Русские видео-игры

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered if the Russians had any games on the internet like Runescape, or video games like Diablo or Unreal Tournament - Something fun and interactive. Does anyone know of any russian video games? I've never heard of any, so it's always remained a question for me.

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[anc-q.livejournal.com]

yeah we have some, for example, created after cartoons

[gordin.livejournal.com]

Well, all MMORPG's and major Multiplayer games are exactly the same as everywhere - WoW, Lineage, whatever.

The only significant Russian game I can think of is "Il-2", an airsim series (a lot of add-ons), really good one. Probably one could add The Disciples, and some Russian-developed, but European-distributed games.

[spiderhood.livejournal.com]

You can try Pentacore (http://www.pentacore.ru/). It is a browser-based MMORPG, quite original and very well done. It is completely in Russian, and after some time you'll need to communicate with other players, which will be good for your Russian ;) The first two weeks are free, and it's around 5$/month after that (since it's no big deal, you can just ask a Russian friend to pay for you if they still don't accept credit cards).

There are no FPSs or Diablo clones in Russian - unless you consider buying a translation.

And I could recall...

[ex-eugzol340.livejournal.com]

one more Russian game - Homeplanet :)

[seraph6.livejournal.com]

The are lot of Russian games. Only some of the were written for the foreign market sales.
You can count "The Etherlords", "Silent Storm", "Evil Islands" and the latest "Heroes of Might & Magic V". They all were developed by Russian company Nival Interactive.
As far as online games are concerned, I would suggest you to check out the "TimeZero" project.

[skifalef.livejournal.com]

Full-scale native Russian MMORPG: Сфера (Sphere) - http://sphere.yandex.ru/rus/
Localized EverQuest 2 - http://eq2.akella-online.ru/

[http://users.livejournal.com/_kiin_/]

Parkan and Space Rangers are also developed by russian companies.
But the most famous russian game, developoed by rassians is Tetris I suppose :)

[sliver4.livejournal.com]

Online - http://www.apeha.ru
Space Rangers - Forever
and many Englishe games transleiten on russians.)

[sliver4.livejournal.com]

This it can be daunload http://soft-city.ru/category/games/ бесплатно)))

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

FPS
http://www.youareempty.com/

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Do I get to hear russian? My vocab is low - I really hope I'll learn vocab without the use of a dictionary. It looks sort of like runescape. I'm reading the site, and I understand the gist of it.

Re: And I could recall...

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Homeplanet?

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I'd love to check them out. Is TimeZero free?

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

How do I get to play EverQuest 2 in Russian? Is it a game I have to go out and buy, or do I make an account and play it on the web browser?

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Tetris is amazing. :-)

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

LockOn (one of the best flight sims in teh world)
http://www.lockon.ru/

Pacific Storm
http://www.pacificstorm.net/


Il-2 Sturmovik
http://www.pacific-fighters.com/en/home.php


Веном Codename: Outbreak
(ukraine)


S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
http://www.stalker-game.com/
never finished however

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

Полный привод: УАЗ 4Х4
http://4x4game.ru/

Альфа Антитеррор
http://www.alfaantiterror.com

Противостояние 5
http://www.sudden-strike.ru/

Аллоды 2
http://www.nival.com/allods2_ru/

Корсары 3
http://www.akella.com/k3/

Казаки 2
http://www.cossacks2.ru/russian/

Вангеры
http://www.kdlab.com/vangers/rus/

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

Периметр
http://games.1c.ru/perimeter/rus/game.html

ok i just posted most popular games. there plenty more of em

Re: And I could recall...

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/homeplanet/index.html
2001
the ofsite is closed however

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

you need to buy russian version of the game. its not a browser-based game.

http://www.akella-online.ru/catalog.php
you can get activation code here and download game itself somewhere else. maybe everquest2.com

[megilla.livejournal.com]

Братья Пилоты

[megilla.livejournal.com]

It seems that there were some games based on stories about Штирлиц and Чапаев.

[skifalef.livejournal.com]

You have to buy box with the game, it occupies 2 or 3 DVDs IIRC

[skifalef.livejournal.com]

nah, you can't play on russian servers with downloaded english version of the game

[ex-roumor.livejournal.com]

no "NAHs" pls.

it doesnt matter what version you have. Main thing is a KEY. And the game itself will download aproppriate language pack.
i know it cuz i tested it.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

KK. I'll ask for it for Christmas.

[skifalef.livejournal.com]

whatever

[seraph6.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's free. At least it was when I logged in "TimeZero" last time (this Spring).
But you can boost up your character, buing ingame credits for real money and then buing weapons and equipment.
I found that 10$ is quite enough for the good start.
But you can earn ingame credits right in game - mostly by harvesting resources.
Feel free to ask for clarification of any questions.

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

lol, I was there when you went into Arena and I said hi but you left immediately. :(

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! I didn't understand how to play the game, and no english was allowed. I tried responding to you, but It wasn't sending my messages. Every message I entered didn't go - it just disappeared off the text screen and was never sent. I got disappointed.

The game is really fun, but I don't understand how to actuall go about playing it. There's all this crazy stuff, like an interactive map and whatnot. I know I need to fight to get stuff, but I can figure out how to fight people. There's an arena in there, but I click on it and the entire thing I don't understand. Stupid vocab lack. I'll have to look the words up on Yandex. I'm really afraid of not understanding someone when they write to me in Russian, but at the same time I'm really excited.

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

What I liked about APEHA was that you didn't have to scan all the lines of text for someone talking to you; if someone's addressing you, they have to write "to [person]" first. Which is done automatically when you click on someone's name.

As for the game itself, yeah, I couldn't make heads nor tails of anything that was going on. I was more interested in reading a live conversation between Russians and being able to get instant feedback on how awful my Russian is.

Some of the first-person shooter games look like a lot of fun, but I know that if I was leafing through a dictionary (while talking to Russians who want to play and not talk) then I'd be fragged 30 times per word.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

Then we can be one of those cool english-speaking outcasts in the FPS games. Which ones have you tried playing?

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

None so far. I was also troubled by the fact that the screenshots for all of them contained no words, since FPSs aren't nearly as text-heavy as RPGs. But if you find a MMO one (whose tagline isn't "Welcome to Communism!"), tell me so I can try it out.

I might have tried Evercrack II but I've lost too many friends to it.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

How much russian have you learned through Arena?

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

Only two слова that I can remember offhand: <<шмот>> and <<заметно>>. I didn't play for very long though.

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

What are шмот и заметно? I think I saw the word for level as in combat level, but I don't recall it. It was a guess from context. Being this is my first second language that's spoken, and that I've been using it over and over for the past almost two years, I've grown a good ability to guess from context. Well, atleast It's gotten better.

[vargtimmen.livejournal.com]

Shmot is your clothing/armor, "Zametno" means "(It's) noticeable. (that you don't speak russian)"

[kragoth.livejournal.com]

шмот is an easy word - It sounds like what it means. Заметно also sounds like ясно in meaning, sort of, but it makes me think of заметить, which is to notice. I can't believe I couldn't guess заметно, even though I knew заметить. Perhaps if I have time over the weekend, we can play together.