Escape Simulator Review (Auraysu)
I love puzzle games and I wanted to play co-op with my friend, so we tried this out. I wish there was a 'mixed feelings' review instead of a yes/no, but I have to say I'm leaning to 'no'.
Pros:
- Victorian themed rooms were fun and intuitive
- A decent amount of content
Cons:
- Buggy asf. We didn't trophy a room because one of the puzzles required us to put ingredients in the fire in order, and the second ingredient floated in the fire instead of burning. We had to do it 3 times before it registered.
- Battery in a space room kept glitching in and out through the floor.
- Items dropped out of bounds usually respawn in the middle of the room, but some items can get stuck at an angle with an invisible wall (Egypt top of pyramid room). Had to keep throwing an object at it to try and knock it out of bounds so it could respawn.
- The controls are clunky.
- Can't share item inventory, and trying to read a page with a friend makes the item drop. .
- Big items in the room can't be thrown into the trash can and end up getting in the way. A LOT. (In multiplayer, people are going to fuck around and remove paintings from walls. It's weird that you can't throw away the clearly decorative big items, but you can throw away usable puzzle pieces).
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Weirdly, this game has a disproportionate amount of clown awards on negative reviews than other games, even those that only have 1 like. Honestly, I don't mind them because I get free points and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it's a little suspect that in the past 3 months most of the negative reviews with 0-1 likes have clown awards, with one of them being commented by a dev- considering its not a new game and there were only a handful of negative reviews written in 3 months.
I totally get if the comments were just baseless hate, but a ton of negative reviews- even the constructive nice ones- have clown reacts. Just... a little suspect.