Played a Game with the Taste of a Movie - Partisans 1941 Review

The Wehrmacht started an unexpected war against the Soviets in 1941 with Operation Barbarossa. In the first weeks of the war, it made such rapid progress that some German generals made unfortunate statements that the war had already been won. If we count the things they do not count, everyone will think of the Russian winter. There are also the partisans who have made this winter more unbearable, causing constant problems in the supply lines of the German armies and constantly threatening German internal security.

In this story, you leave your homes that have joined the enemy's lands and act to contribute to this great war rather than at the mercy of the enemy. You will try to survive, find other partisans and move together.

Multiple Character Management

Partisans 1941 is a high-camera-eye tactical game that lets you steer a group of partisans. Commander Zorin teaches you the game in the first part. After doing a few things with Zorin, you reach the main road and meet a few more partisan friends. After the conversation between you, you act as 3 people for another task.

The game may get a little more complicated at this point, but calmly and patiently divide your inventory with other partisans as needed. The reason for this is obvious, the other two people are also acting under your direction. You can decide what to move more than one person by looking at the tactical map.

Watch Out for Sound Waves!

In Partisans 1941, there is a surplus that I really like compared to many other games, sensitivity to sound! When we examine similar games, you can even throw a party if you are not in sight of the enemy soldier, but in Partisans, the sensitivity of the enemy soldiers to sound is also in question. You can use a bush to hide in the game, you can move in the bush, but if you have an enemy soldier right next to you, you have to do this very slowly because the enemy detects the sound coming from the bush. You understand this by a yellow exclamation mark above the enemy's head.

Another noticeable feature is the ability to distract the enemy. You can do this with a stone or with a bottle of water. A group of enemy soldiers are on guard at the point you pass and they do not allow you to pass. Throw a stone in the direction you want them to look at and go to the point you want to go from behind while the enemy soldiers look at that point. Or put a water bottle in a spot where enemy soldiers can see it, and make your move again when the thirsty soldiers move to get that water. The distraction with the water bottle is unreal in my opinion. Therefore, I liked the use of stones more.

Prepare for Hot Shoot

Of course, you cannot escape from the enemy soldiers in every operation. Sometimes you have to kill them. For this, hot conflict may be required. Here, a machine gun, a gun or a knife will do the trick. I liked using knives more because it does not emit a sound wave and other enemy soldiers continue their routine while you take care of you. The use of firearms poses the risk of multiple hot confrontations, and I recommend that you do not use it except when it is most necessary. Besides, you should not just leave the enemy soldiers you killed in the middle because you can be seen by any sentry and you can hear the alarm sounds. To prevent this, load the bodies and hide them in a bush.

In Patisans 1941, your inventory starts almost empty. As you progress in the missions, you will find very necessary but very limited materials such as bread, water, first aid materials, guns, bullets that you can add to your inventory from inside houses, chests, and secret compartments, depending on your location. When you spend, you should be very cautious and needy.

Build Your Talent Tree

Of course, Commander Zorin and his friends do not act with the intuition that came down from the sky. Partisans 1941 has a talent tree for the characters. You can use the skill points you earn as you succeed in the operation to improve your characters' abilities. In my own game, I gave our main character Zorin melee skills because I like using knives.

I added using machine guns for Comrade Fetisov, and for Sanek, disguise and silent movement, abilities that we can infiltrate more into the enemy. The purpose of this is to ensure that all the characters we manage have a different feature and that any character can adapt to the conditions of the moment according to the conditions of the moment. Of course, you can turn to different abilities according to your own game understanding.

"Partisans 1941 is a game like a movie"

Partisans 1941, which you can buy on Steam. The game has an English voiceover, but I played with a Russian voiceover for realism. In the system requirements, 8 GB of RAM is shown as a minimum. This can tire your system. If possible, play the game with 16GB of RAM. Although I do not look positively at the games from above, Partisans 1941 managed to be a game that attracted me with its story content. It is a game that I can recommend to anyone who is interested in the history of the Second World War, knows the Tiger 131, or is interested in armored vehicle museums. As it is a story-based single player game, it is a movie-like experience that will not distract you from your work.