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{{Short description|2006 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
|title=You Are Empty
| title = You Are Empty
|image = You Are Empty.jpg
| image = You Are Empty.jpg
| developer = Mandel ArtPlains<br>Digital Spray Studios
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| publisher = [[1C Company]]
|developer = [[Mandel ArtPlains]]<br>[[Digital Spray Studios]]
| designer = Denis Volchenko
|publisher=[[1C Company]]<br>[[Atari]] (North America)
| engine = DS2 Engine
|designer = Yaroslav Singaevskiy
| released = {{vgrelease|RUS|October 27, 2006|POL|April 13, 2007|NA|October 16, 2007}}
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| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
|engine = DS2 Engine
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
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|genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| director = Pavel Muzok
|modes =
| programmer = Dmitry Sytnik<br>Yuriy Dobronravin<br>Andrii Frolov<br>Victor Reutskiy<br>Vyacheslav Korotayev
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
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'''''You Are Empty''''' is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]] based in a fictionalized postwar [[Soviet Union]]. The game begins with the protagonist waking up in a ruined hospital, and it soon becomes clear that the populace has been afflicted by mutation and madness. He then must battle to stay alive and unravel the mystery.
'''''You Are Empty''''' is a [[first-person shooter]] video game by Ukrainian developers Mandel ArtPlains and Digital Spray Studios. It was published by [[1C Company]] in 2006. [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Atari]] later released the game in English in 2007.


The game is set in an [[Alternate history|alternate-history]] [[Soviet Union]]. It begins with the protagonist waking up in a ruined hospital, and it soon becomes clear that the populace has been afflicted by mutation and madness. He then must battle to stay alive and unravel the mystery.
At [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 2006 the developers of ''You Are Empty'' gave [[GameSpot]] a private screening of the game. [[GameSpot]] expressed interest in the [[physics engine]], saying that it might "have some unexpected consequences".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-06-you-are-empty-impressions/1100-6151055/|title=E3 06: You Are Empty Impressions|website=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=7 July 2007|date= 12 May 2006}}</ref>


==Gameplay==
''You Are Empty'' was released in North America on October 16, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=647074|title=Buy You Are Empty - PC|website=EBgames.com}}</ref>
''You Are Empty'' features basic [[first-person shooter]] gameplay. Players can acquire a variety of both melee weapons and firearms, mostly based on real-world weapons such as a [[Mauser C96]] pistol or [[PPSh-41]] sub-machine gun. The sole exception to realism is the large electric gun, the last weapon the player receives.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==


===Setting===
===Setting===
''You Are Empty'' takes place in 1955 in alternative [[Russia]], where [[Joseph Stalin]] still reigns. In an attempt to ensure the global victory of [[Communism]], the [[Soviet Union]] has constructed a massive psychic antenna to broadcast a reality-altering signal designed to transform the population of the Soviet Union into supermen. However, the experiment goes horribly wrong, and most of the population is either killed or transformed into homicidal mutants.
''You Are Empty'' takes place in 1955 in an alternative [[Soviet Union]], where [[Joseph Stalin]] still reigns. In an attempt to ensure the global victory of [[Communism]], the government has constructed a massive psychic antenna to broadcast a reality-altering signal designed to transform the population of the Soviet Union into supermen. However, the experiment goes wrong, and most of the population is either killed or transformed into homicidal mutants.


The game's cutscenes flesh out the backstory by telling the life story of the master scientist responsible for the disaster. As a young boy, the scientist discovers that he has psychic powers that allow him to control other living beings. Becoming a scientific protégé, he develops plans for a massive psychic antenna that would amplify his power and broadcast it across the world, initiating a Great Transformation of humanity. The scientist also believes that he is a [[Ubermensch|New Man]] which is not directly stated in the cutscenes but its rather hinted in them because during every cutscene the scientist must master his own limits.
The game's [[cutscene]]s flesh out the backstory by telling the life story of the master scientist responsible for the disaster. As a young boy, the scientist discovers that he has psychic powers that allow him to control other living beings. Becoming a scientific protégé, he develops plans for a massive psychic antenna that would amplify his power and broadcast it across the world, initiating a Great Transformation of humanity. The scientist also believes that he is a [[New Soviet man|New Man]], which is not directly stated in the cutscenes but rather hinted in them because during every cutscene the scientist must master his limits.


