This War of Mine で生き残るためのヒント

This War of Mine の場合 が数週間前に Humble Bundle をリリースしたとき、11 Bit Studios から新たにリリースされたタイトルを称賛するインターネットの小さなコーナーがありました。 .私たち自身で約 10 時間プレイした後、私たちが抱えている唯一の問題は、このゲームについて知らない人が増えているという事実ですが、それが近い将来に変わることを願っています.

サラエボ包囲戦に触発されました ボスニア戦争中、This War of Mine はほとんどの紛争をテーマにしたゲームとは異なり、戦闘中の兵士ではなく民間人の経験に焦点を当てることを選択しました。これは、二度と同じ方法でプレイすることのない感情的なジェットコースターであり、プレイヤーは入場料に見合った確かなリプレイ価値を提供します.

各プレイスルーは異なりますが、This War of Mine は、あと 1 日だけ生き残るために正しい、そしてしばしば困難な決定を下すことがすべてです。誰が食べ物の唯一の部分を食べるか、または負傷した2人の同居人のどちらが最後の包帯を使用するかを選択するかどうか.戦争を生き残るためには、冷静に計算された決定が不可欠です。

それを念頭に置いて、ゲームで学んだいくつかの難しい教訓を以下に示します。

戦争の初期

おそらく最初の 1 週間は、誰かが病気で亡くなったり、自ら命を絶ったりすることなく生きていけるでしょう。これは、最初の日と自分の住居での最初の掃除が非常に重要であることを意味します.

手始めに、私たちは初日は誰にも食べさせず、睡眠も与えず、代わりに家の周りで必要なタスクを完了することに集中することを選択する習慣を採用しました.もちろん、この決定は、開始時に誰かが実際に空腹または疲れているかどうかに基づいて行われますが、そうでない場合は、より厳しい時間のために保存してください.実際、私たちは、お気に入りのスカベンジャーを除いて、少なくとも空腹で、おそらく非常に空腹でない限り、誰も餌を与えないことを選択しました.誰もが餓死するまでには至りませんでしたが、簡単な検討事項でした。

サバイバルの初期に集中すべきことは、食料、医薬品、資材の備蓄と、非常に困難な状況に備えた準備です。これは、盗賊が内部に侵入する可能性を減らすために家に乗り込み、ベッド、雨水キャッチャー、かまど、げっ歯類トラップ、簡単な道具や武器を作成できる高度な作業台を構築することを意味します。

清掃の芸術

家にある備品は 1 日しか持たないかもしれません。それでも、全員のニーズを満たすのに十分な量があることはめったにありません。 This means that your first night is also going to be your first trip into the outside world, and how you prepare — or who you choose — can go a long way in determining how full your backpack is when you get home.

In the case of our first play through, we were spoiled by having Marko in our group, an expert scavenger with 17 slots in his backpack. Besides him, the most we’ve ever seen is 12. This meant that Marko was almost always tapped on the shoulder when it was time to search for supplies. The key there is that he was almost always the one going out.

We learned very quickly that some of the randomly generated locations to scavenge were dangerous, and the survival of our group depended largely on the well being of Marko. This is where we had to make some tough decisions, often sending someone who was sick, wounded or just generally not very useful to scout ahead. Again, in the case of our first play through this was Bruno , who was frequently in poor health and unfortunately expendable. Don’t judge us, but we often sent Bruno into situations with low odds of survival for no other reason than to clear a path for Marko the next night. If Bruno died, that was horrible, but not quite as horrible if Marko — and his five extra backpack slots — perished. Not to be complete savages, but Bruno’s potential death meant one less mouth to feed, one less person to get sick and one less bed that was required.

The Art of Combat

That’s a perfect segue into the combat in This War of Mine, which is another area that you’re going to want to leave up to an expendable member of your group. For us, this turned out to be someone who joined us part way through our survival journey, and his name was Boris .

Boris wasn’t particularly fast, but he was extremely strong, completely obliterating an entire dwelling of unarmed squatters — and even one with a knife — all by himself. This meant that the very next night, Marko was free to walk into the dwelling and loot it without fear. In fact, he did this for several nights, just what the group needed to make it a few more days.

Besides a clear path for Marko, that combat situation ended in us bringing home a knife, which we then used to stab a man with a gun, which we then used to shoot another man with a bigger gun. This is, unfortunately, one of the most common ways to secure weapons in the game, and it is extremely high risk. Once you’re loaded up with a few pistols and shotguns, though, you can pretty much go where you want without being too scared of the consequences. You can also leave a couple of guns at home to put an almost absolute end to your own dwelling being looted.

Combat isn’t all about the physical, however. It’s also about being able to deal with the psychological consequences, something that is a very real problem in This War of Mine. After Boris killed six — maybe nine — people that night, he was never the same, and even went so far as to walk out on the group several days later. His depression led to somber — more so than usual — times back at home, meaning that besides hunger, physical wounds and being sleep deprived, our group had to deal with depression spreading throughout its members.

The End of the Road

Our original group of Pavle , Marko and Bruno — Boris joined us several days later — was probably our best run at the game so far. We made it 31 days that time, and only managed to survive 13 on our following play through. While partly due to having a great team the first go around, there is another factor that helped us stay healthy, and that was being compassionate.

For all the times that we were forced to be violent, it was our lack of violence and even compassion that helped us stay mentally strong. When none of our members were killing or dying, everyone was able to stay in fairly high spirits. When death began to surround our group, first with Boris killing, then with Pavle and Marko being killed while looting in the night, it was pretty much a wrap. Bruno broke down and took his own life to end our run, and as we mentioned earlier, Boris abandoned the group.

Compassion isn’t just about letting people live while you’re raiding various locales for supplies, though. It’s also about helping your neighbours when they come knocking. It often pulls a member of the group out of the mix for part of a day and a full night, but you’re also frequently rewarded for your efforts. By helping our fellow survivors board up and fend off bandits, we were given a shotgun and some food, both of which were vital to the group’s longevity. It was when we began to get desperate — then abandon our moral code altogether — that things went horribly wrong.

That’s the scariest part about this game. It will push your ability to show compassion to the limit, and eventually force you to cross lines that you never thought you would. When you do finally break your moral code, it might just end up being your downfall.

If you picked up This War of Mine, let us know in the comments how long you managed to survive. If you haven’t picked it up, you can snag it on Steam right now, even if you’re a Mac or Linux user.