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Instead of "Troubles"
Novyevropa talks about 15 good Russian games that were not financed by the state
Since 2021, the State Institute for the Development of the Internet (IRI) allocated about 1.5 billion rubles for the development of 40 Russian games. At least 500 million it took the “unrest” - the historical action about 1612, which is criticized by players and journalists.
Russian politicians began to be more reverent about video games. So, Vladimir Putin said that the game market in the Russian Federation is a “profitable business”, and Russia should create its own game content “taking into account Russian traditions to support the foundation of stability”. And the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Anton Gorekin wrote in his telegram channel that publishers and developers are “excite the mechanisms of state support”. But Russian developers for many years released high -quality video games on their own, without state grants. Novyevropa talks about 15 modern Russian games that are highly appreciated around the world.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Genre: role -playing game
Exit year: 2021
Developer: OWLCAT Games
The protagonist Wrath of the Righteous is a knight-commander of a new, fifth crusade. Together with his associates, he must close the world ulcer - a break through which demons penetrate the world of people.
The OWLCAT Pathfinder series is based on the desktop role -playing game. It changed and complemented the rules of the famous Dungeons & Dragons of the third edition, so the foundation of the game will be clear to fans of the Role series Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. In Wrath of the Righteous, you can choose from 12 races and 25 classes, determine the features of the hero and magical abilities. In the course of the game, the character will inevitably change depending on the decisions made: he can, for example, become a righteous angel or an evil demon.
In Wrath of the Righteous there is a huge scope for role -playing wins. You yourself choose answers in dialogs, go through the quests, as you think it is necessary, and build relationships with partners. Some of them can leave the crusader or die during the passage. It may take full passage up to 212 hours , but individual players spend much more time in it. Especially praise well -prescribed heroes, dialogs and nonlinearity.
"Black Book"
Genre: Card Rainty Game
Exit year: 2021
Developer: Morteshka
Fantasy game of Komi-Permyak mythology. 1879, the young sorceress Vasilisa wants to throw magic and get married, but her lover dies. The girl learns about the black book - a magical subject that can fulfill any desire of the owner. But first, the book needs to be opened: it is locked behind seven seals. Vasilisa goes on a trip to the villages and villages to learn new magical tricks.
Gameplay “Black Book” is divided into two parts - the study of the world and battles. In the first, Vasilisa talks with the characters, moves around the county and performs tasks - among them there are also optional. In the second, he fights with demons, demons and other unclean forces. The battles are step -by -step and decorated in the form of a card game: Vasilisa chooses from the compiled map of the card and activates abilities like double damage on the enemy or restoration of health. But be careful. If you often use black magic and cooperate with demons, Vasilisa can change for the worse. The ending depends on the selected remarks and used magic: it can be both good and bad.
The Black Book stands out among many Russian games. Its place of action is not just a beautiful decoration, but an important element of history. All creatures are taken from Russian and Komi-Permyak folklore, and the world was created on real maps of the Cherdynsky district of the 19th century. The player’s journey is accompanied by the Komi-Permyak melodies and the choir of the Perm Regional College of Arts and Culture. Thanks to the Black Book, you can learn more about the Komi-Permyak mythology and the life of Russian peasants of the late 19th century.
"Kuzhlevka"
Genre: Adventure
Exit year: 2023
Developer: Callback
In 1992, an unexpected event takes place in the village of Kuzhlevka - the arrival of UFOs. The plate lands right at the house of the local chairman of the collective farm Valery Mikhailovich. Aliens say that they are ready to fulfill the desire of everyone who goes inside the plate. But to decide who to let in, it is Valery Mikhailovich.
The idea of the "Kuzhlevka" easily falls into a literary form or a surreal film. But it really is revealed precisely in an interactive format. In the afternoon you talk with visitors and pass the desires of the guests a plate. If the essence of desire is incorrectly, it will not be fulfilled. And at night you plunge into the curelyistic dreams of the protagonist - among them a dialogue with a speaking shell.
