Paradox Wrench

“Gameplay-wise, some of the puzzles were actually decent; however, the designer didn't do a great job easing you into the rules of your tool's capabilities. You would get thrown into a puzzle room and had to figure out the new rules they introduced. One extra annoyance is that the pickup function was not implemented well because you cannot pick up a block if you are too close to it. It was super frustrating when I was clicking to pick up the only block that could be picked up, and nothing happened. Not to mention, the key prompt doesn't show up when you are targeting the block to pick up; instead, it just keeps slowly fading in and out in the middle of the screen every minute.”

“I've beaten the game in 1.5 hours, and I bet it can be done way quicker because a couple of times I made pauses in gameplay without quitting the game.”

“Better yet, I'd certainly buy a reasonably sized level pack for a few quid (maybe with a new mechanic or two). Again, I have no idea how extensive the base game is as I have not yet finished it due to the low sensitivity.”

“The lack of textures is a method that lazy developers often use to disguise their lack of talent or interest in doing the graphics properly, trying to pass it off as 'art' or 'we made it look bad on purpose', which really isn't something gamers should have to put up with.”

“In general, the visuals look rather like 'programmer art', which is understandable if this was a one-person project but still worth mentioning.”

“Paradox Wrench is a simplistic thematic ripoff of Portal. It's a first-person 3D platformer with a minimalist aesthetic and a gimmick where you phase different blocks of different colors using your color gun. If some blocks don't match the color of your gun, you can phase through them.”

“It has multiple problems, some of which include no music and annoying sounds. There is a high-pitched sound at the end of jumping that drove me mad, so I had to disable sounds. While the voice work itself was actually decent, the riddles used as a script were bad. When you would enter the room, the narrator would ask a riddle, and then it would give the answer when you completed the puzzle. By the time I ended the level, I had totally forgotten what the original question was, making the answer pointless.”