Umlando weWorld of Warcraft
IWorld of Warcraft imi njengomdlalo omkhulu kunayo yonke ochungechungeni oludumile lweWarcraft
IWorld of Warcraft ibe yimpumelelo emangalisayo selokhu yethulwa ngoNovemba 2004. Ihlabe umxhwele abagxeki bemidlalo futhi ihehe izigidi zabadlali, abathanda umhlaba owudaliwe umdlalo. Akusewona umdlalo nje kepha manje sekuyinto yangempela, futhi engakhombisi zimpawu zokwehla. Ungomunye wemidlalo esemqoka yezikhathi zakamuva, futhi umi njengesihloko esiyingqophamlando semidlalo eku-inthanethi.
Isikhalazo seWorld of Warcraft silele ukuthi sidale umhlaba ozibandakanya nge-inthanethi ngempela. Lo mdlalo wokudlala indima wabadlali abaningi online usethwe emhlabeni wase-Azeroth, izwe elihle eligcwele amaqhawe nezilo nezinye izidalwa eziningi. Amandla omdlalo ukuthi asebenza njengesipiliyoni, njengomhlaba okhona ngokwawo ongawuvakashela futhi uwuhlole njengoba uthanda.
IWorld of Warcraft iyisihloko sesi-4 ochungechungeni lwemidlalo yeWarcraft, obekujabulisa abantu isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi. Uchungechunge lwaqala ngo-1994 ngomdlalo iWarcraft: Ama-Orcs nabantu, umdlalo wamasu wesikhathi sangempela obekwe e-Azeroth. Lesi bekuyisihloko esihle, nesingeniso esihle kulolu chungechunge, kepha empeleni i-franchise ibisanda kuqala. Okungcono kakhulu kwakuseza.
Ngempela, bekungekho kuze kube ngo-1995 nokukhululwa komdlalo wesibili, iWarcraft 2: Amagagasi Obumnyama, lapho lolu chungechunge lwathola izwi lalo ngempela. IWarcraft 2 yayiwubuciko obuphambili, futhi yathuthuka kokwangempela ngayo yonke indlela. Umdlalo ubunehluzo ezinhle, ukuxoxa izindaba ezimnandi nokuthakazelisayo, igeyimu yokudonsa. Izindinganiso eziphakeme zochungechunge zaqhubeka ngonyaka we-2002, ngokukhishwa kweWarcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. Lokhu bekungomunye umdlalo wakudala nomdlalo ophawulekayo ngokwawo. Abanduleli beWorld of Warcraft bonke babehamba phambili.
IBlizzard Entertainment ishicilele zonke izihloko zeWarcraft, futhi imidlalo yaheha abalandeli abaningi. Lapho iBlizzard imemezela ukuthi kuzoba nomdlalo wesi-4 ochungechungeni, kwakungokwemvelo ukuthi abantu babe nentshisekelo. Le nzalo yaqina lapho kuvela ukuthi isihloko esisha seWarcraft sizoba umdlalo wabadlali abaningi online. IWorld of Warcraft ingenza i-Azeroth isebenzisane kakhudlwana futhi ichaze kabusha njengesipiliyoni.
Abalandeli balolu chungechunge babelindele lukhulu ngeWorld of Warcraft, njengoba ithembisa ukuba yisihloko esisha esesabekayo nesintsha. IBlizzard ibambe ukuhlolwa kwe-beta komdlalo ngoMashi 2004, futhi yanikeza abadlali abakhethiwe ukubuka kuqala. Labo abayidlalile bahlabeka umxhwele kakhulu futhi bathola izibuyekezo ezinhle. Ukulindela ukukhululwa komdlalo kukhule ngamandla njengoba u-2004 aqhubeka.
IWorld of Warcraft yethulwe ngokusemthethweni eNyakatho Melika ngoLwesibili mhla zingama-23 kuLwezi ka-2004. Yamukelwa kahle ngabagxeki. Ukwethulwa kube yimpumelelo enkulu, futhi kuthole ukuthengiswa okukhulu ngosuku lwayo lokuqala lokukhululwa. IBlizzard ilinganisela ukuthi kwathengiswa amakhophi angu-240,000 ngosuku lokuqala kuphela. Lezi bekuyizinombolo zamarekhodi zomdlalo walolu hlobo futhi ngakho-ke iWorld of Warcraft yaba ngumdlalo we-inthanethi othengiswa ngokushesha kunazo zonke emlandweni. Kwakuyi-smash hit.
IWorld of Warcraft isekele le mpumelelo; empeleni, ukuthandwa komdlalo kwaqala ukushibilika eqhweni. Kusukile impela kwaheha ukucabanga komphakathi, abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe beyijabulela. Ngo-2005 umdlalo waqhuma waba yisifiso somhlaba wonke. NgoFebhuwari yethulwe eYurophu kwathi ngoJuni yethulwa eChina, namanye amazwe alandela. Kukhombise ukuthandwa kakhulu yonke indawo lapho ikhishwa khona, kwathi ngo-2005 kuvalwa yayinababhalisile abangaphezu kwezigidi ezinhlanu emhlabeni jikelele.
IWorld of Warcraft iguqukile selokhu yakhululwa okokuqala. Kube nezibuyekezo eziningi zomdlalo, futhi indawo yonke yaseAzeroth ikhulile. IBlizzard yenze ukuthuthuka, yalungisa noma yiziphi izinkinga, futhi isebenze ukwenza umdlalo usebenze kalula. Baye futhi bawandisa umdlalo, ngokungeza izigaba ezinjengeBlackwing Lair, ngokwesibonelo, indawo yokuhlala emgodini yaseNefarion, omunye wabantu ababi kulo mdlalo.
NgoJuni 2005, iBlizzard ingeze umdlali omkhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nokuqukethwe komdlali ngendlela yezindawo ezimbili zempi ezikhethekile, i-Alterac Valley neWarsong Gulch. I-Alterac Valley ivumela abadlali ukuthi bahlanganyele ezimpini ezingama-40 kubantu abangama-40, kanti iWarsong Gulch inikeza izinselelo ezintsha, njengokuntshontsha ifulegi lomphikisi wakho enkanjini yabo. Lezi zindawo zokulwa ziyisibuyekezo esikhulu kunazo zonke kwiWorld of Warcraft selokhu yakhishwa.
Manje, ngo-2006, iWorld of Warcraft isithandwa njengakuqala. Ukunwetshwa, okubizwa ngokuthi yi-Burning Crusade, kulungiselelwe ukukhishwa kulo nyaka, futhi kufanele kukhulise umhlaba wase-Azeroth ngokuqhubekayo. IWorld of Warcraft isiphenduke ingqophamlando yochungechunge lweWarcraft, futhi ngumdlalo omuhle futhi ohlukile.