3D Escape game : Chinese Room

Great game. Wonderful graphics. Loved the mechanical workings. In the last temple, I did notice the unusual sword that one of the deities (at least that’s what I think the statues represent) was holding and it reminded me of the sword of Detective Dee or Judge Dee (can’t remember which one and am not sure on the surname spelling—Dee or Di) in which the late emperor had entrusted to Dee/Di. The sword was made from a meteor and virtually indestructible. It’s rings could be manually spun and the Empress Wu Zetian (think it was her) wanted the sword. At any rate, the game played well and it piqued my interest in doing research on the deities and the sword. There’s way too many Buddhas in the Oriental and Asian culture to know exactly which Buddhas were used in this game. With such attention to details by the developer, I wonder if any of the buildings in the game were based on actual buildings, like the Hall of Supreme Harmony. I enjoyed the inventiveness, the graphics and the details more than playing the game, which is not meant to downplay the game itself. It is definitely a game worthy of your time to play and enjoy. I will be checking out other games by this developer.

Just finished the first two levels I think and it’s been entertaining. Not horribly difficult but helps pass the time. A couple puzzles had me stumped for a bit but they were solved eventually without restoring to hints. It’s well done with the graphics so we’ll see how it goes from here. Well I think I’ve complete the game but not sure at this point. There were a few places where I had absolutely no idea what the object of the puzzle was. At one point I believe I hit the “hint” button and it solved the puzzle for me, but I had no idea how it was supposed to go. The puzzle with the siege tower was baffling in that the tower wouldn’t always turn the way you wanted and you’d get shot and have to start over. Not sure if this was a glitch or a design element, but it was extremely frustrating. Almost gave up at that point. It’s a graphically excellent game and challenging play, but as I said before, I have no idea if I’ve actually completed the game. After the last puzzle, the character moved toward the idol and it went to black. No other activity.

This is a great logic game - and a beautiful game at that. If you are a fan of the room and da vinci then you you will enjoy this free game. There are two puzzles in the third level that are frustrating and may be deserving of a skip (if you are impatient like me) but the rest of the game are purely logic based so do not abandon due to the two puzzles. I had no problem spending $1.99 for a few hints. (There was a spot in the second level where the game was not responding when I was trying to place something in the right place and I used a hint). I don’t usually give reviews but I love escape/logic games and was thrilled to find this one. This deserves a 4 and half stars based on the puzzles, graphics, and it is so much better than any game that I have played in a long long time.