History YMMV / ThisWarOfMine

* NightmareFuel: WarIsHell, especially as a civilian.
** Many of the character backstories make mention of seeing signs of the civil war on the horizon - political rallies, brawls, even riots - or detail the war as it unfolds, but some stories stand out as particularly awful.
*** Boris's backstory features his house getting hit by shelling, breaking his foot and leaving him unable to walk. His wife goes out to get food for him and his son but dies by a sniper's bullet. Boris's son dies soon after from sickness while Boris is still helpless to do anything.
*** Emilia mentions in her backstory that a group of militia claiming to be looking for Grazni spies killed her family one day and took all their valuables before burning the place down. Emilia herself barely avoided the same fate,[[ForWantOfANail having gone to the market earlier in the day]].
*** Marin had his home hit by a Molotov Cocktail, killing his wife in the subsequent fire. Marin mentions vainly trying to put out the flames while she screamed in pain.
*** Roman's backstory describes how his unit started shooting people who looked vaguely suspicious and devolved into rounding up large groups of people to kill them en masse.
** One of the notes your survivor can find in the school is written by a student who writes about how their best friend was killed by a sniper and how the teachers told them to stay inside after school in order to avoid the shelling. Your survivor usually notes at the beginning of the stage that [[FridgeHorror the school endured a direct attack]].
** The radio updates usually tell players important things like weather conditions or material shortages, but to remind players of the nature of the ethnic civil war being waged they can also inform the player of the military striking civilians or evidence of mass graves being uncovered. In general one gets the sense that the military is *trying* to kill as many civilians as possible.
** Sniper Junction. Your survivor has to weave through rubble and hope like hell they don't get hit by the [[SociopathicSoldier none too picky sniper]] shooting everything in sight.
** One of the potential events players can encounter in the Supermarket is a soldier who corners, beats, and rapes a young woman, a dreadfully common occurrence in wartime.
** The entire area of the Brothel is terrifying for its realistic depiction of sexual exploitation in wartime; the whole area is run by thugs who force women to perform degrading sex acts and are heavily implied to beat them too. The women can't leave of course, since the brothel is the only place they can get food and shelter.
** The player can find a note in the Hospital that goes over casualty reports from a mortar strike. Grimly, the children's ward was the heaviest hit, with a whopping 32 out of 34 killed. As if this wasn't stomach churning enough, the hospital has the potential to be shelled again, leaving doctors and patients alike in a shell shocked and despair fueled state.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** Cveta, who has a small backpack and a nigh-useless ability. Even Anton is more useful than her (as Anton can at least use animal traps better). Cveta even lampshades it in her diary entries.
** Blago is by far the most loathed neighbor in the game, because he never rewards you when you help him. He doesn't even return to your shelter to ''thank'' you. Quite a few people tell him to buzz off on instinct.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Pavle's name is mispronounced very frequently by western players.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is the sniper in Sniper Junction a trigger-happy lunatic who views everyone they see as a living target and nothing else, a troubled Grazni/Vyseni soldier who went off the deep-end, or an aggressively territorial thug who doesn't care who they kill? It's practically stated that other snipers are equally indiscriminate in their target selection, implying that 'all' snipers are under orders to kill everyone they see, jiving with the seemingly deliberate attacks on civilians the military launches periodically.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is the sniper in Sniper Junction a trigger-happy lunatic who views everyone they see as a living target and nothing else, a troubled Grazni/Vyseni soldier who went off the deep-end, or an aggressively territorial thug who doesn't care who they kill? It's practically stated that other snipers are equally indiscriminate in their target selection, implying that *all* snipers are under orders to kill everyone they see, jiving with the seemingly deliberate attacks on civilians the military launches periodically.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is the sniper in Sniper Junction a trigger-happy lunatic who views everyone they see as a living target and nothing else, a troubled Grazni/Vyseni soldier who went off the deep-end, or an aggressively territorial thug who doesn't care who they kill? Any of these have equal chance of being true, yet none of them make the sniper any less of a threat or any more sympathetic.

** Many of the character backstories make mention of seeing signs of the civil war on the horizon - political rallies, brawls, even riots - but some stories stand out as particularly awful.

*** Emilia mentions in her backstory that a group of militia claiming to be looking for Grazni spies killed her family one day and took all their valuables before burning the place down. Emilia herself barely avoided the same fate, having gone to the market earlier in the day.

*** Roman's backstory describes how his unit started shooting people who looked suspicious and devolved into rounding up large groups of people to kill them en masse.
** One of the notes your survivor can find in the school is written by a student who writes about how their best friend was killed by a sniper and how the teachers told them to stay inside after school in order to avoid the shelling. Your survivor usually notes at the beginning of the stage that the school endured a direct attack.
** The radio updates usually tell players important things like weather conditions or material shortages, but they can also inform the player of the military striking civilians or evidence of mass graves being uncovered.
** Sniper Junction. Your survivor has to weave through rubble and hope like hell they don't get hit by the none too picky sniper shooting everything in sight.
** One of the potential events players can encounter in the Supermarket is a soldier who corners, beats, and rapes a young woman.

