🧠 OUT OF THE BOX

Краткое описание - Papers, please на минималках и в мультяшной рисовке. Геймплей - Предельно прост, будучи вышибалой - проверяем граждан на вход в ночной клуб: оцениваем внешний вид, сверяем дату рождения и степень алкогольного опьянения. В некоторые из дней всплывают дополнительные условия, наподобие проведения мероприятий или мини квесты от значимых персонажей. Также иногда приходится разбираться с буйными посетителями или разнимать драки. После вышеупомянутого симулятора пограничника игра кажется очень упрощенной, из-за чего быстро наскучивает. Сюжет - Как в криминальных сериалах. Относительно простой и предсказуемый, но следить за ним интеерсно. Аудио - Приятно подобранные саундтреки, отличительной чертой которых является подбор под проводимое мероприятие. В сюжетные моменты настроение также задается очень грамотно. Графика - Симпатичная рисовка и милые персонажи. Итог - Пару вечеров поработать вышибалой и последить за криминальным сериалом - вполне неплохо. 6 детей с поддельными документами из 10

Repetitive slog, so repetitive, did I mention that this game is repetive². Save your money and get an enjoyable game instead. My rating 4/10, not recommended.

🧠 OUT OF THE BOX is a mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs. This mobile app is essentially a ripoff of Papers Please, except instead of the dour pixel/text interface + Orwellian theme, we have instead the colourful, cartoony Orwellian night club bouncer theme. There's a background narrative, just like Papers Please, a "Choose Your Own Adventure" wrapper around the game loop, which is a bit more dumbed down than Papers Please, for the mobile app store gamers the game was designed for. You're presented with an individual and you have 5 levers to pull to make your decision, let them in, kick them out, check their ID etc etc. Don't let underaged/dunk/bums into the club, etc etc. Not difficult, and I expect the cartoony artwork would have appealed a lot to Android gamers. But is it fun? Nope. There's an overwhelming amount of mediocre Visual Novel/E-book style cutscenes in this mobile app. The developers failed one of the most basic, fundamental requirements of game design.. "Show, don't tell." So you'll spend a huge amount of time not playing the game, but clicking through endless lines of poorly written VN text cutscenes because the developers couldn't work out how to relate their narrative through the game mechanics, and decided instead it would be better to compete with reading a book for your time. We're here to play games, not read through hours of garbage intersituals. My gaming rig is not a Kindle. From a technical perspective, as a mobile app, this doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The mobile app is comprised of somewhat mediocre hand drawn 2D illustrations instead of professional looking 3D game assets. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget to arrange someone who can create graphical assets properly, or lack of talent. Regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is very low, beneath what PC gamers have come to expect in this era of cutting edge photorealistic 3D graphics. At least it's not pixel "art", but if you're looking for contemporary, immersive visuals, this mobile app is a fail. While there are options to change the resolution for the mobile app, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the mobile app, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality. Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lacklustre 2D visuals. The controls can't be customised because the game has such a dumbed down, simplified interface that it's just iPhone screen tapping stuff. The fact that the interface is this dumbed down might be seen as a problem in itself, however... this is a fairly shallow experience if you're the kind of gamer that likes to play games with deep, rich control schemes and interaction. You'll get none of that here. Because this is a mobile app, it carries a number of deliberate design deficiencies. Compromises were made to cater to the iPhones that the mobile app was designed for. These are unfortunate handicaps and limitations that PC gamers shouldn't be forced to accept, but it's evident that PC was an afterthought for the iPhone developers who are to blame for this. The mobile app is deficient as a result of these choices, and would have been so much better without the handicaps that designing games for mobile phones forces upon a game. Once more, mobile devs have made gaming worse for everyone. I didn't spend thousands on building a gaming rig just so I could pretend it's an iPhone. These technical defects push this mobile app below acceptable standards for any modern PC game. Reviewing SteamDB to check how popular this mobile app was with players reveals a surprise... there's a modest spike in player counts for the mobile app. But this only happened once, around the same time that trading cards were applied to the mobile app... so this is just card idlers getting their cards and moving on. A closer look at the numbers shows the mobile app just has a couple of players every week running up the mobile app and idling it for cards, then deleting it. We must ask how it benefits gamers for there to be so many mobile apps like this, with no merit as a serious game, that only generate sales from people idling and selling the trading cards. So, should you buy this mobile app? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam? Once more we see greedy mobile devs trying to scam PC gamers. On Steam, this is around $20 USD, on app stores, it's $8. Mobile devs must learn PC gamers are not here to be gouged, and can't be expected to pay TWICE THE PRICE for an already overpriced mobile app just because it's been lazily dumped on Steam. This is unacceptable disrespect for PC gamers. Because this is a mobile app, is priced to insult and gouge PC gamers, and because of the other defects, it's impossible to recommend. Just who do they think we are?

9/10

I found that this is a much simpler version of Papers Please, but that didn't mean I didn't have any fun with it. Once you knew what you were doing it became a little repetitive, but having the odd wacky drunks interesting with you kept it fun. Also the story was quite enjoyable!

