![]() Throughout the rest of the narrative, small details are offered through notes, audiotapes and text-based re-enactments of past events. “ Paradise Lost is riddled with bugs and glitches that not only destroyed my immersion but completely ruined the story for me.” We’re just left in the dark for no reason. While this is eventually explained through obscure flashback segments, it begs the question, why are we not privy to that information? It’s not as if Szymon doesn’t know, and we learn his circumstances along with him. For example, throughout the initial opening hour of the game, it’s not even clear why the main protagonist, Szymon, is even exploring the bunker. ![]() While Paradise Lost certainly contains facets of this narrative within, it is so unbelievably cryptic that it’s impossible to discern this from the in-game context. Unfortunately for him, there’s more than he bargained for waiting within, including the key to his very own past. After losing his mother, he searches for the last remnants of her past life, a secret deeply buried within a bunker. Picture this: a young boy wanders the frozen wastelands that have consumed his world. Unfortunately, aside from its visuals, Paradise Lost has very little going for it. Uncovering new locations across the game’s vast world is what encouraged me to continue playing throughout its very brief runtime. The retro-techno aesthetic and moody atmosphere evoke similar iconography to games such as Bioshock, but it feels entirely unique. The striking differences between each level make exploration feel fresh and helps bring the bunker alive. You explore an expansive underground bunker with each inch of every level riddled with a ridiculous amount of detail. In-game Screenshot “The retro-techno aesthetic and moody atmosphere evoke similar iconography to games such as Bioshock, but regardless it feels entirely unique.”įirstly, it bears mentioning that Paradise Lost is an incredibly stunning video game. Unfortunately, Paradise Lost wastes its phenomenal premise and offers a cryptic narrative that falters with every step. Upon hearing about Paradise Lost’s narrative, I felt that I had found the next title to encourage me to get back on the writing wagon. Delving into their intricate adventures and character studies inspires me to improve my own writing. The likes of What Remains of Edit Finch and Firewatch offer narratives that get my creative juices flowing. Another victim of the kickstarter craze.As a wannabe author, I’m often envious of other’s ingenious ideas. For a bunch of Spaniards at their first experience, this must have been rather ugly. The "alpha" "beta" "playable demo" will come Soon (TM). Pretty much all their updates are focused on game art, so I guess that's the most likely explanation. ![]() My guess is that they have a good art department and little else: they failed to bash together the elements of the "game" and they are trying for years to make it all work together as they promised, failing again and again. They tried to kickstart and get out a board game and they were shut down pretty badly by the masses of angry PLFC customers that were still trying to get the game they paid for.Īfter that, the usual: failed promises, passive-aggressive comments, lack of updates, videos being weirdly limited. Long story short, it's not a scam, but the usual kickstarter failure.Īfter a year of "development" they "lost" all the code and had to get a new programmer (tell me how often we hear this one) while throwing out a ton of concept art and meaningless trivia updates about, well, pixel art and other indie games. I have followed this (the trailer music was nice, and I'm a sucker for pixel art). We made a promise to all of you, and that’s not gonna change. We had to rise above that and continue making the game. All our hopes were suddenly gone and having to watch how an important part of your project dissapears was pretty fucked up. It was a blow, but the worst part was having to let go all the game’s code: A year of development to the trash. Working on what you really like is a luxury, but nobody tells you about the sacrifices you must do to fulfill your dreams.Ĭommunication problems and the lack of a common goal led us to rethink the initial formation of the team and so we lost a friend, colleague and partner. ![]() We engaged in a work schedule that filled us and we loved it. Our project obtained financing and we were able to devote to full time development and bring PLFC to life. 2014 was going to be a major step for us. Taking a look back at last year from the perspective of development, we didn’t stop fantasizing about how things would have been if we had made different choices.
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