News Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory - Out on EGS, consoles and steam in 2020

[prudis]

Publisher Bigben Interactive and developers Black Shamrock and Cyanide Studio have announced Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory, a “darkly humorous CRPG” due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2019.

Paranoia is a CRPG that takes place in humanity’s last idyllic refuge, Alpha Complex, which is controlled by Friend Computer. All citizens enjoy a life of joy, cheerfulness and cleanliness. Questioning the benevolence of Friend Computer is an act of treason. Having access to information beyond your security clearance is an act of treason. Refusing to drink your daily dose of Bouncy Bubble Beverage is an act of treason. Treason is punishable by summary execution.

Stay alert! Trust no one!

Traitors are everywhere, plotting to destroy The Computer, Alpha Complex itself, and our precious way of life. Identify them, report them – or eliminate them as the treasonous scum they are. Keep your laser handy!

You lead a team of Troubleshooters with RED security clearance. Your job is to find trouble – and shoot it. Friend Computer monitors your every move, alert for any sign of treason, and will undoubtedly reward you for prompt and heroic action in defense of Alpha Complex – or punish treasonable acts, possibly by assigning you to be used as reactor shielding.

Key Features

• A retro-futuristic world filled with technologies as wondrous as they are deadly.
• Create and lead a team of four Troubleshooters working for Friend Computer.
• Choose your specializations from 16 available skills.
• Unique character progression through cloning (if you die, you progress!).
• Tactical combat system with active pause inspired by classic CRPG games.
• Original enemies, including malfunctioning robots, aggressive drinks dispensers and defective clones.

 

[gabbo]

Working for Big Brother. I like the sounds of that.

 

[texhnolyze]

I found a couple of previews, sounds great.

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory Preview - Friend Computer is Watching

Being developed by Cyanide (Of Orcs and Men, Styx titles & Blood Bowl titles) and Black Shamrock (assisted with Starlink: Battle for Atlas), Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is certainly looking like an interesting game. The combat looks compelling, aiming to be true to the original tabletop RPG and also having a decent level of challenge. What is possibly more important is that to remain true to the original IP, the ones who made the tabletop RPG work with the developers, particularly on the story and text. At the moment they’re aiming for a PC, PS4 and Xbox One release between September to December this year, with the game getting a full launch instead of early access.

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory Preview – shooting trouble in a dystopian RPG – TheSixthAxis

There’s something about Paranoia that’s really caught my imagination. Toeing the line to appear like a goodie two shoes, while breaking every rule you can possibly get away with outside the watchful eyes of Friend Computer and the other humans. Cyanide and Black Shamrock seem to be doing a great job of capturing the feel of a tabletop game, of playing with other perhaps untrustworthy people, not to mention the light-hearted tone of this dystopian world.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

The tabletop game is legitimately hilarious, and I'm not sure the trailer sold me on its satirical chops, and I'm honestly not sure if a singleplayer experience will allow for the level of passive-aggressive PvP fuckery to your 'team mates' the game is known for

 

[Rosenkrantz]

So, it's like Psycho-Pass only without heavy handed quote porn? I like the idea!

 

[prudis]

Gameplay trailer

Troubleshooters, Instructor Daff-Y-DUK has summoned you to attend the mandatory exhaustive course in Troubleshooting.

Thanks to Matthew Mercer for his contribution in giving his voice to Instructor Daff-Y-DUK.

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory: a darkly humorous CRPG, adapted from the tabletop role-playing game created by Dan Gelber, Greg Costikyan and Eric Goldberg.

The game will be released on PC and consoles in 2019, when Friend Computer feels like it.

 

[prudis]

This Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatory gameplay takes you through one whole mission of the upcoming RPG, as Friend Computer sends you into the depths of Alpha Complex to fight an evil vending machine. Yes, it’s quite odd.

 

[texhnolyze]

Oh boy.. give it to me NOW!

 

[prudis]

texhnolyze soon ;-)

After checking with Friend Computer, we can confirm the game will release on October 3rd, 2019 on PC and later on consoles. As part of a special mission ordered by Friend Computer, our reporter was sent to Ireland to investigate Black Shamrock, the studio developing Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory, amidst rumours that one of the team could be guilty of treason…

 

[prudis]

eggscloosie now

Three Titles Go Epic Games Store Exclusive, including Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory

Three titles from publisher Bigben Interactive have gone Epic Games Store exclusive, including Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory.

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[Ge0force]

Blacklisted, Thanks for the warning!

 

[Ruvon]

Damn. Was kinda expecting this one. Now I hope it's a "meh" game so I won't be too disappointed. Anyway, it will make a little noise on release date then vanish into oblivion like almost all EGS games.

But the Steam page is still the same, that could means 2 things : either they're lazy as fuck, or as Ge0force said on EGS thread, it's to keep capitalizing on wishlist feature and exposure Steam offers (you know, that visibility "all indies" says it doesn't exist anymore).

Valve spoke about being more vigilant about release dates on Steam, but it's probably too soon to see any effect.

 

[Dandy]

Well, my mild-interest in this game is gone.

 

[texhnolyze]

$)&/@-_€✓¶€{£"2$!3(##!

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

 

[prudis]

Well, my mild-interest in this game is gone.

lets just say my mild-interest has been delayed to 2020
but well Friend Computer encourages betrayal

 

[prudis]

 

[Dangerous Zombie]

 

[prudis]