The Artful Escape
Beethoven and Dinosaur · 2021 · Adventure, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Story Rich
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About The Artful Escape
Guide teenage guitar prodigy Francis Vendetti through a psychedelic musical adventure across stolen opera houses and alien dimensions as he escapes his folk legend uncle's shadow and forges his own stage persona. Craft your character, jam through sound-composed landscapes where movement becomes music, and uncover your identity through conversations with eccentric beings across the multiverse.
In an attempt to escape the musical legacy of his uncle, a teenage guitar prodigy embarks on a psychedelic journey to inspire his new stage persona, searching for who he isn’t in an adventure spanning stolen opera houses, melodic alien landscapes, and the impossible depths of the Cosmic Extraordinary.
Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.
KEY FEATURES:
* A story about great expectations, towering legacies, aliens, folk music, guitar solos, making stuff up, and living your dreams like memories.
* Musical jams. They’re visceral. They traverse dimensions.
* Craft your own stage persona from the sci-fi beginnings of your backstory to the trim on your moonboots.
* Converse, consult and chill with all manner of beings: disenchanted publicans, nostalgic villagers, lumbering alien wildlife, and reality-defying behemoths.
* Shred, soar and dance across the multiverse. Traverse landscapes made of sound -- composed by your movement -- as if the world itself were an instrument.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
While the first hour or so is colorful, expressive, and visually dazzling, that feeling quickly dulls as the gameplay becomes incredibly repetitive and the story kind of runs in place for 4 hours until everything wraps up. I never felt like the game evolved much beyond its own premise, which leaves this rather short game feeling bloated and unsatisfying.2 found this helpful
A perfect atmospheric experience, very little gameplay challenge, more like a walking simulator, but the vibe is absolutely on point.1 found this helpful
The Artful Escape works perfectly on Steam Deck despite it not being verified. No messing about just install and shred your psychedelic heart out!! 🤩🎸
The Artful Escape é um espetáculo áudio visual. É um dos jogos mais bonitos que eu já joguei. com um estilo artístico único e inovador, The Artful Escape não é só um jogo, é arte. É uma verdadeira experiência musical, com uma pitada de assuntos reais e muito importantes, traz uma mensagem incrível sobre a jornada pessoal do personagem.
The art style, the effects, the shaders, the music and the landscapes, the environments all of em are soo fricking good, highly recommend people play this absolute artistic journey of a game
I like the story of this game and artstyle of this game but it feel more like kinda walking sim then game. it's very much worth playing if enjoy muslc, art and good story talling.
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