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Ode

Released: 11/27/2017

EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF PURE JOY Ode is an immersive, enchanting visual & musical experience through beautiful landscapes. Spread joy as you explore each sensory level, bringing the world to life and creating a harmonious musical garden full of colour and wonder. BRING JOY TO THE WORLD! Control & transform Joy, a fallen star who lands in a beautiful land of light and sound. Navigate this mesmerising musical garden in this unique experience completely at your own pace. Bring the world around you to life & return fallen stars to the sky. A JOYFUL JOURNEY Embark on a journey of pure joy, where every interaction with the environment has an immediate positive visual & aural reaction. Transform your character as you collect fallen stars and ascend through 4 fantasy worlds, revealing melodic landscapes to which you add layer upon layer of music to create a crescendo of sound and light. MUSICAL MAGIC Like an orchestral conductor, awaken the musical magic within each level to create a mesmerizing musical garden. ABSTRACT AND EXPERIMENTAL Minimal guidance leads to complete freedom of exploration where the combination of light, movement and music creates a pure sensory experience.

EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF PURE JOY Ode is an immersive, enchanting visual & musical experience through beautiful landscapes. Spread joy as you explore each sensory level, bringing the world to life and creating a harmonious musical garden full of colour and wonder. BRING JOY TO THE WORLD! Control & transform Joy, a fallen star who lands in a beautiful land of light and sound. Navigate this mesmerising musical garden in this unique experience completely at your own pace. Bring the world around you to life & return fallen stars to the sky. A JOYFUL JOURNEY Embark on a journey of pure joy, where every interaction with the environment has an immediate positive visual & aural reaction. Transform your character as you collect fallen stars and ascend through 4 fantasy worlds, revealing melodic landscapes to which you add layer upon layer of music to create a crescendo of sound and light. MUSICAL MAGIC Like an orchestral conductor, awaken the musical magic within each level to create a mesmerizing musical garden. ABSTRACT AND EXPERIMENTAL Minimal guidance leads to complete freedom of exploration where the combination of light, movement and music creates a pure sensory experience.

EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF PURE JOY Ode is an immersive, enchanting visual & musical experience through beautiful landscapes. Spread joy as you explore each sensory level, bringing the world to life and creating a harmonious musical garden full of colour and wonder. BRING JOY TO THE WORLD! Control & transform Joy, a fallen star who lands in a beautiful land of light and sound. Navigate this mesmerising musical garden in this unique experience completely at your own pace. Bring the world around you to life & return fallen stars to the sky. A JOYFUL JOURNEY Embark on a journey of pure joy, where every interaction with the environment has an immediate positive visual & aural reaction. Transform your character as you collect fallen stars and ascend through 4 fantasy worlds, revealing melodic landscapes to which you add layer upon layer of music to create a crescendo of sound and light. MUSICAL MAGIC Like an orchestral conductor, awaken the musical magic within each level to create a mesmerizing musical garden. ABSTRACT AND EXPERIMENTAL Minimal guidance leads to complete freedom of exploration where the combination of light, movement and music creates a pure sensory experience.

Critics
80

Score Breakdown

79.6

Critic Average

10 reviews

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Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
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Metacritic Disparity
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Combined Disparity
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Average of both sources

Review Timing

9 launch window (90%)1 late (10%)