Paradox Vector

This is one of the most enjoyable games I have played. It has first person shooting with puzzle solving. The vector type environments are beautifully done, game play is challenging and I can't wait to discover the next level. I like Shadow of Tomb Raider, as well, since it also incorporates shooting with puzzle solving. I would purchase any sequel right away.

I really enjoyed this game. You wake up, you get a quick text story and then you go around playing a classic FPS in a rather interesting environment. The use of spaces for weird maps and puzzle is a nice touch and combined with the droning, relaxed music and straight forward nature of the game level, which is a dungeon by dungeon key getter lay out, it's easy to relax and enjoy. I'd say this game is very casual and intends to be, but while casual is used more as a term for going easy or curating the experience to never be annoying or challenging, I use it in this sense that's its small, self contained and forgiving but still engaging for how long it lasts. You're not meant to sweat your socks off playing this and it's not throwing new or radical mechanics at you. It's pure, unashamed, casual, fps adventure game. This game is the ideal 5 buck game. It won't last long in terms of hours but there is very little rails or interruption to you playing. I enjoyed the story and the over all gameplay was good enough for the vibe I want. I miss just adventure or survival fps's within its own single player story and paradox vector was a nice fix. It also was visually and sound wise striking . The story is pleasantly unserious but lovecraftian and scifi pulpy too, even if its only in text an small as the game itself. The ending I got made me actually laugh. It was perfect. My critique of this game would be: the jumping is a bit whack. There is a delay in the jumping itself, which is fine, but the game has this auto-shunt feature where if you hit the corner of a block while in momentum ,you will end up on top of it. THis is actually ok in theory, as it makes the more annoying part of platforming in fps less intense and allows it to remain, granting some variety in the game play. But it's a bit TOO generous, as many times small jumps are made obsolete by me just running forward and evoking this feature. A small tweak of this would be a great quality of life change. The enemy are fine but I don't feel they exploit the art style nearly enough. They're pretty simplistic in many ways and there aren't many enemies in this game at all although I will admit the tentacles and atmosphere did make me get some minor startled moments as the tentacle prodded on screen. As the art style allows for mere out lines of enemies though, I think they missed the chance to get well...lovecraftian with it. Still. They function and they're not ugly. The spider mechs look cool. The weapons are straight forward. You got your machine gun, your rocket launcher, bombs and laser gun. Now. I love a good retro laser gun, so I was rather chuffed getting it. But, while I don't think that having more conventional, standard guns are a problem, some more weird ones would of fit the story and vibe a bit. If you can get this game for 5 bucks or under. Get it. The way the game uses space is actually really fun sometimes and itt's just pleasant to go through. This is a great, immersive little thing to kill a few hours with. It's a humble game. It's just trying to be fun aand have some fun moments with it style and weird hallways and teleportation hijinks, and it does that well.

Per quanto io possa definirmi appassionato di FPS (pur non eccellendo affatto, nel genere) non riesco a salvare Paradox Vector dall'insufficienza. Il titolo in sè non sarebbe nemmeno brutto, non vi sono difetti "devastanti" a livello di controlli reattivi e meccaniche di gioco. Il punto è che tutto crolla proprio nell'aspetto che invoglia a dargli una chance e che dovrebbe regalare al Giocatore un'esperienza peculiare: lo stile grafico. Onestamente, la resa visiva di questo gioco lo rende una potenziale fonte di forti emicranie ad ogni sessione! Non riesco proprio a capire come questo problema (non certo da poco) non sia stato sottolineato anche da altri Giocatori: è come se, per creare i vari livelli di gioco, si fosse preso il motore di gioco dello splendido Tron 2.0 (in quanti lo ricorderanno?) ma togliendone le caratteristiche che lo rendevano un autentico piacere per gli occhi. In genere, mi piace premiare ed incoraggiare chi compie scelte artistiche e stilistiche in grado di distinguersi ma non in questo caso: anche se è più che ovvio che non si sia prevista, nè ricercata, una simile caratteristica, mi vedo costretto ad una valutazione negativa a fronte di un titolo che sembra voler prendere a pugni il nostro nervo ottico. L'ispirazione artistica di partenza mi piace; come è stata realizzata e l'impatto avuto sul prodotto finale, no!

A fun, short metroidvania with an interesting aesthetic. The second half of the game is definitely a bit of a step down from the first half, but it didn't ruin the experience for me. Loved the atmosphere. Room puzzles were lots of fun. Definitely pick this up if you're looking to scratch a metroid prime itch.

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.

Challenging at times but worth giving a shot!

You basically have to collect some triangle things, unlock doors, and shoot stuff. There are a handful of different weapons and upgrades. I enjoyed it. I felt a bit disoriented at first due to the level design, but eventually I got the hang of it.

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射击解谜游戏 风格很独特 怪物的设计很克苏鲁 不是射击爽游 但就是很喜欢

First off, this game is a good idea and I'd like to see more from the dev so I don't want to sound too harsh. Paradox Vector does not accurately reproduce the aesthetic of vector graphics as promised with many obvious oversights (bloom, vignetting, response time, basic color intensity and contrast, etc) even on displays that can accurately emulate vector games. The lack of text scaling makes the settings and all in-game text difficult or impossible to read on higher resolutions. I am playing this game on an LG C1, and when I emulate actual arcade vector games on MAME or FBNeo, it can reproduce vector graphics and gameplay motion with an uncanny degree of accuracy. I did not expect this game to emulate real vector games to that level, but I'm disappointed to say it does not come close on any metric. I want to see more but would currently not recommend this game unless you are approaching it as someone who has never actually played a vector game.