SecretRoom : Room Escape

A Johnston

2 years ago

Some of the text is still in Korean (the Google Play Games achievements, and one spot at the end of the game). The hint system would do better if it showed on the close-ups for combo locks, since that's usually a stumbling block. The actions burn points every time you use them, so clicking on one accidentally is annoying. I couldn't zoom in on everything, so tiny text on was impossible to see.

Cassandra Nelson

3 years ago

The game had good promise, which is really a bummer. Like someone else said, the game saves at "checkpoints" not where you actually are. I had completely finished in the bathroom and office, up to placing the gears to open the bedroom. Manually saved only to come back to have to use more energy to repeat everything after the kitchen. Probably 50+energy worth. The puzzles aren't logical at all. Circles are squares and somehow a clue with the date 2013.04.25 means enter 40251384?? Bummer.

Molly Taylor

3 years ago

Impossible clues and WAY too many ads! Seriously. I even used a YouTube walk-through and still couldn't see how I'd figure out some clues on my own, especially when they'd use objects you already used ages ago and wouldn't possibly think of using again. Others are near-impossible or literally impossible to see. I gave up when I got to one where I was supposed to hold up a CD for a nonexistent reflection of numbers etched into the back of it. Game had a lot of promise but didn't come through.

Cheryl Montgomery

2 years ago

The game itself is pretty good, but making you use "energy" to solve puzzles is really annoying. Paying for enough energy to finish the game feels like it's more expensive than it's worth. But the puzzles are hard enough to be fun, the art is good, game controls are good. It's just tedious refilling energy with ads.

Micah

3 years ago

Id say its a great puzzle game its challenging. I would give 5 stars but I hate the energy system. I feel like there should be energy for the hints and scans but not for almost everything we do. It runs out too quickly and then we have to watch a ton of ads which can be and is very annoying. Other than that I think its really well made

Nikki Berry

3 years ago

The puzzles are tricky, which is good, but the hints suck, or at least the placement of them does. When you get to a part of the game where you have to unlock a phone, using the hints for the phone will give you some vague info about what to do AFTER the phone's open, which is really confusing. From what I can tell, the hints use up energy, which can be better spent actually playing the game. You're better off saving energy and just looking up a walkthrough online.

m ee

3 years ago

good game, fun puzzles with decent & non-spoilery hint system. i don't have a problem with the energy system, i actually like that there's a choice to pay, to watch ads, or wait for the energy to restore. this is getting 3 stars because of the garbage save system. not only does it not save the state of the game, it REMOVES the energy you spent... to get the progress that wasn't even saved. that's just dumb. why would any pay for energy they will have to spend twice....

Brooklyn

2 years ago

I agree with people on the issue of save gaps (manually save your progress), and the issue of energy intake. I didn't have any issue since the clues weren't very direct, meaning I lost interest. Sometimes, you have to touch the tiniest object at the right angle to get it. The "hint" system isn't really a hint always. It just shows you items that you can interact with. A hint should be a clear answer towards finishing the game. Besides that, the storyline is good enough, and I like the art style.

Christopher Reynolds

3 years ago

As a lover of click escapes, I really enjoyed this one! The story is dramatic and intriguing, the art is fantastic, and captivating music. The puzzles can be VERY hard, whether that's in a good or bad way is up to you. I don't think there's anything TOO unfair in here. The energy system is a tad on the slow side, but it's not as bad as others are saying. Playing with 50 energy is not really fun, so let it charge for a bit more (there's no cap). Overall, pretty good! I look forward to episode 2!

Sanjeev Kumar Mohan Kumar

3 years ago

In terms of puzzles it's good, but the save points have such a gigantic gap. So if you leave the game after making a good amount of progress, you have to start from the beginning of the save point. Adding onto that, the energy system. The energy system makes you use them up from trying to get back to where you were. Very disappointed with this game, I think a good fix would be to at the very least reduce the energy cost on actions, or just remove it and add advertisements at certain intervals.

Monotaro

3 years ago

This is a very amazing puzzle solving game. The story is good, too. The only problem is the energy system. We lose energy for picking up and using items. And it takes 6 hours to get more energy. The only other ways of getting energy is to complete challenges or watch 10-30 seconds ads (mostly 20 or 30 seconds). But since you can't complete challenges without energy, you have no other choice but to watch ads, which is very annoying.

Bunni Hai (Bunni)

3 years ago

Everything you do in this game requires energy. You either have to do certain challenges to replenish the energy (which requires you use energy in the 1st place), you watch ads for a little bit of energy, or you have to wait 6 hours to get your energy back. Feels like such a horrible system and takes you out of the feel of the game to be forced to watch ads to keep playing. Then at one point my game didn't save my progress but it saved what my energy was at. At that point I decided to uninstall.

Quin Hester

2 years ago

Would be better but the "free" energy and the save gaps make it almost annoyingly impossible for me. I rarely get time to play this so when I do, I forget a few things and back to square one. I'd like to enjoy it more but I work a lot and I'm tired of hitting "save" only for it to save to the beginning of that section, not what I've accomplished. I do however like the story and the puzzles however.

Rose Wyatt

1 year ago

This game is really challenging. I was stuck in the kitchen forever! I agree with most people about the energy levels and the save issue. I just finished the first episode so I came here to see if I could find out when I can play the second one, but judging by other reviews I've read, there is no current answer cuz some people have been waiting since last year!

Jasmine Lane

3 years ago

would've loved to give this a higher rating cuz i actually really enjoy the game when i can play it, but the energy limits make the game feel like a pay-to-play farm for the developer rather than a good experience for the player. plus if you forget to save, you lose all your progress and waste the energy you had to start with. if not for the obscene paywall, it'd be great. as is, it's about 15 minutes of game before you're forced to pay. a 1-time upfront charge would be better.

Andrea Bernal

3 years ago

This an interesting point and click adventure game BUT it has this really annoying system where you expend energy to do actions. Want to use the key on the locked door? That costs energy. You get enough energy to do about 5 things, then you have to pay or watch ads for more. Also this game doesn't save your current progress, it saves at your last "checkpoint" but with the current energy you have, so you have to repeat actions even though you didn't get your energy back.

Kayla Noles (Salamander)

3 years ago

I really want to get I to this game, but the energy system is a joke. I gave more about 24 hours for it to recharge and got nothing more than a few scans and clicks before i couldn't do anything else. There are too many other good games just like this one out there for me to waste time on this, however intrigued I was with the story. Honestly, if I could just pay a fee to outright buy this game and forgo the terrible energy system, I'd absolutely do that.