Unlimited Escape

I picked this up on the basis of another review saying the game might be good for someone looking for something different. In hindsight I ought to have paid more attention to the fact that the reviewer had only clocked up about 15 minutes recorded gametime, and also the boast that the game was developed by the same guy who brought us "back to life 2" and "back to life 3" (check out their reviews). But I'm a sucker for something "different" and it was on sale for £0.79 so I thought what the heck. Well I think there's the germ of a good game idea here but it would need w-a-a-a-y more work to make it enjoyable to play. Where to start? First a general comment about the production values. Put it this way; the initial screen containing the configuration info for the main game contains a facility to alter the default key bindings - but guess what? There are a dozen actions listed none of which correspond to the game that is about to be launched! Next- the inadequate instructions. "The aim of the game is to save a number of prisoners in the maze of each level and bring them to a save point placed randomly within the maze, and to do this you have to group them and bring them to a save …

Only played for a little bit to record a first impression video of the game, but so far I enjoyed it. There was some challenge to it after I learned the basics. I can see how later it would become very challenging. I wasn't able to find a volume adjustment which was a little frustrating though. Feel free to take a look at the video i'm uploading to YouTube if you want a better idea of what this is like to play this for the first time. I would recommed this game if you are looking for something kind of new and different. https://www.youtube.com/user/HiddenLevelStart

Unlimited Escape is a really mediocre, badly made 3D rendered 2D top down action puzzle game... thing... it's hard to tell. There's no actual tutorial, so you're left to try guess from the badly translated "Help" page that you have to wander around and lasso prisoners to rescue them or something... look, this really is pure garbage, badly implemented, badly conceptualised, and with absolutely zero value as a real game for gamers. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The game features lazy low-polygon "retro" assets, making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to arrange high quality, high polygon count contemporary assets for the game, and also irrelevant... what matters is that this looks bad as a result of their decisions, a compromise PC gamers shouldn't have to put up with. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers, or gamers using AZERTY or other international keyboard layouts. The game features no proper level design or g…

6/10