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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BLUE REFLECTION: SECOND LIGHT
The Blue Reflection dilogy is somewhat similar to Persona - here, too, a lot is built around emotions and inner experiences, the characters enter worlds created by memories, fight demons…

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NOBODY SAVES THE WORLD
The DrinkBox Studios team is best known for their Guacamelee games! one of the best metroidvanias of the 2010s. But the authors clearly do not want to get hung up…

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RUIN RAIDERS
My kingdom for entium! The formula here is really classic - having recruited three tailed fighters from the available menagerie, we set off to clear the ruins and dungeons, where,…

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AETERNA NOCTIS
Beauty and the beast, light and darkness, rock and rap - there are many words and expressions that define diametrically opposed values. And the most interesting thing is that sometimes…

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WHITE SHADOWS

We are not welcome here
The game immediately warns about the topics that will be raised in it. Here and racism, and xenophobia, and violence with forced labor. There is also cruelty to animals: all the characters here are representatives of the fauna. Wolves, pigs, rats – “all animals are equal,” as posters and neon signs say. Everyone except birds: they are considered carriers of all kinds of infection and seek to either destroy or “remake”. Although some other animals in this universe clearly do not belong to the top of the social pyramid. Continue reading

IMPROVE REALITY! READ THE BOOK “REALITY IN QUESTION”

Many gamers have probably encountered a misunderstanding of their passion. With something in the spirit of the questions “What did you find in these games?” or “Well, what useful can these games of yours give?”. And since such questions do not cease to arise even in the 21st century, there are authors who have tried to answer such questions. About the book that became a bestseller in the West (translated and published in Russian in 2018), I will tell you – this is Jane McGonigal’s work Reality Is Broken. Continue reading

SANDS OF SALZAAR

Sands of Salzaar attracts primarily with its concept: it mixes oriental flavor (the game is made in China, and the action takes place in the desert), a classic RPG with dialogues between partners and moral dilemmas, as well as strategic elements on the global map in the spirit of Mount & Blade – there are battles of entire armies, and the storming of cities. In words, it sounds, you see, seductive, but how is it implemented in practice? Continue reading

WITCHSPRING3 RE:FINE — THE STORY OF EIRUDY
The main character of this game, a witch named Airudi, lives in the forest and makes dolls, but at the same time she looks so much like a cute doll…

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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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SHERLOCK HOLMES: CHAPTER ONE
Brilliant, eccentric and extraordinarily charismatic, Sherlock Holmes is rightfully considered one of the greatest literary heroes of all times and peoples - it is not without reason that every new…

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