This Is the Police HandyGames Dive into a deep story of corruption, crime and intrigue. Take the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, and come face … $7.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsDive into a deep story of corruption, crime and intrigue. Take the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, and come face to face with the ugly underbelly of Freeburg, a city spiraling the drain. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse? Manage your staff, respond to emergencies, and investigate crimes in a city on the brink of chaos. The mafia underworld maneuvers behind the scenes, sinking their claws ever deeper into the city, even as the mayor is ready to exploit every situation to his political advantage. Choose your approach to each situation as it unfolds. Sometimes you’ll be responding to a developing crisis at a crime scene, or negotiating with Freeburg’s crime bosses. Sometimes you’ll find yourself dodging questions in the press room, or even the occasional cross-examination in the witness box. Can you keep this pressure cooker from exploding, at least for long enough to stash away a nice retirement nest egg? - Your mission is clear: make 0,000 in 180 days before Jack Boyd reaches retirement. How? That’s up to you! - Decisions, decisions! This Is the Police is all about a dark story and how you react to it. Whatever you decide, your choices will influence the game – and the fate of Jack Boyd. - The Good, the Bad, and... the Ugly? The Chief of Freeburg's Police Department deals with all kind of people. It is up to you to find the bad guys and decide how to deal with them. - Carry out your duties. As head of Freeburg PD, Jack deals with all sorts of challenges every day: responding to emergencies, managing his officers, defending the department against City Hall and a corrupt mayor, and much more. - Solve Investigations and gather evidence against the criminal gangs of Freeburg. - Deal with the competing powers of the city. Everyone offers you favors, and each one comes at a price. Rich and fully voiced story: Jack Boyd is portrayed by Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem. Information Seller:HandyGames Genre:Adventure, Strategy Release:Dec 12, 2018 Updated:Feb 06, 2019 Version:1.0.1 Size:2.0 GB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Gwarmaxx Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2010 4,446 376 83 NCC 1701 #2 Gwarmaxx, Dec 12, 2018 as a huge fan of Blue Bloods/Shades of Blue/Chicago PD shows i have to buy this beauty! got it! davidovich Well-Known Member Sep 26, 2008 299 13 18 #3 davidovich, Dec 12, 2018 Hey, Gwarrmax. Are you using a newer device? Just wondering if it’s optimized for newer screens. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #4 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 You’re shitting me. Really?! No idea this was coming. Big fan of no2, which I bought in a steam sale a month or two back. (I’m also a criminologist, so ay.) Insta-DL. orangecan Well-Known Member Aug 9, 2011 2,000 150 63 #5 orangecan, Dec 12, 2018 Quite fancy this but at that price point I’d like to hear some more feedback before taking the plunge - the reviews on the PC/PS4 are fairly mixed.... Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #6 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 OK, I've now played 2 days. Which might not sound like a lot. But the story is pretty extensive #rofl. The video / cutscenes are also - afaict - only either ENTIRELY skippable or NOT AT ALL skippable. So it's not possible to swish through lines at reading pace, for example. The voice acting is tremendous, the script is entertaining (but 100% adult material - strip bars, prostitutes and police corruption in the opening scenes), and the art - IMO - appealing. So, yeah. I usually chafe at story. Particularly narrated story. I begrudgingly appreciate this (and sat through it all for the first two days. There is a fair bit.) The gameplay - the gameplay I've encountered so far, at least - is essentially roster and incident management. Choose with cops (how loyal / how tired) to send to which crime scenes, with choices of cops affecting outcomes. This is pretty stripped down compared to TITP2 (wherein each copper has scores on each of - IIRC 5 - specifically-described attributes, which can be levelled up, and which affect their skills / choices / efficacy in various scenarios). There's also not - as of yet - any choice about buying equipment (in TITP2 the number of villains you bag = how many beer tokens you get, which allows the purchasing of officers and equipment). But, hmmm. There is cash. And a corruption narrative is pretty prominent, with me apparently attempting to get up to $500k (or perhaps $1m) through corruption over the next 176 days. So... I'll be interested in seeing how and where that cash can be used. There are also top-down tactical elements in TITP2, which I haven't yet encountered. Perhaps they'll appear. Vignettes / decisions HAVE appeared (how are you going to bust this bloke?), though not as frequently in TITP2 (perhaps because of the lack of specified / individualised copper-skills). Checkpoints could be more liberally deployed - at the start of every day atm, which risks losing a lot of time (video skips aside) if you close down the game in a hurry / at an untimely moment. IDK, potentially including a whole day's work, if you quit during a post-day cutscene?! Will see how that works. TL;DR - like the feel of it so far. Story is tremendous. Gameplay so far is reminiscent of TITP2 (which I like, a lot) but I feel as if I'm right at the start. Sort of hope it picks up a bit, as what I've seen to date probably isn't quite enough to sustain 180 days! Will see. