This War of Mine
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Been looking at this, looks really good.
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I have played this game more than any other title this year, superb game!
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It is really very good if you like that sort of thing, It is a simple but very effective game.
Really interested in it myself.
It's supposed to be coming out on iOS soon too... I kind of see this as an excellent iPad game... which is why I've held off buying it on PC.
As usual, TotalBiscuit gives a pretty good demonstration of it in his video:
It's supposed to be coming out on iOS soon too... I kind of see this as an excellent iPad game... which is why I've held off buying it on PC.
As usual, TotalBiscuit gives a pretty good demonstration of it in his video:
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It would be perfect for a tablet, it actually kinda looks like a IOS game ported to PC in terms or interface with the icons etc.
And got to love TB!
Started playing it this evening....went scavenging on my 3rd mission to a house, got spotted and before I know it I have killed some guy called Emil with a crow bar and his wife is crying...I felt awful 
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I assume there is no way to replay sections?
Any tips on how best to trade with the visitor?
! I assume there is no way to replay sections?
Any tips on how best to trade with the visitor?
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Trade bandages/medicine until you have a moonshine distillery. You don't really need medical aid at the beginning of the game.
Day 12
Got back from scavenging to find 2 other characters had died from starvation.
I found some food but I am broken. I'm going to sit here and do nothing no matter what the guy clicking his mouse thinks. Yeah, war sucks.
Day 13
Committed suicide.
Okay. This game is pretty deep. Love the art style and survival isn't that easy if you make a mistake.
Great game.
Got back from scavenging to find 2 other characters had died from starvation.
I found some food but I am broken. I'm going to sit here and do nothing no matter what the guy clicking his mouse thinks. Yeah, war sucks.
Day 13
Committed suicide.
Okay. This game is pretty deep. Love the art style and survival isn't that easy if you make a mistake.
Great game.
Never played anything like it so no idea if it is my type of game.
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Loving this game, only picked it up yesterday and have put 10 hours into already 
First few times I played it wasn't going well but doing much better now. Up to around day 11 with 3 Knives, Pistol, 2 Assault Rifles & 2 Shotguns. Also got Crowbar, Hatchet?, Saw.
I would advise to mostly avoid getting materials from scavenging and instead pickup items you can trade with (alcohol, ciggs etc. Oddly sugar seems good to trade with and electrical parts also (don't need those till later in the game)). When the trader comes round (seems like every 3 days, or at least day 3 6 and 9) just trade all those sort of things for all his materials. You can get a lot of stuff from trading 2 or 3 times. If you can upgrade the weapon workshop to level 2 and build a hatchet, you can get lots of wood and fuel from chopping up furniture in your house.
Stopping raids on your house is really important too. Remember to board up house (level 2 workshop) and have people on guard ideally with weapons. If you are playing with 4 people I tend to have 2 on guard, 1 sleeping and 1 scavenging.
First few times I played it wasn't going well but doing much better now. Up to around day 11 with 3 Knives, Pistol, 2 Assault Rifles & 2 Shotguns. Also got Crowbar, Hatchet?, Saw.
I would advise to mostly avoid getting materials from scavenging and instead pickup items you can trade with (alcohol, ciggs etc. Oddly sugar seems good to trade with and electrical parts also (don't need those till later in the game)). When the trader comes round (seems like every 3 days, or at least day 3 6 and 9) just trade all those sort of things for all his materials. You can get a lot of stuff from trading 2 or 3 times. If you can upgrade the weapon workshop to level 2 and build a hatchet, you can get lots of wood and fuel from chopping up furniture in your house.
Stopping raids on your house is really important too. Remember to board up house (level 2 workshop) and have people on guard ideally with weapons. If you are playing with 4 people I tend to have 2 on guard, 1 sleeping and 1 scavenging.
I really enjoyed this. Also grabbed it in the sale and played it until I managed to beat it (took about 4 attempts). I like that there is no save and reload. If you screw up, that's it! If you have Boris at the start it makes a huge difference as you can get things up and running really quickly. He does get upset when you rob old people though. Arica plays the guitar well and I found her useful for keeping everyone from getting too depressed. Marin was my workshop/builder dude and helps a lot with big things like workshop upgrades.
Tough game and it can go any way when you start. All it takes is someone getting badly hurt in a raid to change your fate.
For those on the fence, it's a very good game, but I don't think there is much replayability once you've conquered it. Still worth a buy if you are bored of half finished games or rehashed concepts.
Tough game and it can go any way when you start. All it takes is someone getting badly hurt in a raid to change your fate.
For those on the fence, it's a very good game, but I don't think there is much replayability once you've conquered it. Still worth a buy if you are bored of half finished games or rehashed concepts.