Para: Rime of Zealot

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This game is nooooot terrible . It has a lot of bugs and lacks any sort of direction . I got lost the second I started and the fact that you lose life for no reason doesn't help the experience . I couldn't drink any water either or do anything . The game has potential , but is still too early in development to be released . I love the art though and the theme as well . But this game needs a lot of work yet

"Para: Rime of Zealot" is a garbage 2D stylized "adventure" game, that's really more badly written e-book than game. Sure, we're ripping off the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, only badly, and if it was like a badly made anime. The gameplay sucks, the story is worse, the art is bad. This has some really mediocre looking graphics that will understandably be a turn off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarly visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve better than compromises. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuabl…