Papers Please

[Stealhead]

Any one try Papers Please yet? Pretty neat little game I picked it up form GoG the other night.

The basic premise is that you are a customs agent in a communist dystopia(or is it a utopia) and you must check entrants documents and either allow them entry into the country or deny them.You get a rule book which list every nation (pretend ones) and the cities which can issue passports and other documents.Then based on this information and other requirements that can change form day to day you take their passport and stamp it one way or another.

You have a lot of tools to use for example if they have no passport you can ask them why they do not have one sometimes they forget to hand it to you.If the person looks different from the photo you can give the a finger print slip and then compare prints to the ones registered.There is even a note pad that records the Q&A so you can review (after a while you have several things to check). If you make a mistake and bar a person who should be allowed or person who should be deported you get only tow breaks after that is a fine each time and your pay is lousy and based on how many people enter you booth.

you have to be on the ball as you play little things can be off for example a misspelled name or a differing photo and sometimes you get a person where it is hard to tell if they are male or female you can ask but sometimes they are lying and sex is an error meaning a forged document other times they are not.

And the things people say to you when deny them or just in general conversation are quite humorous.Every so often a nice young lady will walk in and along with her papers she gives a hand add for her uh place of business and she'll say "stop by some time I go by Ana there".I had one who was from another country and had work permit on the permit it said she was in "food services" but she gave me the hand add I let her go anyway.

Where the game gets interesting is the choices you make.Do you allow a husband who does not have the proper permission pass because you just saw his wife who asked you to let her husband slide or do you follow the rules.Kind of fun that way the choices you get to make be a Nazi or be a saint even if it costs you money.If you are very OCD you can take the time to align the visa space perfectly with the stamp machine.

At the end of each day you see your budget and the condition of your family you can choose to for go paying for heat or food of course this means that your family might get sick and then you must buy them medicine or allow them to die.You can get away without heat for a day if you pay for it the next day This makes the game more stressful because you must try to get as many people through your booth as you can in a day while still avoiding fines for errors so if you plan on being merciful to someone you can make that the only mistake of the day sometimes they bribe you a few coin but only enough to come out ahead if you have no fines.

Anyway very fun and unique game.It is much more fun as you play it i was a bit intrigued reading about but had my doubts as to how enjoyable it would be turns out that it is very enjoyable.And very good way to keep your brain working attention to detail I hate when I miss an expired date.

http://www.gog.com/game/papers_please

[Sailor Steve]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=Papers+Please

[Stealhead]

Sorry.It was not in the top there pages I went though them.

Right up your alley though this game.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Sorry.It was not in the top there pages I went though them.

Not a problem. Sorry I didn't have more to say about it.

Right up your alley though this game.

You think so? I don't know one way or the other. I usually stick with games involving machinery. I like ships, planes and cars, and that's about it, though I have tried a little bit of every genre at one time or another.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I haven't checked back on the original thread but I think there was a free demo and it was fun, much more fun than you could possibly convey with just a description of the game, check paperwork and allow or deny access to your country!

Edit - no free demo, seems it was a free download for a short period. Damnit - I've just realised I had it at work, but now I don't have work.

[Stealhead]

Seems that there was free beta at one point and time.

@SailorSteve hey no ill feelings were felt just having a little fun.It does have a mechanical aspect to it lining up the visa space and stamping it.
Oh it has technology as well you can use a body scanner and look for hidden contraband.

[Oberon]

[Red October1984]

Sounds kind of interesting...

Does the demo/beta version exist anymore?

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Sounds kind of interesting...

Does the demo/beta version exist anymore?

No.Normally it goes for $9.99 I bought it from GOG for $4.99 and right now Steam sells it for $6.99.The GOG price was just a random deal if you are a member during their "DRM Free" sale you have three boxes with a game you pick the one you want and you get a deal only lasts one day though.Now Papers Please is $6.66 mark of the deal.

Just posted a funny screenie over in the screen shots thread.

[Penguin]

You can find the beta on the creator's homepage. Afair it is limited to 3 days and not all features are included, but it gives you a pretty good impression of the game.
Also check out the other 2 free games on the page, they're short but also fun and unique.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Penguin

You can find the beta on the creator's homepage. Afair it is limited to 3 days and not all features are included, but it gives you a pretty good impression of the game.
Also check out the other 2 free games on the page, they're short but also fun and unique.

Ah I did not know that well it was a good impulse buy for me.

Oh and try that Cobrastan is a real country! rubbish at my booth and I'll stamp denied on your passport so hard it will blow your hair back......unless you give me a decent bribe.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

Oh and try that Cobrastan is a real country! rubbish at my booth and I'll stamp denied on your passport so hard it will blow your hair back......unless you give me a decent bribe.

Ha, got ye!

This test was. First me thought you are good citizen of glorious Arstotzka, but taking bribe is worse than being Kolechia scum. As good citizen I report you with CIAA (Clandestine Internet Agency of Arstotzka). For reward me and family can finally move to luxury class 14 home where we have running water 3 times a week when raining. Thank you for making life better for me!

[Valantine]

It is quite good fun as a little side game with a rather oppressive soviet feel from the music, the low graphics and of course the actual gameplay's ever increasingly difficult demands on your actions makes it feel like a proper "old style" game where you simply can't win: it just gets harder until you inevitably get a kick in the nuts!

I start to find the game challenging when it starts throwing in the odd un-noticeable misspelling in some arsehat town in some armpit country like Republia! But there are a lot of entertaining "characters" that find themselves in front of your booth! Ah Jorji Costava - where are you from today my friend? Is that a passport made from duct tape, a spoon and a paper towel?

Lots of different endings (20-25 in total depending if you count the "death" endings) and lots of replayability.

If you can pick it up cheap in a steam sale I'd certainly recommend it!
V

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Penguin

Ha, got ye!

This test was. First me thought you are good citizen of glorious Arstotzka, but taking bribe is worse than being Kolechia scum. As good citizen I report you with CIAA (Clandestine Internet Agency of Arstotzka). For reward me and family can finally move to luxury class 14 home where we have running water 3 times a week when raining. Thank you for making life better for me!

CAPITALIST KOLECHIEN! Reporting citizens to the CIAA for personal gain, instead of for the glory of Arstotzka, is strictly forbidden! You will be accordingly punished! I here by demote you and your family to class 5 home! It has warm running water all the time, which comes heated directly from our ultra-modern ultra-efficient nuclear reactor! I also fine you $50! The traitor Penguin will be summarily shot at dawn for being caught offering to take bribes! ALL GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA! Never fear citizens! We are watching! Always...

[Oberon]

Everything is well in here, gentlemen?