It Takes a War

Matchmaking is very slow, and the grenades can't be unbound from 1 or 2. But the map variety is pretty good and weapon feedback is great

If you stumble across this game, you should definitely play it, can't say much more than that.

This game is the embodiment of missed opportunity. It would have been really cool if they went more down the horror avenue or more down the weird, surreal, and trippy path, but unfortunately the game doesn't do either. The game had a really good hook but it didn't really do anything with it. I didn't care much for the story. It felt more like something a 12 year old made to feel super edgy and introspective. But it all just falls flat. All of the characters felt super shallow and non-descriptive. Towards the end logic jumps out the window. One of the characters gains the ability to just be a voice and they spawn something in that they shouldn't be able to control and they change and control the thing they shouldn't be able to control... And it is never explained. The characters also just don't have any intelligent thoughts. which leads to stupid infighting. They could have communicated what they heard and it would have been much easier for them.

At first, I thought that it's a subversive fourth-wall breaking satire of online gaming. But it's actually its own story, about regular people. Sort of like a stage play, in the sets created from things that are pretty familiar to us now, like game assets and CS rounds. I suggest you play it, it's small, dramatic, and has heart.

It takes a war to say farewell.

It's only a 45 minute game. It's okay on sale, and a neat little gimmick. The voice acting is okay, but sometimes hard to hear/understand. I didn't think the plot was great compared to similar stories and tropes. For a walking sim, I was hoping it would be a little more engaging with the characters and build them up more. They're just kind of archetypes that push the plot forward. I think the actors did a pretty good job for what they were given, and the idea it's all happening over voice chat was cool. The ending was also very neat, I actually really liked it. But it was the first time the game really engaged me. Even $6 feels like too much for the experience. I felt bored and disconnected from the plot, which is usually what walking sims are focused on. But the concept was cool.