In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Also free to play for the next two days to give this great yet soul-crushing game a try.
This War of Mine is a great game. It’s frustrating searching homes, making bad decisions (i.e. killing other civilians) and then finding nothing for your home group. It perfectly gives a sense of sadness as a civilian in a war.
See… I think it’s kind of a bad game for all the same reasons.
I think I bounce pretty hard off the stated intent to make the player feel the suffering of living through war. I’m not going to play a game that intentionally sets me up to fail.
I can kinda agree. I mean, I usually play to have fun and blow off the stress of a work day. This War of Mine isn’t good for neither. But it’s an amazing game and I agree, it’s built to make you fail. But how else will it let you feel how civilians feel in a war if it was easy to win?
This War of Mine is a great game. It’s frustrating searching homes, making bad decisions (i.e. killing other civilians) and then finding nothing for your home group. It perfectly gives a sense of sadness as a civilian in a war.
See… I think it’s kind of a bad game for all the same reasons.
I think I bounce pretty hard off the stated intent to make the player feel the suffering of living through war. I’m not going to play a game that intentionally sets me up to fail.
I can kinda agree. I mean, I usually play to have fun and blow off the stress of a work day. This War of Mine isn’t good for neither. But it’s an amazing game and I agree, it’s built to make you fail. But how else will it let you feel how civilians feel in a war if it was easy to win?
More walking simulator less actual gaming.
Eh, I like games with minimal gameplay and heavy story. I loved What Remains of Edith Finch and Dear Esther.
I also like more intense games as well, like the Metro series and Alan Wake.
Different games for different moods.