Abalandeli be-HP Lovecraft babe nesikhathi esihle kakhulu muva nje, kungekho nowodwa, kodwa imidlalo emibili ephumayo ngokusekelwe emsebenzini kaLovecraft. Eyangonyaka odlule Ucingo lukaCthulhu unikeze ithuba elihle lokubeka ipeni nephepha le-RPG ngaphakathi kwe-Xbox yami, futhi kulo nyaka sinenhlanhla yokuvakashela umhlaba we-phantasmagorical futhi ngokukhululwa kwe-Frogwares. Idolobha Elijizayo.

Idolobha Elijizayo kulandela iso langasese, uCharles Reed ukuya e-Oakmont Massachusetts. Indawo aholwa kuyo ngenxa yemibono esabekayo nehlanyisayo. I-Oakmont iyisiqhingi esibhekene naso kulandela isikhukhula esingaqondakali esishiye ingxenye yedolobha ingaphansi kwamanzi kanti enye ingxenye isendleleni yokucwila.

Lapho nje uReed efika ubingelelwa nguRobert Throgmorton, omunye wezihlabani ezivelele e-Oakmont. U-Reed unikezwe umsebenzi wokuthola ukuthi ubani obulale indodana ka-Throgmorton, lokhu kusebenza njengesifundo sawo wonke ama-mechanics emidlalo kuyilapho ucwilisa uzwane lwakho endabeni enkulu ezayo.

Unjiniyela, amaFrogwares aziwa kakhulu ngokugxilisa kwawo, nophenyo Sherlock Holmes Izihloko zingena ekujuleni kwezwe laseLovecraft kulokhu. Akumangazi ukuthola lokho Idolobha Elijizayo ekuqaleni yayizoba enye Sherlock Holmes isihloko ngaphambi kokuba siguqulwe sibe yilokho esiyikho manje. Izinto eziningi zophenyo ezivela emidlalweni ye-Holmes zakha izingxenye ezibandakanya kakhulu Idolobha Elijizayo.

Umdlalo awuzibopheleli endabeni eyodwa ye-Lovecraft. Esikhundleni salokho, kuthatha izingcezu zezinganekwane ukwakha i-tapestry ecebile. Okuphawuleka kakhulu, kukhona ukuncika okukhulu phakathi Amaqiniso Mayelana No-Arthur Jermyn Ongasekho kanye noMndeni Wakhe kanye ne I-Shadow Over Innsmouth. Inhlanganisela yokusebenza kwempahla ye-Lovecraft ngenkathi udala izindawo ezintsha yenza Idolobha Elijizayo injabulo kubalandeli be-Lovecraft kodwa efinyeleleka kubadlali bamageyimu abangenalwazi ngesizinda sayo.

Kunomsebenzi omningi wophenyo oseza kwenziwa e-Oakmont. Lokhu kudlulela ekulandiseni okuyinhloko nokuseceleni kwemishini. Zizungeza ekuzulazuleni uye ekhelini elikumephu yakho, lokho okwenzayo ngokubheka izitaladi ezinqamulayo ukuze uphine indawo eqondile. Ukubheka indawo empeleni kwenza ukuzizwisa kuzizwe sengathi umhlaba wangempela ngokuphambene nendlela evamile egqanyisiwe egcwalisa imidlalo eminingi yomhlaba evulekile. Impela, kuthatha isikhathi esiningi kodwa kukhona okuthile lapho okwenza uzizwe unamathele kakhulu emhlabeni ngale ndlela.

Lapho usuyitholile indawo yakho, ungena esakhiweni futhi uqale ukufuna imikhondo. Imikhondo iza ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene. Ukuhlola izinto, usebenzisa amandla akho okubona ukuze uthole izingcezu zalokho okwenzeka endaweni, futhi uvele uhlakazeke usebenzisa amakhono omphenyi. Lezi zinkomba ngokuvamile zigcina zikunikeza omunye umkhondo noma indawo ongayiphenya.

Izakhiwo oziseshayo, ngokuvamile zinezilo eziningi ezikulindile. Manje, njengoba lona kuwumdlalo othusayo wokusinda, kuwukuhlakanipha ukunyonyoba futhi wonge izinhlamvu nezinsiza kodwa ukwethembeka, kimina ukuntshontsha kuthathe isikhathi eside. Ingxenye enkulu, ngangingena futhi ngikhiphe izilo ngobuqili ukuze zinginike amandla okuphatha lesi sakhiwo mahhala. Lokhu kuholela kumphumela ongcono lapho usesha izinkomba nezinto zokwakha.

Uhlelo lokudweba luyisisekelo kakhulu. Uhamba ngokuthola izinto ezinekhono lokuhlanganiswa nezinye izinto ukuze udale ama-ammo kanye nemithi. Ukugqamisa nje noma yini ofuna ukuyenza futhi ubambe inkinobho kusilawuli sakho kusebenzisa kalula noma yini obufuna ukuyengeza ohlwini lwakho lwamagama.

Ukuze uthuthuke phakathi nophenyo oluthile, kuba nesidingo sokumba ujule ngokuya ehholo ledolobha, esiteshini samaphoyisa, esibhedlela noma kumtapo wolwazi ukuze udlulise okutholakele okuthile. Ngiwujabulele kakhulu lo umakhenikha, njengokufana nendlela ye-analogi yokusesha imephu yakho izindawo ezithile, ngithole ukuthi ukubeka amabhuzu phansi ukuze ngithole eminye imikhondo bekunomvuzo ngempela… ekuqaleni.

