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This Is the Police

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3.9/5

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3.9

62 Reviews

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This Is the Police
Description
Dive into a deep story of corruption, crime and intrigue. Take the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, and come face to face with the ugly underbelly of Freeburg, a city spiraling the drain. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse? Manage...
Critics reviews
25 %
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3.9/5

( 62 Reviews )

3.9

62 Reviews

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Product details
2016, Weappy Studio, ...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, Dual Core CPU, 2 GB RAM, Geforce 7800,AMD HD 4600,Intel HD3000 or s...
Time to beat
19.5 hMain
23.5 h Main + Sides
33 h Completionist
22 h All Styles
Description
Dive into a deep story of corruption, crime and intrigue. Take the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, and come face to face with the ugly underbelly of Freeburg, a city spiraling the drain. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Manage your staff, respond to emergencies, and investigate crimes in a city on the brink of chaos. The mafia underworld maneuvers behind the scenes, sinking their claws ever deeper into the city, even as the mayor is ready to exploit every situation to his political advantage.
Choose your approach to each situation as it unfolds. Sometimes you’ll be responding to a developing crisis at a crime scene, or negotiating with Freeburg’s crime bosses. Sometimes you’ll find yourself dodging questions in the press room, or even the occasional cross-examination in the witness box. Can you keep this pressure cooker from exploding, at least for long enough to stash away a nice retirement nest egg?
  • Your mission is clear: make $500,000 in 180 days, before Jack Boyd reaches retirement. How? That’s up to you!
  • Decisions, decisions! This Is the Police is all about a dark story and how you react to it. Whatever you decide, your choices will influence the game – and the fate of Jack Boyd.
  • The Good, the Bad, and... the Ugly? The Chief of Freeburg's Police Department deals with all kind of people. It is up to you to find the bad guys, and decide how to deal with them.
  • Carry out your duties. As head of Freeburg PD, Jack deals with all sorts of challenges every day: responding to emergencies, managing his officers, defending the department against City Hall and a corrupt mayor, and much more.
  • Solve Investigations and gather evidence against the criminal gangs of Freeburg.
  • Deal with the competing powers of the city. Everyone offers you favors, and each one comes at a price.
  • Rich and fully voiced story: Jack Boyd is portrayed by Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem.

© 2017 THQ Nordic AB. Developed by Weappy Studio. Published & Distributed by THQ Nordic GmbH, Austria. All other brands, product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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Minimum system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
19.5 hMain
23.5 h Main + Sides
33 h Completionist
22 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.9+)
Release date:
{{'2016-08-02T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
1 GB

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Languages
English
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Deutsch
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español
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français
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Português do Brasil
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русский
audio
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中文(简体)
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日本語
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Critics reviews
64
Top Critic Average
25 %
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Posted on: August 5, 2016

Socratatus

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Games: 270 Reviews: 72

Good game.

You play as a Ploice HQ cop who has to deal with all kinds of arrests in his town. You also have to deal with a lot of unsavoury characters and can end up crossing the line between being a good cop or a dirty cop. You have a roster of Police officers to assign to certain tasks. they have skills and experience. You have to decide if a certain callout requires a noob recruit or several experienced officers. The higher ups will also call on you to do things that are decidely risky. For instance, the people were getting angry at black people for some reason and so your heads demand that you sack all black people from the force. I decided not to. As a result I lost funding and had to let go one officer. I liked the fact that it had these kinds of tough issues to face. I also really like its stance against feminism. in fact, i`ve never seen a game so strong with it. Now remember, people, not liking feminism does NOT mean you don`t like women. Don`t let anyone tell you different. A breath of fresh air compared to the cringe worthy other games that lapdog after feminists. I recommend it. The artstyle is simplistic, but pleasing and conveys the message.


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Posted on: August 19, 2016

Saqlain Mallick

Games: 14 Reviews: 7

Sexy Game

No, Not like that. Being the Chief of the police is Sexy that's what I meant. Its a very good game and gives the player the feel of being Police Chief. Its Realistic.


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Posted on: February 2, 2018

VstreetKid

Verified owner

Games: 77 Reviews: 12

Inflating false rape report statistics

This game dangerously and grossly inflates false rape report statistics. FACT: Reported sexual assaults are true, with very few exceptions. According to CONNSACS, only 2% of reported rapes are false. This is the same rate of false reporting as other major crime reports.


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Posted on: August 13, 2016

jpavlisko

Games: 112 Reviews: 1

Good game but immoral legacy

I liked this game from the 1st sight. Nice simple graphics, nice sounds/music, simple controls - it will draw you quickly into the story. Judging all that this game is unique and deserves the 5 stars rating. My problem is with the story path given - with options which in my opinion are not truly the options. I don't like games where I'm forced to do what I don't want to do. By this I mean co-operation with mafia. You are forced to do so or you will be killed. Granted, it might be realistic but for the sake of the game I found it really disturbing and even offensive. Why can't I choose the path of not working with mafia and instead fight them? That is the sole reason why I'm giving the game 2 stars (5 for execution, zero for mafia co-op). I don't understand why it's given that PD chief HAS to work with mafia. When I play similar games I always wipe out mafia completely by killing all. Fallout 2, Jagged Alliance 2 ... you have the option to work with mafia or kill'em all. I like killing mafia members and this game is not allowing it. I think earning those 500.000$ could be quite easy when wiping out all mafia and mobsters and taking the money from them. I find this part of the game immoral and giving bad example. Cherry on the top is the behavior of the City Hall which decides your funding - if you are doing a bad job as a PD they figure out that you will hopefully do better job if they cut your funding and force you to fire your police officers. I mean what logic is that? Naturally you will end up in the spiral of defeat. I understand it's a game but I found this part really idiotic. In conclusion the game is good and I would like to see more games like this one however I also require some interesting story and options for re-playability.


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Posted on: October 14, 2016

Axle1969

Games: 22 Reviews: 1

crap

don't buy waste of good hard earned cash


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