Andicingi ukuba kukho i-cyberpunk dystopia efana neMidlalo yeSukeban VA-11 kwiholo-A . Ekuqaleni yenziwa njengokungeniswa kweCyberpunk Jam emva kwi-2014, inoveli ebonakalayo yabona ukukhutshwa ngokupheleleyo kweli hlobo ukuze kudunyiswe. Imizobo yayo yayihle, ukubhala kwayo kungalibaleki, abalinganiswa bayo bezonwabisa, kunye nebali layo elibuhlungu. Yayikukukhutshwa okugqibeleleyo ukukhupha isiqingatha sokuqala sika-2016.
Kwaye ndandixinezelekile iintsuku emva kokuba ndigqibile ukudlala.
Kwakungekho ngenxa yesiphelo. Ndiyifumene ichukumisa, kwaye isongelwe ngokugqwesileyo kwibali lomdlalo. Endaweni yoko, bendingafuni ukushiya umhlaba kaSukeban. Yabona, into ebonwa nguSukeban kubadlali bayo yahlukile. Ukusuka kwi-nimble kunye ne-muscular White Knight Sei ukuya kwi-cheery ye-sex worker uDorothy, wonke umntu ongumfazi ngaphakathi VA-11 kwiholo-A uziva-ntathu. Umdlalo ugcwele ngabafazi abavela kumanqanaba ohlukeneyo obomi, kwaye uSukeban uyinyama kumfazi ngamnye ngobuntu obunamandla anokuba nethemba lokufumana ukuba, yithi, umdlalo wecyberpunk dystopia wawuyinyani.
Kodwa ayisosona sizathu sokuba ndifune ukuhlala VA-11 kwiholo-A ’Abalinganiswa. Ndicinga ukuba uJill, umlinganiswa ophambili womdlalo, wayenento yokwenza nokuncamathisela kwam kwihlabathi ngokukodwa.
Ekuqaleni, uJill uboniswa njengamehlo neendlebe zomdlali. Kuyinyani, ngelixa uburharha bakhe be-deadpan luphawu lwe-bar, ubonakala ngathi akasebenzi njengenqanawa VA-11 kwiholo-A Ukudlala umdlalo. Kodwa ke izinto ziqala ukutshintsha njengoko ibali liqhubeka. Okungakumbi kwimbali yakhe yasemva kutyhilwa. Uxelela abahlobo bakhe ngobuntwana bakhe, ubungqingili bakhe, ukungena kwakhe kwizifundo zemfundo, ukuphazamiseka kwakhe kwovalo kwintombazana yakhe, kunye notshintsho alwenzileyo ebomini bakhe ukuze abe yibartender kaValhalla. Umdlali ufunda ukuba uJill luphawu oluntsonkothileyo, kwaye VA-11 kwiholo-A yenza kucace ukuba naye unesiphene. Inyani yokuba eyona nto iphambili yomdlalo ibonisa inkqubo yokucinga kunye nokukhula kobuqu emva kwezigqibo zakhe kumenza abe ngumfazi ophambili ngendlela imidlalo emininzi esokola ukuyenza, nanamhlanje.
Ndithweswe isidanga kwikholeji ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka emva kokufunda uncwadi lwesiNgesi iminyaka emine eyunivesithi ekuMbindi weAtlantic. Ngokungafaniyo nabaphuhlisi bakaSukeban, ndiyintatheli yemidlalo ndihlala eNew Jersey. Iindawo ezininzi ze VA-11 kwiholo-A zahluke kakhulu kwihlabathi endisebenza kulo kwaye ndibhalela kulo. Kodwa apha naphaya, kukho izinto ezithile eziba ngathi ziqhelekile: indawo encinci kaJill yokuhlala; * Umzabalazo kaKira * Miki ngokubonakala; Inkxalabo kaDorothy ngokhuseleko lwakhe; Umnqweno ka-Sei wokubuyisela. Ngokuqinisekileyo, andinakuhlala kwi-cyberpunk dystopia, kodwa ndisajongana neengxaki. Iingxaki VA-11 kwiholo-A Abalinganiswa bayaqonda, kwaye bayasokola ngendlela yabo.
