

Then the player has to pick what these key points mean, which can be anything from ‘extenuating circumstances’, ‘accusation’, ‘offenders personality’, and ‘evidence’ plus a handful more. The case is divided up on a wheel into several key events, from the job of the defendant to the step by step process of committing the crime. This is a little tricky to follow and can make the case harder to understand when it comes to making a judgment. When a case is presented, players must read through the evidence before deciding what to question the defendant on.

Related Story Alessio Palumbo The Ascent Q&A – Neon Giant Shares Info on Game Length, Crossplay and The Game’s Living World Unfortunately, the trail itself isn’t as fun as delivering the verdict. It, assuming you're invested in the characters and world that the game presents, can give you that enjoyably uncomfortable knot in your stomach as you try to decide whether to do what is right, or what is safe for your character. Imprisoning a man that stole from the rich is technically correct, but the baying mob in the pews might think differently. You are meant to be a judge, deciding a verdict based entirely on the evidence and arguments presented to you, but to be a good judge puts you at great risk. But in a similar vein, that can be difficult to balance, ethically. Like other political paper pushing games, such as Papers Please, it's best to keep everyone as on side as possible. Support them, and they will support you too. Make a decision that impacts one group badly, and they will remember it. The game focuses on two factions, the revolutionaries, and the common people, who each have an opinion of you.

As a judge, you are the face of the legal system, and as a result, your decisions there influence the way others see you in this polarising time. It did not.įamily matters might seem trivial as you hold the fate of people in your hands by day, but the two are more combined than you might think. On my first evening, and worried about the thinly veiled threats of my wife, I decided to take my entire family out to an evening at the theatre, something I assumed would raise their spirits. The game will tell you exactly who will be affected by each choice, but not how it will influence. Each night you can choose what activity your family will undertake, and these choices can increase, or decrease your standing with each member. This is a game and a setting where the unexpected became the norm, and you can feel that in more or less everything you do. The Revolution so tense is the unpredictable outcomes of your decisions. Players have to spend their days working in the courthouse and deciding the fate of their fellow countrymen, while at night they have to reconcile with their distant and worried family.Ī lot of what makes We. The game makes it clear quite early on that you are a man of means, which would normally make your life an easy one, but with gallows and guillotines being erected all across the city your stature might just be your downfall.
