![]() ![]() Just don’t get caught by the dinosaur, or the aliens, or really anyone else. You don’t have to worry too much about losing lives. Our hapless hero Ivan is pretty placid so does more hiding than attacking. ![]() Quick time events will occasionally appear around once an episode, but again consisting of just one button and nothing too complicated. The platforming element is relatively straightforward and is nowhere near your Crash Bandicoot or Perils of Baking levels of challenge. At most, they will require moving something to get to a higher ledge, maneuvering big glowing orbs to achieve access to a new location, or turning a handle that moves a suspended part of your path. The puzzles involved are different in every episode but at no point should anyone struggle to complete them. Little Orpheus can be enjoyed by someone who has never played a side-scroller or adventure platformer in their life, but also keeps the more experienced gamer just as entertained. It has to be said that for a side-scrolling adventure game, this one is very accessible. From vast dense prehistoric jungles to frolicking on the pillowed foundations of a whales stomach, swinging vines then turning clocks and hiding out of sight from many the enemy, there’s a vast array of short, sharp adventures to be had here. I didn’t mind this as the creators of Little Orpheus have done so much creatively in this realm. By the middle of the episodes you know what to expect eventually. When in real time, you can just click to play the next episode which is good fun.Įvery episode does follow the same formula, beginning from casual gameplay, to hidden stealth, to a crescendo of chase or escape of some kind. The tongue in cheek outro’s are another example of the enjoyable writing within Little Orpheus as if you have to wait a whole week for the next episode. This makes you feel not only that are you playing a wonderful casual adventure game, but also watching the thickening of a plot unfold as if it’s your favourite daytime television series. A Hapless HeroĪn outro has been written for every episode of Little Orpheus as well as a theme song which blends into the intro. I love how it snaps back to the bunker between episodes It could have kept the voiceover work and lost nothing but adding in the extra scenes was the cherry on top to bring the story together. Going from calm exploration, taking in the beautiful crisp and vibrant art design to sneaky stealth moments, to running for your life, each chapter evolves quickly. Everything is always changing and nothing is ever the same for more than five minutes. I was massively grabbed by my first impressions of the first episode. I didn’t quite expect to be chased by a dinosaur within ten minutes of the game starting but there I was running for my little Serbian life. Little Orpheus is split into nine episodes, each made up of nine small sections of side-scrolling adventure that does not disrespect your time. The unreliable narration becomes the conversation from the bunker and it is superbly written. The second is you, the player, living the adventure as the story unfolds. The first is a black and white perspective when seeing the recollection of events that Ivan Ivanovich tells to General Yurkovoi in the bunker. Little Orpheus splits into two perspectives. The sarcasm and dry wit is written so well within his character that I much favoured listening to his reactions than to the bumbling characteristics of Ivan and his wild tales of what has happened to Little Orpheus. His character reminds me of Zazu from the Lion King, if he was actually scary. ![]() After the initial window dressing, you’ll find Ivan Ivanovich having to answer to General Yurkovoi, an individual who you wouldn’t want to bump into in the dark, but seems like a teddy bear at heart. The storytelling is packed full of humour. The engaging, unique and interesting story is one of the reasons you absolutely must play Little Orpheus. He needs to explain his disappearance, as well as the whereabouts of Little Orpheus and the bomb. After diving into an extinct volcano and vanishing, Ivan emerges three years later in a secret bunker, claiming to have saved the world. Well, it’s Ivan’s very own exploration capsule that is also home to an atomic bomb – a bomb which is now missing. You’re probably wondering what an earth a ‘Little Orpheus’ is. Despite managing to fail all of his exams, he boards a ship to enter the Earth’s crust in the hopes of finding somewhere to establish a city. Ivan Ivanovich (Yes, that is really his name) was selected for the exploration programme by the SSR. ![]()
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