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Of Bird and Cage

Of Bird and Cage

Released: 5/20/2021

FIRST OF ITS KIND STORY-DRIVEN MUSIC GAME Experience the overwhelming power of metal music like never before. Featuring artists from (ex) Guns N' Roses, Epica, Within Temptation, and many others! Music by Arnold Nesis. Dive into a dark, twisted game specifically tailored to its music. Let symphonic metal lead you through a two-hour-long story of trauma, violence, and madness based lightly on ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Play as Gitta Barbot, a 25 year-old drug addict, who tries to escape the physical and mental prison of her captor—Bres Lupus. Make quick choices that will have dire consequences and watch how your actions reveal new paths while struggling to keep your sanity. You’re surrounded by violence at home and at work, engulfing every aspect of your life—what will you do? Will you take revenge or grant forgiveness? Ultimately, the choice is yours. Follow the twisted relationship between two characters, portrayed in a gut-wrenching way. Happy endings don't come easily here. In this first-person hybrid of a concept album and a game, your choices and actions will shape the narrative. Act: Solve puzzles, reveal the story, and fight to survive Decide: Shape the narrative by making quick decisions to reach one of multiple endings. Listen: A haunting two-hour-long symphonic metal concept album fully synced with the game’s world. Look: Experience an insanely dark reality through single-player FPP.

FIRST OF ITS KIND STORY-DRIVEN MUSIC GAME Experience the overwhelming power of metal music like never before. Featuring artists from (ex) Guns N' Roses, Epica, Within Temptation, and many others! Music by Arnold Nesis. Dive into a dark, twisted game specifically tailored to its music. Let symphonic metal lead you through a two-hour-long story of trauma, violence, and madness based lightly on ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Play as Gitta Barbot, a 25 year-old drug addict, who tries to escape the physical and mental prison of her captor—Bres Lupus. Make quick choices that will have dire consequences and watch how your actions reveal new paths while struggling to keep your sanity. You’re surrounded by violence at home and at work, engulfing every aspect of your life—what will you do? Will you take revenge or grant forgiveness? Ultimately, the choice is yours. Follow the twisted relationship between two characters, portrayed in a gut-wrenching way. Happy endings don't come easily here. In this first-person hybrid of a concept album and a game, your choices and actions will shape the narrative. Act: Solve puzzles, reveal the story, and fight to survive Decide: Shape the narrative by making quick decisions to reach one of multiple endings. Listen: A haunting two-hour-long symphonic metal concept album fully synced with the game’s world. Look: Experience an insanely dark reality through single-player FPP.

FIRST OF ITS KIND STORY-DRIVEN MUSIC GAME Experience the overwhelming power of metal music like never before. Featuring artists from (ex) Guns N' Roses, Epica, Within Temptation, and many others! Music by Arnold Nesis. Dive into a dark, twisted game specifically tailored to its music. Let symphonic metal lead you through a two-hour-long story of trauma, violence, and madness based lightly on ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Play as Gitta Barbot, a 25 year-old drug addict, who tries to escape the physical and mental prison of her captor—Bres Lupus. Make quick choices that will have dire consequences and watch how your actions reveal new paths while struggling to keep your sanity. You’re surrounded by violence at home and at work, engulfing every aspect of your life—what will you do? Will you take revenge or grant forgiveness? Ultimately, the choice is yours. Follow the twisted relationship between two characters, portrayed in a gut-wrenching way. Happy endings don't come easily here. In this first-person hybrid of a concept album and a game, your choices and actions will shape the narrative. Act: Solve puzzles, reveal the story, and fight to survive Decide: Shape the narrative by making quick decisions to reach one of multiple endings. Listen: A haunting two-hour-long symphonic metal concept album fully synced with the game’s world. Look: Experience an insanely dark reality through single-player FPP.

Critics
52
Steam
77

Score Breakdown

51.7

Critic Average

15 reviews

77

Steam User Score

227 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-25.4
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-25.4

Average of both sources

Review Timing

10 launch window (67%)5 late (33%)