Silent Storm is a turn-based tactical role-playinga game developed by Nival Interactive. The action takes place during the Second World War, but as if in a parallel reality. Here you and the Nazi walking robots, Tesla's guns - all this is the game Silent Storm 4. Released - August 22, 2003. During its existence, the game has acquired a huge army of fans. "Operation silent storm" - one of the best representatives of the genre. Real-time strategy is not a frequent visitor to gamers' computers. If you need the best games on the PC, then it just fits.
The story begins in 1943, where the secretAn organization called the Hammer of Thor has set a goal for itself - to capture the whole world. The leadership of MT knows that complete enslavement will be impossible to achieve as long as there are at least some military or political alliances in the world. Therefore, they are beginning to develop a powerful orbital weapon capable of hitting any point on the surface of the planet with a laser beam. Thanks to him, you can not even unleash war, keeping the leadership of leading countries in fear. By colluding with the Nazis, MT exchanges with them their secret developments, namely drawings of panzerkleins - heavy walking robots that are not taken by the bullets. They can hardly even be damaged by anti-tank weapons. Having received rocket technology from the Germans, the Hammer of Thor begins building the station. Allied countries are not far behind in technical terms: special detachments with advanced weapons like beam guns or Tesla lightning generators, as well as combat exoskeletons, were put up to fight the new enemy.
Играть можно за страны Оси или вступить в ряды anti-Hitler coalition. Also at the beginning of the game, 12 characters of 6 different nationalities are provided. Role-playing system is rather uncomplicated: for your fighter you can choose only three main parameters. It is strength, dexterity and intellect. By completing several introductory tasks, the player gets full access to the base, where there is a hospital where you can place wounded soldiers, an arsenal, regularly replenished with weapons taken from the enemy, the bosses office and a military equipment hangar. You can form your own squad of 6 people (including the main character). An interesting feature of Silent Storm 4 is almost 100% destructible game levels. Here you can ruin anything. Queues from machine guns easily make holes in wooden structures or thin walls, and bazookas and grenades smash entire buildings at once. The exploded landmine will not only destroy the part of the wall near which the explosion occurred, but also knock out all the windows in the house, and the corpses that were close at that moment will scatter in all directions. Locked doors, piles of crates and other “obstacles” are no longer those. The player makes a hole in the wall and calmly goes on.
You can even kill opponents through obstacles.For example, a line released from the ceiling from "Tommy Ghana" will kill a German who sat down there. Ballistics are also at altitude: bullets adequately respond to various types of obstacles and are reliably marked at the points of entry and exit. Released at an angle, the bullet can ricochet and get into the enemy or in the arrow. Before this game for Windows did not shine such tactical capabilities.
Некоторые уровни созданы геймдизайнерами, но most of them are generated according to the principle reminiscent of Diablo, that is, literally on the fly from already existing pre-fabricated segments, with quite a few details, and the quality of the textures is pleasing to the eye. The leaves on the trees are thick and made separately, and not like in most similar projects as a single piece, small details on the shelves, appliances on the tables, paper scattered across the floor, and even sparkling lenses of optical sights and binoculars - the work of artists is felt in every frame. The consequences of the battle are not less pleasing. Splashes and pools of blood, bodies, scattered debris, weapons and ammunition - all this reinforces the impression of the game and gives a special realism to what is happening. Game saves are not on all parts of the level, but only in certain places, for example, when a player finds a secret document in a safe or after particularly hot bouts.
In total, the game has six classes of characters:scout, grenadier, medic, sniper, soldier and engineer. Each of them has its own skill tree (very much like a similar system in Diablo 2), the number and type of skills change as you progress. Characters gain experience not for killing enemies, but only for completing assignments and finding so-called “evidence” (secret documents, drawings, etc.), the amount of experience depends on the type of assignment, speed and quality of the mission. This system is used today by many games for Windows.
A Scout is a pest.The character quickly learns secretive movement (much faster than other fighters), after which the laying of mines, dynamite and other traps becomes just a matter of time. Although the character is boring because of its type of gameplay, definitely not suitable for fans of extreme sports.
Sniper - vulnerable in major skirmishes, but literallyirreplaceable on large maps and in case you need to remove single opponents without attracting unnecessary noise. In the arsenal there is a rather powerful pistol for close combat, but still it is not worth engaging in such battles. It is better to sit in the shelter and shoot the enemy from a safe distance.
Grenadier is a professional grenade thrower,able to make enemies literally packs, grenades inflict huge damage, destroying 5-6 opponents at a time. An unlearned character is pretty hard to play, but after a while you can do it and turn the grenadier into a killing machine.
Soldier - ideally owns an automatic weapon.Vulnerable enough, but the adrenaline rush will quickly change the outcome of the battle in their favor. After the discovery of powerful machine guns, playing for a soldier is a pleasure!
Medic is an “under sniper”, owns a long-rangeweapons and unlimited treatment options. The gameplay for a doctor is similar to that of a sniper, but with the ability to cheer yourself up with various doping.
Инженер – умелец во всем, но профессионалом его difficult to name. It is necessary for opening safes, heavily armored doors and other inaccessible places where there are difficult locks. Able to fire from almost any type of weapon, use all the available technical equipment and tools in the game, and if there is a large first-aid kit, he can perform the function of a medic. The disadvantage of this character is that in battle he usually dies before anyone else because of the extremely small amount of health.
Tactical Silent Storm 4 will definitely suit peoplewith strategic thinking, and indeed to all lovers of strategies, plus the shooter component is also at altitude. And despite the fact that the toy is already quite old, it has not lost its high class even after the time expires. Even the current strategic best PC games are in many ways inferior to it.
