A Desperate Plea to be Seen as ‘Profound’ When the game offered up a litany of metaphors and outlandish statements, clearly ensuring me that this was indeed a profound experience, this was pretty much my response. However, while the artistic flair of this game is clear for all to see, this just feels like a front for what is a shameless vanity project. Then as you travel through the game’s whimsical areas, the game keeps it fresh with varied, otherworldly biomes, quirky alien discos, and flowing side-scrolling areas where you can wail your guitar and sail above the clouds.Īt times, I have to admit, the visual and auditory aspects of this game done an awful lot to pave over the cracks in other areas of this game, and once or twice, I can admit that I felt powerful, felt like a genuine rockstar from another galaxy and for that, the game deserves praise.
Then as you sleep before your big show, the game visually bursts to life with bursts of neon, lights, lasers, intergalactic rifts, an infinite cosmos oozing every hue imaginable, and a cacophony of gorgeous sounds and riffs to act as the soundtrack to your psychedelic experience. The game drops the player into a sleepy town, and initially, the game feels like a take on a port from Spiritfarer as you talk to the locals and the game slowly drip-feds the player exposition. The Artful Escape has some of the most jaw-dropping visuals that one could expect from an indie title. Not just well, exceedingly well, it’s presentation. Let’s begin with what The Artful Escape does well. Vanity, All is Vanity You can’t deny that the game is visually very striking! So join me as we delve into the limitless yet limited universe of The Artful Escape.
In this The Artful Escape review, I will break down the reasons why I feel this way, what the game does well, where it is found lacking, and I will ultimately give my opinion as to whether this game is worthy of your time and money as an avid video game consumer. Yet despite all of this, I can’t help but well deeply underwhelmed. It allowed me to shred riffs with my holographic guitar, acting as a spark, a catalyst bringing a dormant planet to life. The game laid out an infinite cosmos before me, filled with psychedelic shapes and colors, auroras, and light beams aplenty. Then if you know me, you know that I put a lot of stock into the publishing house, Annapurna Interactive, then combine all of this with a fun, musical space opera theme, and it all seemed that this game couldn’t miss. Having heard the raving reviews for this title on PC, boasting this game as one of the indie highlights of 2021, I was excited to see what this indie game had to offer. To give you some insight into where my head was when I took on this game for review, I was very optimistic.
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