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This War of Mine: Final Cut brings the most complete edition to current-gen consoles. While the game feels slow and a little aimless at times, it makes up for it with moments of real tension, drama and difficult decisions. Its aesthetics and overall mechanics have aged well, and thematically it’s more timely than ever. It can be a pretty bleak game, but it was, and remains, worth playing. This War of Mine Final Cut looks better than ever and feels perfectly at home in this version.
Even 8 years after its initial release, This War of Mine is still a worthy survival game that shows us how cruel wars can be, and considering what is going on in the world right now, there can't be a better time to play it.
This War of Mine: Final Cut offers more content than previous versions and creates some powerful narratives. Runs tend to play out in a similar fashion despite the variables on offer but it's certainly worth experiencing.
8
AliErdogaaan
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
6
JKaiya
I liked it a bit but in all honesty there isn't much to do and there isn't much to control. It's a very simple game. I wish there was more difficulty, strategizing, and exploration. I weirdly enough had more fun with the Frostpunk exploration that only had like a paragraph to read with an outcome instead of this where you actually "explore" and loot (the same crap). A lot of time also is just spent on waiting for your character to finish doing something which ****. And the controls are kinda wonky + no tutorial. I wish you can send multiple people to scavenge, it makes no sense to me that you can only send 1 person. Idk if it expands later, but I wish there was also a way to have more people come in, and maybe have some of them be bad people. Instead of just starting 3 and sticking with that unless some die as you try to survive
9
Zackie_Chan
I love this game, Its the kind of game that makes you use your brain for possiblities and consequences. You can go for x or y place, to choose loot n items, higher the risk and higher the reward, and even the times when the rewards can be high in "easy" places, you might need hurt/steal innocents, which makes the group sad, which also affects the gameplay. In general lots of things affects gameplay, if you sleep poorly (or no sleep at all), if you are hungry, depressed and etc. Theres also the passives buffs and debuffs, some characters can run fast, others can cook pretty well, but in exchange some might have debuffs like addicted to cigarretes or coffee. It really makes you think about every detail of the group and think more before your next actions. Overall I think the game really does a good job and it's well done, my personal way to play it was always morning or late night, for some reason it's really relaxing. It does make you reflect that lots of situations like that happened in real life because of wars. You can buy this game pretty cheap or get gamepass for it, definitly recommend!

This War of Mine: Final Cut

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May 10, 2022
Metascore
Generally Favorable
82
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
82
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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May 10, 2022
95
PlayStation Universe
An enduringly clever inversion of traditional survival genre tropes coupled with a palpably tragic and gut-wrenching experience, This War of Mine: Final Cut offers up 11 bit studios magnum opus in its perfect form. By packing in all of the DLC released to date in addition to the stellar Stories expansions and providing a pin-sharp 4K presentation, This War of Mine: Final Cut is an ageless, horrifying and inventive survival effort that everybody should play without delay. This is as essential as survival games get and its mediation on the desperate plight of civilians during a time of war has never been more resonant.
May 10, 2022
90
Hey Poor Player
It’s impossible not to think about what real people in different parts of the world are going through right now when playing This War of Mine in 2022. That’s part of the point. Buying a video game perhaps isn’t the best way to support those people, but This War of Mine: Final Cut captures the true horror of war in a way that few video games will even try, let alone succeed, and for that, it’s an absolute must-play. If you’re like me and waited nearly eight years to check This War of Mine out, it’s time to fix that mistake.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
64% Positive
75 Ratings
30% Mixed
35 Ratings
7% Negative
8 Ratings
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May 24, 2025
9
Zackie_Chan
I love this game, Its the kind of game that makes you use your brain for possiblities and consequences. You can go for x or y place, to choose loot n items, higher the risk and higher the reward, and even the times when the rewards can be high in "easy" places, you might need hurt/steal innocents, which makes the group sad, which also affects the gameplay. In general lots of things affects gameplay, if you sleep poorly (or no sleep at all), if you are hungry, depressed and etc. Theres also the passives buffs and debuffs, some characters can run fast, others can cook pretty well, but in exchange some might have debuffs like addicted to cigarretes or coffee. It really makes you think about every detail of the group and think more before your next actions. Overall I think the game really does a good job and it's well done, my personal way to play it was always morning or late night, for some reason it's really relaxing. It does make you reflect that lots of situations like that happened in real life because of wars. You can buy this game pretty cheap or get gamepass for it, definitly recommend!
