“Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you”: I adore the demo for Future? No Thanks, an open world comedy about a boomer trapped in leftwing paradise

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“Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone but you”: I adore the demo for Future? No Thanks, an open world comedy about a boomer trapped in leftwing paradise

Rock Paper Shotgun · 5 hours ago

Future? No Thanks! is an upcoming open-world satirical game by Paulo "Molleindustria" Perdicini, in which players guide a grumpy older man named Harvey Huffstone through his final day in a fully realised ecosocialist utopia. Reviewed via a 30-minute Steam demo, the game is notable for satirising both the disgruntled conservative protagonist and the left-leaning society he inhabits, avoiding becoming a one-sided political lecture while offering sharp, academically flavoured writing and polished 3D visuals that run on modest hardware.

Harvey has applied for "self-scheduled" euthanasia under the new society's universal healthcare system, and to prove this isn't an impulsive decision, he must complete an AI-generated bucket list of old-world indulgences such as smoking a cigar, drinking a Coke and eating a "real steak" – the latter now rare because intensive animal agriculture has been abolished. The demo features settings including sentient toilets, cricket burgers and cannabis vending machines, alongside witty exchanges with locals like cooks, students and librarians, plus in-jokes referencing Marx's Capital and Grand Theft Auto's box art. It is described on Steam as "an artisanal game made with locally sourced talent and zero capitalists, marketers, or profiteers."

  • Demo reviewed for satirical open-world game Future? No Thanks!
  • Boomer protagonist seeks euthanasia in an ecosocialist utopia
  • Game pokes fun at both right and left political viewpoints

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