BFFs | Borderlands 2 | Ngidlala njengoGaige, Indlela Yokudlala Yonke, Akukho Kuphawula

I-Borderlands 2 umdlalo wokudubula wabantu bokuqala onezakhi ze-role-playing, owenziwe yi-Gearbox Software futhi washicilelwa yi-2K Games. Wakhishwa ngoSepthemba 2012, futhi ulandela umdlalo wokuqala we-Borderlands, uqhubekisela phambili inhlanganisela yawo ehlukile yokudubula nokuthuthuka komlingiswa ngesitayela se-RPG. Umdlalo usethwe endaweni yomhlaba wesayensi eqhakazile, enobuhlungu eplanethi i-Pandora, egcwele izilwane zasendle eziyingozi, izigebengu, kanye namagugu afihliwe. Enye yezici ezivelele kakhulu ze-Borderlands 2 isitayela sawo sobuciko obuhlukile, esisebenzisa indlela yemidwebo ye-cel-shaded, enikeza umdlalo ukubukeka okufana nebhuku lamahlaya. Lokhu kukhetha kwe-aesthetic akugcini nje ngokuhlukanisa umdlalo ngokubukeka, kodwa futhi kuhambisana nomoya wawo wokungenzi lutho nowokuhlekisa. Indaba iqhutshwa yindaba eqinile, lapho abadlali benza indima yomunye waba “Abazingeli be-Vault” abane abasha, ngamunye enamakhono ahlukile nezihlahla zamakhono. Abazingeli be-Vault basesimweni sokumisa isitha somdlalo, u-Handsome Jack, i-CEO enomusa kodwa enonya ye-Hyperion Corporation, ofuna ukuvula izimfihlo ze-vault yangaphandle futhi akhulule into enamandla eyaziwa ngokuthi “Iqhawe.” Umdlalo we-Borderlands 2 ubonakala ngezakhi zawo eziqhutshwa yimiklomelo, ezigxila ekutholeni uhla olukhulu lwezikhali nezinsiza. Umdlalo unohlobo olumangalisayo lwezibhamu ezakhiqizwa ngenqubo, ngamunye onezakhiwo ezihlukile nemiphumela, uqinisekisa ukuthi abadlali bahlala bethola izinto ezintsha nezithokozisayo. Le ndlela egxile kwimiklomelo ibalulekile ekugijimiseni umdlalo kabusha, njengoba abadlali bakhuthazwa ukuba bahlole, baqedele izimishini, futhi banqobe izitha ukuze bathole izikhali nezinto ezihamba phambili. I-Borderlands 2 futhi isekela ukudlalwa kwabadlali abaningi ngokubambisana, okuvumela abadlali abangafika kwabane ukuba bahlanganyele futhi baqedele izimishini ndawonye. Lesi sici sokubambisana siyithuthukisa kakhulu inhloso yomdlalo, njengoba abadlali bengahlanganyela amakhono abo ahlukile namasu ukunqoba izinselelo. Idizayini yomdlalo ikhuthaza ukusebenzisana nokuxhumana, okwenza kube yisinqumo esithandwayo kubangani abafuna ukuqala ama-adventures anesiphithiphithi kodwa akhokhelayo ndawonye. Indaba ye-Borderlands 2 icebile ngamahlaya, ukubhuqa, nabalingiswa abakhumbulekayo. Ithimba lababhali, eliholwa ngu-Anthony Burch, lenze indaba egcwele inkhulumompikiswano enobuqili kanye nabasebenzi abahlukahlukene babalingiswa, ngamunye onezinhlaka zakhe namaphrofayili. Amahlaya omdlalo avame ukuphula udonga lwesine futhi ahlekise ngezindlela zokudlala, kudala isipiliyoni esimnandi nesimnandi. Ngaphezu kwendaba enkulu, umdlalo unikeza inqwaba yezimishini ezincane kanye nokuqukethwe okwengeziwe, kunikeza abadlali amahora amaningi wokudlala. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kukhishwe amaphakethe ahlukahlukene okuqukethwe okungadawunilodeka (DLC), enabisa umhlaba womdlalo ngezindaba ezintsha, abalingiswa, nezinselelo. Lezi zindawo ezandisiwe, njengokuthi “Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep” kanye nokuthi “Captain Scarlet and Her Pirate's Booty,” kuthuthukisa kakhulu ukujula komdlalo nokukwazi ukuwudlala kabusha. I-Borderlands 2 yathola ukudunyiswa okukhulu ngesikhathi ikhishwa, yadunyiswa ngomdlalo wayo ohehayo, indaba ethokozisayo, nesitayela sobuciko esihlukile. Yakha ngempumelelo phezu kwesisekelo esibekwe umdlalo wokuqala, yacwengisiswa izakhi futhi kwethulwa izici ezintsha ezihambisana nabathandi bochungechunge nabasha. Inhlanganisela yayo yamahlaya, isenzo, nezakhi ze-RPG igcizelele isikhundla sayo njengesihloko esithandekayo emphakathini wokudlala, futhi iyaqhubeka nokudunyiswa ngobusha bayo nokukhanga okuhlala njalo. Sengiphetha, i-Borderlands 2 ivelela njengesihloko somdlalo wokudubula wabantu bokuqala, kuhlanganisa izakhi zomdlalo ezihehayo nendaba eqhakazile nenesihluku. Ukuzibophezela kwayo ekunikezeni isipiliyoni sokubambisana esicebile, kanye nesitayela sayo sobuciko esihlukile nokuqukethwe okukhulu, kushiye umthelela ohlala isikhathi eside endaweni yokudlala. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Borderlands 2 isalokhu ingumdlalo othandwayo futhi onomthelela, odunyiswa ngobuciko bawo, ukujula, nenani lokuzijabulisa elihlala njalo. I-Borderlands 2, eyenziwe yi-Gearbox Software, ingumdlalo wokudubula wabantu bokuqala odlalwa njenge-role-playing eyaziwa ngendaba yawo ehehayo, isitayela sobuciko esihlukile, nokuxhumana kwabalingiswa okuhlekisayo. Enye yemishini eseceleni engenziwa abadlali kule ndawo yonke ebanzi ibizwa ngokuthi “BFFs,” esethwe endaweni yomdlalo eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Sanctuary. Le mishini ibonisa inhlanganisela yomdlalo yomoya wokuhlekisa, isenzo, nokwenza izinqumo. Imishini ethi “BFFs,” emelela ukuthi “Abangani Abahle Kakhulu Ngokunqabela,” ivuleka ngemuva kokuqedwa komunye umishini obizwa ngokuthi “Lapho Izingelosi Zisaba Ukunyathela Ingxenye 2.” Ivelelwa abadlali umlingiswa ogama lakhe linguSam Matthews, ozithola esendleleni ebhebhethekayo ebophele abangani abane abasolana ngokusheba. Indab...