Aside from that the experience is all about the story and its focus on music. There are occasional brief platforming sections which instantly respawn you on the ledge you fell off should you miss any jumps, as well as some pattern copying sections. The only minor downside to my experience with The Artful Escape is that there is very little gameplay. I could easily fill an album at this stage. With respect again to its visuals, no game this short in comparison to full length triple-A experiences has made me lean so heavily on the share button to capture so many incredible images. The dialogue and humour throughout the story comes across just as heartfelt and comedic as you would hope for a game which follows its wacky premise. Similarly to Stray’s dedicated meow button, The Artful Escape has a button to break out and play Francis’ guitar as you trek through the game’s vibrant environments, and even allows you to jump further or ground-pound surfaces when needed to assist with traversing areas. The game delves into personal subjects such as identity and how we are perceived by those around us, and is written in such a way that you can focus on these elements if you wish to or choose to regard them only for the impact they hold on the story, and not dwell on them outside of the game. From there the story only gets more bonkers, but remains just as brilliant. On the eve of Francis performing on-stage live for the first time, other worldly forces become aware of his musical talent and whisk him away to worlds beyond the stars to perform for them instead. You play as Francis Vendetti, an aspiring folk musician who is the nephew of local legend, Johnson Vendetti, a folk music mastermind. Developed by AnnaPurna Interactive and released in 2021, the same team who made Stray, another game I reviewed and thought a lot of during this summer.īeginning the game out among the gold-leaved trees of mountainous Colorado before moving on to locations with growing degrees of fantastical, every second spent playing The Artful Escape is a veritable feast for the eyes. The Artful Escape has one of the best sounding and beautifully presented original story ideas of recent memory.
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