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #7 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 Oh, music is good, and start of day 3 allows me promotions. And introduces sick and blagging (shift-dodging) coppers - first one wants to duck off and help his mates at an animal shelter. Like that. Oh, and hiring and firing. And detective roles, so I assume investigations are about to start. This is already looking cheerier. Edit: in-game music astounding. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #8 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 Having just had a scout of Steam... That's 93% positive from the last 30 days (sale-related, I suspect) and 84% positive overall. For a 2.1gb whopper of a premium app, I'm totally on board. (Well, obvs I was, given I insta-bought. But, you know. Was totally on board even before I'd seen the Steam reviews.) Also worth remembering that Apple now offer infinite refunds without quibble (seemingly), should you try it and find it's not to your taste... orangecan Well-Known Member Aug 9, 2011 2,000 150 63 #9 orangecan, Dec 12, 2018 Thanks for the feedback everyone, I’m edging closer to a buy.... Bloodangel Well-Known Member Jan 19, 2011 1,824 46 48 Retail England #10 Bloodangel, Dec 12, 2018 What’s TITP2? Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #11 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/785740/ :thumbs: Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #12 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 Also: I have now run my first investigation (sent the SWAT team to pick up the suspect), and my blatantly drunkard copper (who, shamefully, I identified as a wrong un on day 1 due to his abysmal professionalism score, grey skin and HUGE EYEBAGS) left to work as a nightclub bouncer (a job I gave him, tbf), for which I appear to have received a kickback of £4,500 :thumbs: Have also leapt at the first opportunity to work with the mafia. And in day 5 or sth I now have 4 or 5 cops trying to blag shifts off or call in sick :rofl: I like this game. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #13 Quoad, Dec 12, 2018 Examples of a potential shirker, and a typical incident. Gwarmaxx Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2010 4,446 376 83 NCC 1701 #14 Gwarmaxx, Dec 12, 2018 no new device here, i'm on a 6S, sorry pal. davidovich Well-Known Member Sep 26, 2008 299 13 18 #15 davidovich, Dec 13, 2018 Thanks for the reply Gwarmaxx likes this. Quoad Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2015 1,108 217 63 #16 Quoad, Dec 13, 2018 Last edited: Dec 13, 2018 Additional note: this is not well-suited to very brief pick-up-and-play. I'd sort-of-guess that the minimum viable period for any one gaming session is about 5 mins. Edit: and, I think perhaps for the first time ever, I’ve sought out and bought the (outstanding) soundtrack. TSP Well-Known Member Patreon Gold Sep 14, 2008 189 0 16 Male Teacher. Sweden #17 TSP, Dec 13, 2018 Battery drain? Looking for a game to play on a flight. Bought it on the switch, but didn't get into it at all. On the other hand I bought Stardew Valley on the switch, and played for about 30 minutes. On my iPhone I have been playing for two hours a day since launch. I like my games portable portable. Gwarmaxx Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2010 4,446 376 83 NCC 1701 #18 Gwarmaxx, Dec 13, 2018 too much drain, unfortunately... anyway, i'm loving it. anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,128 704 113 #19 anthony78, Apr 16, 2020 See both the first and second games are $1.99. Anyone know if this one has iPhone X support? ramzarules Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2014 2,112 128 63 Greece #20 ramzarules, Apr 17, 2020 Fellow TArcaders, I need your help in deciding between 1 and 2. I have narrowed it down to a few very specific questions: 1) does either of them have a time limit or fail the game or can you play indefinitely, even screw up and try to fix it? 2) does either have a “point of no return” where you screw up too badly and have to restart the whole game or can it make use of save slots to try and salvage the situation 3) does either of them have multiple endings based in what you choose like go corrupt or not or inbetween? 4) do they both have readable fonts for iphones? some say the first has a better narrative, some say 2 has improved on the gameplay, so if someone can help answering these i can decide for myself. ste86uk likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
You’re shitting me. Really?! No idea this was coming. Big fan of no2, which I bought in a steam sale a month or two back. (I’m also a criminologist, so ay.) Insta-DL.
