‘Papers Please’ Heading To The App Store Today

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Considered to be one of the most heart-breaking and intense games of recent memory, the critically-acclaimed indie hit "Papers Please" will be heading to Apple's App store today exclusively for iPad devices. The game was created by Lucas Pope and has the player inspecting papers of people who are trying to enter the fictional country of Arstotka.

You take on the role of migration officer, with the power to decide who gets to go in Arstotka and who's staying out of civilization. It may seem a simple game of playing God, but as you get to know the characters and their struggles, the decisions you make start to have more weight to them, especially when suicide bombers and alien parasites start attacking the country.

As the game goes on, the choices become that much more bleak as players will be forced to make hard decisions based on what they've read on the papers and passports. Pocket Gamer has confirmed that almost all of the features in the PC and Mac versions will be in the mobile game, including all 31 days and 20 endings. This version will also add a multi-touch mode for easier paper filing experience and an improved inspection mode.

Upon release, "Papers Please" was met with critical acclaim. It has an overall score of 85 on Metacritic, with many praising its adult nature and the gripping gameplay. Cynical video game critic Ben "Yahtzee" Crawshaw from The Escapist named it his second best game of the year of 2013 in his video series Zero Punctuation, applauding the game for letting him get invested in 8-bit characters.

One aspect that will not be heading come to the iPad is the nudity. The original game had a body scanner to check if any of the people crossing over would have a weapon on them. Scanning them would then show a nude cartoon version of their bodies. Pope stated on his Twitter that Apple initially rejected the game because of this and was asked to remove it from the game. The Guardian felt this was not necessary as the nudity added to the game's ethics and atmosphere, while also bringing up an Apple-approved app that lets fans digitally insert their faces on one of porn star Rocco Siffredi's sex scenes.

"Papers Please" is now out at a promo price of £3.99 / $5.99. Best to catch it then beforeit goes back to its normal price of £5.99 / $7.99. There's still no word on an Android or iPhone release as of this time.

The iPad version has no full nudity option for the search scanner photos. Apple rejected that build for containing "pornographic content."
— Lucas Pope (@dukope) December 11, 2014