Games about primitive people side view. Primitive people - make their society prosperous! From hunting and gathering to metal production

Games that provide the most authentic storytelling, but focus primarily on addictive gameplay and combat.

In video games, there are constantly mystical artifacts of ancient civilizations, Nazis riding on dinosaurs and even Gandhi, a beginner nuclear war... Historical accuracy has never been paramount, and games that try to match the story do not hesitate to make some pretty serious assumptions to make the plot and gameplay as varied as possible. And they can be roughly divided into two groups: games that use certain historical events (or cultural stereotypes) to set the plot, and games whose developers really study historical facts in order to recreate them as accurately as possible in the virtual world.

A variable like "historicity" is very difficult to measure in games - and yes, that's a real word. Usually games where everything is fine with recreating the story turn out to be rather boring, so this list includes projects where the emphasis is on interesting gameplay. I have tried to include in this selection games that most accurately and reliably reflect those periods of history that are often distorted or shown incorrectly in pseudo-historical games.

So, here are the most historically accurate PC games, collected in chronological order (based on their setting).

Attila took a slightly outdated formula at that time Total war and diluted it with a living world, where we saw all the cultural, political and economic difficulties that Rome faced at its decline. Instead of showing us a stereotypical horde of evil barbarians who appeared out of nowhere, the game shows us the reason for the appearance of these invaders - the climate change led to the fact that in the northern regions it became increasingly difficult to feed the population, and in parallel with this there was a migration of the Huns to the territory of Eastern Europe ...

In addition, it was the first to show that not every society has permanent cities, and demonstrated their complex relationships, built in opposition to open war.

The plot of any of the parts of Assassin's Creed is weakly correlated with real historical events (nevertheless, it touches them at times - take at least the siege of Masyaf from the first part of the series). However, it is these games that allow us to walk through Renaissance Florence or medieval Jerusalem. Crowds of local residents, peculiarities of architecture, a lot of small details - all this was recreated as close as possible to the shown era.

Personally, I like Constantinople from Revelations, which was taken over by the Ottoman Empire - perhaps one of the most interesting cities in history, featured in one of the most interesting periods.

In additions, in which satanic cults and sudden incursions of the Aztecs appear, CK2 increasingly loses its connection with real history. But initially, the game recreated the politics of Western Europe quite well during the period from the 11th to the 15th century AD. Nowadays we are accustomed to the concept of the state, but if we lived, for example, in any of the French regions in 1150, then we would swear allegiance to a specific person, and not to a flag or constitution. And it is between such feudal lords in CK2 that the main interactions and conflicts unfold.

A powerful kingdom can fall apart with a weak ruler, just as an initially weak power can become great under the rule of a wise king. The hierarchical system of feudalism shown in the game is disputed by many historians, but thanks to great additions like Conclave, the game manages to show the connection between the nobility and power, which was of great importance in those days.

I was very impressed that the developers of Expeditions: Viking were clearly not inspired by stereotypes, but by real ones. historical facts... For me personally, the Viking Age is of the greatest interest, and therefore I become especially picky when evaluating games on this topic. In the same game, we see everything that a real Viking ruler would do.

Here we have to settle the blood feud of several clans. At the same time, it is necessary to show oneself as a strong and just ruler, because people will not follow only one big name. The game even reflects the effect of the infamous attacks on Scandinavia, after which the region was able to recover, establish infrastructure and eventually create three influential European kingdoms.

Banished is pretty simple game... Some will even say that it is too simple, but the mechanics that come to the fore here are directly related to all things that, for example, British settlers in the Virginia colony in the 17th century would have encountered. Your main goal is to ensure that people live in a warm, well-fed and healthy state. You need to use the available resources and trade to support the growing population. A harsh winter or the spread of a disease can wipe out your entire colony - and this is what happens sometimes, as with most real European settlements on the territory of the New World.

In the game Pirates! there are enough pirate stereotypes, but its creators quite plausibly reflect all the realities that ship captains faced during the heyday of piracy. Your team is a bunch of criminals gathered from all over the Caribbean, and they will work for you exactly until they find a more profitable occupation. We should also mention the political games between Spain, England, France and Holland, since you will always work for at least one of these parties. And, of course, the game has excellent naval battles, taking into account the direction of the wind, as well as the size of the ships and their guns, which allows you to understand what it was like for real naval officers of those times.

