Paradise Lost begins with you being stranded on the beach with 7 strangers.
Graphics (★★★★★)
✔️ Beautiful Japanese-anime-ish art style
✔️ Stunning character and background designs with vibrant colours
Story (★★★☆☆)
✔️ LGBT-friendly
✔️ Hidden chapters to be unlocked
❌ Storyline doesn’t have a good flow (it’s all over the place)
❌ Awkward phrasing and mistakes in translations
❌ Dialogues are not fully-voiced
Gameplay (★★☆☆☆)
✔️ A mashup of game elements (Visual novel and otome game mechanics)
✔️ Close reminder to Lucydream games
✔️ You have to spend loads of diamonds to select premium choices
✔️ Your choices in dialogues will affect your relationships with the strangers
✔️ Your choices will also impact the story and lead to different routes
❌ Emphasises on monetisation by limiting the number of free diamonds
❌ Seems like there’s a paywall
❌ Tickets are not regeneration item
❌ Ads, ads, and more ads!
❌ Unbalanced resources to get through the game
❌ All endings are difficult to unlock
❌ Glitchy at times
Audio (★☆☆☆☆)
✔️ Decent soundscape that fits the game
❌ No voice overs
❌ Nothing spectacular
Verdict (★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆)
As a fan of visual novels and otome games, I’d have to say that Paradise Lost didn’t hit the nail at all. Despite the stunning visuals, nothing else seems to be able to retain my attention (especially the terrible translations). It was quite a turn off really.
Unless you’re into reverse harems and otome games, I’d recommend you to go for something more exciting.
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