Escape Machine City 4+

This game is almost 5 stars. But it’s missing something other adventure games do: object descriptions. A text blurb or hint or the player character’s thoughts displayed when you click on an interactive element. It’s used a lot in adventure games because it adds immersion, builds the story, and gives you subtle hints about the puzzle’s solution. This game is missing that. Sometimes you’ll just click the whole screen like mad and then be annoyed when the solution is extremely obvious and you realize you’re just an idiot.

This was an easy decision to spend a few bucks. There are a couple of things that would normally prevent me giving this a five star rating but I want to encourage the developer to make more games like this.

The puzzles skew on the easy side which suits me fine. Nothing frustrates me more than heading to a walkthrough and realizing I missed some obscure object or didn’t tap the exact sequence. The short levels are nice too because I can fit one or two or three in here and there without having to get back into the same frame of mind later. This is casual point and click at its best.

Downsides: no save within a level. Not terribly tragic given the levels aren’t long but still an annoyance. The last puzzle in the factory frustrated me because I didn’t realize you had to actually push a button to open the door. I just kept trying to get the right combination of gear rotations for a good fifteen minutes before I accidentally tapped the button when it was uncovered. Even looked at some walkthroughs and still didn’t get it.

Other than that, this was an entertaining way to pass the time for a couple of hours.

Now don’t me get wrong, I have played almost every Snapbreak game there is. But this is by far and away the WORST. Sure you could watch the walkthrough video over and over again...but the problem is if you screw up and do everything out of order, most especially the elevators, BEWARE FOR THERE IS NO SAVE IN THIS GAME.

That means if you do anything wrong, you have to start that same level from the beginning, again and again and again, until you get to the point where throwing your device against the wall rather than watch the walkthrough for the hundredth time would be more satisfying.

I love Snapbreak. I absolutely hated this game and as an avid puzzle solver game player, I don’t think I’ve come along a worst gaming experience. SAVE! What happened to the idea of SAVE YOUR PROGRESS.?