Time Ace - Warning to naive dreamers

To get the status of "mad scientist" inventor must work to search for the elixir of immortality, eternal engine, or, in extreme cases, the time machine. And if the practical benefits of the creation of the first and second miracle is obvious, the need for the unit capable of moving in the past and the future, is in question. Indeed, all attempts to rewrite history, which we know from books and watching movies ended, as a rule, not very successfully. But that did not stop developers from the studio Trainwreck Studios, went ahead on the wings of aircraft.

Action Heroes arcade Time Ace - Dr.Clock and his assistant Scythe lived in the early 20 - th century, earning the lives of laboratory research. Along mastisty scientist working on the case throughout his life - the machine to travel in time. The equipment he installs a small plane, which in the uneven breathing Sayz, secretly looking for a career villain. In one evening assistant, taking advantage of the lack of professors, usazhivaetsya in the pilot's chair and furrowing heaven sent different epochs. Upon noticing missing, Klock understood that the invention can bring a lot of troubles and decides to stop the malefactor as soon as possible.

The future in the hands of the Communists

In fact, it is not so easy to do. Size took on the dirty deed with overzealous persistence and Klock barely manage to destroy the plans of former assistant, created by destroying its war machine. Along the doctor had to fight the armies of different times - the Americans, Vietnamese, English. Not without cost, and the ubiquitous "red threat" - according to the plot, in 2160 after power on Earth, the Moon and Mars captured even citizens of Russia, who endured several nuclear winter, and created a huge spider robots with laser guns Split eye.

The scenario unfolding on the level of each one of the same pattern. Professor, awful teeth, shooting armada of hostile aircraft, uvorachivaetsya fire Weizmann and destroy the enemy strategically important objects. As is usually the last act bizarre forms generators or court martial different types - from ancient sailing boats to super modern submarines. Search for the way they do not have to - zdorovennaya the compass needle always indicate the correct direction, and if the pilot decides to deviate from the correct course only, invisible hand forcibly return the aircraft to the original position.

Fighter at prokachku

Disguise the lack of freedom of action tries to complex architecture levels. Летать typically accounts for between huge skyscrapers, in the rocky gorges or through openwork metal constructions ponastroennye communists on the planet solar system. Uvorachivatsya beams from the hills easily, complicated case with the enemy - every counterclaim pilot felt a descendant of Japanese kamikaze and feels obliged to make a frontal collision. Combined with not very convenient scheme aiming often leads to the destruction of the main character. Fortunately, the first to start a mission will not have to until all the available stock izrashoduetsya 'lives. "

Klock clumsy plywood seat on the rapidly changing fighter from the Second World, then transplanted outside knob jet fighter, and in the finals and does rassekaet outer space shuttle to Mars. Technical characteristics of devices are improving in front and back after the tenth mission to the first and not easy to remember that once it seemed too complicated. Not task at each stage is only destroying the principals, without a decent stock of missiles to them better than podstupatsya.

Three against one

After the first wave of admiration from the dynamics of what is happening recedes, in the eyes of a surprising rush begins happening. Enemy aircraft, tanks and zenitki altered form, but not content. If in 1914, at any time in the doctor three clumsy biplane flies, and since the land is archaic type of tank fire, in 2160, the company changed to three red-and yellow starship Walking self installation. Final enemies also behave the same way - trying to impress size, but does not destroy the sighting fire.

Dilate dullness topic creators Time Ace trying to trifles. Forced to repair fighter before the start of each mission - patch holes to solder circuit and under the ticking stopwatch. Or individually collect bonuses like jet fuel for accelerators, the new kits and machine guns. The situation could have saved the availability of truly effective weapon smetayuschego everything in its path, but the experience of other successful arcade games authors seem to have decided not to use.

The story of a mad genius of doctor and assistant came to the scene. It has become banal shooter in a brief illustrated guide to the major military conflicts the past century. Is that in the future the performance of Time Ace looks somewhat awkward and sometimes even frightening. Another warning to naive dreamers who want to get their hands on the machine to change the time and with it the course of history.

SpongeBob and Friends: Battle for Volcano Island - Headhunter

Smiling Sponge Bob Square Pants, the main character homonymous animation series, the hero wonder of the world and a symbol of informal subculture "emo" needs no introduction, as well as in advertisements. In contrast, using yellow legends company tries to promote Nickelodeon and other cartoons. It is usually anonymous call any "best friend Sponge Bob" and the attention of the target audience is guaranteed. The number of such psevdopriyateley like to grow yeast, pushing into the main square of pants satellite carrier - Patrick and Skvidvard.

The draft SpongeBob and Friends: Battle for Volcano Island in bulk to lean Sponges stuffed Superman Danny Phantom, and baby Timmy Turner. Together with the latest animation from the show The Fairly OddParents primchalis still Cosmo and Wanda - two flying Midget performing the role of silent observer. Disparate crowd to be exempt from the deserted island volcano mysterious villain Mawgu.

Rescuer reluctant

Origin town of Bikini Bottom Sponges left unwillingly. He, along with the rest priklyuchentsami caused to the island by means of magic aging but terribly clever crab. The old man, it seems, is the only resident in a peaceful volcano - the entire territory of uncultivated land inhabited by strange monsters and traps. No pensioner leave home and do not intend to require the five heroes to conduct mop-terrain on a rigid pattern. To increase the level of motivation, he wondering hiding places in the island a few more friends Sponges, so abandon the mission did not last.

