Disciples: Liberation

Если бы Орион был главным героем, то игра называлась бы Disciples: Заклятие Куколдинга.

Мне кажется, что игра несправедливо проигнорирована сообществом. Да, это не шедевр, есть низкобюджетные решения, вроде использования моделек юнитов для НПС и т.д. Но игра весьма неплохой представитель тактических боевок, где по миру мы бегаем за одного героя, а "в кармане" у нас армия, как в Kings Bounty. +: Неплохая графика и визуал Вариативность в квестах Приемлемая озвучка Разнообразие фракций и юнитов -: Хоть разнообразие и есть, ощущаются разные юниты похоже, следственно в какой-то момент бои становятся похожи один на другой Недостаток озвучки (И озвучка малого демона, как же она плоха) Ненормальное количество возможностей заняться любовью с первым встречным за одну строчку диалога...

Not the worst sequel in old series, but certainly far from glorious revival. Disciples was an interesting twist on HOM&M formula, a lot of mechanics were similar - you had your town that could be built up with bunch of structures that improves economy, magic, units and map too had lots of places of interest - dungeons, treasures guarded by enemy forces etc. There also were neutral towns, that could be garrisoned after capture and use shop and healing. Combat and movement on map were turn based too - so same as in Heroes. But some things were quite different - there was a lot more engagement with plot - cutscenes during missions, more between them. There were no 999 stacks, emphasis was on development of units you had - they got exp and after reaching max lvl, if you had constructed necessary building, you could evolve it, some units had no improvements like that, but some could do it several times. Each faction had kinda their own specialty, some had multiple evolution melee, another mages, next one ranged. Oh, also combat in first 2 titles was done jrpg style - there was no movement around battlefield, just two sides taking turns, third game did include tactical field with maneuvres on its tiles. So - Liberation kinda continues with that, however maps have a LOT less places of interest and became kinda empty and small. Neutral towns and citadels are gone, your city is out there, became hub area that can be reached only via teleportation to it, which you could do at any moment, except for when in dungeon. Btw, dungeons here are small areas that prevent you from teleporting when inside, otherwise they have same enemy parties going around as outside. Your army size is increased, so you could take up to 10 units, 2 followers and have 3 backline supporters. Any unit has backline ability, so you could check which ones you want there, some deal dmg, some buff you or debuff enemy. Oh, unit evolution is gone, you can just lvl up them to max 80 lvl, same as your mc and followers. Getting someone besides 5 kinds per faction that are available in max lvled barracks in your hub city could only be done via random selection at marketplace, they refresh every hour, so hope for best. Unit art in first game was superb, really nice gothic style, 3d models in combat - not so much, second and third game went full 3d, so overall quality fell in my opinion, 3d improved ofc, but not to the level of 2d art awesomeness, they just got better, art that was transformed into 3d was trying to be gothic too, but alas. Liberation has much improved models, but pretty much all style and gothic darkness is gone, almost everything is generic with very very few pieces which could be considered stylised in spirit of series. Oh there are at least 1 or 2 2d arts placed in poor excuse for cutscenes that are close to level of old games. Sound went about same road as graphic compared to older games. Voice acting, combat noise, all that is very mediocre, and osts are just not worth remembering, except for one battle music that is clearly not like others even stylistically, no idea how it came to be like that. Plot unfortunately repeats destiny of visuals and audio - not only is it very generic, its execution via dialogs and cutscenes is just laughable. You could choose multiple choices in lots of talks - stuff like good\bad\neutral or the likes, but most of the time all of them end up being at level of some third rate old movie. Though it’s not like there aren’t any redeeming points, some story developments are not bad at all. Also there are smth like 10 sidequests on average per location (10 or so locations in total).

another game that should have never been built after the year 2000.

对话有bug，跟npc对话完大几率无限重复对话，只能alt+f4

All of the pieces work. Fifty hours in and still engaged. Many battles and lots of opportunity to challenge yourself by fighting higher ranked teams.

TRPGなんですが、難易度ノーマルだからか、戦闘は言うほどタクティカルじゃないですね。 相手を突き飛ばすスキルでステージギミックや罠へと突き飛ばしてまとめてドカーン！状態異常を駆使してギリギリの戦い！！みたいな感じではなく、ただのダメージレース、数字のぶつけ合いです。凄く簡素化したBG3みたいなプレイ感覚です。 1周目で世界の全容を把握して2周目でトゥルーエンド。1周目は何も考えず気の向くまま遊んでOK、気に入らない奴みんな殺害してOK、外道プレイ上等です。キモいと思ったら喧嘩売ってみんな首を飛ばしちゃいましょう。仲間ですらシバいてOK。なかなか爽快ですよ！1周目はね！ 2周目になると戦闘における仲間の配置数制限が無くなるので仲間の首ちょんぱは厳禁！ まあ[strike]戦闘で詰んだら降参できなかったり[/strike](システム→終了で可能でした)、文字を大きくできなかったり、戦闘が決しても最後の雑魚一人をキルするまで操作を続けさせられたり(AIに任せられると良かった)、一部の状態異常が強すぎて戦闘バランスも大味だったり、そのほかのシステムもイマイチ未完成で何かと粗いですが、テキスト量が多くキャラも立ってますので割と楽しめます。セールならオススメです。

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