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In war not everyone's a soldier

This War of Mine, a highly addictive survival game that challenges you to manage a group of civilians doing their best to live another day in the middle of a war-ruined city, is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux on GOG.com, for $19.99*.

They say that war never changes, I'm not so sure about that. One thing's certain, though - looking at the depiction of war in modern gaming it's safe to say that war games hardly change. Most of them presenting conflicts in a binary world, where it's easy to immediately tell the bad guys from the good guys, the oppressors from the freedom fighters, heroes from villains. Some titles try to present moral ambivalence, some do a pretty good job of it. But all the war games you'll come across have one thing in common. They're all stories of military struggle - be it on large scale or personal level. Stories of soldiers. Well, in war not everyone's a soldier.

This War of Mine lets the player experience the horror of war from a very different perspective. One that of a civilians, struggling day by day and night by night to find food, find shelter, keep themselves warm, keep themselves safe, keep themselves… sane. Survive. In any other game this last word would be soon followed by the cliché "at all cost". This game, however, is different. It dares to raise the question: what cost is too great to pay for your own survival? How much of your morality and humanity are you willing to gamble with in this game of russian roulette with just an off chance of a bullet missing from the gun's chamber. While the gameplay alone is nothing but addictive and fun, putting you in charge of a group of survivors trying to get by in a city ruined in a fictional - yet disturbingly realistic conflict, the tone of the game and the emotional mechanics affecting the characters leave no place for doubt: the experience of war leaves everyone involved scarred. The game, on the other hand, leaves you with a desire to play just one more round, get through another day, and another. And another.

Combining a captivating gameplay full of scavenging, exploration, micromanagement, and tough choices to make at every step, serious tone, and suggestive art style, This War of Mine is a thrilling work of modern gaming that manages deliver great fun back to back with a meaningful experience. Grab it now, for $19.99* on GOG.com.

Want to see the game in action? Here's a recorded stream: [url=http://www.twitch.tv/gogcom/c/5654387]This War of Mine with Quill18, and another one This War of Mine with Unit Lost!


*$19.99 is the price for this title in the US. Other prices will apply in different countries. If you end up paying more than than the US price, we will reimburse the difference from our own pocket, giving it back to you in store credit (this is what we call the "Fair Price Package").
Post edited December 10, 2014 by G-Doc
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mistermumbles: Delicious Brie!!!
While we're on the topic of cheese.

Aye, delicious Brie.
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MaridAudran: Aye, delicious Brie.
Mind if I take a sample? ;)
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Zoidberg: 1 = 1 yes indeed. But not when we're talking currencies.

Worry about whatever, I do not seem to care the least bit about that kind of pseudo argument.
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JMich: $1 is not €1. But total cost for the 3 Witchers in $ is $19.99 + $9.99 + $53.99 = $83.97 while the total cost in € is €15.89 + €7.99 + €49.79 - €6.90 = €67.77 = $83.80. So the € customer ends up paying $0.17 less than the $ one, with an exchange rate of €1=$1.26. But no, regionally priced games are more expensive for € customers.

Prices do not count any discounts other than the 10% off for preordering TW3.
Witcher 3 is 60€.
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MaridAudran: Aye, delicious Brie.
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mistermumbles: Mind if I take a sample? ;)
There is a war over pricing and bonus material going on, and you people are talking about cheese?!?
Post edited November 20, 2014 by rodrolliv
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rodrolliv: There is a war over pricing and bonus material going on, and you people are talking about cheese?!?
It's not their war. :P
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HunchBluntley: Anyone ever heard of the Rebuild series of games? Everyone bringing up Zafehouse Diaries reminded me of them. They're from one of the makers of Incredipede (though they could hardly be more different). The first two -- strangely enough, called Rebuild and Rebuild 2 -- are free browser-based flash games which can be played on any number of sites (though Rebuild 2 also got ported to various mobile device platforms, where it was just called Rebuild; I have no idea if the app versions are free or not). The bland title belies the fun one can have with this (simple) resource-management survival-strategy game (for $0.00!). (Rebuild 2 is essentially Rebuild with a little more content, some additional game mechanics and some small changes/tweaks.

Also, I just looked it up, and the third game in the series is apparently in early access on Steam. Huh.
I loved both of these games - I played them on Kongregate. Nice selection of difficulty levels.
Is there a way to play on a very low fidelity setting ? It feels like a great game for me (after viewing some footage), but so far it really feels way too high end for me to play it comfortably on my old laptop so I wonder how much effect can be disabled.
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yogsloth: I loved both of these games - I played them on Kongregate. Nice selection of difficulty levels.
Wish I could bring myself to go back and play them some more, but I've got too many other "real" games (you know -- ones that I paid money for) that I feel guilty not playing.
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Zoidberg: Witcher 3 is 60€.
Nope.
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Cyraxpt: snip
i decided to be the hero (unarmed)... Yeah, i died.
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Make a hatchet to be able to crack furniture into wood and fuel to make the most of your looting. It also counts as a weapon and if you manage to sneak from behind...
Not very heroic, but hey, it's for a good cause.
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darkangelz: Looks very interesting, specially after seeing the twitch stream. I find some concept similarities betwen this and the upcoming dead state (despite several things that distinguish them). Will be a fine adition to my library in the near future (current sale is killing me).
Ooh... Thanks for pointing this one out. I've upvoted it on the wishlist, but unfortunately will only have the internet at home for about a week after it releases...
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Zoidberg: Witcher 3 is 60€.
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JMich: Nope.
And it's still an unfair price of about 2 or 3€. And either way, it's at least unfair to gog. So...


Nope.
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JMich: Nope.
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Zoidberg: And it's still an unfair price of about 2 or 3€. And either way, it's at least unfair to gog. So...

Nope.
See the math again. € price is $0.17 less than the $ price.

And yes, between two prices, one will be more fair to the customer (pays less) the other more fair to the store (more profit). But nice to see that the goalposts aren't fixed, but can move around quite a bit ;)
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Zoidberg: And it's still an unfair price of about 2 or 3€. And either way, it's at least unfair to gog. So...

Nope.
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JMich: See the math again. € price is $0.17 less than the $ price.

And yes, between two prices, one will be more fair to the customer (pays less) the other more fair to the store (more profit). But nice to see that the goalposts aren't fixed, but can move around quite a bit ;)
I never cared about the money, money is fairly irrelevant to me.
It's the principle, I don't really want GoG to take the hit.
Although I'm getting more unsure if it's the publishers that are pushing the regional pricing.

Pretty much if I buy something I want to feel good about it and not have nagging thoughts that I might support something I don't want to support.
Post edited November 20, 2014 by Reaper9988
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Zoidberg: And it's still an unfair price of about 2 or 3€. And either way, it's at least unfair to gog. So...

Nope.
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JMich: See the math again. € price is $0.17 less than the $ price.

And yes, between two prices, one will be more fair to the customer (pays less) the other more fair to the store (more profit). But nice to see that the goalposts aren't fixed, but can move around quite a bit ;)
I had done the math several times in the past and got the same difference. WOuld really like for gog to present what math they are doing to be sure.

In the meantime: still a couple euros missing for their "fair price package".