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In love with: NieR: Automata

02/04/2017 28/06/2019

I’ve been interested in Yoko Taro’s work for a while… despite not actually finishing any of his games until now. I gave Drakengard an honest try a while ago and the gameplay felt a bit too rubbish, so I didn’t get to experience the amazing concept of constantly updating story as you unlock more and more story paths after you finish the game once. I gave NieR an honest try, but didn’t have time or desire to finish it because, as a game, it felt pretty boring. So I didn’t get to experience the amazing concept of the story of the whole game being pretty much turned upside down on the second playthrough, just on the basis of you now understanding the opposite side of the conflict. But I read it all, watched it all. Because it felt like something not a lot of games try to do. A different approach to storytelling, lack of fear in exploring risky topics or “boring” the player.

So, without trying to downplay the work of Cavia or (for Drakengard 3) Access Games, I’m incredibly happy that PlatinumGames were selected to partner with Yoko Taro to work on NieR: Automata. I cannot think of a better choice of developer.

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Мысли про: Dragon Age: Inquisition

21/03/2017 17/09/2017

Знаете как бывает, когда вы затянулись в какую-то серию и вот выходит новая её часть и хоть все указывает на то, что она будет ужасной и её лучше проигнорировать, вы всё равно решаете, что пропускать нельзя? Dragon Age: Inquisition похожий случай.

Dragon Age: Origins, и куда более интересный Awakening, мне хоть и понравились, но при этом казались достаточно скучными. Попытки сделать интересную тактику напоминали не так Infinity Engine RPG проекты, а скорее куда более скучные и экшеновые примеры из Neverwinter Nights. Но в них был показан интересный игровой мир, полный любопытных персонажей и историй. И даже стандартная для BioWare история “посети эти отдельные территории и собери союзников, чтобы победить великое зло” была очень даже неплохо подана. Dragon Age 2 был полон очень простого, но красочного и веселого экшена, копипастовых локаций и некоторых других проблем. Но в то же время, рассказывал отличную историю с очень запоминающимися персонажами. Пожалуй, это лучшая история от BioWare на сегодня.

Логично ожидать, что Dragon Age: Inquisition будет смесью лучших элементов первых двух игр. Проектом, который наконец сделает Dragon Age настолько хорошим, насколько он того заслуживает. Логично ожидать.

Thoughts on: Dragon Age: Inquisition

21/03/2017 17/09/2017

You know that feel when you’ve invested yourself in a story that has multiple parts and then the newest one comes out and everything points out that it’s going to be terrible, but you feel like you have to check it out anyway? Dragon Age: Inquisition is a bit like that.

Dragon Age: Origins, and a much better Awakening, were games that I enjoyed, but at the same time found rather boring. They’re attempts at being tactical didn’t feel like classic Infinity Engine RPGs, and were more like Neverwinter Nights aRPG-ish boring fights. But the game had a really good world, a lot of interesting characters and stories. Even the usual framework BioWare story about visiting different places to get allies and then fight some great evil had some curious changes to it, that made it so much better. Dragon Age 2 had extremely simplistic, but very cool to look at and experience combat, a lot of copy-pasted locations and some other issues. But at the same time was a fantastic story with very memorable characters, being, probably, the best story BioWare ever made.

You’d think Dragon Age: Inquisition will be the combination of the best elements of the above. A game that will finally make Dragon Age as good as it always deserved to be. You’d think.

Восхищаясь: Night in the Woods

12/03/2017 28/06/2019

Когда запустили Kickstarter Night in the Woods в 2013, я сразу его поддержал. Совершенно не понимая какой в итоге будет игра. Мне всегда нравились проекты, в создании которых участвовал Алек Холовка, и эта игра казалась очередным таким проектом, который мне бы не хотелось пропускать. Время шло, а я всё дальше не знал какой в итоге будет игра. Я прошел игру несколько раз и наконец понимаю почему так вышло – суть игры совсем не в том, как она играется, а в том, что и как она рассказывает.

In love with: Night in the Woods

12/03/2017 28/06/2019

When the Night in the Woods Kickstarter popped up back in 2013, I backed it immediately. Without even fully understanding what the game is going to be like. I always admired projects Alec Holowka was involved in, and this one seemed to be another one I shouldn’t miss. And as the time went by, I still never really knew what the game would be. After completing the game a few times I finally understand why that was – it’s really not about how it plays and all about what it tells and how it does it.

Радуясь: Dear Esther. Landmark Edition

25/02/2017 28/06/2019

Сейчас уже нечего особо добавить про Dear Esther. Хорошо подобранное подназвание “Landmark edition” само по себе указывает на то, насколько важным и оригинальный мод и версия 2012-го года были для игр, показав, что можно сделать проект с одной только историей и всё равно найти свою аудиторию. И главной целью этого ререлиза, в принципе, было просто сделать эту аудиторию больше, выпустив игру на платформах, на которых по техническим и юридическим причинам версию 2012-го выпустить не получалось. Так что, давайте быстро посмотрим что поменялось.

Happy about: Dear Esther. Landmark Edition

25/02/2017 28/06/2019

By now, there’s not much to add on Dear Esther, really. Cleverly named “Landmark edition” already casually mentions how important the original mod and 2012 commercial release were in showing that games can be all about story and still find an audience. The main goal of this particular re-release, really, was to just make sure bigger audience can experience the game, since the original Source remake couldn’t work on consoles and additionally locked the developers into specific legal restrictions. So let’s quickly check what’s been changed.

Disapprove: Rise of the Tomb Raider

19/02/2017 28/06/2019

Tomb Raider used to be one of the biggest most important, most influential franchises. Then it started becoming stale, although, to be fair, with strong, refined games like The Last Revelations. So it got updated. Unsuccessfully. I feel like the fear of creating another Angel of Darkness still clings to the series with every next part that tries to change things. Maybe that’s why Rise of the Tomb Raider tried to avoid the change at all costs?

In love with: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

31/01/2017 28/06/2019

Anyone who’s known me for a while knows that Resident Evil is one of my absolute favorite game series. I’ve played most of the games that were ever released, excluding some rare terrible ones, like Game.com version of RE2, or a mobile port of RE4. And I like the vast majority of them, even if they’re not very good games. That said, I’m also always the harshest critic, wishing these games to be the very best they can be. And lately the series weren’t feeling all that well, with me liking a lot of parts of Resident Evil 6 despite the fact that it’s a pretty bad game, or wanting to love Revelations sub-series, even when they made one mistake after another.

Yet, Capcom released Remasters of 2 Gamecube classics and were promising to truly review their stance on what the next main entry in the series would be. With each new interview, each video, playable teaser-demo I was becoming more and more hopeful that Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (or, in Japan, Biohazard 7: Resident Evil) will be great. A true return to form and yet some new direction for the series. Were my hopes in vain?

Disapprove: Quantum Break

23/01/2017 28/06/2019

Remedy Entertainment are well known for their cinematic action titles. But ever since Max Payne was released almost 16 years ago, they could never really recapture the fantastic balance between the amazing cinematic storytelling and fun gameplay that went so well in their classic. Max Payne 2 felt a bit too boring to play, Alan Wake was really boring to play with it’s spin-off semi-sequel being slightly more fun. So, where does this leave Quantum Break?

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