Finding Paradise

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Finding Paradise
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Studio Freebird Games
Publisher Freebird Games
Senior Developer Kan "Reives" Gao
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 Windows, OS X, Linux: December 14, 2017
world
platform Windows , macOS , Linux
Game engine RPG Maker
genre Adventure
computer role-playing game
visual novel
Subject Science fiction
Game mode Single player
control Mouse , keyboard
medium Download
language German English

Finding Paradise (in German as: Find Paradise ) is an adventure game , which of Freebird Games was developed and published. It is the sequel to To the Moon and A Bird Story and continues the story with Doctors Eva Rosalene and Neil Watts. The game was developed, written and composed by the Canadian independent designer Kan Gao using the RPG Maker XP development environment . Development of the game began in 2015 and it was released on December 14, 2017 for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. The originally English game has been translated into several languages, including German.

action

The employees of Sigmund Corp., Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts, are once again tasked with fulfilling a dying man's lifelong dream. This time it's Colin Reeds. The doctors enter into an interactive compilation of his memories and work their way backwards through his life using mementos to fulfill a seemingly paradoxical wish: to change something, but at the same time not to change anything.

While Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts traverses his memories, they find that although they initially traveled backwards normally in time, they soon begin to hop back and forth between his young years and old age. Dr. Rosalene suspects that these jumps between memories correspond to a spiral pattern of an orbit and that a "center of gravity" of this spiral is in the middle of his life.

In Colin's later years, the Doctors learn of his relatively happy life with his wife Sofia and son Asher. Colin had become a pilot, developed a liking for the cello, and even had a dream vacation on Bora Bora . Even so, Colin reveals that he feels he has not had a full life and is unhappy enough to start Sigmund Corp. to hire to give him a second chance. This leads to friction within the family as Asher, and especially Sofia, feel offended that Colin would give up his memories with them to get new ones. In reality, Colin had asked Sigmund Corp. changes as little as possible of his family's memories.

In his younger days, the doctors learn that while Colin's parents were often away from home, he soon met Faye, a girl who lived in the apartment across the street and whom he spoke to over the balcony. As Colin is mostly calm and reserved, he rarely spoke to anyone other than Faye, but they seem to get along very well over time and she eventually convinces him to become a pilot. When Colin begins to get to know Sofia, a piano player in Colin's community orchestra, better, he begins to distance himself from Faye. When Rosalene and Watts testify to this memory, they are convinced that Colin regrets putting Sofia above Faye, but his loyalty to his family prevents him from voicing that wish. They consider how to deal with the situation and Watts suggests that the only way to respect Colin's terms is to erase Faye from his memories.

In reality, Faye is actually an imaginary friend that Colin wrote about in his book to cope with his loneliness and who manifested herself as a real girl in the memories. Faye overhears the doctors talking about wiping her out, and believing this would do more harm to Colin, she takes a short break to separate Rosalene from Watts. She takes over the digital environment and locks Watts out of the memories so that he has to fight her in the machine with the help of Rosalene in the real world to regain control. When the anomaly temporarily stops, they can access the final memory where Colin lets go of Faye and stops writing about them in his book.

As a result of the mental struggle and drugs that weaken Faye, Colin's condition in the real world is rapidly deteriorating and the doctors are running out of time. Eventually, Watts realizes that what prevents Colin from not having a fulfilling existence is knowing a machine that could create more fulfilling memories. Watts then convinces Rosalene that they should give Faye full control, and they pass the request on to her as it is too dangerous for the doctors to stay in Colin's mind. Towards the end of his life, Colin looks over the balcony, as he did when he was a child, where Faye appears for the last time to say goodbye. Later, just before Colin's funeral, Rosalene Watts calls and wonders why he's not there, and it is revealed that he is on a secret project with two other Sigmund Corp employees. is working.

Development history

Finding Paradise was developed and published by Freebird Games for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux by the independent Canadian game developer Kan Gao. Created with RPG Maker XP , development began in 2015, a year after A Bird Story was released. Originally scheduled for mid-2017, the game was postponed due to problems in Gao's personal life. The game was released on December 14, 2017 and is the second episode in the series. Gao is already working on the third episode, but said there could be another mini-episode before that.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for Finding Paradise received critical acclaim. It was composed and played by Kan Gao. The soundtrack was released on December 19, 2017 via Bandcamp and contains two own theme songs; "Wish My Life Away" by Laura Shigihara and "Every Single Memory" by RIOTxRYKER . The soundtrack comprises 58 tracks and has a total length of 1:43:37 hours.

