Numerous demonstrations and press version of "suspended animation" left no doubt that Ukrainians from Action Forms offer truly outstanding game. It was not clear one thing: is there enough talent for developers to create not just a couple of spectacular demonstration of levels, but also to pursue the case. Now everything is clear - they did it.
Running "Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason", the game is easy to throw somewhere in the second or the first chapter, simply do not understand it. And indeed, the beginning of history can scare off modern gamer. Neither you dear intro with explosions and special effects, or intimate conversations, nor fashionable now-paced action scenes, when you have time to grind on the buttons. Slender blondes and those not. Instead, you find yourself on the shattered deck of unknown ship in the ears only whistle evil north wind, nor the terms of the soul, and a deadly cold already crawls the collar jackets.
The story in "suspended animation" is fed slowly and malleable, very numerous black-and-white flashbacks. And memories of the attack can catch the main character, anywhere. At the beginning of the path he goes down in the first compartment of the icebreaker, and then it falls back: there he is racing across the tundra on a dog sled, so unexpectedly falls through the ice, and we need as quickly as possible to help him escape from a deadly trap. That finding had fallen out of his pocket a telegram, of which only a player and learns that manages meteorologist Alexander Nesterov, the last occupant of the station "Pole 21". In a telegram ordered him to return home - icebreaker "north wind" will pick up Alexander in these coordinates. But to get to places Nesterov finds only half-destroyed, frozen into an iceberg the ship. On board, as it turns out, has long been no survivors. Only a deadly cold and chilling monsters.
 | |  | The protagonist of the we see only once in the beginning of the game | | Frozen corpses you meet at every corner |
Almost cinema Filigree filing the story, perhaps one of the major achievements of the developers. Wandering around the destroyed vehicle compartments of the deceased, do not expect variety of game situations, but get ready to see one of the most dramatic stories ever told in an action packed first-person. Story about friendship and betrayal, nobility and meanness, that in the end, as wrong acts of individuals killed the crew of a ship, turning his team into terrible creatures.
Perhaps the main feature of "suspended animation" - a unique ability to Nesterov's called a mental echo. It does not help at once to kill a pack of monsters, when using it while not slowing down, allowing simpler to deal with enemies.Mental echo - a tool in the hands of developers, with which they tell you the tragic story of loss of the vessel.
It works simply: stumbled on the deceased member of the team, you click the right mouse button, enter the body and transported to the unfortunate past. In that terrible hour, when a person has committed a fatal mistake and paid with their life.
 | The standoff between the captain and his assistant - one of the most dramatic parts of the plot |
Your task - to change course, thereby not only saving the life of the character, but also restoring the ship. Dozens of situations, and each - a mini-puzzle problem. Nothing complicated, however, do not. Someone in time is not hidden when the explosion knocked out the glass and the deadly shards gave him a ticket to the next world. Elementary decision - to wait out the explosion, hiding behind the chair. The other had violated safety rules, sparked a fire and burned himself. And this error must be corrected - time to turn the system on fire.
But most importantly, through these small developers scenes reveal the characters and shows fragments of history, allowing step by step, to understand why the tragedy occurred. And the characters are constantly replace each other. Here we are watching an assistant captain. Before us is the careerist, who will stop at nothing and step over anyone. That followed his quarrel with the captain of the Northern Wind. " Captain, we note a good man. But he's madly in love with his beat-up ice-breaker and therefore committed a fatal error. The brave men, cowardly prisoners cynical soldiers ... In the skin of each will visit in person to the finals of disparate scenes formed a dramatic story.
Mental echo does not explain the plot (it is not clear, for example, why Nesterov has this ability, how it works, how to change the past), but it's a great trick to tell the story fascinating.
In addition, on your way to meet a variety of notes that shed light on the dramatic events, and even a page from "The Legend of Danko" from a story by Maxim Gorky's "old lady Izergil. Tale, by the way, sounded great, although this story to the game has only an indirect relationship, but, without a doubt, this is another bar that enhances the atmosphere.
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Michael Razumkin - Forget about the action and shooter at all, "The Sleep of Reason" is not about that. Some hastily called it a "Russian bioshokom, but the games have in common only the outside water is salty, but the entourage of engineering structures since the mid-twentieth century. AND EVERYTHING! Action Formssdelali something akin to Silent Hill, where the main battle is not with monsters, not arsenal and graphics, and a unique atmosphere and mystique of what is happening and gradually opening up the history of human destinies. What is the difference from a gift from a friend Nesterov mental echo, and why he can change the past? Who told you that this is all his gift, he can only found in the right place, though not at the right time? "Cryostasis - the game is not for everyone. It is impossible to evaluate on screen, commercials, and even become, it must try yourself, and be sure the sound. Opportunities for greater immersion lack of attention to detail. The hero could easily remove gloves, soaking up the fire, or by hand to open the door, and he himself would like to see more often.True, this would not prevent a model close to the one shown on the box with the game, but what is not, that do not.
 | |  | Numerous flashbacks are stylish in black and white | | Martial arts, however, as the shooting, not very enthusiastic about |
Deadly cold The entire game can be passed only in order to solve the mystery, but the intrigue - just one side of the coin. Feeling hopeless is not leaving throughout the game not only because of memories of da records. In the "suspended animation", and it may be unusual for a modern player, everything happens very slowly. The hero wanders through the deserted corridors of the ice-storm evil whistle somewhere in the deck, and the floor under the broken portholes snow. Around almost physically palpable cold, wind noise in my ears so ominous creaking ship circuits. Ten minutes later the game rolls a genuine sense of desperation, but frost seems so real that you want to include all the heaters that are only there in the apartment.
