My latest Steam Next Fest obsession is the demo for The Precinct, an old-school top-down open-world sandbox game that plays a lot like Grand Theft Auto except you play as a cop instead of a lawless citizen.
Now, I know what you might be thinking. Isn't being a criminal a whole lot more fun than being a narc? And to that I'd say, in real life, maybe, but in Fallen Tree Games' riff on the early GTA formula I've been having a blast. You've got the same interactivity and freedom of choice within a large urban simulation, except you're in charge here. Since you're a cop with apparently unquestionable authority, you can bomb along in your police cruiser, casualties, walls, and small buildings be damned, and there's no one there to stop you!
