Ex Machina: Review

At the dawn of the development of the computer industry, there was a strict distinction between genres. Since you, my friend, deigned to create RPG, so do not intervene strategies there, or, God forbid, Action’a! No self -respecting publisher and hands would stain about “such”, therefore, the developers pulled everything with unique and hybrids. But time flies unnoticed, and gamers became more picky in games. And the developers began to think for the Duma: “Friends, and let’s, like the great olivier, all the ingredients in one plate and see what happens?»Since then you will not surprise anyone SpellForce And “Space rangers“. Nowadays, the interest of crossing genres has not gone anywhere, but on the contrary, he added “in weight”. Targem Games, For example, I drained three directions together, and they get along well with each other. I wish they would polish the gameplay … but about everything in order.

The time -tested period of the life of mankind was taken as the basis – post -apocalyptic. Why proven? Yes, because not one Fallout’s One, as they say. And not only abroad (“The Fall“), But also in the CIS countries (“Coyotes“) The world, after the fall of a nuclear bomb on it, seems attractive.
Went on the 2011th year (near the future, do not find?), people were in a hurry to work, ate, slept, when suddenly a bomb flies from above. It is not known whether these are the tricks of an alien mind, or the neighbors from the Middle East, but the fact remains – everyone died. Well, or almost all. Miraculously surviving Homo sapiens took refuge in bomb shelters, basements and other underground fortifications and began to wait ..
Year 2234. The economy slowly got to her feet, fortifications appeared across the earth – bases and villages, and the mask became the integral attributes of all living things. Look like a gas mask, only without a hose and slightly decorated. Without such an unit, it is impossible not to leave the house, but to sit in the toilet. The car is now also an obligation of every citizen, as well as the presence of a passport or birth certificate. The main character is a simple rural guy, survived a big tragedy. His named father died at the raid, and everything that he has left is the CD-Disk and the old truck. The goal looms in front of him – to find his real father, simultaneously learning about that, once great civilization (the guy hints at our time). Here is such a tie.

After 10 minutes of playing in Ex Machina The question is brewing-if people were able to achieve such progress in cars and in lotions for them (later we will meet both energy gun and other tinsel), why no one knows what a compact disc? What is there CD, they don’t even know what a lifting crane is! But in each city, “Belazes” and “Urals” leave the assembly line, far from just a pile of iron with wheels. Either this is specifically so the developers planned, or just a serious bug in the history of the development of the world.
Another flaw that I managed to identify in the early stages of passage. My car is capable of developing a maximum speed of 100 km/h. At first I thought it was when it was empty, but it was not. I loaded it to the dump with metal, and, what do you think, she also rushed! Well, the last one: too developers simplified the economy. We drove, bought, drove several kilometers and sold in another town. There is always a fat, you will never remain in the lining, because there is never nothing! I rolled up to the city, and besides 30 units of potatoes, their gaps gaped on other products. Not a tree that, by the way, grows everywhere, no metal, no-th! I wonder what they live for?

Well, God be with her, with the economy. After all, nevertheless, they did not create a simulator, but an arcade, to a greater extent. But this was succeeded Targem To glory. Weapons alone are more than 30 types: machine guns, mortars, shotgun, mines, missiles. You can attach a module to each tool that improves rate of fire, slaughter or reducing reloading time. There are no bills here, so don’t save on them. Apparently, it was done for the Russians. We love so that there is a lot and on a scope.
They found an interesting approach with cars. There are several types of horses on wheels: starting from small gangster, ending with huge and powerful tractors. But for each type you can choose a dozen cabins and bodies. Between themselves, they differ in resistance, power, strength of etc. Yes, and not every weapon can be attached to the cabin, because they have different configurations, as well as different number of connected modules.
There are clans in the game that can either be friendly to you or consider you an avid enemy. When meeting with the latter, you will have to fight off in earnest, because they, as befits the most venerable panties, do not go alone.
In cities you can get side and main tasks. Despite the fact that they all boil down to the simple “kill” or “talk”, this fact does not bother at all. True, there are very interesting quests. Once, I had to sit in a tiny machine, and ride at a destroyed iron station, in search of artifacts. Springboard, jumping, high -speed descents. Edakoy Trackmania, just not for a while.

The system requirements for starting the game are initially discouraged. And do not believe the screenshots that you happened to see on sites or in magazines – they are partly implausible. All these picturesque places and bright battles are rare representatives, so do not hope to immediately plunge into the delightful atmosphere. Most often you will have to drive along a desert country road, on the sides of which rare trees grow. But, despite this, even such a picture is perceived surprisingly nice. At home, so to speak. Grass swaying in tandem with trees, clouds run across the sky. Only now it’s boring too. Not a bunny, no mouse! I understand that he and the Apocalypse, so that there is no soul, but then like trees? Again a miss?
Physics is written well for machines, the declared geometric deformation is present, and pleases the eye. Something reminds the second “Truckers“, When the cabs also crushed there and the body was bent.

But for sounds game oh how poor! It is not for speech or music, but for all sorts of special effects and so on. Again, the world after the disaster, what birds can be here or scooping frogs? So this drawback is essentially not a disadvantage and is not. But the music is written for each location. We entered the tropical area, please listen to the Hawaiian tunes, and if you rush along the steppe, then the melody plays closer to the rock.

Final comments.
From time to time, hybrids are getting more and more interesting. Ex Machina No exception. The developers really tried, and the game came out very pleasant. I was also pleased with the plot that you can’t solve right away. The best option for those who need to pass more than one long winter evening.

Gameplay: there are several shortcomings that somewhat spoil the impression of a funny arrogance.
Graphics: such a picture will surprise few people, but there are no annoying things. Everything is cute and completely licked.
Sound: the game is poor on special effects, but composers approached the creation of tracks with responsibility. For each location by melody – more than an impressive result.
For a long time?: Really non -linear plot, several endings. True, when you go through the Slots Shine Casino game 2 times, you are unlikely to want again.