| Источник: Cтрана Игр №19 2009 года |
| Игры сериала «В тылу врага» выходят уже не первый год, и за это время чего только мы не повидали – от напоминающего голливудский боевик прохождения целой миссии на захваченном немецком танке до страшных критско-африканских мясорубок, по грандиозной бессмысленности действа сопоставимых с «Блицкригом» или «Противостоянием». |
| Platform: PC Genre: Tactical Strategy / RPG Developers: Novic & Co and Nival Interactive Publisher: Paradox Interactive Publisher in Russia: 1C Project website: http://www.nival.com/hs_ru/ Requirements: P-3 1GHz, 256Mb RAM, 32Mb Video "... The facade of the building suddenly collapsed, and rushed into the crowd of soldiers. Unfortunately for them, grenadier perfectly knew his business. All that was left of the furious Orava region after a successful throw grenades, reminiscent of" canned stew. " The ringleader of the gang looked on in stunned silence going on and did not notice that behind him, someone moved ... " Knowledgeable person would be delighted and asks: "What, S 4?". To which we replied proudly: "Not really. Hammer and Sickle. " Gunners, Stalin gave the order! 1949. "Muscles of the world" (Winston Churchill (c)) has already started playing, but the USSR and the U.S. still allies. The formation of NATO is not far off, and in the Council is developing "kuz'kinu mother" (the first Soviet atomic bomb). The world stood in anticipation ...
"Sim was the first project of a series of SS, giving the player full freedom of action within the storyline. The game world reacts immediately to the next action gamer, but clever, the computer gives us the next mission, based on our previous atrocities. What does "immediately"?
Forget about the chief in a warm office to which you return to the previous SS at the end stages. Now you have thrown into the rear of a potential enemy - cool as you want. Here are a few thousand dollars, the radio station and the machine with a pair of horns. To communications. Role-playing "Sim" abreast of the tactical, and now we are free to not only develop a squad of fighters, but also to choose a storyline to taste, to spoil or to build relationships with various in-game factions, and, most importantly, act on their own initiative.
Gun - a weapon of the proletariat Arsenal the previous games has migrated into "Sim" virtually unchanged. The key can be assumed that the authors did not include a new game pantserklyayny and other futuristic rubbish.Of course, these armored suits helped the SS to show all its interactive power, but the realism of this is clearly suffering. Some examples of small arms and you will not find that, however, can not be considered net: we're playing the role of saboteur, and he can not afford to go to the armory and select any favorite gun. Depending on the way through the game, the means of slaughter can be purchased in various retail outlets. But they are not supermarkets (as in the majority of in-game stores) and, for example, a clandestine German merchant, you can buy only German guns.
It is worth noting that in the "Sim" most effective weapon is a pistol. This is true for several reasons. First, the "Sim" we seldom take part in large-scale hostilities, because of what the rifle loses its former attraction - many cards are a chain of small premises, where fail to learn from snipers sufficient benefits. Secondly, as already mentioned, due to the shortage of ammunition to shoot a machine gun or just do not succeed, but those models to which patrons still have to put it mildly, is not impressive. The same applies to the elegant, but expensive trinkets.
In order to sell something, it's "something" we must first have someone take it away. (Alternatively: "earn", but here such a way is almost not used) And here before us in all its glory appears Artificial Intelligence opponents. Unlike the SS, vrazhin few wiser. They are able to skillfully operate a team with really use the available arsenal and can even complement each other (one gun did a hole in the wall, and another threw a grenade into it). Oh, and explosives have been used computers more frequently.
In "Sim" not many ways to earn money, but there are a thousand ways to lose every cent. Useful weapon is not so much. It is very difficult to collect in full force composition (6 people). But all this - play trivia. They will not affect much on the gameplay. Still better to use two or three murder weapons, the hero managed to adapt himself to them than to shoot every time from a new gun, with which the character and managed somehow not really learned.Seed capital, issued by the authorities, I personally missed the whole game I took one or two fighters.
"Smoked grove under the mountain ..." Graphically, the game does not differ from the "Operations": all the same puppy dog enthusiasm is the complete destruction of houses along the perimeter of which have laid a number of powerful bombs. Moving objects still cast shadows with marvelous view of the new light sources (eg, car exploded). Lethal hit a sniper on the tower, as before, forcing him to make a hard landing, in accordance with all laws of physics. Sound part has remained unchanged, but modified the semantic distribution of replicas of characters during the game.
It is worth noting that the dialogues are written very high quality and yumorkom. For example, at the suggestion of the American officer to immediately surrender to the Soviet saboteur meets the most common English-language insult.
