Like a Dragon: Ishin!

I-Like a Dragon: Ishin! ngumdlalo wevidiyo wesenzo nokuzidela owenziwa i-Ryu Ga Gotoku (RGG) Studio washicilelwa yi-SEGA. Wakhishwa emhlabeni wonke ngoFebhuwari 2023, lo mdlalo ungukwakhiwa kabusha ngokuphelele komdlalo othi Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!, owawukhishwe ngo-2014 eJapane kuphela ku-PlayStation 4. Sekuyiminyaka eyishumi abalandeli baseNtshonalanga balolu chungechunge oludumile lwe-Yakuza (olwaziwa manje ngokuthi i-Like a Dragon) becela ukuthi lo mdlalo wama-samurai uhunyushelwe ezilimini zabo. Ngenxa yokuduma kwalolu chungechunge emhlabeni wonke kanye nokuzethemba kweqembu lakwa-SEGA, i-RGG Studio ekugcineni yawuletha lo mdlalo kubadlali bamazwe ngamazwe. Umdlalo wenzeka e-Kyo (i-Kyoto eqanjiwe) ngesikhathi sokudideka okukhulu esibizwa nge-Bakumatsu ngasekupheleni kwenkathi yase-Edo (1853–1867). Abadlali bangena ezicathulweni zika-Sakamoto Ryoma, umuntu wangempela emlandweni owayelwela intando yeningi nokuqedwa kohlelo lwezigaba. Njengoba kujwayelekile kulo mdlalo, u-Ryoma ulingiswe kumlingiswa oyinhloko u-Kazuma Kiryu, enomuso nesimo esifanayo. Ngemuva kokubuyela ekhaya e-Tosa, u-Ryoma utholakala ephakathi kwezepolitiki futhi ufakaza ukubulawa kukayise u-Yoshida Toyo. Ukuze athole umbulali, u-Ryoma ushintsha igama lakhe abe ngu-Saito Hajime, angenelele emaphoyiseni adumile futhi anonya aziwa ngokuthi i-Shinsengumi. Indaba ihlola izingqikithi zokwethembeka, ukulwa kwezigaba, kanye noguquko, okuholela ekulweni okukhulu nomfowabo u-Takechi Hanpeita, okusiza ekuqaleni kwenkathi ye-Meiji Restoration. Ngokwezobuchwepheshe, i-Like a Dragon: Ishin! imele ushintsho olukhulu ku-RGG Studio. Kunokusebenzisa i-Dragon Engine yabo, basebenzise i-Unreal Engine 4. Lokhu kwakwenziwe ukuze bakwazi ukulungisa izithombe zibe nethoni yomlando efanele iminyaka yawo-1800. Naphezu kwalolu shintsho lwenjini, umdlalo usagcina isitayela sawo sesenzo esinamandla (action-brawler), ungasisebenzisi isitayela sokulwa ngokushintshana (turn-based) esikweminye imidlalo yakamuva. Isistimu yokulwa ku-Ishin! inamandla kakhulu, isebenzisa izitayela ezine: i-Swordsman (umfana wenkemba), i-Gunman (umfana wesibhamu), i-Brawler (umfana wezandla), kanye ne-Wild Dancer (umdansi wasendle). Isitayela se-Brawler singesandla nobuso, i-Swordsman igxile ekusebenziseni ikkatana, i-Gunman isebenzisa isibhamu ukuze igcine izitha zikude, kanti i-Wild Dancer iyinhlanganisela esheshayo yenkemba nesibhamu enza izindlela eziningi zokuhlasela. Ukuthuthuka emdlalweni kulawulwa yizihlahla zamakhono ezine ezihambisana nesitayela ngasinye. Abadlali bangathola amakhono amasha emagcekeni okuqeqesha (dojos) futhi basebenzise ama-Trooper Cards, okuyizikhulu ze-Shinsengumi ezisiza u-Ryoma ngemiphumela ekhethekile. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi leli qembu lamakhadi lifaka nabantu abadumile bomhlaba, njengom wrestler u-Kenny Omega. Ngaphandle kwendaba eyinhloko, umdlalo ugcwele izinto eziningi ezingenziwa, kusukela ezindabeni ezincane ezithinta inhliziyo kuya emidlalweni emincane efana nokugembula, ukucula i-karaoke, nokulima "e-Another Life." Uma usuqedile indaba, abadlali bangangena kumodi ye-"Premium Adventure" ukuze bahlole umhlaba ngokukhululeka. Ngokubanzi, i-Like a Dragon: Ishin! yamukelwe kahle kakhulu ngabahlaziyi. Indaba yayo ejabulisayo kanye nokulwa okunamandla kuye kwancomeka. Nakuba kukhona abanye abathi eminye imidlalo emincane nemisindo yayo isigugile ngoba isuselwe kumdlalo wakudala, lo mdlalo usahlala ungomunye wemisebenzi ebalulekile nehehayo kubalandeli, ekugcineni owanela isidingo sabalandeli abebelokhu bewulindele iminyaka eyishumi.