Leave a Review Rusty Lake Paradise
Paradise
Lots of good gameplay, well fitting music that sets then stage, and clever puzzles, as always from rusty lake.
If you are interested in the story of the game, you will be satisfied. The story is a bit less disjointed, and it elaborates on the past of the Lake and what the cubes really mean to the people who die there. It uses elements from the future and dives into the topic of sacrifice, giving you emotional scenes of flashbacks and compelling moments.
Worth the money, and worth playing a few times.Show lessicantihavecrew
Worst of the series, and I love these games!
I absolutely love the Rusty Lake games. I wasn’t convinced by Rusty Lake Hotel (funny, but too much wandering around the place, and repetitive motions), but Roots was amazing, so I thought this one would be as good. Unfortunately it is more along the lines of the Hotel one, but worse. It’s not even that funny. I found myself being very annoyed instead. It is fun to put a puzzle together, but all the wandering around from location to location was a waste of time. I guess it is hard to do something as good as Roots. Oh, well. I still love the rest of the series.Show lessNewYear'sEve2018
Great games!
Paradise is another solid entry in the Rusty Lake series.
Puzzles vary widely - while often you’ll be looking for lock combinations, the ways you’ll find them really run the gamut. I was consistently surprised. Difficulty varies - you'll probably get stuck a few times - but it never feels impossible. The Rusty Lake games are well balanced.
It's worth noting that a lot of iOS point and clicks have unwieldy interfaces - Rusty Lake does a great job avoiding that. You never feel bogged down by the UI.
My only real issue with these games is the sound. I’m sorry to be critical - they’re a small studio! - but, for me, the voice acting is a distracting part of an otherwise good series.
They could also probably use trigger warnings (ie, images of self harm) across the board. Tread with caution if you are sensitive to this kind of imagery.
Overall, though, these are really nice, super varied games with creative puzzles - if you're into ye olde pointe and clicke adventures or escape rooms, you'll probably like this series.Show lessAlbatrossQ
Love it
Loved playing through this. Was obsessed with the series two years ago and finally decided to buy the rest and replay all of them so I could understand the story more. One issue i had in paradise was during the plague of darkness, i was trying to figure out the woodpecker puzzle and accidentally broke something, so the woodpecker sound kept playing over and over. I muted the sound for the rest of the game, but even reseting the game didnt fix it, so i uninstalled and reinstalled. Not a big deal, just kinda funnyShow lessccrown20
Fantastic - Even though I hate puzzle games
Puzzles games aren’t my forte. I get frustrated and end up just looking up a walkthrough. But Rusty Lake Paradise set the scene for the puzzle solving in such a way that I absolutely had to complete every puzzle and finish the game. It’s creepy, demented tone captivated me from the start. The Lake, the family, the story, the ghosts - it all came together so brilliantly that I got goosebumps.
Dear Rusty Lake Studios; I’m now buying just about every game you’ve made.Show lesshateitsam
Only play if you’re ready to get totally hooked
I have never written a review for ANY app or game, but I have to make an exception. Rusty Lake is one of the coolest and most immersive worlds I’ve entered in video games. A true return to the early 2000’s style of point and click(my favorite games as a kid) mixed with original animation and modern storytelling. Not only that- the game is truly difficult, but in a way that makes sense all the way through.
Once I finished this game, I was so hooked I immediately downloaded another. I lost a few days playing all of the games in an attempt to piece together the whole story. Every one, even the beginner ones when the production value isn’t quite as polished, are crazy addicting and so fun to play. I had a great time and don’t regret one moment spent playing them. They are, in a word, amazing.Show lessschchgfth
Holy cow. Literally worst game I’ve ever played.
“Game” is nearly unplayable. Dull, ugly art (same monotone dude voices every weird cardboard character, monotonously. He also rips off the Twin Peaks Black Lodge method of backward-forward recording. There are like two things to interact with and like three bare “settings”); story makes no sense (there’s a leech in grandma’s nose? I pour wine into the goat’s bucket, which he then drinks? There’s a random totem pole/leech-juicer that somehow gives you a key?); gameplay is virtually nonexistent (there’s a whole lot of nothing while guess what your next nonsensical convoluted move has to be). It was so bad I couldn’t get through the second “chapter”. It all strongly feels like an underdeveloped “apps 101” class project that the creator was too high to do effectively. Holy cow. This thing is so bad. I want to save others from wasting money on it. I would give it zero stars if I could.Show lessKehebeisbsj
Grotesque and Macabre puzzles
Imagine if Myst was designed by the creator of Salad Fingers. You would have this game. Dark, twisted and sometimes nauseating, the game is definitely on the fringes of what might be considered “fun,” but somehow manages to hold onto a measure of charm throughout.
The game’s brain teasers tend to be pretty easy for the most part, as the majority of them have fairly simple logic that’s easy to work out with persistence. A few are genuinely tough, and others are far enough out of left field that they will take a little while to figure out just on their oddness alone. Still, it kept me busy for a couple hours which is easily worth the reasonable pricetag.
NOTE: Don’t buy it if you don’t like leeches, bodily fluids, cartoon vivisection, or being responsible for the deaths of cute little animals. This game is pretty gross at times, and that was a bit off-putting to me, but your mileage may vary.
However that hasn’t stopped me from wanting to buy another one. I liked the storytelling, despite how oppressively dark it is, so I’m encouraged to check out more from the title.
My only objective complaints:
-the navigation through the woods is cumbersome and can be a factor that slows down progress unneccessarily
-the voice acting leaves *much* to be desired (however, Grandma showing up in random places and sounding like a man legitimately made me laugh aloud.)Show lessRoninOtter
Beautiful but respect the age rec
As others mentioned, the game is intriguing and beautiful. However, there are some disturbing aspects that are worth knowing about before playing, especially if the player is a child or sensitive adult.
You will need to kill and bait animals and tolerate some creepy absurdity as you navigate through levels. Parental guidance and common sense are recommended. I played each level before my child and then I played it with her, so I knew when/how to monitor her exposure. This was an effective way to address our feelings and keep her from seeing the more disturbing imagery (eg, man-fly killing rabbit and removing heart).
Otherwise it's a fascinating game.Show lessTLT1994
Great game, but...
I love this game so much each plague is more and more interesting but difficult. There was a problem when I got on plague 6 though, when I am poring the blood into the bottle while changing the times it glitches and lets me fill the whole bottle. Then the bottle empties and makes me restart all over again. I either need help or the game needs an update. ThanksShow less55 lucky
