This title falls under the "wish there was a neutral button". I played only via Steam Deck, so feed back here for the review is based on my experience playing it this way. First off, the game is labeled as being a verified deck game. This is more or less true, the prologue worked fine with no settings changes. However, getting the actual game to run required forcing it to Proton 5.13-6 compatibility. Some video did not display properly and navigating back to main menu from ends of chapters hung the game requiring forced shut down. The Music score was stellar and fit the themes of the game well as was certainly intended. The game play for me was less than stellar. QTE events run the show here and are quite confusing in some places or out right impossible to get right as you are on a time elapse to complete objectives and use QTE. There isn't much room for exploring an area because of this and you will often fail to accomplish a lot of things. Although failing to do things doesn't lead ...

The reviews for this game must be fake, it's a bug fest. The voice acting is atrocious, the overall models look like garbage. The music made me wanna burst my own ear drums.

Have played for 5 minutes. In a bar. Bartender gives me shots Quicktime event initiates to drink the shot. Miss a button Character misses mouth and throws alcohol over left shoulder. Sigh and quit game.

I really wanted to like this game, because the concept behind it is suuuper cool. Like, an interactive metal album? Sign me the fuck up! Reality, however, is harsher. You can have style over substance in video games, but there's very little substance in this, and it's all very bad. Of Bird and Cage tells the story of a young woman who can't seem to escape bad decisions, even when you're telling her to stop fucking up, y'know, in the INTERACTIVE part of the game? The game part plays as a sort of point and click adventure, where you have to find stuff to interact with in order to advance the plot. Again, cool concept, but poorly executed. The story is bad, and told ass-backwards - as in, something happens, then the game goes "five hours before", then something else happens and it's "two hours before". Motherfucker just tell me the story the way it happened. I know this was probably created this way in an attempt to hide the fact that the player has very little agency, but it just makes ...

It's not easy for me to give this game a bad review, because I genuinely think the idea is wonderful and the devs seem like lovely people. However, I want to be honest when giving reviews, as this serves both other people as well as the devs to improve their game. The idea of this game, a metal album presented as a game is pretty neat. In practice this basically plays as 1 level = 1 song. Sometimes the music is just in the background, sometimes it's the characters themselves singing. Each song is roughly 10-15 minutes long so the game isn't super long, but it doesn't need to be to tell it's story. The reason I'm giving this game a bad review is the gameplay. There is too much going on in this game. You can tell the devs had lots of ideas they wanted to implement into the game, but sometimes less is better. You have a drug meter in this game, you can find drugs and take them which changes the vision of your character. It doesn't do much else aside distorting your vision if you don't f...

Doesn't even save per level. Exited? Crashed? Your time was wasted. And let's not make any mistake here, even with proper saves this is a shoddy, amateurish production that's a 6/10 at best. As it stands, a total fail.

This game is an absolute dumpster fire with a beautiful soundtrack. I really, really wanted to like it, because I like the work of many of the musicians involved. But it's awful. Think Superman 64 levels of bad. -The physics frequently don't work. For example, at multiple points during scenes of running or driving, my character or their vehicle would get stuck and be unable to move/climb/drive. -The game mechanics are a mess. Fights can be easily won by pushing someone into a corner and spamming the punch button. The QTEs aren't telegraphed at all, and the visual difference between indicators [hold vs press once] isn't easily discernible when you need to react quickly. -Basic words in both the subtitles and lyrics are frequently misspelled, and some sentences are worded like they are poor translations. And some of the writing is laughably bad - for instance, a drug dealer who has a list of customers titled something like "drug money from drug buyers". The kind of stuff you'd expect ...

Bought this game because a big streamer from my country suggested it. Worst mistake I made this year. The game is unpolished with many bugs that can make the game unplayable. The reaction times for important decisions are a joke! They happen too fast, making me think this game hasn't been playtested a lot. The singing parts are laughable and cringeworthy. The only reason I haven't got a refund for this game is because I asked for it after two weeks. Skip this game and buy Life is Strange instead.

Holy shit, I've only just played Act 1 so far but I had to write a review instantly after i finished that first act. This game is amazing. The music, the story... i wish we could give a score instead of just a thumbs up cause this is a 10/10 for me.

I've gotta say this game is addicting... Great atmosphere, excellent sounds and amazing story! A must.