So, we start the game on the deck of the ship. We are attacked by boats and helicopters, and we, accordingly, need to fight them off. Here I can only recommend one thing # Shoot, if possible, first of all at helicopters, as they are more troublesome. After everything is over and we find ourselves on the island, we speak with the Gray.
We receive the first assignment # to meet with Jose. Now I can add a few tips: first, don't clutter up your inventory. Its volume is limited, so you need to save space for things you really need. Secondly, it is better not to spoil relations with civilians, so that there is less trouble further. Well, thirdly, the old order # # take care of the rifle fighter, your life #. You need to take whole trunks with you so that they don't wedge at the most inopportune moment. In addition, the game has many factions with which to fight. But this, perhaps, we will omit, everything is extremely clear there.
We orient ourselves with the help of the mini # map, we reach the place. There will be several unfriendly personalities, for this case we have a revolver (I hope you will understand how to navigate in the inventory and the rest from the optional training in the game). We kill, press # P # and install the first perks. From the very beginning, it is better to set yourself a # cowboy #, for aimed shooting. We search the corpses, go into the house and talk to Jose. He will offer us to get a car, after talking for it and go.
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We approach Raul and ask where Rodrigo is. He directs us to Rodrigo's garage, and we go there. We approach him, he complains to us about the soldiers who took the car away from him. We, of course, go to deal with the lawlessness. There are a lot of enemies, so before the battle you need to choose a comfortable position in advance and shoot back slowly, saving cartridges. After we deal with the paramilitaries fighters, we take the wheelbarrow and drive up to Rodrigo. Through a conversation with him, we learn that two unknown people were interested in us.
In principle, there is no point in describing further non-plot tasks, since they are not required (I will only have a few that relate to the implementation of plot tasks), so let's move on to Diego. We go to him and talk. He will say that he will take us from the island either for 700 pesos or for one black pearl. If you decide to take it up, then we go to the scuba divers and talk to one of them. Now we go to Lonzo, talk to him. We take the key, we take away the bolon, we return. We talk with the scuba diver, refuel the bolon and dive, after making sure that there is something to constantly strengthen our health under water.
We go down into the cave, inside we periodically emerge. We find a scuba diver, we give him a balloon. We get out of the cave and go up to land, for the reward.
We talk with the scuba divers, take the reward and go to Diego. We chat, go to his daughter and chat again. We return to Diego, in his place we find a bandit. We communicate, we go to their authority, to understand at the expense of Diego. We speak with him about Diego, having completed a small quest before this. Now we need to find 5,000 pesos to free the old man. This can be done quickly by completing side quests.
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Sometimes, after collecting the required amount, Juarez does not want to give Diego. We can use a simple method # to kill him and take the keys. After that, we free Diego, go with him to the shore and go to another island.
Upon arrival, go to the CIA agent and talk to him. Next, we go to Eudes, we talk. We need to bring him 10,000 pesos, or the required amount of certain gems. After that, we have collected everything we need, we talk to him, wait until he speaks on the phone and follow him. We go and find ourselves in an ambush. We deal with the soldiers and take the explosives from one of them. We blow up the door, exit and go to the agent. We go to Juan, find out where Eudes is. We talk to him and are faced with the usual task # you need to find money, namely # 8000 pesos. But this time we will give them away not just in order to go further along the storyline. For these 8,000 pesos, we will get the island. So, after the purchase, we will have our own island, where we can use the construction services of local Ravshan and Dzhumshut. In the meantime, we are going to deal with Eudes. We come to the island, we clean it and make our way into the house with him. We talk to him and go to the Indians on the island. We approach the entrance to the cave, take the slab on the left on the wall and get out of the island.
We get to the collector. Well #, this time we need to collect 15000. Dauzh, they don't want to please us with a variety #
After they brought the money, we have a new task # we need to collect the rest of the figurines. In which sequence # is not important. We choose where we go in the first place and on the way. Just keep in mind that for the peaceful settlement of some situations, you need money. So either take with you a lump sum of money, or a lump sum of rounds. As soon as they took all the figurines, we go to the same island where we found the first one. Arranging statues among statues. We go into the opened gate. Inside the crowd of spiders # oversized and crazy Indians, so we will have to fight our way to the goal. There are rather intricate labyrinths, and you can get lost. We need to get to the lever that opens the entrance to the cave.
Walkthrough Xenus 2 White Gold
Xenus 2 White Gold Walkthrough
There are even more spiders in the nutria, and by the end the Indians appear. We move to a kind of prison and there we find a CIA agent whom the savages wanted to sacrifice. He will tell many interesting facts about the affairs of the office, which he encountered during the course of the plot. After the conversation, special forces will rush inside and grab us.
We find ourselves on a CIA ship. After killing Nixon on the screensaver, we search him in order to have at least some supplies. We leave from the cabin. The right door leads to the spetsnaz from the M16, the left # further. First, we go in search of the key to the gate. There is a lot of tension on the ship with cartridges, so search everyone and remove the cartridges from the horns. There is a place on the ship where many get stuck # the door leading to the cabin with the key to the gate. You don't need to look for a key from it, you just need to go to the bar, next to this door, go behind the counter and go to the hatch. We open and make our way to the room to which we need. Next, we go to the gate, open the door and break through to the commander of the special forces, who has the 2 keys we need. We rise, lower the boat into the water and get out of the ship.
The last task awaits us, and a rather difficult one. Better to stock up on the maximum. We leave for the mysterious island of the Indians. We need to destroy this damn Indian cult and end it all. We land on the island and break through the crowds of Indians. We go straight ahead, we climb up. That's it, we watch the touching screensaver and enjoy the credits.
If my readers have forgotten, let me remind you that Xenus is such an ancient Aztec talisman, a key to the door under the waterfall. Actually, the role of these very doors in the plot of the "Boiling Point" was very insignificant, but the intrigue around the six nondescript pieces developed a noble one. One way or another, this talisman fulfilled its role in the excitement of the first playthrough.
In White Gold, Xenus is given an even more insignificant role. He just appears in the name of the game, becoming a kind of identification mark of the world, where the former soldier of the French Foreign Legion Saul Myers is wreaking havoc in the name of good and justice. And Xenus himself will not be in the game. But there will be a lot of sun, sea, girls and shooting.
So where do we start? Let's find a suitable seaplane and load it up with a few bags of very specific humor. After that, having broken a fair amount of master keys, we start the engine, take off and, cursing the absurd control, carefully sprinkle some part of the Windward Islands with the substance from the bags, named Hochma for the sake of Southern Covumbia.
Now that this paradise, where the eternal siesta reigns, has been properly processed, we hit the road to New York and hastily come up with a reason that is guaranteed to make the retired legionnaire wake up, pack up and set off on a journey to the aforementioned islands.
Well, it's time to joke jokes. Saving humanity is trivial and even somewhat boring. It is much more fun to stand guard over the health of the Big Apple addicts. No, we will not be required to track down cocaine submarines, smash transfer bases and sprinkle illegal coca plantations with defoliant. Judging by the notions of drug business tycoons, cocaine is an extremely useful powder that makes it possible to enjoy life at a very divine price. But those who dare to poison this noble product with an unknown poison that kills respectable consumers should be given their due.
Xenus, gentlemen! A complete, unconditional and inevitable xenus to all poisoners who shorten the already short, but so precious life of lovers of "white gold".
I don't promise the taste, but it will be hot
The RPG subgenre is still eclectic. In fact, the recipe is quite simple: we take a hero who absolutely doesn’t know how to do anything, but is sent on a responsible and dangerous mission. Coming up with the skills necessary (but not very) to successfully complete the mission. We are inventing a system that will allow our hero to become less and less curvy, performing a bunch of varied and not particularly logical tasks and distributing meagerly dripping development points. We are introducing into the game several groups with which you can be friends or enmity, creating a certain reputation for yourself. Voila, the dish is ready.
The "boiling point" did not have a very noticeable character development system. However, she could not be denied consistency. In order to shoot more accurately, it was necessary to shoot, and not to transfer the grandmothers across the road. And nothing else.
It is for this reason that I avoid flying in this area.
In "White Gold" igrodels approached the issue more canonically, but at the same time the logic suffered noticeably. The former professional soldier who made a noticeable rustle in Colombia while looking for a missing daughter, now, as it turns out, is not marked with any talents. He shoots poorly, is not able to combine the front sight of the weapon with the slot of the aiming bar, cannot carry a large load, does not know how to use a grenade launcher and a machine gun, he is unfamiliar with the mystery of holding his breath with an aimed shot. And in order to acquire these most useful skills, he needs to earn development points. Moreover, these points are obtained for actions that are completely irrelevant to the development of a certain skill. Effective but illogical.
The role-playing component of the game is still in the relationship with the factions, which in the game abound. And you will have to interact with them one way or another, since most of the side assignments come precisely from the representatives of the groups. The player will have to decide independently which group to join, and take into account that improving relations with one of them will definitely affect the deterioration of relations with the other. Everything is logical and consistent here.
Making money has become much easier - a lot of side tasks contribute to this. Moreover, a huge variety of useful items are scattered around the game world that will brighten up the difficult life of our hero, improve his shaky health and help in armed clashes.
The question of motivation for finding jobs and making money is the main storyline. She, of course, is extremely artless and artless (it is felt that the writers did not strain too much with the twists and turns of the plot), but the main character will require a lot of money. On the other hand, no one is pushing Myers, so you can explore the vast expanses of the Caribbean Sea, learn to ride and fly, poke your curious nose wherever you please.
On a note: in the "Boiling Point", as you remember, even in the most unfortunate scenarios, the hero did not die, but ended up in the hospital, talked to the doctor, paid and set off on a further journey. There will be no such grace here. Death is now final and irrevocable. The only thing that the unlucky player can console himself with is a stinging sentence on the screen and loading the last save.
Sea sunsets are amazingly beautiful.
Algae growing out of the air is no longer algae. This is already aerosli.
Outwardly, the game world is very impressive. The color scheme of the tropics looks just great. And the slight blurring and distortion of the picture to the edges of the screen creates the impression of a humid and sunny world. However, personally, in the first hours of the game, I had a noticeable feeling of discomfort from the character's viewing angle. I do not know whether it should have been done less or more, but some dizziness and disorientation during sharp turns were observed. However, if, according to the intention of the developers, this is how a hero who suddenly finds himself in a tropical country should see the world, then the claims are withdrawn. I would like to say a special thank you to those who worked on sunrises and sunsets of amazing beauty.
The game's graphics engine is optimized to the point where you just don't notice it. It is gratifying that the developers took into account the shortcomings of the previous version of the Vital Engine and made the appropriate conclusions. Huge play areas now function flawlessly.
Not without graphical bugs and shortcomings, however. Algae growing right out of the air, snakes that at times look like a hissing stick, spiders stuck in the walls of a cave, Indians fleeing into the skies, a meager set of faces constantly flashing in the game - all this does not interfere with the passage of the game, but noticeably spoils the impression of what has been done work.
The fauna of the islands, by the way, is noticeably poorer in relation to continental Colombia. The list of nasty surprises in the fauna now consists of only snakes, predatory fish and huge spiders.
As before, the actions will unfold in a single play space without loadable locations. With the exception of a single scripted move to another island, all the others take place in real time. For this purpose, a large number of vehicles (land, water and air) and a network of floating petrol stations have been introduced into the game.
The game NPCs, unfortunately, could not please too much. Their behavior does not differ in variety and special meaningfulness. Dialogues, despite the efforts of their authors, are often uninteresting and not even funny. And the behavior of some individuals, under certain circumstances, borders on insanity. For example, the destruction of all the bandits surrounding their leader does not prevent him from sitting quite calmly on the sofa, surrounded by two girls in bikinis. One of the drug lords shows about the same fatalism.
Local meteorology is truly ingenious in its simplicity.
On a note: I come across several "easter eggs" of a seemingly humorous nature in the game, but only one of them seemed successful to me - the "Autonomous system of meteorological forecasting" shield. Others, like the stylized Wasserman on Jose Pogon's T-shirt or the hysterical "Not a single break !!!" in the telephone receiver, they look very artificial and do not even cause a smile.
The voice acting of the game, frankly, could have been better. Actually, there are no special complaints about game sounds - shots, ambient noises and the like. The annoying radios constantly screaming at the headquarters of the groups, thank God, can be shot if they start to seriously poison life. The background music that accompanies the trip is so good that I stole a boat or scooter from time to time to listen to it again. But the choral performance of the officials during the attack by a group of drug-traffickers, who settled in a destroyed house led by retired US Army Colonel Clark Jefferson, caused an acute desire to shoot them out of purely humane motives. And later, I have seen similar cases of group insanity, accompanied by continuous screaming.
