Paradise Killer

I guess this one's just not for me. I've seen such rave reviews for Paradise Killer, but it feels like I've played a very different game. I found it extremely unengaging. Most of the gameplay is wandering around a bland 3D map littered with mostly unimportant items. Sometimes there's a puzzle, or an interesting clue, or an NPC to talk to, but mostly you're picking up random ♥♥♥♥ off the ground and reading vague flavour text. The writing didn't grab me, the music didn't move me, and I always felt like I was doing something wrong. The interesting stuff must be somewhere right? The game never led me to it. I like the 2D character art a lot though. This feels like the type of game where watching someone else play it might unlock it for me, but I'm going to drop it for now. Maybe some other time if I get on a visual novel kick I'll give it another shot.

I can't tolerate this game. I thought it was going to be a deep investigation and was willing to put up the appearance if it succeeded on that. It doesn't. The story is barely coherent, and every single character blathers on in these ridiculous performative ramblings that are intended to sound mysterious and cool but instead are just tedious and pointless, getting in the way of advance whatever plot points and character development there might be. It didn't take me long to realize this is also a collectathon, with the items being either currency used to unlock fast travel so you don't have to do the tedious wandering anymore or merely decorative items that serve no purpose. Tons of random "lore" items with single sentence descriptions attaching them to nothing and meaning nothing. It might actually be okay if every single item pickup wasn't such a big production. Like letting me hover of things and see the descriptions would give them the proper low-importance signaling they deserve. Also, if you're collecting items that allow you to skip environment navigation, that might be a clue that you've got a design flaw in your game. Just make the environments smaller in the first place. It's essentially visual novel with first-person parkour mixed in. The art style is a matter of personal preference. I do like retrowave and vaporwave styling and music, but this is sort of a hodgepodge rather than something coherent. The music ranged from okay to very good. But the character designs were annoying as hell, along with the actual characters. If you're put off by the art style like I was, don't try to convince yourself you can push through for the gameplay like I did, because it falls down there too.

In this game i discovered i'm not fit to be a detective in the real world not because i'm weak in logic but because i have emotions. It is an open world detective game and features in an island. You will traverse the whole island in order to solve a murder case. At first, i was expecting the game to be like phoenix wright or danganronpa but its more nearer to disco elysium. Dont get me wrong this is not a RPG. the main difference is the open ended nature of the narrative and the lack checkpoints and detailed maps and structures will make you force to truly understand the information that you were given and remember the places and name of the persons involved. You can start the game anytime you want and end it anytime you want. Game will not tell explicitly tell you if you got everything or not. Game will not also punished you if you blame the wrong person or not. This is your game and you just have to live whatever your decision to it. It got all of common features of detective game. A laptop that contain your notes about the person, statements, and evidences that you gather. Memorable and greatly written characters and a trusty old sidekick that will explain some things to you. Most of the cases doesn't have feature actual evidence and relies more on circumstantial evidence, so you are require to talk more frequently to people. As you started to unravel the truth bit by bit, the world started to open up more and more and you start to discover new things, evidences, and new path to your case. You will develop multiple paths to the truth and trying to weed out those paths and find the true path. Sounds like a typical detective or mystery game. but the thing is, i think most players missed this, is you have a choice if you're going to be an ideal detective or not. I chose the latter and let my emotions get to me. i deliberately let someone take the fall instead of the characters that i liked but guilty as well. Few games has feature like this and it is one of the best feature of this game. For the aesthetics and the world is bigger than i expected, it features a small town, mountains, beaches and factories. Evidences and people are everywhere. Even the collectibles. The collectibles are truly optional but every collectible that you collect features information about the world that you're traversing. One of the highlights of this game is the music, The Vaporwave infused soundtrack make you desensitized to f up world and case that you're working on. As one of the characteristics of vaporwave music, it makes you sentimental and makes you familiar to things even though you never actually experienced it. I never expect to be grooving while making blood sacrifices and having conversation to the people involved on how gruesome the crime is. Voice acting is incredible done well too. Downside, it can get quite slow at first since, the world is totally new, you need to discover more about the world and also the collectibles. if you want to get the perfect achievement for this, you need to tally collect stuff scattered around the world ubisoft style. It's a lot and some of them requires platforming. Final words. This game has a lot of twists and turns and so many storylines to explore or not if you choose not to. This is one of the few games, i really feel that i'm an actual detective, you only have your notes and youre the one needed to figure out the connections of this in the case or events. Memorable characters, the open world is really great coming from an indie devs (don't expect AAA type of open world) and a refreshing take to the detective genre of games. Some people treats this as another phoenix wright/danganronpa games, you will be disappointed if you expect the game to be that kind. I'm having a hard time coimparing this game to another. i believe what kaisen game works created is truly one of a kind and exceptional. You have gained a new fan and will buy and play Promise Mascot Agency and look forward to your future projects. I am bit surprised that i didn't see this game in most yt videos for the top indie games of 2020 Truly underrated gem. A must have for adventure loving gamers.

