Mobile games. June 2013, h. 1
Mobile games. June 2013, part 2
Mobile June was under the motto "Not a day without a game in the film". There were many similar projects on our heads, from a completely playable zombie blockbuster World War Z to the unpretentious Early Raders, which will be discussed in the hen of the "stream". The main news of the month is the adaptation of the magnificent last year's strategy XCOM: Enemy Unknown Under iOS. Unfortunately, the migration was not as smooth as we would like – a detailed review, look for further in the text. In addition, we begin to write about mobile games in development, and the first swallow – "Star Wanderers". Finally, do not forget to look into the hen of the "Migratory Birds", where the legendary role -playing game of the past is comfortable – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
In general, the beginning of the mobile-game summer turned out to be very hot. The main thing is that the temperature does not fall further: in July, many more high -profile releases are expected. See you next month!
Gangstar Vegas
Gameloft's working capacity is just right to marry: faster than they release games, only weeds grow in the garden. Alas, often their creations are a little more valuable. But Gangstar Vegas is not such. The fifth of the mobile GTA series turned out to be an extremely exquisite rose, albeit with spikes.
Genre: Action, a third -party action movie
Platform: iOS 5.0 (iPhone 4, iPad 2 and newer devices)
The version of the game: Rus
Developer: Gameloft
Publisher: Gameloft
The cost in the App Store and Google Play: 229 rub.
Link VAPP Store
Link in Google Play
Other games of the company: Gangstar Rio: City of Saints Backstab 9mm
Gameloft passion as loves to embody eminent movie and game series as part of mobile systems, and if you can’t reach licenses, it realizes other people's concepts and ideas under its own banners. Initially, the Gangstar series was a faded shadow of great creation Rockstar Games , which was hardly taken seriously. It took several years and four average lousy of the game, so that the French mastered – we are not afraid of this word – Grand Theft Auto genre. IN Gangstar Vegas A lot has been done correctly. She did not appear in June 2013, but twelve years earlier, instead of Grand Theft Auto 3 , We would pray for her today.
Although in spirit, the French Las Vegas is much closer to Weiss City (even the last and prototype of Miami). Over the two years of development, it was possible to build nine square kilometers of the virtual desert of Nevada with recognizable symbols of the real city of sins. Eiffel Tower, Egyptian Pyramid and Sphinx, fashionable hotels, a pedestrian street with a roof – an LED screen, will delight the gaze of an experienced traveler. With the onset of the evening, all this luxury blooms with glamorous neon, even later the sky is illuminated by fireworks, powerful rays of spotlights cut the darkness. The picture of the holiday is complemented by luxurious limousines and supercars, stepping on local Fremont Street. Involuntarily blurred in a malicious smile: it is tempting to throw out something like that ..
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For example, open the door of the prototype of the Ford Mustang (there are no licensed machines, but real models are recognized in an instant), shakly shand the driver with his head on the steering wheel, throw it out of the wheelbarrow and wrap it on it where the eyes look at it. Closer to the middle of the game, you will probably learn to navigate without a navigation system. And this is incredibly valuable! The modern passion of developers for gigantomania completely deprives the players of the opportunity to fall in love with the city, study virtual streets, as a native Zamoskvorechye or Maryino. It is good when the territory of the city is great, but even better, if you know what is behind the next turn, there is a deaf wall and how to get from the deserted outskirts to the front-line strip club.
This is musical: From now on, each machine is equipped with a radio. To choose from five radio stations with a repertoire from a fatal rap to a melodious pseudo-classic. And in news releases, they often talk about the tricks of the protagonist.
The fate of the protagonist – the notorious gopnik Jason is closely connected with the brothel. Here he will find a “roof” and salvation when the criminal authority Frank Veliano will appoint a tidy sum for his head. The guy had to lose the fight in the ring, but dared to disobey the order of the former boss. Now its employer is a charming lady of Balzac age, who oversees the work of all girls of lightweight behavior in the city. She dreams of overthrowing Veliano from a criminal throne and becoming a sovereign gray cardinal. The debut plot task we get from it.
Due to mobile compactness and thanks to Russian subtitles, plot ups and downs easily fit in the head. The relations of the heroes are wondering. The story of friendship and love, betrayal and self -sacrifice, simple by the standards of “big” games, makes you take on every mission with interest and inspiration for every mission.
There are almost no senseless tasks for delaying the playing time (or rather, there are, but extracurricular ones). Undermining an unfinished skyscraper, throwing a concrete pipe on the head of ignoramuses, a helicopter hijacking, boat races, a sabotage on a military base or a finger from a sniper rifle on a court building – everything is woven into history and does not cause rejection. In addition, on the map of the city, in addition to the initials of bosses with tasks, a scattering of other icons flickers. You can endlessly participate in street races, turn other people's faces in the ring into porridge (our hero in the past is a street fighter), steal cars, compete in speeds on the water and air. With remarkable perseverance, there is even a chance to try himself as a pilot of a military fighter. And, of course, in the city of casino, no one will forbid you to seize a couple of millions in poker or on slot machines.
