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.
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.
I refused to fire black employees, because they're all decent reliable people, far more decent than those racist mobs and boneless bureaucrats
I refused to brutally crack down feminist protest based on some right wing conspiracies about foreign power, besides there are more things worth pouring precious resources into
Then the city hall cut my funding, made me even more shorthanded
I was forced to cooperate with mafia regardless the choice I made
I refused to comply with their demands
Then I got a little bit dead on day 13
This is the police. This is the end of me playing this game.