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Friend computer keeps its citizens clean. Friend Computer.Friend Computer keeps the citizens of Alpha Complex Happy™ in a variety of ways, beyond just their perscribed Happy Pills. Happiness™, in this scenario, means thoroughly medicated and pacified by the various agents of the very good and kind, and definitely not-at-all evil supreme overlord of your little world, Friend Computer. There was no real feeling of consequence or tension, but that might just be because almost every sodding mission only has one real route through it anyway.The world of Paranoia is a far-future automated habitat known as Alpha Complex, where everyone is Happy™. It happened a couple of times but felt scripted, not least because I was wandering into restricted areas and hacking vending machines in every single mission. And regarding betrayals, even the Loyalty Officer was reticent to sell me out. There are some neat moments where particular party members will trigger events during missions – one switched sides in the middle of a battle another accidentally gassed the entire team – but these are nuisances rather than anything deep. And did I mention that the game only supports 720p or 1080p resolutions?Īdditionally, all the Paranoia stuff, like your team betraying you or ratting you out to Friend Computer during debriefings, doesn’t matter much. Screwing up hacking may require spending 5-10 minutes scouring the environment for more stuff you can break down into your hacking tools. Detection is iffy, and this uses limited resources. It’s effectively Guitar Hero on an incredibly tight time limit, and you have to click the correct letters as they scroll down the screen into the box. And let’s face it - there’s stiff competition in that category. Paranoia has a hacking minigame - and it’s one of the worst hacking minigames I’ve ever seen.
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