Secondly, Russian games have cult status (even if there are not as many of them as we would like, and even if many of them have local popularity). Tetris, Allods, Demiurges, Alien Shooter, Nuclear Titbit, Truckers, Corsairs, Black Book, Crossout, Petka and Vasily Ivanovich Save the Galaxy, (again suddenly) Heroes of Might and Magic V, and one of the latest diamonds of Russian gamedev - Atomic Heart.
And how many memes and folklore the Russian-language gaming movement has given birth to...we won't even talk about the legendary translations, but we simply suggest enjoying a couple of golden reposts...
Expert comments
ALEXANDER GORBACHENKO
Director of the Intercontinental Cybersport League, former President of the Russian and Moscow Computer Sports Federations
GTA has given the Russian online community many sparkling humorous memes thanks to a crooked pirate translation. Few will remember these epochal memes about "Wasted", "Stay low", "Cool down the brazil consumer email list fucking" and "Carbon fiber" without a smile. These memes flew around the network and became popular even among those who did not play GTA. " In Russia, "Wasted", "Cool down the fucking" - became popular hits and passed into national folklore...
DENIS LUKYANOV
Gaming journalist OXOGames
GTA certainly has a cult status and countless jokes, pictures and videos, but it is unfair to say that it is the main supplier of memes in the history of gamedev. At different times, different games tore media and the news agenda to shreds. there were about Fallout 1 and 2, Ultima Online, Carmageddon, Dungeon Keeper, Silent Hill, Dota 2, CS and others... And how many jokes were generated by Minecraft and Roblox - for zoomers and the alpha generation, they will be the main markers of the era. And they also have FNAF, Fortnite, Genshin Impact and others...