The Unwelcomed

Room escape done RIGHT!!! Loved this game! Wish it would have been longer! This is one of the BEST room escape games I have played to date! ESCAPE!VR- The basement is another I highly recommend you check out if you enjoyed this one. Again I wish it was longer and the dev's would add more levels!

[h1] Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers [/h1] This is a pure puzzle / escape room VR game. There really is no horror, other than it being dark and some creaky door sounds and tiny spiders ... and this creepy looking teddy bear. There are a total of 7 escape rooms, each independent of each other, plus a tutorial level. The game took me 6 hours to complete (I got stuck in 2 rooms) but this game could probably be finished in 3-4 hours. The actual puzzles are pretty good. The visuals are just okay. The sounds are okay as well. However, there's an overall clunkiness to the controls and to the environments. The worst bug / feature here is that items will not spawn at all that you need to progress. For example, in room 3, there's this sheet of paper with a hint that's needed that did not spawn at all during my gameplay. I had played this same room the day before and knew where the item was and what information it had, but I had to restart the level to get it to spawn (option in the menu to restart level ought to tell you something). This happened on another room as well. There's also clipping. You have the option of teleporting or free locomotion with snap turning. Unfortunately, there are several pathing issues and it is easy to get stuck. You can change to teleportation though to teleport out of the area where you are stuck in the options and then switch back. Grabbing items is also touch and go. [b]Rate 5/10. I had fun and there's lots of content here. Unfortunately, the lack of polish / bugs brings this experience down to rather mediocre. Neutral recommendation, only for puzzle fans willing to overlook flaws [/b]

Multiple rooms in one game. Actively being worked on by responsive devs. An issue I had in one room was taken care of within a day. I really hope they pull through with the procedural generation idea as well.

My very first Review. I had to write one because I loved this game. This is what a VR game should be! I was nervous at first because I don't play horror games or anything with jump scares in VR, it's too much for my aging heart. This has neither, even though I was a bit nervous at times because of the atmosphere or music. I assure you, nothing will jump out, nothing will be behind you or be there unexpectedly. The puzzles stumped me quite a few times, but eventually you figure them out. I needed help about 3 times as it wasn't clear enough to figure out on my own. (I'm going to blame that on player error...lol) Please add more rooms! Another floor! I’ll keep coming back, I promise! Make more games like this one and keep the horror at this level for us scaredy-cats.

What a frustrating game! When you drop something small on the floor, like a key or a small tool, that's it!! I spent most of my time trying to pick stuff up off the floor that I either dropped or knocked on to it. Yes you can adjust floor height up/down/normal but that mechanic seems to make no difference. It's near impossible to pick small objects up if you drop them, it's like trying to pick something up off the floor with a pair of space gloves on. I even went to the trouble of re-mapping my room thinking it was my set-up but it wasn't, it is definately the game mechanics, and until the developers fix this issue I have to vote it down.

2 Minute Video Review → https://youtu.be/KSXm_RkovQQ If you've seen my previous video reviews, then you’ve probably noticed that I don’t review horror titles. And that’s because I’m no good with jump scares, especially anticipating jump scares. VR is just too immersive and real for me, that’s why I love it so much. But I do enjoy atmospheric experiences, it’s the threat of something jumping at me that I dislike. So when I got the opportunity to review The Unwelcomed, I asked the developer and they assured me there are no jump scares, so I gave it a shot. And I’m happy to report that this is just what I’ve been looking for. It’s an escape room game with a spooky atmosphere but nothing jumps at you and there are no creatures to surprise you. There is spooky imagery like random mannequin-like body parts, flashlight lighting, and audible voices, but that’s the extent of it. There’s one nice touch that I really appreciate: There are spiders in the game, but there’s a setting to disable the spiders. I’m delighted to see that option, and I hope more developers follow suit. The gameplay is substantial, in the mansion there are currently seven rooms total. And after about 4 hours of playing I’ve beaten 4 of the rooms, so for the current price of $15 I’d say you get lots of playing for the value. For me this is a fresh and welcome atmospheric experience that I’ve been wanting to see for a long time. If you like escape rooms then I highly recommend it.

Just to be fair. Great fun game if you know what you are doing. Otherwise, very frustrating if you don't know crap doodle. Such as I. If you like search, find, escape and puzzle games then this is probably what you want. The graphics are good as they should be for furniture assets. Not sure if it is worth $15 though. I paid a lesser price from the Autumn sale but kind of wished I passed on it as I can't solve these kinds of game nor have the patience to. I'll have a video below of game play which is only partial becuase I simply did not have the time to finish but it should show enough to give you a proper perspective of what the game has to offer. Video coming soon: https://youtu.be/ij5Go42xmUA

The Unwelcomed is a very nice escape room style game. At the moment there are 7 rooms with varying degrees of difficulty. Some rooms took me over an hour to complete while others 20 mins or so. Each room has a little bit of exploration to do at the beginning, with differnt kinds of puzzles and riddles for you to solve along the way. There are options for you to change in-game settings like floor height and auto grip if you encounter scenarios like that too. One of my more favorite escape room vr games that I have played!

There were a couple things I liked about The Unwelcomed. Graphics were good, not the best, some items seemed dull, but none the less, still pretty good. Lighting was awesome. Despite it not being a horror game I still got a horror vive in the beginning which I loved. Gave it a sense of mystery and suspense. Best part that this game has going for it is it's challenge.. a little too much even... I unfortunately (*POSSIBLE SPOILER*) could not figure out the math equation at the end with the two pieces of paper and I couldn't figure out what to do with the X's and O's (*END SPOILER), and I couldn't find any help online. The one negative I have about everything is the darn controls. They were incredibly frustrating. I think to press and hold the grip buttons to pick up items was a bad call. It's uncomfortable, unnatural feeling, and just made grabbing items a chore at times. Would like to see an option to change this if possible.

Really fun puzzle/escape room game with fantastic atmosphere. The puzzles were clear and I always knew what the room expected me to do without the solutions being blatantly obvious. Puzzles in the mid-late game definitely took some looking around and careful thinking to figure out and solve. This game is not without it's glitches though. One of the later rooms had a weird issue where I couldn't move into a certain corner to get to objects using ingame movement, and required me to physically walk over to them. The final room seems to be bugged as well: a key obtained shortly into the room instead of opening a door, presumably leading to more puzzles, instead opens the main door allowing the room to be "finished" without finishing the main puzzle. Those are the only standout issues that I remember and even keeping that in mind, the game is still a blast with fantastic atmosphere and interesting puzzles. Definitely recommended.