Presentation - wargames that we choose.

                                          
WARGAMES WE CHOOSE      
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  O. Khazhinsky 
                                          
 I hate wargames! Boredom is terrible, strength
there is no way to play this. Squares-six-
squares, the numbers dazzle your eyes,
There are some little hooks crawling across the screen. Moved
two chips for three squares and sit for five minutes,
wait until the enemy chips go down. Longing
green. But every chip represents something
starts, some kind of tank or historical
personality. You can't figure it out without documentation
and with documentation and even more so - a manual
hundred pages, half of them tables and
graphics, and the other half is a powerful source
ric load with quotes from a long time ago -
of the world's classics.                            
   "That's what some people think - and I'm wrong -
Xia!" And maybe they are not mistaken. Maybe
                                    
I went “slightly” too far, but overall it’s
reflects the worldview of many. And mine - from-
parts.                       
   “The guy says it all,” some will say.
“It’s a hundred-year-old club,” others will object.
Say what you want. I know people for
of which classic war games are the most
interesting thing in the world. Usually these people
well versed in military history, and
They also know how to distinguish between chips and laws.
there's something with the hooks that I don't see. Well
nice. Making fun of other people's hobbies
the very last thing, so let's
It’s better to talk about you and me, about those 99%
gaming population, for whom the chip is
just a feature, and the squiggle is nothing more than
squiggle. What should we do?  Is it really a genre?
wargame, war games, is closed for us on-
always? We asked ourselves this question
ly month. The lines that you will chi-
to follow this lead to the topic is
                                          
attempt to answer.                           
 Strategy games have always been popular
larny in our country. I want to believe this
because we are so smart and resourceful
slow, and not because we have slow ma-
buses and Quake does not work. Yes, these days
The war games genre is in disgrace. But es-
lately, more and more often it has become
to develop strategies, then this is something, yes
says?                   *****                  
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           ХОТЯТ ЛИ РУССКИЕ ВОЙНЫ?        
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                              РусланычЪ   
                                          
Поютjet drone of airplanes           
Somewhere there may be infantry going into battle,      
But we are far from unknown wounds,          
The dripping faucet brings us out faster.      
 (Mumiy-Troll)       
                                          
 "LAST BATTLE" is not in the list of wargames
boded nothing good. Looking at the disk
with the game, I, with a feeling of growing powerlessness,
Liya said goodbye to his studies, work, lover
noah, and also with cacti on the windowsill -
who will water them?...          
   One day, tired of the “cracking” of another
software, guys from HACKERS SQUAD, yes,
in 199Z, we decided to create our own game. Many
Speccy fans were hospitalized with infection
                                          
stroke and heart attacks of varying degrees
gravity. Not everyone could withstand this
news: Hackers Squad makes wargame!
Moreover, wargame on the theme "space
conquest"! It's hard to imagine more
theme dragged to Speccy for the game. Imaginarysurprise yourself that you have taken it apart to the bones
twenty versions of the gameRebel Star, and only
that you have learned that you have to go through it
once again... The plot of the game turned out to be outdated
for the ardent Speccy lover.    
   Cupuahe and Earthlings. Cupuahe - gigantic
machine of suppression, scattering its feelings
fingers on dozens of planets. Earthlings - no-
a large group of people passionate about their children
scrap of people persistently trying these forces
Ryan get out. For what? Probably to the point.
For what? Probably to build a new one
empire. After all, this is not your pro-
problem. When the Sirians are destroyed on
all six planets, there are people who
    
These will show you the right path.                   
 And if everything fell apart with the plot of HS,
then with the engine everything worked out exactly
on the contrary. Although at first glance at the game
it feels like outright plagiarism, anyway
this is ours,Russian, wargame!                
   I would like to note all the advantages that
noticeable when starting the game: these are
improved engine from Laser Squad,
wide choice of controls, originaldi-
Intimate interface, expanded range of units
(16 types) with protection from 1 to 40 units!
Detailed encyclopedia, 6 ready-made maps +
mar edit, detailed help on working with the game
(that's why I decided it wasn't reasonable
describe the game, the essence of which will become clear to you
is clear from the help pages), several levels
difficulty, ability to play in
2 players. All this makes the fate of the game easier.
dragging ra into his world for a long time.  
   Having learned two dozen English phrases and
       
disconnected from the outside world, you can
we build troops, sink "kamikazes" and
smash "enemy". And if at the novice level
the computer enemy will be clumsy, then with
complicating the game, you will definitely encounter
Be with an intellect that can amaze you
shi troops in a few moves.     
   It seems that the authors of LAST BATTLE this
once I managed to grab the beautiful tail
blue-winged bird, called a stupid non-
Russian word "playability".  Inveterate
wargame fans don't need mine
comments is a game for them. I appeal-
I feel for those who until nowavoided in
games, considering them boring.  Try it
LAST BATTLE, you won't regret it!                
               
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