A novel game 'Ukraine War Stories' that allows you to relive the Russian invasion that can be played for free from the perspective of Ukrainian citizens
A visual novel ADV `` Ukraine War Stories '' that all scenarios are based on true stories and eyewitness testimonies about Russia's invasion of Ukraine has appeared for PC (Steam). Set in three Ukrainian cities, 'Hostmel', 'Bucha' and 'Mariupol', it is said that you can relive the reality as a civilian.
Steam: Ukraine War Stories
You can roughly understand what 'Ukraine War Stories' is like by watching the following video.
I tried playing a novel game ``Ukraine War Stories'' that allows you to relive Russia's invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of citizens of Ukraine-YouTube
Ukraine War Stories are released for free on Steam , so let's actually play.
When you launch the game, you will see a screen like this. Although it is written in English, it can be changed to Japanese. Click 'SETTINGS' to open the settings for changes.
Next, click on the part labeled 'English' in 'Language'.
Select 'Japanese'.
You will be asked to restart the game once, so click 'OK' to restart.
Since it is written in Japanese, click 'From the beginning' to start the game.
On the next page, you can choose from three stories to play: 'Hostmeri', 'Bucha' and 'Mariupoli'. This time I will choose Host Meri.
Then the game started. In this story, the player will proceed with the story as the character 'Orexy'. “It was quiet in the house that night. After my daughter moved to Kyiv, the house was too big for my wife, Lilya, to live with,” says Oleksiy. Click 'Next' to proceed.
'Even so, my daughter kept in touch with us. In fact, I was having trouble using the smartphone that my daughter sent me that night.'
Shortly thereafter, news broke that President Vladimir Putin had recognized the independence of a republic in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. From here, the story progresses.
After listening to the story for a while, a screen for selecting conversation options will appear. Here, four options are displayed, such as ``... the time for war is already over,'' and ``... Putin should be satisfied with Donbass,'' and by choosing each, you can follow a different story. .
In addition, depending on the selection, the value of the 'parameter' may change. For example, if you select '... because there are not enough soldiers', the psychological state of the character Milena will increase by +1, and the psychological state of Lilia will increase by +1.
In addition, you can check what the psychological state of the character is to some extent by clicking 'Parameter'.
Here are the parameters for each person: Depending on the increase/decrease value, the psychological state changes to 'calm' or 'anxiety'.
Believing that everyday life will continue even after the news, Orexy shows an optimistic attitude, saying, 'Let's go on a trip.'
But on February 24, 2022, life changes when Russia launches a 'special military operation.'
Even in the game, a tense incident occurred, such as a Russian soldier stepping into a room.
'We are going around the house looking for Nazis and operatives.Do you have any minions in this town?' Russian soldiers visiting. Here you will be presented with the options of ``Telling false information'', ``Pretending not to know'', and ``Persuading soldiers''.
'The soldier looked at me and Lilia alternately, spat and left with the other soldiers.'
'The fighting was still going on, but it was confined to the suburbs,' he said. 'When I saw the Russian soldiers searching the town, I used to tell myself 'the fighting is still going on.''
'Russian soldiers take everything they see. Food, drink, anything of value.'
As the story progresses for a while, depending on the choices, you may get 'items' such as alcohol and gasoline.
Depending on whether or not you have a particular item, your options may change.
In this play, Orexy's psychological state parameter became 0, and an event called 'Orexy's despair' occurred.
In this event, Orexy felt despair, so the game was over in the middle of the story.
If you change the option, the event will be avoided and another story will begin.
In this way, different stories and endings are prepared for each option, so it is possible to read different stories depending on the play. In addition, you can 'save' at any time during the story, so you can touch various stories.
There is also an item called 'Information Source' on the game title screen.
Here you can check the list of events that actually occurred in Ukraine and were reported by each media. The link next to 'External link' is the article link.
Additionally, a link is provided in-game to support the Ukrainian Army.
Ukraine War Stories was developed by a game studio based in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and some members were forced to leave their homes due to looting by the Russian army.
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