Of Bird and Cage
- December 16, 2021
- Capricia Productions
- 4h median play time
Of Bird and Cage has a couple concepts to respect in isolation, but that doesn’t disregard its head-banging assault on good taste.
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Get on Epic Games Store"Of Bird and Cage" is a unique story-driven music game that uses symphonic metal music to guide players through a dark, mature narrative based on "Beauty and the Beast." As Gitta Barbot, a 25-year-old drug addict, players must make quick choices to escape her captor and confront the violence in her life, ultimately determining their own fate through their actions. The game features a star-studded lineup of artists, including former members of Guns N' Roses, Epica, and Within Temptation.
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Reviews
- music141 mentions
- 35 % positive mentions
- 62 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- story86 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
- gameplay42 mentions
- 10 % positive mentions
- 69 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
- graphics15 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
- emotional5 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
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Critic Reviews
Of Bird and Cage Review – One flew over the cuckoo’s nest
I suspect Of Bird and Cage is a video game acting explicitly as a vehicle for the music throughout. If so, I will congratulate the developers. I am very much sold on this whole “symphonic metal” genre thing. Thank you, I await my chance to listen to the soundtrack at my earliest convenience. However, as a game, it is not up to scratch. While the characters and the story might be good enough for a music video, it’s not good enough for a video game. It is clear these are music video characters, sometimes in great emotional scenes, but often feeling two dimensional. The gameplay is sometimes nice, but often lacking in a discernable thread of logic, and is undercut when you see how little influence you have on what is clearly a prescribed set of events.
30%Of Bird and Cage Review
Of Bird and Cage has a couple concepts to respect in isolation, but that doesn’t disregard its head-banging assault on good taste.
25%Of Bird and Cage Review (PC)
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. Review code provided by the publisher.
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