My 1999 Games [Part 3: Gorky-18: Male Work]

Actually the video. About the game. Gorky-18. Or 17. Or dress.

Greetings, comrades. You know, when I sat down to write a review script for our game today, I was very tightened by the entry and came to the conclusion that this entry is needed a separate video / text. But in general, the conclusion is as follows – I am a large fan of Goblin humor. It’s about comrade Dmitry Puchkov. At one time, for me it was a big surprise that the operative officer one way or another popped up in a game construction. Being a fan of bully translations, once at a party I saw a disk with a game with a familiar stamp. I had to go to the tricks inherent in children in order to get this disk. But the matter was done. Upon returning home, I immediately installed a game from a disk on my 2nd pentium with Windows 2000, which, although worse than ours with the grandmother of the third pentium, was already practically my personal computer … Of course, they didn’t rarely expel me, hid the wires for the unwillingness to do household or bad behavior, but still … that game was Gorky-18: men’s work, she is bitter, she is bitter. the same … barely began 2022, and we continue our journey into the past … in 1999.

So … what is it that we http://winzinocasino.uk/ have … probably it will be the right game of Gorky – 17: forbidden zone. It was in this form that she went out in 1999 in Europe and from the 1C publishing house with the Localization of Snowema in Russia … However, the American market is listed as a dressing room … But I am closer to Gorky-18: Male Work … The essence is that the Poles from the Metropolis Software studio, apparently decided to sit on all chairs at once, or the Russian publisher decided that the game would be sold better in ours. realities if it adapt it to our realities. In any case, the plot skeleton has been preserved in all three versions, and in general it is not the strength of the game. So I will take Gorky as a basis in the localization of the goblin. It is less atmospheric from the point of view of the horror of the element, but it has more designed characters and even in some cases of the arch of heroes, and is also well flavored with black humor and bastard speech turnover.

Gameplay is a tactical, step-by-step RPG with an elements of the quest … or something like that. There are two games modes. In the first, we move around the map with the help of the mouse, and solve simple tasks for the type of "Find the key – open the door". We are lutting, we make the necessary manipulations with the inventory and monitor the plot and dialogues. This is actually the elements of the quest. The second mode is activated when a certain point is reached on the map, and is the main advantage of the game. Tactical, step -by -step battles with RPG elements, ladies and gentlemen! We take out our general monocles and follow the field of hostilities! In one move, we have the legal right to apply any object from the inventory, for example, a patch on the nose to stick or use the services of a rather rare super weapon, or shoot at an adversarial weapon. Before or after, you can even combine, move through accessible cells. Our team walks first, then a monsters team. It would seem quite primitive mechanics, however, meat, flesh and even nerves are hung on this skeleton. Each weapon has its own firing radius, and the “circle” as a geometric figure is clearly entrusted with developers. But do not worry all the radii are highlighted. The distance to the target matters, and this affects both the damage and on the chance to miss. It is not unimportant and what side you decided to approach the solution of the problem of annihilation. There is a bonus for the sides and double for the rear. By the way, we have a powerful and extensive arsenal here – pistols, shotgun, rifles, grenade launchers and grenades, energy weapons … No one will leave offended. “Wulfik, but what if a maniac is sitting inside me, preferring to cut, chop and chop?!" – do not worry, my little sadist, for you there is also a variety of near -combat weapons – enjoy! However, remember that each weapon requires ownership skills and how are you more likely to use a particular gun – the skill will grow, and with it the damage. Here, RPG elements enter the stage. Each character has pumping and he receives 5 points for distribution for the level, but I will say a secret, they do not have much importance. I always always threw one for each skill. Also in the battle you will help you or interfere with the environment of the arena. Then this is a narrow corridor from which you can’t get anywhere, then barrels of gasoline, then some kind of shelters. Well, with ours it is clear that there is not ours? Here for each type of monsters you need its own approach, so to speak. And there are many views here … and even bosses. Basically, the difficulty in determining the radius of attack and possible weaknesses of the enemy. In the old days, I had difficulties in passing and I had to start either again or with a successful preservation. This was due to the fact that in the game quite often there is a lack of cartridges. Therefore, I recommend that you persist more often and in parallel to pump nearby weapons for all characters. By the way about them. In total, we have 5 slots for heroes of them three main characters and two during the game replace each other, more about them a little later. At the death of one hero – the end of the game, come on new. Quite courteously from the developments to make it possible to replay a battle. There are several variations of battles – for example, protection of unit or victory in a certain number of moves. Well, okay, I think the picture in general, I managed to describe … Let’s move on.

Graphically the game is quite outdated. What do not say, but for example Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, who came out a year before Gorky or addon Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty, which came out in the same year, are better preserved due to a whole picture, the number of environment details and their drawing and, most importantly, a more distant chamber, which smooths out, which shades General perception. In Gorky, we have drawn backs on which the pixel 3d figures move, the style is more like Commandos 2: Men of Couurage from 2001, where there was the same story, but the level of detail can even please the Old Eye. Monsters look especially bad. Curves, angular and for the most part amatable. But with all its obsolescence, the connoisseurs of antiquity with an unsettled look, they will still be able to swallow or even imbue the gloomy atmosphere of the game. I cannot particularly note the music, although I am impressed by the idea of ​​developers to adjust the soundtrack under the action of heroes in the arena during the battle. This gives the action of dynamics, it seems to me. In general, it works for the atmosphere – and okay.

Well, back to the discussion of the heroes and plunge into the plot vicissitudes? The tie is this … In Gorky-17, one of many closed military towns, which fruitful like mushrooms during the USSR and had their own number, something terrible, in connection with which a decision was made to bombard. All this is thoroughly hidden from the public and exhibit a guard perimeter. A year later, a detachment of NATO is sent to Gorky-17, the connection with which is almost immediately lost. Without inventing anything better, a decision is made on the direction of another detachment but already in the composition of three people. The commander in the person of Colonel Vasin is a warrior to the brain of bones, which has passed any war then here and here. Warrant Officer Krotov is an experienced soldier, with an innate Kleptomania inherent in his title. And Vladimir Zamchalov, aka Private Zelenkin – SHI, called up for service from the second year of the institute. They have to complete a number of tasks, sequentially annihilating the entire abominable fauna that will stand in the way of fulfilling the mission. More than once or twice, they have to survive betrayal from a higher leadership and not only. The rest of the heroes are leaving and coming, only Susanin deserves special attention, because he is not as simple as it seems. The plot may seem entertaining, but the developers did not manage to carry out a lot, and therefore plot holes and easy understatement are found here and there. The Goblin translation, it seems to me, went to the plot to the benefit of an emphasis on the serious cabbage soup to army black humor, the development of ordinary Zelenkin as a person and giving dialogues a certain liveliness. In general, their connoisseurs will be found.

So, in the end, we have a fairly entertaining copy for fans of tactics and all step -by -step, humor and serving of a detective goblin and just a pleasant game for a couple of three evenings. I have repeatedly returned to this, as for me, not a fairly forgotten game, and each time I received a certain satisfaction from the process, listening to the next dialogue between Krotov with Zelenkin and distributing the righteous “lily” of all evil spirits, straining his seemingly last gorge. I can’t recommend everyone, but if you are not repelled by obsolete schedules and easy plot understatement, then mercy I ask for Gorky-17. Well, I have it all, see you, comrad.