Friends are beginning to cause together. Each of them has unique abilities to help overcome some obstacles. Sponge Bob can plan in the air like a protein-Flying and let bubbles killer, Danny nefs in great battles, and Timmy malyavka able to perform a double jump. Switching between characters done on the fly - not only remain in business Cosmo and Wanda, depicting a pair of obnoxious manure flies.

Moving around the picturesque levels heroes not only mercilessly dubasyat grasshoppers, jellyfish and other hostile minded creatures, but also face the challenge of opening the gate to the next section of the island. These stone gate locked, as a key to the magic of which were colored crystals. Jewelry accounted vytsarapyvat heads of dogs, monkeys and dolphins throughout the level of folders - you need to do is scratch your ear Idol for using stylus. There are many situations where you want to head is on the top screen console and then stretch the brain is required to make it descend down. Sometimes required to jump at the same time that there is a truncation of urine and went on stylus custodians stones.

Season harvest

Were it not for the magic keys, it would prohodilis levels for a few minutes. Knowing this, the authors of "The battle for the island volcano" added another series of artificial obstacles. Sometimes they are erecting a wall on both sides of the hero and literally dump his enemies - the will have to tread in their captivity in the land. Or Sponges are forced to move huge leaps comrades with the help catapult - until id mechanism of action in the absence, you can not put the battery every console. In between sat friends gossip about the weather and relentlessly kidding about nekazistogo old crab species.

Laughter ends with a meeting with the boss - they do not kill in a matter of seconds with the triad heroes. The last bit helps doping, for a short time, the multiplier fighting ability, but this is not enough to deal with flying cow head cabbage, oak acorns izrygayuschim general, a platoon of sand or broken. The number of attempts to destroy enemies unlimited, but no more of that becomes - cope with individual boss managed with great difficulty.

Individual questionable entertainment - mini-game, which ends each of the levels. It Sponge Bob or any of his deputies acted as a fruit picker, with huge cliff. From side to side, trying to catch the hero of bananas, apples and bunches of grapes, trying not to get on the thorn tower and not come to the snake. Much more fun to collect the harvest in the company with other DS, as well as a primary campaign. Network regime reveals hitherto hidden talents of individual characters - so Kosmo and Wanda from the annoying flies become useful fairies capable of granting Trinity main characters useful spells or attack from the air on Wed.

Personal presence Sponge Bob rescues island volcano and the only aboriginal from oblivion among archipelago such as myself. It should remove the yellow smiling hero to the screen - and there remain some faceless characters, loose without a goal for a litany of similar levels, only rarely able to surprise or to please the original finding. Hopefully, a long while aboard Sponges delayed and not revert to old friends in his native Bikini Bottom.

Race Driver: Create and Race - Under the roar of galvanized buckets

Living in Europe, most of them prefer to move slowly to the car. You can understand them - draconian fines, even a wealthy richer. For example, in Germany a serious speeding facilitate purse up to the amount of 425 euros, and in addition can select the right to three months. It is therefore reasonable Burghers Weekday carotid player like flies, and on weekends go for the adrenaline - serve as participants or spectators in one of the many championship races on the roundabout.

Small, powerful sports coupe, and even the elite supercars trucks - for any type of vehicle can find a place to perfect smooth asphalt track. Many leagues are open only to specific models of cars, such as Renault Clio, or VW Polo, to participate in other machines allowed the same weight and power. The number is calculated by dozens of specialized Cups and each have their own fans. They just also addressed a draft Race Driver: Create and Race issued by the company Codemasters, zarabotavshey a good fame in the field of returns.

With peace on wheelbarrows

Above the content of the authors of the game too long thought - they simply gathered in a bunch of Cup racing maximum current. German "body" DTM championship, race on an oval track in the American series of US Muscle Car Tour, SuperTruck International competitions on the main tractor units, the Japanese exotics like Honda R-Type Trans Cup - every fan of a high-speed version will enjoy. Pravda mode requires the participation of all races, and that is difficult to make that attitude is it that mazohistam - in fact, to any type of machinery used previously required, and this needs time and a certain amount of nerve cells.

"The Japanese are" very powerful, but easily thwarted in skidding on the bends, "Americans" poorly adapted to a sharp maneuver, and the European Small quickly went down after a series of accidents. The difference in the management between different cars - and accounts for a lot of formidable display before will be able to finish first. Virtual competitors, moreover, did not condone mistakes and love to use "dirty" tricks that consist of regular clashes - to the radius of the track, they do not lead, but rather lower the speed.

In the search for turning

Any contact with a fence or another bumper car accompanied by a roar, like a ringing empty galvanized buckets, and accompanied by unpleasant consequences - breakdowns tires, suspension, steering, gearbox and the engine. Reeep driving a car quickly leads to a state of "cows on Ice" - she reluctantly responds to the driver's commands and gartsuet like shoe in different diameter wheel. Interview all, if an accident occurs and shuts off the engine speed drops to zero - in this case, a chance to get to the pit-stop, and the problem is reduced to zero, we have to start the first race.

Most flat tracks like tabletops, and the quality of graphics is far from perfect. This is a certain inconveniences, in particular, to determine the approaching and turning radius of curvature with high accuracy can be achieved only through the lower screen console, which displays a schematic map of a racing track. As a result, at the time of arrival has to "shoot" through the eyes up and down - not too pleasant occupation, but otherwise the victory is better not to dream.

I love to go - stylus in hand

Far fewer problems arose in the Challenge, where riders are invited to test their skills in the management of a car passing accuracy tests maneuvering, the ability to adhere to the ideal trajectory and skill of the overtaking. Arrogant rivals are not here, turning more clearly marked, so it can only concentrate on the main task and fulfil its maximum quality.

