For example, there might be a mission where you have to go to a local pub and collect donations. You are presented with a map of Berlin, left with several missions you can examine, before sending the operatives onward. You start the day with the latest real headline from the date and are then presented with the members of your resistance, all eagerly waiting for you to tell them what mission to go on next.

You can’t change the outcome of the war or how history turned out, but what the game does is give you a chance to try and make little changes based on real resistance events, all in the hope that it will make an impact in helping the disadvantaged from the Nazi regime.Įach turn of the game covers a week in that year. Your journey goes all the way through to the aftermath of the Second World War in 1946, taken from a Berliner’s perspective and covering all major events. Your main tasks are to gain followers and recruit like-minded folk to your cause, taking their money to help the activities of the group. You are placed in charge of a small group of resistance fighters whose job is to fight against the Nazi machine in any way you can. The story puts you at the heart of how the evil regime solidified its power, and how it persuaded many to follows its ideals. Through the Darkest of Times is a historical resistance strategy game, one in which you play as the leader of a small band of resistance fighters going up against the rise of the Nazi party who have just got into power. There aren’t many games that explore the beginning of Nazi Germany in 1933 and then head right on through the Second World War, but this game does and it gives the player a terrifying perspective on how a country changed so quickly.

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