The Precinct

[h2]A really good game. Pretty solid in most aspects.[/h2] [h3]The standard sales price[/h3] is ok/fitting (though I would still say knock 5 bucks off it's current price, and that'd be spot on). I [i]was[/i] glad I did get it during a sale. Might also be a reason why I gave the game some "leeway". 1 Euro an hour (current playtime / price I paid) is totally acceptable/worth it. [h3The ]story[/h3] was actually good and I usually tend to mash through stories, in a lot of games. There are some twists, which make think you think, you know what's going to happen, but the game cunningly leans into the cliches only to shale them off. The main story isn't amazingly long, but I thought it was just right and you can keep playing in the open world after. All of the game's [[b]mechanics[/b] are pretty solid and decently implemented. (The time it takes to check peoples ID's and breathalise, did slowly start to grate sometimes though, towards the end of my play-through) I've seen people state that some of [b]the standard mission types are boring[/b], but I didn't really think so and I feel [b]it's not really a factor[/b] . For one, you can use "boring" missions like dealing with parking violations to do other activities. And that aside, (and I [b]LOVE[/b] this aspect of the game and wish some other games would use this system!) but if you really don't like one of the 4 proposed mission types, the game gives you, you can just create your own. (the more you level up, the more you can customise these.) The shooting and taking cover is... not amazing. It's not terrible (and once you "get it") it gets better, but it's not stellar either. Again, it didn't really interfere with my fun often though. [h3] The driving[/h3] physics are great, the flying is decent. I took a while to make use of the races, but because I really enjoyed the driving in general, the races were also super fun to me. [h3] The world[/h3] is not huge, but big enough. As the devs have a small team, this is great and rather a slightly smaller, but well done open world than an larger, empty, soulless one. For the story and general amount of fun to be had, the map size works well. And considering that it is an open world game, with so many system, the devs have done great work! (aiming high by doing open world and still pulling it off really well) I enjoyed the [b] music[/b] and it felt fitting to the mood/subject. The sound effects were good too. Good stuff here too. Not without its flaws [b] technically[/b] . Some annoyances with button mapping and how you deal with confirming crimes, but they're bearable. I don't think the game ever crashed on me. The devs have added some small systems since I bought the game, so it is always getting better/deeper, it would seem. [h1]Worth your time and money, especially on sale. An all-round fun, open world game. An enjoyable single player game with added (though only minor) replaytability. It's unlikely to rock your world in any single aspect, but it's good/very good in a lot of what it does. So if you got the spare time and cash and are not sure what to play, this game isn't a bad choice at all. [/h1]