About Anomic:
Ok, I have a big issue to report to people here: When I stumbled upon the game, I wanted to try it out a bit. I love survival game set in some post apocalyptic future like METRO and STALKER. Now, while downloading, I had a feeling I saw this game somewhere before. While I was reading the reviews, there was no “number of hours of me play” indicating I haven’t played it before. When loading in game, I got to character selection screen, there was already a character called “SneakyFinger” level 4. I thought “well, that’s weird”. Then I went to my files, and went to the folder of the game. I stumbled upon a folder marked as “SneakyFinger” folder created in 2014. Then, I figured it out. This is a game I played it before in 2014 and that was the reason why it was so familiar. I still entered the game I have been playing this game for about 8 years now since the start of the beta (before it went live on steam) and it went through a lot of ups and downs (mostly downs). Its a hardcore Russian MMO Third-Person Shooter with RPG elements and some survival aspects, that is based on the book/film “Roadside Picnic”/”Stalker”. As many Russian games it heavily relies on grinding, and as many Free-2-Play titles it is Pay-2-Progress. I would not necessarily call it Pay-2-Win, because you can get almost everything just by playing a lot and trading with other players, and that includes the best weapons and best gear in the game. But for full disclosure, i have yet to meat a veteran ingame who has not spent a single Dollar in the game. You can play Anomaly Zone as a Loner, but the game definitely encourages – somestimes forces you – to play in a group/clan with others. And that in my opinion is a good thing, because the game thrives from its community and the love/hate relationships between players. Being called names in Russian really elevates the immersion overall. There is a clan war taking place twice a week, in which clans fight over each others bases, and while it can get very laggy (especially when you have a bad pc like me), it is still a lot of fun and the victory over another clan feels very satisfying. There are smaller fortifications scattered throughout most maps, which can be captured every day as well. There are two different classes (alien and native), which have a variety of professions each you have to chose from. The game is meant to be played on multiple characters, because each profession has advantages and disadvantages and can do things others can not. There is a crafting system, but the success chance and the things you can do is depending on your profession and skills. Medics can revive other players and remove debuffs, Defenders can use heavy explosives like RPGs, Snipers can cloak, Craftsmen and Scientists can use a Electro-Impulse gun and so on. For starters i usually recommend going for Mutanthunter or Pathfinder though, because they have the best conditions at the start. Most veterans also start with these professions when they create a new character and usually change them to another one when they are atleast level 25. As in most games coming from the former USSR region, players are not held by their hand and have to explore and figure out most of the stuff by themselves. This is probably the reason why many players from the West avoid titles like this. If you are a beginner i highly recommend just following all of the quests. Eventually they will lead you through the map and eventually to new maps and perviously undiscovered territory. Players, who do not speak Russian, should either start learning it or have a translating app open at all times. There are many words, that describe Russians, but ‘bilingual’ is not one of them. Most of them will continue to write to you in Russian, despite knowing that you do not understand a single word. Therefor it is a huge advantage, if you learn some of the words as soon as possible. Some Russians do not like Americans or any people from NATO countries, so knowing Russian and knowing how to properly use a translator can save you from getting spawn camped. And always remember the saying: “Heels on ground, comrade found. Heels in sky, Western spy!” The majority of Russian players i have meat are cool though and especially some of the younger ones speak English or atleast understand you. Recently the player base has shrinked a lot due to lack of new content and patches, but now that they announced a new boss and a new map coming soon, i feel like it is time to write a positive review, in order to get some new players interested in the game. The game has certainly a lot of issues and many bugs and glitches, sometimes it is a huge sh_it show and i got banned from the official VK group for telling the developers how retar_ded they are, but i would not have played it for 5000+ hours, if i didnt enjoy it.