Let's summarize the review part. There is undoubtedly tremendous progress in the results of Deep Shadows' work. If we compare the "Boiling Point" and "White Gold" in general, then this comparison will be entirely in favor of the second game. The developers took into account the colossal number of shortcomings of the first Colombian epic and managed to avoid all those bugs, lags and glitches that players had been making fun of on the forums for more than a month. However, White Gold is still very far from perfect play. So we just have to be patient and wait for the "gold" from Deep Shadow to acquire a noble yellow color, worthy of the crown of the "Best computer games".
| ADVANTAGES | LIMITATIONS | |
| Fascination 8 |
an abundance of quests, huge play spaces | unpretentious plot, banal ending |
| Graphics 7 |
successful "tropical" color scheme | repeating faces and interiors |
| Sound 7 |
very good music | sloppy voice acting |
| Game world 8 |
freedom of action, character development system, an abundance of transport | too specific humor, at times spoiling the atmosphere |
| Convenience 7 |
unobtrusive interface, documenting dialogs | disgusting aircraft control, suboptimal viewing angle |
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The beginning of the plot of "White Gold" takes place in the introductory video. A series of mysterious deaths in bohemian circles in New York, it turns out, have the same cause - Colombian cocaine. Analyzes have shown that it contains a highly toxic impurity that kills quickly and reliably. This gloomy news makes the drug lords think hard. The risk of losing such a profitable and well-established business is very high. Anyway, buyers will be disappointed in their ability to supply pure powder, which kills much more slowly and more pleasantly, and will start looking for other suppliers.
This bush is the cause of all the troubles and problems here. Erythroxylum coca.
To the peacefully sleeping Saul Myers, a certain Latin American-looking whip appears, pours him a generous handful of compliments and persuades him to take up the investigation of the causes of the excessive toxicity of Colombian cocaine. Of course, Sol, as it should be according to the canons of the genre, refuses, claiming that he has retired and does not want to know anything. Khlysh, in turn, demonstrates not the worst understanding of the rituals of the genre and lays out a trump card - two photographs with a dead person.
You and I don't know anything about the dead man, but Sol seems to know him well. Quite unexpectedly, he agrees to work and does not even start talking about the remuneration due.
The next video takes us to the boat, delivering Myers to one of the islands of the archipelago. Peaceful chatter with the old man driving the boat is interrupted by aggressive strangers deploying speedboats and even a couple of helicopters. We are hinted, as it were, that "you are not here" and they are offering a baptism of fire.
Who exactly organized the committee for the meeting of Saul Myers is unclear, but they prepared disgustingly. Helicopters are completely unconvincing, and boats are not worth a good word. Our hero, as they say, solves the issues with one left, and then after his grandfather jumps from the side of the boat, which is about to explode.
As a matter of fact, this is where the prerequisites of the plot end, since both the motives of Myers' further actions and the forces of opposition to them have been introduced into the game.
Bug Diver with Sniper Skills
Character development is no different in complexity. As the game progresses, he performs various actions, each of which gives him a certain amount of experience points. Accumulating, these points raise the character's level (known to all fans of level-up role-playing games). Each new level gives one, which can be spent on the study of a particular ability.
On a note: in the process of character development, the maximum level of his health will slightly increase. Starting with the legitimate one hundred units, he got noticeably healthier for me under the tropical sun and made it to the finals with 120 units or so. A trifle, but nice.
Abilities
These acquired characteristics of a character in the game are called perks... Their essence lies in the fact that the character receives a certain undeveloped skill when studying. For example, it shoots more accurately or carries more weight. Some of them do not require any conditions for studying, and the rest can be studied only after the basic ones.
The grouping of abilities in the game is pretty goofy. The ability "Buggy" is not clear why it got into the line of skills related to accuracy, and "Burglar" - in the line of dexterity. However, it is not difficult to understand them.
All abilities can be divided into several large groups.
Physical strength
This group focuses on the ability to carry a certain weight of equipment (initially 30 kg). Very useful abilities, considering that there will be a lot of trophies that can be sold to traders. And the passage of the final mission will require a very significant load of ammunition. It is advisable to study this group completely.
Agility and vitality
The ability to jump higher, stay under water longer, reload weapons faster - in a word, everything that may be required to carry out very delicate assignments that our hero will receive in abundance. However, most of the abilities in this group provide very minor advantages that will be needed literally once or twice in the game. Therefore, most of the positions you probably won't need. Personally, I limited myself to "The Will to Live".
On a note: note that Styer increases your running speed and Sprinter increases your stamina. As far as I know, in reality the situation is exactly the opposite.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Jumper | — | Increases jump height |
| Stuntman | Jumper | Reduces fall damage |
| Dodgy | — | Reduces damage by 10% |
| Trickster | Dodgy | Reduces weapon reload time |
| Stayer | — | Increases running speed |
| Sprinter | — | Increases endurance |
| Marathon runner | Sprinter | Increases endurance |
| Will to live | — | Reduces damage when decreasing health up to 25% |
| Swimmer | — | Increases swimming speed |
| Diver | — | Increases the time spent under water from 30 to 45 seconds |
| Diver | Swimmer, diver | Increases the time spent under water up to 60 seconds |
| Strong organism | — | Increases resistance to alcohol, drugs, poisons and stimulants |
| Botanist | — | Reduces damage from snake and fish bites |
Combat abilities
Of course, an action movie requires primarily combat skills. Some of them are really effective, and some can be safely ignored. For example, for accurate rifle shooting, it is enough to take the "Sniper" without spending development points for an additional two seconds of holding your breath. The abilities "Cowboy" and "Shooter" are very useful, but the value of increasing the grenade throwing range personally seems to me questionable to me.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Cowboy | — | Gives the possibility of aimed shooting |
| Shooter | Cowboy | Reduces bullet spread |
| Grenade | — | Increases throw range |
| Heavy | Tourist | Gives the ability to use a machine gun |
| Grenade launcher | Tourist | Gives the ability to use a rocket launcher |
| Steady hand | Trickster | Blur disappears on recharge |
| Sniper | — | Lets you hold your breath when firing for 3 seconds |
| Instructor | Steady hand, sniper | Lets you hold your breath when firing for 5 seconds |
| Cat's eye | — | Gives night vision in stealth mode |
| Achilles' heel | — | In 3% of cases, hitting any part of the enemy's body is lethal |
Social ability
This set, as they say, is not for everybody. He will not give much relief to the game, but if you do not rush to the final, thoroughly go through all the side tasks and build your own house on your own island, something from the list of social abilities will not hurt.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Charisma | — | Reduces reputation deterioration by 25% |
| Bribe | Charisma | Reduces the amount of bribery of enemies by half |
| Deceiver | Charisma | Increases the likelihood of deceiving the enemy |
| Dealer | Charisma | Reduces prices from sellers |
Technical ability
Given the fact that the game is full of locked boxes containing very useful things, a group of hacking skills should be developed in every possible way at the first opportunity. As for the "Doctor", "Driver" and "Gunsmith", it seems sensible to me to limit myself to the first ability. The rest are in little demand by the game, since there are few purely transport tasks, and it is more convenient to use the services of an NPC to improve weapons.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Screwdriver | not | Increases the chance of successfully picking locks |
| Cracker | Screwdriver | Significantly increases the chance of success picking locks |
| Bugbear | Cracker | Provides maximum chance of picking locks |
| Driver | — | Reduces damage to your vehicles by 50% |
| Doctor | — | Increases the effectiveness of drugs |
| Gunsmith | — | Increases the chance of successful weapon upgrades |
Friends, enemies and others
Let's talk about groupings. Nothing much has changed since the "Boiling Point". As before, civilians sympathize with the officials, and the bandits are ready to come to the aid of the drug mafia. Representatives of the CIA, as before, are distinguished by absolutely phenomenal stupidity, and the ideological spirit of the partisans reaches such values that it is quite possible to export it to countries with a lack of revolutionary upsurge.
As it should be, initially the relationship with the groups is neutral (except for the nerds from the paramilitaries, but this is already included in the plot). That is, they do not shoot at us until we shoot. In the process, we will inevitably have to enter into relationships with certain groups. You yourself understand that the tasks that will be given to us will not benefit some other groups. Thus, we will not have time to blink an eye, as we will acquire loyal friends and sworn enemies.
The benefits of friends, frankly, are few. They will not clean up the porridge brewed in distant New York, but will confine themselves to cheers when they meet. But the enemies are much more proactive and active. As soon as they see you on the horizon, they will immediately open fire, begin to surround, throw explosives and, quite possibly, even kill you.
The principle of forming relationships is quite simple. The murder of a member of a group spoils relations only with this group, and improves them with groups hostile to this group.
On a note: in the game, it is impossible to kill an NPC associated with the passage of the main storyline. When you try to aim at such a character, the crosshair of the sight is replaced by a red prohibiting icon.
So let's get acquainted with the list of groupings.
Officials
Warriors are warriors. NATO weapons in the range, jeeps and boats with machine guns, self-propelled air defense systems, combat helicopters, a powerful material base. In general, the officials are not suitable as enemies, and therefore it is necessary to quarrel with them only when absolutely necessary and very carefully. Otherwise, they will not give life later.
Civilians sympathize with the officials, but the guerrillas, bandits and drug dealers do not digest them.
Drug mafia
These guys are also serious, because their business does not dispose to jokes. Technique and decent weapons are available, and you can get hold of profitable tasks here.
As already mentioned, the drug mafia and bandits are brothers forever. The partisans, as it should be, do not like them, considering them a burp of the hydra of imperialism, and the officials and civilians are quite in solidarity with the partisans, but for different reasons.
There is a tower on the official island, which has a lot of interesting things. And expensive.
My army sergeant major would rot in the outhouse for such a thing. No discipline among the troops.
Bandits
This stupid horde of Caribbean gopniks, armed with Kalashnikovs, sawn-off shotguns and ultrasound, was literally created in order to immediately quarrel with them. Moreover, they themselves are constantly running into a splash. Especially on their assignments you will not get hold of, so you don't even need to mess around.
The murder of every bandit is eagerly applauded by civilians, officials and partisans. Nobody seems to like the declassed item even in tropical countries.
Indians
This grouping is rather insignificant, and the relationship with it has little effect on the passage of the game. However, along the way, there will be one key task related to the Indians, so if you meet an Indian - do not offend him.
The relationship of this group with others is completely neutral, so that a quarrel with the Indians will not bring you either glory or shame.
CIA
The pathetic bunch of idiots representing American intelligence on the islands can hardly be called a group. Before the incident on the ship, you only have to contact the crazy resident Weinstein, and if you really want to, talk to three CIA agents who were abandoned here by mistake. Well, the attitude towards you on the ship is unlikely to depend on your previous merits.
In general, as they say, the grouping "for furniture". However, the CIA drug dealers do not like it, as it should be.
Civil
Such a tattoo looks very exotic on an exotic chest.
Perhaps the most common grouping. A quarrel with them will not give any definite advantages, since the rest of the groupings are neutral towards civilians. The civilian population of the islands willingly hand out small orders, which are quite simple to complete and earn some money. There will be a couple of more voluminous tasks. There you can already get hold of trophies.
In case of unintentional damage to relations with some groups (anything can happen), there are characters with whom you can talk about restoring mutual sympathy. They will tell you where to go, who to talk to and how much to pay, if the conflict has not gone too far.
The densely populated islands have merchants, gunsmiths, and doctors. Moreover, there are gunsmiths in some of the bases of the groups. As you progress through the game and gain experience, the available assortment of gunsmiths becomes wider. Both the list of available weapons and the level of upgrade packages to it are increasing.
As a matter of fact, merchants are not really needed. Unless the nocturnal type from the first island Sol gets to can be useful. Lockpicks are a hot commodity.
The doctor, as he should, treats alcohol and drug addiction, as well as relieves of decreased sensitivity to painkillers.
Transport of the three elements
Most of the travel deals with moving between the islands. The islands are small, so you can walk on foot within them. In principle, it is also easy to swim to another island, but it will take an absolutely unimaginable amount of time.
Thus, we will have overland technology purely for pleasure. Well, and in those rare cases when we will carry out assignments related to her.
Well this is necessary - nobody's jeep with a machine gun. Phenomenal mismanagement.
There are two ways to get transport. The first - law-abiding - to get the key on the quest and ride, swim or fly for your own pleasure. The second - criminal - is elementary to steal by breaking one or more master keys. As expected, there are few law-abiding situations. Therefore, we will not deny ourselves anything, especially since the owners turn a blind eye to the hijacking and are not at all indignant.
Actually, the range of vehicles is not that great. These are vague ragged sobs that look like a Soviet "Victory" of the 50s, jeeps with a turret machine gun and occasional ATVs. Apparently, the car park on the islands is being replenished exclusively by the military.
With water transport a little richer. Scooters, rubber boats "Zodiac", fishing boats with a motor, militarized boats with a machine gun turret. There are even a couple of fashionable pleasure boats that are a little short of yachts. As practice has shown, it was military boats that turned out to be the most practical. With such a boat, it is not at all necessary to inflate the drama and portray Omaha Beach when landing on an enemy shore. Several circles around the island - and you can safely land, loot and go in search of the few survivors. But in general, all options are acceptable, if you do not particularly quarrel with the local people, who have military boats and helicopters.
Onward to new adventures on a stolen scooter!
