Police Simulator: Patrol Officers

Well, just like it says on the box, this is Car Mechanic Simulator only you don't fix cars, you're a cop, and you go out on the beat and do a few mini-jobs which means giving out parking tickets, investigating some stuff... the premise is viable but the implementation here is weak, and the developer seems to be acting in an insanely greedy manner... to the point we can argue it's unethical. Let's break it down. The game mostly works but it's riddled with bugs... and let's just note here the developer hasn't updated this in 6 months. They're not actively patching the game or addressing any of the numerous, potentially game breaking bugs. It's too soon to say this is completely abandoned, but it sure seems to be heading that way. So, expect a lot of bugs. Expect a lot of sluggishness, too... the game lacks polish and the movement is like wading through gelatinous treacle. I think a lot of that would be due to sloppy console porting... that would be the best excuse because the alternative explanation is the developer never really tested the game, or they just don't care. They sure do care about getting your money, though. When you look past the bugs and the polish problems and the disgusting developer greed, you get a game that comes across as a "generic Police themed mini-job theme park" rather than anything gutsy like SWAT4. It's nothing like watching Cops or LivePD on the TV, it comes across as an even shallower imitation of the real job than Car Mechanic Simulator does. In a lot of ways this feels like one of those Playway S.A. copy + paste Unreal kitbashes... so while this has higher than AAA pricing, you're getting something far below AAA quality. On the upside, the game does feature customisable controls and resolution, so at least some of the basic, minimum requirements have been met. Unfortunately there's a number of other technical defects and shortcomings which contribute to the game being difficult to recommend to gamers. Because this is designed for consoles, it carries a number of deliberate design deficiencies. Compromises were made to cater to the inferior console gaming appliances that the game was designed for. These are unfortunate compromises and limitations that PC gamers shouldn't be forced to accept, but it's evident that PC was a second thought for the console-centric developers. The game is deficient as a result of these choices, and would have been so much better without the handicaps that designing games for consoles forces upon a game. Once more, console peasants have made gaming worse for everyone. These flaws make this game fall far short of the professional standards we expect from a modern PC game. You're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable End User License Agreement... for such a relatively low effort, low quality game this comes across more as a delusion of grandeur than anything else. This agreement includes questionable requirements that may attempt to revoke consumer law protections that gamers expect to have, which is also highly problematic. Developers must learn they are here to serve gamers, not control them. I had my cat walk over the keyboard while the EULA was displaying, which fixed that problem for me. Let's talk about price and the value this represents for us gamers. Should you buy this game? Is it among the best the Steam catalogue has to offer? Police Simulator: Patrol Officers has the insane price of $29.99, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games. For comparison, the $30 asking price for this game could get you games like "Hogwarts Legacy", "Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord" or "Dark Souls III". Quality, professionally made games like those are frequently on sale cheaper than this. But it doesn't stop there, and here's where it gets real ugly. The developer paywalled content and basic game features behind a disgusting, insulting ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS worth of crap DLC. Bringing the total price of this game to an eye watering $180. One hundred and eighty bucks for the full game. I'd tell the developers what they can do with this pricing and greed but Valve has strict community guidelines on vulgarity and profanity. The quality problems and defects with this game, plus the ridiculous developer greed makes the asking price totally unrealistic. It's impossible to recommend this to gamers here on Steam. $180 for this crap. No way.

Instead of continuing to develop this game, the developers are making a new one. Shameful.

Unplayable, i really had hope in this, but it was disappointed.

The game is no longer being developed/worked on & it has been left in an extremely buggy state. Whilst I enjoyed the game when it worked properly, the bugs just become too common very annoying. I've seen floating NPC's driving invisible cars, I've gotten stuck in the garage after customising my car, NPC's sometimes fall through the floor, these are just a few compared to the many bugs. To discontinue this game in its current state is not only an embarrassment to the company but also an insult to the customers that bought & waited patiently for the devs to fix the issues. Then they have the decency to advertise the next police sim game, this should not only be illegal but should most certainly be against steams TOS. As much as I want my money back, steam is for sure gonna hold onto it as I'm over the 2 hour limit.

The game has been abandoned

Bought in on sale (thank God) and what a boring game. No story, bad graphics and boring missions. NPCs are lifeless and without character. Asked for a refund right away.

Started playing for a bit. Now suddenly I'm incredibly racist. 10/10 Would play again.