The Woods: VR Escape the Room

I'm so confused. I have taken to the internet to find out if this game is really only 10 minutes long or if I'm missing something. First time booting it up i got stuck on the second scene. I probably spent 20 minutes searching through everything to see what I was missing. I decided that something must be wrong, so I restarted the game and sure enough there were significant key items that never loaded the first time around. The actual game took probably 10 minutes tops, then the screen went white for another 2 minutes before the "You escaped" showed up. Very very confused if that was the full game or I just glitched to the end or something. At least it was cheap...

Unfortunately not as good as other titles from this Dev, starts off great and then loses it a little but still an ok escape the room game in VR. The opening puzzle deserves a whole MP game made out of it with everyone in Cages and each cutting wires till only one survives! Like a battle Royale while being stuck above the ground in cages in VR. The idea above trademarked! See video for my sparkling personality and ferocious good looks. https://youtu.be/26T-J_g_cMY

For gameplay and hints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXln4ydDXoQ Here's the basics: - Short, can beat it in about 20 minutes - Really cool environment in the first few sections, but can cause slowdown with all the foliage and effects - You leave that cool environment for a boring cave quickly - The main mechanic in the cave section is clunky and doesn't feel good - Nothing to difficult, just frustrating at parts If the first section was the basis for the game, I'd be down to recommend. But the bulk is spent in a cave with lame mechanics. That, plus a really short amount of content, means I can't recommend it.

The Woods: VR Escape the Room, ein neues Escaperoomspiel der Blue Entropy Studios. Diesmal finden wir uns in einem Käfig hoch oben in den Baumkronen eines mysteriösen Waldes wieder. Aber wir sind nicht der erste und einzige Gefangene. Nun gilt es schnell aus dem engen Käfig zu entkommen. Dafür müssen natürlich einige Rätsel gelöst werden, die im Fall von The Woods nicht wirklich schwierig aber durchaus interessant sind. Was schon gleich zu Beginn auffällt, ist dass wir über keine Bewegungssteuerung verfügen. In dem Käfig hoch oben im Wipfel des Baumes auf engem Raum funktioniert Roomscale natürlich hervorragend. Aber auch später im Verlauf des Spiels gibt es keine Möglichkeit sich irgendwie zu teleportieren oder ähnliches. Aufgrund der Levelarchitektur und der zu erledigenden Aufgaben, ist dies auch gar nicht nötig. Der Spieler steht in The Woods immer nur auf einer kleinen quadratischen Fläche, die den Mindestvoraussetzungen für Roomscale entspricht, und bewegt sich im Level nur mit Hilfe der im Spiel gegebenen Mechaniken. Das funktioniert hervorragend und erzeugt eine hohe Immersion. Aber allein für diese tolle Art der, ich nenne sie mal "mechanischen Bewegung", die ich bisher nicht oft gesehen habe, sind die knapp 4 Euro doch etwas hoch angesetzt. The Woods sieht wirklich gut aus, aber aufgrund der sehr kurzen Spielzeit macht es eher den Eindruck ein Demo zu sein. Würde The Wood etwas mehr Inhalt bieten und nicht nur eine interessante Bewegungsmechanik für Rätselspiele aufzeigen, könnte man über den Preis sprechen. Daumen nach oben wegen der Interaktionsmöglichkeiten, Daumen runter aufgrund Preis und Länge, sorry. mehr holzige Reviews: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32170554/

I had high hopes for this game, given that previous ones from the same author have been pretty good, but unfortunately it seems to have been released in a very buggy state indeed. In the first scene, I used the knife in what turned out to be the correct way, several times, but nothing happened, so I gave up on that idea and spent time trying to open the bag, search the body, open the panel, find more items, all unsuccessfully. Finally out of desperation, I tried the knife once again on the one item it does work on, and this time it worked. The next stage was straight forward, but then in the room after that with the moving pillars, I think the game broke. I had figured out the mechanics of moving the little orbs around to where I could get them, but on the part where you have to press the button to get them to drop, the button stopped doing anything after a while... at that point there was nothing left to do but quit the game. I also note other bugs The green gems in the grid that move the pillars resulted in animation glitches, with the pillars jumping from position to position without animating. The gems move without needing to be gripped - this meant that I was moving them unknowingly when standing next to the panel. The first time I started the game the frame rate was terrible and there was no sound. Killing it and restarting resolved this.

Good price for a decent puzzle game. There are multiple "rooms". I'm currently stuck in the cavern room. The environments are very well done, and the immersion is quite good. I don't know how long the game is, but since I bought it on sale, what I've seen so far makes me recommend it. Even though I'm not a big fan of puzzle games, I like it for the experience of the creepy (but not very scary) settings.

Intéressant mais beaucoup trop court. Non recommandé pour ceux et celles qui ont le vertige...

There isn't much more to say about this game that A Wolf in VR hasn't already said in their review. The beginning of the game when you are in the cage is great and sets a good atmosphere for the game, but doesn't last for very long. I felt the graphics were good but it was a little too dark in some places. There is no settings menu or way to adjust brightness. There isn't a menu so there is no way to quit this game while you are playing (other than forcing Steam to quit the application) nor is there any way to save, but that won't matter because the game is very short. Depending on what you count as a "puzzle", there are about 6-7 "puzzles" to figure out and they are all pretty simple. Some of them involve [spoiler] throwing objects, and if you have played any VR games with throwing you know that if it is done poorly it is frustrating. This isn't done poorly but it also doesn't feel very natural. [/spoiler] My biggest complaint about the puzzles is how linear they are. The game has forced movement so you are basically whisked from one puzzle to the next, so you only ever need to solve the one puzzle in front of you and you have exactly the tools you need to solve just that. When it got to the end of the escape I was confused because I expected more to the game. I don't have any major complaints about the puzzles, but unless you're getting this game in a bundle where it is $1-$2, the experience is so short you're probably going to be disappointed. I am strictly against refunding games because of length. This game is so short you could play it 20 times and still refund it. I would only ever refund a game for technical reasons, such as it not working. But I played it, and I did complete it. I just wanted more of it. The only options for hands are white male. Given the target demographic for VR ownership that seems like a pretty sage gamble but also seems pretty non-inclusive. I can see that ruining some immersion for some players.

7/10 Looks great, but doesn't make a massive amount of narrative sense. Also, I completed this in 20 minutes.

Q/A I have been been in this cage every day since I purchase this game. Is there a way out? I been on youtube looking for a video for answers....