For victory to communicate with the driver charged winning points. Spend allowed them to the opening of additional championships or easy tuning cars. The latter causes the ground only smile - why, ask, the body shaping machines effective stickers, in a race to see if their wing still not possible? Rather, it is fashionable, in Race Driver of the "adult" simulators streetracing than a useful function.

Far more extraordinary thing - a built-in editor, the possibility any designer "Lego". Armed with stylus, it is easy to create multiple racing tracks most confusing configurations using ready asphalt blocks, fences, trees and other design elements. Finished tracks without any restrictions used in a single network and races, including contests conducted by the service Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Scares in Race Driver: Create and Race, only one - the complete absence of enthusiastic spectators, followed ulyulyukayuschih pronosyaschimsya race car and absorbing quantities of wild chips and Coca-cola. A cheesy at the picture and sound nekazisty difficult to complain about, because the dignity of other games - literate physical model, the abundance of tracks and cars, more than overlap those seemingly significant shortcomings. And if Codemasters will continue to do such projects, the real podium located on the racing track, will soon empty because fans ring races together stilus and sleeves rolled, for creating their own championships.

Purr Pals - Kittens learn to fly

Every year in America alone killed tens of thousands of pets and the most affected by this are not the representatives of Greenpeace and the children. Psychologists argue that the death of a loved one or puppy Marine mumps leaves an indelible mark on the psyche of the child. Often, it is for this reason that many parents are reluctant to have animals in the house, preserving the fragile psyche of children from unhealthy shocks. It is better to buy too fashionable electronic toy, razvelos benefit them in the market huge number.

Primitive "chess" living in plastic eggs, this is not. Example puppies Nintendogs convinced the world that virtual pets can successfully replace pets. Electronic dog not nagadit on carpet in the living room, not turn trash bucket and not sgryzet feet slippers. At its acquisition of the family budget will affect only once, and most importantly - he is not going to die, forcing the child to cry and suffer.

Shooting a tail

Following the puppy Sales have hamsters, fish and even horses. Kittens arrived after all - the framers simulator Purr Pals realize that the lovers of cats in the world, no less than fans of dogs and tried to make no hackneyed clone, and bring something new trend in the genre. This beats originality key literally from the first minute acquaintance with the game. In a master except brushes and packages of food have red pistol, which can irrigate cat mercilessly cold water. Poor beeps good mate and torn by room, trying to escape justice.

Drown an animal in this way does not work, the weapons used to print out the cat out of catalepsy. Tetanus is to it after meals and at the end of hygiene. Even iron pupil as long as you like are not permitted - after a certain time, it ceases to rumble, takes postural stone statues and begins carefully at the wall. This does not mean that the kitten has received from the life of all that is soul wishes. After lunch necessarily need to play, and then adopt a new batch of weasel, bathe and resume Senator stomach. Walk the streets with a kitten, unfortunately, is prohibited - fresh air, it can only breath in the inner courtyard homes.

In between emerging from another owner in the four-person earns money sweat. All seized of the fun, fulfilling concert numbers along with cats. While tailed singers desperately pray to different voices, the player acts as a musician, a miniature piano keys listed. If an error does not smell from the loudspeakers melodious "meow" and the unbridled "wondering-wondering." Other ways of earning no less exciting and is throwing the ball in the basket, shooting air balls archery and playing hide and seek. From time to time pet takes part in exhibitions, which demonstrates a few simple steps invisible to spectators, receiving an award in applause, and fat cash prize.

Wonders Column

No hidden advertising, as usual, there were - sensitivity cat prefers to eat feed, the premium from the company Purina, five bucks for packaging. And eats his meal with such that the poorest barely manage to master to dangle in the virtual store for supplements and find money for toys and accessories. Dog-collar, medallion and fashionable cap потянут together for hundreds of green, but to buy the entire wardrobe, it will take weeks of hard work. Situation save small awards issued for the careful care of the animals, but they also can turn into a fine if the mentor to incriminate careless in relation to the pupil. It seems, therefore creators of Purr Pals of the players are trying to inculcate a sense of responsibility that borders with paranoia.

Replace the living pupil completely virtual analogue unable. This kitten did not sleep for five minutes a day, not jumping to the ceiling and murmurs much nicer. But the game is good for privivaniya necessary skills and habits of children, who tearfully ask Pope with Mom permission to have "cat or dog." If they have an examination of resistance through Purr Pals, and then living with another rise without problems.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - The pursuit of a ghost ship

In ancient marine legends contains many stories about so-called "ghost-spacecrafts' meeting which does not augur well and the crew of any vessel normally carries misfortune or deaths. The most famous of these is "The Flying Dutchman". When the unknown circumstances of the sailboat team lost in 1641 and has since roamed the seas and oceans, still wreak havoc on the couple sailors. Not surprisingly, the cursed ship became a hero multitude of films, including the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Unable to avoid meeting with the legendary ghost and courageous Link, the hero project adventure The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Returning from another trip he, along with his friends, stumbled upon on the kind of a strange vessel, not signs of life. A girl named Tetra decided to explore the ship, but as soon as she was able to move on the board, she immediately disappeared uspev call for help. Last, in the person Link, came too late - jumping to the ghost, the hero landed on the wooden deck, but failed in a black hole, lost consciousness and woke the crew is already on the island, no names lost in the midst of vast ocean archipelago.

