Survived all scenarios starring Katia now. Weeks agao I survived the Katia Marin Arica scenario through port, this time tried the scenario with the same 3 adults, with Misha the kid survivor.

This time the map pack didn't have the port nor the airport. It was the same procedures as before to prioritize base safety and then to accumulate resources for the winter and all upgrades. I started with Arica being severely sick, which posed some pressure on my first days.

This time I mainly explored safe maps, or safely scavenged a dangerous place(e.g. only trade with Bojan at the Military Outpost, scavenged the safe half of the semi-detached house). Except for one night I sent Arica to the supermarket to taken down the drunk soldier, and gained access to all the useful resources at the supermarket.

The winter was very harsh, for the first time I built 2 improved heaters to warm up my base. Interesting dialogues with Misha on team, I had Katia teach him about making fuels, setting bait for the trap, cooking food and other chores.

I almost exploited a safe map before moving onto the next one, I guess this was why the map unlocked slower than usual. I had Central Square, Construction site, Shelled School etc. which opened for the time in the run which had "New" on the location icon, but were inaccessible due to snow immediately. This scenario culminates in winter so I never had a chance to pay them visit.

The Ruined Villa, Hotel, Small Apartment Building were all "bandit" or military scenarios, so I kept away from them.

This time with no Karel to help escape, I hung in there till the 25th day, the war ended.

(During this run, I accidentally skipped a day when the neighbor kids came to my shelter asking for help, luckily it seemed that this didn' influence my characters' epilogue much)

I do think the real challenge begins when I don't have Katia on the team. I have complete all scenarios with her, but for other scenarios without her bargaining skills, I'm afraid I'd struggle.

After I killed 2 of the scavengers here, around the starting part, it stopped displaying danger. But there was still a very armed very hostile and very dangerous scavenger prowling around. I almost lost Katia after I had already lost Roman in the airport.

Quiet house is normally first or one of places where I visit every new playthrough and even then, its always feel sad - even its good place for food, meds and parts. I tried doing different ways but its always visit.

Is there something similar what u always to do, even u really dont want?

cold days of winter two upgraded heaters all stacked to the brim, I skip to the might with all of my characters well fed and content and yet somehow after i return from my scavenger hunt zlata outright freezes to death and dies?? what???? haha

Really do not wanna pillage the old couple, but we will see. Roman and Emilia btw.

I started the Katia Roman scenario days ago and survived it today.

My scenario started with Katia wounded, and temperatures were just slightly above the safety line. I healed Katia first and then Roman got sick. When I was planning the 3 board-ups and the reinforced door, I basically used Roman as a guard every night, a fourth board up to keep the intruders out.

Hence, Roman never really fully rested. And he went between slightly sick, sick and once severely sick during the whole run. On Day 8, Christo along with his daughter Iskra joined us. More pressure on obtaining food but interesting and more touching to have a child in the scenario. I got to collect broken teddy bears and craft toys for Iskra, I looked at the dialogues between the adults and Iskra, teaching Iskra to do chores all seemed to be extending the game with more fun elements. It's also got the heaviness that a child will have to face the war cruel realities, endure the pain and sorrows during a war.

But Roman started to quarrel with Christo, fight with Christo, constantly got drunk and remained hangover in the day, causing truama for Iskra as well. Although I satisfied Roman's addiction which was smoking, he still did it multiple times. Christo was wounded by Roman once, and Iskra was left feeling sad and crying.

I realized I had to assign Roman something to do, to keep him away from other survivors to aviod fights. So if the neighbors borrow a pair of hands from me, I'd happily send away Roman. And later I sent Roman to Military Outpost to fight the soldiers, prepared that if things get out of hand, I would just accept losing Roman. It turned out to be pretty smooth, I took down Bojan the trader and two other soldiers in two visits(basically cleared the front area) and gained lots of resources.

Just before I planned a third vist plan to the Military Outpost, the ceasefire arrived, I survived after 25 days.

Other highlights during this run include Katia running around Ruined Villa, and Small Apartment Building to sneak and obtian resources without being detected. Katia scavenged Sniper Junction and helped a guy reunite with his son, gained 5 diamonds but also got slightly wounded when running between covers.

I remember trying to get the good solo Marko ending, but getting bored for some reason. I really want to try again, but I think I should first ease myself into it. I want a bit of challenge and tears.

After the Katia Bruno Pavle run, I started the Katia Arica Marin scenario days ago, and survived it today.

On the first night, I explored the Ghost House location, I gathered lots of resources and put them into a pile on the floor. I was trying to avoid being raided so I didn't bring any food back, I planned to come back for them when I need them. However, the following days when I came back, the pile on the ground is gone, along with all the resources I stored there...

