11-11 Memories Retold

Armistice Day.
For those unaware, November 11th, 1918 is Armistice day, the day the Allied Forces signed a ceasefire agreement with Germany. Concluding World War 1.
Premise: The story of this game is centered around two main character's loose connection with the war. The first being that of Harry Lambert, a Canadian photographer. And the second being Kurt Waldner, a German engineer.
Early, Harry is recruited by Major Barrett to travel with him and take photos of the war effort. Being young and enthusiastic, he's happy to oblige despite leaving his home and being unsure of the future.
Kurt's reason to get involved with the war is more personal. He simply wants to know the whereabouts of his son after hearing that his unit has gone missing on the radio. So he joins the German military to find him.
I'll let you discover the events thereafter.
Structure.
While Telltale-esque, it's actually closer to State of Mind or Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter in presentation. It takes on an impressionist style for its aesthetic, however. One where the individual strokes could be delineated.
It's a sort of modern take on the classic point and click. Removed are the trial and error of a clumsy inventory and replaced with a more pertinent and appropriately paced narrative.
Mechanics
The game is a mixture of dialogue, exploration and mini-games typically involving Kurt fixing a radio or fetching an object or moving boxes that intercede his path. Harry does similar things but also has a camera, generally photographing specific objects will cause the story to progress but you'll have 16 “free” photos per day you can keep yourself.
Told in chapters, you'll get to play as both Harry and Kurt. Harry's sections have you taking pictures, some of which you're able to send back home which subsequently will affect any letters received in return. Kurt's sections has him interacting with other people or things wherein he'll use these interactions to write back home. You get to choose the focus of the letters, certain options will be locked if you do not interact with the thing associated with it during the chapter. These choices will also affect things later on, although they're smaller changes.
Crouching and running are your only options for movement and the “stealth” is not terribly difficult.
This game does actually feature 7 different endings. However: All 7 endings can be obtained within the last few minutes of the game by simply making different decisions. The other decisions you make throughout the game affect much smaller, subtle things.
Anecdotes:
There is something to be said about the art of interaction. Video games are the only medium where the reward for a successfully met challenge is narrative. Regardless of the skill required for that challenge, low or high as they may be, this is the only medium of story telling that does this.
For example: Movies will continue to play even if you fall asleep. Books need a bit more attentiveness but you'll never be able to change the words on the page. During this game I had some emotions well up inside me — not just because it's about war, and war is bad. But because it was me that was causing the action to take place, even though it was already programmed. It was ultimately me performing the action.
Mild spoilers: There was a moment where you get to control a cat in a graveyard, it's an easy moment to miss I'd suspect due to the events going on otherwise but I walked the cat over to an NPC, someone that isn't even named — I initiated a cut scene where I consoled a grieving German soldier with the cat's little meow. Such a simple moment, but it essentially made me a wreck for the rest of the game. Not long after that, there was a moment where you're dragging bodies back and the opposing side of the war could have easily killed you but they lower their weapon and let you drag the person away — it goes on for some time to emphasizing the duality of the situation.
The Gist:
At the time of writing this, they're asking $30 at full price. And that seems a tad pricey in my eyes. I personally bought the game from a Humble Monthly. I do feel the game has a certain polish that does warrant the asking price but I'd still suggest waiting for a sale as the game is more of a one-shot despite its multiple endings. It's got a lot of collectibles if that interests you.
I really enjoyed it.
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Simple Gameplay but
Beautiful and heartbreaking story
Unique but gorgeous artwork
Really good soundtrack
Definitely a recommendation
Got it with humble bundle tho, not sure about the full price, would wait for sale

A beautiful game. The painterly art style (incredible), great voice acting (Elijah Wood as the dweeby naive Canadian lad, perf), the music, all beautiful. Unfortunately, it was a little too corny for me. The tone was too light and the more intense and impactful moments fell short for me. Barrett never feels like a real person and I'm sick of seeing that sort of ridiculous stereotype, although I understand his importance in Harry's lighter pre-war experience (but Barrett should have been left behind in the prologue). Perhaps I've watched one too many miserably realistic war films, but this just isn't what I was expecting it to be.
I also found the gameplay somewhat mind-numbing, although that's not something I usually complain about with a story-heavy game. I think I only took issue with it when the story began to rapidly lose my attention.
I am being negative, but this game doesn't deserve a thumbs down because I reckon my issues with it lie in personal taste. It's a good game. It's just not for me.

First of all this is a game about WW1 but it focuses on 2 stories instead of showing any action. It tries to show the horrors and the reality of war, it tries hard but honestly it fails due to the art style used. The stories are decent though. The soldiers you talk to on both sides (you talk to German soldiers on one and to Allied troops on the other) give identical or similar voice lines probably to depict that they are all normal people, similar people. I didn't like that there are collectibles and mini-games implemented. Not only the art style but those nuisances ruin any immersion as well. The zones you are stuck in feel too big, and the soldiers you talk to don't actually contribute anything to the story. There is no map, no way to know where you are supposed to go. Should have been more linear, this fake open world feels pointless. I'd say it's worth a playthrough but the art style will impact your experience especially if you don't find it pleasing to the eye. There are shocking moments throughout the story, or more like moments that try to make an impact on you but, again, the art style ruins it. The side characters are not well-developed so you find yourself not caring about them. I encountered some bugs but nothing major.
6/10 I guess.

Simply moving, this is the type of game that does not need to have super graphics or playability, these types of games are the ones that touch your heart and make us feel various feelings, I recommend you if you are going to play this game, do it with your heart I assure you I will enjoy it

An emotional, warm game about the World War I. This game is not about the war itself, but more about the people in the war, the both sides of the war. It is worth playing it.

There are always 2 sides to every story. This is a Beautiful game about a young British photographer and an older German father both going to the front line of ww1 for different reasons. The art style is really quite something. While the gameplay may be a little basic at times the story surely makes up for it. If you enjoy ww1 history pick up this story driven masterpiece!