paradise killer redefines the detective genre. its sparkling perfect innovation is this: you can get it wrong. who cares? you're the detective. you're the authority. you're the law. if you can make the facts line up, you can convict someone. five minutes into the game, you can call the trial and pin it all on the obvious fall guy with the evidence you got given when you showed up. because paradise killer is about what being a detective is really about, about the relationship between power and facts and the truth, about the blunt reality of violence and the way that truths are made, not found. at that point the stunning soundtrack and colorfilled gonzo camp nightmare worldbuilding are just icing on the murder case.