This Is the Police 2 Reviews
Few stories in games can successfully make me hate the "protagonist" and at the same time draw me compulsively further into the events and plot twists. Paired up with the simplistic and impressionistic art of the story frames, the atmosphere and the complexity of the intertwining yet opposing factions bandying for influence over hopelessly corrupt Jack Boyd and you have a Noir story set in the 80's that could rival the classics.
This Is The Police 2 proves to be a challenging management simulator with a dark story that sometimes gets a little long-winded. A few hiccups hold it back, but fans of the genre will enjoy it all the same.
Overall, This Is The Police 2's mechanics are a vast improvement on an already solid formula, and this change for the better also stretches into the game's plot.
For fans of the original, This the Police 2 is undoubtedly a stronger game. For new players, if you want to understand some of the characters in this game you might want to pick up This Is The Police for the story, but in terms of gameplay, this is a far more polished, in-depth and immersive experience than This Is The Police.
Despite its flaws, especially on plot, This is the Police 2 still manages to be a compelling piece of gaming. With gameplay that can really suck players in and no shortage of police-style problems to deal with, it's definitely an experience worth looking into.
Police Story continues in cold Sharpwood with young sheriff Lilly and retired police chief Jack Boyd. And with new tactical combat. It is still acceptable.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Jack Boyd shows that the truth has more than one side and that everything is justifiable. Although the story has some problems and the narrative has an inconsistent rhythm, the new gameplay modes bring a different feeling to the sequence, keeping the player more engaged, different from the first game that could become boring after some time.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
This is the Police 2 is a big step forward for Weaapy Studio, who delivered a much more better experience comparing to the previous game.
Review in Persian | Read full review
A competent sequel that adds some neat touches, but doesn't fix enough of the first game's problems.
TITP2 is a challenging but enjoyable experience. Maybe the super hard difficulty is to understand its core message. As a simulator, being the chief police officer is a hard and enduring task. Sometimes you have to risk citizen lives for the greater good. Other times you have to neglect alerts and send your officers for personal gain. It's a cold and grueling world, just like Sharpwood. Despite its flaws, I appreciate the improvements in this sequel.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Sometimes trying to do so much dilutes what you're trying to accomplish, and This is The Police II is a prime example of that.
This is the Police 2 is a nice mix of different genres. Separately each of them may not seem very exciting, but this game is more than just a sum of each ingredient.
Review in Russian | Read full review
This is the Police 2 is a challenging game with very good story and narration, unique art style, nice music and variable gameplay that has seen good improvements Compared with the first game. Story is so amazing and challenges you very well in some points. Although This is the Police 2 has some issues and weak points like some annoying long dialogs, but in the end this a game that worth your time and money very well.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Before the balance patch, I really did think the game was just too hard. However, if you are a fan of the first This is the Police you will enjoy the second game. If you didn't play the first entry and are looking for a cop simulation game, give This is the Police 2 a go.
Although conceptually sound with a fairly strong setting, This is the Police 2 struggles to say or do anything meaningful with its premise.
This is the Police 2 is a sequel that tries to experiment on its mistakes, but the situation only gets worse. With a superfine narrative, but at times long and boring, and a management in disarray that unnecessarily complicates a strategic one that would have excellent bases to entertain. In this version for Nintendo Switch are added microscopic and almost incomprehensible texts in portable mode, no touchscreen and some uncertainty about the use of commands. Fingers crossed for the next chapter (if they decide to do it!).
Review in Italian | Read full review
This is the Police 2 was interesting, but not all the time. After some time it became slightly monotonous and things began to repeat. Because of one mistake, I had to play the game again before I reached the end. This game has a lot of ideas that look great, but unfortunately are not finished. So is the second part better than the first one? Certainly not for me, because the first episode came to me that coined the principle in "simplicity is strength". In the second episode they tried to add a heap of new elements which most of them do not work as they should. That's a pity.
Review in Czech | Read full review
On the whole This is the Police II puts obvious effort into being a better and more interesting game than its predecessor. While the development team obviously set their sights pretty high the results are likely heavily open to interpretation. People who thoroughly enjoy the challenge of managing their resources and struggling to keep it all together may thoroughly enjoy the experience, aggravations and all. However, if you’re just looking for something to start up and begin enjoying this sequel is a bit of a step back from even the original, becoming more cumbersome with the weight of its ambitions that don’t all work out.
Bogged down by unnecessary hurdles and overly complicated storytelling, This Is The Police 2 does not do its premise justice.
Despite not much changed in the core game, and the tactical combat mechanics are rather simplistic, This is the Police 2 is a solid sequel to the original game.