Thursday 12 August 2021

'Not Tonight 2' tackles capitalism and political greed in an 'alternative' US

Three years after taking on Brexit in Not Tonight, publisher No More Robots and developer PanicBarn are working on a sequel to the satirical political RPG. Not Tonight 2 takes place in an alternate version of the US, where "capitalism and political greed have taken center stage and democracy is a thing of the past." 

The action takes place across the US as three characters — Malik, Kevin and Mari — try to save their friend Eduardo from deportation or another terrible fate. Not Tonight 2 centers around three intertwined, branching stories written by a group of POC artists and authors.

The original game drew comparisons to Papers, Please for its core gameplay of checking IDs as a bouncer at pubs and nightclubs. Those mechanics are back in the sequel, along with a variety of minigames. Those include everything from word association and rhythm games to working at the border wall, joining a cult and serving poutine to Canadians. 

More than 400,000 people have played Not Tonight, which landed on Nintendo Switch last year. Not Tonight 2 should arrive in 2021.

Not Tonight 2
No More Heroes/PanicBarn


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