I-Vanillaware izenzele igama njengompetha bezithombe ezibukwayo ze-2D ezipendayo nezinhle kakhulu. Wonke amaphrojekthi abo anobuhlakani bawo obubonakalayo obuhlukile okwenza ngalinye lihluke kubantu besikhathi sabo, futhi 13 AmaSentineli: I-Aegis Rim kufakazela ukuthi bazimisele kakhulu okwamanje.
Kusukela ngo-2007, u-George Kamitani kanye nabafana basebenzisa isistimu efanayo ukuze baphilise izingcezu ezihambayo ezingenakubalwa zibe umlingiswa ohambayo nokhulumayo. Umphumela muhle ezandleni zamaciko akwaVanillaware, abenza abalingiswa abayimidwebo ephilayo.
Ama-engeli ahlukahlukene abalwa ngawo, izingcezu zinwebeka kancane futhi ifreyimu ngayinye ihlangana ibe enye ngokwemvelo, kudala inkohliso yokujula nomthamo owengeziwe kunalokho oyikho ngempela. Isifiso esihle abaculi abasilwela siyathobisa futhi siyashaqisa ukubona sihamba.
Ukunakekela okukhulu kunikezwe upopayi. 13 AmaSentineli: I-Aegis Rim ihlanganisa abalingiswa abaningi ngendaba yabo okufanele bayixoxe futhi abapopayi bahambe ibanga elide ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi ngamunye unolimi lwakhe lomzimba oluzimele. Isibonelo esisodwa umlingiswa wesifazane osuthayo onegxathu eliyingqayizivele kumjikelezo wakhe wokuhamba/wokugijima, okubonisa uthando lwakhe lwethrekhi.
Kusukela ekuqaleni, 13 AmaSentineli: I-Aegis Rim iminyene ngokunaka okuhlaba umxhwele emininingwaneni futhi iyachuma okukhombisa ukuthi abantu abasebenza kulokhu babekhathalela ngempela. Ngisho neskripthi sigcwele amathani okudumisa kwe-sci-fi nezinkomba ezicashile zamamuvi, i-anime, nezincwadi okungenzeka zikhuthaze iqembu.
Indaba iqala ngesisekelo esilula sabafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu abashayela i-mecha enkulu elwa ne-kaiju. Izibalo ziba phezulu njengoba ukuhlaselwa kwalaba babhemu kuhlasela i-Japan phakathi nedrama ebonakala ijwayelekile esikoleni samabanga aphezulu. Kunamacebo esakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu esincike kakhulu enganekwaneni yesayensi eqinile.
Iningi labalandeli bemidlalo edlule ye-Vanillaware bazokhungatheka ngokuphelele 13 Abaphathi: I-Aegis Rim. Umthuthukisi uzenzele igama ngokwenza kakhulukazi ama-RPG e-action, kodwa imizamo yasekuqaleni yeqembu kwakuyisihloko sesu lesikhathi sangempela esaziwa kancane i-PlayStation 2; GrimGrimoire.
UGeorge Kamitani ukhule njengonjiniyela futhi njengomculi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Nge 13 AmaSentineli: I-Aegis Rim, izimpi seziphenduke ngendlela emangalisayo kancane kunalokho abalandeli beVanillaware abangase bakulindele. Kugeyimu ebukekayo ekhangayo phakathi namasegimenti okulandisa nokuhlola, izimpi ziboniswa ngendlela encane kakhulu.
Izimpi ezine-kaiju zilula kodwa zifinyeleleka ekwakhiweni kwazo. Amakhono eza nezindleko futhi anebanga lawo elihlukile noma iphethini. Abanye abalingiswa banokuphola okude kuya ngokuthi bayishayela yiphi i-generation mecha, futhi abanye babo bangandiza.
Kungase kungabonakali kangako, njengoba yonke i-mecha ne-kaiju imelwe njengezimpawu ezilula kumephu yedolobha elingajwayelekile, kodwa ukuhlangana nezimo zibonisa ukuthi zivuselela ngokwanele. Ukugeleza kwempi kuyashesha futhi kulula ukuyifunda, ngoba imigomo yenziwa yacaca kakhulu.
Kukhona iwindi elibonisa i-vignette egqwayizayo yalokho okwenziwa ukuhlasela ngakunye. Esikhathini sokuqala ku Abalindi abangu-13: i-Aegis Rim, i-mecha ne-kaiju zinokhiye ophansi ngokumangalisayo futhi aziboniswa kancane.
Ukuza kulokhu kulindelwe okufanele kuzoholela abalandeli ekubeni nesikhathi esimnandi. Uma ulindele Umqhele weSilo or I-Muramasa: I-Demon Blade, lena akuyona i-action-RPG nhlobo. Lokhu kunokuningi okufanayo nemidlalo yenoveli ebonakalayo noma yokuzidela, kodwa ngezimpi zamaqhinga zokunonga isimo.
U-Hitoshi Sakimoto nabafana bakhe abane-Basscape badume ngomculo wabo ohlale uhlotshaniswa ne-high-fantasy. 13 AmaSentineli: I-Aegis Rim ukuhamba okukhulu kubona njengoba kudlalwa umdlalo we-sci-fi. U-Sakimoto ufakazela ukuthi unobubanzi nge-techno flair yakhe ebeka isimo sengqondo esiseyisitayela sakhe ngokucacile.
Indaba nesimo sibonisa izithembiso eziningi ezikhathini zakuqala zesandulela. Asikho isikhathi esinzima futhi ukwenziwa kwasendaweni kubonakala kuthembekile kuze kube manje. I-pacing ihamba ngesiqeshana esisheshayo, ayimoshi nakancane futhi ikhuphukela kokuthile okukhulu.
Noma ubani onentshisekelo endabeni emangalisayo yenganekwane yesayensi exoxwa ngezithombe ezinhle nomculo onamandla uzoyithola 13 AmaSentineli: I-Aegis Rim ezithakazelisayo. Izimpawu ze-Vanillaware zibalwe ngazo: ukunikezwa kwe-fetishistic kokudla okumnandi okubukekayo kanye nezithombe ezinocansi. Lona kuzoba umdlalo ongajwayelekile, kodwa yilokho okwenza uthandeke kakhulu.
Abalindi abayi-13: I-Aegis Rim yabukwa kuqala ku-PlayStation 4 Pro kusetshenziswa ukwakhiwa kokubuka kuqala okuhlinzekwe ngu-Atlus. Ungathola ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nenqubomgomo yokubuyekeza/yokuziphatha ye-Niche Gamer lapha.
Izithombe: PlayStation Isitolo, Amazon