And finally, about aviation. In principle, there is no particular need for it, and the abundance of air defense on the islands is somewhat depressing. But if you prefer to fly rather than sail, then you will find something for yourself.
As for the seaplane, I can only say one thing - don't mess with it. The monstrously awkward controls and eschewing physics of flight make this car extremely unpredictable in the air. The seaplane is only good for getting where you need to go quickly on the water, trying not to take off.
But the helicopter is much more efficient and reliable. There are two types of helicopters in the game - transport-passenger and military. The former can be used for flights to places where there will be no unpleasant surprises. The latter are quite combat-ready until the missiles run out. Air cannons on helicopters are absolutely useless. More precisely, they are only good for wasting ammunition. So do not flatter yourself especially.
By the way, about the ammunition. Unfortunately, it is not being replenished. Thus, military equipment with fired ammunition automatically turns into civilian equipment.
In addition to homing missiles and air cannons, helicopters are equipped with a system for shooting heat traps, which are quite good at distracting enemy air defense missiles.
There is no smell of a fuel crisis in the Caribbean. The abundance of floating gas stations and the low price of fuel make the life of our hero almost carefree. Moreover, at the same gas stations they will fill the full tank of your helicopter, and also repair what you sailed or arrived on. Here, for losers who got here by swimming, a boat is sold at a fair price.
Weapons and armor
Such a variety of trunks, reaching at times to the point of absurdity, as in "Boiling Point", will not be. The range of barrels is much more concise, but more than covers all the needs of Saul Myers. Anaconda revolver, Uzi submachine gun, horizontal double-barreled sawn-off shotgun, Remington automatic combat shotgun, two world-famous assault rifles - AK-47 and M16A1, SVD rifle, M249 light machine gun, M79 single-shot grenade launcher - in my opinion, this the list will satisfy the most demanding taste.
Somewhat upsetting is the lack of silent firearms, but for exotic lovers, the developers have in store a four-barreled underwater pistol that shoots almost silently, and almost the same silent crossbow. Well, and of course, the good old combat knife is not forgotten.
Rocket weapons are represented by the same list as in "Boiling Point" - "Fly" rocket-propelled grenade and "Igla" MANPADS. It is strange, of course, that AT-4 and "Stinger" are not found in South Covumbia and its environs, but here, as they say, the will of the creators.
There are two types of grenades in the game. The first, judging by the picture in the inventory, is the classic F-1 (or its analogue Mk2A1). But if you take a grenade in your hand, you will find a certain monster of a cylindrical shape, completely unrecognizable in appearance. The striking properties of this grenade are ridiculously low. The radius of damage can be estimated at ten meters, no more. In principle, for offensive grenades this is quite normal, but the appearance of a defensive grenade can be quite misleading.
The second grenade is an anti-vehicle grenade. It comes across infrequently, and there is no particular need for it. Having tested it in business, with a clear conscience, I drove the remaining four pieces to the merchant and forgot to think about these nonsense.
Ammunition, I must say, also lost some of the delusional. The mysterious cartridges "with a displaced center of gravity" and no less mysterious "silent" cartridges have completely disappeared from sight. True, here it was not without a curiosity. As far as I know, no one has ever fired explosive bullets under the 5.56 caliber. And the Soviet intermediate cartridges of 7.62 caliber were also not equipped with such bullets. It seems that the Covumbian gunsmiths are capable of miracles.
Ammunition for the vast majority of rifled small arms comes across three types - conventional, armor-piercing and explosive. Oddly enough, I did not notice much difference between them - both for armored and unarmored targets. The crowds of Indians in the final mission should have simply scattered to shreds from an explosive machine-gun burst. And they acted as if they were being bombarded with peas from a straw.
For the M-79 grenade launcher, there are still two types of grenades - detonating on impact and with a three-second delay. Both of them can be useful in different situations. But keep in mind that now the distance at which the grenade launcher shoots has become much smaller (even with the 3rd level upgrade package).
It looks like RKG-3. But it explodes in a completely different way, and the parachute does not fly out when thrown.
There are special ammunition for silent weapons (cartridges for an underwater pistol and crossbow bolts). However, the opportunity to acquire them does not appear immediately.
The weapon enhancement system has been carried over directly from the "Boiling Point". Using upgrade packages of three levels, you can increase the rate of fire, accuracy and magazine size. There is also an assault rifle mount package.
In principle, it is enough to improve one favorite barrel - and you can completely go through the whole game with it from start to finish. There is no need to carry on yourself an impressive arsenal weighing three dozen kilograms and spend fabulous sums on packages to improve all this good. Moreover, the wear of the weapon is relatively low and begins to be felt only from ten percent.
As a matter of fact, there is nothing especially to tell here. As with the predecessor game, there are three types of body armor. The light one provides 50 units of protection with a mass of 3 kg, the medium gives 75 units with a mass of 7 kg, and the heavy one provides 100 units with a mass of 12 kg. It is easy to see that the light one is most effective, because with the same mass, four light body armor will give twice as much protection as one heavy one. The inconvenience of the lung is only in the fact that in case of critical wear during a tight battle, you need to look for a secluded place in order to change it to a new one.
The weapon that is currently in the hero's asset (that is, placed in the quick slot) is marked with a yellow arrow in the inventory. There are also three slots under the character's doll, which show what kind of weapon is currently in the hands and the type of ammunition selected. The third slot tells you if the armor is worn and what type of armor it is.
... and Turgenev eight volumes
The inventory includes what the hero finds in various boxes, collects from corpses, picks up from the ground, receives on quests and purchases from merchants. With weapons, ammunition, medicines, it is clear - without them, there is simply nowhere and nothing. However, in the course of gathering, you will come across a completely Homeric heap of all sorts of rubbish, most of which even the merchant will only accept as a gift. Playing cards, matches, lighters, wrist bands, condoms, empty bottles ... I even got an enema. I'm even afraid to imagine why the die-hard Saul Myers might need it.
Equipment for every taste. Come, hack, no one will say a word.
Separate hemorrhoids are tropical fruits and other, if I may say so, food. There are an awful lot of them. There are benefits from them, albeit scanty - each fruit eaten by Myers restores his health by several units (the most effective food restores about the same as the minimum dose of pain reliever). Unlike syringes, fruits do not induce pharmacological tolerance. So it turns out that sometimes these microdoses of "pure health" have to be carried by several kilograms in order to save the effect of drugs in the event that it gets really hot.
The inventory contains four tabs that allow you to somehow systematize the nightmare reigning there. You can consider the whole nightmare as a whole, selectively admire the weapon nightmare, study a motley nightmare under the brand name "Other" and relax your soul on the "Scenario" tab.
The list of scenario items is small. Initially, it includes a powerful walkie-talkie through which Myers receives a variety of instructions from his mentors, a camera and a soft wing parachute. The latter, by the way, is very convenient in some cases, since it works automatically and manages to open up even when jumping from a cliff of medium height. Sometimes it is faster to get somewhere by jumping off a cliff with a parachute than to travel or paddle on foot on the winding asphalt of mountainous islands. When jumping from a plane or helicopter, the parachute, of course, also does not remain idle.
To clear the inventory of accumulated junk, which is not worth shipping to the merchant, a "trash can" is provided in the lower left corner of the screen. However, the object caught in it does not disappear without a trace, but falls side by side on the ground, packed in a neat wooden box. If, without leaving the place, continue to throw objects, they will fall into the same box. And from the box, if anything, it is very easy to pick them up. Like any other wooden box.
Features of the interface
The game interface is quite simple and austere. In the lower left corner of the screen, there is a health and stamina indicator. Health is the degree to which the figurine is colored green. For greater accuracy, the numerical value of health is given next to it. The red segment of the circle is the stamina that is spent sprinting with the SHIFT key held down.
Nearby is a weapon status indicator. Here you can see the firing mode (single or automatic), the type of ammunition selected, the number of cartridges in the magazine or drum, and their total number in the inventory.
In the upper right corner there is a mini-map that can work in two modes. Standard mode shows the nearest terrain with detail. In this mode, red marks of enemies are applied to the map, which are located within the map and can be seen by the hero.
Black captain in white camouflage. A surreal choice of clothing for the tropics ...
The second mode allows you to view a larger area. It is convenient for orientation relative to the coastline, relief elements and buildings. Switching modes - TAB key.
In both modes, the azimuth-indicators of the targets of the next tasks function (green - plot, red - side). Below are the distances to them and the difference in height in relation to the location of the hero.
There is also a full-size map of the game world. In addition to orientation tasks, it performs another important function. By clicking the right mouse button, you can put one mark, which will later be marked on the mini-map with a blue azimuth-pointer.
Hotkeys 1-9 are responsible for the selection of weapons in the corresponding cell of the inventory. The 0 key removes the weapon from sight. If the weapon is selected and picked up, the G grenade key is activated. This is very convenient, since you do not need to waste time choosing a grenade in a fast cell.
There is also a key for selecting special actions F. By pressing it, we get the opportunity to turn on or off the flashlight (it is not in the inventory), skip the time of day that is inconvenient for action, provided that the hero is in a safe area, turn on or off the stealth mode. From here you can also control the mini-map mode, but this is much less convenient than switching it with the key.
A little more detail on stealth mode. When activated, the hero moves only at a step, but all enemies are drawn on the map, even if they are out of sight. Heartbeat allows you to react in time to danger and shoot first (if the hero can be detected, the heartbeat increases).
When controlling ground vehicles, the F key allows you to turn the headlights on or off, and pressing the space bar activates the handbrake. In case of an emergency need to leave the vehicle on the move, there is an E key. After leaving the ground or water transport, it stops with a stalled engine, and the plane or helicopter, of course, crashes. The climb and descent of aircraft are made using the Q and Z keys, respectively.
Passing
I want to emphasize right away that all quests in the game are divided into two large groups. The first is a progress in the plot, towards the final solution to the mysterious deaths. The second is making money, experience and reputation. When a new side quest is received, it is automatically activated and the bearing indicator indicates the direction to the target of this quest. Such a solution is far from always convenient, so be careful and check which task is currently selected.
The task of passing in this article is to describe the main storyline, since there are a great many side quests in the game and they will not fit into one article.
From behind the island to the rod ...
The end of the introductory video makes us understand that there is no time for inspection and the first acquaintance with a peaceful life. The boat on which old Huatinho takes Myers to the scene is attacked by several boats and two helicopters. Sol has no choice but to stand up to the machine gun and methodically destroy unknown ill-wishers. After the last attacker is destroyed, we will be treated to another video clip - and we will find ourselves on the island.
After a short radio conversation with Jameson about the latest achievements in science and technology, we go to listen to old Huatinho, who as a result was left without a boat and without a home.
The conversation with Huatinho ends with a mention of some Diego and an instruction to find Huatinho's godfather named Jose and nicknamed Pogon.
On a note: I advise you to immediately start asking questions of all kinds of people hanging around near the pier. A lot of useful information can be gleaned from conversations. And Jose Pogon is not going anywhere from us.
Tropical weather is finicky. The sun was just shining and the sea was shining ...
The meeting with Jose will be accompanied by a small "Zarnitsa" with three unknown persons. What they actually need is still unknown, but one thing is clear - these guys shoot very badly. After collecting trophies and finding the key to the handcuffs, we release Jose from the captivity of the bed back and talk.
It turns out that these unknowns were not interested in anyone, namely Saul Myers. And they are not unknown, but life-size paramilitaries. That's it.
As it turns out, Jose Pogon knows the peculiarities of the local society to the subtleties, and in addition he is also a radio amateur with a powerful station. And in gratitude for the rescue, he offers Myers the services of a special guide. Now we have not one radio prompter, but two. True, most of the time they litter the air with "flood", "flame" and mutual jokes, but sometimes they say sensible things.
The location of Diego, who seems to have to agree to deliver Myers to his destination, is now known for certain. And at the same time we found out where you can get hold of at least some kind of clunker so as not to run around the island on foot.
On a note: do not flatter yourself, because you will have to run on foot. The tunnel connecting the two parts of the island is blocked up, so making a detour by car will be a hassle. The wolf is known to be fed by its legs.
Having found Diego, we agree on the conditions on which he is ready to provide transport services. The old curmudgeon charges seven thousand pesos. Even if you sell this entire island to the last nail on the London Stock Exchange at retail prices, it seems that this amount will not be enough. But Diego also has an alternative proposal - to get him a black pearl. He even knows exactly where to get it. Our task is to come to the owner and achieve to get this very pearl.
Scuba divers are not a game!
The owner of the black pearl is one of three scuba divers who collect pearls on the island. The name of the owner is Javier. But here's the hitch - Javier is not there. But there are two other scuba divers, one of whom tells us a long story, from which it follows that Javier is now in an underwater cave with an empty oxygen tank in his arms. And the pearl is always with him.
The first step is to organize the balloon. To do this, we go somewhere to the devil, to the other end of the island, where some grandfather, a balloon owner, lives. We buy a cylinder from our grandfather (empty, of course), drag it back, fill it with air and set off to save the pinniped Javier.
Now I will have a pearl. It would be nice, black, but they will also buy white.
