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The Samaritan Paradox

3.3 out of 5
3 User Ratings
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The Samaritan Paradox is set in Sweden in the 80's. Ord Salomon has agreed to help Sara Bergwall find the book her father, Jonatan Bergwall, wrote before he died
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About The Samaritan Paradox

About this game

A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo? Crack codes, decipher secrets & find a lost fortune in this exciting adventure for Windows PC.


Key Features:

  • Old-school style point & click adventure
  • Full English voice acting, 2000+ lines
  • Hand-drawn art & animation, 60+ rooms
  • Original soundtrack by Lannie Neely III, 45+ mins
  • Additional languages (text only) included, EFIGS

The Samaritan Paradox is set in Sweden in the 80's. Ord Salomon has agreed to help Sara Bergwall find the book her father, Jonatan Bergwall, wrote before he died. During the course of this treasure hunt, he learns that Jonatan was investigating the weapons industry, and more specifically some covert affairs with foreign dictatorships.

But more questions arise. What is the book about, and why does Sara want Ord to find it for her? Did her Alzheimer's-stricken mother know the secret before she grew too demented to share it? And how did Jonatan actually die?

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
April 17, 2014
Developer:
Faravid Interactive
Publisher:
Screen 7
Supported Languages:
English
Link:
Features:
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards

Singleplayer

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: XP
  • Memory: 500 MB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Hard Drive: 300 MB available space

Recommended:

  • OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Hard Drive: 500 MB available space

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Debian 7
  • Memory: 500 MB RAM
  • Hard Drive: 300 MB available space

Recommended:

  • OS: Debian 7
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Hard Drive: 500 MB available space

Critic Reviews

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Telegraph

80 / 100
"It's well worth a play for anyone looking for an intelligently told, challenging story, or anyone who's a fan of adventure games which happily bring you back down to earth with...

SpazioGames

80 / 100
"Tough puzzles and an intriguing story: these are the main elements of the title, which is suggested for savvy adventurers. You should look to somewhere else, if you are looking...

Ragequit.gr

79 / 100
"A political thriller whose hardcore puzzling and mechanics will greatly appeal to old school adventure gamers and fans of a good northern adventure yarn in general, but whose...
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Tough
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Unforgiving
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Don't Ragequit! 61.54%  of players consider this game to be Tough

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Tried It
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Completionist! 40%  of players have Conquered It

The Samaritan Paradox User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 3 ratings
100% of users would recommend this.
3.3

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I am rating this a 3, I liked some things and it did captivate me enough to play the whole game. Which is noteworthy. With that being said, I did not like certain aspects of the story and one puzzle was a little glitchy, and by far I did not like the ending. It was perhaps one of the worst endings I have seen. While I am being strongly opinionated. I could see other people enjoying this far more as it was nicely crafted. Could I recommend this, maybe not.
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Are you ready for a challenge? 15% of GameFAQs users said The Samaritan Paradox is Simple or Easy. 15% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 69% of GameFAQs users said The Samaritan Paradox is Tough or Unforgiving.
Minimum:
  • OS: XP
  • Memory: 500 MB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Hard Drive: 300 MB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Hard Drive: 500 MB available space
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 10 hours.
The Samaritan Paradox was released on April 17, 2014
Yes, The Samaritan Paradox supports Linux.
The Samaritan Paradox is published by Screen 7
The Samaritan Paradox was developed by Faravid Interactive

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The Samaritan Paradox is Copyright © 2014 Faravid Interactive. Published under license by Screen 7

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