Paint or lose

Link awakened jolly little fairy - she also povedala nezadachlivomu hunter for the ghosts that escape from this piece of land and find a lover him will be very difficult. But thinking about another out-of-tune character and does not want to listen. Fortunately, he quickly finds himself assistants, as well as the right sword, which is administered and lay their way through the crowds of enemies, incidentally solving numerous puzzles.

Escape from the island hero helps captain Lineback - holds scary ships with steam engine. In exchange for its salvation from the burning dungeon he agreed to carry Link ocean, but personally take part in military action not in a hurry. Personage had to rely only on ourselves, and help from other residents archipelago is expressed only in endless councils and pencil. To avoid confusing plenty of incoming information, they can and should use a variety of terrain maps, which are useful stylus tip. For example, paints a safe passage trajectory rooms with hidden divide. Or designated key points that need to visit before you engage Ockeghem conversation with ordinary witches.

Unfortunately, too complex tasks hero almost no placeholders, so often you can do without the help of a pocket notebook. Study any of the existing islands took a few minutes, and riddles like nuts. Complications with a high degree of probability arise only from the players who understand little English, as not only peripetii plot, but all the important information and check the levels fed through dialogues. Even tell commentators as necessary to kill the most dangerous and big monsters than several diminish the pleasure of your own research methods to destroy them.

So stylus on life

In the original scheme of management developers should put a monument in life. Like an obedient puppy, Link wears on screen stylus tip over - it looks somewhat comic, but addictive happens instantly. About buttons can be set aside once and for all - with the help of "magic wand" absolutely all acts performed, whether to open the door, brandishing a sword or throwing stones. Master possession stylus in Phantom Hourglass just need to hold otherwise never be the hero through a maze of burning or ask for the ideal trajectory flight boomerang. Never forget, and the microphone - it handy to extinguish torches or set in motion windmills, and is sometimes used to frighten monsters and loud shouting. The main thing is not to get involved in this crowded field of large, otherwise the will of violent psycho.

Most of the time the hero is not undertaking under the bright tropical sun, and in the dark underground, full-traps and scary monsters. Some of the dungeon, and just look simple, but this impression is deceiving. Thus, in the castle of Temple of the Ocean King had to return Lincou several times and with each visit he opened all the new rooms, previously inaccessible. Pity only that, in parallel, and has already had to destroy already defeated enemies - after the third-fourth times like "deja vu" are beginning to strain tired.

For the game, which looks DS holders waited for a few years, the Phantom Hourglass prohibitively small passage of time. Kill all riddles and save reckless girl from confinement get a little more than ten hours - it is three to four nights, with the stylus held in the hands. Stretch pleasure can only be artificially - refusing, for example, to replenish health, but want to engage in such mazohizmom not everyone. That's the case that the Phantom Hourglass like "The Flying Dutchman" and the spectre of rising, though, bestowed a bunch of emotions and forcing wait for the next meeting a few years.

Nintendogs - Immortals Japanese dogs

The dogs are our friends. But let solved living in the house only a miracle unit. More would then not emerging: walk with him rainy evenings, from wool carpets cleaned, feed mixtures unclear. The pressures on the family budget, again odd. In the wake of such an attitude to our brothers managed to earn less well creators of "chess."

No children quickly tired of plastic eggs with tiny amebs. They wanted their own puppy, or even better - just two or three. First heard the cries of pre Nintendo, and it may take some time after the release of the revolutionary DS console, the Japanese company submitted a peace Nintendogs - most dogs living in the virtual world.

After the chain failed to beat puppies every record popularity cool premieres at the same time increase sales console itself, the whole world is talking about the "phenomenon Nintendogs." In fact, the phenomenon of no great secret and not in the draft. Mystery success lies in two factors. First, the developers succeeded, through DS, simulate real process of interaction with the dog. Secondly, the project is not a "game" in the habitual sense of the word. Rather, it visual guide for the care of the house pupil, full of pleasant surprises.

Chow-chow breeder dedicated

In that dogs live, it is impossible to doubt. They look and move exactly like the breeders real. Sometimes even the impression that you look at the video quality. His spoils, perhaps, poorly furnished room, which, staggering, four-player our hero. DS modest impact opportunities to work with three-dimensional graphics - all its strength is spent on a model dog.

Give proper marketing Nintendo, which had decided to please buyers immediately eighteen breeds puppies, but carefully distributed them to three different versions of the game, six for each. The beginner can choose any dog-fancier breeds, but only of those that are available on a particular cartridge. You can not get at the same time, for example, the dog, Laika and taxis. However, this is the most disappointed only its most ardent fans. All remaining initially osharashit another question - and that, indeed, have to do with this dry miracle that haunting angle of the corner. Ferment, which is typical in itself. Already this feature can bomb in trans anyone who used that in the games main character is always on the move only teams with the game's preference or keyboard.

Quiet, no need to torment the joystick. Try to tell, what demands the attention of a live puppy? Need to feed, drink, play with him for a walk to drive, wash with shampoo, for the ear to scratch, teach different trick cheerful and accustom respond to commands given ad libitum feeding rubbish. So, in Nintendogs have to deal with exactly the same. Do you want to attract the attention of dogs? Svistnite and say aloud her nickname. I happen small miracle - peacefully dremavshy dog jumped on the mat, podbezhit to the screen, start to bark and nuzzle nose to the screen. Pat tip of his index finger over your ear and see how he closing eyes of pleasure.

Touch screen console allows do unimaginable things. Using stylus (or finger), you can throw a tennis ball or a pupil season, nadraivat his shampoo in the bathroom, then irrigate water from the soul. On walk stylus must wait for a dog leash and collect them in a special bag waste of life. The store busily you add in the food and drink basket for a baby, buy him toys and beautiful collars. Yes, the money has not been even in a game as Nintendogs. At the food and decorations spent only a small portion of a limited budget. Where a larger amount needs to be put for the opportunity to have another puppy, and very much worth the money cosmic change of interior room.