You will have to swim for a long time and like in a crossword puzzle - first horizontally, then vertically. By the way, part of the way horizontally will have to swim under water, because paramilitares boats are patrolling around.
Having reached the dive site, we dive and go to the bottom with the maximum possible speed. Having found the entrance to the underground grotto, we swim there. There will be one subtlety here. To swim to Javier in one go, there is definitely not enough air and health. But under the roof of some caves there are air lenses from which you can sip a little life-giving. It is not difficult to find them, since they are visible from the water as dark spots on the ceiling.
The cave system is quite confusing. Our task is to turn right into the second passage, swim through two halls, and at the far end of the third, Javier, who has lost hope of seeing the sun, will be bored.
We return the balloon to Javier, we return to the shore.
On a note: you can take your time with the return, because at the bottom of the caves there are shells, and in the shells there are pearls. Pearls are from the word "money", and money is never too much. Is the logic clear? The main thing is not to get lost in the halls and passages, otherwise you will stay instead of Javier.
On the shore, we accept congratulations, thanks and a pearl.
Debt good turn deserves another
Tell me, are you already an adult bandit or even a larva?
Returning to Diego, we brag about the pearl, we receive an assignment to hit the road to the old man's granddaughter and give the pearl to her. Whatever, as they say, the child is not amused ... The granddaughter languidly reacts to the gift, thanks and wishes good luck. We return to leave this hospitable island forever. But the island, as it turns out, is so hospitable that it does not want to let go of the dear guest.
Diego is not there, but there is some kind of patched shket with a height of one and a half meters, but in a black T-shirt and sunglasses. A bandit, in general. He informs us that Diego is locked up at the local godfather, because he owes money, but does not want to give it back.
Whether you like it or not, you have to help out the old bastard. From a conversation with the main gopnik, it turns out that for five thousand Diego will be released on all four sides.
I wonder where such sums come from in their heads at all?
It seemed to me that the most profitable from an economic point of view is to shoot the bandits, take the key and release the grandfather. But if you want, try to collect the required amount. In any case, Juarez will turn out to be an honest bandit and will hand over the key.
The further into the forest, the thicker the partisans
Another video cut - and we are on an island where Weinstein, widely known in narrow circles, lives. I wonder if the CIA sent him here as an insult to the whole island?
A conversation with Weinstein frays what remains of nerves, but enriches us with the knowledge of the name and location of the informant. Someone Eudes. We find the aforementioned Eudes in a local eatery. Bah, all familiar faces! Didn't we see him just now on Diego's dock? Well, just a twin brother, only a different T-shirt.
Meet Agent Weinstein. I wonder who gave him such a tie?
Hour by hour is not easier. Now we need ten thousand pesos or a handful of precious stones. I wonder if the local shantrap thinks Myers has a money-printing machine?
However, it will be easier to collect what you are looking for on this island, since there are many employers here, and you can float somewhere where the ruble ... that is, the peso is more authentic. One way or another, the sum is collected, Eudes perks up and, squatting from servility, leads Myers somewhere to meet with an unknown macheter. Oh, he's too corny ... It's not good.
And there is. Eudes lured Myers into a trap. A closed courtyard, six unknown persons in special forces uniforms and with good weapons. First of all, we run away under the stairs, and from there, carefully peeping out, we shoot black figures in helmets. On one of the corpses we find an explosive device, destroy the door and go to Weinstein to find out how many times his head was dropped on the ground in infancy and whether he has any idea about the selection of agents.
Weinstein, having quickly got rid of it, calls another name - Juan Pereira, a real estate dealer.
We are looking for Pereira and suddenly, quite unexpectedly, we find out that we have to buy the island of Espiga de Muerte. Yes, a whole island with a beach, palm trees and other tropical paraphernalia. And for only eight thousand pesos. We have never bought islands so cheaply. It remains only to get these same pesos. Well, let's go where the red arrows point on the minimap.
Robinson Myers
Either the owner overestimated the purchased island, or underestimated the zeal of the architect.
Having collected the due amount, we sign the documents and set off to get acquainted with the possessions, put things in order there and look for Judas Eudes. We choose a boat to taste - and go ahead. However, as subsequent events showed, a combat helicopter is much more appropriate here, since there is a concrete fence on the island.
As you probably guessed by now, the island is busy. And its inhabitants do not want to know anything about the new owner. So they'll have to hand them a lead eviction notice.
After finishing work on clearing the territory, we find Eudes, we talk with him, we get another green mark on the map. What to do next with this insignificance, decide for yourself. You can let go, or you can shoot. Nobody will say "oh".
On a note: if you wish, you can tinker with the island for a long time. The construction of a house, a helipad, and a pier will cost such an amount that all other costs will seem like a mere trifle. But how will it all look ... Dream!
To improve the island, we will have to meet with a local architect, who is also a designer, manager and foreman. This miracle of nature is called Carlos. Carlos will introduce us to the local guest workers, and they will give us a tropical residence.
Don't make a cult out of the slab!
Now we need to go to the distant island of Sinestra de Craneo, where another mystery awaits us. In the case of the poisoning, as it turns out, some Indian tribe is involved, completely obsessed with some local cult.
Arriving on the island, we act decisively and quickly. We moor the boat, having previously deployed its bow into the sea. We get out to the shore. Approaching the closed gate leading to no one knows where, we quickly pick up the heavy slab inserted into the recess to the left of the gate, and just as quickly retreat into the boat. The thing is that this plate is under some kind of Indian alarm, so if you steal it, the Indians with pikes and fuzei will immediately run in and send Myers straight to meet with Manitou.
We return to Ballena Island, where Weinstein lives. The house is also home to two collectors, one of whom is educated enough to read the inscription on the stone. It turns out that six figurines need to be collected, which, being placed in the hands of six idols in front of the locked gate, will force the gate to open. Well, straight Indiana Jones, by God.
By cities and towns
This is where you need to bring six figurines. And make a lot of trouble.
You should not go to prison to the paramilitaries. I tell you this for sure, as an eyewitness.
Fate scattered six figurines very pedantically. All of them belong to different groups. And for each, the owners will want either money or something else. If there is no desire to pay, you can take away the figurines by brute force, simply killing their owner and everyone who will be dissatisfied with this. On the other hand, quarreling with everyone in a row is somehow inconvenient, so you can approach the issue creatively and decide in the process who is to be executed and who to have mercy. The only owner with whom you definitely won't be able to talk is the paramilitaries. And it's for the best, finance is not rubber.
Having collected the figurines, we return to the Sinestra de Craneo, we perform a simple ritual of placing the figurines in certain idols. The heavy stone gate opens.
Indians and spiders will be here. Spiders and Indians. There are many spiders and even more Indians. The main danger is the shooters armed with fuzei. Three hits from this antique - guaranteed death. Warriors with shields are almost invulnerable to bullets. They can only be killed with an accurate headshot or grenade throw.
Our task is to break through to the lever that opens another gate. Further - the dungeons that will lead us to the prison, where the CIA agent humbly awaits his fate. We do not have time to free the agent, since some mysterious forces once again interfere with the chain of events. However, the agent manages to tell us a lot of interesting things that indicate the further direction of the search.
Reluctant passenger
We come to our senses, look around. As it turns out, we're locked in the cabin of the container ship. The task is to get out of it, and preferably safe and sound. For this purpose, all our equipment was graciously left to us. But not here, but in the next cabin, in the nightstand. Having collected our property, we systematically destroy the crew of the ship, collect the keys from the doors, make our way to the boat, lower it into the water, and get away from this lost place.
Please note that opponents in body armor, shoot as accurately as possible in the head. Grenades will also do the trick.
This episode somehow reminded me of "Soldier of Fortune-2". Which is the "Double Helix".
Last mile
The ultimate goal of our investigation has been determined. But it's too early to go there without proper preparation. First you need to buy more cartridges and sets of armor, improve the selected weapon to the maximum. Don't forget about your medications.
Now you can hit the road. But no helicopters or seaplanes. Any aviation in the area of the Indian island is inevitably in distress. So any of the boats is your choice.
So the way to the last point has been covered. It remains to start the ascent to the ziggurat.
Having reached the island, we begin to move along a chain of stairs, destroyed temples and ziggurats. Two tactics are possible here: either careful shooting of all enemies that can be detected, or quick dashes from one shelter to another with an instant cleanup. Particularly dangerous are open areas under fire, which will be enough. You can't linger here for a second.
On a note: in an unpatched game, it may freeze when loading the final video. I could not get around this problem without a patch
That's it. We watched the final video. It seems that all the villains are punished, all the riddles are solved, all debts are paid in full. However, the soul of our hero was somehow sad, leaving behind mountains of bronze-skinned corpses in loincloths. Deep down, he probably understands that the dark, downtrodden and ignorant Indians are just a tool in the hands of those who have not been punished. Those who manipulate the world according to the principle of "divide and conquer". Those who willingly send others to death, skillfully covering themselves with them.
The game is played. And you and I have to wait for the next adventures of Saul Myers, if its creators have not cooled to sunny Colombia. That is, excuse me, Covumbia.
Good luck, friends, and lots of good games. Be happy at the slightest opportunity.
If my readers have forgotten, let me remind you that Xenus is such an ancient Aztec talisman, a key to the door under the waterfall. Actually, the role of these very doors in the plot of the "Boiling Point" was very insignificant, but the intrigue around the six nondescript pieces developed a noble one. One way or another, this talisman fulfilled its role in the excitement of the first playthrough.
In White Gold, Xenus is given an even more insignificant role. He just appears in the name of the game, becoming a kind of identification mark of the world, where the former soldier of the French Foreign Legion Saul Myers is wreaking havoc in the name of good and justice. And Xenus himself will not be in the game. But there will be a lot of sun, sea, girls and shooting.
So where do we start? Let's find a suitable seaplane and load it up with a few bags of very specific humor. After that, having broken a fair amount of master keys, we start the engine, take off and, cursing the absurd control, carefully sprinkle some part of the Windward Islands with the substance from the bags, named Hochma for the sake of Southern Covumbia.
Now that this paradise, where the eternal siesta reigns, has been properly processed, we hit the road to New York and hastily come up with a reason that is guaranteed to make the retired legionnaire wake up, pack up and set off on a journey to the aforementioned islands.
Well, it's time to joke jokes. Saving humanity is trivial and even somewhat boring. It is much more fun to stand guard over the health of the Big Apple addicts. No, we will not be required to track down cocaine submarines, smash transfer bases and sprinkle illegal coca plantations with defoliant. Judging by the notions of drug business tycoons, cocaine is an extremely useful powder that makes it possible to enjoy life at a very divine price. But those who dare to poison this noble product with an unknown poison that kills respectable consumers should be given their due.
Xenus, gentlemen! A complete, unconditional and inevitable xenus to all poisoners who shorten the already short, but so precious life of lovers of "white gold".
I don't promise the taste, but it will be hot
The RPG subgenre is still eclectic. In fact, the recipe is quite simple: we take a hero who absolutely doesn’t know how to do anything, but is sent on a responsible and dangerous mission. Coming up with the skills necessary (but not very) to successfully complete the mission. We are inventing a system that will allow our hero to become less and less curvy, performing a bunch of varied and not particularly logical tasks and distributing meagerly dripping development points. We are introducing into the game several groups with which you can be friends or enmity, creating a certain reputation for yourself. Voila, the dish is ready.
The "boiling point" did not have a very noticeable character development system. However, she could not be denied consistency. In order to shoot more accurately, it was necessary to shoot, and not to transfer the grandmothers across the road. And nothing else.
It is for this reason that I avoid flying in this area.
In "White Gold" igrodels approached the issue more canonically, but at the same time the logic suffered noticeably. The former professional soldier who made a noticeable rustle in Colombia while looking for a missing daughter, now, as it turns out, is not marked with any talents. He shoots poorly, is not able to combine the front sight of the weapon with the slot of the aiming bar, cannot carry a large load, does not know how to use a grenade launcher and a machine gun, he is unfamiliar with the mystery of holding his breath with an aimed shot. And in order to acquire these most useful skills, he needs to earn development points. Moreover, these points are obtained for actions that are completely irrelevant to the development of a certain skill. Effective but illogical.
The role-playing component of the game is still in the relationship with the factions, which in the game abound. And you will have to interact with them one way or another, since most of the side assignments come precisely from the representatives of the groups. The player will have to decide independently which group to join, and take into account that improving relations with one of them will definitely affect the deterioration of relations with the other. Everything is logical and consistent here.
Making money has become much easier - a lot of side tasks contribute to this. Moreover, a huge variety of useful items are scattered around the game world that will brighten up the difficult life of our hero, improve his shaky health and help in armed clashes.
The question of motivation for finding jobs and making money is the main storyline. She, of course, is extremely artless and artless (it is felt that the writers did not strain too much with the twists and turns of the plot), but the main character will require a lot of money. On the other hand, no one is pushing Myers, so you can explore the vast expanses of the Caribbean Sea, learn to ride and fly, poke your curious nose wherever you please.
