First let's start with the good. Good world building. And a solid shrouding of what is going on. Also the sens of level direction is good. Objects and areas are lit or expressive enough that you know where to look and go. Unfortunatly the slow walking speed and auto save feature combined with the bugs make this a pain to play. It takes ages to go somewhere. If there would have been an option to change the walking speed this game would have already received an extra star from me. But as it stands it's just way to slow. Also there is no chapter feature (or manual save) in the game. So if you want to replay a part in order to make a different decision it takes an incirdibly long time. Now add in bugs like falling through a level and it just becomes a chore. Simple actions like opening a door or cabinat take 3 different inputs instead of just one button. Making it all needlessly long. In all honesty it feels like the developers put in the auto save, slow walking speed, slow interaction etc to lengthen the game time. Because even with this the game is very short. The game is also poorly optimized. It looks good at times but holding a decent frame rate is a struggle. And the graphics are by no means amazing so where this performance loss comes from I have no clue. Now gameplay. It's a walking simulator. Which I don't mind. I can enjoy this genre of game. But walking simulators have only story and environmental excellence to drive the experience forward. No fights no management mechanics. It's all story and exposition. Unfortunatly paradise lost falls short here. Little moments take you out of the experience such as bugs or the character behaving in a unnatural fashion. A character climbing on metal in a freezomg room with no hand gloves for example. Simple things that break immersion. In other games you'd hardly notice but here immersion and story is all the game has. So unfortunatly I cannot recommend this game.
