2.5D platformer / 3D Walking simulator mix. What if there was The Truman Show, but with a scale of hundred thousand times bigger? a city full of people living in made up town where everything about everyone is recorded and broadcasted to entire globe, without their consent of course! American Arcadia!

Game is one of the best of its genre. Nearly everything is competently and meticulously executed, voice acting(with Yuri Lowenthal as the protagonist, Trevor Hills), graphic design, animations all in the setting of satisfying retrofuturistic seventies aesthetic. But if I have to point out the game's weakest point, it's the gameplay. There's no challenging level or moment in the entire duration of a story, it is so strictly narrative to the point it might as well be a movie. When they said 'cinematic', they weren't exaggerating for sure. To make up for it, whether it is a cleverly written dialogue, cinematic inserted in between or a change of scenery, game tries a lot to make its otherwise boring and repetitive sections enjoyable to players. But were they effective? At least to me, yes.

A must play for fans of story driven games. Don't be a fool and buy this game on the next sale if you don't have it yet. 9/10.

I will avoid going into many details in this review to avoid spoilers.

I picked this up because I enjoyed Call of the Sea, another game by the same developer (Out of the Blue Games). While I enjoyed both very much, be aware that Call of the Sea and American Arcadia are very different games.

The store page describes American Arcadia as "a cinematic puzzle game" which is a very apt description; be aware that it is quite heavy on the "cinematic" and rather light on the "puzzle", so if you're looking for puzzles, you should move on.

As the game description states, Trevor -- the 70s looking dude with the moustache and the argyle vest -- is escaping from something. As a result, there are several sections of the game that are time-sensitive, where you must outrun your pursuers or time your movements to evade detection. Apart from those, however, the game has a casual pace, so most of the time you aren't being rushed and can take your time.

my favourite part is when i was sentenced to death for not being popular