


Fox, Rushmore), Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers. Featuring the voice performances of Michael Johnston, Lena Headey (game of thrones), Jason Schwartzman (Fantastic Mr.To make sure that his first stage performance is a success you must embark on a psychedelic adventure to make a new stage persona, journey to stolen opera houses, musical alien landscapes, and the impossible depths of your cosmic imagination. No guitar solo sounds the same, which is quite the feat in a five-hour game.The Artful Escape is an action-adventure game with light rhythm game elements developed by Indie studio Beethoven and Dinosaur, step into the shoes of Francis Vendetti a young musician struggling to find his voice being overshadowed by his uncle’s legacy as a local folk music legend. You can feel the love of music in every chord you trash. It's a heartfelt love letter to music, which isn't surprising since the game is being spearheaded by a literal rockstar, Johnny Galvatron, former head of rock group The Galvatrons. Guitar shredding against a rich orchestral soundscape is so effortless and easy, anyone could do it. Testing the player's ability to copy a pattern of flashing colours isn't really the point of The Artful Escape.

It's the audiovisual feast that does all the heavy lifting. It's essentially a musical Simon Says, but one that doesn't really change over the course of the story-you'll be doing the same things in the spectacular final performance as you were during the tutorial.

This is where the music-making mechanic comes into play, tasking you with mimicking button combinations in a call and response style. There are occasions where Francis has to perform on stage, either at a show or to impress an all-powerful (but musically picky) alien overlord, no biggie.
