Finding Paradise

This game found me at the right time and helped me remember why it's important for me to imagine things. Such a lovely experience.

Ken Gao and Freebird games does it again... Finding Paradise is an absolute gem.

A sequel to To The Moon, Finding Paradise is told in an interactive fashion where you traverse someone's memory to grant them their "final" wish. It features recurring characters from To The Moon, but also has a totally new plotline. The storytelling is superb, and I found myself highly captivated as I went through the different memories and story. By the end, I was tearing up again just like with To The Moon. The soundtrack for the game is the other amazing aspect. Every song is just absolutely beautiful and fits perfectly.

I honestly have very little negative to say about the game, and I would highly recommend everyone play Finding Paraside (after To The Moon ofc).

If was about Love, and the inseparable ties with your loved ones, is about accepting the path you have chosen.

To put what i interpreted as what the game is telling me :

There is no perfect path in your life, every path you take will be filled with regrets. But what is important is accepting said paths you have chosen and knowing that those regrets are what makes you now. Accepting you as yourself and the paths you have taken, that is what i believe the game is trying to say.

This unorthodox RPGMaker title is the sequel to "To the Moon", which follows the eccentric Dr. Neil Watts and his straight-laced partner Dr. Eva Rosalene as they try to deliver dying people their last wishes. To do this, they'll use special technology to access their patient's memories, and hopefully make sense of those memories to create a meaningful end of life.

"Finding Paradise" sees Watts and Rosalene help Colin Reeds, a retired pilot who wants to clear up some lingering regrets. If you've played Freebird Games' "A Bird Story" before, he's the boy in that game, now a grown man on his deathbed. The two doctors will have to solve little sliding puzzles, scour the area for vital pieces of Colin's memory, and... well, I won't spoil!

As with all games from this developer, please bring a box of tissues. You WILL be crying by the end.

I remember playing this and having buckets of tears, this just hits home as someone who didn't have much friends growing up.
I highly recommend this, not just for the tears, but a story worth sharing.

For a more comfortable experience, I used an alternative version, which made the gameplay smoother. Overall, the game is solid, but the first part—To the Moon—set such a high bar that even the addition of new mechanics and more humorous moments couldn’t completely shake off the feeling of some incompleteness.
The story this time is even more engaging. While To the Moon focused on evoking deep emotions and touching the player’s heart, Finding Paradise presents a more dynamic narrative with plenty of intriguing moments. By the end, the game turns into a true spectacle of events that may seem chaotic at first but ultimately intertwine perfectly into a cohesive storyline.
The soundtrack deserves special mention—it is, as always, top-notch and perfectly complements the game’s atmosphere. Overall, Finding Paradise is a fantastic sequel that expands the series’ possibilities, offering deeper gameplay and storytelling. However, it doesn’t always manage to surpass the emotional impact of the first game.

I cried really hard at the end. This game truly is a beautiful tale of living life to the fullest. From Neil's funny bits to the emotional moments with a particular character, it portrays living life really well. Along with giving you quotes that will change your life forever.