Posted on: January 16, 2021
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A step back from RL: Roots
How would I rate the Rusty Lake games? Roots >> Paradise > Hotel Hotel, my first experience with this franchise, was a quirky title that relied on its absurd situations and dark humour. The puzzle aspect felt a bit weak, with more reliance on trial/error, and storywise, felt like it didn't know where to go after the initial weird murder/mystery premise... just finishing on a cliffhanger ("we'll figure it out later" route). I really enjoyed roots. Small segments, with story elements that built on each other, and had self-contained mini puzzles that hit more than they missed. Also, they took a far riskier approach to the overall tone. So if you've played those two, and are wondering if you should get Paradise, I would say yes -- it's very cheap, and if you like the franchise, it delivers more of that. I'll just list some thoughts, since the game for me is really a mixed bag (with respect to the franchise and what the games are as a whole -- the flash game, point and click, light-puzzle game). Great premise: revisiting the same area again and again with a new plague. However, this wasn't explored all that well, and felt more like a gimmick, where few worlds really felt like they were designed around the theme... rather, the theme often felt tacked on later, perhaps with some minor adjustments to make it fit. Great artwork again (altho the characters still have that cheaper flash look), and the audio was well done (very atmospheric). This is consistent with the franchise. While exploring variants of the island was a good idea in theory, this fails in comparison to Roots. There is a lot of back tracking, and getting from place to place can feel clunky and tedious, when compared to everything being nearby. Also, the puzzles in Roots were generally more interseting, with Paradise kind of dragging early on, and only having some more intersting tasks later on. So overall, I'm a bit disappointed after Roots, but still worth a play for fans of Rusty Lake.
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