It's beautiful: All modern works of Gameloft have enviable mobile graphics, and the current guest, in addition, has acquired the support of the Havok physical engine.
You do not have to replenish internal financial reserves. Contrary to the unkind tradition of Gameloft, the game does not bother the Donat. Money with more than is enough not only for weapons, uniforms and first -aid kits – the purchase of several hotels, a casino and the airport terminal will not hit the family budget much. Only increase him.
The pastoral picture of the mobile game of dreams spoils the huge black blot – management. Watch Gangstar Vegas from the side is more pleasant than to hold in your hands. Prepare for the fact that you will have to learn to go again and fit into the doorways. The problem is relevant for any control settings, of which, by the way, a lot.
Mobile future
Star wanderers
Some games of the past are almost perfect for reprinting on tablets. And old quests and step -by -step strategies, and even role -playing games take root well on sensory screens, gaining a second life.
Genre: Space Trader
Platform: iOS 5.0 (iPhone 4, iPad 2 and newer devices), Android 2.2
The version of the game: Rus
Developer: Game Insight
Publisher: Game Insight
" Space rangers »Also would fit into the mobile format as relatives – if the developers wanted to transfer them there. But this is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future, about which Katauri Interactive Repeatedly declared aloud.
And since the niche is empty, why not take it to someone else? Not so long ago the company Game Insight announced the project " Star wanderers "And invited our correspondent to her office for personal acquaintance with the game. Which showed that "wanderers" is a completely ideological heir to the "rangers".
In the same way, we take control of the lonely boat, fly, carry out quests, fight with pirates and other aggressive pilots in step -by -step mode. " Vananers ", Sid Meier’s Pirates! , Elite – All these are close relatives of the Wanderers, the gameplay frame is about the same everywhere, although the game, of course, is very different in the nuances. For example, although the battles here are habitually step -by -step, but we must choose every move from which tools to stern; In this case, the sequences of the shots can be folded in combination, which will give an additional effect. In addition, the history of this world talks about the emergence of a special caste of spaceships, which are available for force in the manner of Jedi. And since the main character to this caste undoubtedly belongs, in battles lightning and fire balls are available to him, which can be thrown by enemy ships.
But the main difference between the "wanderers" and the brothers in the genre is that this game will be conditionally paid. It will be possible to go through it to the end without paying a penny – although you have to trade and extract resources for a long time. If you don't want to – well, everything can be bought in a shop for rubles, accelerating the process several times. According to developers, in order to evenly move around the plot, without being distracted by the targeted "pharma", you need to spend dollars twenty. If these calculations are correct, this is just the approximate cost of such a game somewhere on Steam. Let's see.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Pax East 2013 festival this year was remembered by an event incredibly significant for everyone who likes to play on mobile devices. FiRAXIS Games has announced that eminent developers have announced that they were eager to release a tiled press and sung by players XCOM: Enemy Unknown on devices under the control of iOS. Bravo! Bellissimo! And yet it was worth the women to scream "Hurray" and throw caps into the air? Let's figure it out.
Genre: Strategy, step -by -step strategy
Platform: iOS 5.0 (iPhone 4, iPad 2 and newer devices)
The version of the game: English
Developer: Firaxis Games
Publisher: 2K Games
Cost in the App Store: 19.99 $
Link in App Store
Other games of the company: Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol Haunted Hollow
Why is it so great to catch alien migrant workers on the surface of the Earth and release the intestines for them, you can find out (if not in the course) from our last year's reviews that are hidden in the bowels of the site here and here. Almost all of the above applicable to the mobile version. Ideologically XCOM: Enemy Unknown has not changed on an iot. And this is good: not for beautiful eyes at the end of 2012 "Gambling.ru "called her" strategy of the year ". Four months ago, we promised honest transfer without frills and curls – we received it.
Again, the Frail detachment of X – the last hope and support of mankind – on the good old “Skyreinger” rushes around the world, catching extraterrestrial criminal elements, saving civilian and mining rare samples of space technologies. After each combat exit, the airborne vehicle is returned to the base where the player spends a good third time. In this large underground anthill there is everything you need to confront the cosmic threat: a laboratory in which a cute scientist girl invents new weapons and equipment, a small factory for the implementation of the “egg-headed” plans, rooms with a billiard table and the main control point with a holographic globe card. Alternating the global and tactical phases, you will more than once burn the unfortunate mobile phone in zero, heated by the hot rays of Unreal Engine.
Do not harm – the motto of people in white robes, which the developers temporarily appropriated. The key task was to adapt management to sensory screens. There are no more scattering buttons of console gamepads, as there are no terrible combinations of the keyboard keyboard keys – I had to learn the game to communicate with a person in the language of gestures. The most natural language for us after speech, by the way.
The result was good, although you don't understand me anyway. During the step -by -step tracking of extraterrestrial guests, it is quite difficult to persuade the soldier to climb onto the roof of the building. You will have to draw an invisible vertical line with two times, before the servant listens to the commander. The rest of the difficulties does not arise, especially if you are dealing with mobile games not the first day. Classic “slippers”, https://charles-gb-casino.co.uk/ “piles”, double touches (for a 360-degree chamber to turn over the battlefield) and the usual “zoom” movements of the fingers (for approaching and removing) was quite enough for a comfortable interaction with such a serious game.
