Crypto Is Dead

I want to like this game, I really do. For the size of the game and the 2 hours I put in upon writing this I feel I have enough time spent to see the problems, so let me list them as Pro's and Con's. [u] Pro's: [/u] [list] [*]I get a huge Papers Please vibe from this and that can be a good thing to some, as some people like work simulations and feel they can have fun doing such thing without real life problems. [*]The challenge aspect is nice, you start off generally putting out lot's of notes and overtime it gets more busier and you see yourself putting less out there, I suck at numbers and letters so I'm really slow but I don't find myself bankrupted. [*]The notes and all features of them are random, so one game you can have bird on a 10, next time can be a house. Or date of publish be different, this is both a Pro and Con as I'll explain. [/list] [u] Con's [/u] [*]The tutorial in this game is pretty useless, it teaches you basically how to work your User-Interface but after that you got to self teach everything and majority of that time I find (Through sheer amount of new games) you will close store a lot trying to figure it out. I would've preferred instead of teaching me how to open a book (which that is it) teach me how to work the first note, tell me about the number positions, borders, etc or just have each tool in future have a tutorial. We get little time during a day and majority is spent learning so we lose cash. [*]The Con in my last pro. The random note types can be a pain to learn, especially when learning cause tutorial don't teach anything. So you're getting hang of it, figured out that 10 has birds etc you get a game over or start over. Suddenly it's all different, borders ain't same, numbers different position. And some colours change etc, it's still a pro. But I feel if you want a enjoyable experience and having us figure it out in this world (Wherever it takes place in) the notes should really be the same. So I don't get frustrated instead of enjoying from constantly playing instead of learning over and over each fail. [*]The stamp placements, my GOD those things are literal game overs. You get your earliest tool (Recommended at least) you are reading digits, figuring it out you're doing well then all of a sudden. Big red stamp on your digits making it unreadable, you now have to take a gamble instead of figure it out. Cause you got limited time, you can't spend forever figuring out if that 3 is a 2 or a 8 because of the stamp on the digits. So you pray to god and hit deny. BAM closed for declining correct note. It's frustrating I have had numerous unfair game overs due to this. [*]All future tools won't be explained correctly, that's okay you figure it out that's the point. But Let's say a tool being the scale, you weigh the notes, it's heavier than it should be, but do you decline it or accept it. It isn't underweight so surely it is safe... RIGHT. WRONG, the book for the gadget doesn't explain if it's okay to be over or under, or needing to be precise. It just tells you it's weight nothing else, so that's one of many tools that get similar treatment in unfair explanation. What they should of done is having just a couple of extra line sentences underneath merely saying "Anything over weight should be declined, underweight is acceptable" or something along that line. Just figuring out how to use a tool is different than figuring out the correct method to the tools. Anyone can put a note on a pad, but figuring out without risking errors that should've been explained ain't the players fault. [*]No story. That's it, there just isn't one. No interactions, no reasons as to why you work at a bank. You don't even see another human walk past your window (pointless blind purchase). That's what made papers good, story and characters. [u] Summary [/u] I know I rambled about the unfair state or learning curve being harsh or pretty much unforgiving. But these are things that ruin fun out of a game, and a game with no story to it and is just purely a mini game with so many problems is just un-enjoyable and will drop fast. If it gets updated with fixes to keep red stamps off the digits and to give a better explanation at the very LEAST. I may continue the game again and try to beat it. But I hit my breaking point with it now.