Sabotain: Break the Rules

{{short description|2004 video game}}

{{Italic title}}

{{Infobox video game

| image = File:Sabotain_Break_the_Rules_Cover_Art.jpg

| developer = Avalon Style Entertainment

| publisher = Akella

| platforms = Microsoft Windows

| release = {{vgrelease|WW| 12 November 2004}}

| genre = First-person shooter

| modes = Single-player video game, multiplayer video game

}}

Sabotain: Break the Rules ({{langx|ru|Саботаж: Кулак Империи|Sabotazh: Kulak Imperii|Sabotage: Fist of the Empire}}) is a Russian video game developed by Avalon Style Entertainment and published by Akella in November 2004.

It is inspired by films such as The Fifth Element.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gry-online.pl/newsroom/nieoczekiwane-nowiny-z-cdv-dotyczace-luli-3d-combat-mission-3-psychotoxic-i-sabotain/z72939|title=Nieoczekiwane nowiny z CDV dotyczące Luli 3D, Combat Mission 3, Psychotoxic i Sabotain {{!}} GRYOnline.pl|website=GRY-Online.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-26}} It was originally a game entitled Sabotain by CDV Software, but the project was later revived by Akella.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ag.ru/games/sabotain-break-the-rules/news|title=Все новости, относящиеся к игре Саботаж: Кулак Империи (game news) на AG.ru|website=www.ag.ru|access-date=2019-04-26}} It entered the alpha stage in July 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gry-online.pl/newsroom/sabotain-w-fazie-alfa/z9152a|title=Sabotain w fazie alfa {{!}} GRYOnline.pl|website=GRY-Online.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-26}}

Interia wrote that the only design aspect they liked was the music.{{Cite web|url=https://gry.interia.pl/news-sabotain-zlam-zasady,nId,742612|title=Sabotain: Złam Zasady!|website=gry.interia.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-26}} Stop deemed it Russia's answer to Deus Ex.{{Cite web|url=https://stopgame.ru/blogs/topic/78335|title=Обзор игры Саботаж: Кулак Империи|website=stopgame.ru|language=ru|access-date=2019-04-26}} XTGamers felt it was weak in terms of graphics and technology.{{Cite web|url=http://xtgamers.com/page-id-912.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521202452/http://xtgamers.com/page-id-912.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-21|title=Саботаж: Кулак Империи (Обзор)|date=2018-05-21|access-date=2019-04-26}} Igray liked the large, diverse world.{{Cite web|url=http://www.igray.ru/text/93|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516180419/http://www.igray.ru/text/93|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-16|title=Саботаж: Кулак Империи - Обзоры|date=2018-05-16|access-date=2019-04-26}} Absolute Games thought the game had too many compounding bugs to be fun.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ag.ru/games/sabotain-break-the-rules/review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607192745/http://www.ag.ru/games/sabotain-break-the-rules/review|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-06-07|title=Саботаж: Кулак Империи (Sabotain: Break the Rules) - рецензия и обзор на игру на AG.ru|date=2018-06-07|access-date=2019-04-26}} Jeuxvideo.com described the AI as "shameful".{{Cite web|url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00004656_test.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105083418/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00004656_test.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-05|title=Test de Sabotain: Bafouez les Règles sur PC - 13/10/2004|date=2014-01-05|access-date=2019-04-26}}