It's time to reduce the debit to credit. In "Sim" is very difficult to find significant shortcomings. Do not be a SS, you could say that it was simply perfect. And so we have a worthy continuation of the excellent games - must agree, too, a good indicator. Hammer and Sickle "- the ideological successor to the series Silent Storm, which absorbed the best from previous games and added many new (for this series) pleasant moments in the gameplay. Commendable. Gameplay: 8.5 Graphics: 8.5 Sound and music: 8.5 Design: 8.5 Estimation of the author: 9.5 Outcome: 87% |
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| Source: Country Games № November 2007 |
| Although the two classic TV series from Sega - Virtua Tennis and Virtua Fighter - united by a common word in the title game, these are quite different. Fighting flaunts world's best combat system and believable fights (at least more believable than in other games), and Virtua Tennis, on the contrary, allows itself to many tennis wisdom and simplicity, while remaining sports game, does not claim the title of a reliable simulator. That is not strange at all: in Japan it is called Power Smash, and has no relation to the famous fighting game. |
| Source: Country Games № June 2006 |
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| Source: Country Games № June 2006 |
| Developers do not cease to amaze with new ways to weaning banknotes from the public. Releasing disastrous addition, they decided not to experiment with new products and make a bet on excellent plot. Mix, but do not stir - in a cocktail "Legend" completely independently shake the old heroes, and slightly changed the suit opponents. However, the taste remains the same ... |
| Source: Country Games № May 2010 |
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| Source: Country Games № 17 2010 |
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| Source: Country Games № July 2007 |
| Someone related to the history of Japanese seem strange: not yet emerged of the Russian game, say, the Civil War years 1917-1922, which would be requested to fight on behalf of several "red" officers and "white" generals. And not just play the tactical battles, as in the image Chapaeva Kolchak or plunge into the thick of the fighting, a gun or sword paving the way through the enemy ranks, while the allies somehow keep the defense. |
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| Source: Country Games № December 2007 |
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| Source: Country Games № June 2010 |
| Last year's success Eufloria (when we wrote about her, she still called Dyson) has contributed, among other things, the fact that a series of temporary toured Galcon on the iPhone. There is no place like home: after working on a mobile platform, new game mechanics, Phil Hess decided to combine them in a sequel to the original Galcon for the PC. Who played in Eufloria gameplay will seem very familiar: a small rectangular box strewn planet, which players and to capture. This is done by ships, which are made on the player owned planets - and what they are, the faster the supply with fresh fighters. Newly manufactured vehicles are for the time being on the home planet and able to defend it from enemy attacks. A slight wave of the mouse the player can send a fleet (number of ships it controlled wheel) with one or more planets in some other. In a planetary battle no tactical element there: the strongest wins, that is - a larger fleet. But in the general field of competent opponent (computer or alive) can only take cunning. To find such work will not make - Galcon Fusion sharpened by the multiplayer, single player game it is mainly for training. And online rating once every ten days reset, forcing the play again and again. Monotonous pulling troops on the field, although in some point in time to get bored - the scope for strategic variations in the wrong. Somehow helps to cope with this serious set of game modes: their nearly eight pieces. But, as expected, fundamentally from each other, they are no different - in a mode Billiards, for example, the planet shy away across the field, while in Stealth enemy ships disappear from sight shortly after takeoff. Another thing - the bonus is not the regime, not the modifier Retro. Thanks to his graphics in the game instantly becomes ASCII'shnoy, sounds - like a PC-speaker, and management of text. Practical benefit from it no, but it looks great. |
| Name game: Freelancer Platform: PC Genre: space simulator Developer: Digital Anvil Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: March 3, 2003 Minimum system requirements: Intel Pentium III 600 MHz, 128 MB RAM; 3D Accelerator c 16 MB RAM, 1.3 GB HDD Official site: http://www.microsoft.com/games/freelancer/ Nice now spring has stood out, I tell you. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, butterflies fly, pretty Madame in the spring pad walk, - the beauty ... And against this background that clearly marched one after another from the depths of dusty office developers go long awaited promising hits. The next object of our attention was Freelancer, is occupied by one of the main places in the line of spring releases. So, welcome to space, gentlemen.
True, blithely travel throughout the galaxy, as if on his own apartment, is unsafe. In the world of Freelancer every moment something happens, life is seething and bubbling, it beats quite painful, it should be noted. Expanses of the universe is literally teeming with pirates and criminals hiding in a cloud of dust nebulae and among the debris. Fortunately, along with the dashing thugs there are no less daring patrols, has consistently come in encounters with criminals, so that the fighting in Freelancer - business as usual. It is for the better. What aesthetic abandon such zavarushku? The visual side of the game failed at Digital Anvil to fame: the ships and stations well detailed, the flash of explosions picturesque, plasma clots pleasing to the eye a bright glow - in short, everything as expected, although nothing out of the way. The only thing that somewhat disappointed - the size of "giant" of ships. Numerous demonstrations, games for all kinds of exhibitions cruisers were larger. However, even if such amount to treat a portion of missiles they are quite capable.
