I am doing game reviews? The inept at technology, traditional living, Soviet man? Answer: Yes, yes I am.

I recently saw a game being played on the youtube. I don't normally go on there, but my friend was showing me videos and he let me look around at other videos. I saw a trailer of this game called "Papers, Please" and it looked really interesting. A game about being an immigrant inspector at the border of a dystopian country. Obvious a reference to the USSR...where I was born

This game is a beta, which means is still being developed. (You probably already know that, but give me a break...this technology stuff is new to me ) I downloaded the free beta on my friend's desktop computer, with his permission of course. It is completely free, and safe to download and play on Mac or Windows.

I have played about three hours total of the beta. Sadly it ends after day nine. So, I've just been repeating it over and over again. The gameplay is monotonous and mundane, but extremely interesting and requires careful thinking. As a immigrant inspector the protagonist, you, must take passports and check them for discrepancies.

For example: If the person giving the passport looks like a man and is named "Roman Furkov" but his passport says he is a woman. That's a denial, or you could let him/her through. Letting him/her through would give a warning from the country saying that he/she should've been denied entry.

You get two warnings for messing up. After the third time you get a penalty. Now there's a "meta-game" in all of this. How do I know that word? Is because of my friend...don't laugh...now back to the topic. You have to earn money at your job to feed your family. Your son, wife, uncle, and mother-in-law. You must get money to pay for heating, food and rent.

The game gets increasingly tougher as you progress the days. At first you just reject non-natives. Then you can allow foreigners in, and after that they require several different papers. Working papers, work passes, and entry forms. People are always trying to illegally enter the country.

People have wrong names on their passport compared to their other forms, and at first you just deny them entry, but later you give them fingerprint tests to confirm of they changed their names or hav aliases. Their pictures could be outdated, or not even close to the real person. It is under a stream greenlight. I'm sure most of you know what that is

All, and all. I love this game. For a beta I give it 10/10. It really depends on the person you are. The game might seem mundane, but that is on purpose. It's very fun, and my words don't give it justice. Go get the free beta if you want to see more. I also love the music...

All rights to this game are to the creator Lucas Pope. A very cool man!!

Link to obtain: http://dukope.com/