
Galvatron says the gameplay mechanic goes a step further though. When Lightman starts to play guitar, you must repeat the melody back to him by following the progression on a color wheel, similar to the electronic memory game Simon. When it comes time to jam with Lightman, the gameplay mechanics change. At the beginning of the game as Francis struggles to perfect his folk repertoire, prompts like "hold X to play guitar" or "to shred a sci-fi odyssey hold X" made Francis play the guitar. But before you can venture into the Cosmic Extraordinary, you have to show Lightman you can play.Īs someone with fond memories of Guitar Hero, I was eager to see how The Artful Escape would translate playing guitar to gameplay. Lightman asks Francis to be his support act for an upcoming concert. "We're going on a ride across the dilated pupils of the cosmos," Lightman tells the dumbstruck Francis before they take to the stars. Annapurna InteractiveĮventually, Francis meets a character named Lightman - and his alien companion, Hypnagogic Zomm. Traverse landscapes made of sound - composed by your movement - as if the world itself were an instrument.As a player, I felt the growing weight of the town's expectations for Francis to follow in his uncle's musical footsteps. Shred, soar and dance across the multiverse.Converse, consult and chill with all manner of beings: disenchanted publicans, nostalgic villagers, lumbering alien wildlife, and reality-defying behemoths.


Craft your own stage persona from the sci-fi beginnings of your backstory to the trim on your moonboots.A story about great expectations, towering legacies, aliens, folk music, guitar solos, making stuff up, and living your dreams like memories.Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers. In an attempt to escape the musical legacy of his uncle, a teenage guitar prodigy embarks on a psychedelic journey to inspire his new stage persona, searching for who he isn’t in an adventure spanning stolen opera houses, melodic alien landscapes, and the impossible depths of the Cosmic Extraordinary. On the eve of his first performance, Francis Vendetti struggles with the legacy of a dead folk legend and the cosmic wanderings of his own imagination.