On a note: in the "Boiling Point", as you remember, even in the most unfortunate scenarios, the hero did not die, but ended up in the hospital, talked to the doctor, paid and set off on a further journey. There will be no such grace here. Death is now final and irrevocable. The only thing that the unlucky player can console himself with is a stinging sentence on the screen and loading the last save.
Sea sunsets are amazingly beautiful.
Algae growing out of the air is no longer algae. This is already aerosli.
Outwardly, the game world is very impressive. The color scheme of the tropics looks just great. And the slight blurring and distortion of the picture to the edges of the screen creates the impression of a humid and sunny world. However, personally, in the first hours of the game, I had a noticeable feeling of discomfort from the character's viewing angle. I do not know whether it should have been done less or more, but some dizziness and disorientation during sharp turns were observed. However, if, according to the intention of the developers, this is how a hero who suddenly finds himself in a tropical country should see the world, then the claims are withdrawn. I would like to say a special thank you to those who worked on sunrises and sunsets of amazing beauty.
The game's graphics engine is optimized to the point where you just don't notice it. It is gratifying that the developers took into account the shortcomings of the previous version of the Vital Engine and made the appropriate conclusions. Huge play areas now function flawlessly.
Not without graphical bugs and shortcomings, however. Algae growing right out of the air, snakes that at times look like a hissing stick, spiders stuck in the walls of a cave, Indians fleeing into the skies, a meager set of faces constantly flashing in the game - all this does not interfere with the passage of the game, but noticeably spoils the impression of what has been done work.
The fauna of the islands, by the way, is noticeably poorer in relation to continental Colombia. The list of nasty surprises in the fauna now consists of only snakes, predatory fish and huge spiders.
As before, the actions will unfold in a single play space without loadable locations. With the exception of a single scripted move to another island, all the others take place in real time. For this purpose, a large number of vehicles (land, water and air) and a network of floating petrol stations have been introduced into the game.
The game NPCs, unfortunately, could not please too much. Their behavior does not differ in variety and special meaningfulness. Dialogues, despite the efforts of their authors, are often uninteresting and not even funny. And the behavior of some individuals, under certain circumstances, borders on insanity. For example, the destruction of all the bandits surrounding their leader does not prevent him from sitting quite calmly on the sofa, surrounded by two girls in bikinis. One of the drug lords shows about the same fatalism.
Local meteorology is truly ingenious in its simplicity.
On a note: I come across several "easter eggs" of a seemingly humorous nature in the game, but only one of them seemed successful to me - the "Autonomous system of meteorological forecasting" shield. Others, like the stylized Wasserman on Jose Pogon's T-shirt or the hysterical "Not a single break !!!" in the telephone receiver, they look very artificial and do not even cause a smile.
The voice acting of the game, frankly, could have been better. Actually, there are no special complaints about game sounds - shots, ambient noises and the like. The annoying radios constantly screaming at the headquarters of the groups, thank God, can be shot if they start to seriously poison life. The background music that accompanies the trip is so good that I stole a boat or scooter from time to time to listen to it again. But the choral performance of the officials during the attack by a group of drug-traffickers, who settled in a destroyed house led by retired US Army Colonel Clark Jefferson, caused an acute desire to shoot them out of purely humane motives. And later, I have seen similar cases of group insanity, accompanied by continuous screaming.
Let's summarize the review part. There is undoubtedly tremendous progress in the results of Deep Shadows' work. If we compare the "Boiling Point" and "White Gold" in general, then this comparison will be entirely in favor of the second game. The developers took into account the colossal number of shortcomings of the first Colombian epic and managed to avoid all those bugs, lags and glitches that players had been making fun of on the forums for more than a month. However, White Gold is still very far from perfect play. So we just have to be patient and wait for the "gold" from Deep Shadow to acquire a noble yellow color, worthy of the crown of the "Best computer games".
| ADVANTAGES | LIMITATIONS | |
| Fascination 8 | an abundance of quests, huge play spaces | unpretentious plot, banal ending |
| Graphics 7 | successful "tropical" color scheme | repeating faces and interiors |
| Sound 7 | very good music | sloppy voice acting |
| Game world 8 | freedom of action, character development system, an abundance of transport | too specific humor, at times spoiling the atmosphere |
| Convenience 7 | unobtrusive interface, documenting dialogs | disgusting aircraft control, suboptimal viewing angle |
Storyline white
The beginning of the plot of "White Gold" takes place in the introductory video. A series of mysterious deaths in bohemian circles in New York, it turns out, have the same cause - Colombian cocaine. Analyzes have shown that it contains a highly toxic impurity that kills quickly and reliably. This gloomy news makes the drug lords think hard. The risk of losing such a profitable and well-established business is very high. Anyway, buyers will be disappointed in their ability to supply pure powder, which kills much more slowly and more pleasantly, and will start looking for other suppliers.
This bush is the cause of all the troubles and problems here. Erythroxylum coca.
To the peacefully sleeping Saul Myers, a certain Latin American-looking whip appears, pours him a generous handful of compliments and persuades him to take up the investigation of the causes of the excessive toxicity of Colombian cocaine. Of course, Sol, as it should be according to the canons of the genre, refuses, claiming that he has retired and does not want to know anything. Khlysh, in turn, demonstrates not the worst understanding of the rituals of the genre and lays out a trump card - two photographs with a dead person.
You and I don't know anything about the dead man, but Sol seems to know him well. Quite unexpectedly, he agrees to work and does not even start talking about the remuneration due.
The next video takes us to the boat, delivering Myers to one of the islands of the archipelago. Peaceful chatter with the old man driving the boat is interrupted by aggressive strangers deploying speedboats and even a couple of helicopters. We are hinted, as it were, that "you are not here" and they are offering a baptism of fire.
Who exactly organized the committee for the meeting of Saul Myers is unclear, but they prepared disgustingly. Helicopters are completely unconvincing, and boats are not worth a good word. Our hero, as they say, solves the issues with one left, and then after his grandfather jumps from the side of the boat, which is about to explode.
As a matter of fact, this is where the prerequisites of the plot end, since both the motives of Myers' further actions and the forces of opposition to them have been introduced into the game.
Bug Diver with Sniper Skills
Character development is no different in complexity. As the game progresses, he performs various actions, each of which gives him a certain amount of experience points. Accumulating, these points raise the character's level (known to all fans of level-up role-playing games). Each new level gives one, which can be spent on the study of a particular ability.
On a note: in the process of character development, the maximum level of his health will slightly increase. Starting with the legitimate one hundred units, he got noticeably healthier for me under the tropical sun and made it to the finals with 120 units or so. A trifle, but nice.
Abilities
These acquired characteristics of a character in the game are called perks... Their essence lies in the fact that the character receives a certain undeveloped skill when studying. For example, it shoots more accurately or carries more weight. Some of them do not require any conditions for studying, and the rest can be studied only after the basic ones.
The grouping of abilities in the game is pretty goofy. The ability "Buggy" is not clear why it got into the line of skills related to accuracy, and "Burglar" - in the line of dexterity. However, it is not difficult to understand them.
All abilities can be divided into several large groups.
Physical strength
This group focuses on the ability to carry a certain weight of equipment (initially 30 kg). Very useful abilities, considering that there will be a lot of trophies that can be sold to traders. And the passage of the final mission will require a very significant load of ammunition. It is advisable to study this group completely.
Agility and vitality
The ability to jump higher, stay under water longer, reload weapons faster - in a word, everything that may be required to carry out very delicate assignments that our hero will receive in abundance. However, most of the abilities in this group provide very minor advantages that will be needed literally once or twice in the game. Therefore, most of the positions you probably won't need. Personally, I limited myself to "The Will to Live".
On a note: note that Styer increases your running speed and Sprinter increases your stamina. As far as I know, in reality the situation is exactly the opposite.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Jumper | — | Increases jump height |
| Stuntman | Jumper | Reduces fall damage |
| Dodgy | — | Reduces damage by 10% |
| Trickster | Dodgy | Reduces weapon reload time |
| Stayer | — | Increases running speed |
| Sprinter | — | Increases endurance |
| Marathon runner | Sprinter | Increases endurance |
| Will to live | — | Reduces damage when decreasing health up to 25% |
| Swimmer | — | Increases swimming speed |
| Diver | — | Increases the time spent under water from 30 to 45 seconds |
| Diver | Swimmer, diver | Increases the time spent under water up to 60 seconds |
| Strong organism | — | Increases resistance to alcohol, drugs, poisons and stimulants |
| Botanist | — | Reduces damage from snake and fish bites |
Combat abilities
Of course, an action movie requires primarily combat skills. Some of them are really effective, and some can be safely ignored. For example, for accurate rifle shooting, it is enough to take the "Sniper" without spending development points for an additional two seconds of holding your breath. The abilities "Cowboy" and "Shooter" are very useful, but the value of increasing the grenade throwing range personally seems to me questionable to me.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Cowboy | — | Gives the possibility of aimed shooting |
| Shooter | Cowboy | Reduces bullet spread |
| Grenade | — | Increases throw range |
| Heavy | Tourist | Gives the ability to use a machine gun |
| Grenade launcher | Tourist | Gives the ability to use a rocket launcher |
| Steady hand | Trickster | Blur disappears on recharge |
| Sniper | — | Lets you hold your breath when firing for 3 seconds |
| Instructor | Steady hand, sniper | Lets you hold your breath when firing for 5 seconds |
| Cat's eye | — | Gives night vision in stealth mode |
| Achilles' heel | — | In 3% of cases, hitting any part of the enemy's body is lethal |
Social ability
This set, as they say, is not for everybody. He will not give much relief to the game, but if you do not rush to the final, thoroughly go through all the side tasks and build your own house on your own island, something from the list of social abilities will not hurt.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Charisma | — | Reduces reputation deterioration by 25% |
| Bribe | Charisma | Reduces the amount of bribery of enemies by half |
| Deceiver | Charisma | Increases the likelihood of deceiving the enemy |
| Dealer | Charisma | Reduces prices from sellers |
Technical ability
Given the fact that the game is full of locked boxes containing very useful things, a group of hacking skills should be developed in every possible way at the first opportunity. As for the "Doctor", "Driver" and "Gunsmith", it seems sensible to me to limit myself to the first ability. The rest are in little demand by the game, since there are few purely transport tasks, and it is more convenient to use the services of an NPC to improve weapons.
| Name | Demand | Description |
| Screwdriver | not | Increases the chance of successfully picking locks |
| Cracker | Screwdriver | Significantly increases the chance of success picking locks |
| Bugbear | Cracker | Provides maximum chance of picking locks |
| Driver | — | Reduces damage to your vehicles by 50% |
| Doctor | — | Increases the effectiveness of drugs |
| Gunsmith | — | Increases the chance of successful weapon upgrades |
Friends, enemies and others
Let's talk about groupings. Nothing much has changed since the "Boiling Point". As before, civilians sympathize with the officials, and the bandits are ready to come to the aid of the drug mafia. Representatives of the CIA, as before, are distinguished by absolutely phenomenal stupidity, and the ideological spirit of the partisans reaches such values that it is quite possible to export it to countries with a lack of revolutionary upsurge.
As it should be, initially the relationship with the groups is neutral (except for the nerds from the paramilitaries, but this is already included in the plot). That is, they do not shoot at us until we shoot. In the process, we will inevitably have to enter into relationships with certain groups. You yourself understand that the tasks that will be given to us will not benefit some other groups. Thus, we will not have time to blink an eye, as we will acquire loyal friends and sworn enemies.
The benefits of friends, frankly, are few. They will not clean up the porridge brewed in distant New York, but will confine themselves to cheers when they meet. But the enemies are much more proactive and active. As soon as they see you on the horizon, they will immediately open fire, begin to surround, throw explosives and, quite possibly, even kill you.
The principle of forming relationships is quite simple. The murder of a member of a group spoils relations only with this group, and improves them with groups hostile to this group.
On a note: in the game, it is impossible to kill an NPC associated with the passage of the main storyline. When you try to aim at such a character, the crosshair of the sight is replaced by a red prohibiting icon.
So let's get acquainted with the list of groupings.
Officials
Warriors are warriors. NATO weapons in the range, jeeps and boats with machine guns, self-propelled air defense systems, combat helicopters, a powerful material base. In general, the officials are not suitable as enemies, and therefore it is necessary to quarrel with them only when absolutely necessary and very carefully. Otherwise, they will not give life later.
Civilians sympathize with the officials, but the guerrillas, bandits and drug dealers do not digest them.
Drug mafia
These guys are also serious, because their business does not dispose to jokes. Technique and decent weapons are available, and you can get hold of profitable tasks here.
As already mentioned, the drug mafia and bandits are brothers forever. The partisans, as it should be, do not like them, considering them a burp of the hydra of imperialism, and the officials and civilians are quite in solidarity with the partisans, but for different reasons.
There is a tower on the official island, which has a lot of interesting things. And expensive.
My army sergeant major would rot in the outhouse for such a thing. No discipline among the troops.
