Reviews for Create the Police State

[090-666]

This was quite good. Simple, yet entertaining.

The concept was a nice analogy to the real world, and the ways you achieve the goal are as efficient as they should be. It makes sense in all its simplicity. All the political moves had a short-term goal and a long term one. Thus a move that would provide certain benefits now paves the way for something to happen later, and you could even backtrack on some moves after they've fulfilled their purpose, the biggest example of which is the taxes.

Some laws allowed further establishing your "police state" dominance, whereas others didn't have an impact on your other choices. I assume you meant that some are more important than others, even though they somewhat limit your options and make 1 way to easy success. I got a "hardcore ending" which I suppose is the best one, since I cannot see any medals being distributed. So if it's easy to guess which moves lead to certain success, it takes some of the fun away.

I also loved the random events that happened, even though I wanted them to have a bigger impact. Perhaps in a sequel or a more polished version this could happen. The art style was also nice.

All in all, it was wonderful in its simplicity. If this motivates you, I'm expecting bigger projects from you, because I think you can deliver. You know what direction to go.

4/5 because there is room for improvement.

IlyaKrivenko responds:

Thank you very much for this review!
I will definitely take into consideration all this, your feedback is very helpful!

[PolsProductions]

it's a very good strategy game, and as a guy interested in politics i really enjoyed the ironic tone it has

[Mihai769XD]

ez game ez life

[Spromeister14]

Those pieces of shit in other states...Anyway,a good game

[fnouf]

Not too shabby.

I like the drawings and the neat and the interface, intuitive. The concepts, while being reduced to the basics of what they are supposed to be, are still clear and understandable and without too much ridicule. There are no contradictions so far, so it is a good sign. While you are tackling on a very serious subject, you could not avoid the abridged versions of some fundamentals (economically and socially speaking). That is good too otherwise this would no longer be a 'game' but walls and walls of text.

Speaking of text, I see several users wrote how 'amazing' and 'deep' this game is, how it speaks to them. They should really think twice before writing anything close to an opinion regarding politics.

Instead of parroting inane comments, they should start by reading a book.

This game works more as a reminder that society is complex and that one should always seek knowledge and understanding before coming with a valid opinion on that matter. Even the best of us still have not achieved this virtue.

Nonetheless, I am not going to go on and on about this. Suffice to say, on a technical level, this game is doing good. Not too hard (and here I think this is not the point), not too simplistic either.

Your approach of these issues, put in parallel with the current state of the world is undoubtedly interesting and worth pondering about what is to come.

cheers

IlyaKrivenko responds:

Thank you for the review! It's very helpful, and I will definitely keep all this in my mind doing the second part! :)