Lil' Guardsman

If you played [i]Papers Please[/i] and thought, huh, I wonder what a game built around expanding the scripted character interactions and getting rid of the dynamically generated ones and the timer and arcade elements, well, it turns out that [i]Lil Guardman[/i] is that. You play as Lil, a 12 year old who is assigned by her layabout Dad to cover him in his guardhouse job. People show up, you talk to them, use special powers to try to figure out if they're up to no good, and ultimately choose to admit or reject them into the Sprawl, a city that is sort of a medieval fantasy castle city (and also sort of World War 1-era, and also sort of post-World War 2 era, very odd setting). The game unfolds over 12 days, each of which consist of 5-8 guard interactions, and there are also puzzles and minigames between days that take a variety of forms. All of the people who appear at the gatehouse have cool, interesting visual designs and lovely animation. The game is written to be funny, but like a lot of funny games, the jokes tend to be more... joke-shaped objects than actual punchy jokes. So, expect to smirk more than you laugh. Beyond [i]Papers Please[/i], [i]Monkey Island[/i], [i]LA Noire[/i]…

Genuinely made for toddlers. It's extremely boring, and the main gameplay loop is executed poorly. When deciding whether or not someone should be able to pass through, a lot of the time figuring out what tools you need to use feels like some guessing game. Insult for it to be compared to Papers Please..

Has all the ingredients for greatness but it didn't hook me. Still a great game though

I almost didn't buy the game based on negative reviews but boy am I glad I did. Very fun game with a lot of interesting choices (that actually make a difference). Great voices, love the art style, sweet story of a little girl and her not so great dad (he tries). Lots of replayability. Definitely worth getting on sale.

A cute, funny (not "ha ha" funny but "put a smile on your face" funny) and fun little game. A bit on the short side but with some replayability if you want to see what difference your choices make.

Que juego tan divertido y gracioso. Me encanta que haya juegos que me hagan reir, y este es definitivamente uno de ellos, Las historias de todos los personajes, la decisiones que se tienen que tomar, los chistes. Me alegro mucho de haberlo comprado.