As a lifelong fan of immersive sims since earlier than we had a reputation for the style, I must get my grubby mitts on The Occupation, an investigative thriller set in politically taut ’80s London. With a clock ticking in real-time and a conspiracy to be untraveled earlier than a quiet and painfully authorized authorities crackdown, there’s rather a lot to be finished. With solely days till it launches on March fifth, builders White Paper Games have launched ten minutes of footage, displaying us how a single lead may be adopted to be able to catch a conspirator in a lie. See the way it works within the video beneath.
For probably the most half, it’s acquainted immersive sim stuff, however with a really completely different tone, being set in the actual world (or near it), and placing the participant in a journalist’s footwear. If caught by guards, you’re not going to be making a dramatic escape or preventing your approach out – you’re (if fortunate) going to get a stern speaking to, and at worst detained till it’s too late. Despite not being caught, the participant even units off an alarm at one level, and nonetheless will get advised off as a result of who else could be snooping round there? It’s a world of non-idiots and vent shafts a person can crawl by with out getting dusty.
It’s clearly not sensible. That floppy disk might need been nuked simply by dropping it on the ground by an influence plug, and that’s some positively fanciful knowledge restoration. I’m not grumbling – between the Deus Ex-ish vents and the protagonist’s nigh-supernatural stealth (ninja journalists – the last word press sneak fucks!), it’s fanciful sufficient to nonetheless really feel like a game. A really thrilling wanting game with a recent setting, idea and a few intelligent spins on acquainted methods. Multiple options, a number of endings and a world that retains on ticking even if you’re not wanting – this looks like a superb subsequent step after binging on Thief for 2 weeks.
The Occupation launches on March fifth. You can discover it on Steam and Humble. It’s additionally printed by Humble Bundle.
