War Hospital, out now on Steam, is about subsisting on the periphery of a war and keeping it firmly off-screen by means…
    • pbjamm@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      This War of Mine is a good game, but I found it too bleak to keep playing. I am sure that is part of the point, but I usually play games as a form of escapism.

      • DdCno1@beehaw.org
        3·
        10 months ago

        You have to break into the apartment of an elderly couple very early into the game. I remember the man reacting to the break in, defending himself and his wife. His death made me feel so terrible (which is the intent of the game, of course) that I put the game down.

        • petrescatraian@libranet.de
          1·
          10 months ago

          @DdCno1
          I broke into their apartment without fighting them. Just hid from them and stole whatever I could. The next day, the news broke out that raids have started and basically nobody was safe anymore, and I kept losing things.

          I died fighting someone with fists against a shotgun.

          @pbjamm

  • DdCno1@beehaw.org
    7·
    10 months ago

    It seems interesting, but based on the Steam reviews, it’s apparently a buggy mess.