Simple, streamlined and well-designed, this game is truly remarkable in how much of a story in manages to tell with such little visual input. Black and white represent the papers and the concepts of morality that is present throughout the game itself. It could be easily suggested that this art style has been purposefully used. There is a very low poly look to everything, and its all black and white. There is some serious social commentary in this game and I absolutely love it, I would expect nothing less from the developer who brought us classics like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn. Each story takes up a different amount of space and you have to make sure that there is enough being published while subtly selling the point you want to make. You have to choose what makes it on the front page of the paper. You get a bunch of stories, some of which make everything seem fine and others which reveal the terrible things that the government is doing. You must toe the line of doing what is right and doing what is best for your family who has been captured by the government you quietly wish to overthrow.

Your objective in this game is to simultaneously bring light to the corrupt government that rules the land of Republia while making sure you create favor for them to stay in power. You must take control of the editor for the Republia Times paper, and choose how much you are willing to risk the safety of your loved ones to get the truth out there. Created back in 2012, this fascinating game really tried something new by talking about hard hitting issues like censorship, fascism, and oppression. That’s something of a joke, the newspaper plays a large part in this game but only as the vessel for the story that is going on around you. If you like newspapers, you’ve come to the right place with The Republia Times.

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