[h2]If I could pick Mixed, I would.[/h2] This game is not bad; interesting world, intriguing setup and worldbuilding, decent exploration experience, mostly well-done mystery/evidence mechanics, somewhat interesting characters, nice art and music, etc. It just doesn't come together for me; the experience felt like I had parts of something, but the pieces do not fit well enough to make a complete whole. I understood the cases, (100%ed evidence I think), it just seemed like the gameplay and collect-a-thon content didn't mesh well with how things were presented to make it feel worthwhile to engage with. It was going for a vibe, and sometimes it reached it, other times it felt off.

First thing first this game plays more like a collectathon more than anything else so keep that in mind when you buy it. Other than that if you like Danganronpa and wanted more of an open world experience and more of the exploration/clue collecting phase then this game is exactly that. The map design is great and overall really fun to explore and collect random stuff as you uncover more clues.

Une seule enquête. Trop longue. Trop de collectibles inutiles. Trop flashy. Trop d’exploration, trop open world. L’histoire aurait pu etre bien mais trop d’intrigues et pas de vraies solutions : le jeu joue sur l’ambiguïté pour que plusieurs scenarios soient crédibles du coup meme quand on finit le jeu on a un sentiment d’inachevé, d’incertitude. Sentiment voulu par les développeurs mais ca n’a pas fait son effet sur moi. Je ne sais pas si j’ai loupé des indices ou si je suis passé à coté du jeu. Le jeu est original en soit. Pas fondamentalement mauvais. Par contre, entierement en anglais. Pas de français disponible. Bon niveau d’anglais indispensable.

Good exploration and story game, not much detective work need to be done. 6.7/10

An open world investigation game with an absolutely stellar soundtrack. Play as Lady Love Dies, an investigator in a world of ageless beings, gods, and demons, investigating the murder of The Council which rules the island. Look into members of The Syndicate, a ruling organization in this reality outside of our own, searching for clues and evidence as to whom is guilty of the different parts of the crime, and the conspiracy going on behind the scenes. Explore a 3D open world of different city districts, checking out apartments, housing, warehouses, docks, a power plant, a prison, a military barracks, the courthouse, a religious ziggurat, a dead zone corrupted by demons, sewers and waterways, and more in your search for clues. There are a handful of people around the island you can talk to, questioning them in the hopes of more information, details on other residents, and looking into their alibis. Unlocking new information related to the case will add it into your notes, adding an exclamation mark next to a person's portrait should they have new talking points for you to look into. Bits of physical evidence will be scattered around the map, so be sure to check every nook and cranny to be sure you've built a good case, knowing who to accuse when performing the trials. There are numerous collectables to find around the map: more songs to add to your playlist, talks with the demon Shinji, beverages and AI fragments from vending machines, whiskey bottles for views into the future, crests to unlock blood crystals, blood crystals themselves that act as this world's currency, skins for your laptop Starlight, bits of religious iconography, and more. Relationships can be improved with every character on the island through hanging out, giving you the opportunity to get more information out of them or a relic item that act as simple collectables. Upgrades for your laptop can be obtained, giving you additional symbol categories to hack into different buildings and areas around the map, usually leading to some solid evidence or information for your case. Using footbaths will give you ability upgrades at the cost of five blood crystals, giving you a double jump, a dash, plus the ability to meditate and see the different collectables around the map, showing up as hearts in your vision. Visually, I dig the art style going on for all the various characters and the use of colour going on. There is an excellent sort of vaporwave style vibe to some portions of the level design that I really vibe with. Musically, Paradise Killer is knocking it out of the park, having an amazing soundtrack that I'm looking forward to picking up on vinyl. A mix of funky city pop / vaporwave tunes from the mind of Barry 'Epoch' Topping. This soundtrack absolutely slaps, being a major selling point for the game. Overall, I had a much better time than I was expecting with Paradise Killer, enjoying the mystery of who killed The Council and really being drawn in by an amazing soundtrack. I'd recommend this one to fans of investigative mystery games and city pop / vaporwave. [quote]Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45701624-CthulhusMonocle-That-Next-Fest-Guy/]CthulhusMonocle - That Next Fest Guy[/url] for more game and Steam Next Fest demo reviews.[/quote]

小品风味的侦探游戏，还带点收集元素，偶尔玩玩这种类型游戏真的很惬意。