Since coins for the slot in the DS is not available, the question arises - how funds? The answer is contained in the black eyes of your pupil. It can not only eat so tense, but it is able to earn hundreds of dollars-another. Speaking at competitions and exhibitions, as any dog Vesha, quirk of fate has proved in a big city. Sometimes there is a suspicion that this is not without purpose. Nintendogs teaches players, among them many children to the realities of life. As porabotaesh well pokushaesh. Want a new dog? Earn particularly crisp coins. And if "old" at this time remains in frustrated feelings, yes to the same nemytaya and the hungry, then it does not win the next tournament on a dime.

But that is typical, and not die. Even if you do not feed a month. View from the pupil will be pitiful, ears svernutsya in tubes, but go to the forefathers he flatly refused. The world still remembers well as hundreds and thousands of children deprived of sleep and judgement, died when their favorite "chess" living in plastic eggs. Nintendo has learned a lesson from others' experiences and agreed that her dogs will live forever, and their owners sleep.

In pursuit of secrets

The game is full of surprises and id is not absolutely all, emerging from the puppy not. What is only Bark Mode. This is where you carry the DS when closed, but with the active Wi-Fi adapter. If within sight wireless adapter will be another console with Nintendogs, in your pocket start barking - the same thing will happen in a second owner. Open both console and see that dogs are already playing together. Rumored that under certain conditions even dogs of the two sexes are made love comfort.

Unfortunately, after the last open secret bought every dog and the fifth time changed the color of wallpaper in the room. Puppy is not growing, learn new tricks can not, emerging with objects worse bitter bean. But the paradox to part with a virtual pet has no desire, despite the opportunity provided by developers zeroing memory. It is at this point can come insight that it is time to have the present, live dog. No difficulties can no longer frightened, because "young fighters course successfully passed. And all because of Nintendogs.

Nanostray - War is the first thing

With all the diversity of the range of games for Nintendo DS separate genres represented at the surprisingly sparingly. It focuses on the so-called scroll-shooters - Arcade Duel a third person with the heavily armed aircraft. For the same Game Boy Advance such projects has been issued more than one dozen, while DS can boast only one game. She called Nanostray and created by the company Shin'en. Many holders of GBA known for a series of arcades Iridium. It seems that it is creating a wealth of experience skroll-shooters spodvignul Shin'en to develop the new platform. A lack of choice does not allow fans quality arcades pass this creation.

Developers managed to kill one laser shot just a couple of rabbits, because they simply do not have filled a vacant niche, and in addition have shown the players and hidden in the depths of the console's processing capabilities Mikhail three-dimensional graphics. In the Home screen (upper) Nanostray gives bright, dynamic and very saturated to the limit of special effects picture, and does so at a speed of 60 frames per second.

Neat not only ships but also the background landscapes, which are replete with fire belching volcanoes, generats and other working arrangements. Courage to say that if at least a third of the companies approached the process of creating games with the same care, the quality of graphics on the DS has long become compete on an equal footing with the PSP. Maybe the guys from Shin'en think it is time for the opening of special courses to teach skills secrets? It seems that the brilliant ideas they lot. Guessed it, how to deal with the "uncomfortable" by the ratio of the screen sides, just slightly changing the angle. As a result, the player looks on the battlefield is not a top-down, but by a small angle, which only adds dynamic. It seems that the ship is constantly finds in a huge crater. The feeling is enhanced at the levels that represent a long shaft, in rapid cornering them at the head may even slightly.

Keep your fingers from corn

It becomes clear from where legend has taken scant memory of the lost pilot, who manages the infernal machine that flies from one planet to another, scraping them from the high-tech evil. No brain is not endure such congestion, however, it is not required. Where a large load of Nanostray have to withstand the index fingers, as they always doomed hold the position both Shift-key. Left responsible for the shooting from the core of weapons. Let it not be because of increased enemy activity. Right includes a special "magnet" attractive bonuses, which exploded out of villains. Some of these bonuses replenish your top, takes part at raising energozaryada alternative weapons. Because the levels are not too long, not fingers, but the way to keep the console in the hands convenient not be called, as well as the system of switching between the four types of weapons available, which is done through on-screen buttons. Unfortunately, they did not touch felt, and translate the view from the top at the bottom of your screen during a side battle fraught with the loss. But the switch is useful because certain types of "cannons" can shoot sideways, samonavodyaschiesya produce electrical charges and discharges on the beat circle. At some point it is great help.

Using the "magnet" may cause protest in the minds of fans, as it greatly simplifies earn points. Typically in such arcades of the pilot has to independently collect bonuses between dodging obstacles and enemy fighters. Developers, of course, in this case explanation. Mol, the ratio of the display of the DS party will not allow a fighter quickly catch all the bonuses because they will disappear quickly, and on the movement from one side to another, he devote too much time. On the other hand, Shin'en might guess impose penalties for the use of "magnet" and thus create a certain intrigue in the fight for first place in the ranking table. One such is located on the official website of the game to get into it, it is necessary in the "World top" introduce a special "nanocode", which is issued at the conclusion of the main campaign.

