This Is the Police

Nintendo Life

Conor McMahon·Oct 29, 2017

Critic70/100

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This Is The Police asks players to step into a career that's already on the rocks, in a city beyond saving, and then demands that you try and make things right regardless. It's a mature, compelling experience that combines elements of strategy, resource management and text adventure games, while telling a gripping story of corruption and withered hope - albeit with some muddled attempts to deal with real world issues. The meat of the game is solid, if extremely repetitious after some hours, so we can't help but feel if it was a shorter, more tightly focused game with a bit more variety, it would have felt more satisfying overall. As it stands there's hours of gameplay here for any budding cop, it just outstays its welcome a little.

Push Square

Ken Talbot·Mar 21, 2017

Critic70/100

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An interesting genre mash-up that offers noir adventure and city management in bite-sized chunks. An expertly crafted atmosphere can't hide some rigid storytelling and shallow systems, but fans of cop movies and resource management should give this one a go.

PC Gamer

Kate Gray·Aug 11, 2016

Critic65/100

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Injustice: Mobs Among Us

GameSpot

Aleksander Gilyadov·Aug 2, 2016

Critic70/100

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This Is the Police is an enjoyable but flawed management sim that gives you a taste of what it's like to be the chief of police.

Game Informer

Jeff Cork·Aug 2, 2016

Critic50/100

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This is the Police lets you walk a tightrope as a shady police chief on his way out of office, but it’s far from a thrill.