Perhaps, recognition for playing an original style and his "spirit", "air" is the highest praise as a game and its creators.Freelancer, certainly deserves such praise. Combining an interesting storyline, incredible freedom and the beautiful graphics, the game will give you many hours of fascinating space voyages. Despite the minor shortcomings of developers, with all responsibility that Freelancer cost of those years of waiting, we have conducted in anticipation of interstellar travel. |
| Source: Country Games № March 2007 |
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| Source: Country Games № 13 2007 |
| Rare role-playing game, not to mention the strategies, boasts solid world with a sound history. Even the Forgotten Realms, the scene of many games based on D & D, - quilt, sewn from scraps of cultures of different peoples. A good example of sound of the universe - Middle-earth. It is not only an extensive mythology and history spanning several millennia, but in how it is served. Let's say we read in "The Hobbit", as the heroes managed to trick the trolls, then in the "Fellowship of the Ring" refers to their petrified bodies, and getting to the "Silmarillion", we learn the tragic story of Gondolin, swords, whose wrought Thorin & Co. found in a cave with treasures. The overall picture is not fragmented, but rather, gradually supplemented with new coat of paint. |
| Source: Country Games № 17 2008 |
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| Source: Country Games № December 2007 |
| All the same Pacific Ocean, World War II once again, no, we are quite prepared to stay here forever. Despite its name, making the emphasis on Pearl Harbor, we have to go through the whole war, not only for the U.S., but also for Japan. |
| Source: Country Games № October 2009 |
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| Game Name: Praetorians Platform: PC Genre: RTS Developer: Pyro Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive Minimum System Requirements (recommended): COMPUTER: IBM PC or 100% compatible OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP CPU: Intel PIII-500 or equivalent RAM: 128 MB GRAPHICS: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible 16Mb Graphics Card SOUND: 100% DirectX 8.1 compatible Sound Card CD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) CD-ROM drive HARD DRIVE: 600 MB free disk space INPUT DEVICES: 100% Windows 98/2000/XP-compatible mouse and keyboard Official site: http://www.praetoriansgame.com/ Commandos, like many in this word ... No, we have no evening of poetry, just the creators of the game decided to ask for them a new genre - real-time strategy. Saboteurs have destroyed a good half of strategic facilities, equipment and personnel to the Nazis, received well-earned break. They were replaced by the Roman legions, and including, the same Praetorians - Imperial Guard, the military elite of ancient times.
Also, it should be noted that the health unit consists of two parts - the current number of companies, and the average health of all its constituent soldiers. In addition to health is an indicator of how endurance. It allows you to move faster and use special skills, for which, incidentally, can be included autocast. For example, Legionnaires can throw a short spear, Gallic hunters - an ambush in the woods, Nubian archers - let poisoned arrows. At the same stock endurance decreases, but at any other time he recovered, even during the fight:. Of course, in pretorians a battle formations, and an essential tool in the hands of the ancient military leader, including the virtual. Parameters of the unit is quite changed with different tunings.Say, the archers, standing on one knee and shoot more accurately, pikemen, with his spades into the earth, become an insurmountable obstacle for the cavalry, and finally the legionnaires, to build a "turtle", get almost impenetrable defense. Another element of tactics - the use of the terrain. And here, too, was not without ideas. The game has several types of relief: plain (with her all clear), elevation (raising the review and firing range of those at the top, making them invisible to those at the bottom), forest (impassable for certain types of troops, hiding those who therein), high grass (hiding infantry, until she moves and does not attack, it can burn), water (through the deep "construction battalion" builds bridges at certain locations, which can destroy, through small can go almost all kinds of troops). As you can see, offers scope for tactical tricks with relief. Another story - the siege of fortresses. This is not what we're used to seeing, for example, in a series of Age of X. Judge for yourself, is finally on the walls and towers can be placed teams. A auxiliary infantry (aka construction battalion) can build a pretty impressive set of siege machines and tools, including a ladder:), mobile tower, ballista, catapult, battering ram. Now imagine that you can push the ladders, and siege weapons to set fire - storm becomes a very difficult task. But what a pity, in multiplayer'e no separate treatment, not even a card from the fortress, so that all this grandeur is almost irrelevant. That is, you can build and make sense?
In general, the game is pretty interesting. There are a number of interesting innovations, there is scope for tactical thinking. But there are a few things that do not give a hundred percent record in the game hits. One of those moments - it's what you can not order the squad, which came in a close fight, to retreat. Several times lost only because he could not bring critical to the mission of the character from hell. On the other hand, it is nice to see how, under good control your troops "utterly" divide the enemy forces ... equivalent. |
| Source: Country Games № October 2007 |
| Sports! You're the world ... but a parallel. Especially basketball. "Provide only: what can be amusing to attempt to take away from each other the ball, so then zashvyrnut it to a nearby bucket with a carved head?" Reasoned about your obedient servant, about fifteen years ago, watching the corner of his eye for the burly, rushing from one ring to another . Appeared several years later fashionable Megadrive console together with a smart cartridge NBA Jam, instantly changed the view of the seemingly ordinary things. |
| Source: Country Games № August 2007 |
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