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The author will lose their mind when they discover Papers Please.

• danpalmer 3y ago
  Papers Please is an excellent game, but really quite different to Uplink. I'd say that Papers Please's entertainment comes from a simple task with an increasing rule set, and needing to stay within those rules. Whereas Uplink's entertainment is a fair bit more problem solving and resource management (e.g. upgrades) if I remember correctly (I did play it many years ago). They're both great indie games, with a great ambiance from the graphics and music, but otherwise I see them as fairly different in terms of gameplay.
  • gattilorenz 3y ago
    The implication of the OP is not that they are the same game, but that “if you think Uplink’s focus is more on ‘exploring emotions’ and less on ‘fun’, Papers Please will blow your mind (as that has very little fun in the traditional sense, and a much stronger focus on exploring deeper emotions)”.
• Vertette 3y ago
  I absolutely love that game.
• MrRolleyes 3y ago
  To my eye Papers Please is a completely different sort of game.
  • the_af 3y ago
    I don't think the comment you're replying to is saying Uplink and Papers, Please are the same kind of game. I think it's addressing the fact both could be described as "boring" and "not fun" due to their somewhat dry UIs but also their subject matter ("hacking and networking" and "borders admission & stamping passports", respectively), but in practice they are both innovative and very engrossing games, rightly lauded as gems by gamers.