Much like a traditional exhibition, you'll weave your way throughout the exhibits, casually glancing past some, stopping to actively interact with others. That's the thing about Kid A Mnesia, though the usual rules don't apply. Why on earth would I turn towards the scary red light when everything I know (read: not much) about codes and semiotics tells me I should be running from it? Sometimes the colour red is even video game shorthand for "something scary is about to happen". In the distance burns a bright red fluorescent light but, well, that can't be the way I'm supposed to go, can it? Red means it's an exit, not an entry point - entryways typically glow green. Your experience kicks off beneath the angry canopy of a 2D, hand-scribbled forest, the trunks of dark, broody trees stretching endlessly upwards towards a colourless sky, their limbs jutting off at acute angles to tangle with - and jab at - each other.
Watch on YouTube Kid A Mnesia: Exhibition's reveal trailer from the PlayStation Showcase. A partnership between Epic and alt-rock band Radiohead, Kid A Mnesia is more a visual and aural experience than a traditional game, an interactive music video through which you can experience Radiohead's music alongside the trippy artwork of singer Thom Yorke and the band's long-standing cover artist, Stanley Donwood.
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We've gone back to a few real gems, so for more catch-up reviews like this one head to the Games That Got Away hub, where all our pieces from the series will be rounded up in one convenient place. And my favorite moments in the game were spent with a little devil-like creature and watching clips of old Radiohead live shows.Radiohead's near-genreless music is paired with a remarkable first-person walkthrough that's just a touch light on interactivity.Įditor's note: Hello! Over the next few days we're running a "Games That Got Away" series, where we finally get round to reviewing games that released at some point in 2021 but, for various reasons, we couldn't quite manage to cover at the time. One striking sequence is like an interactive music visualizer. In one room, papers covering the floor and ceiling will whip in the wind to deconstruct and reconstruct the room around you.
The music, even if it is ingrained into the folds of your brain after years of repeated listens like it is for me, can be dissonant and uncomfortable.īut it wouldn’t be a Radiohead project without some awe-inspiring beauty. Living stick figures wandering the halls will silently appear behind you as they take in the art.
Wisps of pixels will float across your vision like ghastly spirits. You’ll see the sharp-toothed smile from Radiohead’s logo all over the place. I was still surprised to find the experience unsettling at times, though. The only actions you can take are to zoom in on things, move around the world, and up your pace from a slow walk to a gentle trot. That said, Kid A Mnesia Exhibition isn’t a traditional video game. Now just imagine that you’re hearing “The National Anthem.” When you step out of the column, the drum and bass fade away, and the unsettling warbles return. It wouldn’t feel out of place at a modern art exhibit.īut then you can do the extremely video game-y thing of walking right into an amber column in the middle of the room to bring up the song’s iconic drum and bass lines, which were previously absent. One room, for example, is piled high with televisions with constantly changing images while unnerving yet familiar versions of melodies from “The National Anthem” warble around you. Sure, much of the game is spent navigating through hallways of Radiohead-themed art while clips and bits of songs from Kid A and Amnesiac waft in and out of your consciousness. If that’s enough to pique your interest in the slightest, I highly recommend you stop reading this and just play the game, which is available Thursday for free on PC, Mac, and PS5.Ĭalling Kid A Mnesia Exhibition just an art museum doesn’t really do it justice, though. The simplest description of Kid A Mnesia Exhibition is that it’s essentially a virtual Radiohead art museum featuring music from Kid A and Amnesiac.
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