Review of The Samaritan Paradox by SamuelGordon

Good:
- Fun,logical puzzles except the four riddles ( I had to resort to puzzle “cracking” until i got the right answer and three out of the four answers did not make any sense!)
- Great locations (the trams moving in the background),voice acting and graphics.
- The fantasy book chapters is a really great idea: basically you have to finish a fantasy book chapter before you can progress in the story (e.g. defeat a dragon,etc) Also short but very fun.
- Profanity was limited and used in the right situations.
- Great notebook system
- Average game length

Bad:
- Terrible way how the story jumped! I got the impression the creator was stuck and completely went into a different direction. The ending was plain ridiculous! It ruined the game’s story for me and i felt cheated.
- When you “die”, you get “reloaded” and sometimes you need to repeat all your former moves (pick that up,etc). So it’s best you save as often as possible
- Disappointing villains, the biggest one has something to do with the jump the shark bit.
- You cannot decide how the story ends, you have no say in the moral choices, it’s all scripted (which is too bad, it could’ve easily been implemented).
- Rushed cliché confrontation, i’d like to see boss battles in my adventure games (you know, a la secret files).

Conclusion: i give it a 3,5 stars! I def recommend the game, the mood,the puzzles, the presentation of the game makes it worth it! Too bad about the story though.

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Time Played: 5-10 hours
Difficulty: Just Right