===Plot===
===Plot===
In this game you play as the medium–ranking soldier who has an accident at his place of work. While he is unconscious, something happens and when he wakes up in a hospital he finds many homicidal mutants and the world in ruin.
The game's protagonist is a mid-rank military officer who has an accident at his place of work. While he is unconscious, something happens and when he wakes up in a hospital he finds many homicidal mutants and the world in ruin. He fights with many homicidal mutants and investigates. He rarely meets with other survivors and encounters many surviving soldiers of the [[Soviet Army]] that are hostile to him and attempt to bring him to the high-ranking officer who tells him about the backstory behind this calamity before committing suicide.
He fights with many homicidal mutants and investigates. He rarely meets with other survivors and encounters many surviving soldiers of the Red Army that are hostile to him and attempt to bring him to the high-ranking soldier who tells him about the backstory behind this calamity before committing suicide.


The high-ranking soldier’s information brings him to the massive psychic antenna facility to meet the master scientist who knows how to fix this calamity and bring the peaceful world back. The master scientist tells him that he has to use the antenna to rewind time back to before the calamity happens and kill the master scientist before taking the plan to the Soviet leadership. To save the world he decides to do it. He rewinds time back and shoots the master scientist in the head, after that he is quickly beaten to death by Soviet bodyguards.
The information brings the protagonist to the massive psychic antenna facility to meet the master scientist who is wired to the massive mechanism. The scientist congratulates the officer for making this far and shows that the great transformation is not entirely failed as it creates a perfect self-sufficient man who is capable of fighting for himself. The scientist then reveals that he doesn't have much time left to live and tells the officer that he has two choices: stay and rule over the remnant of the world or use the antenna to rewind time to before the disaster happens and kill the scientist before taking the plan to the Soviet leadership. To save the world, he chooses to rewind time and shoots the scientist in the head, after that he is beaten down by Stalin's bodyguards. The world eventually goes on in real-life reality.

==Gameplay==
''You Are Empty'' features standard first-person shooter gameplay. Players can acquire a variety of both melee weapons and firearms, mostly based on real-world 1950's era weapons such as a [[Mauser C96]] pistol or [[PPSh-41]] sub-machine gun. The sole exception to realism being the large electric gun, the last weapon the player receives.


==Development==
==Development==
''You are Empty'' lacks any lighting or shader effects, and relies entirely on flat textures for the game's visuals. At [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] 2006 the developers of ''You Are Empty'' gave ''[[GameSpot]]'' a private screening of the game. ''GameSpot'' expressed interest in the [[physics engine]], saying that it might "have some unexpected consequences".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-06-you-are-empty-impressions/1100-6151055/|title=E3 06: You Are Empty Impressions|date=12 May 2006|access-date=25 March 2019|publisher=[[CBS Corporation]]|department=[[CBS Interactive]]|website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref>
''You are Empty'' lacks any lighting or shader effects, and relies entirely on flat textures for the game's visuals.


There is a graphic problem with the latest [[Nvidia]] drivers (resulting in a white checker board corruption in the game). Before a patch was released, the developer suggested the players install an older Nvidia driver that was included in the game to solve the problem.<ref>[http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=1892&page=2 You are Empty - Page 2 - Official 1C Company forum] Retrieved 5 February 2008.</ref>
There is a graphic problem with the latest [[Nvidia]] drivers (resulting in a white checkerboard corruption in the game). Before a patch was released, the developer suggested the players install an older Nvidia driver that was included in the game to solve the problem.<ref>[http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=1892&page=2 You are Empty - Page 2 - Official 1C Company forum] Retrieved 25 March 2019.</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The game received generally negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator [[GameRankings]], the game had an average score of 40% based on 15 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/920444.asp|title=You Are Empty Reviews|accessdate=21 February 2008|website=[[GameRankings]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the game had an average score of 34 out of 100, based on 14 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/youareempty|title=You Are Empty (pc: 2007): Reviews|accessdate=21 February 2008|website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
The game received unfavorable reviews from critics. On the review aggregator [[GameRankings]], the game had an average score of 40% based on 15 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/920444.asp|title=You Are Empty Reviews|access-date=25 March 2019|website=[[GameRankings]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the game had an average score of 34 out of 100, based on 14 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/youareempty|title=You Are Empty (pc: 2007): Reviews|access-date=25 March 2019|website=[[Metacritic]]|department=CBS Interactive|publisher=CBS Corporation}}</ref>


