The Sims 2: Castaway

Author: Andrew Shilonosov
Source: Country Games № January 2008	01.01.2008

The Sims phenomenon worthy of an entire dissertation. Sims can love and hate, blame and praise, but they did exist, do they not get away, we can only learn to enjoy. Or pass. But then the fun will disassemble comrades. That would be important to understand how good The Sims. A good they are creative freedom. Nobody tells you how to play the simulation of life. Need a fantasy, you need patience. And condescension to the Electronic Arts and its such a natural desire to squeeze out every possible idea of ​​profit. It is not whether we have heaps of products under the brand of The Sims, except we perceive Castaway so naive optimism with which we perceive it today?

Day Watch

Author: Marina Petrashko
Source: Country Games № 20 2006	17.10.2006

Since "Twilight" works Lukyanenko went to the people, the universe of "patrols" healed a separate life. Every new author, whether it be a film director or screenwriter games added to the portraits are no other new and sometimes unexpected features. You can call it development. Then its peak - so far, at least - fresh-baked "Day Watch". And what is it us please? It depends on what you need from him.

Generation of Chaos

author: Natalia Odintsova
Source: Country Games № November 2006	06.06.2006

How pleasant to gaze commander slender ranks of soldiers, ready to rush to the enemy! The army is not exhausted by long battles and forced marches; knights test their swords, wings flutter harpies, from under the hoods posverkivayut eyes magicians. Twenty-eight soldiers under one commander, who himself is worth an entire army - it will not Disgaea or Makai Kingdom with eight-eleven companions, not the game series Fire Emblem c a tiny handful of brave men. Generation of Chaos, as Saturn'ovskaya Dragon Force before it, refuses to fight, simulating chess games, even though they are primarily associated with the strategic RPG. Instead players are invited to conduct large-scale battles in foreign lands, to manage the economy's own kingdom, select and remove trusted generals - the abundance of opportunities are breathtaking. Alas, sometimes the laurels of a great strategist and strive to become a crown of thorns.

Secret Agent Clank

Author: Alexey Golubev
Source: Country Games № November 2008	01.09.2008

One of the unwritten laws of show business says that when one or another stage duo achieves great popularity among the masses, its members, sooner or later reflect on his solo career. Game industry only confirms the rule - after a long and fruitful collaboration with teammates succeed as an independent voyage went by celebrities such as Donkey Kong, Luigi and Italian tailed joker Dexter. Their example has recently decided to follow the robot Clancy seems to be seriously set out to escape the shadow of big-eared Ratchet. Until now, mechanical punch was on the sidelines, only occasionally allowing himself to come to the fore. Because, surely, many had the impression that the hero of Clancy's get a very mediocre. This view, however, is completely untrue. , Author of Secret Agent Clank (which is the brainchild of studio High Impact Games) are out to correct the glaring injustice.

Driv3r

author: Alane
Source: Country Games № October 2006	17.05.2006

Deciding not to mess with new-fangled PSP and Nintendo DS, publishers opted for GBA. Rivet games for it - dust-free exercise, especially if the stock has a decent stencil and pseudo-tested engine from a portable racing V-Rally. Aged system, of course, hardly generates polygons, but the "three-dimensional games for the GBA» demand.

GTI Racing

Author: VP
Source: Country Games № 20 2006	17.10.2006

What car brand is not only dedicated computer games. Mercedes-Benz, Corvette, Alfa Romeo, Porsche - this is not an exhaustive list. Some machines "lit up" even in several projects - think Ford (several parts Ford Racing) or Volkswagen (a couple of years ago, flashed and Beetle Crazy Cup Beetle Buggin) - this is a native of Germany, is dedicated to the reviewed our game.

Me & My Katamari

Author: Sergey «TD» Tsilyurik
Source: Country Games № 15 2006	05.08.2006

Let me just tell you: Me & My Katamari - a good game. Okay? Okay. But this is exactly the case when a good game is a disappointment. Everything about her just screams: "Fake!" Keita Takahashi, creator of the original Katamari Damacy, leaving Namco, being very dissatisfied with the intention of turning the series into a cash cow - and ultimately Me & My Katamari was a pitiful semblance of its predecessors with the PS2.