This Is the Police

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 250 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 169 out of 250
  2. Mixed: 59 out of 250
  3. Negative: 22 out of 250

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  1. renyw
    Dec 19, 2022
    9
    great great great great great great great great great great great great great
  2. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    6
    Abi her günü tek tek oynamak gerçekten çok sıkıyor. O kadar doydum ki 2. oyuna başlayasım gelmiyor.
  3. KevLooney
    Apr 29, 2022
    6
    6/10. The game is boring and the game shows police in a sympathetic and unrealistic light.
  4. d3uzZ
    Apr 17, 2022
    7
    Можно разгонять протесты фемок силой.
    Однозначно рекомендую!
  5. hydroquaqua
    Mar 19, 2022
    10
    _пластмассовый мир победил, макет оказался сильней часто приходиться играть за плохого парня? как часто приходиться ему сопереживать, разделять эмоции и деньги придётся со стариком Джеком Бойдом и его заработанную половину миллиона, честно

    _the plastic world won, the layout turned out to be stronger often have to play as a bad guy? how often you have to empathize with him, share    _пластмассовый мир победил, макет оказался сильней часто приходиться играть за плохого парня? как часто приходиться ему сопереживать, разделять эмоции и деньги придётся со стариком Джеком Бойдом и его заработанную половину миллиона, честно

    _the plastic world won, the layout turned out to be stronger often have to play as a bad guy? how often you have to empathize with him, share emotions and money with old Jack Boyd and his earned half a million, honestly    … Expand
  6. StarkAgentos
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    Прошёл игру за 5 часов на концовку, где Джека арестовывают. Офигенная игра с интересным сюжетом, которая не забывает про геймплей.
  7. defenz
    Sep 17, 2021
    8
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  8. savvym
    Apr 8, 2021
    8
    Preview:
    This is the Police is a story driven management adventure where choices matter a great deal. The city is filled with crime and some cases will falsely be assumed criminal. We are organizing a police unit and investigators with two shifts, having an option to call someone to work the next day or take extra tasks. Some people will call in sick, or there will be a corruption    Preview:
    This is the Police is a story driven management adventure where choices matter a great deal. The city is filled with crime and some cases will falsely be assumed criminal. We are organizing a police unit and investigators with two shifts, having an option to call someone to work the next day or take extra tasks. Some people will call in sick, or there will be a corruption occurring. The worst part is, that sometimes we will decide badly and our team members will die which will trigger an investigation and the difficulty will only ramp up as our team tightens in numbers because make sure to be ready for a lot of unpredictable events and our finances and total amount of workers are limited so some games may spiral to defeat very easily. We sure can get a valuable experience out of each playthrough, however cases are repetitive and main events happen the same way, we can even know the exact proper action when deciding how to approach those same cases. Investigating the homicides are nice puzzles that bring up new photos of proof as a new victim or information is provided to police over time. I have replayed it a few times but always failed. It is an interesting game concept with good voice overs, visual and musical atmosphere. Story is a bit lackluster and gameplay frustrates me a great deal but still I reckon it is worth a try.    … Expand
  9. YigidOx2
    Mar 16, 2021
    7
    It is a good idea, but its implementation is very wrong. There is no relationship between mechanics and dynamics, and the story feels worthless after a while.
  10. LilBlackRabbit
    Jun 9, 2020
    5
    This game looks very appealing when you first start. You play Jack Boyd, a police chief in Freeburg, and were forced to retire after 180 days because of the corruption of the system. You set yourself a goal of building a retirement fund of $500,000 during this time period. For getting the money you needed, you can choose to team up with the mob or stay true to the oath you took. DuringThis game looks very appealing when you first start. You play Jack Boyd, a police chief in Freeburg, and were forced to retire after 180 days because of the corruption of the system. You set yourself a goal of building a retirement fund of $500,000 during this time period. For getting the money you needed, you can choose to team up with the mob or stay true to the oath you took. During this 180 days, you can manage the police and detective teams you have to solve crimes and stuff. The story is actually interesting with an old school police movie feeing.

