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Illusion: A Tale of the Mind

Illusion: A Tale of the Mind

Released: 6/1/2018

Illusion is a puzzle exploration game set in the ambience of the early 1920’s Parisian cabaret. Step into the shoes of a young girl named Emma and live her adventures as she is trapped inside the mind of a mad man. Embark on her journey through the mind’s-eye of her captors, living in a fractured world of old memories and festering wounds, that paradoxically reveals itself to be also a place of great beauty and intrigue. Embrace the Illusion! Features: • A sinister and touching story • Breath-taking mind’s-eye levels • Beauty and death melded via surrealist inspired art • Dark tale scarred by the Great War • Taste the horror of war and fragility of life

Illusion is a puzzle exploration game set in the ambience of the early 1920’s Parisian cabaret. Step into the shoes of a young girl named Emma and live her adventures as she is trapped inside the mind of a mad man. Embark on her journey through the mind’s-eye of her captors, living in a fractured world of old memories and festering wounds, that paradoxically reveals itself to be also a place of great beauty and intrigue. Embrace the Illusion! Features: • A sinister and touching story • Breath-taking mind’s-eye levels • Beauty and death melded via surrealist inspired art • Dark tale scarred by the Great War • Taste the horror of war and fragility of life

Illusion is a puzzle exploration game set in the ambience of the early 1920’s Parisian cabaret. Step into the shoes of a young girl named Emma and live her adventures as she is trapped inside the mind of a mad man. Embark on her journey through the mind’s-eye of her captors, living in a fractured world of old memories and festering wounds, that paradoxically reveals itself to be also a place of great beauty and intrigue. Embrace the Illusion! Features: • A sinister and touching story • Breath-taking mind’s-eye levels • Beauty and death melded via surrealist inspired art • Dark tale scarred by the Great War • Taste the horror of war and fragility of life

Critics
58
Steam
76

Score Breakdown

57.8

Critic Average

6 reviews

76

Steam User Score

29 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
N/A

Average of both sources

Review Timing

6 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)