Paradise Killer Review
Posted: 6 weeks ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer.
Overview
Paradise Killer is a mystery that you create as you go. By choosing how to interrogate suspects and finding any evidence in any order, you uncover not a singular truth but a truth they shape and craft. Find your truth and breathe life back into Paradise.
What's needed is impartial investigative work, although this can be hard if you (as you can) decide to sleep with your suspects. This takes time and patience, and some may find the leg work too much. However, as you persevere you slowly discover that as you put the clues you find together you impact both the story and the outcome.
This might sound like a pointless exercise, if there is no right answer. The genius of the game is allowing your discoveries in the world to percolate and congeal into a satisfying whole.
"Our minds are predisposed to arrange facts into stories," said Simon Parkin in his review. "Once we understand something we have in some way tamed it. This wrinkle in human psychology has led to thousands of wrongful arrests by overstretched or under-equipped detectives, as well as wrongful verdicts by juries, who are as susceptible to easy narratives as the readers of airport thrillers. Paradise Killer forces us to reckon with ideas of our fallibility, as we pursue the wrong paths and leap to reckless conclusions. Long after you’ve made your case you’ll wonder if, just maybe, you missed a crucial piece of evidence, and whether that oversight led to some profound miscarriage of justice."
Game Details
Rating: PEGI 16+, ESRB MATURE 17+
Release Date: 04/09/2020
Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch and PC
Genres: Narrative, Open World and Puzzle
Developer: @KaizenGameWorks
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Age Ratings
Rated PEGI 16 for Strong Language.
ESRB MATURE 17+ for Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence.
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