Petr Šourek There is probably no one in our country who does not know this Russian fairy tale. I dare to say that New Year's Eve without Mrázik is like a pork dumpling without beer. Gaming heaven saw this work back in 2000, when it was released on PC and now it has also been released for our beloved iDevices. We have something to look forward to?
The main line of the game is exactly according to the already mentioned movie fairy tale, but in order for it to work as an adventure game, something extra had to be added. The whole game makes an interesting impression on me. It is nicely animated and voiced, but I miss the WOW effect (it should be noted that I haven't played the PC version). But let's take it apart nicely, stone by stone.
The first thing that welcomes us in the game is the menu and the necessary tutorial, where we are introduced to the controls of the game. We can choose from two types. Touch, or classic, where we have a cursor on the screen that we move our finger like a mouse and then click to perform an action. Although I'm a die-hard fan of classic controls, I was more comfortable with touch here. The main currency of control is the ability to use two fingers to display a list of elements on the screen with which we can interact. The only complaint is that none of the controls felt good to me when playing on the bus, where it jerked in different ways and it was difficult to hit or point the cursor to the right place. Anyway, I think this is a subjective feeling.
The graphics of this game are beautiful. The hand-drawn graphics add the right dimension and the game thus has its own special charm, and of course the soundtrack matches it as well. It is pleasant, unobtrusive and completes the atmosphere as a whole. When we discuss the music, it must be said that the entire game is completely Czech dubbing. Josef Zíma took over the voice of Ivánek, Martin Dejdar of Baby Jaga. The quality of the dubbing is good, although actually only the mentioned two remain from the original crew of the film Mrázik. Most of the dialogue we know from the fairy tale is redone, most likely due to licensing, so one of the few that remains is the classic "I want a wife board" line.
The game itself is designed more for children. The puzzles are often a little too easy, and a lot of the dialogue sounds like it was intended for the staff of a secondary school. So if you've outgrown children's shoes, the game may not be the right thing to do.
Like most applications, even Mrázik did not avoid minor bugs. I came across the first one on the App Store, where someone wrote that the game crashes when watering a tree stump. That's exactly what happened to me, and the iPhone got completely stuck while playing. Only a restart helped and even then the game didn't work. The way to get around this annoying thing is to save the position just before watering, quit the game completely and start again, load the position from the menu and then it started working again. Very unkind. Subsequently, I was amused by the Czech subtitles, when the authors missed a few Czech characters. You will come across interesting words such as Ryb85, possibly English Fisherman, by the way, take a look at the attached pictures. Speaking of Czech, it was quite disappointing that everything in the tutorial was written in Czech, but the pictures below were already in English.
The complete verdict is probably this: The game is nice and I think your kids will appreciate it, anyway most of the adult population will be rather disappointed. You can find the game in two versions. One is intended for iPhone and iPod touch with a lower resolution, the second HD version is universal for iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4th generation. Each of them also has a lite version to try.
Freezer - Free/3,99 €
Freezer HD - Free/3,99 €
I have been an adult for a long time and I enjoy the game, it is what you expect from the game, if you are disappointed with the shooter, if you are satisfied with the relaxing game.
Can I just ask, how should I color the club white at the beginning of the game? I have a turnip, but I don't know what he gave...