Hoto: The Tarnished da Deathbird - Ruinlit Tsaya-Kashe

Matsayi mai tsayi, isometric vantage yana bayyana wata muguwar hatsaniya da ke kunno kai a duk faɗin tsohuwar birni. Lamarin ya lullube cikin wani yanayi na zinari, kamar sa'a tana tsakanin magariba da magariba. Hasken rana yana bazuwa ta hanyar ƙura mai yawo, yana zana komai cikin sautunan ocher, launin ruwan kasa, da kodadde amber. Babu launuka masu haske da ke karya palette - kawai lallausan ƙwanƙolin ƙarfe na ƙwanƙolin Tarnished da filayen ƙasusuwan halitta da ke gabansu. Wannan kamewar gani yana ba da nauyi ga ɗaukakar wannan lokacin, yana haifar da zamanin da aka manta, da mulkokin da suka fadi, da kuma yaƙe-yaƙe da aka ƙaddara don tunawa.

Tarnished yana tsaye a kan duwatsun tuta marasa daidaituwa, sulke masu duhu kuma sun lalace, rigar mayafinsu mai lulluɓe a gefuna. Matsayin yana ɗaya daga cikin shirye-shiryen, durƙusa gwiwoyi da zare takobi, mai kusurwa da niyya da gangan. Silhouette ɗin su yana da ƙarfi ga ƙasa mai haske, kamar wanda aka zana shi daga inuwar kanta. Maimakon karin gishiri mai salo, sulke yana bayyana a ƙasa - masana'anta mai laushi, faranti, da saman matte suna ɗaukar isasshen haske don bayyana nau'in rubutu. Tarnished ya zama kamar mutum, mai mutuwa, yanayin wahala amma ba ya karye.

Adawa da su shine tsuntsun Death—mai girma, kwarangwal, tsayi mara nauyi. Kasusuwansa sun bushe kuma sun miƙe kamar kayan tarihi da aka tono tun ƙarni a ƙarƙashin ƙasa. Kashin hakarkarin yana jujjuya waje sosai, kasusuwan fuka-fuki sun share faffada da sauran gashin fuka-fukan da ke rataye kamar rigar biki. Ramin inda idanuwa suka kasance suna kallon ƙasa tare da barazanar shiru. A cikin tagar hannunta, halittar tana amfani da sanda madaidaiciya—babu wani abu da aka ƙawata, doguwar itace ce kawai, wacce ta tsufa, kusan na al'ada cikin sauƙi. Ba ya buƙatar girma ya zama mai ban tsoro; kasancewarsa kadai ya cimma hakan.

Rushewa ya rufe shimfidar wuri a kowane bangare - karyewar baka, ginshiƙan rarrabuwar kawuna, rugujewar tushe waɗanda ke samar da labyrinth na lissafi da inuwa. Kowane toshe, tsattsage, da tsarin da aka kifar da shi yana magana game da wayewar da aka daɗe tana kashewa. Halin yana jaddada girman girman wannan wurin da aka manta: ƙananan hanyoyi, tarkace da tarkace, da ɗimbin ginshiƙan dutsen da ke shimfiɗa zuwa ga silhouettes na gine-gine. Ma'anar watsi yana da nauyi, maras lokaci, mai tsarki.

Abun da ke ciki yana daskare lokacin tsakanin kwanciyar hankali da tashin hankali. Har yanzu babu wani abu da ke motsawa - amma komai yana shirye. Tarnished zai iya yin huhu; Deathbird zai iya sauka. Iska ta rike numfashinta. Hatta hasken rana kamar an dakatar da shi. Masu kallo ba wai kawai suna kallon yaƙi ba ne - suna shaida wani tatsuniya mai ƙira, wanda aka dakatar har abada a cikin lokacin kafin karfe ya hadu da kashi. Ma'auni, haske, da nauyin wurin suna ba shi jin labarin almara da aka tuna maimakon hoton da aka halitta: fadi, shiru, kuma mai ban tsoro a cikin kyawunsa.

Hoton yana da alaƙa da: Elden Ring: Deathbird (Capital Outskirts) Boss Fight