Svoboda 1945: Liberation

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Attentat 1942
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Developer(s) Charles Games
Platform(s) Macintosh, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS,
Release
  • WW: August 3, 2021
Genre(s) Adventure, Educational

Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a 2021 Czech point-and-click adventure game. It is sequel to Attentat 1942. 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

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 itself hasn't changed much from the previous installment. The player asks questions to witnesses of past events and slowly unravels the story. [3]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Kouba, Jan (7 August 2021). "RECENZE: Hra Svoboda 1945 zpracovává jedno z nejtěžších období našich dějin". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. Jarocký, Daniel (3 August 2021). "Recenze Svoboda 1945 - emocemi nabitý příběh z naší historie". Zing (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.