Wanted experts

Frankly, more and fight for what is not. Available eight levels in Normal mode patrol just one sitting, despite the abundance of traps and horrible bosses at the end of each location. Location first well-remembered on the first time, and the latter easily destroyed by nuclear bombs. The task made easier because the level is issued at 5 lives, and the number of attempts by his passing is not limited. Add to that, all nuclear blaster restored after each "death". Of course, in addition to "normal" levels of the regime, there are still difficulties "advanced" and "expert", but they are not content, and the existence of restrictions on the number of ships and the number of repeated attempts. Thanks to this joy of victory over another kiborgom, armed with machine guns, hundreds increases enormously. For the most capable in Nanostray more peculiar soccer consisting of a couple of tens of challenging assignments. They need to recruit a certain number of points, level with the only fly a certain type of life weapons.

After passing the primary campaign ease the complexity of the tasks of the championship could unpleasant surprise, but they would not score the game on the dusty shelf and forget about Nanostray before the Thunderbirds, which already is under construction. Appear and threaten competitors, one of which will Insurgents Ride Over The River DS. Meanwhile, the analogies with this arcade simply do not have that choice among fans of this genre is left. However, it is not fatal verdict because it merits a lot, but for most shortcomings can be ignored. In addition, the game has excellent graphics capability to demonstrate DS, will be opening for many that they are not and so modest.

Lost Magic - The Wand

DS stylus is not in vain sometimes called "magic wand". His active use allows you to a bunch of new feelings and impressions of the seemingly quite simple games. However, in other Nintendo almost do not fear that excessive complexity of management may discourage potential buyers. Have to take risks to other companies, one of which became Taito.

Having secured the support of Ubisoft, the Japanese realized very curious idea, suggesting stylus seen as not just a "magic wand" and this magic stick. In role-action Lost Magic player uses a touch screen console not only to manage the movement of the characters, but also for the creation of combat spells. Not by selecting them in a vast menu, and with the help of drawing so-called runes, which number several dozen. Initially, it seems, to remember that all possible combinations of magic figures, it is necessary to have at least the brains Gandalf. The authors also convince us that the deal with Lost Magic can and child.

For strong spirit

In the role of militant tuned baby stands a man Isaak, the son of a powerful wizard who missed an unknown destination as a result of a quarrel with other magicians. Since then, the once peaceful and destroyed vast edge to the base of many forces of evil. Choosing not to be a boy - must save their home and at the same time liberate the truth troubled parent. Fortunately, the latter inherited went to the magic stick with enormous force. It can destroy enemy fire from the crowd, treat its owner and his friends, and to erect a wall to subordinate themselves monsters.

Initially, the creation of spells seems elementary affair. Drawing on a special map inverted "tick" - get a fiery ball. Displaying the wide arc, not closing it in a circle - creating a small hurricane. Question mark allows adversaries to allies, and the inverted letter "P" is building earthen hills, which impede the movement of the enemy. Is that healing requires adjusting Fleece, as a whole three elements. That is, it shows that the hardness of the hands is of paramount importance. The more careful Fleece will be painted, the more effective will spell. If the songs will be in line curves prervutsya or at the time of its creation, instead of buzzing "charged" stick player hears only a short noise. This mistake often leads to immediate defeat.

Do not think about seconds

Enemies are not interested in how well and fast player draws runes, they will not wait until he Pooh particularly sophisticated combination. Opponents always a mob attacked and beat a very painful, and other weapons, other than magic from Isaac not. Often, it has yet ready to protect and friends who also prefer not to join the battle. To make matters all, it is necessary to follow the general tamed monsters, which helps cool hero in the battle, but down like flies. And all this in real time, without any life-saving breaks. Healing pool during a disastrous shortage of battle - every time there is the question of choice: treat a couple of characters, or do charge of combat spells on enemies pile? If the life-giving energy is over - we can safely add paws on the chest and wait for the ascension to heaven, no other options.

After several battles, it is clear that Lost Magic - is not so much role-playing game, but the strategy, with a few inconvenient administration. Well would cause only limited work with magic, so it should still be kicking around the screen detachment of the few monsters. Those Isaac grabs by special runes, and keeps in their zaplechnom bag, in the manner of well-known talk. Monsters, like their boss, in time, become stronger and get additional experience points. Use of these monsters in battle helps to stand up against the large number of packages, particularly if applied in time runes cure. But it is not always because "pokemons" like zombies, no different intellect. They can not, for example, simple bypass obstacles or enemy attack itself. There are many situations where a monster fighting against superior forces of evil, a couple of other faces behind it, desirously nasvistyvaya motive child songs. About a victory in that case you should forget.

However, all the complexity of solitary campaign paled before the network regime. Lost Magic allows you to have a pair of wizards duel through the Internet. Although the system automatically selects the closest rival for class, and the outcome of the battle fleeting them easily predictable - will benefit not the one who has more suites of monsters, and whoever is faster and more accurate coarse stylus, using the entire arsenal of available spells.

After several dozen battles fingers begin to withdraw almost perfect lines - and even take courses at the head study of Chinese calligraphy. A Lost Magic can go back from time to time in order to feel whole kajf of brandishing "magic wand". Perhaps in the future, Taito will do something similar for Wii? There, the idea of a magic stick will not be fitted.

Lost in Blue 2 - Synagis not save

Obtaining property in an uninhabited island located middle of the ocean, many dream. Hundreds of millionaires are convinced that only they, among palm trees, white sand and waves, they will find peace and appeasement, unattainable in modern cities. Should they reach the same island as a result of shipwreck or crash like a dream fading like smoke - a paradisiacal monastery lust object becomes a bleak prison. Lack of food, clothing and household amenities to make even the most savage resistant rights.

