Probably every lover of domestic quests with pleasure recalls the time spent on the passage of "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich" - a series of magnificent games released from the end of the twentieth to almost today. Well, for the same gamers who are not familiar with these quests, it will be useful to learn more about them.
List of games
The first game, dubbed “Petka and Vasily Ivanovich Save the Galaxy”, was released back in 1998 - exactly twenty years ago. Despite the not very good graphics and a rather short plot, it attracted the attention of many gamers.
Therefore, less than a year later, in 1999, the second part appeared - "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich-2: Judgment Day." The developer of this game, like the first, was SKIF studio
The next game was already developed by Saturn Plus and had much better graphics. Petka 3: The Return of Alaska was released in November 2001. Let’s tell in more detail about them. But first we’ll tell you about the main characters.
The main characters
Of course, the passage of "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich" would not be so interesting if not for the colorful characters. The main ones, as the name implies, are division commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his assistant Petka. But there are also many other characters. For example, Anka. More precisely, Anki. The fact is that the main characters travel in time and in each part get acquainted with the descendants of their faithful fighting friend, machine gunner. And everyone as one name is Annami. Each time they come to the aid in a difficult moment.
It is found in all games and Furmanov with descendants. Of course, if the descendants heard about the legendary Petka and Chapaev, they were not personally acquainted, therefore, to get help from them, you need to smash your head.
Finally, in every game you can see the beekeeper Kuzmich. Although he was a beekeeper only in the first part, his role subsequently changed more than once.
Who voiced the heroes?
The honorary right to voice Chapaev went to Alexander Pozharov, an actor in theater and cinema. He coped with his role perfectly - the voice perfectly fits the surroundings of the divisional commander, as well as the appearance that his artists gave him.
In all parts of the game, Petka was voiced by Boris Linnikov, an actor in the Stas Namin Theater . He also voiced many cartoons. Petka in his performance turned out to be provocative, young, inexperienced, but full of enthusiasm.
At Anka, everything was not so simple. In games from 1st to 4th she was voiced by Ekaterina Teneta. In the 5th and 6th parts, she spoke in the voice of Ekaterina Afrikantova. Playing in the 7th and 8th parts, gamers heard the voice of Olga Zubkova. Finally, in the 9th part, this role went to Inga Malevich.
Of course, if we talk about the series of games "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich", the passage would be worth giving for all parts. But this requires a really voluminous article. Therefore, we restrict ourselves to the first three games.
Save the galaxy
So, we begin the passage "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich." They save the galaxy in the first part of the quest.
The main difficulty here is that to examine, use or talk with various objects and characters, you need to select the appropriate cursor - otherwise the game will stall. Also, do not forget to look into the suitcase - all the useful things found by the heroes get there.
The plot revolves around a stolen banner and aliens trying to take over the Earth. It turns out that the moon is their secret spaceship. He failed, and the aliens lay in suspended animation for many centuries, until they were accidentally awakened by a shot from the cruiser Aurora.
The game begins in the simple village of Gadyukino, through which the front between the white and the red passes. Insidious aliens kill Furmanov and replace him with an exact copy, thanks to which they rub themselves into confidence in the main characters and kidnap the regimental banner. Now Chapaev and Petka should return the honor of the detachment.
To play is Petka, then Chapaev. Switching is simple - just click on the corresponding icon at the top of the screen. After completing all the tasks in Gadyukino, the heroes are transferred to the city, where Anka joins them. It is here that the enemies store the stolen banner of the regiment. In the beginning, she will have to play, and only then the player will return to the usual heroes.
The events of the final part unfold on the moon. Arriving here with a hare on an alien ship, the heroes must find and activate a time machine to prevent a fatal shot - if you load a cannon on the Aurora with blank shells, then subsequent troubles can be easily avoided. The war continues, but you have to fight with well-known enemies, and not aliens from outer space.
Surely the passage of the game "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich save the galaxy" will bring you a lot of pleasure.
