Why rip off the style of Papers Please?

[Jack Benny]

Get your own style

[Joeyboots80]

Why you gotta rip off Jeff the Killer? Get your own face.

[Jack Benny]

Never heard of him :)

[Joeyboots80]

lol

[razumzhir0]

Different game. Similar theme. But still not even close.

[Jack Benny]

Wrong. Total ripoff of style down to the fonts. Very uncreative and unoriginal.

[Gness Erquint]

Because the industry needs more of that goodness.

[styrmirrogg]

The only similarity I see is the art style the gameplay is totally different so if you would have actually played the game you would know that the gameplay is different. Actually play the game instead of just instantly jumping onto the forums after seeing the promo images. This is kinda like calling karlson (another steam game) a portal ripoff so just play the game asshat

[Gness Erquint]

STEAM FORUM APOLOGIST ALARM!!!

Originally posted by styrmirrogg:

The only similarity I see is the art style

Originally posted by Girl-brains:

Why rip off the style of Papers Please?
Get your own style

Originally posted by styrmirrogg:

if you would have actually played the game you would know that the gameplay is different. Actually play the game instead of just instantly jumping onto the forums

If you would actually read the topic you are responding to, you would know that you're being the biggest asshat yourself. Actually read the topic instead of just instantly jumping onto responding to whatever you imagined it to be.

[Sugar Mouse]

Originally posted by Gness Erquint:

STEAM FORUM APOLOGIST ALARM!!!

Originally posted by styrmirrogg:

The only similarity I see is the art style

Originally posted by Girl-brains:

Why rip off the style of Papers Please?
Get your own style

Originally posted by styrmirrogg:

if you would have actually played the game you would know that the gameplay is different. Actually play the game instead of just instantly jumping onto the forums

If you would actually read the topic you are responding to, you would know that you're being the biggest asshat yourself. Actually read the topic instead of just instantly jumping onto responding to whatever you imagined it to be.

Games are becoming more and more arty as time goes by. Papers Please introduced the idea of a text-based/simulation game set in a war-torn/totalitarian state where you play as someone who has to choose their allegiances and balance them with their own survival. This concept proves to be brimming with possibilities so naturally a lot of gamers and developers alike are left feeling inspired. This game has therefore been most likely influenced by Papers Please and has a similar setting, but from there the game goes in a unique enough direction that to call it a 'rip off' is childishly ignorant, not only of the considerably different content of each game, but also of the last several centuries of art and the way that all art forms have gradually developed. People take inspiration from each other all the time. Even Shakespeare had influences - some of this storylines were practically cut & pasted from ancient plays. There's a fine line between ripping something off and taking inspiration from it.

[Badger Lord Patrick]

It was made with the help of the man who made Papers, Please. Lucas Pope.
Incidentally he also made a similar game about news articles called "The Republia Times". It may still be available for free online.

[Gness Erquint]

@Sugar Mouse, I'm left wondering why you are quoting me in your post.
You've not made any reference to anything I wrote in my post or argued against any of my points.
If anything, you seem to be in agreement with me but why'd you had to quote that specific post of mine?

[Cliff.uckingBooth]

This feels like heavily inspired by 1984 by George Orwell.

[Sexual Harrasm Panda]

nah man its tOTaL rIpPoFf 11!, like every FPS is just a blatant pastejob of Wolfenstein 3D :P

[Jack Benny]

If you look at this game and Papers Please and don't see that this rips it off, you're a moron.

[Gness Erquint]

@Jack Benny, you're a moron.