“It No Longer Looks Like A Graphics Card Demo. It Looks Fun”

Playing dress-up till the world ends in PARAGON

Paragon will very likely be a game everyone remembers for what it wasn’t – if anyone remembers it at all. It wasn't League of Legends, with its vibrant colour palette. It wasn’t Overwatch’s blend of accessible action, with a cast factory built to play matchmaking with on Tumblr. It mimicked those things, but lacked their essential spark.

That lack of character is probably why, despite enjoying Epic Games’s late-to-the-party shooter/MOBA hybrid, Paragon never became the kind of game I could effortlessly fall into for a weekend or two every month. The ostensibly photorealistic look didn’t help. While technically impressive, Paragon stood out about as much as a Gears of War character.