Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory

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• Way Too Many Games

  Heidi Hawes · Jan 04, 2020

  6.0

  Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is a game that has a great idea behind it, but fails in its execution. I feel like this was a huge missed opportunity for something great. The premise and the writing are hysterical, but the gameplay is lackluster and aggravating at times. Maybe tabletop is where this game needs to remain. Playing this has made me want to try out the original version with some friends instead. I think that will make me happiest and happiness is mandatory after all.

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• 3rd-strike.com

  MC_JP · Jan 03, 2020

  9.0

  Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is a very nicely made Classic RPG game that will remind you of the old-school titles like Fallout 1 and 2. The slightly vague story is brought to you depending on how you play the game and just like in the aforementioned old games your decision is impactful. When exploring and trying out all routes you will get a very diverse story, if you follow the glorious leader then it will be completely different than when you go the revolutionary route. The gameplay is good with easily understandable controls that allow to quickly learn the game.

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• PCInvasion

  Tim McDonald · Dec 19, 2019

  3.0

  Paranoia feels like someone got hold of the license and then either couldn’t figure out what to do with it or had a lot of nice ideas that were then horribly constrained by budget and time. Were it budget-priced or still in Early Access, it might be forgivable. But as a full, major release? It’s too short, too annoying, and too uninteresting to recommend to anyone – even the most ardent of Paranoia fans.

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• Game Grin

  Chris Wootton · Aug 01, 2020

  5.0

  Welcome to the Alpha complex, friend computer wants you to play this game and be happy. Not being happy is treason! This steaming pile is going to make you very, very, treasonous.

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• God is a Geek

  Mick Fraser · Dec 17, 2019

  7.5

  The combat could be more exciting and its over-reliance on walking and talking can be a bit tiring, but Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory remains a challenging and rewarding experience nonetheless.

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• CGMagazine

  Preston Dozsa · Jan 03, 2020

  3.5

  It is difficult to translate what makes Paranoia such a fun and unique tabletop experience because its chaotic nature will inevitably feel constrained by the boundaries video games have to impose in order to properly function. Even so, Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is a noticeably weak adaptation that has few redeeming factors that make it worth playing.

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