Akunjalo nje ngamava VA-11 kwiholo-A Abalinganiswa, nokuba. Ikwangubuntu babo. Phambi kokuqala komdlalo, uJill wayefuna ukuxelelwa ngento amakayenze ngobomi bakhe ukuya kwinqanaba lokuba waphantse ukuya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, efundisa iintsuku zakhe kude endaweni yokuphila ubomi bakhe ngokupheleleyo njengomntu. Uthe akuqonda into ayenzayo kuye, wayishiya intombazana yakhe kwaye waqhubela phambili ukuba yibartender. Uye wahlukana nokuxhomekeka kwakhe kwizifundiswa, wazama ukuzihlalela. Oku akusebenzi kakuhle: Ngokwenyani uJill ubalekela kwiingxaki zakhe ixesha elide kumdlalo wonke. Kodwa imizabalazo yakhe ityhila umnqweno wakhe wobuntu wokuzimela kunye nenkululeko, kwaye aphile ubomi bakhe njengomntu ongaphandle kwemida kunye neenkcazo ezenziwa ngabanye abantu kuye.
Ndazibona kakhulu kuJill: umnqweno wokuzimela, odinga ukuzimela nangazo naziphi na iindleko, umzabalazo wokuzimela ohamba rhoqo kwi-zig-zag endaweni yomgca othe tye. Abaphuhlisi bakaSukeban banokungayiqondi indlela endiphila ngayo, kodwa bayayazi indlela yokudala umlinganiswa obhinqileyo oye waphila kwiimeko ezifanayo. Kwaye njengomfazi, oko kuthetha lukhulu kum.
Ke unokwenza njani umdlalo malunga nebha kwisixeko sedolophu esise-dystopian ukubhenela kwintatheli eneminyaka engama-22 yemidlalo yeentatheli ehlala eUnited States? Yinto elula: Sukeban uyakhathala. Bakukhathalele ngokudala abafazi abanomdla nabanzima. Abalinganiswa bomdlalo banokuhlala kwihlabathi elahluke mpela kwelethu, kodwa abalinganiswa babo ababhinqileyo baziva iimvakalelo kunye neminqweno efanayo nathi. Baziva njengabantu bokwenyani ukuba nabani na kuthi angabazi okanye adibane nabo ebomini bethu. Banemiba yobomi bomntu exhaphakileyo phakathi kwabafazi abazabalazela inkululeko. Banexabiso lokuzinza nokuzimela sonke esikulangazelelayo ebomini bethu, nkqu nakweyona mizuzu imbi kakhulu.
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Kunzima ukufumana abafazi abanzima kwimidlalo. Nokuba sele bevela, ubukho babo ubukhulu becala busibekelwa yinto yokuba bathambekele ekubeni ngomnye wabalinganiswa abambalwa ababhinqileyo kumdlalo wabo weqonga.
Kwibali eliphambili BioShock: Ayinasiphelo , umzekelo, ngabafazi ababini kuphela abangena kwinqanaba eliphambili: uElizabethe, kunye nososayensi ongenakulinganiswa noRosalind Lutece. Ngelixa bobabini uElizabethe noRosalind bengabasetyhini ababhalwe kakuhle abaneenjongo ezahlukeneyo, amabhongo, kunye neenkxalabo, abafazi ababangqongileyo bahlala becaba. Inkokheli yeVox Populi uDaisy Fitzroy uziva ngathi uyinkokeli enamacala amabini, kwaye umdlalo ubonakalisa kwangoko ukuba akanguye umlinganiswa othembekileyo ngenxa yokuziphatha kwakhe okungathandabuzekiyo. Ukuvela kukaLady Comstock kumdlalo wexesha kukukhawuleza kwaye ngesiquphe, into emnyanga ngakumbi njengempembelelo yokubonakala kwesiqwenga (ngokoqobo) kunomlinganiswa uqobo.
Kuyavunywa, ayithethi loo nto BioShock: Ayinasiphelo Abafazi ngabantu abangalunganga. Kodwa xa kuthelekiswa namadoda ahlukeneyo avela ngokungaguquguqukiyo kulo lonke iyelenqe, Ayinasiphelo Abasetyhini bazive bebaninzi kwaye inqaku elinye. Oku kubeka umthwalo owongeziweyo emagxeni kaElizabeth kunye noRosalind, kuba bobabini abasetyhini baphela kufuneka babamele abanye abasetyhini abahlala nabasebenza e-Columbia. Abafazi abambalwa kumdlalo, kubaluleke ngakumbi ukubhala malunga nokubonakala komfazi ngamnye. Kwaye kunzima ukudibana naloo nto.
