3.5/5
Reviews for "Create the Police State"
Wouldn't banning homosexuality have a negative effect on control over the police state? Letting gay people do their thing would lead to less thinking about what the state is doing, kind of like how people smoke weed or drink alcohol to forget about their problems.
Otherwise it's a bretty fun game. 3.5 would gulag again
IlyaKrivenko responds:
The idea is that in a police state you want to have less diversity among your people, less viewpoint diversity and so on.
This way you should consider gay community as some harmful thing (as any other community which doesn't serve interests of the State)
I totally agree with your idea about alcohol and drugs consumption, in some way it could make sense to encourage these habbits among the nation. Good idea for a second part :)
Too simplistic!
I hate to be that person, but I got the hardcore ending on my first try, without trying too hard. The most difficult part was keeping the people happy, but utilizing the "cultural exchange" in Diplomacy was enough for it to not be an issue at the end. I barely touched the taxes.
I realized that the budget wasn't going to be an issue as I continued, so I stopped worrying about things that increased my expenses past the second year or so. Also, I worked on getting the power plant and total brainwashing as soon as I could, along with constantly being at war with the Island States.
I also did not build the labor camps until almost the very last step. I had a good system going using the Diplomacy tab, so I didn't want to ruin it.
Maybe I just got lucky, so take my advice with a grain of salt :).
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! :)