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Полицейский беспредел: Обзор The Precinct

Ох уж эта атмосфера из фильмов про копов 80-х годов прошлого века! Все как на подбор: продажные полицейские, банды, погрязший в преступности мрачный город, обоссанные подворотни и воздух, в котором витает амбре дешевых забегаловок, сигаретного дыма и мокрого асфальта. У зрителей создается полное ощущение того, что у всего этого действительно есть свой запах, звук и всепоглощающая атмосфера безмятежности, контрастирующая с происходящим на улицах безумием, вызванным свободой и чувством вседозволенности.

The Precinct review


I've arrested someone who did not deserve it. The chump was carrying counterfeit jewellry and I lazily slapped on the cuffs without reading my police handbook. I'm about to get that book thrown at me. When I sit at my desk at the end of a shift in cop sim The Precinct, I will get a chunk of XP deducted from my earnings for detaining this dude for a minor infraction. When The Precinct's action ramps up and it transforms into a top-down blaster, it becomes ponderous and clunky, but its quieter moments of police pretending encourage a strict dedication to the role of petty rules enforcer. It's a game of quibbles and quirks, imperfect in many ways, but there's a sense of commitment underneath it all that I can respect. Even if I don't respect the badge itself.


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Hotfix for Minor Bugs

[h3]Where's Averno City pest control when you need them?![/h3]

The latest hotfix will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.4.18208

https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
  • Fixed issue where camera might continue turning if you changed the mouse smoothing option from on to off.
  • The mouse smoothing option now affects vehicles as well as character movement/walking. It is automatically disabled but can be enabled in the options menu.
  • Fixed the issue where the Warehouse 6 objective location wouldn't trigger properly if you were driving a 4x4 police van
  • Fixed multiple reported crashes


Another update containing a lot more bug fixes is currently planned for release next week, although this may be subject to change depending on the results of QA testing.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!

If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.



The Precinct - What’s Next?

[h3]“This just in, over one thousand officers have pledged to assist the ACPD in the BIGGEST city clean-up Averno has ever seen” - Bree Bookman, ACTV[/h3]

We wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to all of the players who have helped support us during what has been, dare we say it, a criminally good launch for us!

We’ve been blown away by all of the positive comments we’ve received and all of the useful bug reports and feedback that you have sent our way. We wanted to assure you that, even though we may not respond to every single review or report, we are looking at all of them and incorporating them into our future strategy.

What strategy is that?

Read on to find out more about what the future holds for The Precinct.



Together with Kwalee, we’ve been tracking your most urgent and requested fixes. Our programming team is already hard at work tackling the biggest issues:

  • General Bug Fixes - We can’t thank you enough for sharing such detailed bug reports with us! This has been a huge help when it comes to diagnosing and fixing bugs. In a game of this scope, the potential for edge cases is huge, but we’re prioritising and fixing the major ones you’ve uncovered.
  • Quality of Life Improvements - You’ve flagged areas where the experience could be smoother, so we’re going through all of your feedback and determining what quality of life changes we could implement in future updates.
  • Crime Rate Balancing - Crime in Averno City may be bad, but we want to keep it at least somewhat realistic. We’ve heard your feedback about too many overlapping incidents and we’re working on it. Expect some rebalancing here.
  • AI Behaviour - We’ve heard your feedback when it comes to AI behaviour and what you expect, so we’re looking into it and planning to adjust it accordingly.
  • Escort Unit Fixes - We’ve been told that the escort units aren’t doing their jobs, which is simply unacceptable! We’re making sure they do.

This is what we’re focusing on in the short-term, but in the mid- to long-term we’re also compiling suggestions from your feedback to decide what extra features and content we can add to The Precinct in the future. We are committed to adding more content to the game, but we haven’t decided yet exactly what that will be.

We wanted to take the time to reassure all of our players that this is not the end of the road for our plucky rookies and that there’s definitely more to come, so watch this space!

- The team at Fallen Tree Games

https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/

If you’re enjoying The Precinct and want to let us know your feedback, we’d love it if you could take the time to write a review! Your reviews will help us to gather more feedback on the game and help us to further prioritise bug fixes, quality of life changes, and additional content for future updates.

Let us know how the mean streets of Averno City are treating you in our Discord below.

Don’t forget to also follow us on social media to keep up to date with the latest updates.



Hotfix for Minor Bugs

[h3]The Chief has noticed a couple of pesky bugs around the precinct![/h3]

The latest hotfix will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.4.18177

https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/

We’ve included the following bug fixes in this hotfix:
  • Fix for audio problems in dialogues
  • Added mouse smoothing option in the settings. The default option for mouse smoothing is now OFF, but you can turn it ON in settings.

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!

If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.