November 12, the release of the most ambitious project of the domestic game – Aviation MMO World of Warplanes. Responsible for the development of the game and the Persha Studia need to recognize that children have coped with their task.

After the success of World of Tanks announcement of two more military MMO from Wargaming for anybody came as no surprise. It was clear and that the aforementioned repeat success with “sea” or “air» MMO unlikely to happen, but I believe that they still will not look at the background famous throughout the world, “Tanks” poor relatives. It is safe to say that “Airplane” and everything turned out World of Warplanes has all chances to bring the universe Wargaming those players who, for one reason or another started playing tanks.

For what can be praised World of Warplanes primarily because it is a low threshold for entering the game. And we are not talking about “tankmen” for which the game looks like a home where everything is familiar and stands on its usual places. The fact that World of Warplanes perfectly fits the wording easy to learn, hard to master and understand azah can anyone, even the most inexperienced player. Go conquer the skies can be just a click after selecting one of the launch aircraft. It then gain experience and earn player “silver”, the player discovers the different types of ammunition, learns than 120-octane gasoline differs from the usual and determined that more profitable to take on board – a first aid kit, fire extinguisher or pneumatic motor to restart. Creators themselves say about their project as “bouncy airplane Rubilovo” and this phrase very accurately captures the spirit and ideology of the game. 

Everything except actually fight in World of Warplanes discarded as useless. Dimensions of playing cards, and that’s about 10×10 and 15×15 kilometers (selection of cards depends on the level and speed of the aircraft, respectively), are large enough to leave room for maneuver, but the fighting did not have to look each other in the first minutes of the match are usually already sky is lined with black plume of smoke from the wrecked aircraft. Game mode so far only one, “Supremacy”, in which two teams earn points advantage, knocking down enemy vehicles and destroying ground targets. Fights last for a few minutes, the aircraft is not being revived in War Thunder , and in contrast to the same World of Tanks, do not wait for opportunities otsizhivayas enemy in the bushes, so that, in practice, the aircraft one of the parties come to an end much sooner than will be destroyed “nazemka.” 

Dynamics fighting mad, airplanes around discharged unthinkable aerobatics queue through the air and newcomer quickly understands what it takes to work in a team, otherwise sad fate is inevitable. In the worst case, a pair of well-aimed enemy hits and welcome back to the hangar. At best – protracted carousel with the enemy, which usually end with the intervention of a third party, or a mistake of one of the pilots. By the way of the entertainment in the game – at low altitude “put” on the tail of a newbie myself and doing another loop the loop, make it imprinted in some hill. However, too low to sink is not recommended, enemy antiaircraft guns are not asleep, so be sure to keep in mind is getting involved in the persecution of steaming opponent.

Speaking of planes, before the final version of World of Warplanes got only three types – fighters, heavy fighters and attack aircraft. Existed for MBT class carrier-based fighters was abolished and all cars in this class moved into the category of ordinary fighters. Each of the classes, of course, its role in the battle. Fast, maneuverable and well armed, but it is very flimsy fighters busy at most air stripping primarily from their own brothers and then from all other aircraft, they also arrange cover for the slower members of the team. And a fighter pilot makes sense to avoid frontal attacks and generally try to stay away from enemy sight crosshairs, good maneuverability allows. 

An exchange thanks to the powerful weapons and a decent margin of safety heavy fighters can attack head on almost any opponent. In addition, these machines are capable of carrying a small load of bombs, so that if the pilot did not find the victim in the air, nothing will prevent deal with ground targets. Minus strands in one – with good speed, the maneuverability of these aircraft is lame, which makes them an easy target for enemy sat down on the tail.

Characterised by high survivability stormtroopers engaged mainly parsing “nazemki”, despite the fact that the firepower they are somewhere between conventional and heavy fighters. Sat down on the tail of the enemy gunship gunner makes that an attacker can not knock, but will pull considerably. It is noteworthy that this branch has so far exclusively in Soviet technology. 

Since we are talking about countries, we note that in the World of Warplanes is currently represented Soviet, German, American, British and Japanese planes, however, they are distributed according to nationality is very uneven. Since the Soviet Union can be found in the list of 31 aircraft, while aviation fans of the rising sun to be satisfied with just ten models. However, the line will be augmented with regular content patches. 