    HOWEVER, I think 180 days are too long for this game. It gets repetitive after day 50. I stopped reading about the missions and just send whoever is available out. And you cannot speed up the game when all the police are out and you find yourself spending a lot of time just waiting for everyone's back and end the day. I started watching TV when I'm playing this game after Day 60. (I tried to read a book during playing but I got caught up and missed a couple of missions. So it's probably not a good idea )And now I'm at day 86 and it's becoming really dreadful. It's almost painful to play the game. It literally took me 1 hour to pass 4 days in the game. I do not get any fun from playing it anymore. I'm not sure if I'll ever finish playing this game.    … Expand
  11. hoanns
    Jun 6, 2020
    6
    80% of the time you stare at the city model doing nothing. Gameplay becomes very repetitive. The end is so unsatisfying, you feel like you have had no effect on anything. It ends the same no matter what
  12. MorteCaldo
    Jan 3, 2020
    4
    Выглядит и звучит хорошо. Начало интригует, но затянутость и однообразность всё портят
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  13. atomlord
    Dec 24, 2018
    7
    Поначалу игра цепляет, сюжет захватывает, миссии интересные, управлять участком весело, но ближе к середине игры сюжет скатывается, миссии однообразные, а последствия нелогичные и непредсказуемые, поэтому управлять участком становится не интересно. Ближе к концу игры геймплей превращаться в рутину, а концовка вообще разочаровала (хороших концовок нету).Поначалу игра цепляет, сюжет захватывает, миссии интересные, управлять участком весело, но ближе к середине игры сюжет скатывается, миссии однообразные, а последствия нелогичные и непредсказуемые, поэтому управлять участком становится не интересно. Ближе к концу игры геймплей превращаться в рутину, а концовка вообще разочаровала (хороших концовок нету).
  14. nintendo-sekta
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    Игра хорошая. В ней есть интересный гемплей, есть хороший сюжет который является основой всей игры.
  15. Tabby3456
    Oct 13, 2018
    8
    This is the Police was quite the good game, there were little things i wanted to add or i wish the devs worked on more such as
    - Police Officers being more distinct from one another rather than just RNG calling in a sick day with the exception on sandbox mode
    -Cop stats determined by rank and not by there actual skill -optional good cop bad cop play through -Encouraging the player to    This is the Police was quite the good game, there were little things i wanted to add or i wish the devs worked on more such as
    - Police Officers being more distinct from one another rather than just RNG calling in a sick day with the exception on sandbox mode
    -Cop stats determined by rank and not by there actual skill
    -optional good cop bad cop play through
    -Encouraging the player to do detective work (either than money and increase in rank)
    but everything went smooth, with the sequel following up its a game you can't miss    … Expand
  16. Greenvortex2017
    Jul 12, 2018
    10
    Great User Interface and Progression. Since the sequel is a different story and setting, I can appreciate this game a lot more now for a gritty TiTP1 and a Rural setting and more open world vibe to TiTP2.
    Cant wait to play that game! Anyway This is an original game with lots of things to do and keep my attention. Im not bored when I play this game.
  17. Kentathon
    Jul 4, 2018
    5
    I was going to give the game a 7/10 because it's enjoyable and one of the more unique games I've played. Unfortunately, I'm unsatisfied with the games broken City Hall mechanic and I'm going to have to cut the review scores budget.
  18. Panica3643D
    Jun 17, 2018
    8
    Неплохой проект, который цепляет и в который можно просидеть не один вечер.
  19. PimN
    Feb 28, 2018
    8
    A great indie title. Recommended at the current price on sale (and anything under 10 Euros).

    Pros: + Good story + Great artstyle + Clean and fluid UI + The choices you make impact the story and can cause you to fail or succeed the game + Diverse and original gameplay + Lots of content + The game mechanics expand over time + Great choice of music In the middle: +/- The    A great indie title. Recommended at the current price on sale (and anything under 10 Euros).

    Pros:

    + Good story
    + Great artstyle
    + Clean and fluid UI
    + The choices you make impact the story and can cause you to fail or succeed the game
    + Diverse and original gameplay
    + Lots of content
    + The game mechanics expand over time
    + Great choice of music

    In the middle:

    +/- The voice acting is acceptable. It's not really convincing. However, this is a low budget title so I understand why this is the case.
    +/- The cutscenes aren't really cutscenes. It's a comic book format, where there's a few pictures on screen which simulate the sense of progression of time (i.e. a picture of a closed door, followed by a knocking sound, followed by a second picture appearing of the door opening). However, there's still sounds like doors opening, conversations and such, as if there should be a cutscene. This was confusing at first, but it's a design choice by the developers.

    Cons:

    - The detective investigations in this game are a con for me. First of all, it's very hard at times, and there doesn't seem to be a way to cancel an investigation, so if you don't get any more evidence, your detectives will work every shift on.... nothing.

    This is just nitpicking though.

