Very creative art style and gameplay experience! While most other games about war focuses on the people fighting it on the front lines, this is a welcome break from that, focusing on those caught up in it and trying to survive/
The nitty gritty art style really fits for this purpose, as you'll quickly find out that, no matter which character or scenario you choose, its a grim affair. In fact, very often there is no true happy ending at all, and the best u can hope for is something bittersweet.
Its a dose of realism that I don't often see and is greatly appreciated. This War of Mine really captures the feeling of hopelessness so well as someone who is trapped in a war zone, not knowing when they're going to run out of food and water.
There's also a lot of differences between the characters as well, and some of the scenarios are especially challenging because of this. Each has their strengths and weaknesses u have to deal with. Christo for instance needs much less sleep and has good carrying capacity, but he comes with his daughter Iskra, who starts off being a depressed and complete liability that u have to manage.
Gameplay wise, its a surprisingly fun and challenging point and click scavenging adventure. Early on, things are easy, but they quickly escalate in difficulty. And I don't just mean in terms of meeting hostile enemies who will kill u on sight (including 1 psycho who will chase u around the map if she even spots u), but also in terms of balancing hard moral choices.
Do I rob the old, defenseless couple to get some medicine I need? Or do I leave them alone and hope I can find another source later that doesn't involve dooming others to death from illness or starvation?
This isn't just something u have to face, but also something u see others in the game face as well. Sometimes you'll come across the remains of what someone else did just to survive, but other times it plays out in front of u and u have to decide whether to try and intervene or use someone else's misfortune to your benefit.
Given you're almost constantly in a state of a lack of resources (unless u do mods or something), it can be very hard to be the good guy, and thats a good thing. In war, things aren't always so clear cut. We want to be good, but sometimes we can't afford to be, and this game forces us to confront these very real scenarios that people out there in the real world face.
10/10 I would absolutely recommend this to anyone.
