I-Middle-earth MMORPG INkosi Yezindandatho Ku-inthanethi ithole ukudlondlobala kokuduma ngemva kokuba isibuyekezo sayo sakamuva senze inqwaba yokuqukethwe kwe-premium okungadlalwa mahhala. Kuthathe isibalo esiphezulu segeyimu ngesikhathi esifanayo sokubalwa kwabadlali kuSteam kwaba phezulu kakhulu osekuke kwaba khona cishe eminyakeni eyishumi.
INkosi yeRings eku-inthanethi ihehe abadlali abangu-3,760 ngesikhathi esisodwa ngo-Ephreli 21, ngokusho kombiko. i-steamdb - njengoba kuboniswe ngu I-PCGamesN. Lokho kungase kungezwakali njengokuningi, kodwa isibalo esiphezulu sabadlali ngesikhathi esisodwa igeyimu esifinyelele kuSteam kusukela yafika ku-3,965 cishe eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule ngoJuni 11, 2012.
Njengoba i-PCGamesN ikhomba, abadlali abaningi bazobe befinyelela ethi Inkosi Yezindandatho Ku-inthanethi ngesiqalisi sayo somdabu esikhundleni se-Steam, ngakho-ke singalindela ukubalwa kwayo okuphelele kwabadlali kube ngaphezu kwalokho okuboniswa izibalo zeSteam.
Kuhlaba umxhwele ngokuphindwe kabili uma ucabanga ukuthi Inkosi Yezindandatho Ku-inthanethi isanda kugubha iminyaka engu-15 ikhona. Ukuze igeyimu yabadlali abaningi igcine isibalo sabadlali esisebenzayo ngemuva kwesikhathi eside akuyona into embi, kodwa ukuthi umphakathi wayo utshalwe ukuze ubuye ngokushesha uphendula isibuyekezo kuyinto engajwayelekile nakakhulu.
Abadlali babuyile emdlalweni ukuze basebenzise leli thuba lakamuva - EYondershire. Ayigcini nje ngokungeza isifunda esisha ukuze ababhalisele ama-premium bahlole kodwa yenza konke okuqukethwe kukhululwe futhi kufake nokunwetshwa kwe-Helm's Deep ka-2013 kukhululeke ngokuphelele ukudlala.
Lokho kuthatha iminyaka eyisithupha yokuqukethwe, okuhlanganisa i-Shadows of Angmar, Mines of Moria, Siege of Mirkwood, Rise of Isengard, kanye namaphakethe weRiders of Rohan. Ndawonye, bethula izindawo ezimbalwa ezintsha nezimfuno ongadlala ngazo, bangeze amakilasi e-Rune-Keeper, Warden, kanye ne-Beorning, futhi bakuvumela ukuthi udlale njenge-High-elf.
Nakuba INkosi Yezindandatho Online isivele isebenzisa imodeli yokudlala mahhala kokunye okuqukethwe kwayo, iningi lomdlalo livalelwe ngemuva kwe-DLC ekhokhelwayo. Lesi sibuyekezo sandisa kakhulu ukuthi ingakanani igeyimu ongafinyelela kuyo ngaphandle kokukhokha indibilishi. Iphinde ikuvumela ukuthi ukhuphule izinga lomlingiswa wakho ufike ezingeni lama-95, ukwandise kakhulu ubude besikhathi sokuqukethwe kwamahhala.
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