Yon Paradox

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This is one of the only video games that I actually [i]hate.[/i] Most games have something that I enjoy, and even if I stop playing them, it's due to distraction or premature boredom. Yon Paradox has a game design that I fundamentally despise. There are probably other puzzle games like this, but this is the first one I've played. The idea of making a video game where the purpose is to run around areas, solve puzzles, and also avoid entering the path of versions of yourself that are automatically created at time intervals.... it's disgusting to me. Not being seen by a clone as I try to do puzzles is such a lame challenge to me. And the fact that being seen has a narrow window of getting out of view before the entire run is reset to the beginning... is disgusting to me. I simply hate the design of this game. Maybe it's not fair for me to negatively review a game I don't like at that basic of a level, but I do generally love puzzle games and this is a puzzle game. Nobody has left a Steam review in the past year, so I'm going to do it. This game is whacked out.

The game has no Options at all. Absolutely no Options, Carl. Only difficulty and exit. Also no save or even checkpoint system. Great minimalizm! Real Paradox! Pure masturbation! I am too lazy to refund for such a money but i refuse to play it without my inverted mouse. Uninstall...

As janky and repetitive as this game is, it gets a thumbs up for the crazy stuff I ended up doing by the end. A crazy conga-line of time-clones is something I only would've come up with to avoid doing a janky hanoi puzzle for the dozenth time, so I have to respect it. Genuinely cool experience that I hope gets remade with more polish, less repetition (at least let us practice and try strats without doing the hanoi every single time), but even so it's a memorable experience.

Super cool concept here, but the interface is clunky. You have to move with a controller/keybord and aim with your vision to interact with the world. Even at higher resolusion the game looks kinda jaggy. Props to the Dev for trying something so different, it's just not for me.

Yawn paradox.

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