This is the Police 2

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User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 88
  3. Negative: 19 out of 88
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  1. MarkBenson12764
    Aug 16, 2018
    3
    Ok, my first review. Let's do this. I give this game 3/10. It has just murdered my love to This is the police. The first game was great. I loved it. Truly. I play indie games sometimes. I would say 1 indie game for 1 AAA title. Maybe I don't know everything and it isn't the best review you can get but it's my opinion. And dear devs, just go to your office / workshop / whatever and give meOk, my first review. Let's do this. I give this game 3/10. It has just murdered my love to This is the police. The first game was great. I loved it. Truly. I play indie games sometimes. I would say 1 indie game for 1 AAA title. Maybe I don't know everything and it isn't the best review you can get but it's my opinion. And dear devs, just go to your office / workshop / whatever and give me real This is the police 2, not this "money making product for xcom fans". You had your style! You had your gameplay! Why you have destroyed it?! I will quote here Dr. Emmett Brown "We have to go back".… Expand
  2. harto
    Aug 2, 2018
    3
    The game opens up with a great tutorial and entrance to the story line. The game then takes 20 minutes to unload the story on you, with cut-scenes, that despite having a unique and well made art style, are poorly written and unnecessary. This might be on account of me not having played the first one though. The game play itself is a strategic turn-based puzzle that you have to solve, usingThe game opens up with a great tutorial and entrance to the story line. The game then takes 20 minutes to unload the story on you, with cut-scenes, that despite having a unique and well made art style, are poorly written and unnecessary. This might be on account of me not having played the first one though. The game play itself is a strategic turn-based puzzle that you have to solve, using the tools that each officer brings to the mission. After a few missions, they unfortunately get stale. The policing of the city adds another layer of depth, but again it suffers from a lack of depth and it becomes very apparent how to game the system to never have major problems.

    It is clear that a lot of effort went into the story, but it sadly detracts from the overall experience instead of adding anything. I never got engaged in the characters, mostly due to how poorly the script is written. The game also suffers from poor voice acting, this is often times no problem if the script itself is engaging.

    The game ends up coming just short in most of its elements. Granted i think i got halfway through, so i'm now aware if further elements are added that make it more engaging, but that shouldn't be necessary for a game like this.

    One thing they did really well however was the art style.    … Expand
  3. RustyJames
    Oct 22, 2018
    2
    blah blah blah + blah blah blah + 1 min of gaming + blah blah + blah blah blah

    The most boring game ever. Useless graphomania, endless cutscenes, bad characters burns your life, literally. 10% of gameplay time and 90% of that trash ? No thanks. The only one new thing is XCOM-style tactical missions even without saves?
    2/10.
  4. ireviewbadgames
    Aug 12, 2018
    3
    The developer should be focusing on making a game without a set story; just have you be an unnamed police commissioner and story events happen that shape your morality. The bland story of same-old, same-old bogs down the game uncomfortably and burdens the player with an uninteresting, unlikable main character that is hard to invest in.

    The game could also benefit from reworking random    The developer should be focusing on making a game without a set story; just have you be an unnamed police commissioner and story events happen that shape your morality. The bland story of same-old, same-old bogs down the game uncomfortably and burdens the player with an uninteresting, unlikable main character that is hard to invest in.

    The game could also benefit from reworking random events. It turns out having your police officers randomly dying without any input from you is not fun. You would think that most developers would be able to piece that together on their own, but it looks like the folks behind "This is the Police" are a cut above the rest.

    The art is nice though.

    I recommend skipping this title.    … Expand
  5. elolugo
    Jul 4, 2019
    4
    Extremely dull and boring intro. The xcom like missions are cool but misclicks occur way often. Annoying and unnecessary cinematics in between days.

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#27 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 34
  3. Negative: 3 out of 34
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    40
    The game is lacking lightness, is unclear and too forced. The original gameplay is surrounded by shallow innovations that make the game hard to like and undermine the new plot. [Issue#290]
  2. CD-Action
    Dec 4, 2018
    55
    I’m not going to remember this game fondly, as it left me bored, annoyed with absurdities and frustrated by burdensome tactical missions. [10/2018, p.68]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 26, 2018
    64
    First trailers gave the impression that this would be a fresh take on the familiar police chief formula, putting us in the shoes of the young Lily Reed. But no – once again we’ll be playing as Jack Boyd, doing the same old job with some half-baked new features. [Issue#232, p.60]
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