The requests of local residents may be different. For example, elderly Lidia Sergeevna wants to recover her goat. And village children want to give a plate of sweets. Over time, more and more attention is applied to aliens, and Valery Mikhailovich is growing the responsibility of Valery Mikhailovich every day. Observing the progress of the plot is incredibly interesting, because you independently determine the fate of the characters. And later, the game will be revealed as an interesting statement about the essence of human desires and a difficult share of ordinary people in a changeable era.
Loop Hero
Genre: Strategy with elements of role -playing game
Exit year: 2021
Developer: Four Quarters
The usual world dies when the insidious villain Lich plunges him into a timeless loop. He is challenged by a brave man who does not remember his past. Step by step, he restores the memory of the world and builds the world again. To do this, he has to go on a dangerous campaign, at the end of which he will wait for a lich.
Loop Hero is a pixel game of the Roguelike genre. There are no familiar losses in such games: with every death you retain part of progress and resources and begin a new passage until you achieve success. The world changes each time, and enemies appear in random places. Loop Hero differs from other Roguelike-IGR unusual gameplay: the hero fights, without your participation, and you only help him-change his equipment and have the landscape elements around him: mountains, fields, forests and so on. Each particle of the area increases the characteristics of the hero, such as health.
The gameplay seems excessively simplified, but winning the first time is not so easy. Much depends on the accident: during the next passage, good armor may not fall out, and there will be too many monsters. An important role is played by the placed landscape elements. For example, you will receive more resources if you put nine squares with the fields around the temple. And in the course of the game, the hero can remove the sword aside and become a clever plow or necromancer who calls on his side of skeletons.
Loop Hero is so addictive that one session can last all night. You will try to defeat the lice with different combinations over and over again. It is not the fact that this will succeed after a dozen hours, but you will definitely get pleasure.
Atomic Heart
Genre: first -person shooter
Exit year: 2023
Developer: Mundfish
1955, alternative USSR. The country is actively developing robotics and artificial intelligence, and Soviet science has become the most advanced in the world. All thanks to the scientist Dmitry Sechenov, who in the 1930s created a special polymer substance. All hard work is done by cars, and people are engaged in creativity and science. Sechenov is preparing to unite residents of the USSR into a single network called “Collective 2.0”, but everything goes wrong when, at “Enterprise 3826”, robots rebel against people.
Atomic Heart, perhaps the most ambitious and high -budget game in the history of Russia. According to its development and an advertising campaign, according to various estimates, they could spend from $ 25 to 150 million . And for the international audience it was promoted by Microsoft and the French publisher Focus Entertainment. It turned out in fact a world -class game: it is a spectacular and fascinating shooter. In it, it is fun to chop the robots with an ax under the Rock version of “Arlekino” Alla Pugacheva and Fonk-Remix “Komarovo” Igor Sklyar.
The game is noteworthy not only by gameplay, but also by the plot. Under the fermented shooter about the triumph of the USSR, anti -utopia is hidden in the spirit of the Bioshock series. The Soviet government puts experiments in public, deceives its own population and prepares for world domination. Step by step, the protagonist learns that a totalitarian state exploiting both its inhabitants and robots is hiding under a beautiful sign.
"Mor: utopia"
Genre: Advenchura with elements of role -playing game
Exit year: 2019
Developer: Ice-Pick Lodge
It is difficult to describe the “Mor” even in several sentences. This is a philosophical work about the epidemic in a small city, reminiscent of the "plague" of Albert Camus, and the author’s plot art triller, as it was described by the authors from Ice-Pick Lodge. The surgeon Artemy Burra named Gususpik learns about the death of his father and wants to find the killer. Residents of the city-horshone consider Artemia guilty. In parallel with the investigation, Artemy should work in the hospital and help people. He has only 12 days for everything.
“Mor: Utopia” of 2019 - simultaneously a remake and rethinking of the game of 2005. The new version is still ready for only a third: in the future, the plot lines of the bachelor and impostor should add. But even in this form, the "Mor" should be tried. It seems to reject the players and makes you feel discomfort from the passage.
