FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: MAIDEN OF BLACK WATER
Many devoted PC-boyars have probably heard something about the Japanese horror series Fatal Frame (known in their homeland as Project Zero), which was once almost on an equal footing with…

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GRAND THEFT AUTO: THE TRILOGY — THE DEFINITIVE EDITION
Who's guilty? The description of the collection sounds like a dream: three classic parts of the series, which had a huge impact on the industry, are transferred to a new…

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GUNFIRE REBORN
Dynamic shooters in the "bagel" shell are not exactly in vogue now, but certainly not deprived of the attention of the public and developers. Recently, Ziggurat 2 came out -…

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THE LAST STAND: AFTERMATH
The Last Stand is a fairly well-known old series of mainly mobile and flash games (the 2007 version can still be launched on the official website) that are dedicated to…

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ALFRED HITCHCOCK — VERTIGO
Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" is considered one of the cult director's finest works, with 846 critics putting it in first place on Sight & Sound's list of the greatest films (previously…

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UNDUNGEON

In the genre of Western RPGs, where everything has long been invented and overused, it is difficult to surprise and stand out with something. Therefore, rare exceptions, like Planescape: Torment and Disco Elysium, are perceived so warmly. The authors of Undungeon were clearly inspired by the first. Here, too, there is a multiverse divided into plans, many incomprehensible names, wonderful creatures and races, and we play as an immortal hero, the Herald, who meets characters who remember him perfectly from previous cycles (but he does not remember them). Naturally, the game falls short of the level of Planescape, but it still turned out interesting. Continue reading

FIGHTS IN TIGHT SPACES

Secret agent on style
It is clear that it should be bright and stylish even externally. In this sense, Fights in Tight Spaces is reminiscent of another tactic – Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 studio had a hand in both projects), as well as the Superhot shooter – the same minimalism, where even the objects of the environment in the rooms are depicted schematically, the same primacy of the black and white palette with splashes of red and other bright colors. Continue reading

THUNDER TIER ONE

Another tactical shooter? It sounds so ordinary that in order to attract attention to a new project in this genre, you need to at least somehow stand out from the crowd, in which there is always something to choose from: action movies for single passage and designed for multiplayer, in a fantastic setting and in a realistic, complex and arcade. Quantity, however, does not always translate into quality, and it is not so easy to find a really high-quality shooter even in our time full of releases. Continue reading

GUNFIRE REBORN
Dynamic shooters in the "bagel" shell are not exactly in vogue now, but certainly not deprived of the attention of the public and developers. Recently, Ziggurat 2 came out -…

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CONWAY: DISAPPEARANCE AT DAHLIA VIEW
Connoisseurs of good English detectives, the gaming industry, to put it mildly, does not indulge. But in November, they were rewarded in many ways for their expectations. This is not…

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CHORUS
We have not seen good news in the genre of space simulators for a long time. Yes, there were additions to X3 and X4, but these are additions, and also…

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