Idolobha Elijizayo ihlushwa izikhathi ezimbi nezingaguquki zomthwalo ezihlanganiswe nalokho okugcina kuwuhambo oluningi kakhulu edolobheni lonke. Izikhathi zomthwalo ziza kuwe ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ezicasula kakhulu uma ulayisha kugeyimu entsha, usebenzisa izindawo zokuhamba "ezisheshayo" futhi ngezinye izikhathi zinikeza ikhefu elifushane ukuze ungene esakhiweni. Phakathi namahora ami okuqala ambalwa nomdlalo ngithole lokhu kwamukelekile kancane kodwa inani lokugijima lapho lo mdlalo likuphoqa khona kuhlanganiswe nezinkinga zokulayisha kuyinkinga ukusho okuncane.

Ngishilo ukuthi kuningi ukugijima uye emuva naphambili edolobheni futhi lokho cishe kuwukubukela phansi. Kuningi ongakubuka emhlabeni ophefumulelwe ngokucebile, wonke ogcwele ama-Lovecraftian acisha iso nokunqekuzisa ikhanda. Kodwa, ngemva kohambo olumbalwa, iqala ukuzizwa ingenalutho. Indaba ukuthi akuzona izakhamuzi eziningi zase-Oakmont ezihlala emigwaqweni, zihlushwa imiphumela yokusangana. Ubuze buvela ekuntuleni ukusebenzisana. Ama-NPC awakhulumi noma asho okuncane kakhulu. Ngingathanda ukubona ukusebenzisana okwengeziwe emigwaqweni. Ukuba nemicimbi ethile noma izindaba ezisemaceleni zenzeke kungazelelwe emigwaqweni bekungahamba ibanga elide ukwenza umhlaba uzizwe uphila kakhudlwana. Njengoba imile, ukugijima ukusuka kwenye indawo kuya kwenye kuqala ukuzizwa kuphelile ekuqaleni.

Ingxenye yokuhlangenwe nakho kophenyo igxila ekuhlanganiseni imikhondo "esigodlweni sakho somqondo." Lokhu kuboniswa imigqa eyenziwe lula yengxoxo ebonisa amaqiniso alokho okuvezwe imikhondo yakho. Kukuwe ukuthi uzihlanganise ndawonye ukuze uthole umphumela wokugcina walowo mgomo othile. Lokhu kungaholela emiphumeleni eminingi kuye ngokuthi yini oyihlanganisayo futhi oyitholile. Ngaleyo ndlela umdlalo ubonakala unikeza ithuba lokuzikhethela ukuthi ufuna ukusekela liphi iqembu. Kwenza umdlalo uzizwe uvulekile kancane uphele ngaleyo ndlela futhi ngingakwazi ukubuyela emuva ngokuphelele endaweni evulekile yomhlaba.

Ngaphambi kokuthi umdlalo uqale ubingelelwa ngomyalezo othi:

Ikhuthazwe yimisebenzi ye-HP Lovecraft, iThe Sinking City ibonisa inkathi lapho izinhlanga, izinhlanga, kanye nezinye izinhlanga zazivame ukuphathwa kabi umphakathi. Lokhu kubandlulula bekungalungile futhi kusengakalungi, kodwa kufakwe ekubonisweni okuyiqiniso kwaleso sikhathi, kunokuba zenze sengathi akuzange kube khona.  

Okugqamile. Ngokujulile, isibindi. Ukuqala umdlalo ngalolo hlobo lokwethembeka, ukubeka izinto obala kanye nendlela engantengantengi yokunamathela emaqinisweni kuyancomeka. Ngokudabukisayo, ukucwasa ngokwebala kanye nokucwaswa kwabokufika kwakunzima ngaleso sikhathi futhi amaFrogwares akakuxwayi. Lokhu kuholela kwezinye zezingxoxo kanye nokukhetha okufanele ukwenze emdlalweni kube yinselele enkulu ukudala umuzwa engingakaze ngibe nawo kunoma yikuphi ukuzizwisa kwami ​​​​kwakamuva kwegeyimu. Umdlalo awuthathi hlangothi noma uzame ukukhombisa noma yini ngaphansi kokukhanya kwanoma iyiphi i-ajenda, uvele unikeze amaqiniso.

Izakhi eziyinhloko zendaba ye-Lovecraft akuyona into elula kakhulu ukuyifaka ku umdlalo we video ifomethi. Ukwesaba okukhona, ubuhlanya obuthule, ukushelela kwengqondo okuhlangana nomuzwa wokuhlukaniswa kunzima ukukuthola ngefomethi yokusebenzelana lapho iningi lalokho okwenzayo kufanele kube "kumnandi." Kodwa, kufanele nginikeze ama-Frogwares ekuthuthukiseni ulwazi olusebenzisa zonke lezo zingcezu kanye kanye nezidubuli zendabuko nezici zomhlaba ezivulekile.

Ukuhlanzeka vele kudlala indima enkulu emdlalweni. Eceleni kwebha yakho yezempilo kunebha yakho yengqondo. Lokhu kuyehliswa uma kufakwa ezimeni ezishaqisayo. Imiphumela emibi yokulahlekelwa ingqondo yakho iza ngendlela yokubona izinto ezingekho ngisho nokuzibulala ekugcineni. Konke kuyindaba enzima emele ngokuphelele ukuhlolwa kwe-Lovecraft.

Idolobha Elijizayo impumelelo ye-phantasmagorical. Ukunakwa ngokucophelela kwezinganekwane kuholela ekucwilisweni komhlaba. Ngaphandle kwezikhathi zokulayisha, igeyimu iyasuka entweni “ejabulisayo” futhi isinikeza okuthile okumnyama nokukhulu. Nakuba kungewona umdlalo ophelele kodwa isipiliyoni se-Lovecratian sisonke.

Idolobha Elijizayo isiphumile manje ku-PC, i-Xbox One ne-PS4.