** The player can find a note in the Hospital that goes over casualty reports from a mortar strike. Grimly, the children's war was the heaviest hit, with a whopping 32 out of 34 killed. As if this wasn't stomach churning enough, the hospital has the potential to be shelled again, leaving doctors and patients alike in a shell shocked and despair fueled state.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Despite the game's anti-war motif, it didn't completely succeed at being an anti-war game as gameplay mechanics encouraged violence against evil targets as it would reward you well with a large stash of supplies for clearing out the place as well as the morale boost. However, killing bandits and soldiers ''does'' give a small amount of negative karma, potentially resulting in a bad ending for the survivor who did it.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Pavle's name is mispronounced very frequently by western players.

*** Marin had his home hit by a Molotov Cocktail, killing his wife painfully.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
** The sounds of food being eaten and bandages being tied. You quickly come to fall in love with them.
** The sounds of soldiers or bandits dying by your hand are immensely satisfying.
* {{Narm}}:
** The animation scavengers perform upon returning to the shelter makes it look like they're fanning away a fart.
** Additionally, a possibility when your shelter is attacked. The attackers will take ''any'' kind of supplies pretty much at random.... which makes it possible to have your home raided in the dead of winter and your precious supply of ''snow'' stolen.
** Peaceful survivors may initiate conversation with yours when approached. For some reason, however, they seem ''really'' determined to continue following your scavenger everywhere until they complete their conversation like chatty [[Film/TheTerminator Terminators]]. This includes when your scavenger's hopping on the roof, or jumping on ledges to search for things.
** Players can upload any image for a survivor's profile picture. ''Anything''.
%%** Most of the survivor's stories are well-written and adds to the atmosphere and emotional impact of the story. Marin worrying about a child missing his plastic toy while there is a war going on in the city, is beyond cheesy and into narm territory.

* MemeticMutation: '''Franko for President!''' has become a popular joke cry for those playing the game, as many sees him as a savior who buys VendorTrash in exchange for valuable supplies which is of much help early-game.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The general anti-war message isn't exactly subtle. Granted, any realistic depiction of civilians captured between warring parties in a civil war would almost inevitably be perceived as anti-war. Toning down the horrors the civilians are exposed to to avoid an anti-war message would definitely not have improved the game.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: Despite the game's anti-war motif, it didn't completely succeed at being an anti-war game as gameplay mechanics encouraged violence against evil targets as it would reward you well with a large stash of supplies for clearing out the place as well as the morale boost.

* {{Narm}}: The animation scavengers perform upon returning to the shelter makes it look like they're fanning away a fart.
** Additionally, a possibility when your shelter is attacked. The attackers will take supplies pretty much at random.... which makes it possible to have your home raided in the dead of winter and your precious supply of snow stolen.
** Peaceful survivors may initiate conversation with yours when approached. They'll continue following your scavenger until they complete their conversation. This includes when your scavenger's hopping on the roof, or jumping on ledges to search for things. They ''really'' want to talk. This is especially noticeable with the woman at the supermarket during repeat visits who talks about another woman's encounter with a drunken soldier/predator on the first visit.

** Most of the survivor's stories are well-written and adds to the atmosphere and emotional impact of the story. Marin worrying about a child missing his plastic toy while there is a war going on in the city, is beyond cheesy and into narm territory.

* MemeticMutation: '''Franko for President!''' has become a popular joke cry for those playing the game, as many sees him as a savior who buys VendorTrash in exchange for valuable supplies which is of much help early-game.M

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Roman. Some players find him one of the most useful characters in the game, being able to defend the shelter the most effectively and being the best candidate for killing bandits and soldiers. Others are turned off by his destructive attitude when he's depressed, resulting in unnecessary injuries amongst his peers.

** Marko, Roman, Katia and Bruno are at the top (since their abilities are so handy and universal), Marin, Boris, and Arica are high tier (Marin's good for shelter development, Arica's good for stealthy operations, and Boris is a good scavenger like Marko, but lacks speed), Zlata, Pavle and Christo are mid tier (the three of them have decent backpacks and fair stats and talents), Anton, Emilia, Henrik and Irina are low tier (Anton merely being better with animal traps, Emilia is simply emotionless, but yielding an average backpack, Henrik being better at making cigarettes, which may not be your desired commodity, and Irina grows vegetables faster, which is pretty much an end-game skill), and down at the very bottom is Cveta (with the [[SarcasmMode fantastic ability]] of being friendly to children).

** Marko is incredibly popular, likely for being the best scavenger in the game. The fact that he's a pretty good defender when he's not scavenging is a plus as well.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The sounds of food being eaten and bandages being tied. You quickly come to fall in love with them.

** Peaceful survivors may initiate conversation with yours when approached. They'll continue following your scavenger until they complete their conversation. This includes when your scavenger's hopping on the roof, or jumping on ledges to search for things. They ''really'' want to talk.