[h1][b]🎮 Reseña de 🧠 OUT OF THE BOX[/b][/h1] [h2]Resumen del Juego[/h2] OUT OF THE BOX es ese tipo de aventura narrativa donde “tus decisiones importan”… hasta que te das cuenta de que lo que más importa es tu tolerancia a repetir rutas para ver finales múltiples. Mezcla rol ligero con simulación y estrategia de administración/diplomacia, pero en el fondo es un “elige tu propia aventura” con vibra tenebrosa, humor medio incómodo y situaciones de crimen estilo caricaturesco. La primera impresión es clara: apunta y clic, texto/decisiones, y una sensación de estar negociando con el destino como si fuera un burócrata con resaca. Es casual en el ritmo, indie en la personalidad, y estratégico en el sentido de que cada elección se siente como “¿quieres el caos ahora o el caos después?”. [h2][b]Lo Cerebral y Lo que Te Saca de Quicio[/b][/h2] Lo Bueno: ✅ 🧩 Decisiones con finales múltiples: sí hay rejugabilidad real, no solo “cambia un diálogo y ya” ✅ 🕵️‍♂️ Tono tenebroso + comedia: raro combo que funciona más de lo que debería ✅ 🧠 Mezcla curiosa de rol/simulación/estrategia: diplomacia y administración con sabor narrativo ✅ 🖱️ Apuntar y clic accesible: ideal para jugar con una mano y juzgar con la otra ✅ 🏆 28 logros: para los que necesitan aprobación digital estructurada Lo No Tan Bueno: ❌ 👻 Comunidad fantasma: 0 jugadores actuales… el verdadero final alternativo es jugarlo en soledad absoluta ❌ 🧪 “Las elecciones importan” a veces se siente más como “las elecciones te marean”: repetir rutas puede cansar ❌ 🧩 Si buscas acción o sistemas profundos: esto es más lectura/decisión que “estrategia hardcore” ❌ 🎴 Cromos: sí, están… pero no van a llenar el vacío existencial del lobby vacío ❌ 🕰️ Ritmo irregular típico de aventura narrativa: si no conectas con el tono, se vuelve pesado [h2]Tabla de Evaluación[/h2] [table] [tr][th]Aspecto[/th][th]Puntuación (0-10)[/th][th]Comentario[/th][/tr] [tr][td]Jugabilidad[/td][td]7[/td][td]Decidir, observar y avanzar; funciona, sin reinventar nada.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Dificultad / IA[/td][td]6[/td][td]Más reto mental que “IA”; la dificultad es elegir sin arrepentirte.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Contenido[/td][td]7[/td][td]Finales múltiples y rutas; bien para un indie narrativo.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gráficos / Video[/td][td]7[/td][td]Estilo caricaturesco con personalidad; cumple y destaca lo suficiente.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Historia[/td][td]7[/td][td]Tenebrosa con comedia; interesante, aunque no siempre redonda.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Ambientación[/td][td]7[/td][td]Crimen + rareza + vibra “América”; consistente y con identidad.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Efectos (VFX)[/td][td]6[/td][td]Correctos; no es el show principal.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Música[/td][td]6[/td][td]Acompaña sin robar cámara; funcional.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Voces[/td][td]6[/td][td]No es un pilar del paquete; cumple sin deslumbrar.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Diversidad[/td][td]6[/td][td]Hay variedad de situaciones/decisiones, más que un enfoque amplio.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Rendimiento[/td][td]8[/td][td]Experiencia ligera típica del género; debería ir estable.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Rejugabilidad[/td][td]7[/td][td]Finales múltiples y elecciones: el juego te pide volver (y tú decides si cedes).[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]Total Puntuaciones (Muy Bueno)[/b][/td][td][b]6.75[/b][/td][td]Sólido, con personalidad, pero no para todo el mundo.[/td][/tr] [/table] [h2]Conclusión (Muy Bueno)[/h2] OUT OF THE BOX es un indie narrativo que entiende su chiste: te da control, te tienta con finales múltiples y luego te mira a los ojos como diciendo “¿seguro que quieres vivir con tu decisión?”. Si te gustan las aventuras de apuntar y clic con humor oscuro, crimen caricaturesco y ese sabor de simulación/estrategia ligera, aquí hay material. Ahora, lo controversial: 0 jugadores actuales es la metáfora perfecta del juego. No porque sea malo, sino porque es de nicho, y el nicho a veces está… en su casa, jugando otra cosa. Aun así, con 208 recomendaciones totales, queda claro que a quienes les entra, les entra fuerte. [h3]Recomendación de Compra (Recomendado con reservas)[/h3] Puntuación Total: 6.75/10 Número de jugadores activos al momento de hacer esta review: 0 Descuento máximo registrado: N/A Veredicto: [i]Cómpralo si amas las aventuras narrativas con decisiones y finales múltiples; evítalo si necesitas acción o una comunidad viva.[/i] Si lo tuyo es elegir, equivocarte, y volver a elegir “pero ahora sí sale bien”, OUT OF THE BOX te va a dar horas de autosabotaje entretenido. Si esperas estrategia profunda o algo que se sienta “mainstream”, mejor no te obligues: este juego no te necesita… y aparentemente nadie más está conectado para convencerte.

[h1][b]Not Recommended[/b][/h1]

Paper Please-esque game. It was interesting in the beginning but gets repetitive and tedious quickly. Decent art style, story is ordinary, nothing special, no plot twist. 6/10

Not a bad game but it is certainly overpriced. Game mechanics are straight up ripped off from Papers Please, yet this game is more expensive. On top of it, this game is a lot simpler to play and offers less to the player. I like the overall aesthetic but this does not justify its price tag.

Me ha gustado bastante el gameplay y han estado bien bacanes los personajes y la historia, especialmente un cague de risa con las referencias por lo rápido que va el gameplay y de repente pillas una referencia random.