Bendy and the Ink Machine

I-Bendy and the Ink Machine ngumdlalo wevidiyo osetshenziswayo ngokubona ngawamehlo (first-person) ohlanganisa ukuxazulula izindida, isenzo, nokwesabeka. Lo mdlalo uhlanganisa kahle ubuhle bemifanekiso egqwayizayo yakudala nokwethuka kwengqondo. Uthuthukiswe yi-Joey Drew Studios, umdlalo wakhishwa kancane kancane kusukela ngo-2017, waze waba yizahluko ezinhlanu eziphelele. Uzigqamisa emkhakheni wemidlalo ezimele (indie horror) hhayi nje ngenxa yendaba yawo ephoqayo, kodwa nangendlela okubukeka ngayo, ethatha ugqozi kwisitayela somdwebo wakudala weminyaka yawo-1920 kanye nawo-1930. Ngokuhlanganisa ubuhle obungenacala bemifanekiso yakudala nezindawo ezimnyama nezibolayo, umdlalo udala isimo esingajwayelekile esithinta imizwa yokukhumbula okwedlule kwabadlali. Indaba ilandela uHenry Stein, umdwebi wezithombe osethathe umhlalaphansi, othola isimemo esiyimfihlakalo kumphathi wakhe wangaphambili nomngani wakhe, uJoey Drew, emcela ukuba abuyele endaweni yabo yakudala yokusebenzela ukuze azobona okuthile okukhethekile. Lapho efika e-Joey Drew Studios, uHenry uthola isakhiwo sishiywe, sicekeceke, futhi sigcwele uyinki omnyama ocijile. Umgomo wakhe wokuqala wokuvula i-Ink Machine engaqondakali uphenduka umzabalazo wokusinda njengoba ebona ukuthi izidalwa zakudala zesitudiyo ziphiliswe ngezindlela ezinonya nezesabekayo. Indaba yembuleka kancane ngezindaba ezitholakala endaweni, amarekhodi omsindo afihliwe, nokuhlangana okwethusayo, okwembula ukwehla kukaJoey Drew ezingqondweni kanye nemizamo yakhe engaziphathi kahle yokuhlanganisa imiphefumulo yabantu noyinki. Okusemqoka ekwesabekeni komdlalo yizinhlamvu eziphenduke zonya, eholwa yi-Ink Demon, inguqulo esabekayo nexegayo yendwangu yesitudiyo, uBendy. I-Ink Demon isebenza njengomzingeli ongenakuvinjwa futhi ongenaluzwelo kulo lonke umdlalo, iphoqa abadlali ukuba bacashe esikhundleni sokulwa njalo lapho ubukhona bayo obumnyama bugcwala amahholo. Ezinye izinhlamvu ezidumile zihlanganisa uBoris the Wolf, osebenza njengomngane odabukisayo nesisulu sezinto ezimbi zesitudiyo, kanye noTwisted Alice, inguqulo eyonakele yomlingiswa u-Alice Angel, ozibophezele ekubuyiseni ubuhle bakhe ngokuzidela kwabanye. Lezi zinhlamvu akuzona nje izilo ezingenangqondo; zimelela imiphumela emibi yezifiso nokupheleliswa kukaJoey Drew okungapheli. Indlela yokudlala kwi-Bendy and the Ink Machine incike kakhulu ekuhloleni izindawo, ekuxazululeni izindida, nasekusindeni. Abadlali bazula ezingeni eliyinkimbinkimbi elingaphansi kwesitudiyo, belungisa imishini, bethola izinto ezithile, futhi bevula izindawo ezintsha. Ukulwa kukhona kodwa kwenziwa kube nzima ngamabomu, kugcizelela ukuba sengozini kukaHenry njengomuntu ovamile esikhundleni sokuba yiqhawe. Kufanele azivikele ezidalweni zoyinki ezifana ne-Searchers kanye ne-Butcher Gang esebenzisa izikhali ezilula ezifana nezimbazo, amapayipi, kanye nama-wrench. Nokho, umnyombo wokungezwani uthembele ekucasheleni, ikakhulukazi lapho uhlangana ne-Ink Demon, lapho okuwukuphela kwendlela kuwukugijima nokucasha ezindaweni ezikhethekile kuze kudlule ubungozi. Indawo uqobo lwayo isebenza njengomlingiswa, ebonakala ngemibala ephuzi neyinsimbi (sepia), imigede yaphansi ekhalayo, noyinki oconza ophahleni. Ukuklanywa komsindo kuhambisana kahle nobuhle obubonakalayo, ngomculo we-jazz othinta imizwa kanye nemisindo eqhubekayo neyethusayo yamapayipi ahhewulayo noyinki ozwakalayo. Lolu hlobo lokuklanya lwenza umdlalo waba nabalandeli abaningi abazinikele, waphuma kuye njengomsebenzi omncane wabadlali abazimele waba yisikhondlakhondla esiphelele nempahla, imidlalo encane (spin-offs), namanoveli. Ekugcineni, i-Bendy and the Ink Machine iyaphumelela ngoba ithatha into eyayijabulisa kakhulu iyiphendule ibe iphupho elibi, ikhumbuze abadlali ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi izimfihlo ezimnyama kakhulu zifihlwe ngemuva kokumamatheka okukhanyayo.