Posted on: September 5, 2020

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Games: Reviews: 5
A surreal journey through villainy
Paradise Killer plays a bit like an open-world, exploration-based Phoenix Wright game. You play as Lady Love Dies, an investigator called back from her long exile to investigate the murder of The Council, the leaders of a group of immortals who have crafted an alternate reality using a dead god's knowledge and filled it with abducted citizens in order to resurrect some of these gods using mandated worship. If you can't already tell, the lore in this game is twisted. You're not exactly helping the good guys here. The gameplay involves finding clues scattered around the world and pestering NPCs until you discover the truth of the crime in question (as well as the truths of some related crimes), though you can also disregard the truth entirely and end the game in 15 minutes without spending a minute investigating. The truth you establish depends on your investigative thoroughness and willingness to throw people under the bus for the sake of the law (which doesn't always correlate with justice given that conviction carries the death penalty and some people have understandable reasons for committing their crimes). Ultimately, everyone's fates are in your hands. Really, the only part of the game that I don't care for is the movement, which can be a little finicky when grabbing a clue that requires carefully platforming to an out of the way area. Otherwise, this is a macabre little gem, and watching the dominoes fall after ~10-11 hours of investigating the island is incredibly fulfilling. It's also well-optimized for an UE4 game, as I was able to get around 30 FPS on an rx580 and Ryzen 2600 at 3840x2160.
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