    Overall it's a great experience, and the price I bought it at (7,49 Euros on the Summer Sale) is most definitely justified. I'm not sure about the full price though.    … Expand
  20. gruia
    Feb 17, 2018
    7
    solid gameplay, solid writing. great attention to detail
    impressed on all accounts.
    personally i got a bit unstimulated after a while by the gameplay and wouldve wanted it to end like 60% sooner ).
    if they provided with an option to play story mode it woudlve been great
  21. RagingPoet
    Nov 1, 2017
    5
    Cutscenes are amazing but the gameplay is very repetitive and becomes a chore after the first 2 hours or so. Difficulty is non-existent after you learn the basics
  22. Tatar
    Apr 2, 2017
    8
    Very nice game with a lot brand new mechanics and most important with very interesting plot and characters. I was absolutely delighted being by a main protagonist - Chef of Police. His story, problems, his metamorphosis and most of all his dilemma was a story I participate like a best old fashion police story movie.

    Strategy part of the game when we have our police station and must    Very nice game with a lot brand new mechanics and most important with very interesting plot and characters. I was absolutely delighted being by a main protagonist - Chef of Police. His story, problems, his metamorphosis and most of all his dilemma was a story I participate like a best old fashion police story movie.

    Strategy part of the game when we have our police station and must send our crew to cases and other things is also very interesting but sometimes is to many random deaths of our crew. Graphics is specific but I like it, music is fantastic and voice acting good :) So if You like films like "L.A. Confidential" or want participate in very interesting plot so its game for You.

    So have a nice day :)    … Expand
  23. Moongazer
    Oct 5, 2016
    6
    Game very quickly gets boring and repetitive, especially in the sequences between the main plot, the last 2 hours are plain unbearable. Only 1 ending, your choices don`t really matter.
  24. HarveyDoran
    Sep 1, 2016
    9
    Sleek, smooth and stylish. This is the police is every bit a management simulator as it is a neo noir police drama. Striking and unique art style (all main characters have an universal lack of...eyes) smoothly slide in the cut scenes. These cut scenes scatter throughout the game and strings together a complex and intriguing storyline.
    You play the role of Jack Boyd, a police chief in his    Sleek, smooth and stylish. This is the police is every bit a management simulator as it is a neo noir police drama. Striking and unique art style (all main characters have an universal lack of...eyes) smoothly slide in the cut scenes. These cut scenes scatter throughout the game and strings together a complex and intriguing storyline.
    You play the role of Jack Boyd, a police chief in his 60's with 180 days left on the force, and you need to decide if and how you will obtain a sizable retirement fund through some less than honorable means.
    The game conveys the suspense subtly as the protagonist spirals out of control, and despite the choices players are given in attempts to change the inevitable path Boyd is going down, every decision will have consequences.
    Mechanically, the gameplay presents itself as a real time strategy and management game, which can prove to be repetitive at times and some random events which can be frustrating. Although the repetitiveness can be intepreted as the cynism in Boyd growing as he begins to find his job tiresome.
    The game features a stylish soundtrack of swing jazz and soul music, well known artists like John Sangster adds a layer atmosphere to the game that makes you want to light a cigarette and start speaking like a 1920's gangster.
    Voice acting is excellent throghout the game, capturing the essence of each characters through professional acting.    … Expand
  25. narek1
    Aug 22, 2016
    7
    there is nothing to say about this game, you just like it or you are not. Not everyone will like to sit down for 10+ hours and just click on the button on mouse, but if you can take not modern graphics, much reading, a similar stories, corny and tightened dialogues and mayor, with local celebrities, that are just just eating your brain with their stupid questions, than you will like this.
  26. Dal_ReviewedDat
    Aug 18, 2016
    7
    F**K THE POLICE!!

    Nah, don't this game's alright ... Pro's - > Really good script and voice acting > Love the art style and UI etc > Easy to start micro-management, feels rewarding when you bring a wayward cop out of the Dark side! > Original idea Cons > After day 60 it's pretty repetitive, the story is still there, but you feel the grind! > The Mayors office    F**K THE POLICE!!

    Nah, don't this game's alright ...

    Pro's -

    > Really good script and voice acting
    > Love the art style and UI etc
    > Easy to start micro-management, feels rewarding when you bring a wayward cop out of the Dark side!
    > Original idea

    Cons

    > After day 60 it's pretty repetitive, the story is still there, but you feel the grind!
    > The Mayors office requests are ridiculous!! By day 4, when your still getting to grips with your new role and the game on the whole, you'll be asked to FIRE all your BLACK cops to HELP reduce racial tensions (which by today's standards is crazed, I think #BLM may be slightly pi55ed with the idea of not being represented at all in the force - I've had a google and I can't find any record of this ever happening - granted - it would probably have been brushed well under the carpet, but I just feel it's a really odd thing to add into a game. You then get punished for NOT doing what your told by the corrupt mayoral office.

