Each call out requires a minimum level of “Professionalism” (basically the game’s XP system for officers), and this is a concrete threshold (as opposed to say a percentage chance of success based on whether they fall short of, meet, or exceed the required Professionalism). The management side of gameplay remains largely unchanged: You’ll be spending most of your time allocating officers to respond to various crimes and choosing how they react to the situation, but that’s not as easy as it sounds. It’s honestly hard to believe that it’s written by the same people as the first game, as This Is The Police’s story was one of its biggest strengths.īy far the biggest changes are in the gameplay department, but frustratingly, it’s also here where some of the biggest issues from This Is The Police remain. The themes the game addresses, such as sexism, justice, and pragmatism are handled with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
Dialogue is often overly verbose, and the main plotline becomes such a confusing mess that after a while you’ll likely just give up trying to follow it. The writing and narrative are serviceable, but they lack the poignancy, subtlety, and pace that made This Is The Police such an engrossing story. The narrative follows chronologically from the first game, with Jack Boyd returning alongside a cast of new characters in the sleepy backwater town of Sharpwood. The UI has also received a visual overhaul, though that doesn’t translate to gameplay improvements (more on that later). John (the voice of Duke Nukem) and Sarah Hamilton (April Ryan from The Longest Journey) brings the two leads to life, and even the support characters are voiced well. In terms of presentation, This Is The Police 2 retains the simple art style and minimal sound design of the first game, but adds an additional level of polish by introducing animated cutscenes, increasing the level of detail in the game world, and adding some additional sound effects and licensed music to the mix. For every interesting new feature introduced in the sequel, outstanding issues from the first game still haven’t been addressed, and in some areas it’s actually worse. However, This Is The Police 2 is a case of two steps forward, one step back. The first title was one of the better games about the fuzz, weaving a compelling story about police corruption into surprisingly deep management sim gameplay. This Is The Police 2 is a game that feels like it doesn’t need to exist. Reviews // 14th Sep 2018 - 3 years ago // By Andrew Wowk This Is The Police 2 Review
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