Paradise Killer

Developer Kaizen Game Works

Publisher Fellow Traveller

Format PC, Switch (tested)

Release Out now

Kaizen Game Works’ open-world detective game begins with a death-defying dive onto its sunkissed island setting. It could hardly be a more appropriate start. is a daring, headlong plunge into a quixotic world, one that will initially leave you floundering and gasping for air. For its opening hour or so it’s as dense, confounding and overwhelming as our first visit to Night City, with its strange characters, unfamiliar terminology and arcane rules. And yet it’s similarly true to the spirit of cyberpunk: its retrorevivalist aesthetic brings together a diverse collage of influences, just as Barry Topping’s fantastic soundtrack marries