Escape from Life Inc

Honestly, silly game thats fun in the best way. Its simple yet fun.

Negatives: 1. Had to rebind my controls twice when I first started (bound them, scene changed and they'd reverted to default), but once I'd quit and started the game back the controls stayed. Probably just an issue with when the gave saves your controls? 2. Walljumps frustrated me. (You have to hold toward the wall until you jump, and then immediately hold away; I believe most games cancel or delay your "toward" press as soon as you walljump which makes it easier to perform? Not sure, but something about the walljumps gave me trouble.) 3. Sometimes got confused about which character was selected (an indicator directly on or around their sprite, or perhaps a HUD element showing who's currently selected, would help). The "ghostly swoosh" that moves between them does help, but if they are close together or you're switching fast, it would be easier to know directly. (Another option would be adding bindings for 1–3 to switch directly to them.) Positives: 1. Fun humor, empathetic characters, decent puzzles, and variety in its gameplay. 2. Mostly open-world where you get to explore and find your way. 3. Forgiving of mistakes. If you mess up, you don't lose much progress. 4. Good use of fast-travel and teleport mechanics keep the later chapters from being too much back-and-forth.

Escape from Life Inc is a surprisingly great puzzle platformer. The puzzles make good use of the character abilities and switching mechanics, sometimes in some very clever ways. I never found them terribly difficult, but I really like puzzles, so that might just be me. The platforming in the game is by and large quite easy (it is a puzzle platformer after all). It seems other people reviewing this game had some difficulty with "floaty" controls, but by and large, I found the controls easy to use, with only the expected limitations (you can't wall jump repeatedly to climb a wall for example). I imagine finding some all of the secret fruits and all of the animals could be a bit tricky, but I'm the kind of person who fully explores every room I enter, so it wasn't so bad for me. A 100% run took me about three hours, so it's a good game to play across two or three sittings. I could see it taking four or so if you have a harder time with any of the gameplay. There's some stealth and combat sections too, which weren't as strong as the main platforming, but by and large, I enjoyed them as well (and the final fight did a good job making use of all three of the characters). The writing was also surprisingly good. It's a remarkably heartfelt game, and although the narrative has its weak points, it hits a lot more than it misses, as it were. The dialogue also has plenty of jokes and the like, but I mostly thought they were actually funny, rather than just annoying. The three characters all made for good interactions with each other, and I think it did a good job having them grow as characters, even in the relatively short time frame. All around, a pretty great game. If the dev ever makes any more games, I'll certainly be interested to see them.

I was sent a copy of this game specifically to Let's Play it and I ended up having a lot of fun. It's structured a little bit like a Metroidvania, but you play as three separate characters and it's focused more around puzzle solving and exploration than combat. It's a good time if you're into that kind of thing. Here's a link to my playthrough if you'd like more in-depth opinions about the game. Thanks again to the developers for reaching out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQAfRbnrxm4&list=PLNyQTVZExDfsLg8DAbBaM9DKEVyVNb_qE&ab_channel=TheGamedawg

There's nothing quite like a young game maker with an appreciation for past generations. Especially such a rare encounter as The Lost Vikings! A perfect start to a promising career in development, I'm sure. My only question though, is.. Will there be achievements?

super fun game :)

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