- Adventure, Indie, Fantasy
A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing. Its sole purpose is to tell a story, and can be viewed as a narrative/animation with interactivity -- but without a line of dialogue. It is a standalone game with its own beginning and endings; but for those who's played To the Moon, the boy eventually grows up to become the next patient in the series.
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Grave, contemplative, earnest and intimate.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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God is a GeekMikhail MadnaniNov 20149/10A Bird Story is a fantastic and short pixel art visual novel that you need to experience.
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IGNCassidee MoserNov 20148.8/10A Bird Story uses nuanced visual language to tell a wonderful, heartfelt story about friendship and loneliness.
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TechRaptorLucy WalcottNov 20148.5/10The game portrays a story rather well, despite being a game developed in RPG Maker
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Rock, Paper, ShotgunJohn WalkerNov 2014It's only £4, and I'm in no doubt that what felt to me like a cynical result didn't come from a cynical place. My guess is it came from too small an idea, too ambiguously delivered, created with a passion that doesn't reach the player.
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Metro GameCentralRoger HargreavesDec 20143/10A hugely disappointing follow-up for To The Moon, whose trite and overly sentimental story feels long at just 60 minutes.
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Snippets via OpenCritic, where 42% of critics recommend it.
About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Freebird Games
- Publisher
- Freebird Games
- Released
- November 7, 2014
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- RPG Maker XP
- Time to beat
- 1 h rushed · 1 h main story · 2 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.2/10 from 97 ratings.
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