2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 83.8 hrs on record (33.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 4 Jan, 2015 @ 6:35am
Updated: 4 Jan, 2015 @ 6:42am

Three words: The Sims war-style.
Categories
Score
Graphics
10/10
Story
9/10
Audio
4/10
Interactions
9/10
Playtime
7/10
Scenarios
10/10

No, seriously.
  • You have your house and your characters in the beginning
  • Your neighbourhood consists of different locations where you can visit/scavenge
  • Your characters annoy you by demanding food, sleep, consumables and blabla
  • They get soooo depressed and sad when they get into a fight
  • You have neighbours little buggers knocking on your door

Summary:
This War of Mine isn't only about the war in the game but it also has a double meaning, referring to the internal struggle of the player to make decisions. It is a really nice game. I've spent roughly 30 hours to reach the end and it was my second try. None of my survivors died and the only times I really struggled was winter and the military outpost.
I loved the different scenarios like saving the girl in the supermarket or the two women trapped in the basement. There were a couple of others which were really nice and that's really something I have to highlight.

It's always difficult to start out but once you get hold of the right tools and weapons, it's really easy. At some point a bit too easy. After killing some bandits and soldiers I was actually looking forward to killing more bad guys and thankfully I didn't end up harming innocent people out of boredom. Kinda scary there.
Unfortunately some locations are locked for some characters so you have to replay the story with other characters to unlock different locations with different scenarios which is kinda a plus regarding the playtime but overall, I wouldn't complete the stories more than twice.

Was it worth the money?
Hm, difficult to say. The graphics, scenarios and interactions are really awesome but I expected the game to be longer. Perhaps if they'll add more characters, locations, scenarios and interactions in the future then YES but considering you can have a bunch of better games for less money then NO. I bought this game when it was discounted and roughly $14. I wouldn't recommend buying it for more than $10 unless you want to support the game and its developers.
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