![]() ![]() Soundwise you have the music of Jessica Curry and Jim Fowler a duo who have created a rip-roaring adventure soundtrack to go along with the game. The cutscenes of the interview between the Colonel and Ivan that play over a black and white TV should be seen as a nice touch as well. The character lolls and bounces along the screen, falling and screaming after each adventure. The actual animation for Ivan Ivanovich is on the humorous side, appropriate to his ‘dummy’ origins. You bounce around the screen, escaping danger after danger, but I could have stayed in the world for an age. Bursting with colour and great design choices, the worlds feel creative, inspired and varied in terms of the level design choices. The locations themselves are a joy to behold and visually this comes with some of the best backdrops and use of 2.5D art that I’ve seen. It’s all very well done, yet I do think that Little Orpheus does become a bit familiar in terms of the gameplay, failing to spring any surprises after a while. There are even some stealth sections, as you go about crouching and then running past watching eyes which will kill you instantly if they see you. It’s a great mixture of adventure, sci-fi and fun, all told with excellent dialogue and fluid action. And what makes it better is that it plays on its great B-movie roots with dinosaurs and other civilisations found living in the middle of the Earth. Little Orpheus homages this trope proudly all the way through its nine episodes. ![]() A voice-over would ask ‘How will our hero get out of this?’ only for the next week to show that he always does. Every week, we’d spend half an hour with our hero, only for them to be left frozen in some perilous danger. ![]() What I love about the writing and the story structure of Little Orpheus is that the whole setup is seen as a homage to those serial programs that appeared decades ago the likes of Flash Gordon. Is he telling the truth? Can the fantastical story save him from the firing squad? Thought lost, and the mission dead, he pops up three years later to tell his fantastical tale to an Army Colonel, all while he is under investigation. In this story though the cosmonaut is not sent into space, but into the depths of the planet to see if the Earth is really hollow. And what is interesting is that in the real world, Ivan Ivanovich was the name of a mannequin which was sent into space on an unmanned space flight in 1962. The story centres around Ivan Ivanovich, a cosmonaut from the early sixties. But what makes it work brilliantly is the sheer sense of place, narrative and episodic fun. On the plus side, the retro arcade games you can collect in Fallout 4 and play through the app are a great bonus.Little Orpheus is – at its core – a platformer quite a simple one at that. It is still fun when you have time, but it won't replace the game's menus for most people. Unfortunately, its tiny size paired with the shear amount it’s expected to control make it inefficient. Pip-Boy is a novel tool for Fallout 4 that players will enjoy for about 15 minutes. That said, while it may not offer the best interface experience, I bet if you have the full special edition Pip-Boy frame – and it fits you – the limited efficiency of the app won’t stop you trying to use if for much of the game. ![]() This instantly robs it of the main benefit that I hoped it would bring to Fallout 4, a parallel functionality that would make the item and stat management not only more fun, but also more efficient. Even on larger devices you can’t be certain that you will make the right selection on the touchscreen interface, making using it in the heat of battle far from ideal. Less than efficientīrilliant, in theory, but it is not as wonderful as you may hope. These can be enjoyed on the go, and are a great diversion if you want to remain in the Fallout 4 fiction while traveling to work. The app comes with Atomic Command - a Missile Command clone - ready to go, but it doesn’t take long to unlock additional titles like the Donkey Kong-esq Red Menace. From there it offers remote access to all of the in-game functions, letting you manage your skills, stats, and equipment using a variety of taps and swipes through a perfect recreation of the interface.įor a little extra icing on the cake, the app also lets you play any of the retro-styled mini-games that you collect in Fallout 4. With a tap of the screen Bethesda’s Fallout Pip-Boy app syncs with your copy of Fallout 4 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One – at least once your character has a Pip-Boy. ![]()
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