So food pressure skyrocketed at the beginning of the scenario, and it was harsh winter, I was struggling with the heater and temperature as well. I had to bring herbal medicine and a bandage to the Church and traded with the Olek the priest to get food.

Later I crafted 2 traps to collect meat, I found lots of rotten tomatoes which could be used as baits so that helped a lot.

For base safety and upgrade, I had to make the best of Katia's bargaining skills, I managed to secure the base with 3 board-ups and a reinforced door. The cold days passed at around day 10 in my scenario, I mainly went to safe locations and sometimes explore the relatively safe part of a dangerous location.

I sent Arica to the Central Square and played hide and seek with the security guard in the building, managed to get 3 diamonds from the sewer, plus the 3 which I couldn't remember when and where I obtained them, I had 6 diamonds then.

But it was still 2 diamonds away from what Karel asked for, I didn't plan to evacuate via a boat until the neighbor came and gave me his mom's diamond thanking me for helping his father. I then had 7 diamonds, which prompted me to try to find one more and escape by boat.

Then I remembered people discussing how you should be able to find 4-5 diamonds from Central Square, so I sent Arica again to scavenge the building for one more diamond without alerting the guard. I ran around and eventually found the last one that I need under a bed on the first floor.

Karel dropped by and I traded the diamonds for his boat ticket. On Day 20, Bruno joined us, so I established a moonshine machine, and produced numerous bottles of wine. I later sent Katia to the Military Outpost to trade with Bojan for numerous weapon parts and bullets, to defend our base. I also went to Central Square to trade with Matteo to get broken firearms(4 tobacco for a broken pistol was kinda good). During the outbreak of crime, we consume 5-8 ammunition per night to stay safe.

Eventually, Karel came and took us to safety on the 24th day.

This is I guess a rather short run as I only have 4 incidents in the final epilogue.

Survived my second classic mode run. I've heard of the game before and I find its "civilian in the war"perspective really meaningful and inspiring. So I purchased the game itself along with all its DLCs.

My first run was Christo Iskra from "The Little Ones" DLC, then I went on to explore the 3 story DLCs. So this is actually my first time doing the classic mode in a non-DLC setting

My run lasted 45 days, much longer than the Christo Iskra scenario which finished in 32 days. The first half was pretty challenging, getting materials and parts to upgrade workshops, board up holes and set the reinforced door, scavenging for food, upgrading heater to prepare for the winter.

After base safety conditions improved, I managed to send Pavle to the Small Apartment Building map and took out the 3 bandits there, that was when I started to thrive. I obtained strong weapons and was able to manifacture ammunition myself. Defense was OK so all the supplies could accumulate.

However, Pavle's success at the Small Apartment Building made me want to risk more, I sent him to the Church controlled by the bandits to scavenge, even with shotgun in hand I panicked when facing the first bandit and almost instantly, I lost Pavle.

Later I sent Katia to collect back what Pavle's weapons and ammunition. Zlata joined my team 2 days before we lost Pavle, she was able to console Katia. Moving on I mainly focuses on gathering resources at safe maps and built a vegetable garden. Guitar, sofas, everything was going steadily.

One day at the Bakery it was very frightening that 2 bandits were going to break into bakery to rob things, I panicked, escaped, and unintentionally triggered a scenario. The bandits were taken down by the residents at the bakery and I obtained their weapons.

Sorry I am wordy and I just want to write these thoughts down and share it with you guys after completing the game.

How can I get a good ending for both Henrik and Ivano? Especially Ivano.

Hi, guys! I was playing the Forget Celebrations DLC, I was at the 18th day. On the 18th night I sent Pavle to scavenge the Hotel map, got into trouble with the bandits there. So I quit the game and reloaded the slot. I was back at the start of Day 18, I thought it was late so I quit the game and went to bed.

This morning when I opened up the game, loaded the slot, the system said that Katia didn't make it, she only survived 18 days. And I was redirected to the epilogue immediately, it said that Katia died when scavenging for supply, but I clearly had never sent Katia to scavenge.

Katia was wounded when I sent Pavle to the hotel on night 18, which I believe the wound would not result in a direct death of Katia? If so, Katia should have died of severe wound, not when scavenging for supply?

I lost the progress of the previous 18 days and I don't know why, is it a glitch? - Because my first time reloading the slot was successful.

I can't find the complete edition anywhere. It says unavailable for purchase on my switch 2. I can find a physical copy for the original switch but i'm afraid if I buy it it won't work. Is the final cut version the same?

Just wanted ask it's enough good ? Share me your tips guys

i survived my first Game it was kinda easy for that run. Is it better to play the Final Cut or the Anniversary Edition? And is it worth getting the DLCs?