    Overall, as an indie game, this is a great little buy, will burn at least 30 hrs + into it, but has it's flaws. The narrative is great, really good story and likeable characters. It will get repetitive, and feel more a grind in later stages. If you see this on a steam sale - go for it though!    … Expand
  27. Tzukishiro
    Aug 16, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game starts with a very interesting story and characters, the gameplay is simple but very fun, as you go along, the plot thickens, but then it's also when everything starts to go to ****

    In the end, notihng you do matters, you get a **** ending and you are out of the game, you can't continue to play unless you start from scratch. It doesn't matter how you played, how good you did or anything, you get thrown out and then you can uninstall or play again. I uninstalled.

    Apart from that, there are a lot of errors that made playing quite annoying, like typos on investigations,,, those BROKE the game, as it made it impossible to figure out the frames you had to put in unless you looked it up or played with all of the possible combinations. Some investigations just give you **** all info that are no help at all, but I guess that's realistic, so I'm not TOO mad about it.

    Another huge design flaw is the fact that the ACCEPT button is RED and REFUSE is BLUE... how does that make sense? I almost clicked the wrong button many times and I've seen some youtubers actually **** up a lot because of that, and it's obvious as to why, the colour code makes no sense.

    In the end, it's a fun game that lasts for a little while, but I'd say it's not worth the money nor time.    … Expand
  28. Thilus
    Aug 16, 2016
    9
    This game is exactly why I stopped reading on-line reviews a while back. The only reason why I looked at Kotaku's review of this game is the fact that people here slammed them for being PC police. I read the review and it gave me instant cancer. The level of moronism in mainstream media is overwhelming. How people fail to understand that making a game that touches difficult subjects isThis game is exactly why I stopped reading on-line reviews a while back. The only reason why I looked at Kotaku's review of this game is the fact that people here slammed them for being PC police. I read the review and it gave me instant cancer. The level of moronism in mainstream media is overwhelming. How people fail to understand that making a game that touches difficult subjects is pro-PC, and not the other way round, is beyond me. Especially that this game clearly states that some of the choices you might make are morally and legally wrong. Like the LGBT/Black/Pro-life supporters protests that you might be forced to quench - just before you make the choice to disperse the protest by force your deputy often states that people have the right to protest, and that their protest is proceeding peacefully. Only then you get to choose if you want to use force, and what's important - YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. The game gives you a choice. After you decline to beat up the protestros you will get a call from the bastard-mayor, saying that they will make your life miserable, but if you're doing a good job managing your police officers and detectives, solving cases and keeping the crime in check, you are fine. Just like in real life. When you're at the very top, it's impossible to stay true to yourself and not step on someone's toes. FYI all you PC policemen - hate is a part of human nature, not talking about it won't make it disappear. Only cowards fail to meet the problem head-on, trying to sweep it under the rug.

    Oh, by the way "This is the Police" is a really cool police-themed micro-manager with an excellent visual novel-style story, nice voice acting and some fabulous jazz music. Highly recommended.    … Expand
  29. weirdcryo
    Aug 13, 2016
    5
    The game looks really good, it's smart and really appealing, at least for a while, sadly it's gets old too fast.
    Most of the story it's cliche but the MC voice is on point every time and makes you care, although some of the secondary character voices are really off.
  30. headsean
    Aug 9, 2016
    10
    Great game. Juggling the options presented and having them come back to haunt you through the rest of the story is fantastic. Appreciated the non politically correct narratives as well.
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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 35
  3. Negative: 4 out of 35
  1. Worth Playing
    Apr 6, 2017
    70
    If you don't mind a drip feed of soul-crushing events, then This is the Police will work for you. The actual gameplay is littered with questionable content, but the core is engaging for both quick and marathon sessions. The story is what holds things together; the many twists are fascinating, and the presentation is charming due to its artistic simplicity. It may not be for everyone, but for those looking for something a little different, This is the Police is worth a shot.
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  2. games(TM)
    Oct 27, 2016
    50
    A clash of approaches that doesn't quite work. [Issue#179, p.84]
  3. Everyeye.it
    Oct 17, 2016
    78
    This is the police is a bold game, innovative and creative. It has an impressive style and a compelling narrative.
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