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A game that one cannot help but love.
It aims to show the effects of the First World War in a realistic way, doing without the Hollywood directorial style that we often see in many films and games, in which the protagonists are always superheroes.
Our protagonists, in fact, are ordinary people and totally in opposition to each other: if on the one hand we have the young and naive Harry, Canadian, who enlists as a war photographer to impress the girl he loves, on the other hand we have the more mature Kurt, engineer and father of a family, who enlisted to look for his son belonging to a missing battalion.
The two protagonists, although so different, are linked by the profound sense of humanity that prevails over the colors of the flag and leads them to become friends.
Accompanying them in this adventure are a cat and a bird, a metaphor for the two men, who will help them get closer and save each other's lives during the war.

On a technical level it is an indie pearl.
The graphics are particular, with a wonderful faded effect typical of impressionist painting, which does not weaken the expressions of the faces, but even manages to enhance them (I think of the amazement/horror on Harry's face when in the first chapter, turning his back on Barret, hears the sound of the shot). The landscapes are wonderful, with bright colors and often in shades of yellow in bucolic contexts, with dark and gloomy colors when he shows us the worst theaters of war. The animations impressed me a lot as they are quite fluid for the genre.
The sounds are very precise and the music is always perfect: it infuses tranquility in some sections, presses with higher tones in others, expresses sadness and drama in still others.

In war there are no winners, only losers.
While in the history books we read about great battles, great leaders and medals for valor, in this game we want to talk about the other side of the coin: that of the people, the weakest, but also the strong ones who are broken. from the barbarity of a war conflict.
What surprised me in this game is its ability to say a lot, not only through the thoughts of our protagonists, but also through the words or images of secondary and non-secondary characters: the hunger that grips everyone, the sense of uncertainty for the future, fear, trauma, horror, death.
In the course of events, the story of Kurt also struck me a lot: when we think of war, we who have not lived it on our skin, see the soldiers as pawns on a large chessboard; the reality shown through Kurt, the suffering and fears of a father who doesn't know what happened to his son, hits like a punch in the stomach and reminds us that soldiers are also sons, brothers and fathers and that every life is precious.
At the time of writing this review I completed the game with the "Peace" ending and I was pleasantly impressed with the realism of the consequences: in fact, being able to save all the protagonists of the story did not mean "and they all lived happily ever after"; on the contrary, one of them loses everything by becoming an outcast, precisely as a consequence of having preserved his humanity in time of war and saved the life of his enemy.

This game is an experience that I recommend to everyone, not only because it is beautiful from a videogame point of view (it is an interactive adventure in which there are actually interactions), but above all because it is one of those works that leave you something inside, a baggage of knowledge (thanks also to the collectibles, which not only serve to obtain achievements, but also provide real documents to read), many emotions and the hope that man can always stand up against the destruction of others.


* War Child: I really enjoyed War Child's interlude footage, which reminds us that war is not something relegated to the distant past, but afflicts many countries and still claims victims today.


* Special Mention: a special thought to the cat, which made me live with guilt for having scared her which led to her falling into the well.

[Quote][h1][b]For more reviews follow 👍 our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34310167]English Curator[/url] and [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40165899]Italian Curator[/url] pages.[/b][/h1][/Quote] A game that one cannot help but love. It aims to show the effects of the First World War in a realistic way, doing without the Hollywood directorial style that we often see in many films and games, in which the protagonists are always superheroes. Our protagonists, in fact, are ordinary people and totally in opposition to each other: if on the one hand we have the young and naive Harry, Canadian, who enlists as a war photographer to impress the girl he loves, on the other hand we have the more mature Kurt, engineer and father of a family, who enlisted to look for his son belonging to a missing battalion. The two protagonists, although so different, are linked by the profound sense of humanity that prevails over the colors of the flag and leads them to become friends. Accompanying them in this adventure are a cat and a bird, a metaphor for the two men, who will help them get closer and save each other's lives during the war. On a technical level it is an indie pearl. The graphics are particular, with a wonderful faded effect typical of impressionist painting, which does not weaken the expressions of the faces, but even manages to enhance them (I think of the amazement/horror on Harry's face when in the first chapter, turning his back on Barret, hears the sound of the shot). The landscapes are wonderful, with bright colors and often in shades of yellow in bucolic contexts, with dark and gloomy colors when he shows us the worst theaters of war. The animations impressed me a lot as they are quite fluid for the genre. The sounds are very precise and the music is always perfect: it infuses tranquility in some sections, presses with higher tones in others, expresses sadness and drama in still others. In war there are no winners, only losers. While in the history books we read about great battles, great leaders and medals for valor, in this game we want to talk about the other side of the coin: that of the people, the weakest, but also the strong ones who are broken. from the barbarity of a war conflict. What surprised me in this game is its ability to say a lot, not only through the thoughts of our protagonists, but also through the words or images of secondary and non-secondary characters: the hunger that grips everyone, the sense of uncertainty for the future, fear, trauma, horror, death. In the course of events, the story of Kurt also struck me a lot: when we think of war, we who have not lived it on our skin, see the soldiers as pawns on a large chessboard; the reality shown through Kurt, the suffering and fears of a father who doesn't know what happened to his son, hits like a punch in the stomach and reminds us that soldiers are also sons, brothers and fathers and that every life is precious. At the time of writing this review I completed the game with the "Peace" ending and I was pleasantly impressed with the realism of the consequences: [spoiler]in fact, being able to save all the protagonists of the story did not mean "and they all lived happily ever after"; on the contrary, one of them loses everything by becoming an outcast, precisely as a consequence of having preserved his humanity in time of war and saved the life of his enemy.[/spoiler] This game is an experience that I recommend to everyone, not only because it is beautiful from a videogame point of view (it is an interactive adventure in which there are actually interactions), but above all because it is one of those works that leave you something inside, a baggage of knowledge (thanks also to the collectibles, which not only serve to obtain achievements, but also provide real documents to read), many emotions and the hope that man can always stand up against the destruction of others. * War Child: I really enjoyed War Child's interlude footage, which reminds us that war is not something relegated to the distant past, but afflicts many countries and still claims victims today. * Special Mention: a special thought to the cat, which made me live with guilt for having scared her which led to her falling into the well.