Bandits
This stupid horde of Caribbean gopniks, armed with Kalashnikovs, sawn-off shotguns and ultrasound, was literally created in order to immediately quarrel with them. Moreover, they themselves are constantly running into a splash. Especially on their assignments you will not get hold of, so you don't even need to mess around.
The murder of every bandit is eagerly applauded by civilians, officials and partisans. Nobody seems to like the declassed item even in tropical countries.
Indians
This grouping is rather insignificant, and the relationship with it has little effect on the passage of the game. However, along the way, there will be one key task related to the Indians, so if you meet an Indian - do not offend him.
The relationship of this group with others is completely neutral, so that a quarrel with the Indians will not bring you either glory or shame.
CIA
The pathetic bunch of idiots representing American intelligence on the islands can hardly be called a group. Before the incident on the ship, you only have to contact the crazy resident Weinstein, and if you really want to, talk to three CIA agents who were abandoned here by mistake. Well, the attitude towards you on the ship is unlikely to depend on your previous merits.
In general, as they say, the grouping "for furniture". However, the CIA drug dealers do not like it, as it should be.
Civil
Such a tattoo looks very exotic on an exotic chest.
Perhaps the most common grouping. A quarrel with them will not give any definite advantages, since the rest of the groupings are neutral towards civilians. The civilian population of the islands willingly hand out small orders, which are quite simple to complete and earn some money. There will be a couple of more voluminous tasks. There you can already get hold of trophies.
In case of unintentional damage to relations with some groups (anything can happen), there are characters with whom you can talk about restoring mutual sympathy. They will tell you where to go, who to talk to and how much to pay, if the conflict has not gone too far.
The densely populated islands have merchants, gunsmiths, and doctors. Moreover, there are gunsmiths in some of the bases of the groups. As you progress through the game and gain experience, the available assortment of gunsmiths becomes wider. Both the list of available weapons and the level of upgrade packages to it are increasing.
As a matter of fact, merchants are not really needed. Unless the nocturnal type from the first island Sol gets to can be useful. Lockpicks are a hot commodity.
The doctor, as he should, treats alcohol and drug addiction, as well as relieves of decreased sensitivity to painkillers.
Transport of the three elements
Most of the travel deals with moving between the islands. The islands are small, so you can walk on foot within them. In principle, it is also easy to swim to another island, but it will take an absolutely unimaginable amount of time.
Thus, we will have overland technology purely for pleasure. Well, and in those rare cases when we will carry out assignments related to her.
Well this is necessary - nobody's jeep with a machine gun. Phenomenal mismanagement.
There are two ways to get transport. The first - law-abiding - to get the key on the quest and ride, swim or fly for your own pleasure. The second - criminal - is elementary to steal by breaking one or more master keys. As expected, there are few law-abiding situations. Therefore, we will not deny ourselves anything, especially since the owners turn a blind eye to the hijacking and are not at all indignant.
Actually, the range of vehicles is not that great. These are vague ragged sobs that look like a Soviet "Victory" of the 50s, jeeps with a turret machine gun and occasional ATVs. Apparently, the car park on the islands is being replenished exclusively by the military.
With water transport a little richer. Scooters, rubber boats "Zodiac", fishing boats with a motor, militarized boats with a machine gun turret. There are even a couple of fashionable pleasure boats that are a little short of yachts. As practice has shown, it was military boats that turned out to be the most practical. With such a boat, it is not at all necessary to inflate the drama and portray Omaha Beach when landing on an enemy shore. Several circles around the island - and you can safely land, loot and go in search of the few survivors. But in general, all options are acceptable, if you do not particularly quarrel with the local people, who have military boats and helicopters.
Onward to new adventures on a stolen scooter!
And finally, about aviation. In principle, there is no particular need for it, and the abundance of air defense on the islands is somewhat depressing. But if you prefer to fly rather than sail, then you will find something for yourself.
As for the seaplane, I can only say one thing - don't mess with it. The monstrously awkward controls and eschewing physics of flight make this car extremely unpredictable in the air. The seaplane is only good for getting where you need to go quickly on the water, trying not to take off.
But the helicopter is much more efficient and reliable. There are two types of helicopters in the game - transport-passenger and military. The former can be used for flights to places where there will be no unpleasant surprises. The latter are quite combat-ready until the missiles run out. Air cannons on helicopters are absolutely useless. More precisely, they are only good for wasting ammunition. So do not flatter yourself especially.
By the way, about the ammunition. Unfortunately, it is not being replenished. Thus, military equipment with fired ammunition automatically turns into civilian equipment.
In addition to homing missiles and air cannons, helicopters are equipped with a system for shooting heat traps, which are quite good at distracting enemy air defense missiles.
There is no smell of a fuel crisis in the Caribbean. The abundance of floating gas stations and the low price of fuel make the life of our hero almost carefree. Moreover, at the same gas stations they will fill the full tank of your helicopter, and also repair what you sailed or arrived on. Here, for losers who got here by swimming, a boat is sold at a fair price.
Weapons and armor
Such a variety of trunks, reaching at times to the point of absurdity, as in "Boiling Point", will not be. The range of barrels is much more concise, but more than covers all the needs of Saul Myers. Anaconda revolver, Uzi submachine gun, horizontal double-barreled sawn-off shotgun, Remington automatic combat shotgun, two world-famous assault rifles - AK-47 and M16A1, SVD rifle, M249 light machine gun, M79 single-shot grenade launcher - in my opinion, this the list will satisfy the most demanding taste.
Somewhat upsetting is the lack of silent firearms, but for exotic lovers, the developers have in store a four-barreled underwater pistol that shoots almost silently, and almost the same silent crossbow. Well, and of course, the good old combat knife is not forgotten.
Rocket weapons are represented by the same list as in "Boiling Point" - "Fly" rocket-propelled grenade and "Igla" MANPADS. It is strange, of course, that AT-4 and "Stinger" are not found in South Covumbia and its environs, but here, as they say, the will of the creators.
There are two types of grenades in the game. The first, judging by the picture in the inventory, is the classic F-1 (or its analogue Mk2A1). But if you take a grenade in your hand, you will find a certain monster of a cylindrical shape, completely unrecognizable in appearance. The striking properties of this grenade are ridiculously low. The radius of damage can be estimated at ten meters, no more. In principle, for offensive grenades this is quite normal, but the appearance of a defensive grenade can be quite misleading.
The second grenade is an anti-vehicle grenade. It comes across infrequently, and there is no particular need for it. Having tested it in business, with a clear conscience, I drove the remaining four pieces to the merchant and forgot to think about these nonsense.
Ammunition, I must say, also lost some of the delusional. The mysterious cartridges "with a displaced center of gravity" and no less mysterious "silent" cartridges have completely disappeared from sight. True, here it was not without a curiosity. As far as I know, no one has ever fired explosive bullets under the 5.56 caliber. And the Soviet intermediate cartridges of 7.62 caliber were also not equipped with such bullets. It seems that the Covumbian gunsmiths are capable of miracles.
Ammunition for the vast majority of rifled small arms comes across three types - conventional, armor-piercing and explosive. Oddly enough, I did not notice much difference between them - both for armored and unarmored targets. The crowds of Indians in the final mission should have simply scattered to shreds from an explosive machine-gun burst. And they acted as if they were being bombarded with peas from a straw.
For the M-79 grenade launcher, there are still two types of grenades - detonating on impact and with a three-second delay. Both of them can be useful in different situations. But keep in mind that now the distance at which the grenade launcher shoots has become much smaller (even with the 3rd level upgrade package).
It looks like RKG-3. But it explodes in a completely different way, and the parachute does not fly out when thrown.
There are special ammunition for silent weapons (cartridges for an underwater pistol and crossbow bolts). However, the opportunity to acquire them does not appear immediately.
The weapon enhancement system has been carried over directly from the "Boiling Point". Using upgrade packages of three levels, you can increase the rate of fire, accuracy and magazine size. There is also an assault rifle mount package.
In principle, it is enough to improve one favorite barrel - and you can completely go through the whole game with it from start to finish. There is no need to carry on yourself an impressive arsenal weighing three dozen kilograms and spend fabulous sums on packages to improve all this good. Moreover, the wear of the weapon is relatively low and begins to be felt only from ten percent.
As a matter of fact, there is nothing especially to tell here. As with the predecessor game, there are three types of body armor. The light one provides 50 units of protection with a mass of 3 kg, the medium gives 75 units with a mass of 7 kg, and the heavy one provides 100 units with a mass of 12 kg. It is easy to see that the light one is most effective, because with the same mass, four light body armor will give twice as much protection as one heavy one. The inconvenience of the lung is only in the fact that in case of critical wear during a tight battle, you need to look for a secluded place in order to change it to a new one.
The weapon that is currently in the hero's asset (that is, placed in the quick slot) is marked with a yellow arrow in the inventory. There are also three slots under the character's doll, which show what kind of weapon is currently in the hands and the type of ammunition selected. The third slot tells you if the armor is worn and what type of armor it is.
... and Turgenev eight volumes
The inventory includes what the hero finds in various boxes, collects from corpses, picks up from the ground, receives on quests and purchases from merchants. With weapons, ammunition, medicines, it is clear - without them, there is simply nowhere and nothing. However, in the course of gathering, you will come across a completely Homeric heap of all sorts of rubbish, most of which even the merchant will only accept as a gift. Playing cards, matches, lighters, wrist bands, condoms, empty bottles ... I even got an enema. I'm even afraid to imagine why the die-hard Saul Myers might need it.
Equipment for every taste. Come, hack, no one will say a word.
Separate hemorrhoids are tropical fruits and other, if I may say so, food. There are an awful lot of them. There are benefits from them, albeit scanty - each fruit eaten by Myers restores his health by several units (the most effective food restores about the same as the minimum dose of pain reliever). Unlike syringes, fruits do not induce pharmacological tolerance. So it turns out that sometimes these microdoses of "pure health" have to be carried by several kilograms in order to save the effect of drugs in the event that it gets really hot.
The inventory contains four tabs that allow you to somehow systematize the nightmare reigning there. You can consider the whole nightmare as a whole, selectively admire the weapon nightmare, study a motley nightmare under the brand name "Other" and relax your soul on the "Scenario" tab.
The list of scenario items is small. Initially, it includes a powerful walkie-talkie through which Myers receives a variety of instructions from his mentors, a camera and a soft wing parachute. The latter, by the way, is very convenient in some cases, since it works automatically and manages to open up even when jumping from a cliff of medium height. Sometimes it is faster to get somewhere by jumping off a cliff with a parachute than to travel or paddle on foot on the winding asphalt of mountainous islands. When jumping from a plane or helicopter, the parachute, of course, also does not remain idle.
To clear the inventory of accumulated junk, which is not worth shipping to the merchant, a "trash can" is provided in the lower left corner of the screen. However, the object caught in it does not disappear without a trace, but falls side by side on the ground, packed in a neat wooden box. If, without leaving the place, continue to throw objects, they will fall into the same box. And from the box, if anything, it is very easy to pick them up. Like any other wooden box.
Features of the interface
The game interface is quite simple and austere. In the lower left corner of the screen, there is a health and stamina indicator. Health is the degree to which the figurine is colored green. For greater accuracy, the numerical value of health is given next to it. The red segment of the circle is the stamina that is spent sprinting with the SHIFT key held down.
Nearby is a weapon status indicator. Here you can see the firing mode (single or automatic), the type of ammunition selected, the number of cartridges in the magazine or drum, and their total number in the inventory.
In the upper right corner there is a mini-map that can work in two modes. Standard mode shows the nearest terrain with detail. In this mode, red marks of enemies are applied to the map, which are located within the map and can be seen by the hero.
Black captain in white camouflage. A surreal choice of clothing for the tropics ...
The second mode allows you to view a larger area. It is convenient for orientation relative to the coastline, relief elements and buildings. Switching modes - TAB key.
In both modes, the azimuth-indicators of the targets of the next tasks function (green - plot, red - side). Below are the distances to them and the difference in height in relation to the location of the hero.
There is also a full-size map of the game world. In addition to orientation tasks, it performs another important function. By clicking the right mouse button, you can put one mark, which will later be marked on the mini-map with a blue azimuth-pointer.
Hotkeys 1-9 are responsible for the selection of weapons in the corresponding cell of the inventory. The 0 key removes the weapon from sight. If the weapon is selected and picked up, the G grenade key is activated. This is very convenient, since you do not need to waste time choosing a grenade in a fast cell.
There is also a key for selecting special actions F. By pressing it, we get the opportunity to turn on or off the flashlight (it is not in the inventory), skip the time of day that is inconvenient for action, provided that the hero is in a safe area, turn on or off the stealth mode. From here you can also control the mini-map mode, but this is much less convenient than switching it with the key.
A little more detail on stealth mode. When activated, the hero moves only at a step, but all enemies are drawn on the map, even if they are out of sight. Heartbeat allows you to react in time to danger and shoot first (if the hero can be detected, the heartbeat increases).
