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2.0With a dizzying number of poorly thought-out design decisions, and punishing level design. War Mongrels should be taken out back and shot.
War Mongrels
Destructive Creations · Oct 19, 2021
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War Mongrels, or WM, is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. This part of the war has been receiving less attention in gaming, even though it ended or changed a considerable number of lives and brought forward many stories of courage, comradery, but also further proof of twisted societies and the darkest parts of the human character. War Mongrels builds its foundations on these two opposing mental forces. First driven by propaganda, our heroes soon find their purpose in fighting back the expanding Nazi forces that entangled them in the international conflict in the first place. From boys to men in days, they open their eyes to the atrocities of war and find their purpose in the fight to prevent further meaningless killing.
The heavily history-inspired storyline guides players through the journey of two Wehrmacht soldiers as they go from deserters to hefty guerilla fighters. Their team expands as they meet new characters who support the same cause. As each character has their own set of skills and advantages, players must learn to combine them effectively to outsmart the enemy during a variety of missions in a changing environment. Sneaking, distraction, silent kills, and using the environment are some of the main skills players will have to take to heart, but a stock of firearms will also be available and useful in completing mission objectives. And as the goal of every hero is to save others and hopefully survive, our heroes strive to prevent the deaths of innocent people instead of getting away from the war as originally intended.
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- 3rd-strike.com3.8Perhaps a couple of months (or years) down the line, when the game has received a few more patches, War Mongrels could become worth it, but in its current state, it’s a title that you should avoid. It’s a shame because, from the visual presentation and the attention given to the historical background, a lot of love was put into creating this game, but the end result simply isn’t what it should be.
- PCInvasion6.0All in all, War Mongrels is a flawed title that set out to tell a story of flawed people getting caught in the middle of a disastrous war. Some of the issues can be patched out — Destructive Creations is, after all, a competent team, that much we learned from Ancestors Legacy.
- TheXboxHub4.0As for a verdict, it can only go one way I’m afraid. There is a good game, a compelling game even, fighting to get out of War Mongrels, but it is buried under a pile of duff controls and absurd difficulty. If you want an RTS in your life, there are many better ones. And that is a shame.
- Gamesurf.it7.0Per il resto abbiamo sottomano uno strategico di buona fattura, adatto a un pubblico hardcore che non si spaventa davanti a una sfida dove è necessario imparare un gran numero di meccaniche e passare svariate sessioni di gioco immersi in un sistema trial and error tanto punitivo quanto soddisfacente una volta giunti alla soluzione. Una buona trama e un discreto comparto tecnico fanno il resto. Guardiamo all'orizzonte sperando in una patch che rimetta d'accordo controller e la fuga per la libertà.
- GRYOnline.pl8.0Jest to bowiem świetna produkcja, prezentująca bezkompromisową, pozbawioną pudru wizję drugiej wojny światowej. Fani serii Commandos i Desperados nie powinni być zawiedzeni, pasjonaci historii znajdą tu wiele ciekawych informacji, a wszyscy pozostali gracze – niebanalną opowieść o poszukiwaniu odkupienia, przyjemny gameplay, bardzo ładną grafikę (zwłaszcza jak na grę w rzucie izometrycznym) oraz świetną, klimatyczną muzykę Adama Skorupy.
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