Korea”. What 1C was shown at the press day at Red Expo

Although an entire year has passed since the announcement of this action-adventure game, we didn’t actually know anything about “War of the Worlds” until November 28th. But the project immediately intrigued us because of its unusual setting – in fact, we are looking at the development of the original novel by Herbert Wells, the action of which was simultaneously transferred from Britain to Russia in the 19th century. At the presentation, the developers confirmed that they tried to follow the canons of the English writer and did not contradict him, with the exception of the ending of his book. After all, in the game the Martians did not die from earthly diseases, but continued to conquer our planet.

Moreover, the screenwriters have done a skillful job with the era. The main character is a boy from the village, whom his parents have sent to study in the capital. There the student quickly became imbued with revolutionary ideas and decided to participate in the assassination attempt on the emperor. But there were rumors among his henchmen that the royal secret police knew everything and were acting proactively. It is true that the alien invasion changed the plans of all parties and forced people to flee Petrograd as quickly as possible.

As the Martians operate somewhere in the distance, the heroes encounter looters rushing to rob pharmacies and stores. Furthermore, they are willing to attack even civilians if they see it as an advantage or a threat to themselves. You will have to fight them in hand-to-hand combat or kill them from long range with firearms.

But it won’t be possible to beat the Mars tripods, at least not early on. Therefore, the young revolutionary must hide, try to leave the visibility zone of enemy vehicles as quickly as possible and hope that he will not be noticed. These episodes can cause fear as we see what happens to people who failed to escape the aliens.

The juggling of mechanics and attention to small details evoke a strong association with the duology of The Last of Us. The combination of 19th century reality and futuristic technologies reminded me of the good The Order: 1886, whose potential was never revealed. And we saw battle stands in Half-Life 2. However, they turned out not to be so creepy there. If we bring parallels with films, besides the obvious ‘War of the Worlds’ by Steven Spielberg, I remember ‘The Barber of Siberia’ by Nikita Mikhalkov with revolutionaries and Russia of the late 19th century.

At the same time, the 1C Game Studios project is experienced as surprisingly fresh. The gameplay demo looks so high quality that it’s hard to believe the game will actually look like this. However, last year Atomic Heart showed that shooters from Russian developers can be of high quality in a familiar setting. We hope that “War of the Worlds: Siberia” will not get worse. True, the release will not take place soon – the developers promised to announce the release date only in a few years.

According to 1C representatives, the games are in the series IL-2 always sold well, regardless of crises and current fashion. The fact is that they belong to a rare genre: a realistic flight simulator in the setting of the Second World War. They simply have no worthy competitors. However, you will need to regularly update the graphics and master new platforms.