Not Tonight Is A Post-Brexit Role-Playing Game With A Healthy Dose Of Political Satire

52% on metacritic.

I assume this game will better when we are out.

It won’t sell to the masses they only like what’s on the side of bus.

Are the difficulty levels - soft Brexit or hard brexit but whichever you pick you get a weakened pound and a hard brexit anyway??

Making a satire of brexit isn’t clever or difficult it’s self satirising - just watch Mrs May she is touring the U.K. this very new with her new stand up routine relating to Brexit.... she is hilarious.

Sounds like a risky move basing your game on a subject that is very passionately one way or the other for around half the UK lol.

Political satire in game form I approve of though 😁

This won't sell well.

So when do we get the Trump-era RPG, Tiny Hands?

Respect for this article’’s sub-title / strapline (or whatever it’s called).

Looks like a typical scenario of Brexit for Brexteers: Fantastic idea in general, but full of complex empty promises.

@GrailUK Probably more likely 48%.

@rayword45 - Tiny Hands 2 - C.H.I.N.A.

This review comes to us exactly a year before Cambridge Analytica Day ... sorry that should be Brexit Day, when the rich and powerful will laugh long and loud!

Sounds like a complete omnishambles to me.

Dear Remoaners, I hate EU.

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Game’s art style looks okay, but I didn’t really get the humour of it. Painting Brexit as all doom and gloom and Brexiters as irrational racists isn’t very funny and is already way overused.

I find satire more entertaining when it over exaggerates things in a fun and uplifting way, even if being negative. I don’t know if I explained that right.

The trailer isn’t funny and lines like “You work for me now” aren’t funny because no one thinks like that, not even in an exaggerated way.

Meh. Politics in games. I hope it does get 48%. It is a remoaners game after all.

I dunno, this whole Brexit/Cambridge Analytical/Russia stuff is so depressing for us Brits. Right now I'll take as much ridicule for the subject as I can get. Second funniest Brexit based humorous this week. First funniest was The Sun's petition to get the government to print our blue passports in the UK.

It was a shame that after Brexit the UK became Children of Men. I miss you Dad nation.

@rayword45

How about one based off the Clintons?

It could be titled "Random Seizures", "Rapist", or, "Globalist"!

@idrawrobots

Your dad nation is no ally.

@10-zx The globalists are poisoning the frogs!

@rayword45

Perhaps "Satanist" would have been a better adjective.

Lmao, if you associate the Clintons with satanism (which barely reflects on... anything) I implore you to get off InfoWars or r/conspiracy or wherever the hell you're getting this horsecrap.

FYI I don't like the Clintons either but holy sheez

Came to the comments looking for absolute nonsense masquerading as political opinions. Was not disappointed.

(I’m not saying from whom, I’m not discussing politics on Nintendo Life apart from with my tongue coiled up inside my cheek... but if you’re angry at this comment then it’s probably you.)

I don't know whether i'm more entertained by the trailer or the comments.

Multiplayer mode announced. It’s called Take Back Controller

Love the artstyle, question is what does it play like.

@ottospooky Excellent punnage! Presumably the controller in question is the Blue Joy-Con (made in France)?

@Balladeer I read somewhere that one person hides the Joy-con for a transitional period

Two games on Switch based on Brexit, huh?

@Balladeer @rayword45

Perhaps "Satanist" is a bit much. Let's go with a simple "Treasonous". There we are, it perfectly summarizes it all with one word. Treasonous.

And to be fair, you cannot shield truth. You cannot fight justice. They are always inevitably approaching nearer by the second. That is a reality that shall never be ultimately escaped by anyone.

But I digress. This was an entertaining thread, 70% of which amusement I owe to my own inputs. Ha ha.

I watched the trailer and still have no idea why this game is happening or what is actually going on.

So I suppose in both those respects it's just like Brexit.

But really, I would quite like to know what this game is. You seem to ID people a lot, and well, yes, you seem to do that.

@10-zx When it comes to the "rapist" part both Clinton and Trump have skeletons in their closet. When it comes to treachery the juries still out on that one. FBI are still investigating.

@10-zx lmao boii if you had even one month of real world political experience you wouldn't be saying the nonsense you are

Sincerely,
Someone who has real world political experience

@10-zx please remember that without globalism YOU WOULDN'T BE PLAYING ANYTHING NINTENDO

Really digging the "IT Crowd" design.

@GrailUK Probably 48%, more like~

@rayword45

It's quite something how you say you have real world political experience (as if your opinion holds more weight than mine), yet cite no examples. Elaborate, please.

Also, you didn't understand what I meant by "globalist". I wasn't referencing the textbook definition...

@10-zx : I assume he thinks that failing to be chosen as a prefect/school captain in high school counts as "real-world political experience".

I have two English friends. One them is pro-Brexit all the way. The other despises it.

