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Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya (2000)

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Fairy Tale about Father Frost, Ivan and Nastya is a Czech point-and-click adventure game by Centauri Production (it's their second game actually) that was published by Bohemia Interactive in 2000. And, like many other Czech adventures (the genre is very popular in Czech Republic, like in Germany and Russia, and there are many games that are not translated into English; not this one though), it has a big potential to be a decent game. But, because of many bad jokes and poor puzzles, it was pretty much ruined. Well, if you've played enough Czech adventures, you know the stuff. This game isn't the worst one for sure (sometimes it can be pretty nice), but I can't say that it's a good one.

Here's my longplay of this game. What's longplay? Check out this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longplay To make it short, I'll try to show you as much stuff as possible. You can use these videos as a walkthrough, but there'll be many things that aren't important to beat the game.

Also, note that this game is based on a classical Slavic fairy tale. So, there'll be many terms that you may not be familiar with. That's why I've decided to add some interesting facts to my descriptions. Don't forget to check them out, because I'll explain some terms there and make comments that you may find interesting.

On the logo screens you can hear the fragment of the main theme of a Russian TV show "V Gostyah u Skazki" ("Visiting the Fairy Tale"), which was very popular in the eighties (adult Russian users will remember it for sure) and showed TV adaptations of various Slavic fairy tales. Just thought it would be fun to use it in the videos.

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Chapter 1:

In which Nastienka needs to knit a sock for her stepsister Marfusha.

Gameplay note: This chapter is a little random. From playthrough to playthrough some things can vary. For example - Nastienka can get the bucket on the very fist try, or she can get it on the third one. So, it's impossible to show you EVERYTHING. The things that you'll need to do will be the same though, so, it's still a linear game. The things that will vary are the comments and other stuff like that. Since the descriptions will vary and multiple clicks can reveal various comments, sorry if you'll hear the same comments twice in this chapter. All this stuff is just impossible to predict.

Interesting facts:

1.Nastienka is a diminutive version of the name Anastasia or Nastia (Nastya).
2.Marfusha is a a diminutive version of the name Marfa. And yes, diminutive versions of the Slavic names are longer than original version most of the times.
3.There's no such name as Tommy in Russian fairy tales. It's not a Russian name at all. There'll be many "wrong" names later in the game too.
4.Nastienka stresses the wrong syllable in the word "papa" (father). She says it in a French manner, but actually it's "pApa", not "papA" in Russian. It was common for Russians to use French, but not in this time period and not among such poor people.
5.In Russia, it's a common thing to use middle names. Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin is a nice example. "Ivan" is the first name, "Vladimirovich" is the middle name and "Michurin" is the last name. Middle names in Russia usually replace the words "Mister" and "Missis". If a person wants to show some sort of respect, he or she just needs to include the other person's middle name. In America, it'll be "Mr. Michurin"; in Japan, it'll be "Michurin-san"; in Russia, it's "Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin".
6.Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin was a real person. You can check out the article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Vladimirovich_Michurin Time period is obviously wrong though.

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