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This Is the Police 2

Managing an unreliable police roster against random calls and solvable tactics.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    1/10

    Menu management and slow tactical turns need no dexterity

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    1/10

    Story actors and criminals are scripted

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    5/10

    Call outcomes and officer quirks roll unpredictably

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Roster management, dispatch triage and tactical positioning are solvable

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2018
Developer
Weappy Studio
Platforms
PS4, Linux, Android, PC, iOS, Mac, XONE, Switch
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
63/100
IGDB users
74/100
SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)TacticalAdventureIndieVisual NovelActionThrillerDrama