I wound up buying it a few days ago due to both my survival game addiction and my obsession with games being used to convey deeper messages :)Taleric wrote:This War of Mine, wait for sale or is it $20 good? (Did not want to start whole thread, please do if you own/have tons of information)
What to say? It's an awesome game for the first play through. Not sure it has much replay value though, and while people are going on about how hard it is, I finished it on my second try (made it pretty far on my first too...I think to day 30 or something). It is certainly harder than your average mass market game is right now, but I'm not sure that really makes it "hard". I think it's more a matter that people aren't used to not being able to run into every situation and win via combat. If you play cautiously and with the understanding you are playing civilians I suspect you could get through it on your first try if you don't make any obvious blunders.
Beyond that, I put a few hours into another play through before deciding to call it quits. While there is a certain amount of randomization, I wouldn't say it's enough to justify going through it multiple times.
So...it's an amazing survival experience *while it lasts*. Whether it is worth the 20$ or not is hard to say. Personally, I'd think for around the same price (or cheaper), either The Forest, or The Long Dark would provide more play value, both of which are good survival games, without the political undertones mind you.
If you do pick up The Long Dark at some point though, whatever you do, don't start in the new area they added last release (Coastal Highway I think?). It pretty much ruins the whole game if you do and is in serious need of balancing.
