Between whistles and flutes, I have already completed 38 games so far in 2022. There is not much time left for the year to end and there are still several bombshells to explode on my screen (God of War Ragnarök and The Callisto Protocol, I wait for you with the open arms). With such competition, I have to admit that a title has been engraved in my memory as unexpected as Escape Academy.
Unknown for not keeping track of him until that preview that conquered me, inserted in my cerebellum after fascinating me with his hilarious escape rooms. When they asked me if I wanted to give myself another run for the Coin Crew Games title, I had no doubts: lock me up for life and I’ll find my way out.
welcome back student
Surviving the first and hard year of the academy was difficult, but I received a great help. Through a quick message to a friend we join forces to overcome each stay, although on this occasion I face the puzzles by myself
Escape from Anti-Escape Island is the name given to the first DLC of Escape Academy for all platforms and features five new escape rooms arriving on November 10. Not only that, but everything is built through a narrative thread that bears the humorous stamp of the impregnated studio.
Even though I’ve completed the expansion solo, you can always call one more person, both in online and local co-op – as long as you both have a copy. Here we are faced with a organization that is hell-bent on killing all teachers of the Academy and the escap ist students.
From a plane that falls from the sky in flames having to jump on propelled seats, going through a Caribbean bar that hides some other hidden secret to a quantum dimension without head or tail. Once again, originality is the order of the day in each and every one of the corners.
To hit the coconut again
The well-designed difficulty curve in a game, let alone a puzzle-based one, is admirable. The keys before starting each level tell us how complex the puzzle will be before us and it is surprising to see that getting stuck is just one more part of the solution.
Yes, there are times when you have to think, slow down and even guess clues that are not so obvious, but the truth is that the balance achieved by Coin Crew Games is great. One of the most interesting levels of Escape Academy it was the one in which a tower filled with water, so we had better put our brains to work to run away.
It was a very interesting proposal that is repeated again, in this case sneaking into a secret facility, using stealth, crawling through ventilation ducts or relating clues from one place to another. This quality is not trivial, since the work is far from being a platform – nor does it pretend to be – so the arrival of a little more mobility is appreciated.
It took me about two hours to complete Escape from Anti-Escape Island and it shows that the company has taken great care so that we are not exactly short. They are the longest escape rooms in the title, exceeding half an hour in length, having to ask for more time because there is a lot to decipher. And if not, we can always resort to asking for help with the tantalizing clues.
Escape Academy is a game that cries out to heaven imperatively for nourishment of new rooms to flee from, so this DLC arrives like rain in May. The satisfaction of solving each scenario, which is far from an escape room as we know it in reality, is still present and guarantees you a good time more.
If you liked the original, here’s one more serving of content. In fact, Coin Crew Games has taken the opportunity to release a patch that improves some aspects. Achievements have been fixed to pop properly, 4K resolution will look better than ever, and other minor changes have been implemented. Special mention for when we ask for a clue, since now it requires double confirmation and is not activated due to our mistake.
