War Mongrels ★ A war on several levels

Together through hell - In the game War Mongrels from developer studio Destructive Creations, players travel to the Eastern Front of the Second World War. Their mission is to defeat the German war machine in order to put an end to the horrors of war.

What people do to people

War Mongrels focuses on a historical side of the war that is not often covered in the media. The players slip into the skin of by two soldiers of the German Wehrmacht. During their time in the war, they had to witness a number of cruel actions. These included mass executions and hunts for civilians.

Now the two soldiers want to switch sides and desert. Instead of continuing to participate in the expansion of the Nazi regime, they want to stand up for the people and End the war. During the course of the game, players gather various fighters around them who stand out due to their different skills. There are specialists for explosives, assassins or simply those who go into battle with their bare fists. By making clever use of their characters' strengths, players fight their way through the hell of the Eastern Front in the hope of a future without war.

Following a great example

War Mongrels is a so-called isometric strategy game in which players look at the action from above. This makes it easier to analyze the battlefields and decide which strategy makes sense for the objective at hand.

The game is based on great titles such as the Desperados series or Commandos. These games also not only have the isometric Perspective Instead, the players are given small groups of different heroes with different advantages and weaknesses. By planning exactly which character should carry out certain actions, players can trigger chain reactions of actions that allow the objectives in these games to be completed quickly and without much fuss.

And one more note on the subject: War Mongrels has been in the news recently because the developer studio of Destructive Creations stands out for its clearly right-wing extremist tendencies and unvarnished depictions of violence. Many historical details in the game have been rewritten to reflect the theories of right-wing groups. Players should therefore question the story told and not accept everything shown as a historical event.