It is inconvenient to fight here, and any passerby can beat the protagonist. You must take into account the hunger and thirsty of the Guruspik, its state of fatigue and illness. Antibiotics and other necessary items will have to be bought in stores that work only during the day and are closed at night. You have a little money, so you need to communicate with people and exchange things. The final depends entirely on your decisions - often non -obvious.
“Mor” is one of the most unusual games in the history of not only Russia, but also the world. If you do not want to wait for the full version, try the original version of 2005.
Escape from Tarkov
Genre: first -person shooter
Release year: the early version was released in 2017, the release date of the full version is unknown
Developer: Battlestate Games
Online game about private military companies in a fictional Russian city of Tarkov. The player takes on the role of one of the mercenaries and goes to dangerous sorties to get valuable weapons and supplies.
Escape from Tarkov is often called the most realistic and complex shooter in history. Shooting and reloading are made extremely believable, and the weapon looks the same as in reality. To get on the opponent, you need to take into account all the nuances - from the distance to the return. And even a slight wound can affect the accuracy of shooting.
In Tarkov, it is not easy to get used to it even after a hundred hours spent: the game regularly exits the guides for beginners. But after this game, all the other shooters will seem light, even the Arma military simulator.
Warhammer 40000: Rogue Trader
Genre: role -playing game
Exit year: 2023
Developer: OWLCAT Games
Captain von Valancius became a free merchant - a researcher of planets and a negotiator on behalf of the emperor. The hero must track down and punish the people who killed the previous free merchant.
The Universe of Warhammer 40000 is one of the most worked out and confused in pop culture. Initially, this is a large -scale board game for which figures are sold - many of them cost hundreds of dollars. For her reasons, dozens of books, comics and video games were released, and Amazon and Henry Cavill are preparing a large -scale cinema with series and films.
A lot of strategies and action strategies were created in the franchise, but Rogue Trader is the first full -fledged role -playing game. Gameplaino it resembles another OWLCAT game - mentioned above Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The free merchant gathers a team, communicates with the characters, performs tasks and participates in battles. Over time, the list of responsibilities of the hero expands: for example, it will be necessary to control the colonies and scan uninhabited planets.
Knowing something about Warhammer 40,000 is optional. For beginners, there is a detailed intra -game encyclopedia with an explanation of all terms. Only a complex gameplay can scare away - there are difficult tactical battles here, and all the characteristics need to be remembered and taken into account. If you get confused, the game will not tell you what to do next. If the gameplay is not embarrassed, be sure to try Rogue Trader.
"Partisans 1941"
Genre: Tactical strategy in real time
Exit year: 2020
Developer: Alter Games
The Red Army officer Alexei Zorin runs Soviet partisans in territories occupied by the Nazis. You need to equip a forest base and collect a detachment from fighters with different characteristics. In missions, you need to perform both small sabotage and eliminate local leaders.
“Partisans 1941” are inspired by famous tactical series like Commandos, Desperados and Jagged Alliance. The priority here is secretive passage - in open shootings, heroes are extremely vulnerable. Over time, the heroes pump: for example, they can shoot more precisely. To distract enemy soldiers, you can use Sanka - a young guy with the appearance of a child. At the base you must feed your subordinates, create home -made mines and improve weapons. The game also has a moral system: say, if the fighter stole bread from the hut, the mood will deteriorate at the whole detachment.
The game has a good balance: the missions are not too easy or complex, and the nuances of gameplay can be remembered in just an hour. “Partisans 1941” are suitable for those who love tactical strategies and games about the Great Patriotic War.
Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Genre: Strategy with elements of role -playing game
Exit year: 2022
Developer: Konfa Games
Like Loop Hero, Despot's Game refers to Roguelike Subtinra. Several people wake up in a labyrinth. They cannot remember how they were here, and they notice that there are no clothes on them. You take control of the heroes and draw in different rooms of the Labyrinth. There they will find clothes and a powerful weapon that can fight off monsters, robots and other hostile creatures.
