When comparing State of Decay: YOSE vs Papers Please, the Slant community recommends Papers Please for most people. In the question“What are the best Simulation games on Steam?” Papers Please is ranked 17th while State of Decay: YOSE is ranked 25th. 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 A variety of fun tasks are provided on top of the main storyline
There are many different tasks a player can take on such as fetch quests, rescue missions, or even just scoping a place out for the future. This gives the game a good bit of variety to the gameplay.
Pro Events that happen like the real world, whether you are logged in or not, creating a very realistic feeling game mechanic
There is an in game real-time-ish clock to the game, that even has events that happen when the player is not even logged in. Such as holidays or just events that mean something to the characters found within the game. This is not mirrored to the players real world time, but acts as its own time in the game.
Pro Bases can be compartmentally upgraded, giving a task to the player and something to strive for
Scavanged materials can be used to upgrade parts of the players base such as infirmaries or sleeping quarters. This gives the player something to strive for, searching out new materials in order to upgrade on more section of their home base.
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 Poor collision detection
Combat is not the best, poor collision detection means more button mashing than skill is needed.
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.