Autobahn Police Simulator 3 Review

The lifetime of a police officer is outwardly an thrilling one, at the very least for those who imagine the copious quantities of movies, books, and literature through the years. Fixing difficult murders, collaborating in large automotive chases, sliding over bonnets and nonetheless with the ability to look cool, are all a part of the job description.

In actuality, the police are caught in a circle of paperwork, truth checking and the necessity to guarantee all particulars are totally watertight. Autobahn Police Simulator 3 tries to seize these worlds, letting you carry out chases but in addition guaranteeing that you simply take note of the forensic work as properly. It’s a humorous recreation – however I’m undecided if that’s intentional or not.  

Autobahn Police Simulator first began out in 2015, aiming to offer a practical account of the lifetime of a police officer, one rolling on the well-known German Autobahns. They’re video games which have grow to be extraordinarily well-liked on PC, and now on console now we have an opportunity to play the third within the franchise. 

There’s an entire narrative happening right here; one thing that’s fairly uncommon for a sim recreation of this sort. You play as your chosen rookie avatar as you head off into the world of the police pressure, teaming up together with your associate in anti-crime. You see, you’ve got come again into the pressure after some latest day without work, recovering from a road driving accident. It’s your job to convey down a gang, however it’s essential to do a few of the grunt work first. 

The dialogue is a bit cliche and hackneyed; perhaps it’s the German translation to English, however I discovered all of it a bit humorous. I don’t suppose it’s meant to be like that, however the characters are fairly excessive, as are a few of the scenes you cope with; like a visitors accident involving cows and an indignant businessman. This wouldn’t be so unhealthy in itself, and it has a little bit of a GTA vibe to it, if solely the gameplay wasn’t so unusual at instances. 

Autobahn Police Simulator 3 matches lots into its gameplay, however none of it notably works because it ought to. For instance, if we take the driving – a core factor of a motorway police recreation – and also you’ll discover that the automobiles really feel gentle. The responses, while you transfer in any course are too fast and also you’ll end up bouncing off down the freeway very quickly. The entire physics of the mechanics really feel off and definitely don’t work when in comparison with every other driving recreation. 

It’s all a bit fundamental by way of what it’s essential to do too. You could have to search for a driver who has a warrant out for his arrest, and maybe you realize that they’re driving a blue automotive. You just about simply pull over a couple of blue automobiles till you get the suitable one. Making them cease is a nightmare too, as you both pull over subsequent to them, ram them, or cease in entrance. And while you get them to cease, Autobahn Police Simulator 3 might lead to a shootout or for those who’re checking the driving license for cast docs, it comes throughout a bit like Papers, Please. 

Getting off the street and strolling concerning the station might be onerous as properly, largely because the digicam is all over, jerking and twisting makes it annoying. In actual fact, the one massive factor going for Autobahn Police Simulator 3 is discovered within the number of duties; a few of these are fairly enjoyable. Early on within the recreation, you would possibly discover an accident, left to place cones out on the motorway earlier than photographing the scene, gathering statements after which placing collectively a sketch of what really occurred. These duties could possibly be nice, but it surely simply wants a greater engine behind it to make sure what the builders have visualised might be became an precise actuality. 

The identical might be mentioned for the visuals. The character fashions look unusual and a bit waxy, while stuttering and dropped framerates are all over. It’s not helped by a good bit of pop-in whereas out on the planet. And Autobahn Police Simulator 3 doesn’t look something like a recreation that’s worthy of a spot on this technology of console. In actual fact, I’m undecided it seems like a final gen sort of recreation both. 

After which soundwise, while the voice performing tries onerous within the translation of the German to English script, it doesn’t work. Like I mentioned earlier than it’s nearly like a Bare Gun comedy at instances; personally I fairly take pleasure in that. The remainder of the results are superb and the soundtrack is okay all through. 

Given the premise that focuses on a police officer doing their job, Autobahn Police Simulator 3 needs to be interesting. The fact is that the mechanics can’t sustain with the ambition of what the sport needs to do. I admired and loved the number of duties and the tried narrative that tries to convey it collectively, however there are issues galore and so we are able to solely hope that the following recreation within the franchise is ready to iron out these points, to have the ability to give us the police sim recreation all of us need to play. 

Autobahn Police Simulator 3 is offered from the Xbox Retailer