Recently, two games were announced at once — the action game War of the Worlds: Siberia and the flight simulator IL-2: Korea. Both projects seemed extremely unique to us by the standards of the gaming industry. You can find out all the details in our article.
Although a whole year has passed since the announcement of this action adventure game, we didn't really know anything about War of the Worlds until November 28. But the project immediately intrigued us with its unusual setting — in fact, we have a development of the original novel by Herbert Wells, the action of which was transferred from 19th-century Great Britain to Russia of the same time. At the presentation, the developers confirmed that they tried to follow the canons of the English writer and did not contradict him, with the exception of the ending of his book. After all, in the game, the Martians did not die from earthly diseases, but continued to capture our planet.
Moreover, the scriptwriters did a competent job with the era. The main character is a boy from the village, whom his parents sent to study in the capital. There, the student quickly became imbued with revolutionary ideas and decided to take part in the assassination attempt on the emperor. But rumors began to spread among his accomplices that the tsarist secret police knew everything and acted preemptively. However, the alien invasion changed the plans of all parties and forced people to flee Petrograd as fast as they could.
While the Martians are acting somewhere far away, the heroes encounter marauders who rushed to rob pharmacies and stores. Moreover, they are ready to attack even civilians if they see a benefit or a threat to themselves in this. They will have to be fought in hand-to-hand combat or killed from a distance with a firearm.
And defeating the Martian tripods will not work, at least not at an early stage. Therefore, the young revolutionary has to hide, try to leave the visibility zone of enemy machines as quickly as possible and hope that he will not be noticed. These episodes can cause fear, because we see what happens to people who did not manage to escape from the aliens.
Juggling mechanics, as well as attention to small details evoke a strong association with the The Last of Us dilogy. The combination of the realities of the 19th century and futuristic technologies made me remember the good The Order: 1886, the potential of which was never revealed. And we saw combat tripods in Half-Life 2. True, they were not so scary there. If we draw parallels with films, then in addition to the obvious «War of the Worlds» by Steven Spielberg, Nikita Mikhalkov's «The Barber of Siberia» comes to mind with revolutionaries and Russia at the end of the 19th century.
At the same time, the project is perceived surprisingly fresh. The gameplay demo looks so high-quality that you can't even believe that the game will really be like this. However, last year, Atomic Heart showed that shooters from Russian developers in a familiar setting can be of high quality. We hope that War of the Worlds: Siberia will be no worse. However, the release will not take place soon — the developers promised to announce the release date only in a few years.
The games of the «IL-2» series have sold well at all times, regardless of crises and momentary fashion. The fact is that they belong to a rare genre — a realistic flight simulator in the setting of World War II. They simply have no worthy competitors. However, it is necessary to periodically update the graphics and master new platforms.
The main task of the developers of IL-2: Korea was to transfer hardcore control to a 16-button gamepad, thanks to which the project can be released on consoles. Perhaps this will impose restrictions on the graphics, but the developers claim that their game is at the peak of technological progress. The first videos and screenshots are truly impressive.
It is worth considering that during the Korean War (1950-1953), the main battles were fought with the active use of jet aircraft. This will leave an imprint on the features of fighter control and air battles.
In the story campaign, the main emphasis will be on the career of the squadron commander.
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