Some of the most beautiful and memorable sequences require no more interactivity than moving Ivan from the left to the right of the screen. The smartphone-focused gameplay is simple enough that it never distracts you too much from these performances, and so it never gets much more complicated than jumping, grabbing vines, moving platforms, and judging the best time to flip a switch. Equally essential is Jim Fowler and Jessica Curry’s score, which complements the gameplay with well-timed cues, such as plucks of a violin as Ivan dons an egg shell to sneak past a tyrannosaurus rex(dinosaurs are alive and well deep underground, as it turns out). Voice actors Gunnar Cauthery and Paul Herzberg bring their characters to life with a delivery that never sounds like acting, and even their few lines of Russian sound authentic. “This mystery, this story layered on top of another story like a matryoshka, is the main reason to play Little Orpheus. But, as Ivan relates in grainy monochrome footage, there’s a colorful tale that explains its whereabouts. Little Orpheus, you see, is the codename for an atomic bomb, and Ivan was supposed to use it to power his communications back through the many rocky miles to the surface. Its artistry is apparent from the first moments when we see poor Ivan, thin as a sickle, face off against a hammer of a man – a general who’s ready to kick Ivan in front of the firing squad. Long thought dead, he pops up three years later with a crazy tale in the form of a side-scrolling platformer that’s one of the best things to come out of Apple Arcade so far.Created by the folks at The Chinese Room (behind Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Dear Esther), Little Orpheus is a visual and auditory feast of the like that Apple Arcade – and even the App Store at large – has rarely seen. In a fun twist, Little Orpheus’ Ivan took a trip in a Soviet rocket in 1962, but this voyage took him not to the skies but into the bowels of our own planet, where he was sent to confirm theories of a hollow Earth and see if the literal land down under was suitable for colonization. " Ivan Ivanovich" was the name the Soviets gave the mannequin they tossed in 1961’s unmanned Vostok missions, and he looked so lifelike that they felt they had to slap the word "dummy" inside his helmet so anyone who found him (should the missions fail) would know he wasn’t a real boy. With stunning visuals, brilliant acting and a world-class score, Little Orpheus is a pocket-epic you’ll never forget.Ivan Ivanovich, the protagonist of Little Orpheus, sometimes comes off a bit like a dummy. If you’re a fan of old school family blockbusters, want a rollercoaster story that’ll take you to the Earth’s core and beyond, or are just in some need of ideologically correct entertainment, join the most unlikely hero to hit Apple Arcade on an adventure beyond belief. Delivered in eight bite-size, commute-friendly episodes, Little Orpheus is simple enough for casual players but rich enough for seasoned adventure fans. Little Orpheus is a technicolor side-scrolling adventure game inspired by classic movies like Flash Gordon, Sinbad and The Land that Time Forgot. Gasp as he battles the subhuman tribe of the Menkv and escapes the clutches of dreadful monsters! Cheer as he triumphs over impossible odds and brings socialism to the subterranean worlds! Join our bold yet hapless hero as he explores lost civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles and lands beyond imagination. where have you been comrade? And where is my bomb?”Īnd Ivan looks him right back in the eye and says “Well General, you might not believe what happened to me, but I’ll do my best. The General rolls up his sleeves, fixes Ivan with a steely glare and say “So. He is taken to a top secret bunker deep below the Ural mountains to be debriefed by the fearsome General Yurkovoi, a man so frightening even Stalin won’t buy him a drink. He has also lost the atomic bomb powering the Little Orpheus. Three years later he emerges claiming to have saved the world. Comrade Ivan Ivanovich is dropped into an extinct volcano in his exploration capsule, Little Orpheus, to explore the center of the earth. In a remote corner of Siberia, a Soviet cosmonaut is heading in the other direction. The year is 1962 and NASA are trying to put a man on the moon. Apple Design Award Winner 2021 - "Delight & Fun"
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