Vicktoria 2 is perhaps the most difficult and serious game from the list with a fairly high threshold of entry, but it deserves attention if only because it highlights aspects of the story that are usually ignored in other games. The level of education of the population is important here. The more educated it is, the more productive it becomes ... and the faster it can lead to the emergence of such phenomena as communism, demands to abolish slavery, to introduce electoral and labor rights.

That is, to standard modern conditions. It also focuses on industrialization, military speculation, and the pros and cons of free markets versus a single economic system. If you are willing to spend a few days learning, then the game is definitely worth your time.

Old but good game... Various variations of the project have been released since 1971 (also a kind of historical project), and all of them have been noted for their educational value. This is a well deserved achievement. If modern man tried to imagine all the difficulties that American pioneers faced when traveling from the town of Independence to the Willamette Valley in the middle of the 19th century, it would not even occur to him to count the number of spare carriage trailers that need to be taken.

But The Oregon Trail even counts those little things. It is highly likely that after this game you will begin to seriously fear dysentery, and this is in our age of advanced medicine - the conditions of that time are so well conveyed.

I understand that there must have been some deep and thoughtful war game which takes into account the weight and height of each real soldier who took part in the battles, however, Ultimate General strikes the perfect balance between attention to history and interesting gameplay... The recently released campaign mode even tells us how the generals of the day had to enlist the backing of the government in order to get the necessary support and have a say in important decisions.

This should impress all history buffs: every Steel Division map is modeled according to real aerial photographs taken during the Normandy invasion, down to the locations of villages and even hedges. It also features realistic shooting distances and damage military equipment and weapons. The same applies to the speed and maneuverability of the vehicles shown in the game. Heavier vehicles appear later in the battle, and this is due to the fact that they take longer to get to the desired point.

What's most remarkable about the game, however, is that it emphasizes the importance of battlefield intelligence and develops the idea that battles are won not by those with more military power, but by those with the right intelligence.

IL-2 Sturmovik series - The most reliable military flight simulator

I think many fans of flight simulators remember the first time when they tried to roll over into the Il-2 and, seeing the screen darken, they decided that something was wrong with the monitor. The fact is that the game shows not only the most authentic controls, but also the most realistic gravitational effects experienced by pilots at high speeds. It is possible to faint both from a lack of blood in the head, and from an excess of it. The advantages of the game include the fact that the Il-2 attack aircraft itself was recreated in the smallest detail, and the battles unfold according to the most plausible scenarios.

Battlefield 1, move over. Verdun painstakingly recreates the military action that took place on the Western Front, while remaining an excellent multiplayer shooter. All inaccuracies in the game are forgivable, since they are related to the scale of events, and not to their details. After all, it would be impossible to wait for the required number of players on one server in order to plausibly recreate the largest battles of the First World War - and this expectation would definitely not be liked by everyone who decided to devote a couple of hours to the game before dreams. But the game pleases with such details as the uniform of the soldiers, in which everything - from material to buttons - was copied from historical photographs.

Kerbal Space Program's meticulous simulations of orbital mechanics, motion and aerodynamics make the game a true textbook on space programs. The developers from the Squad studio understand this themselves, and therefore are working on the Making History add-on. But if you don't want to wait, there are a number of fan extensions at your service. Several dozen mods, the most striking of which is the Historical Missions Pack, will allow you to participate in the launch of the first German V2 rockets, as well as in the development of the modern SpaceX program.

It has almost nothing to do with real history, only with my own guesses based on observation of modern society. I have always been impressed by how cleverly the authors of Deus Ex show us the possible future of humanity. Interfaces for the interaction of the brain with computers, high-tech prostheses and artificial Intelligence become at the forefront, while interplanetary flights and lightsabers still remain only in fantasies. If I were a gambler, I would bet a large sum on the fact that in the future the world of Adam Jensen, and not Captain Picard, awaits us.

- a new action game that takes place in the stone age. Video games rarely go back to prehistoric times: of course, it happens that heroes fall through the era of the dinosaurs, but this usually happens due to time travel. However, in the 8-bit and 16-bit era, cavemen often appeared in platformers. We will remember them today.

Joe & Mac Series

A couple of weird platformers about cave friends Joe and Mac. I learned about the first part from the "Video-Ass Dendy" magazine and immediately started looking for a cartridge for my 8-bit console. In vain - it turned out that the game was so-so. Joe & Mac had bad graphics and wild controls: after a double jump, the heroes flew into the heavens and fell right on the dinosaurs. But there was a cute retro objectification: the whole adventure was started only in order to steal more women from competing tribes. Subsequently, I found out that Joe & Mac had a sequel to the Super Nintendo - and it is really worth getting to know fans of the genre.