Kodwa VA-11 kwiholo-A uyakuqonda ukubaluleka komlinganiswa ngamnye wabasetyhini kwibali lakhe. Iyahlonipha into yokuba abasetyhini abanakho ukuqhubela phambili iyelenqe; Kufuneka baziphathe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kwaye bazabalaze nezabo iingxaki ezizodwa.
UDorothy, umzekelo, uneengxaki ezikhoyo ukuya kwisiqingatha sokugqibela somdlalo. Inxalenye yoku ijikeleza kwinto yokuba akangomntu; uyiLilim, irobhothi eyenzelwe ukonwaba ngokwesondo. Kuba oku kwahlukile kubuntu bakhe obuthandayo, oku kushiya umdlali enoluvo lokuba uDorothy ngumfazi ontsonkothileyo onendlela entsonkothileyo yokucinga malunga nehlabathi.
Oku kwenzeka kaninzi kulo mdlalo. U-Sei ujongana nokuxhatshazwa yi-White Knight ngokujoyina umkhosi. Isithixo seLilim * uKira * Miki undwendwela iValhalla ukuze abaleke inkqubela ngokuthetha nabaxhasi bendawo. Umphathi kaJill uDana ukhathalela umphathi okhathazekileyo ekuqaleni komdlalo ngenxa yokuba enesimo esomeleleyo sokulungileyo nokungalunganga. VA-11 kwiholo-A Igcwele iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zabasetyhini, kwaye uSukeban uyayiqonda inyani yokuba abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo baphendula kwiimeko ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.
Kodwa endaweni yokongeza kumfazi omnye okanye ababini ababhalwe kakuhle kwaye baphumeze wonke umdlalo ngabalinganiswa abangamadoda, uSukeban ubhiyozela iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zamabhinqa ahambela imivalo kunye nee-pub. Oku kushiya VA-11 kwiholo-A Ndiziva ngathi ndinamava okwenyani kumdlali, apho abafazi banemvakalelo yokuzilawula.
Njengoko ndicinga ngayo yonke le nto, kukho isiqendu se-merritt kopas's podcast Iimfihlo zaseWoodland okuza engqondweni. It kopas kunye Siyamazi uMtyholi Umzobi uMia Schwartz bayancokola ngendlela abantu abaphendula ngayo ekumelweni kwimidlalo, kunye nendlela uluntu lwasebukhosini oluya kujonga ngayo kumabali ajongana nobomi bokuqina ngokukhanya okuyinyani, ngokuchaseneyo nokunyanzelwa kokufundwa kwamanqwanqwa kwimisebenzi edumileyo. Kuyavunywa, VA-11 kwiholo-A ayibethi ngqo into abayifunayo: USchwartz kunye neekopas baphikisa ngelithi abadlali kufanele ukuba baxhase amabali ngabantu abangahoywanga. Kwaye VA-11 kwiholo-A ayidalwanga ngabafazi.
Kodwa ndiyacinga VA-11 kwiholo-A isabonelela ngesisombululo esihle kuhlobo olubanzi lobufazi lwaloo ngxaki. Endaweni yokujonga abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo abajikeleze kakuhle kwimidlalo ethandwayo, ewe, ayinakubaphatha kakuhle abantu basetyhini, kufanelekile ukuba sibhiyozele imidlalo ebambelele ngamandla ekubhaleni abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo kwasekuqaleni. Kuya kufuneka ukuba sixhase kwaye senze imidlalo ebamba abantu basetyhini njengabantu abanamandla nabanzima.
VA-11 kwiholo-A uyayifumana, kwaye ndinxibelelana nayo ngenxa yeso sizathu. Indibonisa ukuba abantu basetyhini banokuba neziphene kunye nabantu abanzima, njengam. Uhlobo olusokolayo nabasetyhini, uSukeban wenze i-cyberpunk dystopia enesithuba somntu ofana nam. Kwaye indawo yabo bonke abanye abantu basetyhini, nabo baziva bengena ndlela kwindlela yenkululeko.
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