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by ManMadeHuman

I bought this game to play on a long flight. I absolutely love puzzle box / escape room type experiences.

After playing the tiny “demo” that is free, I went ahead and purchased the full game and started playing in the terminal. I got three chapters in (which isn’t far at all) with no problems.

After getting on the plane and getting into the air, I turned the game back on and I was greeted with a “purchase the full game” message when I clicked continue.

This game, after buying it, requires you to be online or will deny you access to the offline game you paid for.

This is a terrible way to treat paying customers for game that has no online elements to the game play.

I’m currently requesting a refund through apple as the game was unplayable when I needed it.

That aside, the gameplay is fun though I’d suggest less messages to the player that are more helpful than they should be.

Id recommend the game but I can’t recommend anyone support this anti-consumer behavior.

by Billmack In SC

This looks promising. The imagery and lighting/mood are great looking. The trouble is that it is unplayable on iPad Pro when using a controller or mouse.
I have a iPad Pro 12.9”. With the large screen it is much like a monitor and I like to use a contoller rather than touchscreen when gaming. For most games this works well.
I tried using my MFI Bluetooth controller (SteelSeries Nimbus) but the controls are backwards, or mapped to the wrong buttons, and don’t allow use of the game interface. I tried it with a standard USB mouse, but I ran into similar issues. I kept getting an error message “Controller unplugged - Plug the controller back in or click to play with mouse.” I tried multiple combinations, but nothing worked. I ended up turning off the controller and unplugging the mouse.
The game itself is interesting. I did have to drop the scissors on the cardboard box many time before it triggered the opening process.
Please update for proper controller/mouse usage on iPads.

by McL.

This wording is probably a bit harsh, but it's the only way I can think of to describe the game.

Pros:
Great visuals
Smooth control scheme
A couple of interesting game mechanic ideas
Noticeably awesome sound design
Pretty simple and mostly linear puzzler if that's what you're looking for
Lets you try the game first before purchasing, even if the price is slightly high for the relatively small amount of content

Cons:
Pretty simple and linear if you're looking for more of a challenge; took only about an hour or so to finish.
Surprisingly buggy, most of which caused softlocks (would lock you in place and not allow you to alter your view or interact with anything, were fixed by returning to menu. Occurred a handful of times across multiple chapters). Others were usually visual bugs, such as a clue being obscured by your inability to view it due to the object intentionally altering in size and shape as you progressed.
Not a whole lot of content, plenty of other games offer far, far more for the same price.

With some more fleshed out puzzles and far less linearity (and cleaning up some of the bugs), I'd be very interested to see a potential follow-up or something. But if you're looking to buy one of these types of games, this is an average option, not at all bad but there are better options in my opinion.