This is the Police 2 fires the shots on Xbox One, Switch and PS4

Ready to fight crime and corruption once more? This is the Police 2 is here!

Available right now on Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch, This is the Police 2 breaks out of its PC shackles to launch on console. Following up from the rather successful original game, This is the Police 2 puts you into the role of Sharpwood’s newest Sheriff as you mix adventure with micro-management to ensure your city is a safe one.

Picking up from where the original left over, but introducing new mechanics and strategic elements, this sequel will see you not just running the cop shop, or managing those under you, but also ensuring that you, yourself, stay out from behind the bars.

With multiple challenges to face – each of which will require your direct participation – if you’re looking for a game that mixes together many genres in a test of skills, then This is the Police 2 is it.

Our full review is on its way and will be with you soon, but should you wish to get a download sorted will need to make your way to your favoured digital store. Of course, us Xbox One owners should therefore visit the Xbox Store, whilst those on PS4 and Switch will need to drop in on their own spot. You’ll be able to purchase it for £23.99.

Game Description:

Interpret the law as you see fit in This Is the Police 2, sequel to the acclaimed noir drama This Is the Police! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, investigate, interrogate, incarcerate, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself! – in this story-driven mixture of adventure and strategy, set in a cold border town riven with violence. Welcome to Sharpwood, where people know their neighbors by name and faithfully keep to their traditions, no matter how barbaric those traditions might be. Smugglers, gangs, and screaming populists call this town their home. Despair grows like a cancer, hand in hand with violence. It’s a hell of a job for the new sheriff, Lilly Reed (voiced by Sarah Hamilton, of the celebrated adventure saga The Longest Journey). She’s struggling to maintain order and peace, while her subordinates are uncouth men who aren’t used to taking commands from a young woman. But everything changes when a mysterious stranger calling himself Warren Nash appears in Sharpwood. And no one knows what he’ll bring to the town: salvation or perdition. • Jump into a surprising mix of gameplay styles. Just like its predecessor, This Is the Police 2 draws on different genres and mechanics, merging them into a one-of-a-kind story driven experience – this time adding even more unexpected twists. Is it an adventure game? A strategy? A simulation? A management game? A visual novel? A puzzle? It’s all of these, and more! • Participate in a harsh story where no one is completely innocent. The people of Sharpwood are ignorant and cruel. Poverty and hunger are met with increased outbursts of domestic crime, all while the inaction of the authorities has the townspeople relying on “forest spirits” and archaic religious cults. Constant problems with the food supply have delivered the town into the hands of local smugglers, many of whom are former military. Accuse the innocent, make deals with criminals, torture the ones who won’t go along willingly – you can do whatever it takes to make things go your way. • Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Your subordinates aren’t just some resource; they are living people with their own strengths, weaknesses, fears and prejudices – and you’ll have to reckon with all these things in order to survive. The same goes for the rest of townspeople: in Sharpwood, everything’s built on personal relationships, and you never know when being friends with the local butcher or business associates with the morgue owner might save your life.