Surviving Doomsday
However, aliens are not at all going to stop there. They are carefully watching the village of Gadyukino, where the fighting does not stop. And at the moment when Comrade Chapaev dies when crossing the Urals, they abduct the body, taking him to the moon. In a secret laboratory, they turn it into a real terminator, replacing the entire skeleton with a metal one. However, in his heart he remains the same good old Vasily Ivanovich. The hero is not going to give in to enemies and is determined to return home. So, we begin the passage. "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich: Judgment Day" - the second part of the quest.
The heroes have to examine the Gadyukino in order to discover huge mysterious catacombs under the village. It is here that they will find a time machine that will allow them to embark on an exciting journey again. True, now they are transferred not to the past, but to the future. Namely, in the USA of the 60s. Here they will meet the descendants of Anka and Furmanov. The latter became a successful businessman, and Anka’s granddaughter works as his secretary. There are also new characters. For example, a guy named Billy. He is literally obsessed with windows. And while communicating with him, by numerous rumors, it is easy to understand that when he grows up, he will create his own operating system, the name of which is directly connected with windows. There is also a pioneer named Pavlik. He is engaged in trade in everything and flatly refuses to be related to the Soviet pioneer Pavlik Morozov, although his appearance speaks for him.
Now the heroes have to figure out a difficult situation, cope with a variety of different tasks in order to finally find a person who can perform the most complicated operation to extract a microchip from the brain of Vasily Ivanovich. Indeed, otherwise he will not gain freedom, remaining dependent on vile alien invaders.
When the passage comes to an end, the player will see a painfully familiar scene from the popular movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day. And at the same time a small reference to Star Wars.
Return Alaska
However, the adventures of the heroes do not end there! It's time to start the passage "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich-3." The engine has undergone changes, thanks to which the quality of the graphics has improved markedly, and the cursor has become multifunctional - very convenient, you no longer have to manually choose different methods of exposure with the environment.
Thanks to this, the passage of "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich" (Alaska will be returned in this part of the game) will become even more enjoyable. The concert, which the heroes gave at the end of the second part, brought them considerable popularity. But everything goes away, and after a few years they are bored in the bar, remembering the days gone by. It was here that they found trouble in the face of a tipsy company. And then the characters suddenly disappear to be near an incomprehensible bar - here they are met by the FBI agent Mox Falder. It turns out that experiments with the time machine led to the most undesirable consequences - now the whole planet is in danger. There is only one way to solve the problem - to explode a powerful bomb in Alaska, exactly at the indicated location.
Well, it’s even not bad - it hurts our heroes to stay too long. It's time for them to remember the old days, to warm up well. Many adventures will fall on their lot. You will have to arrange your own brothel, enlist in the American army, fight in Iraq and the jungle of Brazil, and also cope with many other, no less exciting tasks.
How will it all end? Begin the passage ("Petka and Vasily Ivanovich: The Return of Alaska" - the third part of the quest), and you will learn from your own experience.
What other games are included in the series
However, after the release of the third part, the series did not fall in popularity, as a result, several more games were released in subsequent years:
- "Petka-4: Independence Day" - in October 2003.
- "Petka-5: The End of the Game" - in October 2004.
- "Petka-6: A New Reality" - in October 2005.
- "Petka 007: Party Gold" - at the end of September 2006.
- "Pete VIII: The Conquest of Rome" - in November 2007.
- "Petka-9: Proletarian Glamor" - at the end of January 2009.
For a long time, it seemed that the series had outlived itself. But in 2017, she replenished with another game - in honor of the centenary of the revolution. True, "Petka-3: The Return of Alaska. Reboot" was just a re-release of the third part of the game with a significant improvement in graphics.
Reviews
One of the main advantages of the entire series of reviews is called humor. Not too thin, but at the same time funny, it is able to please any gamer who loves good domestic quests. A lot of references to famous films will make the player smile more than once during the passage.
And the stories delight players with numerous unexpected twists - you will never guess what the adoption of this or that decision will lead to.
Finally, to cope with many tasks, you need to be able to think outside the box. Gamers say that the most ordinary items have to be used in the most unconventional way, and for this you need to have an outstanding ingenuity.
Conclusion
This concludes the article. In it, we tried to briefly talk about several games of the popular series. Surely now the passage of "Petka and Vasily Ivanovich" will give gamers even more pleasure.