While the “gameplay” is fairly restricted in its scope, it does exactly what it needs to with a bit of floaty movement, flecks of character with only three buttons, and Simon Says puzzles for boss fights. Not that it is perfect by any stretch of the imagination. With fun dialogue, voice acting that doesn’t grate on you aside from the mixing having a few issues, and a proper sense of adventure, I think I fell in love with The Artful Escape over its remarkably limited playtime. Beethoven & Dinosaur crafted something truthfully captivating and a little inspiring. The game itself is spun in a web of color, sci-fi imagery, and a few flairs of inspiration from Douglas Adams. Constricted by everyone’s hopes for him, he sometimes ventures into his own style when he thinks he is alone.Ī bit of sentimental handwaving and emotional resonance later, Francis gets invited on a cosmic adventure to play the support act and discover himself. Yet, he himself is dreaming of something greater, he just doesn’t understand what that is when everyone else is forcing him into this folk-based mold. However, he is a disillusioned kid that sees himself as less than because he falls within the shadow of his great uncle, whose shoes everyone keeps pushing on his feet. Francis is set to play at a festival in his uncle’s honor. The Artful Escape is a game about a young lad called Francis, nephew of Johnson Vendetti who is himself a mix of Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan. It wasn’t until late last year, people I know and who are similarly surrounded by music were making rumblings about it, which led me to put it on my “to-play” list that is as long as Bob Dylan’s seminal folk ballad. It was nothing special, just another push right to tell “emotional” stories. Personally, I thought I was tripping on LCD at the time. Recently, I’ve been doing my annual rewatch of E3 because I am a self-destructive sociopath, and it is weird to look back at Microsoft’s 2017 show where The Artful Escape came to my attention.
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