THE INSIDER SAYS: “ Corporations are ruining EVERYthing—including fairy tales. Clearly the team working on Escape from Ever After is leaning hard into a Paper Mario aura here. Not just with the stickerized characters moving through the world, but the sensibility and sense of humor that’s shining through this adventure-RPG.”
Escape from Ever After starts with this awesome little guy versus the megacorp energy. The company is using fairy tale characters as cheap labor and as a newly-hired hero climbing the corpo ladder. As you go, rally other disgruntled employees to take ‘em down.
Honestly, games like this live and die not just by the story it’s telling, but how it’s told. In order to do this true justice, here’s the premise, in the dev’s own words:
“When Flynt Buckler, a classic fairytale adventurer, storms the castle of his evil dragon arch-nemesis Tinder, he finds the once intimidating fortress has been converted into… corporate offices? The villainous dragon is nowhere to be found and her castle is full of mindless coffee-sipping, report-filing drones. What happened?
It turns out that storybooks are an untapped market ripe with valuable resources, cheap labor, and profit to be had—so naturally, real-world conglomerate Ever After Inc.™ found a way to intervene! With Tinder’s Castle as their new corporate headquarters, Ever After Inc. is hellbent on taking over every storybook they can. With no choice but to get a job, Flynt Buckler must team up with his former nemesis Tinder in order to climb the corporate ladder and take down Ever After Inc. from the inside!”
So you’ve got the setup, the style…and a fast-paced battle system that summons Paper Mario as well. Hey, if Nintendo isn’t going to make more Paper Mario games, someone’s gotta do it! Do yourself a favor and check out the demo today.
INSIDE LOOKS:
- It’s got some razor-sharp comedy here as Paper Mario-grade looks to match.
- Engage in office banter, help your storybook coworkers, and decorate your office.
- Build and customize your party—every character has unique skills that can be equipped and upgraded throughout your journey.
- A jazzy soundtrack summoning big-band era bops.
Escape from Ever After will be available with a demo on Steam for PC and PlayStation 5.