Inescapable VR: Underground

[h1]Inescapable VR: Underground- [i]Do you have the wits to escape the inescapable?[/i][/h1] VR does two things exceptionally well, Horror and escape the room games (it does everything else really well too but these two genres really shine in vr). So armed with my “Thinking Brain Mole” (think seeing eye dog but for the hard of thinking, and my co-host for livestreaming Mr Mole who has a knack for these things fits the bill) I strapped on my headset and tried to escape :) This is one of the harder escape the room games i have tried and the 1 hour 5 video attached will show that i went from confidence to frustration back to confidence and finally to “i don't think we are going to make it” however i enjoyed almost every minute of it. [b]ROOMSCALE / ENVIRONMENT / GRAPHICS[/b] The opening menu roomscale could do with a neon “HEY MUPPET TURN AROUND” (something the developer is going to work on lol) but is fine. The main game area is well done, not too many objects that your gonna get confused but a few red herrings too, and a nice easter egg :) (though shame to see the great Winston Churchill hanging crooked!, well i am British). The graphics are pretty good but they are not really key in this type of game, in these games puzzles are king, you want to be challenged, not look at shiny shinies. Movement can be teleporting or sliding so the best of both worlds there and with sliding i did not feel sick at any point so did not really use the teleporting (but then i have a good VR stomach) There was a few cases of having to crawl on the floor which although standard in this genre is a little frustrating (Pro Tip: do not use virtual table to help yourself up) The actual design of the area and of the puzzles is very good, and the red herrings are well done too. Oh and a particular book had me smiling ear to ear. [b]PERFORMANCE[/b] No real issues though we did manage to break a draw (i fell through it) and glitch out a lid, the dev is aware of these minor issues. Towards the end of test session i did stat to notice a bit of a frame rate issue, however it was minor and i was streaming in HD while two physics object were broken so it is not really a surprise the game was a tiny stressed lol, overall i would say there is no real issues here. [b]INTUITIVENESS[/b] The controls are shown on the main menu (when facing the right way ...ooops lol) however it did take me a while to realise i could open the books (a fact the developer is going to fix, with luck he will make them open when holding with one hand and touching with the other as that is an intuitive book opening gesture that i tried first :)) [b]PROS:[/b] [list] [*] Some of the puzzles are very hard and completing them gives a real sense of achievement. [*] an hour passed with me mostly not noticing, a sign of a good game. [*] The developer is actively improving his game and genuinely cares about it. [*] It is really cheap (*see note at end of review) [/list] [b]CONS:[/b] [list] [*] Some of the puzzles are very hard. (hey look it is a pro and a con) [*] You will have to crawl on the floor. [*] As with games in this genre there is not much replayability, however it is priced accordingly. [/list] The first try video: This video was recorded live on twitch, the voice you hear besides mine is Mr Mole. WARNING there are massive spoilers in this video. Hell we solve a LOT of the puzzles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRbWx62ATzs [b]VERDICT[/b] If you like escape the room games you need this one in your library, completing it will give you a few bragging rights too as it is far from easy, thoroughly enjoyable game. Yes i recommend it.

I finished it on the 1st try with 2 minutes to spare, and just because my wife that watched for a few seconds pointed something i hadnt notice at all. This could probably be the hardest escape the room game ive played... but the time limit seemed perfect for a very very tense game, or at least a couple of playthroughs. Once i figured out, it didnt seem so hard, if that makes any sense, but figuring out the first time gave me a really cool sense of satisfaction every Escape the Room game should aim to deliver. Puzzles have VERY different degrees of difficulty, from finding something, to putting things together from 2 different clues that could seem not related, or random clues that are more than they seem. It gave me at least a couple of "frustrating" moments where i thought "what if X and Y and Z mean this other thing and are the solution to this puzzle_" and BAM it was actually how it was meant to be solved. There arent so many puzzles really, but while clues to solving every puzzle are out in the open, they are easy to miss, so you need to put attention on your surroundings and piece things together out of very faint help. Offers teleporting and sliding movement "following the controller". I didnt enconter any bugs that made me thing something was wrong with the game and that why i couldnt advance, but the grabbing things and using them are not as intuitive as id like, still, perfectly playeable and it works fine. Good performance, and excellent price for the length! even more if you need more than 1 playthrough to finish it. Recommended if you like Escape the Room games, probably not the one id recommend to a 1st timer of the genre.

Wife played first and ran out of time. I played second, and blasted through what she did, and completed it. Just the right amount of difficulty I found. Good job, Great game

Disclaimer: I won this game in a competition so did not pay, but £3.99 seems entirely reasonable This is a challenging, fun escape room very similar in style to ones in the reaal world, where you get locked into a room for an hour and try to work out how to escape. I didn't manage to complete it, getting stuck on the switches puzzle, but when you do solve things it makes you feel clever and there's some good use of room space VR too, expect to have to crouch down a long way! Really hope to see a few more games like this with different kinds of puzzles and themes. A whole new take on point and click perhaps?

theres like an hour or two max worth of gameplay here but despite it being in a indiegala bundle its not complete shovelware and actually works and isnt boring

I have completed around 6 real life escape room experiences and this game is very much like them in terms of room scale, number of items, pacing, and difficulty. When I began playing I was expecting a game that was more outlandish and video game like, but this game could actually be called Escape Room Simulator and I consider that a good thing. I was not able to complete the game, but that wasn't for lack of clues, it was just because I wasn't clever enough to notice what was in front of me the whole time. The game is challenging, but the difficulty is not too hard it is just right so that you can complete it within the given time if you keep a clear head. This game was given to me for free by the developer, but I definitely think it is worth the price because it gives you the same experience as a real escape room, but for a fraction of the cost. It is not repayable because once you beat it nothing will change, but again that is to be expected. One last thing is that there does not seem to be any kind of story, just a connection of puzzles that you must solve in a certain order to proceed, but it is fun and interesting to play so I would definitely recommend it.

This is a very good escape-the-room VR game. BUT be warned...the last puzzle is REALLY tough. We almost had to watch others on YouTube to find the solution. Well worth the money and highly recommended.

I enjoy puzzle games but this one has puzzles with no instructions. Literally the first thing to turn on the power is nothing but randomly inserting fuzes until you happen on the right combination. A number of the later triggers it doesn't explain or tell you how they correlate, so you're left randomly pressing buttons and hoping to find a lucky combination. I don't recommend unless you just like punishing yourself with random clues to unknown puzzles.

You wanted a review huh? Well you're gonna get it. Guys, for 5 bucks, get this game. It was great. It had me freaked out the entire time. The puzzles were tricky, especially that last one... But to me it was well worth the money. I'm legitmatley looking forward for more games in the future. Side note, as a CS Digital Arts Major, I'm always happy to try something for someone starting out. Thank you for the game.

Bon petit escape room game. Graphismes pas incroyables, simples mais efficaces. Ambiance sonore nikel pas envahissante ni casse bonbons. Ce jeu doit tourner sur la plus petite config je pense. Teleport ou marche, nikel. Les enigmes ne sont pas si simples que ca, il y a matière à cogiter un peu, mais rien de bien méchant. Pas de trucs illogiques ou débiles ou aléatoire. Bref je recommande ce jeu d'autant plus qu'il est proposé à un prix honnete pour 2 heures.