This feature discusses the upcoming police simulation, action sandbox game The Precinct from UK based studio Fallen Tree Games. The experience, most prominently influenced by old style Grand Theft Auto, 1980s cop movies, with echoes of Disco Elysium, puts players in command of rookie police officer Nick Cordell Jr. as he fights to rise through the ranks of fictional Averno City’s police force.

Throughout the game, Nick will face a variety of procedurally generated crimes, from petty misdemeanours to serious organised crime, with a glut of epic car chases and thrilling shootouts balancing the more mundane side of police work such as issuing parking tickets. The topdown carnage of original Grand Theft Auto is the main focus though, with the similarities raised between both games dissected throughout the feature.