Abstract
- The award-winning Little Orpheus is offered immediately on Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S.
- Journey to the middle of the Earth in a side-scrolling journey impressed by basic movies and books.
- Come face-to-face with dinosaurs, humungous sea creatures, and different terrors.
It’s time for an epic journey. I’m delighted to substantiate that Little Orpheus, the newest journey from The Chinese language Room, is now accessible on Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S.
Having beforehand developed titles reminiscent of Pricey Esther and Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, Little Orpheus is a brand new kind of sport for us right here at The Chinese language Room.
Set within the Sixties, Little Orpheus is a subterranean twist on the 20 th century Area Race: a fantastical technicolor side-scrolling journey that throws you right into a quest to seek out the middle of the Earth.
Little Orpheus has already gained quite a few accolades together with the Apple Design ‘Finest Recreation: Delight and Enjoyable’ award and Pocket Gamer’s ‘Finest Platform Recreation’ award, and we’re proud to lastly welcome Xbox gamers to our journey. Earlier than you start your quest, listed below are 5 the explanation why Little Orpheus is a journey like no different.
An Unforgettable Story
Think about ‘Journey to the Heart of the Earth’ crossed with ‘The Land That Time Forgot’, and a touch of ‘Flash Gordon’, and you’ve got a great approximation of Little Orpheus. On this extraordinary story advised throughout 9 narrative episodes, you comply with the journey of Soviet cosmonaut Ivan, who descends into an extinct volcano to find an entire new world the place dinosaurs nonetheless roam.
Little Orpheus sees Ivan explaining his previous adventures to the intimidating Normal Yurkovoi by reliving his journey into the Earth’s core, the place he found greater than he bargained for. You’ll get to see stunning areas, meet fascinating creatures, and naturally, benefit from the witty back-and-forth narrative between the 2 characters as Ivan makes an attempt to spin a yarn of epic proportions and Yorkovoi disbelievingly interrogates our hero.
Our inventive director Dan Pinchbeck went to extraordinary lengths when researching accuracy and tone. The ultimate script is stuffed with real-life references and nods to little-known patches of historical past and legend.
Tonally talking, basic lost-world books from the likes of Jules Verne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle type a part of the sport’s genesis, as do Ray Harryhausen films, however our inspirations stretch far past. We absorbed Nineteen Thirties Republic Photos serials reminiscent of ‘Flash Gordon’ and ‘Undersea Kingdom’, that are stuffed with cliff-hangers and subsequent unlikely escapes, in addition to the 1936 Soviet science fiction movie ‘Cosmic Voyage’. Books reminiscent of ‘Monday Begins on Saturday’ by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky and ‘Plutonia’ by Vladimir Obruchev, amongst others, additionally helped form our sport.
Its Humorous Appeal
Little Orpheus doesn’t take itself too significantly. How may it whenever you’re hiding from a ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex inside a human-sized egg, or speaking about… milking chickens?
We labored onerous so as to add mischief and comical one-liners as you discover these unusual locales with Ivan, who has a behavior of speaking himself into hassle. Whether or not you’re an enormous child, a little bit child taking part in solo, or passing the controller amongst household and associates for a night of gaming enjoyable, our purpose is for Little Orpheus to place a smile in your face.
The Awe-Inspiring Environments
On the subject of exploring beautiful areas, Little Orpheus is aware of no bounds. Our journey options 9 distinctive, beautiful environments so that you can choose by, that includes historical underground temples of misplaced civilizations, prehistoric jungles teeming with harmful predators, deep sea kingdoms, and even environments nested excessive above the clouds.
Each location feels totally different from the remaining, with Ivan coming face-to-face with new and mysterious creatures in every chapter. Higher nonetheless, every locale comprises a number of collectibles so that you can uncover whenever you replay the sport.
Ivan Himself
He’s the star of the present (nicely, sport) and what’s to not love about our protagonist Ivan Ivanovich? We named him after the doll used within the Area Race’s Vostok Program; his identify is the Russian equal of “John Doe”.
An unlikely hero, however a hero nonetheless, Ivan has a way of innocence about him that we hope gamers will join with. We additionally need you to chuckle alongside together with his comical actions and jokes that make mild of difficult conditions… and there are many these, for certain.
Tasked with exploring the middle of the Earth, Ivan boldly goes the place no man has gone earlier than, fairly actually, earlier than disappearing. We be a part of him three years on, when he finds himself in a secret bunker making an attempt to clarify the place he’s been all these years and the way, the truth is, he allegedly saved the world…
The Catchy Tunes
A giant a part of constructing the environment and setting the tone for any sport is the music. For Little Orpheus we’re as soon as once more blessed to current a rating from BAFTA-winning composer Jessica Curry and Jim Fowler.
The right complement to Little Orpheus’s various vary of other-worldly environments, the soundtrack is a mash up of all kinds of feelings – triumph, creativeness, hazard, and above all, journey.
All of us right here at The Chinese language Room hope you benefit from the definitive version of Little Orpheus, our award-winning journey releasing on Xbox One and Xbox Sequence X|S beginning immediately.
Little Orpheus
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$12.99
This definitive version of the multiple-award-winning hit by grasp storytellers The Chinese language Room is remastered and contains all bonus content material of the unique.
Little Orpheus is a technicolor side-scrolling journey sport impressed by basic films like Flash Gordon, Sinbad and The Land that Time Forgot. Be part of our daring but hapless hero Comrade Ivan Ivanovich as he explores misplaced civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles and lands past creativeness. Gasp as he battles the subhuman tribe of the Menkv and escapes the clutches of dreadful monsters! Cheer as he triumphs over not possible odds and untold risks within the subterranean worlds!
With beautiful visuals, sensible appearing and a world-class rating, Little Orpheus is a subterranean epic you’ll always remember. Comrades, to the middle!
