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Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
OpenCritic64IGDB61Metacritic
Jack Boyd, beloved police chief of Freeburg, has 180 days before he's forced to retire. But Jack won't be going out quietly. Over the next six months, he'll be going all out to fulfill a dream: earn half a million dollars, any way he can.
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Dark, overwhelming, contemplative and plot-driven.
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TelegraphSep 20165/5 starsPlaying through This Is The Police made me think about morality, bigotry and oppression more than any other video game
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TwinfiniteChaz MillerAug 20165/5All things being equal, I’m hard-pressed to think of a game that more exceeded my expectations than This is the Police. A fully-formed, engaging story that’s tied together underneath a solid and demanding simulator game is certainly something I’ve never seen before, and it’s all handled excellently.
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PS3Blog.netNov 201790/100This Is the Police is one of the best simulators I have played this year: it's engaging, fun, and it never gets boring. It's the perfect game to play in handheld mode since it's a release you will want to play at all times. Download the game today!
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Kill ScreenBrent AblesJul 201630/100For the ultimate failure of This Is the Police is that it makes everyone culpable but the police.
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DestructoidCaitlin CookeJul 20164/10This is the Police presents situations that aren’t deep enough to invoke social commentary, yet it still takes the opportunity to arbitrarily throw them out in the open. It’s missing key storytelling elements that allow for that kind of messaging, and in the mundane yet slur-sprinkled missions those ideas fall apart. However with its interesting gameplay mechanics, pretty packaging, and plans for a sandbox mode it has a lot of future promise which I hope they deliver on.
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IGDB rating 6.5/10 from 131 ratings.
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