While this is a game that originally debuted on other systems quite a number of years ago, it feels like the release on the Switch eShop is incredibly timely. With you essentially playing the part as a cog in the surveillance state, culling information and data on people who could represent an imminent threat, while filtering out people who aren’t, it’s doubtful that you’ll be able to play without feeling at least some sort of conflict at some point. Then, as you’ll sometimes see how the information you dealt in can have a serious impact, it’s likely you’ll be inclined to reflect on yourself and the state of a world where this sort of thing may not be so far-fetched.

What drives the experience is mostly the quality of the writing, and the creation of a variety of “characters” you’ll be keeping tabs on. If these never seemed to be authentic people, as you go through their general information, social media posts, and more intrusive data, the entire enterprise would collapse in a hurry. Instead, for the most part everyone has a certain air of authenticity to them in how they carry on with more important and often mundane things as well in the mix. It is when you catch yourself starting to like or dislike people, perhaps influencing what you choose to push down the pipeline, that the game can be the most interesting.

In terms of the downside though, there’s no question that the style of play won’t be for everyone. Whether the objection would be to the somewhat clunky way you’ll need to drag key information out of documents to be loaded into the system, or how everything revolves around simply poring through screen after screen of information, there are plenty of elements that people could choose to focus on as a good reason to keep looking. All that said, if you enjoy scouring the web for information, and feel like you’re quite good at it, this may be the jam you’re looking for to leverage those skills to their fullest.