Posted on: March 28, 2021

AlexIsPlaying

Gry: 677 Opinie: 10

Visually Striking, Predictable and Buggy

When it comes to reviews, usually I would have a lot to say but by the time I finished Paradise Lost (roughly 3.5 hours); there isn't much to say The game is a Walking Simulator. If you don't enjoy them, this will do nothing to change that. I personally enjoy my linear experiences that give you a decent story to kill time. This story however moves at such a snails pace and is so predictable within the first hour that you just keep waiting for a twist that seemingly never comes. It's not bad, but not good either. The store page does a good job at laying down the basis of the story and because I'm limited with how many characters I can use in my review, I'll just let the store page do the talking in regards to the overall synopsis. The game is is stunning visually and really brings this Alt-History WW2 yet somehow 1960s vibe to life. Every area really drew me in. The layout of each chapter however really took me out of the experience at times. Make sure you search thoroughly because being able to backtrack is hit or miss. I missed a few rooms as I explored not knowing I'd be cut off when I went into certain areas. It's awful knowing that you missed some lore that you can't get back unless you start a brand new game. Also be certain with your choices because this is a game that sets up multiple endings (minor differences) and you can't simply just reload and see other results. You'll have to playthrough all over again. The UI is also so amateur looking compared to the high quality assets. There are numerous bugs. Animation glitches and one that made me gradually float higher and higher until I quit and continued are the worst of them. In an immersive game like this; it can be a real mood killer. (Note that this is done on the release version and these could be patched out by the time you read this). Overall, the game is a nice visual experience with a mediocre story to go alongside it. It's worth looking into but it's definitely not one to rush out and experience.

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Posted on: March 26, 2021

slowbasil

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Gry: 162 Opinie: 1

Game is broken.

1 star review for a very simple reason. I played for an hour or so earlier, and the game ran fine. Checkpoints etc. saved as expected. Came back to it later to find the "continue" button doesn't work. You can click it all you want but I can't load my saved game. Since I don't want to risk losing my progress again, I don't really feel like I want to restart the game. This is made worse by the dreadfully slow movement speed in the game too. Backtracking areas I've already been through will take ages just because the game is SO SLOW. Having a run option would make it so much more playable. I like walking simulators for the most part, but the movement speed here really is a major issue. A shame. I was looking forward to playing it.

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Posted on: January 31, 2024

Lifthrasil

Gry: Opinie: 45

Pretty, buggy, boring

The visuals are nice. But they come at the price of bad optimization and still lots of bugs. This is a walking simulator, but the problem is, that the 'walking' part is slow and the protagonist often gets stuck without any obstacle. The only thing that helps is reloading the last checkpoint or restarting the level. Which gets tedious quickly. The beautiful scenery is also prone to flickering and disappearing textures. So this is only a 'game' for players with high end machines and a lot of patience. But honestly you're better of watching a Let's Play of this 'game'. The amount of interaction will be about the same.

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Posted on: April 8, 2022

Vapid Response Unit

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Gry: 279 Opinie: 6

Dear Wolfenshock

Yup, it's a mix of Dear Esther, Wolfenstein The New Order, and Bioshock. In that it's a non-combat exploration experience (aka 'walking simulator') set in a hidden sealed away fallen utopia built by the Nazis but with retrofuturist technology. At times waaaay too dark to make anything out even with your gamma cranked way up (annoying - where was the zippo used in the first area as a way to make light?), a *very* slow walking pace which I can understand is to make you look around and find the story clues rather than just rush through like someone swapped your Ritalin for caffeine tablets, some annoying glitches (reloading from a checkpoint and being stuck on some stairs unable to move, requiring a restart of the chapter), and no option to replay chapters from the main menu, only a New Game... but I still wouldn't say I didn't like Paradise Lost. I've had far worse times with far bigger games. You can pretty much see the plot beats coming a mile off but it's got the kind of captivating bleakness that works well with a story like this, and visually it's very impressive for a project of its nature. Framing the chapters with the names of the Kubler-Ross 'Five Stages of Grief' model felt like an unwise attempt to add gravitas (especially as it skips 'Bargaining') - come on, you're dealing with a nuclear winter and a Nazi gotterdamerung project, that's already plenty heavy enough! From the ending I reached it wasn't really very clear what the outcome of my choice was, and I missed a couple of areas due to one-way transitions, but I suspect I'm going to play through again just to make other choices and find out.

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Posted on: April 25, 2023

Madt

Gry: 581 Opinie: 115

Symulator powolnego chodzenia

Świetnie zaprojektowane lokacje i wrażenie przytłoczenia ich ogromem - oczywiście jedynie wizualnym, bo gra nie ma otwartej struktury. Historia jest nawet ciekawa, choć trochę przewidywalna. Na minus bardzo powolne poruszanie się, nawet jak na walking sim oraz niezbyt przyjemne dla ucha dodawanie polskich słów do zdań wypowiadanych po angielsku - na szczęście stosunkowo rzadko.

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