The player is one of those residents, stripped of their identity and referred to only as "Person of European Heritage #112" or #112 for short. Taking advantage of social upheaval following a post-Brexit economic crisis, the British government has stripped citizenship from all Britons found to have ancestors from EU countries, relocating them to slum-like housing blocks in preparation for mass deportations. Not Tonight takes place primarily in England, which increasingly falls under the control of the nativist Albion First party and Prime Minister Simon Tavener. While playing the game, the player must make decisions which will affect the story through various characters that can be encountered. After every mission, the player returns to their flat to interact with characters, pay any outstanding rent, and to purchase any items that they may need. A loss of social credit can prevent the player from gaining more jobs and damage their progress, and will result in the player being deported if the score reaches zero, ending the game. Failing to pass a mission will lower credit score. Additionally, the player can also accept bribes which will immediately gain money at the expense of losing social credit score (similar to the philosophy of social credit system). This includes: stopping various nationalities from entering, those who wear certain clothing, individuals who are not on the guest list, people without tickets, and various other rules as gameplay becomes more challenging. As the game progresses, the player must undertake additional measures as requested by larger venues or by the state. As a bouncer, the player must analyse various parts of the guests' identification cards, checking whether they are under age, have provided expired documents, have provided fraudulent information, are hiding contraband, or have an incorrectly matching photograph, and determine whether to allow entry to an establishment. The gameplay of Not Tonight is based on the responsibilities of a bouncer, working in Albion ( England) as a person of European heritage who was newly stripped of his or her British citizenship and has become stateless. Along the way, the player must make decisions on whether to change the course of events or remain complicit with the new administration.Ī downloadable content game called Not Tonight: One Love was released for Steam on 25 June 2019 the DLC later came bundled up for the Take Back Control Edition at the time of the game's release.Ī sequel, Not Tonight 2, was announced in August 2021, and was released on 11 February 2022. Set in an alternate timeline shortly after the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, the player takes the role of a citizen of European heritage who must survive under an authoritarian British government, working as a bouncer across various venues and earning enough to avoid deportation. Not Tonight is a role-playing adventure game by British studio PanicBarn, released for Microsoft Windows in August 2018, and for Nintendo Switch (as Not Tonight: Take Back Control Edition) on 31 January 2020, the actual date of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
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