When controlling ground vehicles, the F key allows you to turn the headlights on or off, and pressing the space bar activates the handbrake. In case of an emergency need to leave the vehicle on the move, there is an E key. After leaving the ground or water transport, it stops with a stalled engine, and the plane or helicopter, of course, crashes. The climb and descent of aircraft are made using the Q and Z keys, respectively.
Passing
I want to emphasize right away that all quests in the game are divided into two large groups. The first is a progress in the plot, towards the final solution to the mysterious deaths. The second is making money, experience and reputation. When a new side quest is received, it is automatically activated and the bearing indicator indicates the direction to the target of this quest. Such a solution is far from always convenient, so be careful and check which task is currently selected.
The task of passing in this article is to describe the main storyline, since there are a great many side quests in the game and they will not fit into one article.
From behind the island to the rod ...
The end of the introductory video makes us understand that there is no time for inspection and the first acquaintance with a peaceful life. The boat on which old Huatinho takes Myers to the scene is attacked by several boats and two helicopters. Sol has no choice but to stand up to the machine gun and methodically destroy unknown ill-wishers. After the last attacker is destroyed, we will be treated to another video clip - and we will find ourselves on the island.
After a short radio conversation with Jameson about the latest achievements in science and technology, we go to listen to old Huatinho, who as a result was left without a boat and without a home.
The conversation with Huatinho ends with a mention of some Diego and an instruction to find Huatinho's godfather named Jose and nicknamed Pogon.
On a note: I advise you to immediately start asking questions of all kinds of people hanging around near the pier. A lot of useful information can be gleaned from conversations. And Jose Pogon is not going anywhere from us.
Tropical weather is finicky. The sun was just shining and the sea was shining ...
The meeting with Jose will be accompanied by a small "Zarnitsa" with three unknown persons. What they actually need is still unknown, but one thing is clear - these guys shoot very badly. After collecting trophies and finding the key to the handcuffs, we release Jose from the captivity of the bed back and talk.
It turns out that these unknowns were not interested in anyone, namely Saul Myers. And they are not unknown, but life-size paramilitaries. That's it.
As it turns out, Jose Pogon knows the peculiarities of the local society to the subtleties, and in addition he is also a radio amateur with a powerful station. And in gratitude for the rescue, he offers Myers the services of a special guide. Now we have not one radio prompter, but two. True, most of the time they litter the air with "flood", "flame" and mutual jokes, but sometimes they say sensible things.
The location of Diego, who seems to have to agree to deliver Myers to his destination, is now known for certain. And at the same time we found out where you can get hold of at least some kind of clunker so as not to run around the island on foot.
On a note: do not flatter yourself, because you will have to run on foot. The tunnel connecting the two parts of the island is blocked up, so making a detour by car will be a hassle. The wolf is known to be fed by its legs.
Having found Diego, we agree on the conditions on which he is ready to provide transport services. The old curmudgeon charges seven thousand pesos. Even if you sell this entire island to the last nail on the London Stock Exchange at retail prices, it seems that this amount will not be enough. But Diego also has an alternative proposal - to get him a black pearl. He even knows exactly where to get it. Our task is to come to the owner and achieve to get this very pearl.
Scuba divers are not a game!
The owner of the black pearl is one of three scuba divers who collect pearls on the island. The name of the owner is Javier. But here's the hitch - Javier is not there. But there are two other scuba divers, one of whom tells us a long story, from which it follows that Javier is now in an underwater cave with an empty oxygen tank in his arms. And the pearl is always with him.
The first step is to organize the balloon. To do this, we go somewhere to the devil, to the other end of the island, where some grandfather, a balloon owner, lives. We buy a cylinder from our grandfather (empty, of course), drag it back, fill it with air and set off to save the pinniped Javier.
Now I will have a pearl. It would be nice, black, but they will also buy white.
You will have to swim for a long time and like in a crossword puzzle - first horizontally, then vertically. By the way, part of the way horizontally will have to swim under water, because paramilitares boats are patrolling around.
Having reached the dive site, we dive and go to the bottom with the maximum possible speed. Having found the entrance to the underground grotto, we swim there. There will be one subtlety here. To swim to Javier in one go, there is definitely not enough air and health. But under the roof of some caves there are air lenses from which you can sip a little life-giving. It is not difficult to find them, since they are visible from the water as dark spots on the ceiling.
The cave system is quite confusing. Our task is to turn right into the second passage, swim through two halls, and at the far end of the third, Javier, who has lost hope of seeing the sun, will be bored.
We return the balloon to Javier, we return to the shore.
On a note: you can take your time with the return, because at the bottom of the caves there are shells, and in the shells there are pearls. Pearls are from the word "money", and money is never too much. Is the logic clear? The main thing is not to get lost in the halls and passages, otherwise you will stay instead of Javier.
On the shore, we accept congratulations, thanks and a pearl.
Debt good turn deserves another
Tell me, are you already an adult bandit or even a larva?
Returning to Diego, we brag about the pearl, we receive an assignment to hit the road to the old man's granddaughter and give the pearl to her. Whatever, as they say, the child is not amused ... The granddaughter languidly reacts to the gift, thanks and wishes good luck. We return to leave this hospitable island forever. But the island, as it turns out, is so hospitable that it does not want to let go of the dear guest.
Diego is not there, but there is some kind of patched shket with a height of one and a half meters, but in a black T-shirt and sunglasses. A bandit, in general. He informs us that Diego is locked up at the local godfather, because he owes money, but does not want to give it back.
Whether you like it or not, you have to help out the old bastard. From a conversation with the main gopnik, it turns out that for five thousand Diego will be released on all four sides.
I wonder where such sums come from in their heads at all?
It seemed to me that the most profitable from an economic point of view is to shoot the bandits, take the key and release the grandfather. But if you want, try to collect the required amount. In any case, Juarez will turn out to be an honest bandit and will hand over the key.
The further into the forest, the thicker the partisans
Another video cut - and we are on an island where Weinstein, widely known in narrow circles, lives. I wonder if the CIA sent him here as an insult to the whole island?
A conversation with Weinstein frays what remains of nerves, but enriches us with the knowledge of the name and location of the informant. Someone Eudes. We find the aforementioned Eudes in a local eatery. Bah, all familiar faces! Didn't we see him just now on Diego's dock? Well, just a twin brother, only a different T-shirt.
Meet Agent Weinstein. I wonder who gave him such a tie?
Hour by hour is not easier. Now we need ten thousand pesos or a handful of precious stones. I wonder if the local shantrap thinks Myers has a money-printing machine?
However, it will be easier to collect what you are looking for on this island, since there are many employers here, and you can float somewhere where the ruble ... that is, the peso is more authentic. One way or another, the sum is collected, Eudes perks up and, squatting from servility, leads Myers somewhere to meet with an unknown macheter. Oh, he's too corny ... It's not good.
And there is. Eudes lured Myers into a trap. A closed courtyard, six unknown persons in special forces uniforms and with good weapons. First of all, we run away under the stairs, and from there, carefully peeping out, we shoot black figures in helmets. On one of the corpses we find an explosive device, destroy the door and go to Weinstein to find out how many times his head was dropped on the ground in infancy and whether he has any idea about the selection of agents.
Weinstein, having quickly got rid of it, calls another name - Juan Pereira, a real estate dealer.
We are looking for Pereira and suddenly, quite unexpectedly, we find out that we have to buy the island of Espiga de Muerte. Yes, a whole island with a beach, palm trees and other tropical paraphernalia. And for only eight thousand pesos. We have never bought islands so cheaply. It remains only to get these same pesos. Well, let's go where the red arrows point on the minimap.
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Either the owner overestimated the purchased island, or underestimated the zeal of the architect.
Having collected the due amount, we sign the documents and set off to get acquainted with the possessions, put things in order there and look for Judas Eudes. We choose a boat to taste - and go ahead. However, as subsequent events showed, a combat helicopter is much more appropriate here, since there is a concrete fence on the island.
As you probably guessed by now, the island is busy. And its inhabitants do not want to know anything about the new owner. So they'll have to hand them a lead eviction notice.
After finishing work on clearing the territory, we find Eudes, we talk with him, we get another green mark on the map. What to do next with this insignificance, decide for yourself. You can let go, or you can shoot. Nobody will say "oh".
On a note: if you wish, you can tinker with the island for a long time. The construction of a house, a helipad, and a pier will cost such an amount that all other costs will seem like a mere trifle. But how will it all look ... Dream!
To improve the island, we will have to meet with a local architect, who is also a designer, manager and foreman. This miracle of nature is called Carlos. Carlos will introduce us to the local guest workers, and they will give us a tropical residence.
Don't make a cult out of the slab!
Now we need to go to the distant island of Sinestra de Craneo, where another mystery awaits us. In the case of the poisoning, as it turns out, some Indian tribe is involved, completely obsessed with some local cult.
Arriving on the island, we act decisively and quickly. We moor the boat, having previously deployed its bow into the sea. We get out to the shore. Approaching the closed gate leading to no one knows where, we quickly pick up the heavy slab inserted into the recess to the left of the gate, and just as quickly retreat into the boat. The thing is that this plate is under some kind of Indian alarm, so if you steal it, the Indians with pikes and fuzei will immediately run in and send Myers straight to meet with Manitou.
We return to Ballena Island, where Weinstein lives. The house is also home to two collectors, one of whom is educated enough to read the inscription on the stone. It turns out that six figurines need to be collected, which, being placed in the hands of six idols in front of the locked gate, will force the gate to open. Well, straight Indiana Jones, by God.
By cities and towns
This is where you need to bring six figurines. And make a lot of trouble.
You should not go to prison to the paramilitaries. I tell you this for sure, as an eyewitness.
Fate scattered six figurines very pedantically. All of them belong to different groups. And for each, the owners will want either money or something else. If there is no desire to pay, you can take away the figurines by brute force, simply killing their owner and everyone who will be dissatisfied with this. On the other hand, quarreling with everyone in a row is somehow inconvenient, so you can approach the issue creatively and decide in the process who is to be executed and who to have mercy. The only owner with whom you definitely won't be able to talk is the paramilitaries. And it's for the best, finance is not rubber.
Having collected the figurines, we return to the Sinestra de Craneo, we perform a simple ritual of placing the figurines in certain idols. The heavy stone gate opens.
Indians and spiders will be here. Spiders and Indians. There are many spiders and even more Indians. The main danger is the shooters armed with fuzei. Three hits from this antique - guaranteed death. Warriors with shields are almost invulnerable to bullets. They can only be killed with an accurate headshot or grenade throw.
Our task is to break through to the lever that opens another gate. Further - the dungeons that will lead us to the prison, where the CIA agent humbly awaits his fate. We do not have time to free the agent, since some mysterious forces once again interfere with the chain of events. However, the agent manages to tell us a lot of interesting things that indicate the further direction of the search.
Reluctant passenger
We come to our senses, look around. As it turns out, we're locked in the cabin of the container ship. The task is to get out of it, and preferably safe and sound. For this purpose, all our equipment was graciously left to us. But not here, but in the next cabin, in the nightstand. Having collected our property, we systematically destroy the crew of the ship, collect the keys from the doors, make our way to the boat, lower it into the water, and get away from this lost place.
Please note that opponents in body armor, shoot as accurately as possible in the head. Grenades will also do the trick.
This episode somehow reminded me of "Soldier of Fortune-2". Which is the "Double Helix".
Last mile
The ultimate goal of our investigation has been determined. But it's too early to go there without proper preparation. First you need to buy more cartridges and sets of armor, improve the selected weapon to the maximum. Don't forget about your medications.
Now you can hit the road. But no helicopters or seaplanes. Any aviation in the area of the Indian island is inevitably in distress. So any of the boats is your choice.
So the way to the last point has been covered. It remains to start the ascent to the ziggurat.
Having reached the island, we begin to move along a chain of stairs, destroyed temples and ziggurats. Two tactics are possible here: either careful shooting of all enemies that can be detected, or quick dashes from one shelter to another with an instant cleanup. Particularly dangerous are open areas under fire, which will be enough. You can't linger here for a second.
On a note: in an unpatched game, it may freeze when loading the final video. I could not get around this problem without a patch
That's it. We watched the final video. It seems that all the villains are punished, all the riddles are solved, all debts are paid in full. However, the soul of our hero was somehow sad, leaving behind mountains of bronze-skinned corpses in loincloths. Deep down, he probably understands that the dark, downtrodden and ignorant Indians are just a tool in the hands of those who have not been punished. Those who manipulate the world according to the principle of "divide and conquer". Those who willingly send others to death, skillfully covering themselves with them.
The game is played. And you and I have to wait for the next adventures of Saul Myers, if its creators have not cooled to sunny Colombia. That is, excuse me, Covumbia.
Good luck, friends, and lots of good games. Be happy at the slightest opportunity.
Xenus 2: White Gold
Xenus 2: White Gold
If my readers have forgotten, let me remind you that Xenus is such an ancient Aztec talisman, a key to the door under the waterfall. Actually, the role of these very doors in the plot of "Boiling Point" was very insignificant, but the intrigue around the six nondescript pieces unfolded notable. One way or another, this talisman fulfilled its role in the excitement of the first playthrough.
