
The Light in the Darkness tells the story of a working-class family of Polish Jews in France during the Holocaust. It is the first videogame to portray the Holocaust, releasing free for educational purposes.
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I avoided at first to do a review to this game but oh, well.. here it is: Dude, who even let these people make this game? and let's say they got away with a big bunch of their weird ideas at first, but who let this game even get launched and presented as " a memoir of the lives of the people that were lost in the holocaust " ??? I played the entire game, and it goes straight like this: At first, it seems like it's encouraging a sad and depressing story, and while the graphics don't help it at all because they look like a kids's game, the sadness in each and every character's eyes makes you think that some sort of artist made this game but no, its just that the creators tried to aim at the kids in this generation? i dont even know man, to make them aware that a lot of young people and kids died 80~ish years ago and so after they play this game do what? go outside throw their PS4s in the trash can, and go live their life with each and every second knowing that they can enjoy their life unlike the dozens of others that didn't get to live theirs? Yeah sure, alright, ya bet The only sad thing about this game it's that it was even made. It makes you more sad to think how much money and effort were even put into this game. Playing the game does not make you sad at all, it just makes you raise questions about the video game industry and game-making in general. Not going to talk more about why and how the themes were childishly depleted of seriousness due to the fact that some characters literally change their behaviour 360-ye at the end of the game ( you ll see next what i meant) about the end of the game [spoiler] it makes me cringe even thinking about the way they made Bernard take his own life due to stress and fear of him being caught and killed eitherway in the chambers. The fact that what he was saying moments before, and his decision to do it, it was just so literally out of nowhere, that it made me cringe instantlly, dude, why make such a character with so many funny moments, then kill him in the most cringey way possible? okay i got it its supposed to be a sad story and we are deemed to expect a very very sad story but could you stop ruining everything you built around the course of the entire game, please? also him talking about his concubine girlfriend or idk, but we not even seeing her let me with a taste of cheapness in my mouth. why add a character and a backstory if we are not even getting the full story, only Bernard s side? [/spoiler]
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Languages: English, French, Arabic
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Velice zajímavá hra, která popisuje dění ve Francii v průběhu druhé světové války z pohledu Židů. Hra má pěknou grafiku a povedený příběh na motivy skutečných událostí. Na hře mne mrzí hratelnost, která je až moc jednoduchá a těch pár miniher to nezachrání. Škoda, že hra nemá dabing. Ten by ještě lépe zachytil emoce. I tak je ale hra zdarma a i když je kratší, tak nabízí zajímavý herní zážitek.
Amazing game, Did a good job!
Educational game following a jewish family, during the first couple of years of the occupation of france by Nazi Germany.
Un très bel hommage aux victimes. Je vois très bien ce jeu dans un contexte scolaire. Beau travail aux développeurs, vous pouvez être fiers de vous !
Историческая приключенческая игра о польских евреях во Франции времён Второй мировой войны. Плюсы: Образовательный контент — уникальная возможность узнать о малоизвестных исторических событиях; Эмоциональный сюжет — глубокая и трогательная история выживания; 3D-графика — реалистичное визуальное оформление. Минусы: Однопользовательский режим — отсутствие мультиплеера; Сложность выбора — множество решений может запутать; Бесплатность — может показаться, что игра недооценена. Итог: The Light in the Darkness — для тех, кто интересуется историческими приключениями. Привлекает образовательным контентом и эмоциональным сюжетом, но может разочаровать отсутствием многопользовательского режима.
не дали шансу вижити єврейській дитині хоча б у грі
a story that every person in the world must know
Es una historia acerca del holocausto, es bastante lenta la historia y no es divertido (no trata de serlo), el juego se puede completar en 1 hora 8/10
jeux sur un sujet lourd, fin qui fait mal a tester
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