Posted on: December 1, 2018

Noodle-24

Spiele: 100 Rezensionen: 3

One of the few Games I adore

I didn’t know what to think of This War of Mine when I first bought it. I was looking for mild entertainment when I had a little time to spare. The concept intrigued me enough. However, I never imagined that I would be gripped by this seemingly straightforward and simplistic game. The story is deep and compelling, the characters rich with their own unique talents, flaws and vices that provide a great challenge to gameplay. The very simulation of what people have to go through in a war-torn country is devastating and depressing, yet proves that one can find means of survival. To choose to save yourself or those that come searching for help make the game somewhat more realistic in content and concept, as each character has their own opinions in the matter and not all too friendly, as human nature is diverse. As life is about choices, whether you choose to help someone or are pushed to steal or kill for your own survival, I think this game really nailed it. The feature I love the most about the game is the construction of tools and stations to further improve your quality of safety and survival. I have always believed that one can always construct something out of nothing, aptly illustrated in the game. I do think that, it would have been an added quality of the game that, if a character who did not possess a specific skill like another character had, that constant use of a station or creation of a resource could grant them that skill, making for more efficient and realistic gameplay. Needless to say, this game was a poor choice for something that provides little entertainment, as I have clocked numerous hours and days playing, finishing one scenario after the other. I find pure enjoyment in every hour I spend and am quite surprised to say that, This War of Mine, competes against my other favourite games.

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Posted on: June 3, 2021

Fade89

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Spiele: 368 Rezensionen: 38

Excellent

I usually hate survival games, this is the first one I've really liked. Simple and logical interface, gameplay mechanics, the characters have uniqueness, and the whole game is much more about the experience than memorizing crafting recipes and break the game economy with math. I've especially liked that there was no tutorial at all. Just like the real civilians haven't got one before the bombing started. Every new situation introduced new uncertainties: will these people attack me? Can I kill them? Should I hurt them? And the answer is the same all the times: it depends on you. My only problem was that certain resources were way less important than I've expected them to be (like electronic components), and some of them had a surprising scarcity at the second half of the game (like basic components: you need tons of them, but the only reliable source for them is trading once you've looted the few early locations). Even so definitely an 5/5 game. My first playthrough took 13 hours and resulted in a sad ending (everyone survived, and I've helped others, but.... I've also did things. Bad things.), and I will definitely replay it a few more times. I'll also check the four DLCs.

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Posted on: August 29, 2025

cilantropist

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Spiele: 6 Rezensionen: 1

frequent crashes

Game has frequent crashes, it is common to loose progress.

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Posted on: March 8, 2015

MobLegend

Spiele: 7 Rezensionen: 1

So Real That It Isn't Fun

Attractive and compelling, with solid gameplay elements (stealth, base improvement) War inevitably tries too hard to be Real, and as a result it is not often enough a Fun game, which destroys its replayability. It's hard not to have a feeling that the game's chief goal is to undercut every morsel of your progress and achievement. War is demoralizing and oppressive, but worse yet, it feels unfair. Sure, if you don't mind that, you're in for a different experience. But if you're looking for a sense of growth, continuity, and, eventually, empowerment in you game, look elsewhere.

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Posted on: October 30, 2023

auserrandom

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Spiele: 243 Rezensionen: 5

No save game reload is frustrating

I liked the game but you can't reload a saved game after each in-game day completes. A single misclick can ruin your entire playthrough because the combat system is clunky! You then have two choices: either quite immediately (combat only happens at night) forcing you to waste time repeating the day time part of the game... Or accept your character's death which in most cases will make you loose many hours of gameplay. My verdict is that the game isn't respectful of the user's time. I ended up finishing the game only by finding the hidden save game files and reloading them manually when needed. Someone made the argument that the save game mechanic is supposed to make the game more "realistic" but I think it just made every reload a frustrating waste of time.

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