Finding Paradise

慢慢游玩了俩周感觉像是看了一部电影，讲述了一个很感人的故事。 我在生命的尽头尝试去弥补过去的遗憾，却没有发现正是这些遗憾组成了我无可替代的人生。

这个世界真的很大，一个人就是穷尽一生也探究不完。 人的一生如此短暂……我们不可能完成每一件想做的事。无论我们做了什么，总有其他东西值得一试，总有另一条路值得一走。 你会有幸福的一生的，也许会姗姗来迟、也许需要披荆斩棘，但是当我们重聚的那天来临，相信你会有很多能与我分享的幸福时光。

I finished Finding Paradise in about 5 hours of gameplay, and the experience felt like gently walking through someone else’s memories. The game tells an emotional story focused on life, choices, and unspoken feelings, relying on strong writing and a beautiful soundtrack rather than complex gameplay. Its narrative unfolds slowly and quietly, allowing each moment to settle and giving weight to even the smallest details. The gameplay is simple and exists mainly to support the story, with light puzzles and exploration guiding you through different memories. What stayed with me was not what I did, but what I felt along the way — moments of warmth, sadness, and reflection that felt very human. I enjoyed the experience so much that I ended up finishing the game again afterward, letting the story sink in even deeper. Finding Paradise is a short but heartfelt journey that lingers long after it ends.

Apparently, this is the sequel to "To The Moon", which is a game I quite liked way back in 2014. I have owned this game since 2020 apparently, but I completely forgot that it existed until I heard about it from a friend of a friend. Just goes to show that the series needs to have a proper title. If it were "Memory Dudes - Episode 1 - To The Moon" and then "Memory Dudes - Episode 2 - Finding Paradise", then this wouldn't have happened. Anyhow, this is basically just 'To The Moon' again, except with less silly references to anime and Animorphs, and more of a focus on the central premise, which is good. This ended up being a brief, morose meditation on what it is to have lived a long life with a rather large pile of regrets. Some of the attempts at humour really are quite underwhelming, but there is a fundamental humanity to the storytelling that is really quite gripping. There are some good twists in here and the game can be finished in one evening, which I think is just the right amount of time. It's the gaming equivalent of a brief but enjoyable novella. It's always weird when you sense something is Canadian even without checking if it's a Canadian studio. There's this whole scene in this about picking an instrument for music class and how the kid gets stuck with a big stupid instrument that's hard to carry because he picked last. Other kids boast about having a flute that just fits in their backpack. And I'm just like... man, I lived that. Do Americans do the instrument thing in Middle School too? Maybe they do it with guns instead. Who knows. Anyhow, cool game. I will try to play the third one in the series before 2031. Final Score: 8.917287483274/11

Que jogo lindo e que história tocante, confesso que não estava com expectativas altas, mas com o decorrer do tempo a história foi me prendendo e eu me vi imersa nela, principalmente indignada kkkkkk, mas a medida que vamos passeando pelas memórias e conhecendo o personagem comecei a entender seus sentimentos e seus medos. Então, sai desse jogo com um coração contemplativo. Recomendo fortemente que continue jogando essa saga, eu particularmente estou amando muito.

有点像我一样，孤独，喜欢虚构一个完美的人来安慰我自己度过这一生

个人认为《Finding Paradise》带来的感触和震撼更多。 "那些我错过的机会，那些小意外和我所有未竟的愿望。它们还是我的遗憾......可它们让我拥有了现在的一切。而我所拥有的一切，无论什么都换不走"。 我想教给你爱与离别。 Faye和colin的故事虽然有点老套但是又很新颖。 或许寻找到天堂是坦然接受当下，珍惜所拥有的，再给过去的自已一个交代吧。