First of all, kudos to the devs. There is a lot to like about the game, like the art style, the music, the whole premise of the game itself, as utterly ridiculous as it is. The obvious leftist bias is laughable, but I could live with it and enjoy the game anyway for what it is. However, that’s the problem.


The game itself is a blatant rip-off of “Papers, Please”, but creating original content these days is difficult, especially when you are too busy writing blog posts about the #patriarchy for your Gender Studies class, which you were forced to take along with your programming classes. That’s not the point, though.


Many of us actual gamers (so that excludes the vast majority of SJWs) are growing tired of all the political agendas that are being pushed into our beloved hobby, which is supposed to be an escape from all this BS that happens IRL, no matter what side you’re on. Granted, this game wouldn’t even exist if you took out the political part altogether, but “Papers, Please” managed to do it… and why? Because everything about it is fictional, and it is consistent about it.


Devs, let me ask you a simple question (at least I hope it’s simple enough for a leftist to get): If the main party that won the election is called “Albion First”, why are there so many references to UKIP?


You cannot pretend that this is an “alternative Britain”, and then include and bash a real party like UKIP in almost every aspect. It’s killing the immersion, and it’s a blatant attempt at shoving the devs’ political bias down our throats.


I am sure you will get a lot of glowing reviews from the usual suspects like Eurogamer, RPS, etc. and all the comments (if enabled, that is) will be the complete opposite, but at the end of the day, you won’t get my money.


I will wait for it to inevitably show up in a bundle in a few months’ time, and if it’s a Humble one, I will make sure to exclude you from the list of recipients.


Congratulations, you played yourself.