Escape First 2
- June 20, 2019
- OnSkull Games
- 5h median play time
Get on Steam"Escape First 2" is a virtual reality escape room game that offers three new challenging stages. Players must work together to solve puzzles, find clues, and unlock doors to escape each room before time runs out. This sequel builds on the success of the original game, with improved graphics and more complex puzzles. Can you and your team beat the clock and escape?
Nintendo Switch
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Playstation 4
Windows
Xbox One
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Xbox
Reviews
- The game offers a fun co-op experience, making it enjoyable to play with friends.
- The atmosphere and graphics are well-designed, providing an immersive escape room feel.
- Some puzzles are challenging and rewarding, giving a sense of accomplishment when solved.
- The game is plagued with numerous bugs that can make it unplayable, including game-breaking issues.
- Many puzzles lack logical coherence, leading to frustration and reliance on hints or guides.
- The controls and navigation are awkward, detracting from the overall experience.
- atmosphere11 mentions
- 73 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The atmosphere across the game's diverse rooms is highly praised, with each location—such as the circus, factory, and torture chambers—offering a unique and immersive experience enhanced by great design, graphics, and sound. While most players appreciate the overall ambiance and logical puzzles, some minor elements, like the revolving wall and create-a-tool machine, detract from the realism and immersion for a few. Overall, the game successfully captivates players with its engaging atmospherics, making it a recommended choice for fans of the genre.
“The atmosphere in each of the rooms is great, along with their storyline.”
“There are three locations here - circus, factory, and torture chambers, but they are very diverse and really have their own atmosphere and mood.”
“The puzzles are challenging, the maps are great, and you generally get immersed in each level's atmosphere.”
“I really didn't like the revolving wall; it killed the atmosphere of the game and the sense of realism.”
“The create-a-tool machine also killed the atmosphere for me; a simple toolbox would have been better.”
“There are three locations here - circus, factory, and torture chambers - but they are very diverse and really have their own atmosphere and mood.”
- stability10 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is severely criticized, with numerous reports of glitches, crashes, and freezing issues, particularly in multiplayer and co-op modes. Players frequently encounter bugs that disrupt gameplay, including inconsistent puzzle solutions and unresponsive mechanics, making it difficult to progress without restarting levels. Overall, the game's stability issues significantly detract from the overall experience, rendering it nearly unplayable at times.
“It glitches, bugs out, crashes, freezes, and multiplayer doesn't work, or stops working midgame.”
“Super buggy on co-op play; at two of the levels, my friends and I saw different things on the same session on our respective screens, and some of the puzzle solutions/orders of solving them are pretty much random.”
“The amount of glitches inside this game makes it impossible to play the game properly.”
- graphics7 mentions
- 71 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally well-received, with many users praising the beautiful visuals, great design, and immersive atmosphere. However, some players noted that a more extensive graphics setting could improve clarity, as certain hints were obscured by resolution issues. Overall, the graphics contribute positively to the gameplay experience.
“Three very different rooms, great atmosphere, fantastic graphics, very good puzzles, all of them very logical (with a couple of annoying exceptions) and a few hours (more or less depending on how good you are) at a really unbeatable price.”
“- great design, graphics, atmosphere and sound.”
“The graphics quality and sounds are awesome, and the controls are perfect.”
“A more extensive graphics setting would be nice; some of the hints were obscured by bad resolution.”
- gameplay6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally praised for its cool mechanics and improved stability compared to its predecessor, though some players experienced frustrating bugs and synchronization issues that disrupted the experience. While the production quality is high, some reviewers noted a lack of intuitive design in certain mechanics. Overall, the game offers engaging puzzles but may require further refinement to enhance the player experience.
“Amazing gameplay and great production.”
“Bugs: there are some weird bugs and gameplay issues.”
“Nothing different in terms of gameplay from what we already saw in Escape First 1, but the game feels more stable and I really appreciated the new puzzles.”
“The developer isn't thinking intuitively here - the same mechanic applies to turning.”
- story4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story is engaging and well-integrated into the gameplay, with a compelling narrative that unfolds through letters and atmospheric room designs. While not overly complex, it provides a satisfying backdrop that enhances the overall experience. Players appreciate the clarity and accessibility of the storyline, making it enjoyable to follow.
“The atmosphere in each of the rooms is great, along with their storyline.”
“In order to solve the dolls, there is a letter with a whole story explaining in what order the clowns got the dolls and how.”
“Good game, great storyline, and it's not even that hard if you think straight.”
“The story is nothing fancy, but you can still dive into it.”
“To solve the dolls, there is a letter that contains a whole story explaining the order in which the clowns received the dolls.”
