Recent reviews by asleep.in.some.lyrical.coma

Not sure what I can add that's not been said already...

Don't be fooled by the F2P label, this is a great game full of content and a lot of variety in its weapons and skills.
It also has an extremely fair F2P model and you are not forced to spend anything if you don't want to.

You really should at least try it out

Despite the seemingly boring premise, Papers, Please is a really well executed game that delivers a strong and grim narrative and values your choices with a large number of possible endings.

I got this in a bundle and onestly just tried it on my tablet out of boredom while being forced to wait a few hours at the airport. I was really surprised to find out it's quite engaging and there is a story to unfold with multiple branches, and ended up playing a lot more than intended.

It's hard and dark. You have to make lots of choices, and most of the time there is not a right one. Often you just have to pick between two wrongs. We just have to hope this will become more and more foreign to the world we'll build in the future.

TL;DR: The game is overall pretty good, but is way too short to be worth 20 € in my opinion (and I'll be unsure about 10 € too). I call this a demo. I played longer demos in the past.

I got this for free with my vive, but i was left kind of disappointed. There are some really great mechanics (like the inventory management), but, while playing, I often felt like the experience was "stretched". VR is a new media and I was unsure if that was the case, but as the game ended quickly, I'm now pretty sure it was intentional.
As an example, the tutorial felt way longer than needed. Ok, I did play other experiences before, but then again there's no need for me to smash every single botte. The Lab just tells you how to teleport and grab stuff and you are done. Felt like they really wanted me to be ready before jumping into action, so I did take my time to ensure I was ready. Except, there is no action at all in the whole game so you have plenty of time to practice later in a non-time-critical environment. There are many more examples but I will just stop here to avoid spoilers.

I really cannot suggest this to anyone at this price. A few really easy puzzles, lots of teleporting, a huge deal of standing still and listening (good voice acting, though). I really took my time looking around, checked pretty much everything out, played a lot with useless objects (example I spent a good 15 minutes playing with an hammer inside the magnetic field), and still did a full run in under 2 hours.

I may be interested in the next episode, but I'll wait for other people's reviews, and no way I'd spend 20 € for an experience like this. Pretty well done, but there is already way better and longer stuff to do in VR for this price.