Paradise Killer is, by its creators own admission, a weird game.
It s an open world murder mystery in which you must uncover who slaughtered the presiding council of an otherworldly paradise. Thematically, it exists in its own space: somewhere between Japanese investigation series Dangenrompa, the surrealism of Kafka, and the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft, but without all the scorching racism.
All the disparate parts of Paradise Killer presented as a pitch deck seem like they wouldn t work. We like big, bold character games, says the Paradise Killer studio Kaizen Game Works co-founder Phil Crabtree. We like cosmic horror, and survival horror as well. We both like Japanese architecture, we both like city pop. And it s just, Why can t we put all those things together? And perhaps foolishly, we just let ourselves do it.
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It s that time of year again, where we roll out the red carpet and celebrate the best that 2020 has offered us. In a year that has otherwise been so terrible, the fact that we ve had a steady stream of such excellent games to play has been nothing but a relief.
It really has been a great year for games, from the big blockbusters right down to the most humble of projects. We ve had surprises that have come out of nowhere, and long-anticipated games that have managed to meet and exceed our expectations when we ve finally got our hands on them.