Through the Darkest of Times
Dark times mean fear and risks. The risk to be caught by patrolling National Socialists, looking for people who publicly stand against their point of view. The risk of being beaten up or even killed by the German military because we‘re opposing the regime. The risk of losing everything, including our loved ones. This is how we live. This is how we try to survive. Through the darkest of times. You are the leader of a small resistance group in 1933’s Berlin, of ordinary people, from Jews to Catholics and Communists to Patriots who simply can’t stand aside. Your goal is to deal with small blows to the regime – dropping leaflets to spread awareness about what the Nazis are really up to among the people, painting messages on walls, sabotaging, gathering information and recruiting more followers. And all of that while staying undercover – if the regime’s forces learn about your group, the life of each member is in grave danger.
Game Discussion
Steam User 7
This is not just a game, this is an art.
Words can't describe how much I love this game. This is a simple game, yes. But what makes this game great is the narrative writing (some event will make you very emotional) and the historical fact that this game give. Also, I need to mention how amazing the art style is.
You will spend a lot of time reading text in this game (quite similar to a visual novel). There's many dialogue options that you can choose when the narrative is playing or when some event occured, and your choice will affect the story (I made a really bad decision in my last game and i'm still regret it now).
I saw several reviews that stated our choices will have no effect on important historical events. This is indeed true. For anything you did, the Nazi will still be in power until 1945. But I think people who protest this is missing the point. This is a historical game that wants to show the cruelty, terror, and wickedness that resulted from the regime at that time. This message would not have been delivered if, for example, our resistance group succeeded in overthrowing the Nazi in 1942.
Also, knowing that you can't alter the big historical event is actually makes this game more thrilling, in my opinion. You know your group is very vulnerable and one fatal mistake will result in your characters being captured, or even killed. I really felt this worry, especially in the last chapter when the Gestapo appeared.
As for the gameplay, well, its involve lots of clicking (and reading, like I said). There is no action thing like shooting or punching someone. So, if you only like action game and hate reading lots of text, you may not enjoy this game. But if you, for whatever reason, interested to learn history of WW II, I really recommend you to give this game a chance.
To wrap things up, this is a really amazing historical game. Although, I must state that this game is not for everyone. I highly recommend this game to anyone that interested in history (or people who recently want to learn about history). And I think it would be great if a history teacher decided to play this game in class with students when the lesson was discussing about WWII. This is also a short game so you don't need to worry you going to waste lots of time. Just take your time, read the text carefully, and feel it. I bet you going to be very emotional for the victim and disgusted with the regime after you finish this game.
Never forget the history. Or we will doomed to repeat it.
Steam User 2
Men I do not know how to feel about this game
The art style is great,I love the music but god dam the gameplay is bad you feel so powerless the whole game but was it the point ? the narative is a strong point of the game its well done but such a small part is narated it also make all ur choices giga useless I sided with the british but still had soviet spy talk to me?
For me I kinda started to speed run the gameplay part to get to events has fast has possible after 2 act if you just want a narative experiance its good outherwise its not good
weak 6/10
Steam User 2
It is a good game, with enough twists and plot turns to keep it interesting. It has also everything to do with making hard choices. And it confronts you with moral issues. It is easy to say thay you will stand up against injustice living in a free and save country, but what will you do when you're live will depend on it. That is what makes this game so interesting, it is not only fun to play, but the awareness that there where people 100 years ago who really did these things makes it very real.
Steam User 2
Very interesting take on the theme, although it's obviously not a light game. It accurately follows some of the history, while also immersing you into a believable and detailed reconstruction of the period.
It does overstay its welcome though with way more text than the novelty of the gameplay can keep up with, and with many mini story interruptions that seem kind of pointless. The different chapters are repetitive and they also reset your progress, which is super annoying. The difficulty is extremely brutal; I wasn't able to complete a single main mission even in the "easy" mode. I get the atmosphere of hopelessness they were going for here, but it would be nice to at least have some small victory after hours of playing.
Buy on sale.
Steam User 2
I cant. Probably the most acurate and spine chilling game for those learning about the German WW2 civilians, and those that already know the history. I actually think school children should play it.
Steam User 15
I hate fascists.
10/10 Would stage a revolution again.
Steam User 1
engaging, timely. Would have appreciated a little more depth, perhaps some more armed resistance.