I actually love the 70s theme.

Do the twists upon twists get a bit over cooked?

But you could live with it.

Trevor, the main character in American Arcadia, stands at a dais and faces the camera

You could probably live with Trevor’s day-to-day as well.

Which is the problem.

American Arcadia the city is a utopia, but American Arcadia the TV show is losing money.

Angela hacking a security camera in American Arcadia

Poor ol' Trevor has literally zero viewers.

This is Angela, and she guides Trevor through his desperate escape.

Sometimes you have to inhabit Angela in first-person 3D to do some stealth sections of industrial sabotage.

Trevor creeping over a gantry in front of a control room with giant screens in American Arcadia

On one memorable occasion you sort of do both at once.

For Chrissakes, get it together, Angela.

It’s witty and well made, and will surprise you in fun ways when you least expect it.

A title screen in American Arcadia, reading The Day the Running Started

It’s especially great to see how Trevor’s concept of what victory in his own personal context means.

This review is based on a copy of the game provided by the publisher.

Angela is interviewed by the head of security while still helping Trevor escape American Arcadia on her second screen

Trevor running across a glass roof in American Arcadia