Разработчик: Dev Arc
Описание
Do you see North Korea simply as an Axis of Evil or a country to make fun of? But the lives of real North Koreans are far from evil or comical.
Way of Defector is a board game through which you experience the process of a North Korean defector escaping to China and arriving in South Korea. You must overcome starvation and break through the surveillance of the Public Security Officers to find the broker who knows the way to get to South Korea and safely arrive at the destination.
Choose from various scenarios based on true stories to create your own defection story.
Game Features
- Scenario based on a true storyExperience the real life of a defector through a scenario written based on an actual memoir of a North Korean defector.
- Your own story, not a predefined scenario
Create your own escape story from North Korea through a changing scenario based on your own choices, instead of playing a game determined by a specified scenario. - North Korean defectors with diverse stories and abilities
North Korean defectors escaped from North Korea due to various reasons. They possess abilities accumulated over their lifetime and must go to South Korea using these abilities. - Survival and growth of North Korean defectors
Keep your character alive and escape by averting the surveillance of the Public Security Officers and hunger.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, korean
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10
- Processor: Dual Core CPU 2.4 gHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Nvidia GeForce 8000, ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
i dont know why its mixed. i personally liked it and it has replay-ability too! i say investing in strength and working is your best chance at success. but everyone has their own playstyle. dont listen to the haters. its $5 for a good time. you dont have anything to lose!
North Korea is the most interesting thing in the world today...
How can an indie game be so good? This is one of my favorite games of all time... I wish there was more expansive DLC. New maps? New routes?
A simple but ok game. This theme deserve a better game to show the anxious journey, and its implications, of escaping from that hellish and horrible country
An amazing game it is fun and i really enjoy the gameplay but i hope they keep adding dlc characters and maybe a add a mode or new game where you escape a different country with this gameplay (berlin wall or cuba) that would be cool the gameplay is about rolling dice and seeing how the rest goes one wrong mistake can cost the game bringing a challenge to it than just winning all the time really happy with purchase
No. I like the concept and genre but it's just not a good game.
Taiwan is a sovereign state. Just for not including Taiwan as part of China, I'm all in for this game.
Now the real review:
The concept is interesting. You play as a North Korean defector who is trying to find your way to the South. However, I think the tutorial should explain more aspects of the game's mechanisms. I found myself struggling even with tips.
good game
Lovely little game with a strong theme. The randomness is actually a very nice touch. You can mostly get around it with the right tactics, and it's only really unfair in the way that life as a refugee often is. In fact, it's amazing how they've managed to abstract the mechanics in a way where it's easy to play yet you still really feel the desperation. Where you can get excited just because an old lady gave you a dumpling!
Only downsides are a fair few grammatical errors and typos with the translation. But apart from that, absolutely worth your time, especially for the price.
This game resembles very much a similar game concept I had in mind for a couple of years touching the very same topic and since i'm pretty much into defector stories (read 3 books and saw I think every documentary about NK) I was thrilled to press the 'buy' button for mere 1,5 USD. The game is definitely worth a couple of bucks more and joins the glorious group of so many low-key, decent games like Papers Please or NEO:Scavenger
Great concept, poorly implemented. The "game" is repetitive and takes on almost a D&D style of gameplay with the dice. However where you might fight a troll or something in a D&D style board game, you do the same thing over and over again. You seem to be constantly on a quest to find a broker, just when you think you have achieved it, bam rinse repeat. I really tried to give the "game" a chance but it's just mind numbing. If you have ever watched paint dry, then you have had more excitement than this "game" offers.
Way of Defector is fascinating. You are helping North Korean defector escape through China, and together you go on an emotional journey where you feel responsible for this real-life inspired person's survival.
The game is far from perfect though, and the decision to make every outcome determine by a dice roll ranges from mildly irritating to screw this game. The writing could also use work, and there are a certain amount of weird and overly 'gamey' moment that seem very out of place.
However, if you can look past all of that, then you will find a game that is like nothing else you will have played before.
For the full review please visit here - https://bitsandpieces.games/2018/01/11/way-of-defector-review-freedom-is-but-a-dice-roll-away/
A thoughtful experience, even if a bit rough. The gameplay itself is not complicated - you need to work to earn money, buy food, and collect information about the way to get from China (where you currently are, illegally) to South Korea. There are public security officers roaming the map, trying to catch you, and when you share a space, you must undergo a skill check to avoid them. The main mechanic is dice rolls - you can roll more dice if your stats are higher, and certain items or actions can increase them. It's quite straight forward, and easy to learn.
When you fail or succeed, attractive paintings show up - I wish there were more of them, and incorporated in the game itself. The normal GUI is fine - you can see the screenshots.
I recommend this game, but you'll enjoy it the most if you really try to identify with the character, instead of focusing on the (basic) gameplay. For the price, it's a worthwhile experience, in my view.
It's a simple and interesting game.
It resembles dice rolling Board Games, since the outcome of almost all your actions are decided by the roll of dices, and you get as many dices as your status allows.
It's challeging and every time you get further down your journey (after all the game overs you get) it's very rewarding.
If you are unsure, i would say that for such a price it is totally worth a try.
Some changes i would recommend:
- An option to turn off the help for good, because it's tiring to click "no" everytime you start a new campaing and the games asks if i would like to see the hints.
- If my health is already full i see no reason why the game should allow me to roll the dices and try to recover health at the and of a "rest" option.
I only played for 5h so far, with the first character until i escaped for the first time, so the following observations may be wrong:
- Every playthrough i got the random event where i found an orchid and the game asks me if i would like to pick some fruit or pass by it. If i pass, nothing happens, but if i pick the fruit the owner always sees and tries to catch me. So everytime i got the event, i just passed because it was not worth the risk. I believe it would be more interesting to the game experience if the outcome of the event was random: maybe the owner would see me, maybe not, if he did than i try to go away, if he didn't, than i would pick the fruit with no further problems.
- Same logic applies to the random event where some patrol passes by on a car, i can walk as if i was a normal citizen, i can flee or i can do a third one i don't remember. First time this event came, i choose to walk, and they passed. after that i got the event almost every playtrough and i choose the walk option, with the same outcome, which i believe does not add to the experience, it's just "oh, that again... ok walk..."
I hope these observations are helpfull somehow for the Devs
I've played this game only for a while but it's just tedious. The story telling is so generic the game might as well be taking place in Iran, the gameplay is quite slow, because first you have to listen to tutorial repeating what you've heard already once, then you click on how long you want to do something, then it's done while you wait, at some point you roll a dice but not before clicking on "roll dice" and when this is all done you've done something marginal like moved from point A to point B (but not before generic story telling). Then the game shows maybe a change in stats and how public security officers moved and yawn.
Just no.
Don't bother even trying this game. The only to progess is through a dice throwing minigame which is so unfair I didn't make any progess for half an hour! I don't normally write reviews so this is an especially broken progression mechanic that has no way of even progessing without leaving it up to chance.
Really enjoyed it, It's fairly straight forwarded theres a few tinks that could be worked out to clear where quest maker is but for a 1.0 its pretty good and for such a price it backs a good punch
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Dev Arc |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 75% положительных (16) |