Death To Spies: The Moment Of Truth

Moment of Truth is a rather difficult and intelligent game. So you have to be prepared for long hours to complete all the levels. The main character is Semion Strogov, the captain in the 4th department of the Soviet counterintelligence service called SMERSH. SMERSH means “Death to Spies”, which was also the name of counterintelligence departments in the Soviet Army during world War II and they were in charge of putting obstacles in the tracks of the German army. Coming back from previous missions Semion Strogov gets to participate in new and more complicated operations. Strogov possesses all the skills required to accomplish dangerous missions including getting information about the disposition of hostile military and civil units, assassinations of enemy agents and representatives of Wehrmacht’s officers and espionage. However, before participation in any of missions he had to undergo training. This task is to capture spies, saboteurs and gather information about their next steps and what technology they include. He is able to carry out all the operations using various techniques and technologies which include picking locks, stunning the enemies, throwing knives, garroting, setting traps, etc. You are able to watch patterns of enemy movement closely while looking for ways to speak past them, creep up behind them and slit their throats and steal their clothes so you can disguise and walk among your enemies. While playing you’ll have to watch the game carefully and so you’ll be able to discover number of clever ways to accomplish your objectives. There is an example; in one level you must eliminate a target. One way is to kill a doctor and disguise yourself and then you can enter the examination room where your victim is, and then you proceed with your ‘treatment’ which is bloodier than he accepts. Your progress of the game will be slow if you want to stay alive or you can charge into a game blazing with guns which would mean your death instantly. Now if you went to play in a smart way you can for instance kill a mechanic or an engineer and steal his clothes. Now you won’t get much attention if you walk among people who are similar to your status, but if you get into mechanics clothes and go to engineer environment the alarm will instantly go off and you’ll be surrounded by the enemy and killed. You won’t be dealing with a single enemy most of the time. Your enemies are everywhere and they are not easily recognizable. However, you will discover that once the ‘battle’ starts, enemies become a bit confused. They’re good with grenades but when they’re gazing down their sights Nazis will run aimlessly and in odd ways. You can use many techniques for a better success crawling through the weeds, killing a guard silently, creating diversions, setting up traps, stealing uniforms, bubbling vehicles, etc. But be careful, when you steal a uniform you must ensure that it is not covered by blood and that the rest of the equipment is matched with your new identity. In order to do this you’ll have to salute Wehrmacht soldier. The good thing is that you can store different guise in its inventory. This game has also a difficult level called Saboteur. There are plenty of tricks to try out. In this level you can throw stones to attract attention, give orders if wearing a uniform, or poison victims. There are many ways to approach a mission which is also a good thing. As the game develops there are technical improvements which you use to plan your new movement. So as already mentioned each goal can be achieved is several ways so you can take a long time in each mission to achieve victory, and since there are seven levels you’ll be kept long time before ending the game. So this means you’ll be frequently saving and reloading game as you experiment with methods. You need to be careful with any action you take because the slightest wrong move will mean your death. Leaving a dead body where it can be seen, getting caught in a mission or walking into the wrong room also means your certain death. The levels are superbly designs and they let you approach your objects in different ways. This game gives seven missions with different objects. There is sabotage, mining personnel, document theft, and murder and so on. Though there is very little audio present it gives you better amount of atmosphere. When Germans speak there is an ambient background noise and not rock’n’roll festival and so you can fully enjoy the game.