Disappointed with total arrears and ocean of bugs “Korsarov 3“, Fans finally received a long -awaited gift. “The return of the legend“Directs the series along the right path from which she turned, starting from the poppy” “Pirates of the Caribbean“. Fortunately, found in “Akelle»Brighty heads that saw the gap of the best naval simulator of the sailors era. Moreover, now the word simulator can be consumed without a certain stretch, in the very true sense of its very true – attention to the little things has become so close that the “vl” is to be compared to compare with Silent Hunter.

The skin of the sea wolf

The surprise bordering on the shock appears from the moment the character generates when we are given one out of ten (!) levels of complexity. Meticulous lovers of realism can turn off the possibility of conservation (save the game only in the church) and automatic reloading of a pistol during a fight. However, believe me, already at the “Corsair” level will not be at all to jokes. I sunk my first enemy only on the second day of the game after a fierce half -hour battalion, shamefully losing several fights before that. At first, I had to carefully delve into all the subtleties of marine affairs.

The team is now not enough just to pay a salary-firstly, it should be fed, then treated and, to everything else, to constantly drink rum, otherwise the guys will rebel and leave the captain to have fun with a ray with a loop on their neck. You can, as before, give them an extraordinary prize to raise the morale, or you can, sorry, arrange a group orgy with the participation of port girls – the benefit of the owner of the brothel is happy to accept corporate orders. And the entire crew is divided into 3 classes: sailors, canoners and soldiers – and they all have different many experience. It is upset by the fact that in the tavern it is impossible to separately dial, for example, experienced boarders – you have to accept the gun servant with them with them and not smoky gunpowder. By the way, those who wish to go to the open sea do not always sit in the tavern in a tavern in anticipation of our ship. If you do not take care in time, they will be happy to sail on the ship of another captain, who just a hour ago jerked Rum at the next table.

Difficulties are constantly in wait for both on land and at sea. Here is an intelligent look of a city dweller with an impressive abdomen for no reason to appoint a secret meeting in the catacombs, without bothering to clarify the purpose of this rendezvous. In anticipation of a conversation about ancient treasures, we go down to a dark raw dungeon, with great difficulty we look for the aforementioned citizen and what? This acquaintance did not want to reveal the great secret, but turned out to be the most ordinary maniac luring people into his lair for reprisal.

But this is a trifle compared to what awaits the average flubister in the open ocean. The plowing surrounding waters in search of light production of pirates use the slightest opportunity to attack and pursue so far remain at least the slightest chance to overtake the victim. There is no difference, a strategic card or maritime mode: both there and there the enemy acts as persistently and aggressive as possible. Significant AI is easy to confuse with an ordinary person, he really intelligently behaves during the battle. After the on -board volley, it immediately unfolds with the stern in order to leave the defeat zone as soon as possible, according to the situation, it chooses the type of ammunition, constantly maneuver … At the same time, every battle passes in such a wild stress, as if you are standing with a telescope on the captain’s bridge and shouting out orders. And nuclei fly by with an angry whistle, sails are torn, the sheathing is scattered into the chips and the gun overheated from the continuous fire explodes.

In this situation, the hero’s pumping goes extremely slowly, even the first levels are given for several sunk ships. If we take into account that the battle often takes about half an hour, then you will receive a more or less advanced character only on the second or third day of a leisurely game. But there is no feeling of cardboardness of what is happening, you do not feel like the Lord God, by one gaze sending entire military squadrons to the bottom. Each victory, every drowned adversary, rejoice as for the first time, and you recall especially successful volleys, maneuvers;as an unexpected shot from the nasal gun cut off the enemy mast;like a powder cellar soared into the air on the neighboring vessel, not only her, but also his own trough. “VL” is especially good because it constantly offers something new, but not within the framework of the bored scripts, but by the will of a blind case – as, however, in ordinary life.

Ground fights to amaze the public also added to seriousness and turned into real fencing competitions, in which the losers go straight to heaven-well, or to hell, the Caribbean still! But seriously, different types of shocks are combined with the possibility of rebound, block and dot, while the opponent does not hesitate to use all these possibilities. In dynamics, blows flashes one by one and you just have to gleze, as a heavy broadsword will fall on the miserable head of our sea wolf, cutting it like a precise ripe watermelon. That is why it is worth taking care of bodyguards who will accompany their master both during the skirmishes on the ground and when boarding. Walking is allowed with a maximum of three heads, but this small personal guard is enough to cure any threat.

Already almost Aivazovsky

This is what Akellovsky “Corsarers” have always been good, so it is their marine views, as if who who had come down from the picture of a marine artist. The vast explorer that is spreading a lot of miles forward is involuntarily captivating the eyes, and there is no reason to think about the names of the used technologies, the number of landfills in the frame and other mundane things. The time of day changes in real time, and accordingly the sky, the color of the water, its transparency changes. The red ball of subtropics casts glare on the serene ripples of the evening sea, lanterns are lit on the ship, the first stars flash in the sky, and the clouds are painted with fantastic colors of nuclear fungus.

But then the wind is stronger, a small swell turns into seething water crests, and a flurry of rain collapses on top. Our vessel is thrown like a feather, gusts of wet air mixed with salty splashes are poured out of the sailors fussily flickering along the deck … And this is just a weak pitching compared to what is happening during a real storm! With each version of the Corsarar engine, they become more and more spectacular, giving the heading multimillion -dollar Hollywood movie blockbusters like “Pirates of the Caribbean“.

All the same sacred pleasure gives the process of contemplation of his boat, under full sails of the bay to the ocean spaciousness. The models were added in detail, now you can even take a walk along the ship. In the captain’s cabin there is a chest into which unnecessary belongings are stored, and unfortunate captives from captured disadvantages are waiting for the decisions of their fate in the hold. It only upset the combat regime from the first person at sea – it is very inconvenient to move in it, you constantly get stuck in the corners.

And the shots of guns also look insanely beautiful: this is not a liquid pair, as in Tortuga: Two Treasures, And the real clubs of thick powder smoke covering the horizon. The on -board volley of a giant battleship or a runaway fire from the Fort Bastions looks especially impressive and majestic.

The only reproach that can be presented to the “VL” in terms of graphics is as always a disgusting land mode with its clumsy animation, pins-models and meager levels in children’s decorations. Pleasing at least that the appearance of the NPC has become more diverse.

Final comments

The new “Korsarov»Very correct name -” “The return of the legend“Was really a return to the origins, to the game that we all had been waiting for so long and were already desperate to see. The beautiful picture was again filled with worthy content, claiming no less for the title of simulator. Let’s hope that the series will continue to evolve in this direction, remaining one of the pearls of the Russian game industry.

Gameplay: we swim, fight on the sea and on the Instaspin Casino ground, take the ships for boarding, and the fortresses are stormed and dozens of other entertainment. It won’t be boring.
Graphics: bewitching sea and neat models of sailboats, juicy cannon volleys and storm waves the size of a house.
Sound: original soundtrack from previous “Corses”;But dialogs could be voiced.
For a long time?: even if you are not a fan of games of such a genre, the “VL” will drag on for at least a few days, or even weeks.