About Beholder 2
It is a 2.5D strategy game set in a state where one person controls everything and every office claims to exist only to help the people.
Your job is to work well enough to avoid punishment while quietly looking for the truth. If the Ministry finds out what you are doing, Evan can die and the truth goes with him.
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Most of your workday happens at a window, where citizens line up with requests. For each one you listen, pick the form they need, choose the department and assign a free office. The desk work plays like a paperwork simulator, with real stakes behind each decision.
A correct job gets you paid and a wrong one earns nothing. Keep doing good work and Evan's Authority and standing in the Ministry grow.
The real limit is time. Evan only has so many hours each day for work and everything else, and the only way to get time back is to go to bed. Money, skills and every bit of investigating all come out of the same daily budget.
At home in his apartment, Evan can read books, learn new skills or watch TV to pick up information. Outside of work he can also talk to specific people, including those who knew his father, to find out what is really going on inside the Ministry.
The story side plays like an adventure game where your choices decide where Evan ends up. You can serve the State faithfully or try to expose its dark side and the people behind it. Depending on what you do, Evan gets promoted or punished, and the game ends when he reaches the end of the path you picked.
Quick summary
- You start as Evan on his first day at the Ministry, soon after his father's death.
- Each day you split your limited time between processing requests, learning skills and investigating.
- Good work brings pay, Authority and a better position, while getting caught snooping can be fatal.
- The game ends when Evan reaches the end of the path your choices led him down.
Key features
- You handle citizens' requests by choosing the right form, department and office.
- Correct work pays and builds Evan's Authority, mistakes pay nothing.
- Time is limited each day and only sleep restores it.
- Books, TV and conversations help you learn skills and uncover what happened to Evan's father.
- The story can end with Evan promoted, punished or dead, depending on your choices.
Tips & tricks
- Plan each day before you spend it, since time is the resource you manage most.
- Go to bed when you run low on time, because nothing else refills it.
- Take a moment on every request at the window, since one wrong form or office means no pay for that job.
- Be careful what Evan tells people. Anyone could be listening, and he has a family to think about.
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