Also, the chapters are structured in weeks, and they are crucial for the survival of your group.Įach week you have to choose which members of your group will go to which mission. Each chapter features cutscenes of events that happened back then, often accentuated with snippets of speeches and other audio sources. The gameplay itself is segmented into four chapters: 1.) The political rising of the Nazis, 2.) the peak of their power, where they tried to convince the world that they are a peaceful nation through the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 3.) the start of the Second World War and 4.) the approaching end of their disgusting reign. Acting against fascism should never be described as a battle of few heroes, but as a fight of all decent people. Also, this strategy illustrates that not single popular persons or groups were significant for the resistance movement. For example, the group can constantly operate over the whole uprising and downfall of the National Socialists, allowing the story to go through various historical events through the years to show the complete development. For some people, that might be a disappointment, but it actually grants several advantages for the storytelling. Instead of letting you play a group that actually existed – like the White Rose, the Red Orchestra or many others -, you take control of a fictitious group. In “Through the Darkest of Times”, you lead a resistance group against the Nazis in the nineteen-thirties and -forties. They created a rarity: A clearly anti-fascist game that understands how to inform its players about the horrors, manipulations, strategies as well as dynamics of and inside the Third Reich not only with the help of the historical facts, but also its gameplay. On the one side because I was overwhelmed by emotions that this absolutely stunning title filled me with, and on the other side because I was proud of the whole team behind it. 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.”Īfter I finished “Through the Darkest of Times”, I wanted to cry. 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. “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 stand aside. Schulz, Almut Schwacke, Jan-Dirk Verbeek, Vivian Maria Köhler, Jonathan Witt, Andrew Nolen, Marina Hillinger & Julia Sittmann), The Rufus Temple Orchestra (Johannes Böhmer, Bastian Duncker, Johannes Lauer, Katharina von Fintel, Nikolai Scharnofske & Fidelis Hentze), Nora Hespers, HandyGames (Christopher Kassulke, Markus Kassulke, Udo Bausewein, Daniel Weber, Sebastian Bischlager, Johann Kruschinski, Christophe Kalkau, Thomas Schmitt, Jan Pytlik, Constantin Fuchs, Anna Simon, Felix Totzauer, Yona Dillmaier, Jonas Häfner, Clemens Hanebuth, Lukas Kucharek, Leon Schleier, Peggy Schnetter, Kim-Janek Triebig, Christoph Wiederker, André Rudlaff, Vitalij Trinkenschuh, Stephanie Grass, Michael Hall, Jakob Löffler, Laura de Andrés, Artur Kowatsch & Nicole Murrmann). “Through the Darkest of Times” by Paintbucket Games ( Jörg Friedrich, Sebastian St.
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