In Kiev did not reinvent the wheel, and borrowed from the World of Tanks a well established system of pumping planes and pilots. For each flight the player earns a certain amount of experience and in-game currency. Experience spent on the discovery of new modules for the current aircraft and unlock new models, money – on the purchase of the above, repairs, replenishment of ammunition and so on. Experience and the pilot receives, acquiring new skills, with the result that significantly affects the outcome of the battle. However, there is one thing. If bleeding aircraft initial levels is quite fast, the pilots learn painfully long. What to do? Going out to eat, even for two. You can speed up the training of pilots sending this whole experience earned by plane or buy premiumnyh plane. As in WoT, premiumnyh technique here does not dominate the battlefield and, by and large, differs from the usual only the ability to quickly train pilots and earn more money game that allows you to keep top planes without feeling myself on the high cost of repairs and maintenance “birds” 9 -10 levels. 

Of course, the aircraft can and should not only be modified by various modules and equipment, but also in every way to decorate. For this game provides camouflage, which in addition to the purely aesthetic pleasure are also practical value – summer, winter, desert and sea coloring give a bonus to cover up on the maps of the appropriate type. But all sorts of pictures, stickers and badges are intended solely to give your plane a little individuality. In addition, for particular achievement or successful actions during the battle on the plane appear special decals, allowing you to easily identify the level of experience of the player. Camouflage can be bought for a week, month after earning the game “silver” or forever for real money. 

It should be noted that the developers are not going to stop there and the project will continue to develop and evolve in the development are already new modes, maps and, of course, the new aircraft. Promise that in World of Warplanes during the first year of existence will all sign aircraft for existing nations. There is a likelihood of bombers as analogue artillery World of Tanks. Probably will be added and new country. And introduce the ability to create clans, with all its consequences, they will be organized, not surprisingly, on the basis of the same Tanks.

Keep in mind that to World of Warplanes need to get used to if you move here from other flight simulators, including the War Thunder, it makes itself felt ideology game. However, the acclimation period is not too lengthy, addictive behavior management and physics aircraft completed after about fifty missions. 

Despite the fact that the game is rich tactical moments and to learn all the intricacies of the air battles will have to spend a lot of time, it is marketed primarily as a spectacular arcade, whose purpose – fan, fan and fan again. And with that in World of Warplanes all right, make no mistake. And we look forward to the new content, the first big patch should appear after a month and a half.

The post World of Warplanes – everything from screws! appeared first on Raqwe.

Over the past five years, ever since the game about the walking dead have become mainstream, the players had formed the image of a perfect game about zombies. This so you can bash who walk corpses heavy wrench on the head, to fend off hordes behind barricades settlements, searching for food, to distribute rations, kill your friends (if suddenly one of them suspiciously kashlyanet) and a steady hand to lead supporters in a bleak future.

In the zombie genre has left dozens of games. Had to survive each. And while the image to the above simulation the last people on Earth could not come, no. Dead Rising has turned a disaster into a farce. DayZ still not completed. A Dead Island authors have simplified so that it looks more like a protracted fight in the Black Sea resort.

Against the background of jokes and broken promises State of Decay seems standard zombie game. This summer, she came to XBLA, a couple of weeks ago there was on Steam, and at first glance everything, it requires heart fan: a small community of survivors, the search for food, open world, and wrenches. On the second – the situation is slightly more complicated.

Most in State of Decay is surprising that there are no heroes. Instead, the team of characters the player receives a collective of people. In the beginning they were hiding in the church – sleeping bags on the floor, barbed wire around the perimeter. You can play almost any (as long as he trusted you) and, thus, each team is mortal and replace. If one of the characters will eat the zombies, the game continues, and you lose it forever.

Around the church is smoking an empty provincial town, the streets knocking around sniffing the bodies, and behind them is the American Valley. To survive, your team will have to periodically there to loot. People need food, medicine, ammo, and more useful building materials and gasoline. All of the above must be sought in abandoned houses, so sit behind the walls of the fortress will not work.

The choice is yours. Someone slap gate of the church, will sit in the jeep and make it to the right house, crunching on the road zombie skulls. Another take bot-mate and would sneak there, hiding in the bushes. The problem is that all resources, including machines, the game ends and once broken jeep did not return. And the loud noise will attract into your territory dead. Rowdy players may encounter problems when their shots will gather dozens of hungry corpses.