  1. Finding Paradise - Trailer Theme [02:00]
  2. Finding Paradise - Title Theme (Short Version) [01:43]
  3. A Different Kind of Work [02:05]
  4. Serenity (from SigCorp Minisodes) [03:19]
  5. Neil's Machine (Vibraphone Vers.) [01:03]
  6. Bestest Detectives (Outdoor) [01:47]
  7. Bestest Detectives (Indoor) [01:48]
  8. A Different Kind of Work (Celesta) [01:45]
  9. Neil's Machine [00:36]
  10. Veil of Perception [02:00]
  11. Having Lived (Finding Paradise Vers.) [01:25]
  12. Where Are You [01:49]
  13. Paper Plane (from A Bird Story) [02:54]
  14. Time is a Place (Celesta Vers.) [01:55]
  15. Where Are You (Duet Vers.) [01:59]
  16. Home (from A Bird Story) [01:24]
  17. Across the Balcony (Celesta Vers.) [01:53]
  18. Time is a Place (Guitar Vers.) [01:56]
  19. Across the Balcony [01:52]
  20. Such Inspire Much Motivate [00:42]
  21. The Right Amount of Dumb [01:39]
  22. Time is a Place (Piano Vers.) [01:55]
  23. Kinda Like an Indie French Film [01:24]
  24. The Scale Theme (Piano & Cello Vers.) [02:06]
  25. Winds from Our Younger Days [01:56]
  26. The Scale Theme (Guitar & Cello Vers.) [00:36]
  27. Paradise (Guitar Vers.) [02:39]
  28. The Scale Theme [01:49]
  29. Hospital Rush [01:12]
  30. A moment to sink in [00:40]
  31. Time is a Place [02:05]
  32. From the Balcony (Finding Paradise Vers.) [02:49]
  33. The Right Amount of Dumb Vers. 2 [01:38]
  34. Think Quietly [01:51]
  35. Time is a Place (Rehearsal Vers.) [01:49]
  36. Floating By (from A Bird Story) [02:07]
  37. Paradise (Tropical Vers.) [00:48]
  38. Days Go By [01:51]
  39. What You're Up To [01:31]
  40. The Mirror Lied (from The Mirror Lied) [01:10]
  41. Single-Thread Firewall [02:08]
  42. Something Amiss [01:16]
  43. HNNNNNNGH [00:18]
  44. Power Overwhelming [01:31]
  45. On the Run [01:38]
  46. Final Confrontation [01:36]
  47. Breeze (from Quintessence - TBV) [01:44]
  48. The Scale Theme (Cello & Guitar Vers. 2) [00:39]
  49. Faye's Theme [03:49]
  50. Time is a Place (Void Vers.) [Unused] [02:21]
  51. In the Way [00:27]
  52. The Fiction We Tell Ourselves [04:29]
  53. Bestest Detectives (recapitulation) [00:30]
  54. Wish My Life Away (by Laura Shigihara ) [04:18]
  55. Faye's Theme (Piano Vers.) [02:00]
  56. Going Home [00:32]
  57. Ending Theme [01:59]
  58. Every Single Memory [04:55]

reception

Meta-ratings
Database Rating
Metacritic 81

Finding Paradise received mostly positive reviews. The review database Metacritic aggregates 18 reviews to an average of 81. Elena Schulz from GameStar wrote about the game: “Finding Paradise tells its very own, profound story, which is everyday, but by no means trivial.” Paula Sprödefeld from PC Games awarded a rating of 88% and wrote: “I recommend Finding Paradise (and its predecessor To The Moon and the connecting link A Bird Story) to every story lover who values ​​well-written characters and a gripping story and has no problem with relatively little gameplay . "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andy Chalk: To the Moon sequel Finding Paradise officially revealed. In: PC Gamer. January 12, 2016, accessed January 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Kirk McKeand: To the Moon sequel, Finding Paradise, release date set for summer 2017. In: PCGamesN. November 3, 2016, accessed November 3, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Andy Chalk: Finding Paradise has a new release date and an unexpected trailer. In: PCGamer. November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Cassidee Mosser: Finding Paradise: Official To The Moon Sequel Announced. In: IGN. January 12, 2016, accessed January 12, 2016 .
  5. ^ Andy Chalk: Finding Paradise, the sequel to To the Moon, has been delayed. In: PC Gamer. May 26, 2017, accessed May 26, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Kirk McKeand: To the Moon sequel, Finding Paradise, release date set for summer 2017. In: PCGamesN. November 3, 2016, accessed November 3, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Andy Chalk: Finding Paradise has a new release date and an unexpected trailer. In: PCGamer. November 22, 2017, accessed November 22, 2017 .
  8. ^ Finding Paradise <OST>. In: Bandcamp . Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  9. ^ A b Metacritic.com: Finding Paradise. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Elena Schulz: Finding Paradise Test (Platform) - Small game, big feelings. In: GameStar . December 18, 2017, accessed May 21, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Paula Sprödefeld: Finding Paradise in the test: With attention to detail and a lot of heart. In: PC Games . December 21, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .