Free Fire
Garena (2017)
Incazelo
Free Fire, ebizwa nangokuthi Garena Free Fire, umdlalo weselula we-battle royale owakhela amandla ethu emakethe yomhlaba uma kuhlolwa ukukhululwa kwawo ngo-2017. Uhlonyiswa yi-111dots Studio futhi wanyatheliswa yi-Garena, iqembu lobuchwepheshe lase-Singapore. Umqondo walo mdlalo wawukunikeza ukuhlangenwe nakho okulungile kwabathintekayo, okusheshayo kokusinda, okwenziwe ukuze kusebenze kumadivaysi amaningi weselula. Lokhu kugxila kwezinhlelo zamasu kwavumela ukuthi ube nethonya enkulu eSoutheast Asia, eLatin America, nase-India—izindawo lapho ama-smartphone aphezulu engafani nezinga eliphezulu njengasemakethe zaseNtshonalanga.
Isimiso esiyinhloko se-Free Fire silingana nomthetho ojwayelekile we-Battle Royale kodwa sisongelwe ukuze sibe lula ukungena nokudlala ngokushesha. Imidlalo ngokuvamile ibandakanya abadlali abangafika ku-50 abakhuphuka esiqhingini esikude, befune izikhali, izingubo zokuzivikela, nezinsiza zempilo. Umgomo ukwala umphakathi oyedwa osala lapho indawo ephephile iqala ukugobileka kancane, okuvimbela abadlali ukuba bakude kakhulu. Ngokungafani nabanye abaqhubi abanezindawo zokungena ezivamile ezine-100 yabadlali kanye nemidlalo engathatha imizuzwana engu-30, i-Free Fire yehlukile ngokuba imidlalo isetshenziselwe ukuphela cishe ngemizuzwana engu-10. Lokhu kusheshisa kuyahambisana nabadlali bekhono bekhono bekhono bezingcinga ze-mobile abafuna iziqephu ezimfushane zokuzijabulisa kunokuchitha isikhathi eside.
Okuyikho okuhlukile ku-Free Fire kwabanye ababhikisho kwi-genre, njengase PUBG Mobile noma Call of Duty: Mobile, yi-“Character System” yayo eyingqayizivele. Ngenkathi imidlalo eminingi ye-Battle Royale isebenzisa ama-avatar nje angabonisi umehluko wokuhlela, i-Free Fire ithatha uhlu lwabalingisi abangaphezu kwama-50, wonke enamakhono asebenzayo noma angasebenzi. Lawa makhono abhekana ukusuka ekudaleni ama-auras wokulapha nokunyakaza okusheshe kuya ekubhaleni izitha ngesikhathi esifushane noma ekulayisheni ngokushesha. Abadlali bangakhulisa izinga lawo abalengisa amakhono ukuze akhe i-loadout efanele indlela yabo yokudlala (eyodwa esebenzayo kanye namakhono amathathu angasebenzi). Ukwengeza kwalokhu, kukhona i-“Pet System,” lapho izilwane ezixhumene nomdlalo zinikeza izinzuzo ezengeziwe zamasu, njengokwandisa isikhala se-inventory noma ukwandisa umkhawulo wemicimbi yokulahla.
Umdlalo futhi unikeza ukugxila okuningi ekusebenziseni ukuvikela nge-Gloo Wall. I-Gloo Wall iyivimbela engachithwanga yokudlula komlilo yamkhandlu, evumela abadlali abekwe esidlangalaleni ukuba bakhe indawo yabo yokugq thelela, bagqusze izindlela zokuhlasela, noma bavuselele ozakwabo ngendlela ephephile. Ukuqonda ukwakha nokubhidliza ama-Gloo Walls kubhekwa njengamakhono aphezulu abalulekile ekuncintisaneni.
Okobuchwepheshe, i-Free Fire yakhiwe ku-Unity engine. Izithombe zayo zine-styling ehluke kancane futhi azidingi ukungqongqoza okuphezulu kwe-photorealistic, okuyisinqumo somklamo sokwenza ukusebenza kahle kumadivayisi asezingeni eliphansi nezimbonini ezihambisanayo. Ngokubona isidingo sabathengi abanezinto eziqhubekayo, i-Garena yakhulula i-Free Fire MAX ngoSepthemba 2021. Le-app ezimele isebenza kuseva efanayo ne-base game, ivumela cross-play kodwa inezithombe ezinwetshiwe, ukukhanya, nezinhlelo ze-animasyon, okunikeza isipiliyoni esithuthukisiwe ngaphandle kokucikisa umphakathi.
Umdlalo unenhlanganisela yezindlela eziningi ngaphandle kwe-Battle Royale evamile. "Clash Squad" iyimodi ethandwa kakhulu engu-4v4 esetshenziswa ngokuqhathanisa lapho amaqembu etenga izikhali ngezomnotho owakhiwe phakathi kwezikhathi, okukhulu ukusondela ku-Counter-Strike. Ezinye izindlela ezifana ne "Lone Wolf" (1v1 noma 2v2) kanye ne "Craftland" (umhleli wemamephu ovumela abadlali ukwakha indawo yabo nemithetho yabo) zengeza ukuguquguquka kohlelo. Amamephu afana ne Bermuda, Purgatory, Kalahari, Alpine, ne NeXTerra anikeza izindawo ezahlukahlukene kusukela ezindaweni zasolwandle kuya ezindaweni ezomhlabathi nezihlala emakhazeni, nezakhiwo zesimanje.
Umthelela we-Free Fire ku-esports ubalulekile. I-Free Fire World Series (FFWS) iyinqaba yomdlalo wokuncintisana. Uhlelo lwe-FFWS lwango-2021 e-Singapore lwalubeka irekhodi elikhulu lokubukwa kwe-esports ngaleso sikhathi, lukhuphuka libuka ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyisihlanu zababambiqhaza ngesikhathi esifanayo. Impumelelo ibonisa ukulandela okuningi kwabalandeli bemidlalo, ikakhulukazi e-Brazil nase-Southeast Asia, lapho amaqembu aqeqeshiwe nabakhiqizi bokuqukethwe bephenduka izingqayizibonelelo zobungcweti.
Noma ngabe iyimpumelelo enkulu, i-Free Fire ibhekane nezinkinga nezimpikiswano. NgoFebhuwari 2022, uhulumeni wase-India wabeka uhlelo lokuvimba uhlelo lokusebenza lwakudala oluthi Free Fire ngenxa yezinsolo eziphathelene ukuphepha kwedatha, okuyinto ebe nomthelela kubabukeli abaningi. Nokho, i-Free Fire MAX yaphoqa ukuba ingabekwa kuzo zonke izinkinga, ivumela uhlelo ukuba lusinde endaweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umdlalo waba ngaphansi kwecala eliphakeme elasayinwa yi Krafton, umdali we-PUBG, ekuqaleni kuka-2022. Krafton icalile ukuthi i-Free Fire ikopela izindlela zokudlala, umsebenzi we-“airdrop,” kanye nombono jikelele wePUBG.
Ngokomnotho, i-Free Fire ibithatha indawo enkulu enkampanini yomama, iSea Limited. Kwakuyimidlalo eshisiwe edawunlekile yomhlaba wonke ngo-2019, 2020, no-2021, futhi isidlulile ku-4 bilyoni yemali engenayo. Ngokubeka phambili ukufinyeleleka nokuhlanganisa izakhiwo zokuthuthuka ezifanayo ne-RPG ngaphakathi komdlalo wobulungu, i-Free Fire ishaya indawo enkulu ekutholakaleni nasekuthuthukiseni ulwazi lomdlalo, ikhombisa ukuthi ukufinyeleleka komdlalo nokuhunyushwa kwezindawo kungaba okubaluleke ngokufanayo njengobuhle bezithombe emakethe yomhlaba.