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Escape First 2

56%Game Brain Score
atmosphere, graphics
stability
56% User Score Based on 228 reviews

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"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?

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56%
Audience ScoreBased on 228 reviews
atmosphere16 positive mentions
stability20 negative mentions
  • The game features a variety of challenging puzzles that can be enjoyable when played with friends.
  • The atmosphere and graphics are well-designed, providing an immersive experience.
  • The Torture Chamber level is noted as the best, offering interesting puzzle ideas and a unique vibe.
  • The game is plagued by numerous bugs that can render it unplayable, including game-breaking issues that have not been fixed since release.
  • Many puzzles are criticized for being illogical or requiring 'moon logic' to solve, leading to frustration among players.
  • The controls and navigation are often described as awkward and unintuitive, detracting from the overall enjoyment of the game.
  • atmosphere
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is highly praised for its immersive and diverse environments, with distinct moods in each of the three locations: circus, factory, and torture chambers. Players appreciate the great design, graphics, and sound, which contribute to an engaging experience, although some elements, like the revolving wall and create-a-tool machine, detract from the overall realism. Overall, the atmosphere enhances the gameplay, 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 realism.”
    • “The create-a-tool machine also killed the atmosphere for me; just 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.”
  • stability
    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    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 game-breaking bugs that disrupt progress, misleading clues, and illogical puzzle mechanics, making it nearly impossible to enjoy the game as intended. Overall, the stability issues significantly detract from the gaming experience.

    • “The amount of glitches inside this game makes it impossible to play the game properly.”
    • “Things are buggy (had to restart a level, because one item wasn't allowed to be touched before solving another puzzle (?????)), sometimes there is no indicator of when a puzzle has been solved correctly, the door mechanisms have to be some of the worst/most annoying I have ever seen and some puzzles are very hard to get, even having the solution.”
    • “Even without the glitches, this game is piss-poor.”
  • graphics
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics in the game receive mixed feedback, with many praising the beautiful visuals and great atmosphere, while some users note that the graphics are merely "okay" and suggest the need for more extensive settings to improve resolution issues. Overall, the design and graphical quality are highlighted as strong points, contributing to an engaging 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.”
    • “- beautiful visuals”
    • “A more extensive graphics setting would be nice; some of the hints were obscured by bad resolution.”
  • gameplay
    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of positive and negative experiences. While players appreciate the cool mechanics and new puzzles, they also report frustrating bugs and synchronization issues that can disrupt the experience. Overall, the game feels more stable than its predecessor, but some mechanics may not be as intuitive as desired.

    • “Amazing gameplay and great production.”
    • “The mechanics were very cool but the players were always out of sync, forcing us to restart to the point we didn't want to anymore.”
    • “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 - as the same mechanic applies to turning.”
  • story
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is engaging and well-integrated into the atmosphere of each room, providing a solid narrative foundation that enhances the gameplay. Players appreciate the detailed backstory involving the dolls, which adds depth to the puzzle-solving experience. Overall, while the story may not be groundbreaking, it effectively immerses players and is accessible for those who think critically.

    • “The atmosphere in each of the rooms is great, along with their storyline.”
    • “Good game, great storyline, and it's not even that hard if you think straight.”
    • “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.”
    • “Nothing fancy, but you can dive into the story.”

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5h Median play time
5h Average play time
5-5h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs

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