Cabin Escape: Alice's Story

4/5 This game is pretty well made. If you compare it to other free games like it, it is actually quite stellar. The puzzles are mostly logical and the controls are straight forward. There are a few issues though. The last puzzle is, to me, stupid. I won’t get into why, as I don’t want to spoil anything. Occasionally my inventory and camera buttons seem to disappear forcing me to restart the app. Kind of annoying, but the game automatically saves your progress so not really a big deal. There is an area that is not clear that it is searchable. If you fail to click just the right spot, you won’t know that you can look there. Other than those three things, I would say this game is great. It is free, so don’t expect to spend days playing it, but I found it to be entertaining and well crafted.

I play a lot of point and click games and some or so frustrating because they make no logical sense and the clues are so obscure no normal human could draw the connection between it and the puzzle it's meant to help you solve. I have 5 rules for a point and click game to be excellent. 1: Is it intuitive? Do the clues need cleverness and logic to solve. Not schizophrenic logic. 2: Does it have a camera or note taking system to record your clues. To not provide an iPhone or iPad player a way to record the clues, what's the point of playing it on a small device you hold in your hand? Do you also need to carry a little notebook and whip it to record your own clues? A game should have everything a player needs to play the game strictly on their device. 3: Are the puzzles varied and challenging? Not impossible. I like to think and solve and don't mind if they're challenging and take me more than a few tries. But to make one so hard to solve that it's the first thing in the search bar when you google the solution seems anti-user friendly. 4: Is navigation easy and intuitive? 5: How good are the graphics, sound and music? If the work is gorgeous and the sound and music great, it pulls you into the world and thus gives you a great escape from the stress of life for an hour. This game hits all five. I just wish it was longer.

... Glitch games I am HOOKED!! After trying a few click and find games (never knew they existed until recently 😂) I wanted to see if I could find some good ones to keep myself preoccupied throughout the day so I stumbled upon Cabin Escape. BEYOND what I was looking for! This RPG feel + stunning graphics (nothing too over the top like unnecessary 3D graphics), made it even better. The puzzles were difficult, yet with time and patience, solvable. I ended up downloading the whole series. What started out as me wanting to find a game that I could use "throughout the day", I ended up getting so hooked into this whole series that I set time aside to play them. Brilliant! I am now a fan of Glitch Games and will buy whatever new they come out with! Now that I'm done with this series, I have a hard time enjoying every other click and find game I download. Guess it's time to try out Ferris Mueller's Day Off! 😉