Sandy's Great Escape
- October 19, 2023
- Mocha Moose Games
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Reviews
- Sandy's Great Escape features charming pixel art and a delightful aesthetic that enhances the overall experience.
- The game offers a variety of challenging puzzles with unique mechanics, including a rewind feature that allows for experimentation without penalty.
- Players appreciate the engaging gameplay and the fun of collecting crab facts and customizing their character, making it a rewarding experience.
- The difficulty spikes significantly in later levels, which can be frustrating for players trying to complete all challenges.
- Some players find the music repetitive and the tutorial overwhelming, which detracts from the enjoyment of the game.
- The par system can discourage exploration and make the game feel tedious, as many levels require a high number of moves to complete.
- gameplay42 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 7 % negative mentions
The gameplay of "Sandy's Great Escape" is praised for its charming pixel art and mechanical depth, featuring 100 puzzles across four biomes that introduce new mechanics progressively. Players appreciate the variety of gameplay elements, including unique mechanics like the crab shell and death hazards, which enhance the challenge and encourage strategic route optimization. However, some reviewers feel that certain mechanics are underutilized and suggest improvements to the game's difficulty curve and tutorial design.
“There are 100 puzzles divided into four biomes with gradually introduced mechanics and increasing complexity.”
“The mechanics of the game are tight, easy to understand, and feel really good.”
“Sandy's Great Escape is a beautiful looking and sounding puzzle game with an impressive amount of mechanical variety and depth in its puzzle design.”
“Overall it's just disappointing that the most unique mechanic of the game is so neglected.”
“The most unforgivable aspect of this teaching tutorial is that it spoils away revelations, that is the immortality and shell shredding mechanic!”
“It just made me go 'uhh... okay' with half-relieved, half-disappointed that I foreseen that the game must only lead to this mechanic.”
- graphics12 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are highly praised for their stunning pixel art and charming design, featuring fluid animations and aesthetically pleasing visuals. Reviewers highlight the game's beautiful artwork and engaging art style, which complement its mechanical depth and challenging gameplay. Overall, the graphics contribute significantly to the game's appeal and immersive experience.
“Fantastic game with adorable pixel art graphics and genuine mechanical depth.”
“The artwork is stunning, the movements are fluid, and the maps are challenging.”
“Amazing puzzle game with beautiful pixel art visuals, pretty fantastic animations and enticing gameplay.”
- music12 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 42 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as beautiful, fun, and catchy, enhancing the overall experience and making it memorable. However, some players found the short loops to be repetitive, leading them to turn it off after a while. Overall, while the music contributes positively to the game's atmosphere, its repetitiveness is a noted drawback.
“The art and music are beautiful and really help make this game stand out in the puzzle and sokoban genre.”
“The music is fun and catchy; I caught myself humming along involuntarily multiple times.”
“I love the art style and music!”
“The music consists of short loops and quickly gets repetitive, to the point that I turned it off.”
“If I had anything to gripe with, it would be the music; it is a tad too repetitive, so I turned it off, but afterwards everything was just fine.”
“The music is a bit too repetitive, which led me to turn it off.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be excessively tedious, often requiring them to replay entire levels and meticulously analyze their actions to optimize performance. This repetitive nature detracts from the overall enjoyment and flow of the game.
“That's just way too tedious to optimize.”
“The first one is tedious since the player needs to redo the whole level and carefully inspect every step they've made.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players appreciate the humor in the game, particularly enjoying the quirky and amusing crab skins, with the clown skin being a standout favorite. The comedic elements seem to enhance the overall experience, motivating players to complete achievements for the sake of unlocking these humorous features.
“I'm going to 100% all the achievements just to get all the funny crab skins; so far, the clown is my favorite.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
"Sandy's Great Escape" is fundamentally an optimization puzzler that challenges players to complete levels with maximum efficiency, emphasizing strategic problem-solving and resource management.
“At its core, Sandy's Great Escape is an optimization puzzler that strongly encourages you to solve levels as efficiently as possible.”
