Прекрасная идея, загубленная на корню кривой реализацией.
Управление - предельно упрощённое. Раздельного управления группами двигателей нет. Управления закрылками - нет! Вместо этого есть кнопка "включить экранный режим", по нажатию которой судно волшебным образом подскакивает в воздух. Управления по курсу в водоизмещающем режиме нет. В экранном режиме - повороты крайне задумчивые, я конечно понимаю, что аппарат большой и тяжёлый - но тут всё-таки ИМХО перебор. Швартовки в порту, подход к необорудованному берегу для погрузки-разгрузки - ничего этого тоже нет. Сами погрузочно-разгрузочные операции показаны в виде анимации на движке, причём отключить или промотать её нельзя. Как-либо повлиять на процесс - тоже.
Модели всей техники, кроме собственно вашего экраноплана - тихий ужас. Корабли - примерно так их рисуют в детском саду. При столкновении с ними экраноплан отскакивает, будто резиновый, и как ни в чём ни бывало продолжает полёт. Первая миссия имеет ограничение по времени - два часа. Примерно столько её и приходится проходить. Состоит она в том, что нужно развезти по восьми точкам на побережье залива восемь ракетных установок, причём в "Орлёнка" за один раз влезают только четыре. После того, как судно вышло на режим и вы легли на курс, можно спокойно идти пить чай - до самого конца пути делать больше ничего не нужно. При этом ускорения времени... да, верно - его там тоже нет.
В общем, это не игра, это лохотнон, рассчитанный на любителей истории военой авиации и флота.
Раелизма - ноль.
Увлекательности - ноль.
Визуальных красот - сами смотрите на скриншоты - тоже ноль.
Итоговая оценка - ноль.

Soviet Monsters: Ekranoplans is a simulation and strategy game developed by Santa's & Co. and published by Merge Games and IV Productions. It was released in July 2016. You, the player, own a historical Russian ekranoplan and you use it to complete missions. The simulation tag is through you controlling your ekranoplan to complete missions whereas the strategy aspect is through hiring crew members, purchasing equipment, and regularly monitoring both.

The idea for the game of owning an ekranoplan, controlling it, and then playing it was a very neat idea on paper, but fails in execution. Its lack of polish and abundance of issues screams unfinished development. For instance, there is no in-game options menu, instead the options menu is displayed prior to launching the game. Furthermore, the max resolution is 1680x1050, which is a big issue because the text within the game goes off the screen. That affects mission briefings because each mission has requirements, for instance, you need five soldiers, two pilots, and so forth, so with the unclear text, you cannot see the full requirements to launch a mission.

My main issue lies in the lack of explanation of informing the player what you need to do, what is the objective, and how do you play the game. For instance, it is unclear on how to operate the ekranoplan, specifically, explanation on buttons such as the one that lifts your ekranoplan. In saying that, the game does feature a tutorial, but it is very basic and mostly unhelpful. To showcase its unfinished state, the game has no save game feature which is a nuisance because missions are lengthy and you cannot leaving unless you want to restart. Furthermore, Soviet Monsters has placeholder filler text such as 'dddd' instead of the names of cargo.

The gameplay within this is not much better at all. The controls are very buggy and unresponsive. Driving the ekranoplan is mostly difficult because the controls have a delayed response, which means it's quite difficult to turn. Not all of the models are difficult, but the majority are. You can enable your ekranoplan to rapidly increase its speed and fly, but it is embarrassing because you are not going far up into the air, you are barely off the water. Finally, with no save games creates a very frustrating experience because if you turn off your ekranoplan prematurely for any reason, it glitches by massively swaying, or alternatively, goes into a rampage which means you cannot control it and essentially you have to restart the mission.

Soviet Monsters has subpar performance. On my PC, the game on average uses 20% of your CPU and 2,000mb of memory, making my PC run loud. This may be an early-release thing, but it's not the worst thing to happen to this game. Loading times for missions are quite lengthy at about thirty seconds, which if you have to frequently restart due to the issues causes frustration. But hey, this game uses unity and the Internet states the engine sucks. In saying all this, I can sustain a solid FPS over 50 for the most part. Overall, the performance in its current state is not that good but it’s a fresh breathe of air considering the issues that plague the game.

The game is not terrible as it seems as it does have some positives. Notably, the game features very nicely designed ekranoplans. It also features a fine looking environment that has quality water and random weather effects. So, each level could either be sunny, snowing, night time, and so forth. These weather effects really do complement the landscape when you complete a mission, however, these weather effects significantly hit FPS by making the game regularly stutter. If a mission is sunny, you can look at the scenery and design of the ekranoplan through various solid camera angles. If a mission is at night time, you cannot see the long distance but you can get some slick graphics that showcase the night environment. There are various ekranoplans and all have different abilities such as accelerating faster, carrying more cargo, higher top speed, and so forth. It's nothing big but it adds some variety to the game. In saying that, it is odd the player has access to the very best ekranoplans instead of an unlocking system that would have been preferred in this type of game.

