Mapo is like those workers at the postal office that go super slowly and are friendly but you are like"c'mon!!"😂

"We will have heating, but we are not eating" - The family man of the year

Mapo getting surprisingly in character as a beleaguered eastern European checkpoint officer is unexpectedly hilarious, and we're only two episodes in.

The amount of anxiety I got from the few times towards the end where Mapo just lets the time roll and not earn his pay while talking/thinking

In case you didn't notice, the girls at the Pink Vice club still ended up dead after you declined Dari Ludum. To get the good outcome, you have to correlate his name with the note the girl gave you, which allows you to detain him.

I love how when you realized that your family will literally die, all morals went straight out the window.

I love how every player starts their new playthrough after their first bad ending instantly more antagonistic. "Denied, get out of my line, I have a family to feed or heat but not both, never trust a Kolechian."

I laughed so hard when the game said "Your entire family is gone." It's such a matter-of-fact message, just as clinical as your job at the border post.

Just to be clear, the clock in the corner of your booth dictates how much time you have to actually earn money. You keep running it out, and the game doesn't end the day because it has to deliver scripted encounters like Jorji and the EZIC guy, but you don't get any income from entries after the clock beeps.

"the future of my bloodline is asured"...secs later...14:33 lmao

Previous episode Mapo: "It doesn't feel worthwhile to detain for simple errors" This episode's Mapo: "Haha, bribes go brrr"

His face when the gravestones showed up omg 😂😂😂 rip fam

Just finished watching the first episode, simply the best papers please let's play i've ever seen, your commentaries are the best

1:12:12 Mapo misses the next page of the note where it says all diplomats, but they’re expecting a specific one from kolechia

RIP Comrade Mapo 1.0. Here's hoping Comrade Mapo 2.0 will have better success. Glory to Arstotzka.

Mapo so quickly aligned with terrorists lol

I love how Mapo believes that forged documents is not a detainable offence. Don't think I've seen anyone do that before.

That free money will in no way have any attached consequences, no siree. Loving this play through!

Mapo, i dunno if you read all the comments, or even mine ever, but just in case this gets to you. Remember, none of us are upset that you restart, or take your time, we all do things in our own way. You will get better, those who never fail never improve. Also, GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA

your father commentaries/expressions are cracking me up

I wasn’t expecting Papers Please to be one of your funniest playthroughs lol. This ep was great

1:32:00 That wasn't a punch, it was the butt of a rifle. Trivial difference. Every detail that highlights the brutality of the regime must be noted, however. - Corman Drex :P Seriously though, forgive my nitpicking. This is great fun to watch!

If Mapo is ever interested in doing another reaction video, or just something he can check out on his own, there's this cool Papers Please Live Action video someone made on KZfaq thats really cool.

*reads title* "Oh no did he lose the save or something?" Oh how naive I was 😂

Loving this playthrough! Remember, you need a t l e a s t 11 - 15 people processed to actually make moolah lol

14:32 I laughed so hard I woke up my dog and he was laying in the next room.

I've never seen anyone struggle so much with the money situation ahahah, good luck Mapo the first run is always hard

LOVE the role playing, so entertaining it makes you wanna be a eastern european checkpoint officer in the 80's 😂

Its his first day on the job and damn he was only 2 days away from retirement! D: First few playthroughs will definitely go bad, you want to just experience the story and characters but unfortunately the game really requires you to be super efficient and fast to survive T_T once you get the hang of it you'll be able to get the 10-12 people a day you need to survive but does mean the RP gets harder to do. Easy mode is a potential option as it effectively reduces the amount you need to process per day by 4 people which is much more manageable while having fun with characters :) Also your disdain for detaining people literally forging documents >< :P forgetting documents is fine, using fraudulent documents is actually a crime mapo! also hint, letters can be clicked in inspection mode ;)

I like how everyone who plays this game eventually ends up talking with an implacable eastern-european accent.

14:35 that made me laugh so much, the sudden "Your entire family is gone" is just perfect

Mapo: Going on rant Me: NEXT! CALL NEXT! lol never heard of this game before but the videos are excellent thanks Mapo1

Nice of Mapo to look after his family and encourage intermittent fasting

I mean considering that you do tend to take your time and don't really inspect. For those of us who 1) try to make every second count and 2) constantly use inspect on things (like I'd check the names and cities with my eyes and meanwhile check the dates with inspect mode so I go almost twice as fast cause I check 2 things at the same time, and one only needs like 10% of my attention and time) and then space for inspect is HUGE difference and I do mean HUGE.

Just throwing out there that i really appreciate your playthroughs and the care and attention you give to games. Love having these to enjoy at work, please keep up the great work!

This is actually the best playthrough of this game to ever exist.

Don't know 'bout you guys, but I didn't picture Mapo wearing Uggs at home. Warm feet king!

A good duvet and a woolen sweater and who needs heat. Sincerely, an Icelander. 🤣 In all seriousness, I am having so much fun watching this. Thank you, sir.

I'm so excited he's playing Papers, Please! I'm gonna love the time he's reacting to the bonkers plot for the first time.

59:20 try scanning Dari’s name against the note the girl gives you ;)

that silence after 14:31..... lol

The game only lets you detain people who engage in fraudulent activities, such as forging documents (name, photo, stamp, etc.). If someone forgets a document at home or tries to enter on the wrong date, it's not a crime. I was confused when you tried to clear out people with obviously fake documents. Although laws can be unreasonable at times, I don't believe that lying is morally acceptable anywhere.

