Bystander

I got this free from Keymailer and tried it for a First Impressions video. Immediate red flags went up when I saw the art style was so similar to Papers, Please; an amazing game. As far as I can tell, the developers of this game are totally unconnected to Lucas Pope, the maker of Papers, Please. Also the premises are very similar. Also also the mechanics are functionally identical. I normally play for an hour for my First Impressions, but after only half an hour I was at my limit. I know that this game is in early access, but everything it does Papers, Please did better and the way Bystander does it is sloppy and poorly-designed. I would give the game the benefit of the doubt that it'd improve with development, but it is offering absolutely nothing that you cannot get right now from Papers, Please. Saying much more would just be beating a dead horse, so I'll leave it there. If you fancy seeing me endure the first half hour, here's a link to my video: https://youtu.be/2Go69z7uHrM

Как продолжатель Papers, Please игра заслуживает внимания. И сама идея мне понравится. НО! Минусы: 1) Есть баги, когда задания просто не печатаются. (Для временного исправления следует выйти в главное меню). 2) Печать может не работать. 3) Пока игра проходиться за 1 час. 4) 129 руб. со скидкой 109 руб. много за такую игру. Максимум (50-80 руб). P.S. Развивайте игру. Идея классная. As the successor Papers, Please the game deserves attention. And the idea I like. BUT! Cons: 1) There are bugs when jobs just do not print. (For a temporary repair, you should go to the main menu). 2) the Seal may not work. 3) Until the game runs for 1 hour. 4) 129 RUB with a discount of RUB 109 lot for this game. High (50-80 rubles). P. S. great game. The idea is cool.

When 'Papers, Please' goes online. The game is similar. You make a judgement on the item based on the state regulation and/or some task given to you. The game is really in early stage but foundation of game mechanic is already laid and can be expanded for more challenge. The US$5 & under price tag is fair enough for this early game. I already have the gameplay videos uploaded, you guys make a choice to buy or not. I wish I could choose 'neither' recommend this game, the game is not bad or good for me given its current version. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2dyX3SxPgukmvyL31uQNpfXtaeVXNV3R EDIT1: Decided to change this to "not recommended" due to uncertain future development of this game.

Отвратительно много багов 1)Если на 1-ом уровне получу штраф мне пишет что баланс -75 2)Часто на штрафах написано обаслютно другое что было в сообщении

*Sigh* This game was just tiring. I wouldn't come to say it was a complete rip off of Paper's Please, but it was a very similar game but just worse. Mainly to the point that I played, at most, 10 minutes, I saw multiple repeats of the same messages, and the only updates were legislation, unlike in Papers, Please where you got new rules and new tools almost every day. I won't completely judge the game since I haven't played it the entire way through, but it's just not very good. Plain and simple.

DONT GET THIS. When you mark something as expired, the game doesnt work. Overall, this game feels kinda fun, but some elements feel bootleg and bad. For 7 more dollars, get an actual game, Papers, Please.

When I first bought this game months ago when it was still in early access, I was expecting an interesting game about government censorship in the same style as Paper's Please. Overall the gameplay is similar, but the game is clearly filled with bugs, even months after it exited early access. There are multiple messages that should be marked as "Guity" because they violate the set rules you're given at the time, but the game will still penalize you because it doesn't fit the exact definition of whatever rule that is supposed to apply to it, then other's should be marked as "Clear", but the game, again, will penalize you for not knowing the exact definition of the rule that should apply to it. There's one message that straight up said "F**k this government!" in it and I marked it as guilty because it clearly violated the game's rule of "Negative expression towards the government or authority", but the game penalized me anyway for reasons of something like "The message fell under the topic of 'revolution' not anti-government". The game is straight up broken and doesn't follow its own rules! The game also doesn't have that much variety with the messages you have to judge, I've seen constant repeats of messages that I've seen in just the first 3 levels. Some of the messages aren't even in the right language you have set, so you can't even tell what they say to judge them properly! It honestly saddens me that the game is such a wasted effort, this could have been a really cool game about internet censorship or something, especially since Net Neutrality is such a hot topic right now. But it seems the developers just made a cookie cutter basic dystopian type game that mimics Paper's Please (A much better game worth your money), that doesn't even work as it should, and thus is extremely not fun to play! If you want a better game that touches on government censorship of the internet, with an interesting story to boot, I recommend getting Orwell over this! That game has much more interesting mechanics and takes better advantage of what it's trying to do than Bystander does.

Издеваетесь? За это еще деньги плати? Я дальше второй миссии пройти то не могу, просто зависает игра после подсчета зарплаты. Логика автора по поводу штрафов за письма весьма странная, если люди общаются о том, что передадут гранаты и патроны друг другу, когда я ставлю печать виновен на этом письме в подозрении на терроризм, мне штраф выносят мол обычное письмо. Приходит письмо о том, что взрывчатку доставят во время, выношу приговор ВИНОВЕН, прилетает штраф...В игре просто глюк произошел и она перепутала письма просто на просто. Короче возврат средств, ожидание патчей и доступа на торренте. Сохранения кстати тоже не работают.

ну это как пеперс плиз но четь четь хуже лучше не берите нет тут сюжета ребята так что проходите мимо

It's said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. However this may look like 'Papers Please', it's not as well designed. As a matter of fact it is a far cry from the type of game that this one tries to emulate.