Night Watch is a tactical role-playing game

Tactical role-playing game

A tactical role-playing game is a type of video game which incorporates elements of traditional role-playing video games and strategy games. In Japan these games are known as , a designation which might seem peculiar to native English speakers...

 developed by Russian developer Nival Interactive, and based on the Russian novel

Night Watch (Russian novel)

Night Watch is a fantasy novel by Russian writer Sergei Lukyanenko published in 1998...

 and the film

Night Watch (2004 film)

Night Watch is a 2004 Russian supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Day Watch and ending supposedly with Twilight Watch .-Plot:In the prologue, which...

 of the same name. It features a group of Light Others

Others (Night Watch)

The Others are a fictional group of people with supernatural abilities in Sergey Lukyanenko's Watches novel tetralogy...

 trying to combat the schemes of Day Watch.

The game was released in Russia in 2005 and the United States by CDV on June 29, 2006. A sequel, Day Watch

Day Watch (video game)

Day Watch is a tactical role-playing game developed by Russian developer Nival Interactive, and based on the Russian novel and the film of the same name. It features a group of Light Others trying to combat the schemes of Day Watch....

, was released in 2007. The game is powered by the Silent Storm engine

Silent Storm engine

The Silent Storm engine is a turn-based tactics game engine developed by Nival Interactive for their video game Silent Storm. The engine was reused for Silent Storm: Sentinels, Night Watch, Hammer & Sickle and Day Watch...

.

Characters

• Stas — the main character from the story. He became the Light Other in the beginning of the story. He has a short temper and a gung ho attitude. Has a tendency to make wisecracks in tense situations. If the player chooses the shapeshifter class, Stas shifts into a dog.
• Vera — a recently recruited member of Night Watch. She was initiated by Geser (the leader of the Night Watch in the novels). Tends to act as a voice of reason of the group. She turns into a panther (if shapeshifter).
• Yurik — a goodhearted, but somewhat naive member of Night Watch. He was ambushed by Light Others, only to be rescued by Stas. Comes with a 'magical' credit card, which can be used in a near bank, within the same level, for some advanced equipment. If shapeshifter, changes into a wolf.
• Anna — a recently recruited member of Day Watch. Stas was supposed to kill her as part of his initiation. She does not become a playable character until the middle of the game, when she teams up with Stas to stop Zavulon's scheme.

Plot

Over the course of the game, it was revealed that both Day Watch and Night Watch found a way to change the potential Others' affiliation via electronic transmitters. Stas was one of its first test subjects, as he was originally supposed to be a Dark Other. Zavulon was planning to take advantage of the spell by converting all the potential Others in Russia into Dark Others.

External links

• Official English site of the game Broken as of 7 Jun 2011
• Official Russian site of the game Broken as of 7 Jun 2011
• Video review of the game from X-Play
  X-Play
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