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Are there any games about office work? #1

I was just thinking how cool this could actually be. Something along the lines of Persona 3 and 4's school stuff, but set in an office instead. Does anything like that exist?
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Papertoss.
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Football manager is basically spreadsheets the game
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CS_Office.
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If you fight demons and save the world at night time I am totally in.
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Yes - Coffee Break.

It's an RPG / point and click hybrid about life in an office. You have to progress through the plotline whilst also getting all of your desk job tasks completed by the end of every day.

Actually more fun than it sounds....

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Five Minutes to Kill Yourself.
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Harry the Handsome Executive is totally based on real life with staplers as guns and killer robots! You move in a office chair kicking yourself backwards.


http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/harry/
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Game Dev Story.

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I play office "game" everyday on my job.
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Originally Posted by kurtrussell: View Post
Yes - Coffee Break.

It's an RPG / point and click hybrid about life in an office. You have to progress through the plotline whilst also getting all of your desk job tasks completed by the end of every day.

Actually more fun than it sounds....

I am intrigued, where can I get this game?
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That awful Dilbert game
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There's that iOS game where you can be an ass towards office workers.
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Trash Panic levels 1 and 2.
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Not strictly an office per se, but in a similar vein to what your asking I think; the official ER game was pretty good. It's basically a Sim's-Lite clone set in a hospital. You control a junior doctor and have to work shifts where you balance the usual sims needs (toliet,shower,food,social) with doing work. Think it's underrated myself.

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There's also those really old Police Quest games which take things uber seriously, and even some much more realistic ER type games which I forget the name of and take things even more seriously; with proper full on procedures and diagnosis's.
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Corto
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Theme Hospital for me. hehehehe

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I have always wanted a stealth mayhem office game. Metal Gear mixed with office life. Actually that Coffee Break game looks exactly like I had always envisioned it.

The goal is to get yourself to the top executive position through any means necessary, and it becomes tougher to knock out the guy ahead of you every step of the way.

Stuff like, you want to make it look like your boss is having an affair with his secretary. Except it turns out the secretary is actually having an affair with another guy who might get caught before you can set up the evidence for the fake affair, so you'll have to help cover up their affair. Also another guy in the office has a crush on her and stalks her and will do anything to defend her honor, so you have to take him out first as well.

You can do things like take one person's stapler and put it in someone else's cubicle, or plant evidence that someone was eating someone else's lunch. Generally causing arguments and havok around the office.

Maybe the custodian is sort of on your side and you can pay him to perform various services for you or buy supplies from him.
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Corporate Fury.
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Originally Posted by Corto: View Post
Theme Hospital for me. hehehehe

[IMG]http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/69000/69683/theme-hospital-4.jpg[/IMG
he probably means,good office games ;) :)

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Originally Posted by sTeLioSco: View Post
he probably means,good office games ;) :)

... the fuck? It got an 8.2/10 from nearly 2000 user votes.

Who gives a flying fuck about some GameSpot review?

Theme Hospital is a god-like classic and an unbelievable gaming experience considering its age.
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Originally Posted by Tizoc: View Post
I am intrigued, where can I get this game?
Seems to be available here -> http://www.harmonicflow.com/game/coffee-break/

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Do what it takes to get ahead in the work place in Coffee Break. Enjoy all the politics and drama of the office without fear of getting fired. Now get back to work!

* Office politics
* Romance
* Lots of humor
Play free for an hour, purchase DRM free for $6.99
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Originally Posted by Noisepurge: View Post
Harry the Handsome Executive is totally based on real life with staplers as guns and killer robots! You move in a office chair kicking yourself backwards.


http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/harry/
Good lord I spent a lot of time playing this game back in the day!
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5 Minutes to Kill (Yourself). Not at all like Persona, but fun nonetheless.
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Funny you should ask: Super Office Stress
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In a way...

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Originally Posted by sTeLioSco: View Post
he probably means,good office games ;) :)

What the Hell is this shit??? Theme hospital is a fantastic game, and if I recall correctly got high marks back in the day. EXPLAIN!
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Originally Posted by sTeLioSco: View Post
he probably means,good office games ;) :)

wat

WTF
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Originally Posted by VoteForPedro: View Post
What the Hell is this shit??? Theme hospital is a fantastic game, and if I recall correctly got high marks back in the day. EXPLAIN!
me??

i just typed "theme hospital" in gamespot to get a "journalistic" review......
http://www.gamespot.com/theme-hospital/platform/pc/

(i know theme hospital,im just joking about the gaming "journalists".)
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MAG! on Amiga. It's a "build your own gaming mag empire" game/simulation.
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It's funny you mention Persona 3 and 4, because Persona 2: Eternal Punishment has an office in place of a school. Unfortunately for you the gameplay in P2 is quite different, so the office doesn't play out like P3&4's school, with office task mini-games and building relationships with co-workers.
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Originally Posted by sTeLioSco: View Post
he probably means,good office games ;) :)

The farrrrk
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There's a time management game called Miss Management. Basically you have to make sure work gets done and at the same time keep morale up by giving your employees the breaks they want (which may or may not make other employees pissed off.)

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Originally Posted by sTeLioSco: View Post
me??

i just typed "theme hospital" in gamespot to get a "journalistic" review......
http://www.gamespot.com/theme-hospital/platform/pc/

(i know theme hospital,im just joking about the gaming "journalists".)
Nice joke man, especially the part where you weren't making a joke.
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Originally Posted by Picobrain: View Post
I play office "game" everyday on my job.
yeah me too. you couldn't make me play a video game about office work with a shotgun. i play video games to get away from my office "game".
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D/Generation

Ages will pass and yet this awesome game shall remain.
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Originally Posted by sTeLioSco: View Post
he probably means,good office games ;) :)

Yo bro, are you serious here? You looking for a smackdown?
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Office work, movieproducer style - Hollywood Mogul

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I'm sure there's some hentai-game out there about raping office women.
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That Theme Hospital Gamespot score just gave me a severe bout of Bloaty Head.

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Super Karoshi is pretty great.
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There was a Sims clone game years back called The Partners that was set in an office. It was terrible BTW.

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http://www.gamefront.com/bored-at-work-play-the-office-on-msn-games/


Apologies in advance for any lost sleep I have caused
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It may not be as accurate an answer as some of these posts, but this thread reminded me of just how unique the opening moments of Half-Life is. The first 20 minutes or so is just you controlling some guy as he does his normal job.
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I used to play this as a kid
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Originally Posted by Noisepurge: View Post
Harry the Handsome Executive is totally based on real life with staplers as guns and killer robots! You move in a office chair kicking yourself backwards.


http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/harry/
This and every other Ambrosia game ruled more of my college hours than I dare admit.
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There was one for XBL Indie Games called Office DisOrders that was kind of funny.

EDIT - I bought Game Dev Story based on GAF hype and was disappointed. I've followed the gaming industry for decades and love it but that game bored me to tears.
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Originally Posted by GlamFM: View Post
Game Dev Story.

One the first games I bought for my Android phone. Played it a whole day, completely hooked.
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There is a great homebrew NES game called Zooming Secretary.

larvi
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MAD TV 1 & 2 have an office setting and are about running a TV station. There are also the Capitalism games which are about being the CEO of a company.