But here you get to the promised lever, yank it and ... is a transformation. Lazily, as if reluctant to light up the lamp starts heating, and ice, bound ship begins to recede. Rivulets of melt water running down the walls and becomes light and refreshing warmth seems to feel on this side of the monitor.
But we must go further. And you will again enter into the realm of the cold, and again slowly moving forward, to warm one room.
| From the Great Soviet Encyclopedia |
Cryostasis (Greek anabiosis - recovery from ana - again and bios - life), the state of the organism in which life processes are suspended or slowed down so that no visible manifestations of all life. Cryostasis is observed with a sharp deterioration in conditions for the existence of some (low temperature, lack of moisture) in organisms that are at different stages of development, upon the occurrence of favorable conditions are restored the normal level of life processes - "revival". Cryostasis animal was discovered by Leeuwenhoek (1701). Invertebrates - hydra, worms, barnacles, water and terrestrial molluscs, some insects, and from vertebrates - amphibians and reptiles, falling into suspended animation, might lose 1 / 2 or even 3 / 4 enclosed water in their tissues.
 | |  | Perhaps something that Borut was a book with "The Legend of Danko" - a sort of allusion to the mission of the hero | | Fight the monsters are usually straightforward. Even if the fire comes from the antiquated rifles Mosin |
Unwanted Skills Meanwhile, often have to pull the trigger and the gun. Although the plot is, again, not really explained, but after the accident at the "north wind" suddenly appeared horrible creatures of all kinds. Enemies, as the selection, - the real Devil of Hell. Can be found rabid dogs, some crazy flying bees and so on. However, fierce battles do not wait. First, a little monster. Usually have to fight with one, maximum two opponents simultaneously. Secondly, this game is not about the sighting of shooting at moving targets. This is not DOOM 3 and Quake 4, where dozens of enemies of the rod. Here the monsters are popping up rarely, but neatly. World-old trick of suddenly appearing monsters in "suspended animation" works fine, and it is clear why - the lion's share of the time you're in a quiet wander around the ship, so that inevitably bounce on the chair when the ceiling with noise and clatter another monster.
Weapons, in contrast to other action games, too little. We start with a chain so the ax. Must constantly engage in melee, even when you can write plain combo series. Then, of course, will shoot. You will have the Mosin rifle, its version with an optical sight, you will discover SVT-40 and popularly beloved PCAs. But make no mistake. Gunfire with the monsters turned out to be extremely boring. Enemies are able to deftly scare, appearing on stage, but are helpless as babies when it comes to combat. The local critters impassable stupid and shortsighted. An ideal way to violence - to hide behind a wall, then slowly because of her looking out, so you can see a piece of leg or arm villain, and then send a bullet after bullet, while the monster does not stick together flippers. In addition, the creature now and then stick to the walls with enthusiasm shot in the milk and so on. Even a few bosses are not able to create at least some problems. And anyway, if we leave out the wonderful story and atmosphere, then the picture will turn out not too encouraging. All that you have to do - walk out of the cabin to cabin, to include electricity and carve walnut is not very clever enemy. Fans of classic shooters nothing to do here.
Again, this eternal scourge of domestic games - graphics. No, I do not think bad of "suspended animation" it is generally decent. The effects of ice, snow, blizzards generally beyond praise. Even Crysis nervously smokes on the sidelines. But otherwise ... No sane destructible, unconvincing detail, explosions, fire, shooting is not impressive. Animation, and character models themselves, too, leaves much to be desired. Nevertheless, the game manages to brutally slow, even on very good computer. And the problem is clearly in the engine. In the seemingly simple for the hardware setting the frame rate can easily prosest to 7-8 in the second. It happens so often that it spoils all the fun. Want to go further, and has the tenth time to restart the game (except from the "slide show" does not get rid of). Sometimes "Cryostasis" and does hang. To fight the sores have thrown a patch - in short, all the usual glitches will be defeated, but osadochek remain.
Good luck And yet before us a case where the technical flaws, even by force, but humble. Resign ourselves to pass on to unravel the fate of the team icebreaker "north wind". To return, if at all possible, life on the ship to correct the fatal mistake of many people.
Only, for God's sake, before you start the game, svyknites with the idea that this is not a standard action, with an impressive arsenal, dozens of enemies at the inch of space and explosions. "Cryostasis" - more an interactive movie where the player is still more an observer than a participant. If you have discomfort at first, overcome it and Fined at least until the third chapter. Guarantee, then you do not throw the game down to the final credits.
| Than warm |
To survive, we must monitor the temperature of the body of the hero and do not forget the time warming up. Here are four ways to quickly restore warmth.
- Avoid death from hypothermia will help with red-hot stove burner. To "north wind" a lot of them.
- Such are the mini-battery occur constantly. But they are not too powerful, so it will warm only half a hero.
- Discounted bulbs can be found in almost any room. Heat from them a little, but little will to improve health.
- The best option. Hot fire very rapidly and almost completely warms the hero. Encountered a vexing rare.
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