The game's aesthetic is really damn good but the investigation is a big pile of meh. The foreshadowing of the culprits is too obvious and much of the investigation is bent around elaborating against the obvious suspects. The trial section especially sucks because the game doesn't make you understand the value of your evidence and instead just wants you to point your finger at the obvious suspects. Although the world is well-structured, the novelty of exploration wears thin pretty quickly.

There's a lot to like about Paradise Killer (some of its art direction and sound design, its core concept), but also much that is sophomoric and amateurish. The worst offender, for what is ostensibly a riff on the visual novel, is the poor editing; the approximate grammar and punctuation, paired with the unfamiliar and oddly capitalised phrases, make reading through the game's abundant text a chore (especially when it's presented in a variety of eye-scorching high-contrast colours).

Exploring the world is interesting because there are a lot of inspired locations. Plus, since you want to find as many clues as possible it really encourages exploration in a way few games can. The characters themselves are pretty awesome, full of personality, and they make the murder mystery fascinating. It's also sufficiently and endearingly weird.