At the same time, focus on some raids are not worth it. The game will periodically throw plot and generated jobs. For example, in other towns near your trying to survive are the same group as yours, and each has a chain of missions in history. You can ignore them, we can help. And even your team is able to deliver the problems. When you do not control your friends, they are worn for their own resources, and sometimes get into trouble. In addition, each of them can become infected zombie virus, after which it will only shoot.

Potorchat week in church, you probably want to move to a more fortified, cozy house. To do this, the valley scattered dozens of buildings and choosing one can build up over a boring colonial condo real zombie fortress, with towers, garden and workshop. The more you get “bunker”, the self-sufficiency will be your community.

All ideas are linked in a great game. So, for modest money here offer the most detailed and believable simulation of survival to the end of the world. In the complex structure State of Decay I did not like that a few small things. First, she got early access to Steam and there has not yet had time to catch all bugs.

And secondly, the story missions seem very simple – they almost do not pull the story forward and do not differ much from the generated. That is, left a great game about zombies, which lacks only one thing – the story. If you’re looking for a game about the apocalypse with a strong plot, select the still stands between The Last of Us and The Walking Dead.

The post State of Decay: the problem of zombies in the middle lane appeared first on Raqwe.

Perhaps you have never heard of the Shadow Warrior – this thriller 3D Realms is always hiding in the shadow of legends Duke Nukem 3D. Studio has released it in ’97, replacing one hemisphere to the other – if the Duke versed with American problems and was in itself a Californian bullies, the Shadow Warrior was about Asian ninja with katana. In other two games were similar to each other as brothers – one engine, a little bit of nudity, crude jokes and enemies, bursting under fire as medical blood bags.

After 3D Realms collapsed, her rights were scattered in different studios. Duke got Gearbox, Shadow Warrior and bought Devolver Digital, publisher, who made ​​a name for remakes and sequels Serious Sam. Devolver – a small but active company, did not throw money and quickly found a suitable studio developer. Make a new Shadow Warrior instructed Polish Flying Wild Hog, which you may know by militant Hard Reset .

To dispel doubts write once – a new Shadow Warrior is not a remake, but a big reboot. The team wrote a new script, drew the other levels, and the hero has learned some surprising ways to kill.

As before, his name is Luo Wang and it works contract killer. The story begins at a time when the boss asks Wang to get an ancient sword. Unfortunately, for these weapons also hunt Kitajka mobsters, and even an army of demons. 

To cope with them, Luo Wangu need help otherworldly “friend” – a demon, who drove from hell. That the game will hang on the belt and let Wang sometimes relevant jokes. In addition, in the search for our hero hung with dozens of weapons and master the magic tricks. As the game progresses you can pump talents, so that by the end of your turn into a hero Wang Wuxi , killing dozens of enemies at one stroke the blade.

The search stretched his sword through the caves and catacombs otherworldly dimensions, but more often through the rooms of medieval Chinese mansions and bamboo groves. Like the original, the new Shadow Warrior is made ​​up of stamps, so most of the scenery is not easy to guess including games.

But the main thing here, of course, retro gameplay. Each level in the game is a pack arenas linked by corridors. Quite like 16 years ago, each of them waiting for you on the twenty to fifty enemies. It is necessary to take the key or pull the switch is open around the portals, and the hero of naprygnut enemies. Most of them run fast and almost as Vanga in agility, Shadow Warrior is one of those games that run better on a mouse. Survive a character or not is often dependent on the milliseconds.

It looks like running another series Devolver – Serious Sam . There’s also sometimes hard to figure out what happens when an army of limbs, terrible birth and fireworks explosions trying to fit into the screen. Only Serious Sam gameplay of Doom copies and the number of monsters in one fight where it can step over a hundred. A Shadow is not very different from Duke Nukem 3D, which is rarely thrown at the screen for more than thirty monsters – so that in comparison with Serious Sam, Shadow Warrior is far less monotonous. 

The Polish team was able to find a compromise. Shadow Warrior is played as a fighter 90s, but it does not get monotonous. Then sometimes you have to look for clues, but it’s hard to get lost. And yet, it is noticeable that the game was a modest budget – its interiors are constantly copying one another, and yet, here you can find dozens of wonderful landscapes.

