Paratopic: Overdub

Paratopic: Overdub is an indie horror walking sim developed by Arbitrary Metric (with Jessica Harvey, and “Lazzie” Brown but no Doc Buford) as a sequel/remix/remaster of their original hit Paratopic. The release of Paratopic was one that dwelled in the memories of others, with YouTube Essayists like RagnaRox and Mandalore trying to break down and dissect the strangely mixed up plot but beyond the development of Roman Sands RE:Build I haven’t been able to find much about this game other than they expanded their staff and switched up a lot of the original as well. The original game was a bit of an enigma for the gaming community over its obtuse story and mesmerizing mysteries but despite these positives, there were concerns over how the game was apparently originally supposed to be a prologue of a multi-part series. I’m gonna link my original Paratopic review here: https://backloggd.com/u/gamemast15r/review/1689838/ “They left me wanting more, attempting to pierce together the plot or maybe make me wonder if it’s all an allegory for something. The developer delivered an interesting short-form game in a time where I feel that these sorts of games weren’t really popular (I could be …

I have mixed feelings about Overdub. In some ways it really is a step up from Paratopic but in the end I was left wondering why the team went with Paratopic at all. This could have easily been it's own thing instead of a strange re-telling of it's source that, in my opinion, dragged the whole experience down. The tone and vibe are very different and I'm left wanting to replay the original Paratopic again over this. For the price I really do recommend Overdub and if you can grab it on a sale I think it's worth it. I just think it's a weaker experience than the source material

It's kinda just a big meh for me. I dunno if this is a sequel or remake but overall the experience felt pretty mixed. It's still pretty dang cool (it's Paratopic after all) but there's some stuff in here that's worse/better than before. On the positive side, the game looks better than the original most of the time. Everything is higher quality while still keeping the same general looks from before. The new content is also really cool and expands on some stuff from the original. I'm not gonna spoil anything but the ending really hit for me, giving a really good "oh ♥♥♥♥" moment. On the negative side, the biggest thing is the writing took a hit. It's not bad, but looses that subtly and dreamlike writing from before. It suffers from thinking using more curses somehow makes the writing deeper, and has much less depth than before. A good example is the gas station clerk, with him in the original feeling like a real dude you would met, but with some underling cosmic horror stuff in the background. In this version he just talks like a friend you don't want to be friends with. The game also contains every section from the original, but always has some nagging thing in the back that mak…

If there were bugs, I didn't experience any, however I have to agree with the consensus that this is a lesser game than the original. Pretty much everything they changed from the original game's scenes makes them less scary, especially cause they really want you to see their bad monster designs now. The original storylines were very tightly intertwined and the new scenes are basically stapled on. A lot of the new additions make things more obvious in some ways and confusing in others. There's a religious Christian angle to the game that adds nothing, and it makes their decision to change a lot of the designs annoying. I wouldn't have even minded if they left the original game's scenes intact, but this felt like they were trying to push some kind of message for or against, and I didn't like it at all. This wasn't a good remake. Just play the original instead.

very similar to the original but they added a LOT

I played the first game and I adore most of it!!! It was very short but it got me standing on my toes with it cutting me off and switching me to other scenes at the right moments. I got pretty giddy cuz it almost felt as if I'm playing v/h/s the movie franchise in videogame form. With this 'remaster' it somewhat elevates the experience. As an artist, the UI in this game was really something I can see myself learning and taking inspo from. And the sound design was really good. Made me even more tense than I already was. Though as I played and finished, I had a moment to analyze some parts deeper with my twitch chat. Everything around looks really good to me! Just not good enough for me to do another playthrough. I can let go of slowly learning how to use the device in the forest by yourself but those segments did feel like it took the most time of my playthrough. As for the writing, I prefer the conversation dialogs in the first game compared to this one. For some reason the replies just seems.... off? I can't tell if it's just a personal issue since I'm ESL (english second language) but it felt like this at times: "would you like tea or coffee?" then person answers with "yes". O…