Of Bird and Cage

 PC
Metascore
43

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 9 out of 14
  1. Hey Poor Player
    May 26, 2021
    70
    This dark depiction of Beauty and the Beast works, but only if you recognize what you’re getting into: a musical experience focusing on an abused psyche desperately trying to break free from known shackles, only to fly right into a cage that represents both prison and freedom.
  2. Softpedia
    May 20, 2021
    60
    Of Bird and Cage is not a good game and I can only think of a small subset of people who might enjoy it: fans of progressive rock with a love of soapy narrative drive titles and an ability to ignore presentation issues. Anyone else should avoid playing the game, even if it is relatively short at around two hours. The developers are certainly attempting an ambitious mix and they should be applauded for that. But a lot more investment in coherent gameplay and a good story is required to make it a success. Get the soundtrack created for Of Bird and Cage if you love the artists involved because it really does not work as a video game.
  3. Player 2
    Jun 22, 2021
    50
    Combining the operatic aspects into a video game means that the viewer becomes an actor and divides the attention of the player between trying to figure out what they have to do and what is going on in the rest of the scene. It is a balancing act that the team at Capricia Productions have not quite managed to overcome, and yet I want to see what they can do with the format in the future.
  5. Gamer Escape
    May 21, 2021
    50
    It’s not only the kind of game that you can finish in an afternoon, it’s also the kind that doesn’t leave much of an impression on you after the fact. While it’s able to roll down the road, it’s doing so holding things together with zip ties and a dream. It’s the kind of hot mess where the best experience would be to just give the album a listen on Spotify, because everything else just doesn’t do it justice.

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. ignoble
    Jun 1, 2021
    1
    A complete waste of time. There was a chance for it be "so bad it's good" kinda title, and I am a big fan of such pieces, but it fell shortA complete waste of time. There was a chance for it be "so bad it's good" kinda title, and I am a big fan of such pieces, but it fell short event in this category. I am also a big fan of metal and was lured by the names of musicians included in a project. But it's just bad in every aspect - the gameplay is clunky and makes you feel stuck ALL the time. They claim it's one of those "choices matter" games, but the gameplay mechanics are so riddiculously messy, sloppy and difficult (and I played games my entire life) that it was impossible for me to actually often execute the choices I wanted to make. Like the mechanics prevented it. Soooo frustrating.
    So like, if they wanted to make a game about feeling stuck, cool, they managed, but even in the dark, emotionally heavy games like TWOM there is a "fun factor". There is at least SOME tiny thing you can control or influence. Now, I don't see ANY fun factor here, unless it's fun for someone to watch abuse and feel helpless as a player about it.
    Now, about the themes... I have no idea what the authors are trying to say here. The whole story feels as if it was created by someone with emotional depth of a teaspoon. And to me as a person who has actually witnessed and been through some of the things portrayed it feels like a plain grotesque, a joke really. Again, they claim it's based on Beauty and the Beast and a theme of Stockholm Syndrome - and sorry, but no.
    Someone who wrote this didn't understand the first thing about the Stockholm Syndrome, nor did they do a critical, in-depth reading of the Beauty and the Beast as a cultural text with it's historical and socio-cultural references.
    And don't even mention the graphics and animations... Bioshock has better graphics...
    Just... Nope.
    Go find the music on Spotify, but don't waste your time on this frustrating experiment of a game.    … Full Review »
  2. RutiNevon
    May 30, 2021
    10
    This is not exactly a video game.. this is a whole new experience - this is like the video clip of video games. I didn't think anything canThis is not exactly a video game.. this is a whole new experience - this is like the video clip of video games. I didn't think anything can surprise me in games anymore if I'm honest but this did. I have never played anything like this and as long as this is thought of as a whole new thing and not as a game, this is an unbelievable to to listen/experience music. I would recommend it a lot and say that I'm really not surprised the media doesn't think great things about it - when where they ever right about something entirely new?… Full Review »
  3. ArataLatam
    Jun 17, 2021
    9
    Conclusión
    Of Bird and Cage sin duda es una historia contada desde muchos puntos de vista, las decisiones son cruciales y en verdad que te    Conclusión
    Of Bird and Cage sin duda es una historia contada desde muchos puntos de vista, las decisiones son cruciales y en verdad que te enganchará desde el inicio y hará que te acomodes en tu asiento para seguir la trama, una joya que sin duda hará que te cuestiones cada decisión y vuelvas a intentarlo.

    Historia
    Desde una infancia destruida, hasta el consumo de drogas; la vida de Gitta no ha sido fácil y descubrirás pronto el porque. ¿Qué debes hacer? ¿será correcto ingerir eso? ¿Debes escapar o enfrentar las consecuencias?

    La trama de Of Bird and Cage gira en torno a la vida de Gitta, quien sin duda ha tenido una vida dura y difícil, pero que puedes ayudarla a arreglar, con muchas interacciones y eventos que guiarán la trama de esta historia de amor, traición y desamor. Sin duda es una historia profunda y que puede marcarnos.

    Jugabilidad
    El juego de inicio es relativamente corto, 3 horas aproximadamente; la ventaja es que tendremos múltiples finales y tendremos que descubrirlos todos, así como hallar todos los secretos que Of Bird and Cage nos guarda. Desde CDs musicales, hasta visiones del pasado de Gitta y de los demás personajes.

    Si bien el juego es de múltiples decisiones, y en algunas tendrás que estar muy alerta para lograrlas, he de decir que una parte de tu vida creará empatía con más de un personaje; y realmente habrá momentos donde dudarás de ti mismo por hacer ciertas elecciones, es difícil sin duda ponerte en la piel de alguien más y llevar el curso de su vida, tremendo impacto que te causará cada final eso si.

    He de decir que llegó un momento en el juego me causo estrés y tuve que parar a relajarme; realmente me conmocionaron algunos actos y me hizo darme cuenta hasta de mi existencia, han sido pocos los juegos que han logrado esto en mi. Y creo que esa es la intención de Of Bird and Cage, demostrarte que la vida puede tener decisiones buenas y malas y que debes escoger sabiamente, porque siempre habrá consecuencias.

    El juego aunque tiene unos ligeros bugs, en algunas acciones, creo que no afectan realmente la jugabilidad, espero pronto resuelvan estos casos.

    Música
    Of Bird and Cage nos trae un OST brutal, el cual realmente te mete en la piel de cada acto y de cada personaje, el uso de la música para crear este CD interactivo sin duda es un acierto de lo mas ecuánime, y hará que se te erice la piel.

    La actuación de voces de Kobra Paige como Gitta, y de Davidavi Dolev como Bres Lupus, sin duda fue un gran acierto, sus temas en conjunto son hermosos y transmiten esa nostalgia y desesperación de cada uno. Que claro los demás actores no se quedan atrás e interpretan muy bien a sus personajes.

    De los mejores OST que he escuchado en bastante tiempo.

    Aspecto Visual
    Quizás no es el mejor apartado del juego, pero los flashbacks y escenas importantes permiten ver ese trabajo artístico; que no escatimó en detalles para darle más realismo a la trama. Aunque considero que puede mejorar este aspecto.    … Full Review »
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