Apocalyptica

Roman Yepishin
	21.11.2003

Game Title: Apocalyptica Platform: PC, Xbox Genre: action Developer: Extreme FX Publisher: Konami Release Date: October 2003 Minimum system requirements: Pentium III 800 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 3D-graphics card with 32 MB RAM, 1.2 GB HDD Official site: http://www.apocalyptica.net/ Nicely at the time bothered to Epic. In Unreal Tournament is still "chopped" hundreds of thousands of players of different age and gender around the world. Probably belong to the fans of the unforgettable hit, and the staff of Studio Extreme FX. Demonstrating exceptional analytical skills (and uncommon modesty), I even venture to say that over all, they liked the regime Assault, more precisely, its part of the assault. Indeed, to organize a team raid on the enemy object is very, very interesting. The dynamics of the battle, the rapidity of action, it seems, can not fail to enthrall. However, the wise men say: "When it appears to be baptized should be" ... Apparently inspired by the success of Unreal Tournament, team Extreme FX has decided to offer his view on the dynamics and impetuosity. View took shape in the game with the immodest title Apocalyptica, thriller, in which the word "chopped" gets the most that neither is a direct value. I happened to mention the regime Assault. Apocalyptica In the same way you have to break into the bowels of the fortified enemy base, simultaneously pressing buttons, pulling levers and stealing gear. Only the main weapon of a breakthrough becomes a sword, rather than Flack Cannon or Rocket Launcher. However, remote weapon in the form of various kinds of guns, the heroes of the game also have the only benefit it brings is not enough. As well as magic, for some reason, added to dry in the general crazy cocktail. Why crazy? And you look at the surroundings and the story outline of the project! The action takes place in the distant future, when all white and fluffy part of mankind in unison turned to God, and the remaining were drawn to the Devil. Since all the biblical characters with each other, to put it mildly, do not get along, then divided into two camps of mankind has not found anything better than to start a bloody war. True, this whole slaver does not affect the course of the game, because there, as they say, for a tick. In Unreal Tournament, for example, for a tick invented a such a bloody sport of the future ... In general, each resort to ploys, as you can. Only notorious UT, having a completely useless subject, firmly exciting gameplay. Variety of modes, great AI, interesting maps, levels, dynamic team battles will always be in the price of the players. Alas, these flattering epithets are not to Apocalyptica. Of course, the fighting there, too, can be called dynamic, and levels - in its interesting, but it will be only words. If the UT dynamics is to use different kinds of clever tricks, strafe literate, the ability to time jump and so on, in Apocalyptica it lies in the continuous running and randomly pressing the left and right mouse buttons, corresponding, respectively, for the shooting and sword strikes.First, as already mentioned, is not effective enough, and contact the fight takes place without any sly punches. More precisely, the combinations of strokes the characters spend the spectacular, the animation of the developers have no complaints, except that the player's actions do not depend on these combos. To play you - a mechanism that systematically harvesting the button, everything else happens automatically. Cutting down dozens of assorted enemies, the player of the level in the level should make its way to the next lever or button, open the next gate and break through to the next lever. Why? Formally, to inflict yet another crushing blow to the bloodthirsty servants of the devil in order to multiply the power of the Lord in a dark world, that reigned in the end the kingdom of goodness and prosperity in the entire universe! In fact, to get to the end of the level and proceed to the next. If this dignified way you or your brother (sister) in arms kill an enemy blade - do not worry. Respawn - one borrowed from the multiplayer element of the militants in Apocalyptica. Although you can not regenerate indefinitely. Game time limit, or counting down a minute timer, or the special conditions of victory. The latter, in turn, borrowed, only this time from the regime of Capture the Flag. Explain with an example. In the second level of the game your team (sorry, detachment) to get gear from one unit and into another one. Enemy strive to do the same. Who first put gland - the winner. Accordingly, from hand to hand gear passes by the murder of her former owner. Everything is simple and secondary. Apocalyptica does not open anything new, and in graphic terms. Gloomy monophonic texture, absolutely standard characters, not spectacular nor its well conceived or designed. In fact, the schedule is kept at all the same Unreal Tournament. Note, the first Unreal Tournament, released four years ago, but still raduyuschego if not the graphics, the gameplay and music - for sure. A Apocalyptica can not even that! Musical accompaniment in the style of techno fused into a monotonous, fortunately, not attracting attention to rumble. Cast as a splash screen reading texts openly manipulative, and only the voice of the devil intro frankly pleased. Very, you know, natural sounds, just like the real thing. Voice as enemy soldiers and allies in the game itself is made ​​entirely illiterate. Even if we close our eyes to the low quality of the replicas, groans and rattles, it remains unclear why the big monster-rolling and little rascals-goners groaning in the same manner? While probably not fair to pick on such trifles, and when much more important things evoke boredom and disappointing. Sad but true: Apocalyptica - through secondary toy. Lean mix of religious delirium, monotonous gameplay with vain attempts to recreate the grandeur of Unreal Tournament, unremarkable songs and the same AI (and how else could he be so ingenuous in battles?). It is unlikely that you will be able to play that long. It is unlikely that you will become a general in this game.