And yet something had to be sacrificed. In order for the patient to live, sometimes you have to chop off his leg or … or … well, you understand. It is easy to guess that in our case, graphic goodies were allowed under the knife. Do not admire us with a thunderstorm, sparkling lightning and rainwater flowing through cars; The roaring flame turned into a stingy light, traffic lights at the intersections are de -energized, police flashes are disconnected, and the fingers of aliens from futuristic weapons are accompanied by faded greenish smoke.
Unfortunately, the list does not end there – there are more significant things that affect the atmosphere and perception of the world of the game. In particular, due to the lack of dynamic lighting and soft shadows, the first meeting with a peasant, which is under the control of an alien, will not be a surprise. You will notice a grenade in his hands and a languid scarlet gaze from afar. Against this background, the questions of the Commandos – why, they say, he got up like an idol there, seem stupid. An even greater mystery – sincere conversations themselves in the walkie -talkie, taking into account the fact that the interlocutors of the mouths do not disclose. Когда члены отряда успели стать профессионалами вентрологии, не уточняется.
In addition, the mobile version was not read by some animations. Your wards have learned to respect someone else's property: frames and glasses remain unharmed, even if a huge man bursts out the window. Similar situation with doors. You say – a trifle, but it is from the little things that the overall impression is made up.
However, all these forced measures could be understood and forgiven-hardly anyone wants to enjoy the spectacular slide show instead of the game. It is impossible to accept a disregard attitude 2K Games to one sixth part of the land and its inhabitants. At the time of preparation of the material, the game never appeared in the Russian App Store and is unlikely to appear. As the developers said, they do not plan to release XCOM: Enemy Unknown for our immense region.
Flow
In addition World War Z according to the license Paramount Digital Entertainment , over the past month Phosphor Games Studio managed to marry another game in the film, only now the customer acted Warner Bros. The appearance of slasher " Steel man " Tied to the beginning of the rental of the same film about the most famous hero DC comics – Superman. The game lacks stars from heaven and offers the uniform beating of the enemies of the superhero on earth and in the air. The game is based on Unreal Engine, but the action turned out to be very faded.
Price " Steel man " In App Store and Google Play: 99 rub. / 159 rub. 64 kopecks. Link to App Store and Google Play
Third Kino – Runner based on the film AFTER EARTH (Russian spectators are known under the name "After Earth" ). From the stream of other games of this genre, it is distinguished by the presence of full -fledged missions and the likeness of the plot.
Price AFTER EARTH In App Store and Google Play: 33 rubles. / 30 rub. Link to App Store and Google Play
Monsters University – Special reprint of the Runner Monsters u: Catch Archie , supplemented by the adventures of shallows. It is easy to guess that the game is dedicated to the output of the cartoon "University of monsters".
Price Monsters University In App Store and Google Play: 33 rubles. / 32 rub. 6 kopecks. Link to App Store and Google Play
And the authorship game completes our movie marathon Gameloft , released for the premiere of the cartoon for the whole family Despicable ME 2 ("Mast Me 2" ) from Universal Pictures. The game interpretation performs in the classic mobile genre of Runner and boasts perfectly balanced gameplay and rich in beautiful graphics.
Price " Masty Me: Minion Rush " In App Store and Google Play: Free> Link to App Store and Google Play
Mickey Mouse is another cartoon character who became the main character of a logical mobile game in June. Mechanics without a twinge of conscience is licked by another arcade Disney – Where’s My Water? The key difference is that the goverk should build a not a little -known Swampy crocodile, but everyone's favorite mouse.
Price Where’s My Mickey? In App Store and Google Play: 33 rubles. / 64 rub. 44 kopecks. Link to App Store and Google Play
A curious cooperative militant, in which small round tanks with “skirts”-with-benzopili chop each other in fourteen different modes: from the standard Deathmatch and capture of the flag to survival in the conditions of a local zombie execution. At the same time, up to four people can comfortably play on one device. Virtual governing bodies are divorced at the corners of the display.
Price Ultimate Battle Arena In App Store: 66 rub. Link to App Store
Adventures-storage are becoming an increasingly popular genre on mobile platforms. IN Dead Bunker It is necessary to explore the gloomy bruised "bunker-18", built in the era of flowering socialism. It is necessary to find out what caused the bloody bathhouse and what dark secrets the USSR government is.
Price Dead Bunker In App Store and Google Play: 33 rubles. / 31 rubles. 99 kopecks. Link to App Store and Google Play
EA I decided to rethink the classics: Tetris is what players need after exhausting sessions in Battlefield 3. No sooner said than done. IOS and Android mobile platforms were awarded with a vivid version of an unlucking game. Management is ideally adapted for sensory screens.
Price Tetris Blitz In App Store and Google Play: Free. Link to App Store and Google Play