You are the leader of a small resistance group in 1933’s Berlin, of ordinary people, from Jews to Catholics and Communists to Patriots who simply can’t stand aside. Your goal is to deal small blows to the regime – dropping leaflets to spread awareness about what the Nazis are really up to among the people, painting messages on walls, sabotaging, gathering information and recruiting more followers. And all of that while staying undercover – if the regime’s forces learn about your group, the life of each member is in grave danger.
Through the Darkest of Times is a historical resistance strategy game, focusing on conveying the somber mood of the period and the very real struggles of average people living in the 3rd Reich. Historical accuracy means that your small group of resistance fighters will not change the outcome of the war, nor will you prevent all of the Nazi’s atrocities, but you can certainly do everything in your power to save as many lives as you can and oppose the fascist system wherever possible.
Posted on: April 26, 2022
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Handholding Through Atrocities
Generally frustrating how much this game has to work with, and how little it does with the setting. The game implies your small group of rebels is ready and willing to fight back, to resist Nazi occupation. In practice, you're convincing the locals to give *you* money, and you keep your crew and their families fed and safe, and *maybe* you have the resources to sneak people out, or if you're *incredibly* fortunate, slander an officer or steal some uniforms. The core game relies on concerning degrees of randomization, the practical upshot being a quest you didn't know about demands resources you've never had access to, and now your crew is sad you failed to follow up on it. Then, insult to injury, right at the end, some random person, who you've never heard of and frankly has no reason to interact with you, shows up and exposition dumps about the Holocaust. One of the worst events in Human History, and it's relayed to you through a single cutscene, regardless of the quality or quantity of your rebellious efforts. I'm not about to downplay the evils that visited those poor souls, but it's such a horrible decision to completely remove your agency. It feels like the devs went, "Hey, by the way. While you were making empty promises to your neighbors and keeping your families fed and clothed, PEOPLE DIED" Why not lay the breadcrumbs, why not have our players discover the inhumanity first-hand, and fight to reveal it!!! Bright side, the sound, graphics, and UI readability is fantastic. If not for the incredibly lackluster mission design and randomness, it's an incredibly well-designed game. Ultimately, if you want to learn, study the history. If you want to experience the perspective of fighting a war through the eyes of a civilian or partisan, play "Warsaw" or "This War of Mine".
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