Even the jokes are funny and to the point. Encouraging, as a short phrase of Wang and “cookies destiny”, hidden in levels, which sometimes hides a little anecdote.

By and large, Shadow Warrior only two problems. First, because the team wanted to make a game about the katana, firearms here embossed on the role of accessories, and it seems a bit awkward and boring. Within the walls of Flying Wild Hog are former developers of Painkiller – see in their game ineffective gun at least unexpected.

Secondly, the price. When the Steam almost every day make good games for $ 10-20, Shadow Warrior is already in the U.S. $ 40. Most likely, so the game and flew past the sales charts.

The post Shadow Warrior: with fire and sword appeared first on Raqwe.

Following the Garmin fans to record their extreme adventure and pleased the company Sony. It has developed a very compact and light camera action-Action Cam HDR-AS30V (824725, 4 mm, 90 g) with a mass of additional features, unusual devices of this kind. Thus, with its modest dimensions of the gadget is waterproof (the set includes waterproof cover SPK-AS2), although it is not designed for long and deep dives.

In addition, the camera is equipped with a Wi-Fi module and allows you to wirelessly transfer content to your smartphone footage (using an application Sony PlayMemories Mobile), and NFC module provides the connection of devices with one touch. The device uses a proprietary CMOS-sensor with Exmor R back-illuminated with a resolution of 16.8 megapixels, although the effective ones 11.9 MP. Wide-angle lens Carl Zeiss Tessar (F2, 8) enables you to capture images with a viewing angle of 170 °. If the image stabilization system used, this parameter is reduced to 120 °.

Video recording is carried out in the resolution 1920×1080 60p/50p, 1920×1080 30p/25p and 1280×720 30p/25p. If desired, you can use the slow motion capture for high-quality recording particularly interesting moments. In this case, the resolution is 1280×720 pixels at 60 or 120 frames per second. When operating in camera Action Cam HDR-AS30V creates 11.9-megapixel photos. The footage content is stored on the memory card Memory Stick Micro (Mark 2) and Micro SD / SDHC / SDXC. There is also a built-in receiver GPS. 

Sony has taken care of and additional accessories. Of particular interest is the waterproof wrist remote control RM-LVR1 with preview function in real time. It connects to the action-camera over Wi-Fi and allows you to control shooting, even when access to the Action Cam HDR-AS30V limited. Large buttons allow you to use the device with wet hands, and even ski gloves.

Estimated price Action Cam HDR-AS30V – $ 300.

The post Sony has introduced a waterproof action camera Action Cam HDR-AS30V with Wi-Fi module appeared first on Raqwe.

In light of the impending U.S. military action against Syria story Splinter Cell: Blacklist is either prescient, or provocative. Some terrorist group “Engineers” America puts an ultimatum – return home all the troops are on foreign soil, or to receive a series of major terrorist attacks in the United States itself, the same “black list”. And it looks like the terrorists are not joking.

In Splinter Cell: Blacklist surprisingly strong plot. The situation depicted in the game, as opposed to a series of stories unpretentious Call of Duty, looks frighteningly realistic, the characters are natural, and the dialogue alive. For the history and relationships of the members of the crew of “Palladin” just fun to watch. It’s funny, but the Tom Clancy no longer has anything to do with writing scripts, or to the development of video games, and novels based on their writing is not itself a venerable man of letters, and the “literary negros”, hiding behind pseudonyms. Tom Clancy’s – just an expensive brand name for a series of first person shooters and simulators, which are released today about three dozen.

Actually Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is the sixth (seventh if you count the PSP-game Splinter Cell: Essentials) of the series, tells the story of a fighting way special agent Sam Fisher. After the events of Splinter Cell: Conviction “Third Echelon”, a secret organization that runs the agent Fischer, disbanded, and instead created “fourth tier.” After the first attack of the “Black List” Fisher receives from the U.S. president special powers, unique staff plane “Paladin” and picks up its own unit to fight the new threat.

