The Occupation

The Occupation for PC is an adventure game played from the first-person view. It was developed by a team of five gamemakers from White Paper Games, which is a studio based in Manchester. The game is the second project of the British team, who debuted in 2014 with the release of another FPP adventure game – the well-received Ether One.

Plot

The player is taken to England, and the action begins on October 24, 1987. The story begins with a terrorist attack, which leaves 23 people dead. As a response to the threat, the British government passes a bill that greatly reduces the citizens' freedoms, in the name of security. However, traces appear, suggesting that the course of events had been orchestrated, and the terrorist attack was carried out by people working for the government. The game can be classified as a political thriller based on conspiracy theories – such projects involve the basic difficulty of interpreting one's information in a correct manner, as facts can be linked together in a variety of coherent ways. Although the story is set in the past, the game discusses such up-to-date issues, as freedom of speech, one's private sphere, journalism ethics or disinformation.