WTMG’s Heidi Hawes: “I’m frustrated and disappointed with Project Songbird because it started off with so much potential. True, a lot of the ideas have been done before, but it was still compelling. The combat and stealth were awful (Connor even straight up talks about how he was only comfortable making narrative walking sims and he was coerced into adding these gameplay elements), but the puzzles were a lot of fun.
Then the rug pull of an ending happened which undercut the whole experience, with out adding anything to the game’s actual story or answering any questions. For a moment when it was first introducing the meta element, I thought it was going to go in a specific direction, which would have been bold, yet brilliant. But then it ends with an almost weak plea to not say anything negative about the game, which ruined the whole thing. Connor has some great ideas, but I think sticking with making the types of games he’s most comfortable with would be the best way to go for the types of stories he wants to tell. Unfortunately, Project Songbird squawks more than it sings.”
