Weappy Studio, the Belarus developers behind This Is The Police, announced that This Is The Police 2 is set to arrive later this year for PC and home consoles. The game moves away from the story that originally centered around a weathered old police chief on his last days on the force, battling to stash away funds for retirement while dealing with corruption both inside and outside of the office. Instead, the sequel takes place in a remote town up north in a fictional place known as Sharpwood.
Sharpwood has seen a growing rise in gangs, smuggling, and “screaming populists”. Crime festers like cancer, and you’re the cure.
As the new county sheriff you’ll take on the role of Lilly Reed, who will be voiced by Sarah Hamilton, the alum from the series The Longest Journey. Aspects of the story will likely make you cringe, such as the fact that her underlings are “uncouth men” who don’t like taking orders from the stereotypical woman who doesn’t need no man.
On the upside, there’s an extra element of surprise with the introduction of a mysterious character named Warren Nash, who turns the entirety of Sharpwood upside down.
The trailer starts with the police making what looks like a routine check to a man’s cabin where a rotoscoped cinematic plays, which would make Ralph Bakshi proud.
Not everyone liked the content, though, and police supporters hated the idea that this kind of cinematic could imbue anti-police sentiments into the public.
Some believe that showing cops in a negative light in games works against real life police officers and shouldn’t be showcased or used as propaganda in media.
Others criticized the trailer for being too long and that the writing was cringeworthy.
Others seemed to insinuate that a female sheriff was a highly unlikely element to the game, and that the lack of realism was definitely noteworthy.
A bunch of Russians are heaping praises on Weappy Studio for This Is The Police 2, instructing people to pre-order and declaring their excitement for the game.
Weappy may have gone with a trailer depicting the cops as evil to appease the Leftist media who originally attacked the studio for not making the first themed around SJW propaganda.
Given the fact that they have a female lead in the sequel and are portraying the white cops as villains this time around, I think it’s safe to say which group of individuals they listened to for the sequel.