Despite the fact that there are many cool projects where the Russian Federation is mentioned, there are not many worthy titles in which the main events take place on the territory of the Vast. However, those games that eventually go out become masterpieces.
Computer games dedicated to the atmosphere and mentality of certain countries often become bestsellers. They are completely different: from the colorful Tropico to more abstract projects like Battlefield. Russia has also become a source of inspiration for igrodelov many times, and these projects often become masterpieces.
Siberia
Syberia or "Siberia" is a project about Russia, created not by Slavic, but by French developers. There are three games in the series, but it was the first one that made a splash at the time. This point-and-click quest, in which the player will try on the role of a girl-lawyer from America.
Lady arrives in Siberia in order to find the owner of a factory she needed to purchase. The developers have tried recreate the atmosphere of a harsh, cold land. The Soviet Union is often recalled, there are real Russian cities (for example, Komsomolsk), are mentioned figures of culture and science.
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
Strategy Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 tells an alternate history of Russia in its futuristic setting. The Allies were able to win the war, and the Soviets lost their leader, Stalin. The current leader, Alexander Romanov, who was put in as a "doll", decided start a revolution and take revenge on the oppressors.
Each campaign is literally saturated with Russian flavor. Here you will have to destroy the Grand Kremlin Palace, and break into Alaska, and even manage huge "red armies". The game has its own map editor and a huge number of mods that make it relevant even now.
tarkov
Escape from Tarkov was released in 2017 and is still in beta, but this shooter instantly fell in love with the players. He hyper-realistic, with incredible shooting physics and a cool damage system. In addition, the entire project is made in Russian flavor.
Events take place in the Russian Federation, but in its alternative version. The city of Tarkov, in which the protagonist gets stuck in the story, does not actually exist, but spelled out as realistically as possible.. According to legend, it is located in the Norvinsk region. The plot is served to players through a separate multiplayer mode and a system of special quests that are issued by merchants. They also communicate exclusively in Russian - straight, a little rough, but still charming.
Bunny
Bunny is mystical visual novel about heavy 90s and a small Russian village. The family of the protagonist Anton moves there. Not so long ago, their grandmother died, and poverty drove the boy's parents, his younger sister, and himself into this wilderness.
However, from the very first days, some kind of devilry begins to happen around. First, Anton learns that a boy has disappeared in the village, and then he meets a fox girl and learns more and more secrets of the local forest. In Game a huge number of references to the culture of the 90s: condensed milk on bread, "turbo" chewing gum and much more. And most importantly, the plot describes the real fate of people. In each character, you can recognize your distant acquaintance or good friend. The project was implemented based on novel of the same name by Dmitry Mordas, however, there are several storylines, and only one of them coincides with the book.
Metro 2033
Metro 2033 - shooter based on the novel of the same name. The main character, Artem, lives in war-torn Moscow and survives the fight against the mysterious blacks. Players are waiting for familiar streets and buildings, for example, Ostankino Tower or relatives Metro stations: VDNH, Botanical Garden, Rizhskaya and others.
Since the game is based on the lore of the novel by a Russian author and was created by a studio from Ukraine, the scenes and the environment are as authentic as possible. The characters have Russian names and surnames, life, color and mentality are well conveyed. In addition, the game has excellent voice acting and the author of the novel, Glukhovsky, as a screenwriter.
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