Given the amount of writing in the game, I wasn’t surprised to see a few typos and grammatical errors, but the quality of the text is generally very good.ĭespite the general silliness inherent in the game, the puzzles make sense and most savvy adventure game players shouldn’t require continual access to a walkthrough. There are some rather silly mini-game sections, which provide some fun distractions, as well as some short FMV sections, which were well made. The humour probably won’t be for everyone, but within a few minutes of play you should be able to work out whether you’ll enjoy it or not. The game breaks the fourth wall on a few occasions, and includes countless references to pop-culture and memes I’m sure I didn’t pick up on all of them, but those I saw gave me a smile or chuckle. There’s a constant barrage of puns, jokes, and innuendo, too, with almost every use of the ‘pick up’ action resulting in Paradigm eliciting some sort of groan-worthy pick-up line. You’ll encounter a cast of unique, but insane characters, and find yourself in very unusual situations. The largely nonsensical story wouldn’t work that well as a short story or novella, but as a comedy adventure game it’s great. It’s a simple interface and brings nothing new to the genre, but it works well. Moving the mouse pointer to the top of the screen opens the options menu, for saving and loading games or accessing the map, while moving the pointer to the bottom opens up Paradigm’s typical adventure game inventory. Left click moves Paradigm and right click opens up the interaction menu, which allows him to look at, talk to, use, or pick up the designated target. Using the mouse to control Paradigm, you can interact with a vast array of useful and completely irrelevant or useless items, objects, and beings in Krusz and elsewhere.
Paradigm plays like a typical modern point-and-click adventure. Subtitles are included, though, so you won’t miss anything. Normalisation, again, is quite variable, though mostly good there are still a few sections where volume trails off and it can be hard to make out what is being said by some characters. The game is fully voiced, but the quality of voice actors and recordings varies quite a lot, with some sounding very professional, and others that sound like the developer putting on a bad accent and speaking into a microphone. Sound effects are appropriate and mostly well made. The game also includes some musical tracks to fit the story. The background music, where present, went largely unnoticed, but isn’t bad by any means. But the quality is consistent throughout. While much of the game takes place with rendered / animated characters over still, drawn backgrounds, there are also a number of interludes and other sections with differing graphical styles, providing considerable contrast. The graphics in Paradigm are mostly very good.
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