11/8/2023 0 Comments Peaky blinders the kings ransom![]() ![]() It was quite difficult to resist the urge to swagger my way up to the pub like I owned the place, but the dim lighting and faded red seats of The Garrison's interior made the pub feel ominous – which was rather appropriate given that Tommy Shelby quickly appeared after my arrival. Heading to The Garrison for the first time along a smoggy Small Heath street also triggered the game's opening titles which were, of course, exactly like the show's, featuring the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song 'Red Right Hand'. ![]() One of the demo's key environments was the iconic Garrison pub, which Maze Theory's Chief Creative Officer, Russ Harding, tells me was recreated using the real set design plans for the show. It's this authenticity that really stood out during my hands-on preview.Įach location I visited during my time with Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom felt exactly like I was wandering the show's sets, partly because I really was. ![]() This game is very much the real deal too – you'll meet a couple of infamous faces along the way, and the game has been developed closely with the creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, and some of the show's writers and crew. As such, you're practically the star of your own Peaky Blinders mini-series that takes place in 1928, during the time-jump between seasons four and five of the show. Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom is a standalone story separate from the television series (and its real-life source material) that puts you in the thick of the action as a voiceless criminal looking to join the ranks of the ruthless Peaky Blinders gang. I wasn't really sure of what to expect when hopping into a VR-driven virtual rendition of post-World War I Birmingham's seedy, industrial streets to join a gang of flat cap-toting ne'er-do-wells – but I was immediately immersed in not only the environments and interactivity, but the beginnings of the story before me too. ![]() But playing a preview of Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom at EGX 2022 proved that they've gone all-in on the experience. So we softened him up with a hammer and then, fuelled primarily by curiosity about what the game’s shooting would be like, shot him.The jump from timey-wimey puzzle-solving in the multiverse of Doctor Who, to creating their own story for gritty gang drama Peaky Blinders seems like an unusual one for virtual reality aficionados Maze Theory. But such contrivances don’t really work, since if you’re going to become a Peaky Blinder, you’ll have to be vicious and ruthless. This is the first of what are supposed to be moral dilemmas for you to face in the game. In the back room of the pub, a traitor is tied up: you’re told by Tommy to deal with him as you see fit. In the former, over a drink, Tommy Shelby commissions you to head to Limehouse in London and retrieve Winston Churchill’s stolen red box, containing the identities of Britain’s entire network of spies, and find out what happened to the previous Shelby associate who was supposed to get it back. Your initial wanderings in Small Heath include several iconic Peaky Blinders locations, including the Garrison pub and the Shelby family betting shop. Very soon, you also acquire a gun, which you can pull out of a chest-holster, a lighter, and an endless supply of cigarettes (it’s 1928, so everyone smokes everywhere). ![]()
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