- Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
- Release Date: Sep 9, 2021
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox Series X
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 57
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Mixed: 10 out of 57
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Negative: 6 out of 57
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Sep 19, 2021Looks great but gameplay is limited to walking and holding X. Barely a game at all. Boring and bailed after 45 minutes.
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Dec 5, 2021Unusual game. Its a new wave in game formats. Soundtrack is top, but story line not fully details and going far from general scene
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Jan 8, 2022Had fun at the beginning but seemed to drag on as moving closer to the end. Not a tough game. I would find it tough to see it's replayability. Good idea just not excecuted quite right.
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Sep 5, 2022Pro: Nice visuals, good audio and voice acting
Con: Extremely linear, the choices don't have any significant effect. No real gameplay, just a walking simulator Wouldn't recommend
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Oct 7, 2021Unfortunately, as a musical experience, I found “The Artful Escape” completely lacking. Even for ironic kicks, I can only happily listen to so much guitar doodling. Thankfully, the rest of the game makes it easy to tune out the soundtrack.
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Sep 10, 2021In a year of genuinely terrific indie games, including Lake, Death's Door, Chicory and more we're not allowed to talk about just yet (but please, do watch these pages), The Artful Escape has made me smile like nothing else. I can still feel the beaming grin on my face as I type these words. It's the one game in 2021 that I really couldn't put down as the clock ticked past midnight and I knew I had to get my head down, the one game where I knew what was coming next would be unmissable. It's the one game where I felt like I was playing something else, even as it adhered to certain gameplay conventions - and that feeling comes from its spirit, its personality, the drive of the artist behind it. An artist who quite evidently didn't do what they did here to fulfil expectations, but to shatter them into a million crystals - each facet reflecting a vision quite unlike anything you'll see, hear or play in this year, or any other.
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Sep 8, 2021The Artful Escape is an incredible odyssey of self discovery, and its few shortcomings don't hold it back from being an excursion patently worth making.