After a decade of bad decisions, Konami has rebounded as a publisher over the past couple of years thanks to games like Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the remake of Silent Hill 2, and Silent Hill f. This week, Konami showed that it could launch a killer new IP, too, with Darwin’s Paradox.
Darwin’s Paradox, the first game from French developer ZDT Studio, is a puzzle-platformer about an octopus trying to escape a food production facility. It’s a charming and well-animated game, full of clever platforming challenges and memorable set pieces. It proves that Konami doesn’t need to rely solely on classic franchises as it stages a comeback.
If you enjoy slower-paced platformers like Unravel or Inside, then you’ll feel right at home playing Darwin’s Paradox. Completing the game will take less than six hours, though this game urges players to take their time, soak up the beautiful animation and art direction, and use Darwin’s abilities to creatively solve puzzles. Darwin can stick to any surface, shoot ink, and camouflage himself within the environment, which gives this game a unique flair compared to its platformer contemporaries.