** Your character will feel guilty for stealing from others. Usually, [[YouBastard this works]] as most of the time you steal from people who either can't fight back or are simply defending their homes and doing nothing more. However, if you steal from the deserter soldiers who took a hostage that died from neglect, the game still tells you that your character feels guilty for stealing from these people. [[MoralMyopia Even though you don't feel guilty if you kill them all.]] Meaning that it's ok to kill them [[KickTheSonOfABitch because of the horrible things they're done]] but [[AndThatsTerrible taking their supplies after the fact is just crossing a line?]] What makes this utterly laughable is that your character will wonder if the people they stole from will have enough supplies to survive, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation even if the house you "stole" from is now uninhabited because you killed everyone in it.]] It's actually the result of a glitch that hasn't been fixed.
** After rescuing (or failing to rescue) the girl at the Supermarket, you'll be greeted by a woman who talks to you about how evil our supposed protectors are. This falls into narm territory when you try ignoring her but she keeps trying to follow you. She'll even chase you if you try to run.

** Introduced in Update 1.3 was a glitch that treated robbing bandits the same as robbing innocents, whether they be alive or dead (the Warehouse, Brothel, and Military Outpost are all immune). It would take a year for this bug to be fixed. The Hotel location ''still'' hasn't been fixed.

* ThatOneLevel: The Military Outpost, Brothel, and army-controlled Ruined Villa are considered the toughest levels to clear and scavenge. The Military Outpost and army Villa are infested with soldiers (and the Villa doesn't have much space to hide, maneuver, and trap enemies) while the Brothel is huge and full of dangerous thugs. The staircase in the Brothel leaves one open to some danger.

* MemeticMutation: '''Franko for President!''' has become a popular joke cry for those playing the game, as many sees him as a savior who buys VendorTrash in exchange for valuable supplies which is of much help early-game.
* MostAnnoyingSound: The humming of the children in your shelter can get old pretty fast.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Try playing the entire 45 days without a radio. Although the radio is useful, it is possible to go through the whole length of the game without even having one, by using alternative methods to gauge the environment, prioritizing equipment that allows for self-sustenance, being pre-emptively prepared for raids by patching the holes in the wall, reinforcing the door and getting some weapons as soon as possible, and some good ol' XanatosSpeedChess. Aside from that, if you fancy something much more challenging, there's the classic PacifistRun (usually coupled with StealthRun since bandits and the army both kill indiscriminately) , NoCasualtiesRun (or if you want to up the ante, a NoDamageRun), or even a HundredPercentCompletion run (which usually means mercilessly slaughtering everyone in your way indiscriminately).

** Your character will feel guilty for stealing from others. Usually, [[YouBastard this works]] as most of the time you steal from people who either can't fight back or are simply defending their homes and doing nothing more. However, if you steal from the deserter soldiers who took a hostage that died from neglect, the game still tells you that your character feels guilty for stealing from these people. [[MoralMyopia Even though you don't feel guilty if you kill them all.]] Meaning that it's ok to kill them [[KickTheSonOfABitch because of the horrible things they're done]] but [[AndThatsTerrible taking their supplies after the fact is just crossing a line?]] What makes this utterly laughable is that your character will wonder if the people they stole from will have enough supplies to survive, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation even if the house you "stole" from is now uninhabited because you killed everyone in it.]]

* MostWonderfulSound: The sounds of food being eaten and bandages being tied. You quickly come to fall in love with them.

** Your character will feel guilty for stealing from others. Usually, [[YouBastard this works]] as most of the time you steal from people who either can't fight back or are simply defending their homes and doing nothing more. However, if you steal from the deserter soldiers who took a hostage that died from neglect, the game still tells you that your character feels guilty for stealing from these people. [[MoralMyopia Even though you don't feel guilty if you kill them all.]] Meaning that it's ok to kill them [[KickTheSonOfABitch because of the horrible things they're done]] but [[AndThatsTerrible taking their supplies after the fact is just crossing a line?]] What makes this utterly laughable is that your character will wonder if the people they stole from will have enough supplies to survive, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation even if the house you "stole" from is now uninhabited because you killed everyone in it.]]

** Introduced in Update 1.3 was a glitch that treated robbing bandits the same as robbing innocents, whether they be alive or dead (the Warehouse, Brothel, and Military Outpost are all immune). It would take a year for this bug to be fixed.

* TierInducedScrappy: Cveta, who has a small backpack and a nigh-useless ability. Even Anton is more useful than her (as Anton can at least use animal traps better). Cveta even lampshades it in her diary entries.

** Your character will feel guilty for stealing from others. Usually, [[YouBastard this works]] as most of the time you steal from people who either can't fight back or are simply defending their homes and doing nothing more. However, if you steal from the deserter soldiers who took a hostage that died from neglect, the game still tells you that your character feels guilty for stealing from these people. [[MoralMyopia Even though you don't feel guilty if you kill them all.]] Meaning that it's ok to kill them [[KickTheSonOfABitch because of the horrible things they're done]] but [[AndThatsTerrible taking their supplies after the fact is just crossing a line?]] What makes this utterly laughable is that your character will wonder if the people they stole from will have enough supplies to survive, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation even if the house you "stole" from is now uninhabitable because you killed everyone in it.]]