Oh, i have money now! Haha, yeah...

Poor Mapo, it happens, this game is very brutal.

If someone has an expired document you can just reject them without questioning since they can't do anything to fix that on the spot or assure you it's fine.

Time for: RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY!

Glory to Arstotzka!

RIP MapoSon, glory to Arstotzka! 🤣

Absolutely adoring your commentary this playthrough, cracking me up each episode

intermittent fasting lol

you’re being a very pleasant border officer but this is the slowest gameplay i’ve ever seen, my anxiety is through the roof 😅

Yaay! More papers, please! Thanks a lot for this walkthrough. Love this game and your take on it is hilarious! 😂❤

You're probably already done with the game, but you really need to be faster processing the passports. You should definitely pause the game when you want to talk to us and cannot concentrate on the game ;)

Love this more than i expected (because i thought this game would just stress me with all the things to look after) its really fun to watch

Dude, I love your humor. Glad I found your channel. It's good stuff.

I chuckled so much listening to you roleplaying haha

Great stuff. Loving this playthrough. Funny stuff. Good bits.

you miss the newspapers about letting in vince lestrade

14:26 - Really can't ask for better timing than that, can you? =P Super-fun stuff =D

1:16:15 - The guy says "I had surgery" - which evidently allowed him to regrow his hair.

Loving this playthrough

**living in poverty** **sees sketchy shit on the daily** **gets a mysterious 1k** "Great news!" lol

There is a very specific way you can manipulate expenses to actually save up money, game can be very ruthless if you don't use it but finding it out is part of the fun so here is hoping you will catch up on it soon Or maybe you already discovered it, nice, now time to save up for all those upgrades

5:33 you’re overthinking it. When they correct themselves on their purpose or duration of visit, you’re supposed to believe the new information. Anything further than that is not your problem anymore. Also, about detaining the ones with wrong passport numbers. Yeah, you’re not obligated to arrest them, but following real life logic that could raise a suspicion of document forgery, which is a felony. I’m not saying you should do that, just explaining why the game proposes this option

Does this mean we’re gonna get Return of The Obra Dinn? For the record I don’t know how well it will transfer to a let’s play, but if anyone can make it enjoyable to watch, it’s Mapo.

This is a great playthrough. NEXT!

eagerly awaiting each episode of this

Finally he starts thinking like a proper communist! We heating, but we no eating XD

Such fun to watch!

Papers, Please is clearly set in the real world...

reallly nice mapo! i would love to get inmerse in the history like you do haha!

On time to watch the episode cuz in here is 3 a.m., but i gladly stay till the episode is over, keep the good work man.

No one will notice your increased wealth for sure. For the Order!

The plot thickens! And so does your paycheck!

Glory to Arstozka

1:19:00 Oh the morality. :D

The upgrades usually help me A LOT! But I don't know how popular they actually are?

The music sounds like Steiner's theme from FFIX to me the moment I heard it

16:43 fucking killed me dude ☠️

For Dari Ludum just inspect the note with his name dangit XD

Ok so a little stupid theory here. What if Georgie is pretending to be dumb and is your boss all along 😅

Regarding the music, have you noticed that the title screen is animated in sync with it?

Try out Beholder series, good thing tho

1:17:22 Woot you passed Day 8!

Don't apologise for mistakes n stuff. You're doing great, just enjoy the game! :)

10:48 I understand the time pressure, but I still like it flows too fast. Especially the first week or so as there is still a learning curve.

One thing: I think when you click on the NEXT button and the stamp bar's open it automatically closes, so you don't have to put precious miliseconds into clicking the close button lol

Didnt have the valid information 😂 01:14:13 - 01:14:24

It is really unfortunate to see my own overthinking tendency costing you time in the game (mainly the "well, yes, they now say they're here for a visit, but they're clearly going to work like they originally said" like of thought). I had time spend during an interview checking two forms for differences. I checked the forms themselves and not just the entries. >_< Still got that job, thankfully, though it was unfortunately once of those limited terms things.

You can detain that guy instead of denying him

14:45 XDDDDDD

Haha 8 days wow they need to give you a pay rise 😄

Lucas Pope games are great. Hope this means you will pick up his other game, 'Return of the Obra Dinn'.

I got two tips! First, you fought against it in the previous episode but for the purposes of commentary I'd recommend being liberal with pausing the gameplay. As you have now seen, you do *not* have the time to be dissecting the plot and playing the game at once. Pause the game to get your thoughts out! Second, it's a bit cheeky, but I've found that if you alternate food and heat each day, your family will never die from it.

1:18:53 now Mapos true morality will be tested. Can’t wait to see if he will detain a lot for money

14:33 💀💀💀

😊

Imho, the detain option comes up during reasonable times. Wrong name? Mismatched fingerprints? Having forged documents is suspect for criminal activity that needs to be investigated. EDIT: Also, I think you're doing pretty well on normal. I think if you can keep managing this then it's better than going on easy mode for the extra $20. At least on normal mode you definitely feel the financial incentive to protect your family at the cost of strangers lol. You would probably just have to make liberal use of the pause function when you're talking at length.

How did all of them die if only 2 were very sick?

Now I'm curious about seeing you playing games like Beholder, Frostpunk and Disco Elysium... 😅