It is tense, harrowing and often devastating, and now, the console version This War of Mine: The Little Ones provides even more realism by adding a new – and crucial – kind of civilian: children. Instead of commanding soldiers, the player is instead controlling a group of survivors as they explore the broken city for food and medical supplies. Created be Poland-based 11 Bit Studios and released in 2014, the simulation portrays the effects of modern war on civilians far more effectively than most other battle strategy games. The events portrayed here are taken from a video game, This War of Mine, inspired by the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. This isn’t a true war story, but it could be. Traumatised, she starts to have panic attacks that last through the night. While the new companion is out scavenging one night, Christo is unable to fend off a group of raiders who steal their food and injure Iskra. Reluctant to leave his daughter in the shelter alone, he teams up with another survivor so that one of them can always be around – but even that isn’t enough to keep them safe. He lies to her about his own needs so that she won’t worry.

Food is hard to come by Christo has been going hungry to make sure Iskra has enough to eat. A man named Christo and his young daughter Iskra have been forced from their home and end up sheltering from the bombs and snipers in an abandoned building torn apart by shrapnel. A n eastern European city, several years into a civil war.

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