I must admit: playing this game in Poland, neighbor country of Ukraine, in 2022, in the midst of the Russian unprovoked, horrible invasion was an uncanny experience. Even so, I enjoyed how it deftly compressed a multitude of complicated sociopolitical problems into one snack-sized game. Granted, doing so made them seem a bit oversimplified, but this, as I think, comes from the place of well-understood storytelling, not ignorance. That’s why there still is ambiguity here any your choices have both pros and cons to them. I also love how open-ended it is, a factor which adds to it replayability value. I ended up supporting views that benefited me and my family, mostly, and had strong stance in all the presented topics, but I could easily see me making different choices. That’s a game that is worth both playing and pondering about. I’ll also be sure to check out “NoviNews” sometime in the future.