Big nose freaks out

Before doing Colin McRae Rally, Codemasters released this. Big Nose Freaks Out is a cheap 8-bit platformer with Sonic the Hedgehog in mind. The hero moved around prehistoric worlds on the original one-wheeled skateboard and beat enemies with a club, which at some point began shoot... The final boss is a dinosaur on hot-air balloon... Even as a child, I understood that this was the worst trash, but I still played the game a couple of times.

Adventure Island Series

Adventure Island doesn't say directly what era the game takes place in, but the scenery here is clearly prehistoric. The main character Master Higgins doesn't keep an eye on his girlfriend Tina and is kidnapped by villains over and over again. In response, he sets off in pursuit through the jungle, caves and valleys. Adventure Island is one of the few games where you can stumble to death; She was also remembered for the skateboard, which allows the hero to miss an additional blow and - from the second part - eggs, inside which were the dinosaurs-assistants. In the Adventure Island era 4, the series ceased to be a classic platformer and turned into a "metroidvania" - but this game no longer went outside of Japan.

Prehistorik Series

This is where the old-fashioned bakers are supposed to shed a nostalgic tear: if you had a computer in the mid-90s, then you definitely played Prehistorik. Now, of course, you can't even look at this without tears - neither in the first nor in the second part there was even normal horizontal scrolling. But PC could not offer anything better, so everyone ran through caves, beat dinosaurs with clubs, picked berries and jumped asses on spiders - for last game gave out bonuses. Prehistorik is a game that became a cult not because of its quality, but only because the platform could not offer anything else.

Chuck Rock Series

Another series of primitive trash, this time from future creators Tomb raider... The main character of the first part, the caveman Chuck, walked through the levels and beat opponents with his beer belly, and the last boss the game was a tyrannosaurus boxer in family shorts. In the second part, we already controlled the son of Chuck. All of this was decorated with strikingly vile Boogerman-style graphics and ear-cutting melodies. Why play this when there is Super mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog and other cool platformers, it was not clear even then.

The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy

Surprisingly successful 8-bit Flintstones platformer. In The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy, Fred is sent to rescue the dinosaurs Dino and Hoppy from the hands of the future villain Dr. Butler. All this translates into an exciting platformer with different levels: after leaving Bedrock, Fred has time to visit the jungle, ice village, ocean and castle, as well as play prehistoric basketball. The final level takes place in the future - and there Fred meets George from the Jetsons. A very colorful game - perhaps the best of all presented in this material.

From the review, you will learn about two projects dedicated to that ancient era. Read on and hurry to travel back to the times when herds of mammoths roamed the vast plains, and savages dressed in skins waged an endless war with each other.

Farcry primal

This addictive PC game about prehistoric man is a new addition to the shooter genre, due out in a month. Imagine that you are an experienced hunter who survived the death of your fellow tribesmen. Survive the battle with nature and become the founder of a powerful new tribe.

Primitive people led a life full of hardships and dangers. Track down and kill prey, but be vigilant: wolves and saber-toothed tigers lie in wait in the thickets. To increase your chances of survival, craft weapons - bows and arrows, clubs and spears with stone tips. And be sure to learn how to make a fire - it will warm you at night and drive away predators.

Playing on PC in FarCry Primal, you will not avoid skirmishes with hostile tribes. In the confrontation with them will help new tribesmen, which you will find when completing game tasks.

Also, the developers promise gamers a lot of other interesting features. Among them:

• domestication of animals and birds;
• a realistically recreated ecosystem;
• different climatic zones;
• the unique language in which the characters communicate.

Escilon

The famous strategy is the only example of an online game about primitive people. Step into the role of a Neanderthal and travel into the harsh era of the great glaciation.

In this online game does what its prototypes did a hundred thousand years ago. Hunt, tame animals and conquer neighboring tribes. And in between - chat with other players, discussing upcoming attacks and quests.

Perhaps they were not very comfortable in the caves, but very familiar. Incomprehensible and unknown the world dangerous and full of other living things. This is how your primitive people - stonis see this world. The game will take you to ancient time when fire was rebellious, and primitive man was not the king of nature. Under your leadership, the Stones will discover the world of the Stone Age. Together with you, they will overcome all obstacles and dangers and expand the boundaries of their capabilities. You will teach them how to use fire, make clothes, build huts, pray in ancient stone sanctuaries, supply the village with food, and hunt effectively. They will go from a simple raw stone to a technological metal knife, from a wooden spear to firearms, from being alone to a developed society. Register on the ru.upjers.com portal now!