(this is a still from the PAX East'19 WARSAW coverage reel we were showing at our booth)
The 7-part coverage of WARSAW’s Announcement comes to closing today. And what better way to round it up than with a handful of excerpts taken from various publications that covered the game’s announcement. Reading the past six parts you should have a pretty good idea of what we were going for. Now you can see how it worked out.
Tomorrow (or – depending on your time zone – still today) we will be starting a new 7-part piece. This one will focus on… Just check back here and see for yourself.
The order of the below excerpts is as they show in the google search. Some edits to the helpful google translate were in order to make things a bit more clear. And these are just a selected few of the stories than sprang after the GameSpot announcement.
US
https://screenrant.com/warsaw-reveal-trailer-emotional-tactical-rpg/
“(WARSAW) does show is the kind of horrors and heartbreaks associated with World War 2, and it doesn't shy away from emotional reveals.”
US
https://www.indiegamewebsite.com/2019/02/28/the-warsaw-announcement-trailer-will-give-you-chills/
“The Warsaw announcement trailer will give you chills”
US
https://pureplaystation.com/warsaw-unites-an-rpg-tactics-and-strong-emotions-in-announcement-trailer/2019/02/
“I’m always telling you (bullying really) to watch the trailers I post, but you would be cheating yourself if you ignored the announcement trailer for WARSAW. It’s heavy, but it’s really effective. (…). Announced today, WARSAW is a tactical RPG set in 1944 as a group of people tries to oust the Nazis from their homeland of Poland.”
US
https://www.dualshockers.com/warsaw-announcement-trailer/
“(…) we do get to see a wonderful looking animation that was created by Human Ark and features a song by Polish singer Brodka. The trailer introduces the setting as the 28th day of the uprising and shows a battle breaking out as a female character runs through beaten down streets amongst gunfire.”
RUSSIA
https://www.igromania.ru/news/81109/Avtory_Regalia_anonsirovali_Warsaw_igru_o_Varshavskom_vosstanii.html
“We are waiting for participation in the events of 1944, in the legendary Warsaw Uprising. This is one of the most tragic pages of the history of World War II for Poland(…)”
CZECH REPUBLIC
https://www.idnes.cz/hry/novinky/warsaw-hra-pixelated-milk.A190228_075220_bw-novinky_srp
“As commander of the guerrilla group, you have the task of liberating Warsaw from the Nazi occupiers.”
GERMANY
https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/warsaw-darkest-dungeon-zweiter-weltkrieg,3341206.html
“Warsaw is an artfully designed role-playing game with an unusual theme: In Nazi-occupied Warsaw you fight as a Polish resistance for freedom.”
FRANCE
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/videos/1009299/warsaw-un-tactical-rpg-dans-la-veine-de-darkest-dungeon.htm
“WARSAW will immerse us in the context of the Second World War alongside a group of Polish resistance fighters (…)”
SPAIN
https://areajugones.sport.es/videojuegos/anunciado-warsaw-un-juego-que-mezcla-rpg-y-estrategia-en-la-segunda-guerra-mundial/
“(…) a city devastated by World War II and where real events of the conflict will be told in 1944, with the mechanics of RPG and strategy. It seems that he will want to tell a fairly adult and mature story about the drama of war”
ITALY
https://www.thegamesmachine.it/news-videogiochi-pc-ps4-xbox-wii-u-app/127393/warsaw-rpg-tattico-pc-ps4-switch/
“(…) a fascinating and heartbreaking Warsaw trailer, a new tactical role-playing game (…).Set during the famous Warsaw Uprising, the rebellion of the Polish people bloodily suppressed by the Nazis in 1944 which led to the complete destruction of the city(...)”
FINLAND
https://pelaaja.fi/uutiset/toiseen-maailmansotaan-sijoittuva-taktinen-roolipeli-warsaw-julkistettiin-nayttavan
“(…) combines beautiful visuals with the ugliness of war. Set in the uprising of Poland in 1944, the game tells the story of love, loyalty, friendship and adversity as the protagonists try to conquer their country from the Nazis.”
JAPAN
https://www.4gamer.net/games/451/G045129/20190228040/
“(…)the theme of Warsaw invasion by German troops in World War II”