Soviet Monsters: Ekranoplans is a very poor game in an unfinished state. It features a profound amount of issues, particularly in the UI and gameplay components. It has a lack of features to help explain and progress in the game such as a very basic tutorial and no save game features. The performance is mediocre as I can manage to have a stable 50FPS, but weather affects dramatically reduce FPS and loading times are long. Soviet Monsters' primary feature is the variety of ekranoplans that are strongly designed and very detailed. I believe early access would have ensured a much more stable release because I was disappointed in my play through of it. At USD$12.74, I cannot recommend this in its current state.

Rating: 3/10

- Very detailed ekranoplans.
- A solid landscape and impressive weather effects.

- A very buggy and unpolished game.
- Lack of features, such as no save game.
- Somewhat un-optimised performance.
- Long loading times.
- Very basic tutorial.

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Сыровата очень, оптимизация слабовата.
Задания почти как в silent hunter, но всеравно скучные и очень продолжительные.
Про графон можно и не говорить, ибо юнити. Хотя, всё же, модели экранопланов шикарны, а всё остальное на уровне табуретки.
эх, хз зачем купил, хотя прикольный симулятор, причем экранопланов, может даже первый в мире) безусловно советую, но скорее для ознакомления, ибо симулятор есть симулятор.

Ekranoplans are good. This game is not. Bad controls, terrible audio, poor tutorials (when you even are presented them) and it honestly looks like total ♥♥♥♥.

ゲームとしては80％OFFで買ってもお得とは言い難い出来。

グラフィックはショボいし妙に薄暗いし、フライト（？）シムとしちゃ挙動もちゃちい。全部で12種ある機体は小型機から大型機までどれも同じ操作性同じコクピット同じHUD同じ銃座を備えているという雑なもの。乗員の成長要素があり飛行中（！）に機内から修理や燃料補給をする際の効率が変わるというがどうでもいい。

でもこれはこれでいいと思う。機体ごとに個別に内装作れって言われたって、こんなキワモノまともな資料が残ってるとも思えない。壊れた潜水艦を曳航して帰って来いなんて言われるフライトシムは普通ないし、じゃあシップシムなのかって言うと港で積み込んだ荷物を内陸に届けろという仕事もある。

テーマである地面効果翼機そのものが飛行機なんだか船なんだかわからない華のない微妙な存在なので、ゲームとしても微妙になるのはもはや宿命なんだと思う。決して大空へは羽ばたかない、飛べない飛行機体感ゲー。

I really couldn´t wait to get my hands on this game. I bought it on release date! This is ONE OF THE MOST DISAPPOINTING titles I have had so far!!
I was looking forward for some BuzzAldrinsRaceIntoSpace with Ekranoplanes or TakeOnMars-like game but this is complete and utter XXXX. The flight simulation part is like watching paint dry and the oh-so-interesting "career" mode where you can manage your base excel-sheet style is a new height of entertainment.
I would really like to get a reimbursement for this one but I can´t.

J'attendais ce jeux avec beaucoup d'impatience mais je suis super déçu !
Pas étonnant au vu des printscreens mais à ce point là....
Je trouvais le thème très original, hélas, quelle daube, franchement, comment peut-on sortir un truc pareil ?????

Por desgracia, estamos ante un juego que no será recordado. El título muestra que la falta de recursos del estudio no ha logrado ser solventada más que con una idea original mal ejecutada. Por desgracia, los ekranoplanos de la era soviética han tenido un renacer que no ha estado a la altura de su leyenda, aunque esperamos que los planes por mejorar el juego y añadir nuevas opciones al mismo adecenten el título en última instancia.

PROS
+El esmero puesto en los ekranoplanos

CONTRAS
-Sus controles son terribles
-Falta de un buen tutorial

NOTA: 3

Aquí un análisis más exhaustivo[www.gameit.es]

The game includes twenty-seven single missions (all of which are unlocked) and an extraneous career mode with the same exact missions. Between each scenario, crew can be hired and items required for mission completion can be purchased through a tedious process. Missions can’t be saved and there is no time acceleration, resulting in lengthy real-time scenarios. A terribly brief tutorial and a lack of an in-game options menu round out the barebones features. Ekranoplans don’t actually fly: rather, they cruise along a few feet above the water, resulting in a boring simulation with sluggish controls and uninspired, repetitive combat. A general lack of polish permeates throughout the title. Despite a very unique subject, Soviet Monsters: Ekranoplans is a terrible simulation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iey7ylKq9U

Ужасно все: физические модели экранопланов, 3d-модели, графика, сюжет, оформление игры, музыка.
Отдельно скажу про классический "клюквенный" дизайн с псевдокириллицей и и серпами-молотами-звездами. Честное слово, это было оригинально и забавно лет 15 назад (при том, что впервые было использовано где-то в 60-х годах XX века).
Жалко. Можно было бы сделать очень интересную игру на оригинальную тему.

1 "мстящий боксер" из 10. Хорошо, что купил с большой скидкой.