Sobor
One of the first games produced in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet
Union, Sobor is a beat-em-up featuring Russian peasants engaging in bitter
hand-to-hand combat through their quest to defeat “Evil Forces”, protecting
the knowledge that was found contained in ancient scrolls describing Russian
Sobor combat system.
The game is broken into stages alternating object courses and combat. The
player controls the group of five fighters. In the very first stage they are
trained in a sparring session, the player’s performance defining their
toughness for the rest of the game.
Obstacle stages involve passing by the Baba Yaga and other characters of the
Russian folklore, or navigating a grid of lightning-shooting skulls.
The core of the game, however, is five-on-five brawls, where the player
controls one of the fighters while other four are controlled by AI. The player
can switch the controlled fighter at any time.
Sobor