Mechanic 8230: Escape from Ilgrot

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[h3] Entertaining story ... [/h3] Played chapter 1, the release of chapter 2 is imminent. The graphics are well done and the puzzles are not too hard. Everything was really enjoyable. The only negative I have is that some of the scenarios are a bit too dark in places to clearly see objects. I had to brighten up my screen quite a bit.

[*][b]Visuals[/b]: For me, the aesthetics were the highlight of this game. The 2D and 3D art/designs were all super charming. The robotic vibe reminded me a lot of Machinarium. [*][b]Gameplay[/b]: Just a chill point n' click experience. Some decent puzzles, but mostly pretty easy. This is probably a good game for people who don't have much experience with point n' click and puzzles. There was one puzzle involving some little light bulbs which I didn't quite understand the logic of. [*][b]Story[/b]: I wasn't particularly engaged in the story. It was very simple, but I did like some of the characters. The writing sounded a bit clunky, perhaps due to the fact that the game was made in Moldova, and accurate translations are probably difficult for small indies that don't have a huge budget to work with. It's also worth noting that Escape from Ilgrot is episode 1 of Mechanic 8230. Mission Citytone is ep2, and is not yet released at the time of writing. [*][b]Audio[/b]: I liked the music and think it was apt for the atmosphere. There were some constantly-repeating sound effects that were a bit distracting and unpleasant (vacuum-cleaner robot, welding droid). I had to turn the volume do…

I like it

A decent little point and click game that won't take too long to beat, and requires to use some problem solving abilities, and only a little bit of moon logic for some of the puzzles (maybe moon-logic is incorrect, but more 'unexpected things happening that seem to have no correlation with each other). The biggest issue I had with the game was some of the user-experience elements. specifically how the order of the inventory changes depending on what your last item used was. There were a few moments where I wasn't entirely sure what the game wanted me to do, so was trying to use each item on every other item, but as they kept swapping around, it made it a little harder to keep track. Though t he biggest UX issue was the auto-advancing text boxes with no option to disable this. While there are text boxes that are part of a cutscene (indicated by an egg timer curser) that will advance auttomatically, there are regular boxes that seem to require a button press to advance, unless you wait too long, and it'll advance anway. Just a weird choice. Not sure what objection there would be to having the player dictate how long the text is on for, as you don't really gain any advantage from …

Intriguing little world, great storytelling, awesome art direction, fun gameplay, it's a solid YES specially if you get it on sale! :)