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Escape Academy
Released On: Jul 13, 2022
79
8.6
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
79
60% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
25% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
79
60% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
25% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Escape Academy is an awesome experience that turns escape room puzzles into short stories without sacrificing any mechanical depth. It sits in the Goldilocks zone of difficulty, making it rewarding for all ages, and doesn’t have a moment of dead weight in its four-hour runtime. With delightful characters, funny writing and charming art direction, it’s hard not to see this as an easy game of the year contender, and a freshman entry in a game series that should go all the way to grad school.
A very pleasant surprise in the current summer indie offer. The game brings relaxation, logical challenges and adds tension in one package. If you like puzzle games or escape room games, you should not miss it.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
8.6
86% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
14% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
8.6
86% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
14% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Straight to the point: I LOVED this game, beginning to end. This is what video games SHOULD be. It's a game for a specific audience: People who like puzzles and "escape rooms". It is not for anyone else. There is no "good story", there are no "great graphics!", there is NOTHING to try to convince people outside it's audience to play the game. And because of that, it is all killer and zero filler. I had top fun from the beginning to the end.
My ONLY complain that keeps it from being a perfect score is that it's NOT "Portal 2". It's not a game that goes the extra mile to be legendary. It's great. It's not legendary.
Kudos to the developers.
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Coming into Escape Academy, I was prepared for an exhilarating and mentally stimulating time. What I got did deliver on this to a great degree, but it had some points and facets that could use some improvement. I was in awe seeing the tangled web unfold as I kept solving question after question, pondering how the escape would go. The results were a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that I’m glad I got to experience.
Escape Academy is a fun, addictive puzzler that captures the escape room magic with plenty of detail and variety, you'll just wish it lasted a little longer.
Puzzle games have to manage a delicate balancing act: If solutions are too simple, players lose interest; too difficult, and they feel cheated, like the answer was never decipherable to begin with. “Escape Academy” was opaque at times, but the answer always felt like it was within my grasp, if I just tried out this one idea, or thought about the puzzle from this other angle. Giving players that sense of empowerment is hard, and games don’t always get it right. But “Escape Academy” walks that tightrope with finesse, joining the pantheon of frantic-but-fun co-op greats.
Escape Academy achieves much of what it sets out to do. Giving players and whenever possible, their co-op partners, the authentic escape room experience, cutting away the frustrations of real-life escape attempts, and focusing our attention on finding connections and solving puzzles instead. There is much satisfaction to be had whenever a tough puzzle is cracked, and while the narrative is barely needed, the effort made to add more color to the world is much appreciated, creating an overall package that truly brings to life what escape rooms are all about.
There's a lot of fun to be had in Escape Academy, especially if you have a friend willing to tackle its challenges with you. Much like real-world escape rooms, the levels of Escape Academy don't lend themselves very well to solo play or replayability, but, in the same vein, those inspirations have created a challenging puzzle game that's fulfilling to complete. The narrative isn't much to write home about, but the virtual escape rooms more than makeup for that, delivering a game that encapsulates why escape rooms are some of the most fun you can have with friends.
Gran juego de puzzles. Muy buen control con ratón y teclado. Los puzzles tienen un nivel de dificultad que no se hacen ni muy difíciles ni muy fáciles.
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great puzzle game that you can solve as in single player mode as in coop. game offers huge amount of different types of puzzles so you don't meet identical one (at least on the one floor). interest art style and sound effects is also can be treated as small plus. The plot is not outstanding, but sometimes it can be fun enough. and probably that it, its good game in case that core feature is crafted very well (i mean puzzles) and you can solve with your friend so why dont try this one ?
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Summary You've just arrived at Escape Academy, a school where promising students train to become the ultimate Escape Room Master. Play over a dozen masterfully hand crafted rooms, designed by experienced experts in the field of REAL LIFE escape rooms. Experience the entirety of Escape Academy alone in single player OR through two player co-opera...
Platforms:
- Xbox Series X
- Xbox One
- PC
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
Initial Release Date: Jul 13, 2022
Developer:
- Coin Crew Games
Publisher: iam8bit
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