When comparing Chime vs Papers Please, the Slant community recommends Papers Please for most people. In the question“What are the best Puzzle games on Steam?” Papers Please is ranked 3rd while Chime is ranked 44th. The most important reason people chose Papers Please is:
Papers Please has a unique puzzle solving element. Instead of using mathematical logic, or quick matching thinking, the puzzles in Papers Please involve checking people's background information to make sure everything matches the immigration requirements and following clues to find anything amiss.
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Pros
Pro As you play music is created
While not always a conscious effort the game creates music as each block is placed. What's great is that in the free play mode users can mess around with making some interesting music while not having to pay as much attention to block placement as they would in regular levels.
Pro Huge names in electronic music field did the music for the game
From the likes of Moby to Philip Glass the game includes great electronic artists as the music in the game.
Pro Unique puzzle solving through clue based deduction
Papers Please has a unique puzzle solving element. Instead of using mathematical logic, or quick matching thinking, the puzzles in Papers Please involve checking people's background information to make sure everything matches the immigration requirements and following clues to find anything amiss.
Pro Will require making ridiculously hard decisions
There is a fine line to walk while playing, whether it is worth following the rules and ruining lives or bending the rules at the risk of getting caught in order to help destitute people. The moral choices in the game are often difficult and require hard decisions.
Pro Endless mode
Once the main story is beaten there is an optional endless mode for those that want to see how long they can play without losing.
Cons
Con No tutorial for what is a pretty confusing game
The gameplay is pretty confusing at first and takes time to learn which will have to be done through trial and error as there is no tutorial provided to help new users.
Con Simplistic gameplay mechanic
The gameplay itself, once the player gets a grasp of it can get repetitive pretty quick due to there really being not much deviation from a singular gameplay mechanic.