Svoboda 1945: Liberation
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| Developer(s) | Charles Games |
| Platform(s) | Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure, Educational |
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a 2021 Czech point-and-click adventure game. It is the sequel to Attentat 1942 (2017) and was the first game developed by Charles Games, a subsidiary ofCharles University. The game tells the story of the end of World War II and the subsequent displacement of the German population from the perspective of people who experienced the events. The game is based on film interviews, interactive comics and authentic footage. The characters in the game and their stories are fictional, but they were created based on historical research and contemporary testimonies.[1]
Gameplay
[edit]Svoboda 1945 is a point-and-click adventure game in which the player finds himself in the role of a preservationist who was sent to the village Svoboda to evaluate the historical value of the old school. A local businessman seeks to demolish the school and bought the land on which the school is located. However, a memorialist finds a photo of his grandfather in the attic and begins to search for the history of the place while trying to fight the entrepreneurial Mammon.[2] The gameplay is largely unchanged from Attentat 1942, with the player asking questions to witnesses of past events in order to slowly unravel the story.[3]
Reception
[edit]At the 2021 Czech Game of the Year Awards, Svoboda 1945: Liberation won the Czech game of the year award.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Sedláček, Vojtěch (3 August 2021). "Vychází historická česká hra Svoboda 1945: Liberation. Obnažuje ostré střípky poválečných dějin pohraničí". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Kouba, Jan (7 August 2021). "RECENZE: Hra Svoboda 1945 zpracovává jedno z nejtěžších období našich dějin". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Jarocký, Daniel (3 August 2021). "Recenze Svoboda 1945 - emocemi nabitý příběh z naší historie". Zing (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Sulková, Kristýna (6 June 2022). "Cenu Česká hra roku 2021 získala Svoboda 1945". Vortex (in Czech). Vortex Media. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022.