Wars have a serious impact on people's lives.Things that we have for granted are becoming scarce, hard to obtain. Food , meds , fuel for getting warm , clean water become top priority for them to survive.A title coming from 11bitstudios a game development company from Poland , puts you in a situation like this and dares you to survive.This war of mine is a 2.5D survival management game.You take control of 4 people who are struggling to live in times of war.
During the day you manage your reserves ,you decide which one takes a meal, meds or bandages, rests or works by creating necessary stuff like an oven or a bed to sleep.One critical need in the game is their mood, how they feel.There are situations that will broke their mentality and they will need something to cheer them up or someone to talk it out.Every character has a specialty for example he can be good at trading or sneaking.
During the night comes the part of the game that you will go scavenging.First you choose which one goes out and which one rests or takes the shift for guarding.There are 20 places on the map that you can choose to go and find the stuff you need.There are people who can trade or bandits, soldiers and other scavengers that you will have to avoid or engage in order to survive .The decision is yours ,whatever you choose to do will have an impact on your crew.For example i chose to pillage one house where an elder couple where living , i attacked one of them and killed him.Next day my crew was depressed.There is a limitation on how many things you can carry and it varies among the members of your crew.
Time is essential here, day or night it never freezes so you constantly need to take fast decisions.When the night ends and you return back to the refuge there is a possibility of a raid(a good one) where you can loose items or your crew members getting hurt.On top of all of this you will have to encounter the winter when it comes(winter is coming as the Starks say).The game is hard as it owes to be and sometimes disturbing because it makes you feel the grief of war.There is also a fun feature where you can put pictures of your friends when you create a character.
There are polish companies that make serious games, they put a lot of effort and love and its clear on the outcome ,they really gained my respect.
The game runs also on android you can check it out on playstore.
You can get This War of Mine on steam here
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