Escape the Home Town

I love puzzle games and this game has plenty of those. I like that the objects aren’t hidden so I’m not having to have perfect eyesight to see them and that it’s not so dark I can’t see like many other games. The puzzles aren’t too hard so far but they are engaging. I’m only on the second level though. Ways it could be better is naming the objects so I have some sense as to what they are because some don’t look like what they are supposed to be. Also, the instructions for some games are so vague that I’m simply guessing. Otherwise it’s a pretty good game.

There is not much of a plot, but who cares? The developers made a great decision on how to set up the game. All of the locations could easily be dream locations. Regardless, this game is all puzzles which is great. This game kept me busy for hours. The only improvement I would suggest is to name the Items you pick up. Sometimes I just had to guess the nature of an object because I couldn’t figure out what it was based on the way it looked. The hints were great. There were a lot of puzzles in each group of locations. The chapters were divided in a way that kept it challenging, but not overwhelming. Also, the fire on the stairs was odd. It seems like you would put that out before helping the boy get a drink. But hey, it was happening in a dream world and maybe fires aren’t such an immediate problem when you’re traveling through dreams.

I originally gave this game 4 Stars but amended to 3. This Escape Room version is much better than their first one, 50 Rooms. This game they supply more hints by telling you that you need “something” to solve a certain puzzle. And they show you a picture of what is needed. The game is pretty long and not boring. Two negatives (and they did this with 50 Rooms) is when playing a puzzle game you are not sure what to do. There is a question mark at the top that is supposed to explain how to play that puzzle. Sometimes, the explanation is still not clear and you have no idea what has to be done. One of the last puzzles is to arrange “fan” tiles in a specific order. Their is a hint in the order but you have to randomly click on tiles for that order. Problem is that when you click on ONE tile, multiple tiles change. You could spend hours wasting time just clicking around. Very stupid and non necessary puzzle and why I changed to 3 stars.