Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Artifex Mundi
Release Date: May 16, 2019

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'Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love' (ALL) Music By Famed LucasArts Composer - Trailer

by Rainier on April 29, 2019 @ 7:31 a.m. PDT

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love is a hilarious satirical point and click adventure set in a totalitarian communist country.

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love smuggles you out of your comfort zone and throws into the middle of a Cold War spy intrigue - and there’s an even bigger game being played...

Set in a bizarre Eastern European country ruled by t̶y̶r̶a̶n̶i̶c̶a̶l BELOVED leader, the game will take players through an ane exciting and often exaggerated spy story of epic communist vs capitalist caricatures.

Take on the role of Evan, a bumbling journalist and unbeknown spy as he solves a  puzzles, meets the eccentric people of this great nation and reveals what’s actually behind the Irony Curtain. 

A veteran composer in the world of video games music, renowned game composer Peter McConnell is best known for his contributions to the golden age of LucasArts classics, such as the Monkey Island series, various Star Wars games, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle etc.

He has also contributed to other know titles such as Hearthstone, Valiant Hearts and multiple Double Fine games such as Broken Age and the Psychonauts series.

And if you want to party as if the Berlin wall never came down, the full soundtrack to Irony Curtain  can be found on Bandcamp here.

Key Features:

  • Original, fictional Cold War era setting – An alternate reality unbound by historical accuracy. Explore communistic Matryoshka full of absurd situations and determined citizens who’ll work all possible angles to navigate this illogical, odd country.
  • A spy intrigue story – Sleeper spies, stolen secrets and world-domination plots wrapped in layers of humor.
  • Quirky – Strong archetypes with their own personalities, preferences characters and backstories. Meet the mysterious Leader ruling Matryoshka with an irony fist, the clueless and gullible Evan, the brave and witty Agent Anna, the notorious Minister of Propaganda and more.
  • Inspired by classic point-and-clicks – But better! No dream-logic. No pixel hunting. Just pure P&C fun.
  • Do it your way – Some of the puzzles are non-linear and can be solved in two or more ways.
  • 21 hand-painted locations – that look surprisingly better than their original inspirations.
  • 1,951 cleverly smuggled-in easter eggs – some of them punishable by political imprisonment.
  • An anthem for the nations  – no more irksome elevator music. Irony Curtain’s score is as grand as Matryoshka itself, written by the state composer Arkadiusz Reikowski (known from Layers of Fear, Observer, Kholat, My Brother Rabbit).
  • Full, professional voice-over – Fully voiced in English, with subtitles in Polish and German.

Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in Q2 2019 for $19.99 / 19.99 EUR.


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