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The Occupation

The Occupation

White Paper Games·Released Mar 5, 2019·Single player

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Genres
PuzzleAdventureIndie
Critic67/100
Across 7 reviews
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About

The game takes place in a single government building, in real time over four hours, the game advances without input from the player, but almost all in-game actions can affect the game's story. The game is set in late 1987 within the same universe as White Paper Games' first title Ether One. The game doesn't have a health bar or energy system, when the game needs to punish the player it does so by using up the player's time, for example if a player is caught doing something they shouldn't, they are taken to a security office and lose 15 minutes of game time, which shortens the time available to achieve the main aim of the game, obtaining knowledge.

Reviews

9 reviews
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IGN
Tristan Ogilvie·Mar 9, 2019
Critic59/100
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The Occupation is a stealth-investigation game that tries to make every second count but is ultimately a missed opportunity.

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Tristan Ogilvie·Mar 9, 2019
Critic59/100
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The Occupation is a stealth-investigation game that tries to make every second count but is ultimately a missed opportunity.

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Critic80/100
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The Occupation is a smart, story-driven stealth adventure, the sort of game that gets under your skin in ways you didn't even realize.

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Critic75/100
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If this review was nowt but swear words - and by that, I mean just an endless rant of disgusting words glued end-to-end…

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Critic60/100
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The Occupation is bold, ambitious, and a bit of a mess. Its bugs and occasionally obtuse storytelling severely detract from the overall experience, and yet it will live longer in the memory than the average game. There's something fascinating here: a real-time thriller that puts genuine political power in the palm of your hands. But it's strangled by its own ambition, and that's as inevitable as it is unfortunate.

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