Inescapable

I really enjoy this little indie game 9/10 Interesting story with unusual ending solid gameplay good control nice graphic atmosferic sound Remind me games from Zx speccy, atari, amiga (another world vibe wink wink :) I actually play this game on release from groupees website like 10 years ago and it was fun even then and harder than today. I like developer make some "good tuning". The main reason i bought the game again on steam is because it's good and i wanted to give a positive review. I don't understand why the game has so many negative reviews. Unfortunately, nowadays it's "hot to hate" because of small things and everyone is a critic :/

1/10

Tags: Platformer - Metroidvania Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Xbox360 pad detected and working correctly. Lots of platforming. Occasional keyhunt style obstacles to progression. Combat is poor. Itemization is poor. Level design is poor. Audiovisuals are poor. Story and gameplay do not mesh all that well together. Story takes a while to make any sense or get anywhere. Kind of a sidescroll adventure. But with lots of pointless platforming, an annoying ammo grenade system for self defense, black sidebars on each side of the screen if not 4:3 and no musical score. The plot does not hook you in right away, you are just a spacebro going on a planet for reasons and all your your spacebros die and you go and loot their shuttle and find lizard people past caves in some kind of facility. Whatever man.

Inescapable is not a great game. It deserves its mixed reviews. At its core, it's a mostly capable platformer. The controls are fine. It reminds me of Blackthorne, but not nearly as good. The environments aren't particularly exciting and lack variety. One area is a cavern with orange rocks. Another has green rocks. Another has blue rocks. Aside from the colors, they're basically the same. The enemies lack variety. There's only two or three types, and you'll soon get tired of shooting the same enemies over and over. The story is a mixed bag. I must admit that I tuned out about half-way through, but it has a "Cthulu in space" vibe to it that some gamers may enjoy. Unfortunately, the ending is basically non-existent. So even if you get into the story, the ending will almost certainly leave you flat. Gameplay mostly consists of finding keys and artifacts that allow you to open doors and progress. This would be fine if it didn't involve so much backtracking. And oftentimes, you open a door, thinking you've just made some good progress, and the only thing behind the door are two more locked doors. Ugh! Even with all these problems, I was ready to give the game a slight thumbs up until the ending. I enjoy the genre, so I played through the game with a forgiving nature. Perhaps too forgiving. Then the ending arrived, and it just wasn't worth it. I'm not one of those gamers expects the world from a $5 game, but I just can't recommend it at that price. Even if you're a fan of the genre and don't mind keeping your standards fairly low, I'd recommend getting Inescapable only if it's at least 50% off.

Eu não recomendo este jogo para ninguem, apesar de ter graficos bonitos, apesar de parecer interessante, ele é pobre. Inescapable é um jogo estilo Metroidvania, aonde seu personagem começa zerado e, com o passar do jogo, você irá desbloquear a adiquirir novos itens, ficando mais forte. É plataforma 2D e aventura. Não vou fazer resumo do grafico, nem do audio, nem da historia do jogo, vou direto ao assunto do porque este jogo não vela a pena comprar e do porque você deveria pensar muito para te-lo. O maior problema do jogo é a falta de variação em tudo. Os mapas são sempre os mesmos, só mudam de cor, literalmente, a aparencia do mapa é a mesma, o fundo do mapa é o mesmo, as paredes e teto, tudo igual só muda a cor de acordo com seu avanço. Os inimigos tambem são os mesmos durente toda a Gameplay que tive. Eu avancei em torno de 6 ou 7 leveis diferentes [dos quais só mudam a cor] e só tem 2 inimigos, um alien voador que fica dando razante em você de tempos em tempos e um alien que fica andando pra frente, SÓ. O voador NÃO TEM VARIAÇÃO mas o alien que fica atirando pra frente tem, conforme você vai avançando, este alien que anda pra frente simplesmente muda de cor, ganha mais vida e passa a atirar pra frente, SÓ. Se você ficar parado na frente dele e se abaixar, você desvia dos tiros dele pois ele só atira pra frente na altura de sua cabeça, não importando qual seja. O Puzzle do jogo são todos iguais, você precisa encontrar uns simbolos para abrir as portas, só que é exatamente a mesma coisa, só muda o simbolo. Você encontra um simbolo, entra na porta, vai para um outro level igual ao anterior, encontra inimigos iguais ao anterior e procura simbolo para abrir a proxima porta igual ao mapa anterior.... E ISSO SE REPETE DURANTE 6 OU 7 MAPAS.

I'm a big fan of the "Metroidvania" genre. This game is unfortunately pretty weak. It has no music. There are only three types of enemies in the game. There are only two types of environments. All of the "puzzles" involve finding an item and putting it into a slot with the appropriate shape. No map helps you with a sense of exploration. The plot is all communicated through scanning alien artifacts, and it involves... an alien mining operation that uncovered something. There are 0 secrets. It has at least two serious game-breaking bugs that I suspect you will encounter even if you don't like to play games looking for bugs, like me. Would have gotten 4 out of 5 stars from me in Ludum Dare, but not worth the time on Steam. :(

Entertaining and had lots of potencial. I find it sad it ends on a sour note and that i completed this game in only 2 hours. Was worth it though. Maybe would be cool if this was a phone app instead?