(disclaimer i'm only a third through and i'll change the review if i finish and change my mind, and plan to so its not THAT bad, maybe...)

the main gripe i have is that TitP doesnt really work as a sim. games like this arent fun when you do things and make decisions and kinda wonder 'gosh what did i do?" because everything is kept under the hood, rather hidden and obtuse and instead presents you with a simple design and clean look. You dont know how many cops to send or how skilled they are. you have no way of knowing how effective rank is. you dont even have a place to track certain things you can easily forget (like city hall demands. what exactly do they want again and on what day?)

managing the errands you get from the mafia and city hall is also crap. i get it, it's supposed to be 'crap' but it just makes the game feel like more of a chore in general. The fact that you have to fire your officers you work to level up kinda makes you feel 'well whats the point in trying' and just start to send cops out not caring if they are killed (because you will just have to fire them anyway) or even if they succeed in a mission.

the investigation/detective work is kinda cool, kind of. it falls apart when you do a few of them and then realize' wow some of the witnesses are always going to lie so i never really can build anything from testimony of witnesses' thats when you realize you can just jiggle pieces around until voila you unlock the case, rather than actually bothering to read and use your head.

the only strong note this game gets right is the overall style and aesthetic. the intro video. (and possibly the story) it's too bad that the game itself cobbled around it is about as unsound as the city it depicts you as the police chief of.

this is a bad sim game and its a management game that feels quite tedius.