Umfana Wangempela | I-Borderlands 2 | NjengoGaige, Ukuhamba, Akukho Mbiko

I-Borderlands 2 ngumdlalo wevidiyo lapho udubula khona ngeso lomuntu wokuqala, unamathuba okudlala indima, wathuthukiswa yi-Gearbox Software futhi washicilehelwa yi-2K Games. Wakhishwa ngoSepthemba 2012, ungumdlalo olandelayo kowokuqala i-Borderlands futhi wakhela phezu kokuphatha okuhlukile kokuqala nokuthuthukiswa kwendima yomdlali. Umdlalo usezwe elimibalabala, eliphazamisekile lesayensi elisesihlalweni somhlaba i-Pandora, egcwele izilwane zasendle eziyingozi, izigebengu, nezinto eziyigugu ezifihliwe. Esinye sezici ezivelele ze-Borderlands 2 yindlela yawo eyingqayizivele yobuciko, esebenzisa indlela yokucabanga yezithombe ezibunjiwe, enikeza umdlalo ukubukeka okufana nezincwadi zamahlaya. Lokhu kukhetha kwendlela akugcini nje ngokwenza umdlalo uhluke ngokubukeka kodwa futhi kuwuqedele nomoya wawo omuncu nohlekisayo. Indaba iqhutshwa umugqa wendaba oqinile, lapho abadlali bedlala indima eyodwa yama-"Vault Hunters" amane amasha, ngamunye enamakhono ahlukile nemithi yamakhono. Abadlali bama-Vault Hunters basesikhaleni sokumisa isitha somdlalo, i-Handsome Jack, i-CEO ekhangayo kodwa engenasihe ye-Hyperion Corporation, efuna ukuvula izimfihlo ze-vault yomunye umuntu futhi akhulule into enamandla eyaziwa ngokuthi "I-Warrior." Umdlalo we-Borderlands 2 ubukeka ngokuthi uhamba ngezinto ezithathwayo, okubaluleke kakhulu kukuqoqwa kwezikhali nezinsiza eziningi. Umdlalo unokuhlukahluka okumangalisayo kwezibhamu ezakhiwe ngokuhlelekile, ngasinye sinemiphumela ehlukile, okwenza abadlali bahlale bethola izinto ezintsha nezimnandi. Le ndlela egxile ezintweni ezithathwayo ibalulekile ekubuyiseni umdlalo, njengoba abadlali bekhuthazwa ukuthi bahlole, baqedele izimishini, futhi banqobe izitha ukuze bathole izikhali nezinsiza ezinamandla kakhulu. I-Borderlands 2 iphinde isekele umdlalo wabadlali abaningi ngokubambisana, okwenza abadlali abangafika kwabane bakwazi ukubambisana futhi banqobe izimishini ndawonye. Le ngxenye yokubambisana yenza umdlalo ube mnandi kakhulu, njengoba abadlali bengasebenzisa amakhono abo ahlukile namasu abo ukuze banqobe izinselele. Ukwakhiwa komdlalo kukhuthaza ukusebenzisana nokuxhumana, okwenza ube yisikhetho esithandwayo sabangane abafuna ukungena ezinkundleni ezidubulayo nezimfanele. Indaba ye-Borderlands 2 inothile ngamahlaya, ukubhuqa, nezinhlamvu ezikhumbulekayo. Ithimba lokubhala, eliholwa ngu-Anthony Burch, bakha indaba egcwele izingxoxo ezihlakaniphile nabalingiswa abahlukahlukene, ngamunye enezici zawo nezizinda zawo. Amahlaya omdlalo avame ukuphula udonga lwesine futhi ahleke ama-tropes emidlalo, okwenza umdlalo ube mnandi futhi uhlekise. Ngaphezu komugqa wendaba omkhulu, umdlalo unikeza izimishini eziningi ezincane nokuqukethwe okungeziwe, okwenza abadlali bahlale bedlala amahora amaningi. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kukhishwe amaphakheji ahlukahlukene wokuqukethwe okulanda (DLC), okwandisa umhlaba womdlalo ngezindaba ezintsha, abalingiswa, nezinselele. Lezi zandiso, ezifana ne-"Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" ne-"Captain Scarlet and Her Pirate's Booty," zenza umdlalo ube mnandi kakhulu futhi ubuyisele. I-Borderlands 2 yamukelwa kahle kakhulu ngesikhathi ikhishwa, idunyiswa ngomdlalo wayo onomthelela, indaba ekhangayo, nendlela yayo eyingqayizivele yobuciko. Yayikwazi ukwakha phezu kwesisekelo esabekwa umdlalo wokuqala, yakha izindlela futhi yafaka izici ezintsha ezathandwa abalandeli be-series nabasha. Ukuhlanganiswa kwayo kwamahlaya, isenzo, nezinto zendima yomdlali kuye kwenza yaba ngumdlalo othandwa kakhulu emphakathini wemidlalo, futhi iqhubeka nokudunyiswa ngokusungula kwayo nokudonsa kwayo. Ngokuphetha, i-Borderlands 2 ivelele njengendlela ephawulekayo yendlela yokudubula yomuntu wokuqala, ihlanganisa izindlela zomdlalo eziyingenayo nendaba ehlukile nehlekisayo. Ukuzinikela kwayo ekunikezeni umuzwa wokubambisana ocebile, kanye nendlela yayo eyingqayizivele yobuciko nokuqukethwe okukhulu, kushiya umthelela ohlala njalo ezweni lemidlalo. Ngenxa yalokho, i-Borderlands 2 isalokhu iyimidlalo ethandwa kakhulu futhi enomthelela, edunyiswa ngokusungula kwayo, ubunjalo bayo, kanye nenani layo lokudonsa okungapheli. Ezweni elibanzi le-Borderlands 2, uchungechunge lwezimishini ezikhethwa luyindaba "A Real Boy" eyembulwa ngezingxenye ezintathu ezihlukene, ngasinye siqhakambisa uhambo oluhlekisayo kodwa olumnyama olwengeziwe lukaMal, irobhothi ye-Hyperion efuna ukuqonda ubuntu. Esethi e-Eridium Blight, lezi zimishini zihlola izingqikithi zobuzwe nokuphila, zihlanganiswe ngobuciko ngesihlanganiso samahlaya nokuphazamiseka okuyisimboli se-franchise. Ingxenye yokuqala, "A Real Boy: Clothes Make the Man," iqala ngemuva kokuphela kwe-"Where Angels Fear to Tread." Kule mishini, abadlali banikwa umsebenzi wokuqoqa izinto zokugqoka ezivela ezinhlobonhlobo zezigebengu, kuhlanganise nama-marauders nama-psychos, ukuze basize uMal afeze iphupho lakhe lokuba "umfana wangempela." Izinhloso zemishini zilula: abadlali kumele bathole ihembe, ibhulukwe, nesigqoko, okuchazwa ngok...