Paradigm

What a delightful point-and-click. Our main character just wants to make "phat beatsies" on his computer but accidentally gets roped into saving the world. Paradigm's gameplay is very straightforward, it's pretty easy figuring out what to do. The gameplay never gets too repetitive since it's interspersed with fun little minigames and cutscenes. The real joy comes from spending time in its lovingly crafted world, a humorous post-apocalyptic Eastern European country. It's a mashup of retro-futurism, sci fi, and 80's Eastern bloc aesthetics (think brutalism, old computers, etc) -- with an funny surreal/absurd tone. I really do mean lovingly crafted. Everything from the artwork to the sound design is immaculate! The ideal game to play while a bit high.

Fairly accurate simulator of life in Eastern-Europe / Balkans, albeit slightly less drug use and corruption among Government officials than in reality.

It's an okay point & click adventure game with a silly story and setting. It does manage to be funny at times, which is what it set out to do I guess. Serviceable, so a like, but some caveats: - the humour is a bit hit or miss. If it's not your thing, the rest of the game won't save it. - it's quite short. I'm usually not one to complain about games overstaying their welcome, but it can probably be done in 1 or 2 sittings especially if you're not really going at the flavour content (funny descriptions etc). - it's a bit too easy. I'm not looking for 2000 IQ puzzles, but a no point did I really have to think things through here. - the steam achievements are meh

Game ive had for a long long while that I finally decided to give a try. Interesting art style and very surreal plot. Point and click adventure game that is rather short but packs a bunch of jokes and memes into a decent gameplay experience. Worth a try

Great game, playing this felt like a blast from the past. Also cool that the game is coincidentally set in 2026

This game was made with so much love and it was a joy to play. Every little detail is wonderfully arted out and cosmically weird. I cant wait for the creator's next game.

I really didn't know what to expect going into this game, and that's okay, because there's no way my expectations could have lived up to what this title delivers. It's just so deliciously weird, I can hardly describe it. Just... take my word. It's good. Really good. Let's break it down: Graphics: 10/10 The art style here is unique and hard to describe. Not hyper-realistic, but just realistic enough to take the edge off of some of the weirdness. Not cartoony exactly, it's really its own thing. I'm not even sure what to compare it to. Music: 10/10 The background music is fitting and not intrusive, but where this game really shines musically is a few little musical interludes tucked throughout the game that are super fun and well-executed. Voice acting: 10/10 The voices are all distinct (no issues with characters sounding alike because they're voiced by the same actor, though all of the voice actors apparently were doing multiple voices), the delivery is hilarious and professional, and the recording is high-quality. Writing/dialogue: 10/10 This game is hilarious. You will want to try everything with every object in the game, just because of how good the writing is. The story is clever, and everything keeps moving at a good place. It's easy to get sucked in. Puzzles: 10/10 A good mix here of logic-based puzzles, combined object puzzles, and environmental clue-based puzzles. I didn't encounter any puzzles that didn't make sense, nothing that I'd consider "moon logic", and only a couple that I found so challenging that I considered turning to a guide for answers. I wouldn't even consider those to be unfair puzzles, missing the solutions was on me. Achievements: 9/10 Mostly reasonable here. Not very many unmissable ones, most are things that you will end up doing if you're really exploring the game thoroughly, and only a few that I think most people wouldn't be able to get without a guide. There is one annoying one that requires you to click a button a ridiculous number of times. You can get past this fairly quickly if you install an autoclicker on your machine, but... I don't know. I feel like that's asking a lot for an achievement. Overall: 9.8/10 - Highly recommended. I really, really hope to see more from this developer in the future.