wezemidlalo yevidiyo. Lo msebenzi usethwe endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi i-Lover's Leap, umqansa onikeza abadlali izinqumo ezimbili ezihlukile: ukugxuma baye embondweni ovuthayo noma ukushayela inamba yesikhashana yokusiza abantu abanemicabango yokuzibulala. Lo msebenzi uhlekisa kakhulu futhi ukhombisa ithoni yomdlalo. Lapho befika e-Lover's Leap, abadlali babona umkhohlisi egxuma eshona, ethi uzoba nomcebo. Isithembiso sika-Handsome Jack sicacile: uma ukhetha ukugxuma, uzoklonyeliswa nge-Eridium engu-12 kanye nohlobo oluhlukile lokuhlekisa, njengoba uJack ehlekisa umdlali ngokuthi "umthengisi." Kodwa-ke, uma abadlali bekhetha indlela enothile futhi bashayela i-Hyperion Suicide Prevention Hotline, bathola ukwanda okukhulu kwesipiliyoni—9832 XP—nakuba ngentengo ye-Eridium. Lokhu kuhlukana kwezinketho akugcini nje ngokuba inhlanganisela ehlekisayo mayelana namazinga aphezulu abadlali abavame ukuya kuwo ngenxa yemiklomelo emidlalweni yevidiyo, kodwa futhi kuqinisa umlingiswa ka-Handsome Jack, othanda ukuxhaphaza abanye ukuze azijabulise. Ukuhlekisa kunzwa nakakhulu nge-ECHO transmissions ka-Jack, lapho eveza ukunganeliseki kwakhe ngokukhetha komdlali futhi ejabulela ukungacabangeki kwesimo. Ngokwesibonelo, ngemuva kokuqedela inketho ye-hotline, abadlali bezwa izwi lika-Jack libancenga ngobugwala babo, libonisa uhlobo lwakhe lobubi kodwa oluhlekisayo. Ngokuphathelene nezindlela zokudlala, "Kill Yourself" ilula impela, kodwa ivumela ukucatshangelwa okuthile kwamasu. Abadlali bangasebenzisa umsebenzi ukuze bazame amakhono nezikhundla zomlingiswa, ikakhulukazi uma bekhetha ukugxuma eweni, njengoba benganciphisa imali yokuvuselelwa ngokuthengisa imali yabo nabanye abadlali ngaphambi kokugxuma. Lokhu kugqamisa uhlobo oluhlanganyelayo lweBorderlands 2, lapho abadlali bengasekela khona abanye ngisho nasezimeni ezixakile kakhulu. Lo msebenzi uphinde usebenze njengebhuloho eliya ezihlokweni ezibanzi ezikhona ku-Borderlands 2, njengemiphumela yokukhetha, uhlobo lomhlatshelo, kanye nokubonisa okujabulisayo kwe-violence. Ukuhlanganiswa kwendaba ebucayi njengokuzibulala nesitayela sobuciko bomdlalo obufana nekhathuni kanye nenkulumo ehlekisayo kumema abadlali ukuba bazindle ngokuphuphuka kwezenzo zabo emhlabeni womdlalo. Ekuphetheni, "Kill Yourself" umsebenzi ofingqa isisekelo seBorderlands 2. Ahlanganisa amahlaya amnyama nezindlela zokudlala ezikhuthaza ukuxhumana komdlali nokwenza izinqumo, konke lokhu kugcina ithoni engasindi naphezu kwemiphumela yayo enzulu. Lo msebenzi, kanye nabanye emdlalweni, ubonisa indlela eyingqayizivele yabathuthukisi yokuxoxa izindaba, ehlanganisa amahlaya nesenzo ngendlela evumelana nabadlali. Njengoba abadlali behamba ezinkethweni ezethulwe yi-Handsome Jack, abagcini nje ngokubamba iqhaza emsebenzini, kodwa futhi bah...