American students Amy and Jack, the heroes of the adventure game Lost in Blue 2, on the island did not own. Powerful storm let the cruise liner, which traveled a couple at the bottom, sending a crew there, and all the other passengers. Woken guy with a girl on the shore, in promokshey clothing, terzaemye coldness and hunger. Together, they begin the struggle for survival among wildlife and predatory animals. Young Robinsons learn to procreate fire, cooking and hunting. In between pressing affairs hapless heroes exploring the island and looking for ways to salvation.

Soup of the fly-agaric

Once Jack and Amy Seattle to the first cave, they will require service five star hotel. There, drink and sleep characters can without a break. It is one of the heroes get hungry just as he starts to complain about life, as if the elderly homeless. Feed students several times a day, using as ingredients for salads seaweed, mushrooms and coconut. Some dishes are slightly poisonous, as a result of consumers moving nesvareniem stomach.

Sometimes it comes to dinner on the floor - not a pleasant sight, but it raises questions about the quality of the products used. Knowingly cooked broth quench hunger better than hastily roasted seaweed leaves.

Enough poisonous fly-agaric, heroes abandon vegetarian diet. Using rods caught fish, bows and arrows are contributing to the meat on the table. By choosing victims to hunt better treated with caution, otherwise you might encounter face to face with a bloodthirsty crocodile. Fight with bare fists predator amusing, but the good are few skirmishes - soup from it fail. Better to spend energy and profitably goat. During walks in the forest is useful to look under the legs and occasionally sharit in thick grass - there are often discovered spices, the reinforcing effect of meals.

Carpenters reluctant

A lot of time had to spend on home improvements, some actions deprived of any logic. Furniture caves required to collect at the time. Do not delay in the standard - pick a bed or cupboard again. Why such haste on an uninhabited island - remains a mystery. But the benefits of the furniture more than covers the efforts expended, as the characters better vysypayutsya beds and wardrobe can hold a bunch of products. It is a pity scrap vehicles could not make a TV - sitting in front of the blue screen, "Jack and Amy will be able to forget their hunger and bedeviled quietly await the arrival of rescue teams.

To escape from the search for food and to send heroes foot deep into the island must first fill their pockets ready breakfast and bottled water. Otherwise, subtile students die in a couple of days, not travelling to the next refuge. Perhaps on uninhabited islands can survive only unstable, and expects rapid and painful death. In this simple way developers tried to hide the main drawback game - it madly boring and monotonous. Numerous job, which requires the use stylus for roasting vegetables or microphone for breeding fire, poorly conceal the lack of interesting topic.

Cooking experiments and fight with a crocodile - not the only thing that distinguishes Lost in Blue continuation of the original. The island has increased in size, the main characters - no longer young teenagers, but quite mature young people. But even this is too little to dominic "2" in the title. If players want to gaze at the TV series, which the same situation, they would not in the hands of the console, and include a television set and watch the next series of "Lost".

Heroes of Mana - A small ant-hill

If the eyes are starting to jump into a huge number of Lourdes pink rabbits, miniature flying fairies and strange types of ships, then it is time to make an appointment or to a psychiatrist or permanently waive the Japanese role-playing games.

Last possess the properties characteristic - they delay for ears and not release ever, as if drugs. Secret such effects is, in the opinion of Koichi Ishii, producer Japanese company Square Enix, that the Japanese have not engaged in the development of games, and creating unique worlds.

Reasons not to believe it does not. The creator of the popular series of Mana draws inspiration from his childhood memories, films and books in the fantasy genre. The biggest influence on the recognition of Ishi, he made "The Lord Of The Rings" Tolkien and "The Adventures of Alice in Glass" by Lewis Carroll. The result of this exposure resulted in the emergence of an entire pile of projects povestvuyuschih Many of the magical tree (Mana Tree), and no less mysterious Sword of Mana.

Partisans reluctant

Symbiosis works magic artifacts simple manner. Wood is responsible for maintaining the natural balance in the world, as such, if anything threatens - World Championship retrieved blade, taking one of the brave heroes. In the past there has been a lack of - is a vicious ruler next to infringe on the independence of the indigenous population as the pack things to death battle begins at least a dozen soldiers hereditary. A similar story unfolded in strategy Heroes of Mana, with the only difference that the role of defenders befalls yesterday aggressors.

Junior Roget, Peddan army soldiers, along with the company of friends zakadychnyh committed another intelligence mission and even managed to get into the enemy's rear, as suddenly faced with a betrayal of their own patriotic. It turned out that the generals Pedda decided entertainment sake, to seize the whole world and equal to the ground all the neighbouring regions. Now Rogetu willy-captive accounts fight with former odnopolchanami and find out what the rulers had pushed for such dirty work, as the enslavement of peaceful people.

Flying rabbit

In a band of rebels is just one kasvaa ship, but this is quite enough to deal with the superior forces of the enemy. A strange kind of apparatus performs a dual function - is a transport container for heroes and for the construction of the military base. Latest need to be built at the beginning of each level, before finding the necessary resources congestion. As such magical stones were Gaia and trees with bright fruits. Do dull work on the drag of gravity characters do not have - it makes them pink rabbits, moving short jumps.

Having obtained a sufficient number of stones and fruit, you can start to build generators creatures and their subsequent production. Cannonball meat is divided into four class fighters: flying, ground, and heavy shooting, and each type is effective against certain types of enemies. The total number of soldiers entrusted to a player must not exceed 25 pieces, but in this case happening on the screen sometimes complete chaos. The situation is partly rescues thought out scheme management and general slowness of the process point battles, but in the first few minutes of hard otdelatsya feeling that the screen is small ant-hill village.

