This War of Mine

Mediocre survival game worth it if it is on discount.

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

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.

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.

This game really stands up to what has been promised. It is really great simulation of surviving during the war. Best part is, every game session is randomized. I love the scavenging mode and that you are able to create many things to run things in your hideout. People in your group has great interactions between them and very welcome are perks and abilities of every survivor. Big thumbs up for this game. It is really great game and since I bought it, I spent two nights with it. Every time you can try different approach. Every time you make a decision, you have to live with it and face the consequences. This is really challanging and very unforgiving game. Almost everything depends on your decision, even as ones about who will stay home and sleep, who will guard, who will scavenge. There is even trading and what more, you can even speculate with prices if you keep watch on radio waves. About graphics. I never seen a game before, where sketchy graphics would be more appropriate. Added to great animation of survivors it gives you really pleasant graphics which you really enjoy. And you can almost taste the atmosphere of civil war, where you find different notes from people, trying to contact their children, not knowing if they survived. Chilly atmosphere with astonishing gameplay. 10/10, definitely worth the money and even more.