No Way Out - A Dead Realm Tale

“No Way Out” is a VR puzzle horror game where the player is forced into the shoes of a lone wanderer inside a haunted mansion from the game “Dead Realm.” The game sets its tone pretty well in the opening sequence with well used sounds and audio effects to set the player at unease. The game then forces the player to learn its mechanics quickly by the use of a torch as a sort of puzzle timer. This creates a tension that is further added upon by the fact that the run speed for the player just doesn’t feel quite fast enough, so time feels more limited and mistakes are far more punishable. Once the player reaches the safe zone in the game, they then are told by a ghost as to what is happening in the mansion that you are in. The remaining puzzle sequences are fun and a little bit of a challenge from here on. One of my more favorite puzzles is having to use one the very horrors of the mansion to your advantage in order to finish the game. To add onto this, there are several hidden scares in the game that can catch the player off guard an constantly leave them at unease even when they’re in the safe zones. Overall “No Way Out” is a well done horror experience along with good puzzle design, well made visuals, and horrifying sounds that makes it a well made horror experience.

When is Steam finally gonna add a mixed vote option? The graphics are pretty decent, the atmosphere is pretty good, but the game play can be pretty tedious, especially the last puzzle. Considering the length, it should either be $10, or twice as long, if they're gonna charge $20. It's not so bad as to vote it down, and not so good as to vote it up. Need that mixed vote option.

It works great with xbox controller and windows mixed reality headset. I use samsugn odyssey, and it looks great. At the moment I am very intrigued and impatient to see how the adventure continues. It has 3 difficulty levels, and several locomotion options.

You know the drill, figure out the puzzles and survive long enough to make your way out of the haunted house, as the mystery behind the haunting unfolds along the way... And it's all here - great graphics and atmosphere had me on red alert at times. The mansion seems practically alive at times and I love the fact that you have figure it out for yourself - rather than have answers spelled out for you. I'm not a fan of playing VR games on a keyboard (Narcosis excepted), so despite the reviews and warnings about playing with a gamepad I have to say, although it's a little clunky, I persisted with Vive controllers and got used to it, and it's ok actually. A little odd not having hands or the impression of holding something as you might in other titles but once you adapt, it's a spooky experience with some good scares.

Контроллеры движений не поддерживаются как виртуальные руки, но в остальном с них можно полностью управлять. Приятная стремная атмосфера. Не линейная ходилка, можно войти в комнату из которой только что вышел, да и планировка меняется с маршрутами.

It's not bad

I quite enjoy this game. It's always nice to see a good scary game released in VR - something that is surprisingly still too rare. VR is likely one of the best mediums to deliver raw fear and the more of these we get, the better! I've produced a first impressions video of this game which can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G0YSXJx0qI On the bright side, No Way Out scared the crap out of me quite a few times in only around an hour of gameplay. The atmosphere is unsettling and the use of jump scares is excellent. Some pop ups can be repetitive like the one when the torch burns out, but you'll still dread it even though you know it's coming. The puzzles, while not too brutal to solve, are fun and create the perfect balance requiring you to think clear while being subjected to the unnerving environment of the game, a sign of a well put together horror game. The story telling is surprisingly high quality with some well-above-average voice acting and some interesting characters. No Way Out isn't perfect, though. First I take issue with their recommendation of using a gamepad... this is a game best played seated as it's not a room scale title (I for one enjoy seated VR a whole lot as it tends to be more casual in terms of setup and preparation, and also allows for much longer play times) and thus, the best input method is indeed the keyboard and mouse. Thumbstick rotation simply cannot compete with the highly nuanced smooth mouse rotation... with a gamepad you're often limited to using crippling snap rotation which is disorientating, and thumb sticks don't fare very well with smooth rotation as they have little to no nuance. The good thing here is the devs put a lot of options: controller, mouse & keyboard, snap rotation, smooth rotation... put aside the recommendation I disagree with, the game has everything you need to control it the way you prefer within seated VR. Second, there's some mechanics that aren't entirely clear. The section with blue fire was very much affected by this as it took me quite some time to figure out what the game wanted me to do, resulting in a good dozen deaths back-to-back. In the end this is a game I recommend if you're looking to experience some good degree of fear in your VR headset. You're bound to turn around a few times going "what the hell was that?", shout in terror and even dread turning the next corner (for the right reasons). It's highly enjoyable and it's evident it was made with love (the desire to freak us all out with much love) and will make a great addition to a VR horror library.

Excellent game. Really best of the Best so far

Pretty solid puzzles. Bit buggy otherwise. Way too short for 20$ but I got it for like 5$ on sale.

Um jogo bem assustador ;)