Recent reviews by RIYANI

I consider myself a novice at escape rooms, so I was curious if there were any enjoyable escape rooms to play on my pc.

There are two play modes to choose from: normal, which doesn't have a time limit and has sound cues when you find a clue; and extreme, which has a 30 minute time limit and no sound cues. To emulate a real life escape room experience, I played on extreme difficulty.

There's only one room per theme you play in (not counting the prologue room that has no timer), but there are 7 different themes to try based on the seven sins. What I do think is a good feature is that there's a lot of useless stuff you can pick up and carry with you, because that's exactly what I do in a real life escape room. I also think it's a nice touch to get a room assigned based on a personality test. I do think the game would do with an option to adjust the brightness.

The puzzles however, sometimes just don't make sense. Some specific thoughts per room:
PRIDE: Love the music and the look of the room, but it absolutely does not make sense to put a key in a television. I was searching like mad for a safe or a door. Things you'd actually use a key on.
LUST: I tried it thrice, but after placing the items in the correct order on the panel, nothing happens. It just won't trigger the next mechanic for me.
GLUTTONY: This one is actually the first one I did based on the personality test. Didn't even bother with the paths puzzle after a while and just guessed the right word.
GREED: I think this one had the best atmosphere.
SLOTH: I actually found this one to be the easiest and most intuitive one. The only problem is that I had to restart because I was unable to pick up the remote again to switch channels.
ENVY: I liked the look and the size of the room, I just don't understand the connection to the theme. I also misspelled the password with the gallery because the font and obscurity made the E look like an O.
WRATH: This one is where I reaaally wanted that brightness option. Had a hard time reading the numbers on the boxes.

Overall, it's not the most riveting gameplay, but the soundtrack and visuals at least are enjoyable and I paid 2,35 euros for it on Steam so it's all good.

EDIT: Okay so none of my achievements registered during my initial run, so I had to speedrun all of the rooms again. Gluttony was my first room, which I did through the personality test mode, and that one was the only one that registered my achievement. So I did the other six through the test and somehow that worked. ALSO; when I redid the Lust room... apparently the mechanic did get triggered after placing the objects on the panel, I just didn't SEE the chain next to the table. I don't even know what to say.

The storyline is enjoyable, not strong but not too boring either in my opinion. I'd mostly recommend it for people who like the main Final Fantasy titles and would like some extra storylines, since they frequently release campaigns centered around main titles including the original voice cast of the characters.

I only recently switched from playing Mobius on mobile to PC and the animation is very smooth. For a mobile game the graphics are amazing and almost every scene is voiced.