In Despot's Game, you do not manage people directly, but set them a direction, arm with swords, shields and staff. Then it remains only to observe how subordinates cope. The main storyline can be passed in just five hours - this is enough to fully enjoy the unusual gameplay.
"Bunny"
Genre: Visual Novel
The year of exit: the early version was released in 2021, the release date of the full version is still unknown
Developer: Saikono
Horror about the end of the 1990s based on the story of the same story Dmitry Mordas. A 12-year-old schoolboy Anton Petrov lives in an unremarkable village in which children begin to disappear.
The gameplay of the “bunny” is simple - you switch between text slides and periodically choose answers or actions. The course of the plot and the attitude of the characters to the main character depend on them. The game is impressive by a visual side: black and white pictures on slides are handed manually and resemble illustrations for children's fairy tales. Additionally, an excellent voice acting is immersed in the atmosphere of a terrible adventure. The game is not ready yet: out of five planned episodes, only four were released.
"Human"
Genre: Adventure
Exit year: 2017
Developer: Morteshka
A short plot adventure from the authors of the Black Book-also according to Komi-Permytsky mythology. The main character - the shaman is a man. He knows how to switch between real and ghostly worlds, faces evil spirits and dead. To solve puzzles, you need to look for a solution in two worlds.
"Human -haired" can be passed in just an hour and a half. This time is enough to plunge into the culture of the Komi-Permyak peoples. The game has an encyclopedia in which information about the ancient Permian mythology is revealed, and the plot appears creatures from folklore, for example, a gobly pile and a witch Yoma. After the finals, you will recall the images from the game for a long time and listen to the wonderful soundtrack .
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem
Genre: first -person shooter
Exit year: 2022
Developer: Timelock Studio
An independent addition to Serious Sam 4. The main character nicknamed Crutya Sam goes to Siberia to kill the aliens of the mental there. The protagonist will be on the Arctic coast and the Tunguska River, in the village of Kalinovka and in Tomsk.
The original Serious Sam 4 was criticized for not the best level of levels, poorly set KAT-scene and gameplay. Siberian Mayhem from the Russian Timelock Studio corrected most of the problems of the fourth part. Here, hundreds of monsters appear on the screen, Sam gave a new weapon like a Kalashnikov assault rifle, and the levels themselves became larger and thought out. Siberian Mayhem can be an excellent entry point for acquaintance with Serious Sam: the old fans of the series call it the best since the first part, released back in 2001.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Genre: Visual short story with elements of role -playing game
Exit year: 2021
Developer: Sever
Mr. Brante is a commoner in the Arkniye Empire. The player watches his life - from birth to death - and determines his fate. Brante can become a nobleman, priest or revolutionary. Each solution of the player directly affects the empire and the path of the hero.
Подобно «Зайчику» и другим визуальным новеллам, в The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante вы читаете текст на слайдах и выбираете варианты действий. Некоторые опции будут закрыты, если у героя недостаточно очков характеристик вроде решительности и выносливости. Игра оформлена в виде книги с контрастными черно-белыми иллюстрациями. Наблюдать за развитием господина Бранте невероятно увлекательно. Игру стоит пройти как минимум трижды, чтобы увидеть все возможные варианты событий.
TORN AWAY
Жанр: адвенчура
Год выхода: 2023
Разработчик: perelesoq
Вторая мировая война в самом разгаре. Девочка Ася сбегает из немецкого трудового лагеря. Путь к родине лежит через Германию и Польшу.
В Torn Away показывают ужасы войны глазами ребенка. Ася убегает от суровой реальности в теплые воспоминания, прячется от солдат в заснеженном лесу, самостоятельно чинит обувь и чистит картошку. Девочка всеми силами хочет выжить и от отчаяния разговаривает с варежкой, которую считает единственным другом.
Визуально игра напоминает мультфильмы Томма Мура вроде «Песни моря» и «Тайны Келлс», а сюжет — драму «Война Анны». В Torn Away мастерски раскрывают сложную тему детей войны и показывают, как хрупка человеческая жизнь.
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