Brett Todd of [[GameSpot]] gave the game a rating of 1.5 out of 10, saying "It's hard to imagine how anybody could make the Stalin-era Soviet Union less appealing than it was in reality, but ''You Are Empty'' sure does the trick." Todd described the game as an "atrocity" and a "painful exercise in shooter stupidity." Todd said the English translations from the original Russian were "awful", the game has a slow, boring pace, the monsters are "mostly ripped off from other games" (mentioning ''[[Doom (video game)|Doom]]'', ''[[Painkiller (video game)|Painkiller]]'', ''[[Serious Sam]]'', ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'', and ''[[Redneck Rampage]]''), and the missions are "geared around hunts for keys and levers." Todd did say that "some of the music can be effectively creepy." Todd ended his review by saying, "the nihilistic name of the game is never explained. Now move on with your life and try to pretend that games like ''You Are Empty'' don't exist."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/you-are-empty-review/1900-6183122/ |title=You Are Empty for PC Review|accessdate=21 February 2008|author=Brett Todd|date=19 November 2007|website=GameSpot}}</ref>
Brett Todd of GameSpot gave the game a rating of 1.5 out of 10, stating "It's hard to imagine how anybody could make the Stalin-era Soviet Union less appealing than it was in reality, but ''You Are Empty'' sure does the trick." Todd described the game as an "atrocity" and a "painful exercise in shooter stupidity." Todd opined the English translations from the original Russian are "awful", the game has a slow, boring pace, the monsters are "mostly ripped off from other games" (mentioning ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'', ''[[Painkiller (video game)|Painkiller]]'', ''[[Serious Sam]]'', ''[[Silent Hill (video game)|Silent Hill]]'', and ''[[Redneck Rampage]]''), and the missions are "geared around hunts for keys and levers." Todd did say that "some of the music can be effectively creepy." Todd ended his review by saying, "the nihilistic name of the game is never explained. Now move on with your life and try to pretend that games like ''You Are Empty'' don't exist."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/you-are-empty-review/1900-6183122/|title=You Are Empty for PC Review|access-date=25 March 2019|author=Brett Todd|date=19 November 2007|website=GameSpot|department=CBS Interactive|publisher=CBS Corporation}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.youareempty.com/ Official website] (offline as for 11.03.14)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081221013849/http://www.youareempty.com/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100417071618/http://www.atari.com/games/you_are_empty/pc-download Official website] (Atari)
*{{moby game|id=/you-are-empty}}
*{{moby game|id=/you-are-empty}}
*[http://www.devisraad.com/YaE/ Interview with designer Yaroslav Singaevskiy (August 2008)]
*[//web.archive.org/web/20100417071618/http://www.atari.com/games/you_are_empty/pc-download You Are Empty on Atari]


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Latest revision as of 06:24, 23 November 2024

You Are Empty
Developer(s)Mandel ArtPlains
Digital Spray Studios
Publisher(s)1C Company
Director(s)Pavel Muzok
Designer(s)Denis Volchenko
Programmer(s)Dmitry Sytnik
Yuriy Dobronravin
Andrii Frolov
Victor Reutskiy
Vyacheslav Korotayev
EngineDS2 Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • RUS: October 27, 2006
  • POL: April 13, 2007
  • NA: October 16, 2007
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

You Are Empty is a first-person shooter video game by Ukrainian developers Mandel ArtPlains and Digital Spray Studios. It was published by 1C Company in 2006. Atari later released the game in English in 2007.

The game is set in an alternate-history Soviet Union. It begins with the protagonist waking up in a ruined hospital, and it soon becomes clear that the populace has been afflicted by mutation and madness. He then must battle to stay alive and unravel the mystery.

