Developer Lucas Pope Publisher 3909 LLC Format iOS, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Release 2018
From the Eastern-bloc communism of Papers, Please, it’s quite a journey to the British imperialism of Lucas Pope’s followup. And at first glance, the task at hand couldn’t be much more different. Gone are the strict instructions and intimidating pressures of the passport control window, in their place the firstperson autonomy of an insurance investigation. The Obra Dinn of the title is a ghost ship that has reappeared off the English coast after five years in the wind; you’re summoned by the East India Company to survey it and provide an assessment of damages.
Ultimately, though, there’s still a job to be done. Look closer and these two games are far from chalk and cheese; more like parmesan and brie. It may not be made so plain, but like its predecessor, Return Of The Obra Dinn is a game about bureaucracy. Sure, totalitarian pen-pushing is swapped for a stealthier, warmer capitalist variant, but it’s no more humane, just easier to swallow.
Of course, you begin