Shepard – “Normandie” , the agent Carter – XCOM base , even the gangsters of Saints Row IV has its base than Sam Fisher worse. Equipment “Palladin” the envy and “Air Force One”. There is a powerful Computer-analysis system, hospital, armory, helicopter, combat drones and even a prison for captured terrorists. On the “Palladin” is planning missions, upgrade equipment and weapons, improved systems of the aircraft. Not only that, but here you can talk to the crew (no flirting, just work) and prisoners from access to additional jobs or start a multiplayer game. Perhaps, this is the game menu heaped we’ve seen.

After Splinter Cell: Conviction , which is not like the old fans of the series due to excessive bias in the military component and the almost complete lack of proper stealth, business card, Splinter Cell, a new game Ubisoft managed to find the perfect balance of action and stealth. In some episodes, you will have to fend off the advancing enemies in a fairly aggressive way, but in a couple of missions in the game all the time turns into a complete first-person shooter, without any gadgets and the possibility of using the shelters. In other kill anyone was strictly forbidden, and there will have to sneak in the shadows, hiding stunned guards put out light bulbs and use only non-lethal means. The benefit of the shortcomings are not available.

Mission alternate competently enough, so bored of the same type of gameplay will not succeed. Basically, the whole game can be completed without killing anyone, and some levels – not even stun them and without falling over his eyes. Level of difficulty (especially officer and veteran) has really become higher and in some missions is quite comparable with the original Splinter Cell. Conviction of a new series of murders went rapid system after tagging opponents, but now it can be used less frequently.

In general, Ubisoft perfectly balanced game. If you flushed through stealth component, getting the appropriate gear, then ask for it does not make sense, a couple of bullets will be enough to start all over again. If you prefer the active opposition, in most missions you will be allowed to wear heavy body armor, grenades and take the gun and more to break through. It is difficult, but possible. By and large developers Splinter Cell: Blacklist gave players the freedom to choose their own style of passage, which can be varied from mission to mission.

The core gameplay is organically woven into the optional co-operative missions for two. One player acts as Fisher, the second controls the agent Briggs. A couple of the team must either remove all enemies (possibly loud or quiet version of the passage), or perform a task without raising the alarm. The second option is very simple, and when the partner makes a mistake in two steps before the final mission, the air becomes too hot. 

Network mode “Spies vs. Mercenaries”, disappeared from the series after Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, seems borrowed some elements from the multiplayer part of the Assassin’s Creed II / III, knowingly Ubisoft Montreal now runs the Jade Raymond, the former producer of the multi-part saga about the assassin. Multiplayer game in the Splinter Cell: Blacklist asymmetrical. The team plays a spy in third person shooter with elements of action / adventure, a team of mercenaries – in the first-person shooter. The purpose of the first – hack terminals and hide near them until all data has been transmitted. Second task – to protect the terminals, find and destroy the hackers, if the device is broken. Spies can use gadgets and see through walls, heavily armored mercenaries and join with them in open battle stupid. But the spies are able to kill enemies with a single punch after jumping from the top or crept back, in addition they own parkour. In the end, all this is somewhat similar to Assassin’s Creed III , but something on Aliens vs Predator, where spies act as strangers, but as mercenaries kosmopehoty, especially since the latter is the canonical and the motion sensor of the “Aliens”. Multiplayer Splinter Cell: Blacklist worthy, sorry that the web is not so much wanting to participate in it.

Despite the use of fairly old version of Unreal Engine 2.5, modified to Ubisoft, the game looks surprisingly good. Traditionally, particularly authors failed to work with lighting, but also animation, and physics, and the effects are quite on the level. If you look at the screenshots, you can see that some models of weapons lack of polygons, but during the game does not feel any discomfort – looks like Splinter Cell: Blacklist fine. 

Ubisoft as always serious attention to the development of the game brand. Along with Splinter Cell: Blacklist went bad game companion Splinter Cell Blacklist Spider-Bot for iOS, where you can discover some of the gadgets and earn money for the main game. In the collector’s edition came flying radio-controlled model of the “Palladin”. Certainly the work of a pair of DLC and a book on the game. Like the movie Splinter Cell and Tom Hardy in the title role. Respectable global approach.

If you’re after Conviction Splinter Cell series written off from the accounts, it’s time to change your mind. Splinter Cell: Blacklist series returns to the roots and does it very naturally by combining several types of gameplay. We have before us clearly the best stealth / action the last few years. Do not miss out.

The post Splinter Cell: Blacklist – a conspiracy against America appeared first on Raqwe.