I can’t help but shake the feeling that Brexit is polarizing. 🤔

The problem with political satire is that it becomes dated VERY quickly. What might have been an entertaining satire last month just becomes old news this month. Which makes making a game about it very difficult.

Further, I don't like politics spreading to glaringly into gaming because politics is as divisive as it gets. It inevitably starts arguments. The absolute last thing I want is for a game system to become specifically associated with a political ideology. Do you want PS4 to become the conservative's game system while Switch is the liberal system? Oh please God, no! That is a danger when bringing politics into gaming.

@MagicEmperor

I can't help but shake the feeling that the 2016 United States Presidential Election was polarizing. Only then, did the terms "liberal" and "conservative" become nuclearizingly opposite.

It literally broke the country in two. Is England in two as well?

@Heavyarms55

I couldn't possibly agree more than I already absolutely do.

What a night terror it would be if the Switch, such a brilliant piece of technology, were to be officially declared "the liberal system"...

...shudder...

...And of course, I'm sure the reaction would be similar on the other side as well...

...What a terrible place Europe and America are politically involved in right now...

@StormtheFrontier Hands down the comments. Lol

Kinda reminds of The Last Night, where it's about a dystopian future, where ‘progressivism’ has spiralled out of control.

@10-zx I don’t know if it came across, but my comment was meant to be a silly joke (Two people disagree so they’re evenly split, therefore “Polarizing”). But I can’t deny your observations! I’ve found myself in very heated encounters with fellow Americans, politically.

Politics isn't fun and I play games to have fun, therefore I won't play this.

Propaganda*

People this day in age are able to push their view points and call it satire and not have people accusing them of bias.

@MagicEmperor

Well, I did notice you had an emoji at the end of your comment, but it didn't display correctly. So maybe you intended for it to suggest playfulness.

Sorry about that.

There will be no Europe in 20 years anyway, so what does it matter?

@10-zx Ohhh, I didn’t realize! Well, that’s okay! I was prepared for a joke simply not landing, but I wanted to make it clear I wasn’t attacking Great Britain. We’re good.

Lmao so they’re so salty they have to make a game about their delusional view sounds like the us but not sure which leftists are more psychotic... here’s a look at our future when they do finally take over better watch those pronouns! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p6iqKjPDGWE 🤣

@sillygostly No actually, it's called having a job at a local city hall and also lobbying for non-profits and volunteering for mayoral candidates. Getting a job, hence why I've barely touched this site since 2014.

Unfortunately, it seems during that time of absence, the demographics have shifted down to Generation Z, hence this conspiracy nonsense. Try reading up on how this country's political system works.

EDIT: I just saw, you're from Australia. You have NO IDEA how ludicrous this garbage is in this country right now, and I can barely speak to Australia's climate myself (I'm studying domestic policy rn)

Like, last time I was on this website, there were people I disagreed with politically but it was never this Alex Jones "zomg the globalists" horseshe. I could debate those people without wanting to lobotomize myself to cope with this garbage-arse political climate.

@Heavyarms55 This, and on top of it it is usually delivered with no grace or subtlety whatsoever. Especially if the satirist in question is very partisan and only does it as a "preaching to the choir" deal.
Best satirist are those that spare no one, no matter their personal beliefs.

@MagicEmperor

No no, you're fine. I don't think anyone thought you were attacking The All-Mighty Crown of the Great British Empire.

@rayword45

As for the Gen Z demographics, I personally don't know whether to shrug off the marchers or feel completely and absolutely disgusted at them.

Oh wait, I just realized you were talking about Nintendo Life's demographics.

Hm.

Lol highly controversial. But only in 1 country.

@GrailUK Very good!

@10-zx You're linking conspiracy videos after claiming you're not a conspiracy nut. Please take a class in Government.

Jeeeesus, you linked videos from "End Times Productions" and "ThoughtCrime7" with total clickbait titles, then said "I'm not a conspiracy nut". Your whole thing is just self-defeating.

Take your own damn advice and "think between the lines" about your choice of news source. I ain't tellin you to watch CNN or MSNBC (here's something you need to realize, ALL JOURNALISM IS INHERENTLY BIASED) but when your linked source is "After Watching This You'll Never Trust The Corporate Media Again".......

.....

.....

.....just lol

@rayword45

If I want to see the news, I get it from Bing News. Non-partisan journalism has gone extinct, anyway. All journalism in the modern age is inherently biased. Not the ones from the '20s. I don't remember any bias there.

Modern journalism in general sucks.

It's weird,but it's biased. It has a interesting concept though.

When ever the topic of brexit comes up, I always turn Jonathan Pie on his youtube channel. The guy is a satirist, but he does make some good points aswell.
Here's one of his videos taliking about Theresa May and brexit.. Be warned, there is some swearing in this too.