Polygon.com / 01.04.25

Cruelty Squad creator's latest is a nightmare cop sim where social media is a drug and you pilot a mech with chicken legs

In Psycho Patrol R, social media is a lot like cocaine. While doomscrolling isnt technically illegal in the games universe, it is punishable by lethal force when done in excess. The latest from Consumer Softproducts, the independent studio run by Finnish multimedia artist-designer Ville Kallio, Psycho Patrol R is a cyberpunk immersive sim shooter made up of extremes. Extreme violence, extreme aesthetics, extreme gameplay variety and open-world potential. Given all its moving parts, the fact that it coheres as well as it does feels exhilarating once you take the time to attune yourself to its quirks and peculiar rhythms. And while, as of this writing, the early access build of the game is currently unfinished, the moment-to-moment experience is already something to behold. Set in an alternate year 2000 in Pan-Europa, a conglomerate nation teetering on the brink of collapse, Psycho Patrol R is described by Kallio as a policing and punishment simulator. Players assume the role of a rooki...
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