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It gives you time to think and reflect on the horror of the world around you. It is slow and methodical, emulating how time drags when you have to perform a hateful task. I must ignore their exhaustion and set them to work, performing various tasks to make their shelter habitable. During the day, it provides protection from the conflict raging outside, while at night it serves as an operations base for foraging runs into the world.Īs my first day begins, a short description explains that Pavle is injured, Bruno is sick, and all three men are tired of the war. This is to be their home, their only refuge from the war. My team is made up of three good men – Marco, Pavle, and Bruno – who are taking refuge in a bombed out house, that is filled with rubble and has been emptied of all comforts by looters. Even basic changes like freak weather patterns and starting situations make playthroughs feel like unique experiences.Every game starts by placing you in control of a random group of survivors. While this superficially means that replays aren’t original every single time, the many possibilities that can arise make each run feel genuinely exciting and fresh. Unfortunately, there is a limit on how much ‘new’ content can arise in new playthroughs. There’s definitely a lot of replayability when it comes to This War of Mine. Characters react realistically despite their basic art style, and original stories begin to play out based solely on your own decisions, or mistakes. The aforementioned depression mechanic is mixed in with many other smaller ones to create a very compelling experience. The game doesn’t waste it's incredibly serious and gripping setting. Slip too far and players will find that their characters might fall into a depression, with arguments arising amidst your ranks, and even the simplest of tasks becoming difficult to complete. If players choose more desperate methods of survival, their overall moral will start to decline.

The way you choose to keep your survivors alive also plays a big role. To make things more interesting, the game isn’t simply about keeping bars full. Of course, there’s also plenty of enemies waiting to take you down, so players can expect a lot of careful tip-toeing as they explore dilapidated buildings in search of loot. While the game isn’t the lengthiest, it does encourage repeat playthroughs as you’ll quickly find that your runs are full of problems and loss of life.Īs you make your way through the unnamed city, you’ll need to manage a series of resources to keep your survivors well-fed and healthy.

It’s up to the player to make difficult choices to ensure that their group of survivors makes it to the end. This War of Mine has the unique premise of managing a group of civilians rather than a superhero soldier protagonist.