Gameplay

[edit]

You Are Empty features basic first-person shooter gameplay. Players can acquire a variety of both melee weapons and firearms, mostly based on real-world weapons such as a Mauser C96 pistol or PPSh-41 sub-machine gun. The sole exception to realism is the large electric gun, the last weapon the player receives.

Synopsis

[edit]

Setting

[edit]

You Are Empty takes place in 1955 in an alternative Soviet Union, where Joseph Stalin still reigns. In an attempt to ensure the global victory of Communism, the government has constructed a massive psychic antenna to broadcast a reality-altering signal designed to transform the population of the Soviet Union into supermen. However, the experiment goes wrong, and most of the population is either killed or transformed into homicidal mutants.

The game's cutscenes flesh out the backstory by telling the life story of the master scientist responsible for the disaster. As a young boy, the scientist discovers that he has psychic powers that allow him to control other living beings. Becoming a scientific protégé, he develops plans for a massive psychic antenna that would amplify his power and broadcast it across the world, initiating a Great Transformation of humanity. The scientist also believes that he is a New Man, which is not directly stated in the cutscenes but rather hinted in them because during every cutscene the scientist must master his limits.

Plot

[edit]

The game's protagonist is a mid-rank military officer who has an accident at his place of work. While he is unconscious, something happens and when he wakes up in a hospital he finds many homicidal mutants and the world in ruin. He fights with many homicidal mutants and investigates. He rarely meets with other survivors and encounters many surviving soldiers of the Soviet Army that are hostile to him and attempt to bring him to the high-ranking officer who tells him about the backstory behind this calamity before committing suicide.

The information brings the protagonist to the massive psychic antenna facility to meet the master scientist who is wired to the massive mechanism. The scientist congratulates the officer for making this far and shows that the great transformation is not entirely failed as it creates a perfect self-sufficient man who is capable of fighting for himself. The scientist then reveals that he doesn't have much time left to live and tells the officer that he has two choices: stay and rule over the remnant of the world or use the antenna to rewind time to before the disaster happens and kill the scientist before taking the plan to the Soviet leadership. To save the world, he chooses to rewind time and shoots the scientist in the head, after that he is beaten down by Stalin's bodyguards. The world eventually goes on in real-life reality.

Development

[edit]

You are Empty lacks any lighting or shader effects, and relies entirely on flat textures for the game's visuals. At E3 2006 the developers of You Are Empty gave GameSpot a private screening of the game. GameSpot expressed interest in the physics engine, saying that it might "have some unexpected consequences".[1]

There is a graphic problem with the latest Nvidia drivers (resulting in a white checkerboard corruption in the game). Before a patch was released, the developer suggested the players install an older Nvidia driver that was included in the game to solve the problem.[2]

Reception

[edit]

The game received unfavorable reviews from critics. On the review aggregator GameRankings, the game had an average score of 40% based on 15 reviews.[3] On Metacritic, the game had an average score of 34 out of 100, based on 14 reviews.[4]

Brett Todd of GameSpot gave the game a rating of 1.5 out of 10, stating "It's hard to imagine how anybody could make the Stalin-era Soviet Union less appealing than it was in reality, but You Are Empty sure does the trick." Todd described the game as an "atrocity" and a "painful exercise in shooter stupidity." Todd opined the English translations from the original Russian are "awful", the game has a slow, boring pace, the monsters are "mostly ripped off from other games" (mentioning Doom, Painkiller, Serious Sam, Silent Hill, and Redneck Rampage), and the missions are "geared around hunts for keys and levers." Todd did say that "some of the music can be effectively creepy." Todd ended his review by saying, "the nihilistic name of the game is never explained. Now move on with your life and try to pretend that games like You Are Empty don't exist."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "E3 06: You Are Empty Impressions". CBS Interactive. GameSpot. CBS Corporation. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ^ You are Empty - Page 2 - Official 1C Company forum Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ "You Are Empty Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. ^ "You Are Empty (pc: 2007): Reviews". CBS Interactive. Metacritic. CBS Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  5. ^ Brett Todd (19 November 2007). "You Are Empty for PC Review". CBS Interactive. GameSpot. CBS Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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