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Papers, Please is filled with these dif­fi­cult deci­sions, and it’s pre­cise­ly these dif­fi­cult deci­sions that make the game so com­pelling to me. Ultimately, I must decide between help­ing out a sym­pa­thet­ic indi­vid­ual, or accu­rate­ly pro­cess­ing paper­work and earn­ing more money. The gameplay’s empha­sis on effi­cien­cy clash­es with the desire to help a per­son in need (the nar­ra­tive con­text). There’s a ten­sion here between two dif­fer­ent parts of the game. This means I’ll have less money to buy food or med­i­cine for my fam­i­ly, and if I keep incor­rect­ly pro­cess­ing claims, it will even­tu­al­ly result in the game end­ing. Why did I reject their claims? Why not do the right thing and just let them in? Because accord­ing to the rules of Papers, Please,if I incor­rect­ly process their claims I’ll poten­tial­ly lose money for the day.

Once again, he doesn’t have the prop­er paper­work, and so from a ludic per­spec­tive it is bet­ter to deny him access if I show mercy and let him in, then I will be penal­ized and poten­tial­ly lose money for the day. Likewise, at anoth­er time an elder­ly man wants to enter the coun­try so that he can visit his dying wife. Despondent, she walks away, doomed to fur­ther hor­rors. She doesn’t have the prop­er doc­u­men­ta­tion and so I reject her appli­ca­tion claim. One small act on my part and I can help out a fel­low human being. All I have to do is approve her appli­ca­tion request and she can leave a hor­ri­ble sit­u­a­tion behind. She’s des­per­ate to get away, and I want to help. A young woman is flee­ing her abu­sive pimp, anx­ious to cross the bor­der to safe­ty. There’s one moment in par­tic­u­lar from the game that I think about from time to time. This is tense enough, but the game gets real­ly inter­est­ing when you take into account some of the nar­ra­tive ele­ments that serve to human­ize the claimants.

In essence then, you must accu­rate­ly process as many claimants as you can, or else you are not able to ade­quate­ly pro­vide for your fam­i­ly. This mat­ters because at the end of every day you must spend your lim­it­ed resources on food, shel­ter, and med­i­cine for sick rel­a­tives. If you incor­rect­ly process too many appli­cants, you are penal­ized money. If you cor­rect­ly process an appli­cant, you are award­ed with a small amount of money. Each day you are given a set of rules to follow-for instance, claimants from cer­tain coun­tries must have a work visa to enter-and you must either allow or deny entry based on the paper­work they present to you. The point of the game­play, at least osten­si­bly, is to process as many peo­ple as pos­si­ble with­in a lim­it­ed amount of time. It’s hard to describe the game and make it sound fun.” You’ve got to check their doc­u­ments and make sure every­thing’s in order before you let them through. People are com­ing into your booth, and they want to get from one side to the other. “You play a bor­der inspec­tor at a con­tentious check-point. Set in the fic­ti­tious east­ern European nation of Arstotzka dur­ing the 1980s, Pope describes the game as fol­lows: Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please was released in 2013 to wide acclaim. “ Bioshock seems to suf­fer from a pow­er­ful dis­so­nance between what it is about as a game, and what it is about as a story.” If you are into puzzle games or history this game is well worth checking out.18 Aug, 2014 in Guest Articles by Jason Hawreliak This is a fantastic simulation puzzle game that pays homage to a scary and uncertain time, while also being a fun and challenging puzzle game. Turning down people seemingly just trying to live a better life due to a lack of paperwork makes you feel all powerful and sometimes inhumane which are strong feelings for a simple simulation game. The investigation required to determine who is clear for travel is strangely satisfying as you have a select set of tools to examine each entrant and at times can prove challenging. The dull artwork and dystopian setting actually add to the character of the game and feels appropriate for the time being portrayed. The atmosphere and art style do a fantastic job of creating a setting reminiscent of 1980's Eastern Bloc as you get a real sense of hostility and fear working the busy border. Your job is to inspect entrants and analyze their travel documents to make sure they eligible to travel within the country. Papers, Please is a simple yet pleasant puzzle simulation game where you play as an immigration officer on the border of Arstotzka.