History VideoGame / WarOfRights

* DiegeticInterface: The game features a minimal HUD that can be switched off almost entirely. Aside from a separate map display and a compass, this also extends to how you have limited stamina and aiming down your firearm's sights is required to fire at all. Moreover, the in-game voice system works such that you could ''only'' hear those who are relatively close-by, making coordination and unit cohesion all the more relevant.

* FogOfWar: None in the conventional sense, but gunfire (especially after multiple musket volleys) can leave behind so much smoke that it easily obscures vision both for your side and the enemy's. This opens up valuable leeway to either sneak up or retreat to a more advantageous position.

* AllOrNothingReloads: Thoroughly defied. Reloading a weapon, whether it's a musket, breech-loading rifle or revolver, is a time-dependent risk and requires you to finish the entire procedure (with muskets taking the longest) before being ready to fire. This can become harrowing when confronting an enemy line and ''especially'' when said enemies are charging right at you.

* GlassCannon: Usually positioned safely behind the frontlines, artillery can deliver devastating cannonades on enemy positions and with grapeshot, can serve as large shotguns in a pinch to whittle down advancing troops. On other hand, they take time to set up, while their crews have little more than [[EmergencyWeapon short swords]] for defense, making them especially vulnerable to charges if timed right.

** How the Battle of Antietam is portrayed in the narration. Though a Union victory that helped lead to the Emancipation Proclamation, it came a tremendous cost, being witness to the bloodiest single day on American soil, while General Lee and the Confederates would go on to fight another day.

* BigBadassBattleSequence: So far, ''War of Rights'' features three pivotal battles from the Maryland campaign (Harper's Ferry, South Mountain, and Antietam). These, however, are ''so'' sweeping in scale that the game splits them up into multiple playable maps showing different phases and mini-theaters of said battles.

* ShortRangeShotgun: Downplayed. Infantrymen can use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_and_ball buck and ball ammunition]] to turn their muskets and rifles into impromptu shotguns. While still somewhat effective at longer distances, though not as much as standard rounds, they're especially lethal in close-quarters.

* BigBadassBattleSequence: So far, ''War of Rights'' technically features three pivotal battles from the Maryland campaign (Harper's Ferry, South Mountain, and Antietam). These, however, are ''so'' sweeping in scale that the game splits them up into multiple playable maps showing different phases and mini-theaters of said battles.

* AllOrNothingReloads: Thoroughly defied. Reloading a weapon, whether it's a musket, breech-loading rifle or revolver, takes considerable time and require you to finish the entire procedure (with muskets taking the longest) before being able to fire. This can become harrowing when confronting an enemy line and ''especially'' when said enemies are charging right at you.

* HeroicSecondWind: Even if the enemy (or coincidentally your side) is demoralized or severely on the backfoot, it's still possible for them to rally once more to turn the tide.

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Officers are equipped with revolvers, which provide considerable short-range firepower and multiple shots before having to be reloaded.

* UrbanWarfare: Many of the Harper's Ferry maps take place around homesteads, ruined structures and narrow town streets, which lend themselves more to close-quarters fighting.

* FogOfWar: None in the conventional sense, but gunfire (especially after multiple musket volleys) can leave behind so much smoke that it easily obscures vision both for your side and the enemy's.
* GlassCannon: Usually positioned safely behind the frontlines, artillery can deliver devastating cannonades on enemy positions and with grapeshot, can serve as large shotguns in a pinch to whittle down advancing troops. On other hand, they take time to set up, while their crews are generally unarmed, making them especially vulnerable to charges if timed right.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: ''War of Rights'' is notably challenging for newcomers. Anyone trying to "lone wolf" an enemy force or otherwise cheese through a match like an average multiplayer shooter will find out the hard way that the game's attention to detail extends to replicating the Civil War experience as much as possible.

* ShortRangeShotgun: Downplayed. Infantrymen can use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_and_ball buck and ball ammunition]] to turn their muskets and rifles into makeshift shotgun, reducing their effective range but making them much more lethal in close-quarters.

* EmergencyWeapon: Artillery crews are armed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_1832_foot_artillery_sword short swords]] for close-quarters defense.

* EdutainmentGame: The introductions and outros for the various maps include detailed narration explaining the historical context or the significance of the people involved.

* OneHitPointWonder: Gunfire and melee attacks will usually kill you if even just a single one connects. The ones that ''don't'', meanwhile, tend to put you within an inch of death anyway.
* ShellShockSilence: Being in close proximity to an artillery barrage or simply standing too close to a cannon firing will severely disorient you for a few seconds, causing most audio to drown out and your vision to be heavily muted.

* DiegeticInterface: The game features a minimal HUD that can be switched off almost entirely. Aside from a separate map display and a compass, this also extends to how you have to aim down your firearm's sights in order to fire at all. Moreover, the in-game voice system works such that you could ''only'' hear those who are relatively close-by, making coordination and unit cohesion all the more relevant.

* OneHitPointWonder: Gunfire and melee attacks ''will'' kill you if even just a single one connects.

''War of Rights'' is a multiplayer first-person shooter being developed and published by Danish company Campfire Games.

* SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome: ''War of Rights'' is notably challenging for newcomers. Anyone trying to "lone wolf" an enemy force or otherwise cheese through a match like an average multiplayer shooter will find out the hard way that the game's attention to detail extends to replicating the Civil War experience as much as possible.

* NintendoHard: ''War of Rights'' is notably challenging for newcomers, be it the slow reloading speeds or how easy it is to die if they're not careful.