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''The Samaritan Paradox'' is a 2014 [[AdventureGame adventure game]] by Faravid Interactive.
Ord Salamon, a Ph.D. student and cryptologist from Gothenburg, Sweden, finds a secret code in the novel of Jonatan Bergwell, a writer who recently committed suicide, leading Salamon to find Bergwell's daughter Sara and search for Jonatan's missing final novel, as well as investigate the circumstances that lead to his death.
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!! This game provides examples of:
* TheEighties: The game takes place in 1984.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: One of the puzzles in the game involves quoting the Book of Job.
* AuthorAvatar: In-universe in Jonatan's final novel: Torgav is supposed to be him.
** In Ord's ending to the novel, he makes Vithar one of himself.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: One appears under the possession of [[spoiler:Patrik.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Veronika, the home healthcare worker, turns out to be Jonatan's killer.]]
* ChessMotif: Jonatan's cabin has a chess board with eight white queens and one black king.
* CorruptChurch: The church on Fardo sells indulgences.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Stig.
* ExpertConsultant: What Sara and Anna believe Patrik's occupation to be. [[spoiler:He actually brokers weapons to dictators.]]
* ImpliedRape: It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Jonathan molested Sara when she was younger, which was Veronika's motivation for killing him.]]
* IronicNickname: The titular Samaritan is [[spoiler: the criminal arms dealer Patrik.]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalIncest]]: [[spoiler:How Jonatan feels towards his daughter. Veronika kills him to prevent him from telling Sara.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Jonatan's suicide and seemingly final novel kicks off the plot.
* PrecisionFStrike: Used at the end of the game by [[spoiler: Veronika, regarding Jonatan's plan to "confess his sins".]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Jonatan Bergwall is deceased by the start of the game, and his voice is only heard through a cassette player.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Sara's mother Stige has Alzheimer's. [[spoiler: Veronika considers it punishment for ignoring Jonatan molesting her daughter.]]
* WriteWhoYouKnow: In-universe: The character of Freja in Jonatan's final novel is supposed to be a stand-in for Sara, while Mimir & Fenrir are for Stig and Patrik. He's Torgav.
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Ord Salamon, a Ph.D. student and cryptologist from Gothenburg, Sweden, finds a secret code in the novel of Jonatan Bergwell, a writer who recently committed suicide, leading Salamon to find Bergwell's daughter Sara and search for Jonatan's missing final novel, as well as investigate the circumstances that lead to his death.
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!! This game provides examples of:
* TheEighties: The game takes place in 1984.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: One of the puzzles in the game involves quoting the Book of Job.
* AuthorAvatar: In-universe in Jonatan's final novel: Torgav is supposed to be him.
** In Ord's ending to the novel, he makes Vithar one of himself.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: One appears under the possession of [[spoiler:Patrik.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Veronika, the home healthcare worker, turns out to be Jonatan's killer.]]
* ChessMotif: Jonatan's cabin has a chess board with eight white queens and one black king.
* CorruptChurch: The church on Fardo sells indulgences.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Stig.
* ExpertConsultant: What Sara and Anna believe Patrik's occupation to be. [[spoiler:He actually brokers weapons to dictators.]]
* ImpliedRape: It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Jonathan molested Sara when she was younger, which was Veronika's motivation for killing him.]]
* IronicNickname: The titular Samaritan is [[spoiler: the criminal arms dealer Patrik.]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalIncest]]: [[spoiler:How Jonatan feels towards his daughter. Veronika kills him to prevent him from telling Sara.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Jonatan's suicide and seemingly final novel kicks off the plot.
* PrecisionFStrike: Used at the end of the game by [[spoiler: Veronika, regarding Jonatan's plan to "confess his sins".]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Jonatan Bergwall is deceased by the start of the game, and his voice is only heard through a cassette player.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Sara's mother Stige has Alzheimer's. [[spoiler: Veronika considers it punishment for ignoring Jonatan molesting her daughter.]]
* WriteWhoYouKnow: In-universe: The character of Freja in Jonatan's final novel is supposed to be a stand-in for Sara, while Mimir & Fenrir are for Stig and Patrik. He's Torgav.
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