COP BASTARD Research Sources
Every guide page maps its claims to a small source set. Official product pages lead; third-party and community material is labelled and never promoted into fact without support.
Primary sources
- S01 — official Steam store page for App 1742440.
- S02 — official Steam launch announcement from Retrovibe.
- S03 — Steam global achievement page for App 1742440.
- S06 — official Steam demo page for App 2174740.
- S07 — official GOG product listing.
Secondary and community sources
- S04 — Exophase GOG achievement list, used to read all 18 objective texts.
- S05 — developer/community Steam Deck statement surfaced in search; labelled as reported, not Valve-rated.
- S08 — ProtonDB App 1742440 reports, used only as dated community context.
YouTube transcript boundary
Five high-relevance review or full-playthrough videos were selected for a caption check on 30 October 2026. YouTube reported that captions could not be displayed for every selected video, so the transcript workflow was stopped at the agreed limit. No gameplay claim was extracted from audio, titles, thumbnails, or silent footage.
Queries deliberately excluded
Most phrase-match volume for “cop bastard” belongs to unrelated ACAB definitions, a Copenhagen café, an unrelated Doom song, or explicit searches. Those terms are logged in the keyword file but do not receive pages. SteamDB and store-name queries are navigational and are answered with official links rather than thin doorway pages.
How to challenge a claim
Use the source ID printed on the relevant page, compare it with the detailed research ledger in the repository, and include a current official URL when requesting a correction. Dynamic facts such as price, review count, compatibility, and discounts must include a check date.
Claims on this page map to S01, S02, S03, S04, S05, S06, S07, S08 in the source ledger. Facts were checked against the released COP BASTARD build on 30 October 2026.
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