Paradox Vector

Mixed feelings about this one. Unique visual style, otherworldly atmosphere, mysterious ambient music, secrets everywhere - all that is cool, although it lacks some polish here and there. The problem is how the game is structured. Initially you get a metroidvania - a rather linear one but nevertheless interesting enough. There's not much in the FPS department as the enemies are scarce and easy. It takes maybe an hour to get through it (or up to three if you want all secrets). It then ends with the final boss. ...except it doesn't end actually. The game then continues for another few hours with more levels. At this point it is no longer a metroidvania at all but it becomes more of an actual FPS due to stronger and more numerous enemies. Which is fine I guess, I'm glad I got some run-n-gun out of the game but it's hard not to yearn for more metroidvania which isn't there anymore. Personally my only real gripe is lack of proper achievements. Almost all of them are unmissable and meeting the mid-game boss is the last one you get, with half the game still to go! There's no reward for finding all secrets. No achievement for actually completing the game. Or for killing new enemy types found after the mid-game boss. The game showers you with easy achievements early on and then just quits. I felt robbed of the incentive to continue. Clearly the game was extended beyond its original scope but lack of achievements made me feel like I'm playing an afterthought - even though the late levels are good and deserve more praise than this. The secrets are also generally fun to look for and discover but their in-game rewards are basically whatever; I'd feel a lot more engaged if finding all secrets had a meta reward instead (i.e. a steam achievement). Still, it's impressive for a one-man project. I think the level design was great, I have a strong feeling that the dev has a portfolio of Doom mods. Non-euclidean geometry was nicely done - it doesn't mess with your brain too much and incorporates itself well into the levels, though it's not used as extensively as I'd probably like.

As many others have said, brilliant in the first half. Second half feels tacked on, it shifts gears abruptly partway through from metroidvania to a horde shooter kind of deal. Also, where's the VR support? No brainer for a game with this visual style. Still a recommend.

This game is very short and very easy. Ten levels with minimal backtracking and the challenge is non existent. I think I beat in under 2 hours. I'd recommend maybe if its only 2 - 3 dollars and if you want to play a game while watching tv at the same like how I did. Otherwise it really has not much to offer outside of having a nice vector outlook. The game has very little to offer outside of ten mindless levels that offer very little difficulty.

Pretty Cool Game. Trippy Fun. It's nuts how you can be walking down a tunneling path then be upstairs as if you walked through a portal mindlessly. or the dimensions are warped. lol it's pretty trippy. love it. the environment's pretty fresh. love that. don't see as many games doing something like this that often. props for that as well. So far I recommend it for the fresh take on metroidvanias. I kinda wish there were more metroidvanias like this as well. trippy visuals, or cyper space like visuals are always rad.

The most exciting and admirable aspect of Paradox Vector is unquestionably the art design, which is not only unique, but a true joy to look at. All the colors and shapes build up a very stylized, but beautiful environment which is exciting to explore to the last detail. Apart from that, many other aspects of the game may or may not cause... 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 feelings in certain players - depending on their gaming taste or temperament - like the enemy AI, the layout of the levels, the sometimes unbalanced difficulty, the sharp contrast between the first and second half of the game, etc. But even with the hit and miss parts, I think Paradox Vector is still worth to play. Recalls many great and interesting aspects of old (FPS) games combining with a truly unique aesthetic. It's an admirable gem - quite rough around some of its edges, but still a gem.

Its pretty good and fairly challenging when it comes to enemies and puzzles. There are secrets in the game which also includes new weapons, upgrade ammo and health. Its worth giving it a try.

Al principio la idea era interesante, un metrodvian con supuestamente niveles no euclidianos. Pero después de llegar a la mitad del juego, las habilidades nuevas se hacen inexistentes y el diseño de los levels se vuelven muy tradicionales. Si a eso le sumamos que en las zonas finales los enemigos se lanzan contra uno, y el 80% no tiran vida, generan una tensión que no existía en los nieves previos. También nos encontramos con un sistema de checkpoint que están bien distribuidos al principio del juego, pero en las zonas finales se hacen mas dispersos, agregando momentos de frustración. El gameplay es muy sencillo y los enemigos se comportan de manera random entre dispararte o escapar. Por alguna razón algunos enemigos se mueven muy rápido lo que hace mas difícil apuntarles, probablemente sus movimientos estén atados a la cantidad de fps que tengas en ese momento, no estoy seguro de si es una decisión cociente del desarrollador. Si a esto le sumamos que las armas tienen dispersión, no siempre la bala sale a donde se apunta, hace que sean mas frustrantes, especialmente si hay mas de uno. Sobre los niveles, el “no euclidianos” es tomado muy a la ligera, básicamente se transporta al jugador a otra zona del mapa o se cierran paredes detrás para simular lo “no natural”. Y es muy visible, rompiendo la ilusión en varias oportunidades, especialmente si uno se traba en la geometría de la pared que apareció unos centímetros atrás de uno. Hay muchos mejores ejemplos de este diseño en otros juegos, como Antichamber o Manifold Garden. Sobre la historia, diría que es prácticamente inexistente, son cuadros de texto para darle un poco de contexto, explicando una historia inconsecuente. Salvo que este en oferta no recomiendo este juego, me dejo la sensación que que podría haber sido algo mas, y que esto es solo el prototipo de esa idea.