Aug 9, 2024
9
luchito777
-español: lo jugué en pc, no se porque no me deja usar esa opción pero calculo que será lo mismo, le puse 9 evaluándolo con otros juegos "similares" porque me parece que no hay otro juego que logre generar un impacto como este, ni tampoco que trate la guerra desde un civil así, es verdad que el juego tiene errores, por ejemplo el que no puedas adelantar el tiempo, volviéndolo sumamente aburrido si te queda un solo personaje, o no tenés nada que hacer, hay ciertas cosas que no te dicen que me parecen necesarias, como el poder mandar a los personajes a la cama en el día para que así no tengan sueño a la noche, y el mayor error a mi parecer es que si se consigue un entendimiento mayor del juego, algo que fácilmente se hace en 2 o 3 partidas, ya el impacto emocional se disminuye mucho, se vuelve algo casi mecánico, igualmente el modo storys arregla bastante esto. me parece que además de ser un juego con una temática como la que tiene y que busca incomodar o cuestionar las decisiones del jugador igualmente es divertido en sus mecánicas y gameplay, muy recomendado. -inglish: I played it on PC, I don't know why it doesn't let me use that option but I estimate that it will be the same, I gave it a 9 evaluating it with other "similar" games because it seems to me that there is no other game that manages to generate an impact like this, nor that it tries the war from a civilian like this, it is true that the game has errors, for example the fact that you cannot advance time, making it extremely boring if you only have one character left or you have nothing to do, there are certain things that do not tell you that seem necessary, such as being able to send the characters to bed during the day so that they do not get sleepy at night, and the biggest mistake in my opinion is that **** understanding of the game is achieved, something that is easily done in 2 or 3 games, the emotional impact is greatly diminished, it becomes almost mechanical, also the story mode fixes this quite a bit. It seems to me that in addition to being a game with a theme like the one it has and that seeks to make the player uncomfortable or question the player's decisions, it is also fun in its mechanics and gameplay, highly recommended.
May 11, 2022
82
Everyeye.it
An experience whose moral value probably exceeds the playful one, and whose didactic value manifests itself spontaneously and apparently unconsciously.
May 10, 2022
80
Push Square
This is a beautifully crafted cautionary tale about the horrors of war and the true devastation it can rain on ordinary civilians. Like real war, every story you play will be different with different outcomes, and you’ll be led to make increasingly more desperate and erratic choices to ensure the survival of your characters.
May 10, 2022
80
GamersRD
This War of Mine: Final Cut is not the survival game that we know. It is a game that teaches the brutal part of wars, history and its mechanics. As a console edition it is impressive with additional graphics work and new stories; the controls can be a little tricky, though it is highly enjoyable.
May 23, 2022
75
BaziCenter
Even 8 years after its initial release, This War of Mine is still a worthy survival game that shows us how cruel wars can be, and considering what is going on in the world right now, there can't be a better time to play it.
May 16, 2022
70
PlayStation Country
This War of Mine: Final Cut offers more content than previous versions and creates some powerful narratives. Runs tend to play out in a similar fashion despite the variables on offer but it's certainly worth experiencing.
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Feb 2, 2023
9
Bibikelis
Игра очень атмосферная , да она на долгая и сквлный геймплей и экономическая состовояющая , но атмосфера 10из10
Aug 3, 2024
8
AliErdogaaan
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
Aug 26, 2025
6
JKaiya
I liked it a bit but in all honesty there isn't much to do and there isn't much to control. It's a very simple game. I wish there was more difficulty, strategizing, and exploration. I weirdly enough had more fun with the Frostpunk exploration that only had like a paragraph to read with an outcome instead of this where you actually "explore" and loot (the same crap). A lot of time also is just spent on waiting for your character to finish doing something which ****. And the controls are kinda wonky + no tutorial. I wish you can send multiple people to scavenge, it makes no sense to me that you can only send 1 person. Idk if it expands later, but I wish there was also a way to have more people come in, and maybe have some of them be bad people. Instead of just starting 3 and sticking with that unless some die as you try to survive
Mar 8, 2025
5
thegovnah
This IS kind of a rage-rating, and I'm doing it right after one of my characters died on day 30, AGAIN! and he died because of some stupid thing that wasn't even my fault. So I will not go into the positives here. for that, you can check out the reviews written by some of the less completionist-minded players! Lack of a proper save function is really atrocious in this game, especially on consoles where you can miss-click very easily.
Nov 13, 2023
5
wolverinne
It was interesting for couple of hours,but couldnt keep me interested. Story itself is painfully slow. I would prefer to encounter more dialog and maybe option to have more recruits. I understand the concept. It is war, and it should be harsh and unforgiving, but still playing with same 3 people constantly gets boring, and the game doesnt make a good job to make me feel relatable to these 3 characters. I havent finished the game, so I dont know if there are more playable characters honestly. But as I said, game didnt motivated me enough to pursue forward
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SummaryThe Remastered Final Cut version for PS5 is finally here! In This War Of Mine, you do not play as an elite soldier, rather as a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with a lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. During the day you need to focus on maintaining your hi... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X
May 10, 2022
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