From Beyond the Yellow Brick Road subconsciously expecting something in the spirit of American McGee's Alice - a dark, bloody and merciless. Like, if so the developers decided to retell fairy tales with a modern twist, make sure you here this way.
In fact, all exactly the opposite: we face is bright and colorful history without a drop of cynicism and sarcasm shadows. If in the very book that virtually every one of us have read in my childhood. However, from an original work in any case there are not very many.
 | |  | All the management features, tricks, fighting, or any other points that the player needs to know is explained in detail. | | Diverse landscapes in the country of Oz enough - Dorothy to visit, even in places that neither Leimen Frank Baum, nor Alexander Volkov probably not even thought of. |
At first tie seems almost the same - a tornado transports Dorothy and her little dog named Toto to Oz. But the cost without any drops houses on the evil witches and instant gratitude from old ladies who call themselves enchantresses North. Dorothy meets a magician himself, between the business by offering not only shoes for the prom on the Yellow Brick Road, but with armor and weapons. Well, the world is cruel, stupid to refuse. But the funny thing is that among the first asked for it (natural gop-stop - no kidding) and eventually get these weapons on the forehead of our childhood heroes - Tin Woodman, Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow. Then, of course, each of them delivers a speech in the spirit of "not my fault, somehow, it all happened by itself" and joins the party.
All of these meetings with the unusual way of meeting will take place in the first half-hour game. As well as meeting with a magician in his palace. But that book events, developers have turned upside down and carried us on yellow road for some thirty minutes of the game - just flowers. Further - more freestyle thinking developers and smaller discrepancies with the book. The problem seems to be guileless - across the country of Oz Dorothy and company are looking for the magic egg, which should weaken the growing strengths of witches. Witches are not so much - only four. But do not rush ahead of time to say goodbye to a magical land, the actual fact all these book case - only the beginning of history. The way back home, Dorothy will be not a short.
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All interested are strongly recommended to visit not only the English-language site, but also Japanese - www.d3p.co.jp/riz.It is unlikely that you will gather something useful without knowing the language, but at least one eye to see it is worth - it is simply more interesting to do, rather than the English version.
 | |  | During a visit to the castle wizard of Oz, you can improve your health, purchase any items or to sell the accumulated assets. The fight against witches - this is important, but speculation and capital accumulation should not interfere with anything! | | Key story scenes against the traditions of the genre are not on the game engine. Well, nice pictures in this case - even more interesting option. |
In the seemingly simple yes uniqueness lies the catch: Beyond Yellow Brick Road was capable of many surprises for its 20-25 hours. It seems that we are already familiar with the management and concluded that the low complexity of the game - and now she is challenging and makes think. A thought about the absolute linearity - and soon to make a choice. It seems that the plot is simple and clear, but from time to time puts everything on its head, throwing unexpected moves. And, if after an hour or two after the launch of Wizard of Oz still remains confident that the game made exclusively for children, just keep playing. It will still be a bit of time and you will exclaim: "Yes, I think this game did not only for children but also for bored by tales of adults."
 | Unfortunately, the different types of enemies is not so much. Yes, and attack most of them are not particularly different from each other. |
Especially for those adults who are familiar with things like Dragon Quest or Phantasy Star (those parts that, step by step mode of combat). Differences exist, but the general principles and similar visual representation is quite comparable. For example, the controlled character during combat do not see - on the screen alone opponents. First, give orders to the heroes (who attack, or that apply), then quickly carried out the course, during which the parties exchanged mutual blows. Interestingly, at each turn you can only spend a certain amount of points from a certain "common stock". And, accordingly, the effect of each character requires a lot of different in their number. For example, the same Dorothy is enough for one point, a Tin Woodman for the course should be three. Dorothy beats weakly, but almost without fail. Lumberjack same every time strives to please with an ax is not an enemy, and in the nearest tree. But if you really hit the enemy, not that pretty big trouble. And this simple arithmetic, multiplied by the lottery, making each a little bit serious battle much more interesting!
Of movement are also worth mentioning separately. It sold an unusually entertaining - Dorothy goes only by "trackball, which is located on the lower screen. In what direction do we turn to the stylus (literally) - there goes the girl slowly. Accelerate the pace - and now she is running. We can not say that the developers come up with something out of the ordinary, but it's pretty fun and nice distinguishing feature that is not boring until the very end.
And of course in the footsteps of Dorothy always be a faithful little dog Toto. In battles it is not involved and do not hesitate to perform the most scanty role - just running around.It is believed that initially with Toto wanted to do some mini-game, but did not have time or a change of heart and is now dedicated to communication with the pet button (icon that while never disappears from the tactile screen) is completely useless: Dorothy petting the dog for a couple of seconds , that's all. At the same time throughout the game Toto grows, but you can not control this process, and use it does not yield. In general, the "virtual Tamagotchi" has not turned out. Well, okay - not really wanted. In the end, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road is already of great interest to all those fans of JRPG, which had become bored of fairy tales.
| Wizard of Oz |
This story everyone knows. Here are just some version of (speech about the inhabitants of our country) more - is the question. It is no secret that the book is Alexander Volkov - Recycling The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author Frank Baum. And here it is important to note two things: firstly, after the first book, Wolves did not "adapt" the remaining products Baum, and took up their own stories, and secondly, after the first version of the book "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) followed New editions of fairy tales, grew stronger discrepancies with the original. If the first version was a kind of "creative interpretation" without a lot of changes, then the third book was substantially amended and changed on a number of important episodes, that allows us to speak of it as a new, largely independent work. Now it makes no sense to argue about how good was the idea of this adaptation. Russian writer in any case, the original translation made for himself (out of curiosity, learning English), and the only readers were grateful for his children. And only on the advice of Marshak, he decided to take the book seriously, and then continued the series independently of Oz. Add up all the way, and who knows when he appeared to an official translation? A book Volkov meanwhile took the lives of millions of Soviet children brighter.
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