This War of Mine is the War Game I've Been Waiting For
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I'd rather be the soldier than the pedestrian in a video game, but it's always good to see developers try new ideas. Not every game is for me (very few are, it seems) but I appreciate that. Sounds interesting at the very least. Hopefully it comes out to be good.
Heck, Papers, Please sounds boring to me on all accounts, and that game is beloved. And it's all because one guy wanted to do something different. More variety for the win!
Heck, Papers, Please sounds boring to me on all accounts, and that game is beloved. And it's all because one guy wanted to do something different. More variety for the win!
This.VoidOfOne said:
Quite a few nowadays games try too hard to tell a story and often fuck up the gameplay in the process. Of course, there are people who still enjoy these games, so that's good (being genuine here). But yeah, this really doesn't seem like it's for me.
I could definitely get behind this. While I'm all for the protagonist of a story actually being important to the goings-on of their setting (for God's sake, Infinity Ward, please pay attention to that basic premise if nothing else, COD Ghosts is genuinely leading me to believe you've forgotten it) I actually like the idea of being just a typical person caught in very atypical circumstances and then having to contrive ways to survive the resultant horrific mess, where the perspective and therefore the story isn't the huge overarching wars but the personal stories that result from the setting.
Knew about this before, actually made a thread about the game before this news article, but it didn't get much attention so I'm glad it has front page status now. 
Definitely interested in this game. I think that the idea of games engaging in controversial topics and ideas is incredibly important for this medium to grow and mature as an art form, so whether it turns out to be an astounding game or just sucking, I commend 11 Bit Studios for tackling such a topic in the first place!
Definitely interested in this game. I think that the idea of games engaging in controversial topics and ideas is incredibly important for this medium to grow and mature as an art form, so whether it turns out to be an astounding game or just sucking, I commend 11 Bit Studios for tackling such a topic in the first place!
I dunno, man. I'm still a little combat fatigued from Spec Ops: the Line. I'm not sure how much more grim, unrelentingly realistic depictions of the horrors of war I can take.
If reviews are good, then I myself will buy! And here's hoping it's good, because this seems like a really good concept (That I'm surprised hasn't been used in Video Games yet).
It sounds interesting. Not a game I would likely enjoy, but interesting none the less. I am, however, curious as to why they would put an emphasis on finding and using weapons if the game is supposed to be about staying out of the fight. I mean you could have it where you have to defend your group from one, or both, sides but that makes you a combatant. Just a third and vastly smaller faction active in the war.