The war - not heroic cause

Appearance of ordinary fighters often causes laughter - in their roles were walking fly agaric, miniature lions with nasuplennymi muzzle or knights in black masks. They all fight bravely, but moving the field of battle like a blind kittens - loiter in opposite directions, to walk circles hung in deadlocks. Irritating it very much, and the course of the battle has not the best effect. Don wards very quickly, fortunately, their reproduction is also a matter of seconds.

At each level are allowed to bring a few characters that differed among themselves abilities and skills. In battle they have no equal, but this does not mean that it will turn out to win the battle only by the main characters. The death of any of them means the failure of the entire mission, it is best to keep the party away from the sound of blades and arrows whistling - hard work on defense breakthrough enemy is trusted to fly agaric and other types of fantastic creatures.

Commander over

Bring a tactical victory helps trick. On the map, as a rule, there are several points where the ship is able to cast anchor. If not wasting, Change available at the very beginning of the next battle, it would be more difficult to attack the enemy with superior forces. The result will be achieved in a few minutes that a favorable impact on the final rating.

Despite the regularity and even some block happening, some tasks require players perform swift and decisive action. You can not, for example, have been slow, while the enemy soldiers killing civilians and burning their houses - need to rush into battle immediately, without forgetting passing train new fighters to replace killed. In other situations it is necessary to act skillfully, deceit easy opponents in the area, suitable for the attack.

Initially Heroes of Mana seems cumbersome, complex and confusing strategy is unsuitable for such a compact console, as the DS.

No worth looking at the nuances of management insight into the game and understand the balance of opposing forces, as the game magically changing. It still resembles a koposhaschiysya ant-hill, just in a continuous motion a logic of its inhabitants. We can only give commands and will be pleased to see the microcosm, still on palms, changing to the new laws in accordance with its ancient traditions.

Glory Days 2 - Generals are learning to fly

In September 1911, Italian airplane dropped a bomb on a strengthening of Turkish troops, located on the territory of Libya - so the application was launched cruise machines in large-scale hostilities.

Planes, helicopters and then quickly won the status of the most dangerous weapons and began to play a pivotal role in all the wars of the last century. Intelligence, bombing, ground transportation escorts, boarding landing - without it is not an armed conflict, none of our time.

Creators of the project Glory Days 2 went further - they have conferred on air aces and another commander duties. If from the usual pilot during fight requires only the specific tasks, there IDDK blends the action and strategy, he is also responsible for the fate of the abstained infantry, tanks, antiaircrafters and civilians, plus have to develop a strategy and economic issues. From these responsibilities from anyone's head explode, but not from the brave American aviators believe in the Odenis Studio.

Front notes

Sweat over thrilling plot authors did not, rather than the usual briefings before each player assignments director under the nose letter that pilots write relatives and beloved girls. Stingy texts talk about the tough military weekdays, and on each row are patriotic pathos.

Stories of some characters, in spite of the job performed, and the tragic end, instead of the regular news of a son whose parents receive formal condolences to the Minister of Defence.

Equally frank and brutal local field of battle. Levels Glory Days 2 denied a third measurement - opponents of the rod at each other, lining in line. Ground troops do not take quality and quantity, while the pilot falls opportunity to reduce the number of tanks and soldiers of the enemy, thus enabling the odnopolchanam move deeper into the front on the extra few metres. The most effective tool for this is a bomb, the staffing is suitable only for the machine-gun shooting of a hostile aerial vehicles.

Take off, saw defeats

Each scenario unfolding battle for the same scheme. Pilot takes off at maximum speed rushes to the front line, carefully drops and deadly projectiles, Pocket of missiles, which have a urine flies back to the base - where the aircraft for a few seconds Channel and download portions of fresh cords under bombs. In some skirmishes fighter instead used a helicopter - he is moving not so salty, but the show with the help of an enemy tanks - a pleasure. Helicopter, in addition, is capable of carrying paratroopers.

Without troopers weak, in large deds of explosions and tank tread is indispensable - only they are capable of capturing enemy bunkers. It's generate money - cash is spent on the purchase of new weapons. Other military units also perform specific role: Technology destroy enemy tanks and its headquarters and jeeps with missile installations masterfully confusing helicopters.

Refugees with the money

Sometimes currently happening on the screen The End Of The World - glitter bombings, rocket rush, feeling army marches. Get involved beyond these measures is not as big a chance to hook unfortunate people caught in the hell of battle. The evacuation of the civilian population also is among the responsibilities of flying direct general, but in this unpleasant little, in fact, for their salvation accrue large number of virtual dollars.

Some things in the Glory Days 2 seem redundant. Huge missiles fire covering the whole screen at once, trucks with ammunition to charge the aircraft without returning to base, strange jumping mines - the usefulness of the economy should not be underestimated, but in practice it turns out that you can handle, and standard. Main - to rivet tanks and soldiers and continuously without stopping to dangle between headquarters and the front lines.

Despite happening on the screen, almost bored do not have. And half a dozen affordable levels before the rush like a newsreel shots - no caffeine and eye blink, and the primary campaign has already finished. Fortunately for developers vtyanuvshihsya stored regime "Expert", as compared to a standard which looks unhurried walks of Forest Lawn. Sometimes it seems that the constant roar of bullets and cod collapse console directly in the hands. While strange symbiosis of strategy and arcade simulator, in the person of Glory Days 2 differences ideal similar range of feelings and emotions is not able to cause any other game. Indeed, nowhere is no command of entire armies in armchair fighter jet.