When comparing Freeciv vs Papers Please, the Slant community recommends Papers Please for most people. In the question“What are the best new games for old pc?” Papers Please is ranked 6th while Freeciv is ranked 7th. 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 Excellent depth
In Freeciv you have to take into consideration terrain, resources, cities, economy, units, combat, diplomacy, governments, technology, wonders and many other things both for your and all competing civilizations.
Pro Intelligent AI
Even on lowest difficulty, Artificial Intelligence of Freeciv will give you a run for your money.
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 Modeled after aging game
Freeciv is designed as an open source version of Civ 2, which is quite an old game at this point. This means that many of the mechanics now found in the more modern Civ releases are not to be found here. It also means the graphics are quite dated looking.
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.