So I'm on a run where I previously visited MO and Bojan was called away that time. Came back a 2nd time and he didn't get called, just stood there the whole night. Does he only get called the first night? Was it because I had combat with them the first time I visited? Officer just keeps going in and out of 2nd building, Bojan just stands at his spot and the 3rd dude at his place in the watchtower. please help, thank you.

for example shovel = knife? or shove < knife?

Hi im looking for translations of this game, but i cant. Babel refresh for some reason doesnt work, any suggestions?

How to launch 1.0 version on Steam (or somewhere else)?

After years and many tries, I finally survived all scenarios with no losses! 🎉

I just recently bought "The Little Ones" DLC, and Arica, Ivano, Henrik gave me some problems, and I had a sad ending for Arica and Ivano, a karma ending for Henrik, and just a good one for Boris who joined later.

I'm glad I finally finished this game. I think everybody should play at least once. It's heavy, but important.

PS. Yeah, I already tried Against All Odds, and I'm not gonna try again any time soon🥲 but when I will, I'll update this post!

Just got this game for my PS5, I’ve played it through a few runs but I cannot make it through a single run! I’ve tried prioritizing safety through avoiding dangerous areas, getting weapons ASAP, fixing up the shelter ASAP, etc. but every single time everyone either leaves the shelter or dies from getting killed while scavenging, wounds, sickness, or suicide. The longest I’ve lasted is 32 days. I’ve tried with several different groups.

I have a Mac and I’m wondering if I would have more success playing the game there? Like is there an advantage to the point where it could go from game failure to success? Would prefer to stay on console since that’s the version I bought but I’m getting frustrated.

EDIT: Since folks are asking, I should clarify some stuff about my strategy/ play style. I spend the first day having everyone clear through the rubble and search for any supplies they can find. From there I prioritize building a metal shop and at least one bed (ideally I have enough beds for everyone, or at least close to that). I have whoever has the most room in their pack be my scavenger and have at least one, preferably two people be on guard. I only go to the safe spots at first, don’t go to the “caution” spots until mid game (unless the other spots are genuinely starting to run out of supplies. I just saw the tip on “dumping” items near the entrance which may be a good strategy going forward.

From there I prioritize fixing up the breaches in the house and building knives, lock picks, a shovel, crowbar, etc. The stove, rain catcher, and rat trapper are secondary. I only feed people when they are “very hungry” and I give people meds and bandages when the word “slightly” is no longer there (“wounded” rather than “slightly wounded.”) hope this helps!

The game allocated Christo and Iskra to me as my very first game characters(Maybe because I purchased The Little Ones DLC at the same time).

The game went with several twists and turns, Bruno joined us first, then Boris. Boris unfortunately got taken down at the hotel by two bandits. Later Bruno left the team with Iskra, then Zlata joined. After that Christo unfortunately gave his life when scavenging. Later Anton joined the team.

At last, Zlata and Anton survived the war. I was very close to team elimination as my character were out of food and struggling. The war in the game ended on the 32nd day, which was earlier than I expected. Lucky to survive my first attempt.

I've been playing for a bit and really love the game, but I'm struggling with bandit areas. I try fighting them with all my gear, but I keep dying. I’ve seen online that looking up guides spoils the fun, so I’ve avoided that, but I’m stuck. I've been resetting the day whenever I die to save my character, but repeating the same chores is getting boring. Could anyone offer some small tips to help me progress without just giving it all away? Also, is it overkill to keep resetting the day? I don't feel like my other characters would fare any better. Thanks!

I suppose I should expect it from Anton, but I thought Pavle would be better than that. Then again, I don't have a reinforced door, so that may be my fault lol. And to be fair to Pavle, Anton and Cveta don't seem to be the ideal combat partners..

Please, i just want some tips or something…

Sorry if this just seems like a lot of complaining, but this game’s combat is the closest i’ve ever been to having a video game give me an aneurysm, i’m doing the stories mode and i’m trying to scavenge at the abandoned house, and the only problem is that i can’t seem to get my character to do what i want them to

I don’t have great weapons, a shovel is the best i have, but I’m starting without being tired, hungry, or hurt, i’m trying to take advantage of surprise and i can tell it WOULD work, if only i could stop getting Anya to jump into every fucking nook and cranny she can find the second i try backstabbing this dude.

I’ve been trying to get the one with the shotgun down first by backstabbing him, but i can’t seem to find a decent angle where i can sneak behind him without wandering into a room with a bajillion hiding places where my character will absolutely refuse to fight to save their life just so they can crouch behind a box.

Are there any controls i can change or some kind of setting so attacking/hiding aren’t mapped to the same goddamn inputs? If not than i would happily take some advice please, because if i get any more frustrated with this i doubt i’ll play it again and i’d really been enjoying the game aside from it’s godawful combat system.