Escape Room VR: Stories
- March 6, 2018
- Games 4Experience
Get on Steam"Escape Room VR: Stories" is a virtual reality game that transports players to various escape room scenarios. The game features a collection of stories, each with unique puzzles and challenges to solve. Players must use their problem-solving skills and attention to detail to escape each room and uncover the story's mystery.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features interesting puzzles and a nice variety of environments, enhancing the escape room experience.
- The graphics are appealing, and the game has a solid design with a star system that adds replayability.
- Some players found the control scheme intuitive and easy to learn, making the game enjoyable despite its flaws.
- Movement controls are frustrating, with teleportation often causing players to face the opposite direction, leading to a cumbersome experience.
- The game suffers from poor physics and object handling, making interactions with items awkward and unintuitive.
- There are numerous bugs and a lack of polish, including issues with animations and a general feeling of being unrefined.
- story12 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game's story is generally well-received, with each room featuring a nicely woven narrative that enhances the atmosphere and complements the creative puzzles. However, some players find the comic strip interruptions disruptive to immersion, and the overall storyline can be confusing if rooms are not completed in order. Despite these issues, the storytelling adds a unique touch to the escape room experience.
“Nicely woven story in each 'room', which was a nice touch.”
“Fairly atmospheric, a supporting storyline, creative puzzles with a reasonable level of difficulty to suit a wide audience.”
“Honestly, I like the game so far, the puzzles are interesting and I like that they wrote a story for each room.”
“The auto-locomotion became so bad in the apartment office story that I had to restart in order to get teleportation back.”
“As for minuses, the story seems a little confusing, especially if you're not doing the room in order.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally described as nice and polished, with three distinct environments that enhance the storytelling. However, some users feel that for a price of €15, the game should offer smoother physics and more interactive elements, especially when compared to cheaper alternatives. Additionally, the lack of graphical settings limits performance optimization for high-end PCs.
“There are three different environments with different stories, the graphics are nice, and the game just seems overall polished.”
“For a price tag of €15, I'd expect smoother physics and more interactions. The other escape game that costs a third of this game had way smoother graphics, puzzles, and interactions.”
“It lacks any graphical settings, so if you have a beast of a PC, you won't benefit.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The gameplay is criticized for its poor physics and translation issues, overshadowing the visually appealing environments. While it features a mix of typical puzzles, such as code-finding, and some creative mechanics, the overall experience is marred by inconsistencies and a lack of polish.
“From a typical 'find a code' (maybe slightly too many of those) to some really cool ones like mechanical related or a fun little poem puzzle.”
“All this has going for it is some decent looking rooms; the rest of the game is filled with bad physics, puzzles, translations, and overall gameplay.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the VR escape rooms is criticized for being low, with users noting that the games are unpolished and contain numerous bugs, reflecting their low-budget indie development.
“This is a collection of three low-budget, unpolished, and buggy indie-developed VR escape rooms.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and unengaging, with many describing the puzzles as illogical and the overall experience as lacking excitement.
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is noted to be poorly optimized for the Valve Index, with users indicating that it is primarily designed for the HTC Vive.
“Not optimized for Valve Index, only HTC Vive.”
“Not optimized for Valve Index, only HTC Vive.”
- atmosphere2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is generally regarded as fairly immersive, complemented by a supportive storyline and creative puzzles that cater to a broad audience with a balanced level of difficulty.
“The atmosphere is fairly immersive, complemented by a supporting storyline and creative puzzles that offer a reasonable level of difficulty to suit a wide audience.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game offers a notable level of replayability, which is uncommon for escape room experiences, allowing players to enjoy it multiple times without losing interest.
“It offers a level of replayability that is unusual for escape rooms.”
