A bird story
| A bird story | |
|---|---|
| Studio | Freebird Games |
| Publisher | Freebird Games |
| Senior Developer | Kan "Reives" Gao |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Windows, OS X, Linux: November 5, 2014 |
| platform | Windows , macOS , Linux |
| Game engine | RPG Maker |
| genre |
Adventure computer role-playing game visual novel |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | Mouse , keyboard |
| medium | Download |
| language | German |
| information | http://freebirdgames.com/ |
A Bird Story (in German as: A bird story ) is an adventure game developed and published by Freebird Games . It was released in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows , OS X and Linux as a so-called mini-episode that combines Freebird Games' previous game, To the Moon , with its sequel, Finding Paradise .
Gameplay
A Bird Story is a short video game in which the player controls an imaginative boy who is ignored by the majority of the other characters and throughout the game; all characters except the boy and a few others have ghostly bodies. The environments in the game are often presented as if they were a collection of memories rather than real time; for example, the player could be in a park that leads into a hallway. In Kotaku's review , the lack of dialogue was compared to the phrase “ show, don't tell ”.
Development & Publication
A Bird Story was developed by Freebird Games using the RPG Maker XP . The porting to Linux and MacOS was performed using the open source tool MKXP . A Bird Story was released on November 5, 2014 primarily as a link between To the Moon and the actual sequel, Finding Paradise . It was the second minisode to come out between the release of To the Moon and the development of Finding Paradise . The protagonist is the same character that Finding Paradise is about, with Gao saying that players don't have to play A Bird Story to understand the sequel.
reception
A Bird Story received mixed reviews, with an overall rating of 66/100 on Metacritic based on 18 reviews and a rating of 68.67% on GameRankings based on nine reviews. Many reviewers compared this game to To the Moon , another game from Freebird Games. Andrew Barker said in a review for RPGFan that the game was a pleasant experience, but not for everyone; the pace of the game is slow and although it is an hour long, a memory of the game would remain. The lack of proper gameplay has been criticized by many critics; In an article by Rock, Paper, Shotgun , John Walker criticized the "incredibly slow" movement mechanics , in a Kotaku review by Cassidee Moser the only disadvantage listed was the linearity of the gameplay and in a review by PC Gamer by Tyler Wilde the game was called boring and slow, but still sentimentally described. Roger Hargreaves of UK newspaper Metro said it was a huge disappointment following the success of To the Moon . The predictability of the plot has also been criticized by Hargreaves along with other critics such as Eurogamer's Christian Donlan .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cassidee Moser: A Bird Story Review . November 26, 2014.
- ^ Richard Eisenbeis: A Bird Story: The Kotaku Review . Gawker Media. 18th November 2014.
- ↑ mkxp-abs on GitHub
- ↑ Shaun Prescott: A Bird Story is a stopgap between To The Moon and its sequel; new trailer and release date announced . Future plc . August 13, 2014.
- ↑ Cassidee Moser: Finding Paradise: Official To the Moon Sequel Announced . January 12, 2016.
- ^ A Bird Story for PC Reviews .
- ^ A Bird Story for PC - GameRankings .
- ↑ Andrew Barker: RPGFan Review - A Bird Story . 15th November 2014.
- ↑ John Walker: Wot I Think: A Bird Story . Rock, paper, shotgun . November 24, 2014.
- ^ Tyler Wilde: A Bird Story review . Future plc . 18th November 2014.
- ^ Christian Donlan: A Bird Story review . Gamer Network . 17th November 2014.