Papers, Please 5: A Good Ending

So I finished! I didn't get the ending I wanted, but I did get a good one, ending 18 instead of 19. Ah well, that's fine.

Actually I could have done this without the FAQ. The comic character really does give you an enormous clue about how to get that ending, or a similar one. And I managed to get myself killed on the first try, but I figured out how to survive the second time.

These characters are mostly randomly generated, so the game stays fresh. No doubt there can be many replays. There also is an "endless" mode, if you can get to ending 20. You get a code for the endless mode.

However, I think this is enough! Really, it is an amazingly good and rather complex game, done from such a simple premise. I can see why it's won all the awards. 

I love the irony at the end. All along we've been saying "Glory to to Arstotka" to Arstotkans if we allow them to enter. But I escaped with my family to Obristan. Here is that final screen:

Ha ha.

Fun game, if challenging. Took me to the last day to finally figure out how to hang things on my wall. Had to figure out what WAS the wall. Not obvious.

My ending stats:

I will now go on to the Carol Reed game. Then back to Baldur's Gate, I guess.

Fun times!