Dreamcage Escape

I was having fun with these puzzle rooms and advancing nicely until I hit level 15, where I got locked out. In searching for answers, I found that you have to collect at least 40 token coins to advance beyond. I don't play games to collect tokens, artifacts, etc. I play to make it through and this should have been spelled out at the outset. This unforeseen snag put a damper on and effectively halted all progress. It's not worth starting all over, so game over for me...and a bad taste in the mouth, to boot.

The game itself was just okay, and I guess you can't expect much from how cheap it is. Negative review because 5 years after release and the achievements are still broken.

[h3] Achievements and some levels are bugged. [/h3] This has been reported to the devs many times. They have not responded or fixed the problems. Whilst the puzzles are ok, this game is just not worth the frustrations. Time to move on.

A short but fun escape game, the puzzles are fairly easy though. It took me roughly 7 hours to get through the game, but I had to replay some lower levels to get all the coins needed for the last level. The game has an option to watch a video, if you're really stuck and don't know what to do next.

Started off fair but you don't really know where 'things' that you will need to solve the puzzles are. Some are so hidden that, even after clicking on the help video, you Still have trouble finding them. By the 3rd room I hit a 'timed puzzle' and that was it for me. You have to click click click click etc. etc to try and keep locks open as they are constantly sliding closed....aka...An Arcade Puzzle designed to keep you putting quarters into the machine. The second that developers put ANY kind of arcade puzzle into a 'puzzle game', that's it for me....I'm Done.

I liked it, but both the 4 lever lock puzzle and the moving block puzzle to make the key on level 12 are finicky. The levers kept moving out of place after they locked into place, which really irritated me, and the blocks would be unresponsive, I had to click and hold them then move the mouse around several times before they moved. The hint system just gave you a video walkthrough link and the walkthrough didn't even show you where the coins were. And the game wasn't clear on the purpose of the gold coins, turns out you need them to continue the story, I found out the hard way, getting locked out of the last chapter until I had collected 40 of them. The Achievements are bugged as well. None of them unlocked for me even after 100% the game. :( All in all it was a pretty good game.

Save yourself having to replay levels and collect all coins as you go. They are needed to access the last level. Overall this game is fun and challenging. Definitely would purchase again. It isn't always obvious what is being required, but the game has a very good walk-thru and I'm not ashamed to admit having used it more than once to finish. For me, that didn't take away from the game because once I saw what was required, I realized it made perfect sense and I just hadn't thought to do that particular action. Highly recommend, and I plan to purchase the other titles by this developer.