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Posted August 01, 2013
Order in the line!

Papers, Please, a unique dystopian game of social drama, and political statements, challenging your alertness, attention to detail, and morals with the puzzling and stressful work of an immigration inspector, is available for pre-orders on GOG.com, for Windows and Mac, for only $9.99!

Comrade! As you assume your post at the Grestin Border Checkpoint the Ministry of Admission would like to remind you that your work is crucial to the safety of the People's Republic of Arstotzka. The enemies of the state are many and our borders should remain impenetrable. Stay alert! Terrorists, spies, and miscreants will take advantage of your every smallest mistake to enter our motherland and threaten the people. Be vigilant! Always check and double-check every detail. Never ignore any inconsistency. The safety of our glorious nation rest is your personal responsibility! Oh, by the way, comrade--you will be paid based on the number of people you control each day. And we're raising your rent.

Papers, Please simulates the work of a immigration inspector whose responsibility is to controll the passports and other papers of the people trying to cross the border of your country. Your job gets more complicated daily, as new regulations are passed by the Ministry of Admission and the illegal immigrants get more and more creative in the attempts of tricking you into letting them in. You will face the grim reality of a dystopian communist republic of the early 1980s as you try to support your family and not end up in front of a firing squad as a traitor. Challenging, morally ambiguous, and intense gameplay will blow your mind!

Pre-order Papers, Please for only $9.99 and feel the Ministry of Admission breathing down your neck, as soon as the game arrives (which is expected to happen on August 8).
Posted August 01, 2013
There's no much point in ordering it at gog.com, as it has no benefits over steam/humble store, but has a huge drawback of not providing a linux version for the same price.

I have 50+ games bought in gog.com, and it really annoys me that I need to buy them again to be able to play.
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Agent_Tau: I enjoyed the demo quite a bit a few months ago (v0.5.7).
Hope it comes for Debian/Ubuntu too.
Author promised to release Linux version of the game, but it probably won't be on gog.com, as they just don't care about linux users.
Humble store should have one, though.
Post edited August 01, 2013 by mooskagh
Posted August 01, 2013
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Gacut: Think about the author, he want's to get some money from what he love and spend most of his free time. When GOG and Steam takes 30% he still have 7$. Well, that is something. But when he will sell it in here for 5, he would get no more than 3.50$. I think it's a reasonable price for such entertaining game.
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N0x0ss: If I wanted to do charity, I'd spend money in Africa.
The author is presenting a product. At 10$, it compares rather poorly with other products of similar price.
At 5$, it can pass much easier on the consumer market, as an alternative-experience indie game.
It's harsh, but we can't have every indi gamer coming up with an original/clever Idea, asking for an important price, can we ?
I'm pretty sure many GOGers would agree with me that it's more in the lines of a 5$ game
That depends on how I like the beta. If it offers a fun experience which I personally consider worth $10, then I'll buy it. If not, I'll wait for a sale or not buy it at all. Everyone's perception of value is different which is why I can't ever agree with anyone who says a product needs to be less than the listed price. It may seem reasonable to you that the price should be $5 (that's your perceived value), but, for others, $10 may be fine too. In the end, the developer places a price he/she/they believe is fair compensation and arguing that prior to release accomplishes nothing. However, if in 5 years, GOG is still selling Papers, Please for $10 then I might be less inclined to be accepting of such a price.
Posted August 01, 2013
I have to give kudos to the dev for originality. Who would of ever thought someone would make an immigration inspection simulator?
Posted August 01, 2013
The screenshots make me go argh.

No, I'm not talking about the graphical style, I'm talking about the horrible scaling issues. Is that just how the game looks or have GOG screwed up? This wouldn't be the first time that GOG has posted screwed up screenshots that make a game look worse than it really does.
Posted August 01, 2013
Sorry, it sounds like an interesting concept (I love me some niche sim games) but I can't get past the graphical style. I HATE DOS graphics. They're horrible and I can barely read them and I always feel like I spent half my time trying to decipher what's going on in a game. So this is a pass for me.
Posted August 02, 2013
I think the graphics is alright. Looks clean and gets the point (and the atmosphere) across.

I'll probably buy it as the game looks interesting. I will wait for some reviews first.
Posted August 02, 2013
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TurnipSlayerr: snip
Isn't there something missing from the "Compatibility" part of the gamepage? Or do we have a Mac Exclusive title?
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Posted August 02, 2013
Touches a nerve. Am currently working in an NGO providing legal/social support for refugees and asylum seekers, so I deal daily with obscene restrictions to the freedom of movement, and more and more abject attacks on the notion of asylum and international protection. I'm getting sick of the criminally bad faith of our increasingly autistic governments, of deshumanising bureaucratic procedures, and the underlying state xenophobia. This game makes me laugh in a very disturbing way. It's unbearably evil. Just sick. I would probably have bought it and played it non-stop for $5 or so. But I won't pay $9 for self-inflicted psychological torture. Beyond the $6 threshold, this would be totally irrational.

No, seriously, I don't know if I'll adore it (in a perverted way), or be all "eek" after one minute of gameplay, or will be amused by the concept and be "okay, seen, done" after the novelty impact. I'd blindly invest $6 on that. $9 is the price for real games bought for real.

We'll meet at the next promo.
Posted August 02, 2013
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TurnipSlayerr: snip
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JMich: Isn't there something missing from the "Compatibility" part of the gamepage? Or do we have a Mac Exclusive title?
Yeah, not sure what happened there. It's sorted now.

Thanks for the heads up!
Posted August 02, 2013
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TurnipSlayerr: Yeah, not sure what happened there.
I guess your papers weren't in order.
Posted August 02, 2013
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TurnipSlayerr: Yeah, not sure what happened there.
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JMich: I guess your papers weren't in order.
No entry for me :(
Posted August 02, 2013
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JMich: I guess your papers weren't in order.
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TurnipSlayerr: No entry for me :(
Because you are Kolechian!
Posted August 02, 2013
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TurnipSlayerr: No entry for me :(
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JudasIscariot: Because you are Kolechian!
How dare you make such an allegation! I am from Cobrastan.
Posted August 02, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Because you are Kolechian!
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TurnipSlayerr: How dare you make such an allegation! I am from Cobrastan.
Ohohohoho...


Cobrastan is not a real country!
Posted August 02, 2013
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TurnipSlayerr: How dare you make such an allegation! I am from Cobrastan.
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JudasIscariot: Ohohohoho...

Cobrastan is not a real country!
Cobrastan is real country! Who are you to say it is not?
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