New game - Stalin vs. Martians

[Meneldil]

I thought it was a joke... Until I saw dancing Stalin.. And my jaw dropped.

I'm sure they'll be many Stalin haters bashing the hell out of the creators when the game comes out. But all the best for them as I know they made this knowing the consequences.

I'm not going to buy it but it looks like a decent game

Actually, in Russia, I'd be more worried by Stalin worshipers. They are still a lot of them, and they might not like seeing their Great Awesome Leader dancing in a video game.

As for the game itself, I'm sorry, but it looks like any bad videogame that tries to sell itself with a rather poor and pointless humour.

[gollum]

Its all down to personal preferences of course but imho the humor is great exactly because its bad and there was a want for this kind of thing in the genre - RTS conventions are really a parody in themselves in a way so its a great idea to formalise that.

I still laugh to tears with the sheer genious of cutscenes from Red Alert and how they parodied things in the midst of taking them seriously. In a sense i got a feeling that the developer parodies the RTS scene as a whole too, like the companies that make the same C and C warcraft 2 clone with different units since 1995.

As for judgements on the game itself its always best to retain them until you personally play it, at least as far as gameplay is concenred and not aesthetics/atmosphere.

[seireikhaan]

I thought it was genius. Game looks rough though. Might be worth it for cutscenes though.

[Abokasee]

Epic dance there! Although the game is a tad rustic (not much variety in the Russian unit list it seems) perhaps the sequel will be: Robert Mugabe vs The Cyclons

[Fragony]

As for the game itself, I'm sorry, but it looks like any bad videogame that tries to sell itself with a rather poor and pointless humour.

Gonna work with me, I am so getting it

[Meneldil]

Gonna work with me, I am so getting it

I knew you were in fact a communist, whose only dream was to watch good ol' Joe dancing.

[gollum]

Originally posted by Meneldil
I knew you were in fact a communist, whose only dream was to watch good ol' Joe dancing.

You mean GI Joe? Or Josef?

[Meneldil]

You mean GI Joe? Or Josef?

Hum, isn't Joe the shortened form of Joseph? If not, I blame it on the anglosaxons and their eagerness to shorten everything.

[ajaxfetish]

Hum, isn't Joe the shortened form of Joseph? If not, I blame it on the anglosaxons and their eagerness to shorten everything.

It most certainly is. In fact, 'Uncle Joe' is a common nickname for the fellow.

Ajax

[gollum]

I guess its intuitive, why he wasnt nicknamed *Jo-Jo*

[Meneldil]

It most certainly is. In fact, 'Uncle Joe' is a common nickname for the fellow.

Ajax

Then I blame Gollum.

[Fragony]

I knew you were in fact a communist, whose only dream was to watch good ol' Joe dancing.

Sir I am offended. Let's finish this once and for all shall we?

1,2,3 DANCE

[Meneldil]

En garde !

[I of the Storm]

Hm. The idea was almost making me smile a little but the game just looks yawn! somehow. I mean, taking a very dated RTS engine and putting funny sprites and some outlandish story in...

[Aemilius Paulus]

Bah, this game merely perpetuates the stereotypes about Russians that not-so-educated Westerners posses. All Russians like communism? Bollocks. Everyone loves earning money. The only people in Russia that still like communism are the old pensioners who are too conservative too change.

Now, of course, this game is merely a parody of other RTS games, but still...

I like the "buying property in London" comment though. it is very much true. As is the fact that Russians oligarchs have a taste for purchasing obscenely expensive art without actually understanding a single bit about the art they buy.