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November 2008. NATO intelligence services report that, for unknown reasons, the Russian military has destroyed Gorky 17, one of the old Soviet Secret Cities. A year later NATO takes over a former Russian secret base built on Polish soil. Diggers discover a laboratory complex in the completely demolished town. After examining the wreckage, NATO decides to leave the lab as it is. But shortly afterwards the town's previously deserted streets are suddenly teeming with hordes of grotesquely deformed creatures. Word soon gets out to the media, making it impossible for NATO to simply destroy the site. So troops are ordered to hermetically seal the area. Nobody is allowed in or out. Will they discover the terrible secret of Gorky 17? And more important - will they live to tell about it?
Be prepared for intrigue, betrayal and even some romance. You will need clever fighting tactics and some brainpower for solving puzzles. Moreover you can search offices, shoot locks and communicate with other characters.
Game also known as odi-um
Age requirements: ESRB Rating: MATURE with Animated Violence, Animated Blood.
Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512 recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard.
Posted on 2009-04-19 07:21:19 by
JMYERS:
Let me begin by saying that I did enjoy this game but trying to explain why I did is going to be a bit tricky. You see everything that works in the game is flawed and likewise the bits that appear broken also work quite well. So let me try and explain what I mean:
- The statistics part of the game is almost non-existant with very little customisation of the very few stats allowed. read more
This should mean you end up with a bland group of characters.
- But it doesn't. The team you have is voiced very well, with enough unique lines, giving them enough personality so that you don't mind too much about this as the RPG unfolds.
- Except it's not really an RPG. Lets be honest when we say that the "role play" part of the game does not exist. You don't have to make any moral choices and there aren't multiple solutions to the the problems. most of the time you just need to get to the next part of the map to get to the next part of the story.
- And it is a good story. OK, so it might fall away a little at the end, but there are enough events and sights to see that keep you wanting to get going to the next fight.
- Although the fighting mechanics seem broken. It takes you by surprise that a weapon can only fire along 45 degree angles (and some even only fire along the 90) and you start off wondering what possessed the programmers to do this?
- Until you realise. You are playing chess with guns and it actually works. The rifle is the queen, the pistol the castle and the knife the pawn. Do you need to adopt a defensive strategy or an attacking one. If you move forward into this area, does that leave me exposed from those monsters?
- Who do seem to come at you a bit too thick and frequently. There are times you wonder "not again, what is it now"?
- Although what it is, is usually some horrific aberration from the depths of someones mind. The variety of the things that you fight is quite impressive and certainly varied enough.
So there we are. A game with many wrongs as rights which on the whole seem to work together quite well.
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Posted on 2009-04-10 06:43:21 by
Yannos:
For starters, the game has a very good atmosphere. Somewhat of a Stalker'ish feel. The game itself plays like a turn based game with battles occuring like the random Final Fantasy random battle style. You walk around the game world and sometimes get caught up in these battles. They aren't random but you never see them coming so moving around a new area is always a bit tense!
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said before, the battles are turn based. You get the first turn to move your men around and use their weapons. The fighting is alot like Chess in a sense. For example, you pistol can only fire in four directions while the assault rifle can also fire diagonally. This kinda feels unrealistic of course, but it adds to the strategic element. Hitting the enemy in the flank or rear also adds more damage, again making the game a bit more tactical.
The graphics are pretty good. The characters are pretty low polygon but the hand drawn enviromnents are great. You may have some problems getting the game to run due to codec problems but I've managed to solve them quite easily. I'm sure GoG-team will issue a better fix for all the other people someday.
Now for the bad; the game is very very hard. Ammo is extremely scarce and you will need to resort to melee weapons in order to conserve it. While this adds some intensity and challenge it also makes it possible to completely screw yourself over early in the game if you use up all your rifle rounds or waste that precious "missile" on a useless enemy.
The "random" fights can be quite annoying as well since you never know you are walking into a mutant death trap and haven't found more quality weapons in order to win that fight. The beginning area for example is quite open, you go into different directions from your starting position. But sometimes you really need to have visited point A first because there you can find weapons you need if you ever want to have a chance against the enemy at point B.
In conclusion : A fun game but the difficulty may scare some people away (and this is coming from someone who loves hard games!). You may need to replay the beginning a few parts to really get the hang of it. Still a recommeded though! And for six bucks, you don't have anything to lose, right? :)
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Posted on 2009-04-08 21:10:21 by
Vyrida:
This game is my favorite strategy. Yeah i love it Jagged Alliance series and this game have same principle but many errors.
First: You must deleted AVI folder because game freezes in intro theme.
Second: You must play only in Software views because in D3D game shows incorrectly texture.
My operation system: Windows Vista
Good luck
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