Quite fancy this but at that price point I’d like to hear some more feedback before taking the plunge - the reviews on the PC/PS4 are fairly mixed....
OK, I've now played 2 days. Which might not sound like a lot. But the story is pretty extensive #rofl. The video / cutscenes are also - afaict - only either ENTIRELY skippable or NOT AT ALL skippable. So it's not possible to swish through lines at reading pace, for example. The voice acting is tremendous, the script is entertaining (but 100% adult material - strip bars, prostitutes and police corruption in the opening scenes), and the art - IMO - appealing. So, yeah. I usually chafe at story. Particularly narrated story. I begrudgingly appreciate this (and sat through it all for the first two days. There is a fair bit.) The gameplay - the gameplay I've encountered so far, at least - is essentially roster and incident management. Choose with cops (how loyal / how tired) to send to which crime scenes, with choices of cops affecting outcomes. This is pretty stripped down compared to TITP2 (wherein each copper has scores on each of - IIRC 5 - specifically-described attributes, which can be levelled up, and which affect their skills / choices / efficacy in various scenarios). There's also not - as of yet - any choice about buying equipment (in TITP2 the number of villains you bag = how many beer tokens you get, which allows the purchasing of officers and equipment). But, hmmm. There is cash. And a corruption narrative is pretty prominent, with me apparently attempting to get up to $500k (or perhaps $1m) through corruption over the next 176 days. So... I'll be interested in seeing how and where that cash can be used. There are also top-down tactical elements in TITP2, which I haven't yet encountered. Perhaps they'll appear. Vignettes / decisions HAVE appeared (how are you going to bust this bloke?), though not as frequently in TITP2 (perhaps because of the lack of specified / individualised copper-skills). Checkpoints could be more liberally deployed - at the start of every day atm, which risks losing a lot of time (video skips aside) if you close down the game in a hurry / at an untimely moment. IDK, potentially including a whole day's work, if you quit during a post-day cutscene?! Will see how that works. TL;DR - like the feel of it so far. Story is tremendous. Gameplay so far is reminiscent of TITP2 (which I like, a lot) but I feel as if I'm right at the start. Sort of hope it picks up a bit, as what I've seen to date probably isn't quite enough to sustain 180 days! Will see.
Oh, music is good, and start of day 3 allows me promotions. And introduces sick and blagging (shift-dodging) coppers - first one wants to duck off and help his mates at an animal shelter. Like that. Oh, and hiring and firing. And detective roles, so I assume investigations are about to start. This is already looking cheerier. Edit: in-game music astounding.
Having just had a scout of Steam... That's 93% positive from the last 30 days (sale-related, I suspect) and 84% positive overall. For a 2.1gb whopper of a premium app, I'm totally on board. (Well, obvs I was, given I insta-bought. But, you know. Was totally on board even before I'd seen the Steam reviews.) Also worth remembering that Apple now offer infinite refunds without quibble (seemingly), should you try it and find it's not to your taste...
Also: I have now run my first investigation (sent the SWAT team to pick up the suspect), and my blatantly drunkard copper (who, shamefully, I identified as a wrong un on day 1 due to his abysmal professionalism score, grey skin and HUGE EYEBAGS) left to work as a nightclub bouncer (a job I gave him, tbf), for which I appear to have received a kickback of £4,500 :thumbs: Have also leapt at the first opportunity to work with the mafia. And in day 5 or sth I now have 4 or 5 cops trying to blag shifts off or call in sick :rofl: I like this game.
Additional note: this is not well-suited to very brief pick-up-and-play. I'd sort-of-guess that the minimum viable period for any one gaming session is about 5 mins. Edit: and, I think perhaps for the first time ever, I’ve sought out and bought the (outstanding) soundtrack.
Battery drain? Looking for a game to play on a flight. Bought it on the switch, but didn't get into it at all. On the other hand I bought Stardew Valley on the switch, and played for about 30 minutes. On my iPhone I have been playing for two hours a day since launch. I like my games portable portable.
Fellow TArcaders, I need your help in deciding between 1 and 2. I have narrowed it down to a few very specific questions: 1) does either of them have a time limit or fail the game or can you play indefinitely, even screw up and try to fix it? 2) does either have a “point of no return” where you screw up too badly and have to restart the whole game or can it make use of save slots to try and salvage the situation 3) does either of them have multiple endings based in what you choose like go corrupt or not or inbetween? 4) do they both have readable fonts for iphones? some say the first has a better narrative, some say 2 has improved on the gameplay, so if someone can help answering these i can decide for myself.
