Run through mystical realms to awaken a celestial bird and restore harmony in the platformer The Bird of a Thousand Voices, an online game that is part of a transmedia project by Tigran Hamasyan and Ruben Van Leer.
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Beautiful game. Very short and I was terrible, but BEAUTIFUL.
ReplyDeleteTigran Hamasyan is an incredible musician.
ReplyDeleteNot the game style I normally see here.
ReplyDeleteThat was like 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Self-indulgent, pretentious nonsense, terrible music blaring throughout the whole thing, silly voiceover half the time, which you often can't even hear over the music, and the absolute bare minimum so that you can call it a "game", and they didn't even get that right. The float in the first section (which they don't even bother with instructions for) is inconsistent. And the second and third sections? Just click the mouse to go back and forth to dodge stuff (stuff you can't really even see). Ooooooo, exciting stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you think I'm being harsh, sometimes that's the only way to get through just how awful of an experience it was (which is saying something for it being a mere few minutes).
Impressive artwork, but I got motion sick just before reaching the boat.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I would classify that as a "platformer", more like a "runner". But even that doesn't fit. As others have said, great artwork, but gameplay was meh.
ReplyDeleteI think some people don't understand the point: it is a beautiful Armenian folk tale told in a format of a short video game. It is painful to see the misunderstaning, I think the developers put a lot of work and effort in this piece of artwork. The design is stunning, the music composed for this game is also nice. I am glad I learned a small detail about another culture. I think the game is just a short entertainment, you can beat the your own scores if you want, but it is not the most important part in this project. For today's people, who are not reading any more, maybe it is a better way to teach written cultural heritage.
ReplyDeleteDidn't care for the music, and as there didn't seem to be a place to turn that off (and maybe I just didn't see it), I muted my speakers. Pretty though.
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