The Secret Elevator Remastered 9+

I enjoyed the Secret Elevator Remastered and the Timed Add-On. They were a welcome breath of fresh air in the sea of puzzle games I have played thus far. The puzzles required more thought and thinking “outside the box” to complete. If there’s one area that I was disappointed in, it would be the endings to both the original and timed games. They were not as dynamic as I had expected and left me wanting more. But, the overall games made-up for this slight disappointment. I had a real sense of accomplishment when I finally completed each game. The “Timed” Add-On added another element to an already challenging game. I had to play it several times in order to successfully finish the game. Looking forward to future endeavors. The “skip” feature failed to work on my iPad Air 2 running the current IOS 11 software, which became frustrating as it took me several attempts to solve the Timed” Add-On.

It's a great first offering from a new developer.... lots of originality, wonderful graphics and music... I really enjoyed it. The puzzles are good, but I think the interface makes it easier than it has to be. It would be more challenging with a different kind of interface. Still, it's a good game. I encountered a big glitch while playing and thought I couldn't finish, but when I went back in to get a screenshot for the dev, it was all resolved and I was able to finish the rest with no more problems. I appreciated that there was an epilogue but it's timed and I don't like timed games.... they make me tense and I play for relaxation.... so I started it but didn't finish. Still, there's a lot of good here.

This game was challenging in many ways... the controls were challenging, the clues weren't really clues, so I just ended up tapping my way through the game, the story line was hard to understand. Overall it was a decent game, but nothing like the Room series. I'm giving this review 4 stars, but I think it should be priced at $.99, because it didn't take me but four hours to finish. If the controls were easier, I would've finished in an hour.