In the West, since the 70s of the last century, books in the Choose Your Own Adventure genre have been popular. This is, as a rule, adventure fantasy, where the reader becomes a director for himself-periodically he makes some decisions that directly affect the further plot and finale of the book. Relatively speaking, you wanted to do this-go to the 56th page, and if in another way-77. Lone Wolf Book series from Joe Devra (Joe Dever) has become one of the most popular in this format.
From 1984 to 1998, 28 books were published about the adventures of a lonely silent monk warrior, in the middle of the zero they began to actively reprint and even release new. A board role-playing game appeared, and in 2009 they even announced the desire to make a film on Lone Wolf. “Kina” has not yet happened, but the extremely curious RPG appeared in Steam Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf HD Remastered, previously released only on mobile platforms.
You choose yourself ..
For the game, a new plot was invented, the action of which is unfolding everything in the same fictional world of Magnamunde. And the main character is the same-a harsh man nicknamed a lone wolf, the last of the caste of the monk warriors Kai. Once, with the help of the legendary sword, the Zommersvered saved the whole kingdom, defeated the Dark Lord Zharn and generally gained special fame-both friends and enemies. As a result, the lone wolf even received some lands to his management. And then one of his villages in Rockstarn was attacked by the army of local, either goblin, or orcs, and our hero rushed to the rescue ..
However, this does not mean that you will immediately run to demolish your heads to evil. This is primarily a book. Therefore, get ready to read a lot and personally, mouse, turn over the pages filled with English letters. The reward to those who know the language or specially taught it will be really interesting and dangerous adventures described by a good literary language.
Almost immediately, we are offered to make decisions that will influence the history. Our hero rushes a gallop in Rockstarn or prefers to act more carefully;will free the robber discovered in a cage in a crushed village, or leave it to die;one will continue to act alone or will remain in the company of a girl named Leyandra, deftly owning a crossbow – there will be many situations for four acts, and all of them really affect subsequent events.
The severity of the consequences of the attack on Rockstarn directly depend on some solutions, others affect the attitude of others to you (for example, the fact that the lone wolf released from the cage of the aforementioned robber will cause an attack of anger from one of the villages of the village),Still others facilitate or, conversely, complicate the battles, affect the characteristics of the protagonist and his health.
… and press yourself!
Yes, Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf HD Remastered – This is still not only a book, but also an almost full -fledged computer RPG, with fights, “pumping”, gathering “Luta”, trade. And character generation: at the start you need to choose different specializations of a lone wolf. He will bet on strength, dexterity and intuition or intelligence? What weapons and skills prefers? All this is reflected in the affordable abilities in the battle, and on the solutions to numerous problems arising during the passage (more precisely, reading).
So, if you endowed your hero with the ability to interact with animals, then you will call on the battlefield to your assistants to a real wolf. And on the pages of an interactive book in one of the situations you can use a crow to suddenly attack enemies from the air. And the “skill” Camouflage will allow you to dodge attacks in battle, arrange sabotage or completely avoid some fights.
The battles themselves do not take place on the pages of the book, but on individual arenas – in a full and pretty 3D rather pretty 3D. Pass in conditional and step regime. That is, the timer is turned on, and during this time you must have time to activate one of your magical or psionic abilities (for example, a powerful blow by the same legendary zommersverd or psi-shchit), throw darts, conduct an attack with cold weapons or drink some potion. But the enemies do not wait for dutifully: if you have hesitated or did not have time on time, they are already attacking. The same is true for themselves.
On a global map, our hero, like a witcher, can meditate, restoring his life and magical forces.
Battle Management is entirely built on mini games in QTE style. By pressing the indicated keys and arrows in time, we conduct special blows, fold the whole combo, evade and increase the power of attack. This, of course, is ideal for mobile platforms, but it also looks good on computers – at first it is less convenient to run a cursor on the screen than a finger on the display, but then you quickly get used to it.
And most importantly, despite these arcade elements, fights turned out to be interesting, complex and somewhere even tactical. Often opponents cannot be overcome the first time – you have to replay over and over again, trying to more competently use skills and combat techniques. Here you can’t just randomly activate everything – you need to think and weigh.
After the victory, the lonely wolf gets not only experience and money, but also different equipment items, as well as materials for the “upgrade”. Then on the global card you can visit the merchant to sell the unnecessary, buy the right and modify or repair weapons and armor.
Unlike some other adaptations of such books, Joe Dever’s Lone Wolf HD Remastered – This is not only choice, text and pictures. There are mini-games (including opening locks), interesting battles, trade, “pumping” and many other prisons of high-quality computer RPG. But most importantly, there is a really exciting story and the opportunity to add your own adventure from it. So teach English!
Pros: non -linear plot, entirely built on the decisions of the player;dynamic and exciting battles;Cute graphics.
Cons: In the computer version, control in battle is not always convenient.