In "White Gold" Xenus is assigned an even more insignificant role. He just appears in the name of the game, becoming a kind of identification mark of the world, where the former soldier of the French Foreign Legion Saul Myers is wreaking havoc in the name of good and justice. And Xenus himself will not be in the game. But there will be a lot of sun, sea, girls and shooting.
So where do we start? Let's find a suitable seaplane and load it up with a few bags of very specific humor. After that, having broken a fair amount of master keys, we start the engine, take off and, cursing the absurd control, carefully sprinkle some part of the Windward Islands with the substance from the bags, named Hochma for the sake of Southern Covumbia.
Now that this paradise, where the eternal siesta reigns, has been properly processed, we hit the road to New York and hastily come up with a reason that is guaranteed to make the retired legionnaire wake up, pack up and set off on a journey to the aforementioned islands.
Well, it's time to joke jokes. Saving humanity is trivial and even somewhat boring. It is much more fun to stand guard over the health of the Big Apple addicts. No, we will not be required to track down cocaine submarines, smash transfer bases and sprinkle illegal coca plantations with defoliant. Judging by the ideas of the drug business tycoons, cocaine is an extremely useful powder that makes it possible to enjoy life at a very divine price. But those who dare to poison this noble product with an unknown poison that kills respectable consumers should be given their due.
Xenus, gentlemen! A complete, unconditional and inevitable xenus to all poisoners who shorten the already short, but so precious life of lovers of "white gold".
I don't promise the taste, but it will be hot
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Do not hesitate, girls, here everyone is yours. Say: "Sy-s-s-s-y-yr".
The RPG subgenre is still eclectic. In fact, the recipe is quite simple: we take a hero who absolutely doesn’t know how to do anything, but is sent on a responsible and dangerous mission. Coming up with the skills necessary (but not very) to successfully complete the mission. We are inventing a system that will allow our hero to become less and less curvy, performing a bunch of varied and not particularly logical tasks and distributing meagerly dripping development points. We are introducing into the game several groups with which you can be friends or enmity, creating a certain reputation for yourself. Voila, the dish is ready.
The "boiling point" did not have a very noticeable character development system. However, she could not be denied consistency. In order to shoot more accurately, it was necessary to shoot, and not to transfer the grandmothers across the road. And nothing else.
In "White Gold" igrodels approached the issue more canonically, but at the same time the logic suffered noticeably. The former professional soldier who made a noticeable rustle in Colombia while looking for a missing daughter, now, as it turns out, is not marked with any talents. He shoots poorly, is not able to combine the front sight of the weapon with the slot of the aiming bar, cannot carry a large load, does not know how to use a grenade launcher and a machine gun, he is unfamiliar with the mystery of holding his breath with an aimed shot. And in order to acquire these most useful skills, he needs to earn development points. Moreover, these points are obtained for actions that are completely irrelevant to the development of a certain skill. Effective but illogical.
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Black captain in white camouflage. A surreal choice of clothing for the tropics ...
The role-playing component of the game is still in the relationship with the factions, which in the game abound. And you will have to interact with them one way or another, since most of the side assignments come precisely from the representatives of the groups. The player will have to decide independently which group to join, and take into account that improving relations with one of them will definitely affect the deterioration of relations with the other. Everything is logical and consistent here.
Making money has become much easier - a lot of side tasks contribute to this. Moreover, a huge variety of useful items are scattered around the game world that will brighten up the difficult life of our hero, improve his shaky health and help in armed clashes.
The question of motivation for finding jobs and making money is the main storyline. She, of course, is extremely artless and artless (it is felt that the writers did not strain too much with the twists and turns of the plot), but the main character will require a lot of money. On the other hand, no one is pushing Myers, so you can explore the vast expanses of the Caribbean Sea, learn to ride and fly, poke your curious nose wherever you please.
Note: in the "Boiling Point", as you remember, even in the most unfortunate scenarios, the hero did not die, but ended up in the hospital, talked to the doctor, paid and set off on a further journey. There will be no such grace here. Death is now final and irrevocable. The only thing that the unlucky player can console himself with is a stinging sentence on the screen and loading the last save.
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Tropical weather is finicky. The sun was just shining and the sea was shining ...
Outwardly, the game world is very impressive. The color scheme of the tropics looks just great. And the slight blurring and distortion of the picture to the edges of the screen creates the impression of a humid and sunny world. However, personally, in the first hours of the game, I had a noticeable feeling of discomfort from the character's viewing angle. I do not know whether it should have been done less or more, but some dizziness and disorientation during sharp turns were observed. However, if, according to the intention of the developers, this is how a hero who suddenly finds himself in a tropical country should see the world, then the claims are withdrawn. I would like to say a special thank you to those who worked on sunrises and sunsets of amazing beauty.
The game's graphics engine is optimized to the point where you just don't notice it. It is gratifying that the developers took into account the shortcomings of the previous version of the Vital Engine and made the appropriate conclusions. Huge play areas now function flawlessly.
Not without graphical bugs and shortcomings, however. Algae growing right out of the air, snakes that at times look like a hissing stick, spiders stuck in the walls of a cave, Indians fleeing into the sky, a meager set of faces constantly flashing in the game - all this does not interfere with the passage of the game, but noticeably spoils the impression of what has been done work.
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This misunderstanding plays the role of a shooting gallery here. One joy is inexpensive.
The fauna of the islands, by the way, is noticeably poorer in relation to continental Colombia. The list of nasty surprises in the fauna now consists of only snakes, predatory fish and huge spiders.
As before, the actions will unfold in a single play space without loadable locations. With the exception of a single scripted move to another island, all the others take place in real time. For this purpose, a large number of vehicles (land, water and air) and a network of floating petrol stations have been introduced into the game.
The game NPCs, unfortunately, could not please too much. Their behavior does not differ in variety and special meaningfulness. Dialogues, despite the efforts of their authors, are often uninteresting and not even funny. And the behavior of some individuals, under certain circumstances, borders on insanity. For example, the destruction of all the bandits surrounding their leader does not prevent him from sitting quite calmly on the sofa, surrounded by two girls in bikinis. One of the drug lords shows about the same fatalism.
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Now I will have a pearl. It would be nice, black, but they will also buy white.
Note: there are several "easter eggs" in the game that seem to be of a humorous nature, but only one of them seemed to be successful - the "Autonomous system of meteorological forecasting" shield. Others, like the stylized Wasserman on Jose Pogon's T-shirt or the hysterical "Not a single break !!!" in the telephone receiver, they look very artificial and do not even cause a smile.
The voice acting of the game, frankly, could have been better. Actually, there are no special complaints about game sounds - shots, ambient noises and the like. The annoying radios constantly screaming at the headquarters of the groups, thank God, can be shot if they start to seriously poison life. The background music that accompanies the trip is so good that I stole a boat or scooter from time to time to listen to it again. But the choral performance of the officials during the attack by a group of drug-traffickers, who settled in a destroyed house led by retired US Army Colonel Clark Jefferson, caused an acute desire to shoot them out of purely humane motives. And later, I have seen similar cases of group insanity, accompanied by continuous screaming.
Let's summarize the review part. There is undoubtedly tremendous progress in the results of Deep Shadows' work. If we compare "Boiling Point" and "White Gold" in general, then this comparison will be entirely in favor of the second game. The developers took into account the colossal number of shortcomings of the first Colombian epic and managed to avoid all those bugs, lags and glitches that players had been making fun of on the forums for more than a month. However, White Gold is still very far from perfect play. So we just have to be patient and wait for the "gold" from Deep Shadow to acquire a noble yellow color, worthy of the crown of the "Best computer games".
So, we start the game on the deck of the ship. We are attacked by boats and helicopters, and we, accordingly, need to fight them off. Here I can only advise one thing - shoot, if possible, first of all at helicopters, since they cause more trouble. After everything is over and we find ourselves on the island, we speak with the Gray.
We get the first task - to meet with Jose. Now I can add a few tips: first, don't clutter up your inventory. Its volume is limited, so you need to save space for things you really need. Secondly, it is better not to spoil relations with civilians, so that there is less trouble further. And thirdly, the old order - "take care of the soldier's rifle, your life." You need to take whole trunks with you so that they do not wedge at the most inopportune moment. In addition, the game has many factions with which to fight. But this, perhaps, we will omit, everything is extremely clear there.
We orient ourselves with the help of the mini-map, we reach the place. There will be several unfriendly personalities, for this case we have a revolver (I hope you will understand how to navigate in the inventory and the rest from the optional training in the game). We kill, press "P" and install the first perks. From the very beginning it is better to set yourself a "cowboy" for aimed shooting. We search the corpses, go into the house and talk to Jose. He will offer us to get a car, after talking for it and go.
We approach Raul and ask where Rodrigo is. He directs us to Rodrigo's garage, and we go there. We approach him, he complains to us about the soldiers who took the car away from him. We, of course, go to deal with the lawlessness. There are a lot of enemies, so before the battle you need to choose a comfortable position in advance and shoot back slowly, saving cartridges. After we deal with the paramilitaries fighters, we take the wheelbarrow and drive up to Rodrigo. Through a conversation with him, we learn that two unknown people were interested in us.
In principle, there is no point in describing further non-plot tasks, since they are not required (I will only have a few that relate to the implementation of plot tasks), so let's move on to Diego. We go to him and talk. He will say that he will take us from the island either for 700 pesos or for one black pearl. If you decide to take it up, then we go to the scuba divers and talk to one of them. Now we go to Lonzo, talk to him. We take the key, we take away the bolon, we return. We talk with the scuba diver, refuel the bolon and dive, after making sure that there is something to constantly strengthen our health under water.
We go down into the cave, inside we periodically emerge. We find a scuba diver, we give him a balloon. We get out of the cave and go up to land, for the reward.
We talk with the scuba divers, take the reward and go to Diego. We chat, go to his daughter and chat again. We return to Diego, in his place we find a bandit. We communicate, we go to their authority, to understand at the expense of Diego. We speak with him about Diego, having completed a small quest before this. Now we need to find 5,000 pesos to free the old man. This can be done quickly by completing side quests.
Sometimes, after collecting the required amount, Juarez does not want to give Diego. We can resort to an easy way - kill him and take the keys. After that, we free Diego, go with him to the shore and go to another island.
Upon arrival, go to the CIA agent and talk to him. Next, we go to Eudes, we talk. We need to bring him 10,000 pesos, or the required amount of certain gems. After that, we have collected everything we need, we talk to him, wait until he speaks on the phone and follow him. We go and find ourselves in an ambush. We deal with the soldiers and take the explosives from one of them. We blow up the door, exit and go to the agent. We go to Juan, find out where Eudes is. We talk to him and are faced with the usual task - we need to find money, namely - 8000 pesos. But this time we will give them away not just in order to go further along the storyline. For these 8,000 pesos, we will get the island. So, after the purchase, we will have our own island, where we can use the construction services of local Ravshan and Dzhumshut. In the meantime, we are going to deal with Eudes. We come to the island, we clean it and make our way into the house with him. We talk to him and go to the Indians on the island. We approach the entrance to the cave, take the slab on the left on the wall and get out of the island.
We get to the collector. Well, this time we need to collect 15,000. Dauzh, they don't want to please us with a variety ...
After they brought the money, we have a new task - we need to collect the rest of the figurines. In what order is not important. We choose where we go in the first place and on the way. Just keep in mind that for the peaceful settlement of some situations, you need money. So either take with you a lump sum of money, or a lump sum of rounds. As soon as they took all the figurines, we go to the same island where we found the first one. Arranging statues among statues. We go into the opened gate. Inside the crowd of spiders - overgrown and crazy Indians, so we will have to fight our way to the goal. There are rather intricate labyrinths, and you can get lost. We need to get to the lever that opens the entrance to the cave.
There are even more spiders in the nutria, and by the end the Indians appear. We move to a kind of prison and there we find a CIA agent whom the savages wanted to sacrifice. He will tell many interesting facts about the affairs of the office, which he encountered during the course of the plot. After the conversation, special forces will rush inside and grab us.
We find ourselves on a CIA ship. After killing Nixon on the screen saver, we search him in order to have at least some supplies. We leave from the cabin. The right door leads to the commando from the M16, the left one goes further. First, we go in search of the key to the gate. There is a lot of tension on the ship with cartridges, so search everyone and remove the cartridges from the horns. There is a place on the ship where many get stuck - the door leading to the cabin with the key to the gate. You don't need to look for a key from it, you just need to go to the bar, next to this door, go behind the counter and go to the hatch. We open and make our way to the room to which we need. Next, we go to the gate, open the door and break through to the commander of the special forces, who has the 2 keys we need. We rise, lower the boat into the water and get out of the ship.
The last task awaits us, and a rather difficult one. Better to stock up on the maximum. We leave for the mysterious island of the Indians. We need to destroy this damn Indian cult and end it all. We land on the island and break through the crowds of Indians. We go straight ahead, we climb up. That's it, we watch the touching screensaver and enjoy the credits.
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