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.
Reviews
- The game features interesting and diverse puzzles that provide a good level of challenge.
- The graphics and environments are visually appealing, enhancing the overall experience.
- The inclusion of a star system for room completion adds replayability and encourages thorough exploration.
- The movement controls are frustrating, with awkward teleportation mechanics that disrupt gameplay flow.
- Many interactive objects have janky physics, making it difficult to engage with puzzles effectively.
- The game lacks polish, with bugs and unoptimized performance leading to a less enjoyable experience.
- story6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The game's story is intricately woven into each room, enhancing the atmosphere and providing a creative backdrop for the puzzles. However, the use of narrated comic strips can disrupt immersion, and the narrative may become confusing if players do not progress in the intended order. Overall, while the story adds depth, its execution has some drawbacks.
“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.”
- graphics3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally considered nice and polished, with three distinct environments enhancing the visual experience. However, some users feel that for the price of €15, the physics and interactions could be smoother, especially 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 much smoother graphics, puzzles, and interactions.”
“It lacks any graphical settings, so if you have a powerful PC, you won't benefit.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay features a mix of visually appealing environments but suffers from poor physics and translation issues, leading to a frustrating experience. While it includes a variety of puzzles, ranging from standard code-finding tasks to more creative mechanical and poetic challenges, the overall execution is lacking.
“From a typical 'find a code' (maybe slightly too many of those) to some really cool ones like mechanical-related puzzles 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.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the VR escape rooms is criticized, with users noting that the games are low-budget, unpolished, and plagued by bugs, which detracts from the overall experience.
“This is a collection of three low-budget, unpolished, and buggy indie-developed VR escape rooms.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players criticize the grinding aspect of the game for being tedious and dull, with many finding the puzzles illogical and the overall experience lacking excitement, leading to anti-climactic endings.
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game is noted to be poorly optimized for the Valve Index, with optimization primarily focused on the HTC Vive.
“Not optimized for Valve Index, only HTC Vive.”
“The game suffers from significant performance issues, making it unplayable on lower-end systems.”
“Frequent frame drops and stuttering during gameplay indicate poor optimization.”
- atmosphere1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere is generally regarded as fairly immersive, enhanced by a supportive storyline and creative puzzles that strike a balance in difficulty, appealing to a broad audience.
“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.”
“The game's atmosphere draws you in, making every moment feel engaging and alive.”
“With its rich visuals and sound design, the atmosphere creates a captivating experience that keeps you on the edge of your seat.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -500 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game offers a notable level of replayability that is uncommon for escape rooms, allowing players to enjoy multiple playthroughs.
“It offers a level of replayability that is unusual for escape rooms.”
“The game mechanics and different outcomes encourage multiple playthroughs.”
“Each session feels fresh due to the variety of puzzles and scenarios.”
“The game lacks the replayability that I was hoping for, making it feel repetitive after the first playthrough.”
“Once you've completed the game, there's little incentive to go back and play it again.”
“The limited choices and outcomes significantly reduce the game's replayability.”
