I have played before but had lots of issues,,this time it seems pretty easy..got through the first 50 rooms,,lots of fun,,did use quite a few hints,,they were free just kept adding up so I used what I needed,,😊😊😊😊😊,,got through level 3…didn’t notice a level 2,,used many hints but definitely had fun,,level X,,,room 40,,,can’t figure out what to do with the four pegs w/Chinese symbols and would like to skip this step,,can’t!!!,,,level XII/room 19,,,can’t figure out how to get the box with the colored triangles to land in the spots indicated on diagram,,so besides level X/room 40,,I need to skip this one too,,I guess I’ll have to delete this because it’s totally impossible for me to get out of both of these levels in rooms 40 & 19,,,I really enjoyed this game…not wasting any more credits,,the game will be there when I return!!!!,,thought I would try again and I started with room XII at level 19 and still not able to skip it!!!!

Although I played many escape games years ago, I stopped because I just didn’t have the free time any longer. Some were graphically richer and more elaborate than this one with intriguing storylines, but I recommend this as a very good one for beginners or intermediates who are learning how clues and puzzles work and also prefer nicely detailed graphics, good touch screen responsiveness and logical progression. I don’t like extended “hidden objects” puzzles that just distract from the goal, and this game has just enough hidden objects that all help you to escape each room. I also like that this game doesn’t have disturbing imagery (with a couple of benign exceptions) or make the player anxious that something scary is going to chase or attack while the player is solving puzzles, which stops those kinds of games if you get caught so you have to keep retrying. The only criticisms I have of this one is that I have a hard time seeing the tiny found objects on my small smartphone screen, and I wish clues were just hints and not full answers. I’ve just started playing escape games again this month and this is only the second one, so I’m still looking for games with a big payoff at the end of a long story with many interconnected levels.

The game is frustrating! There are NO explanations; sometimes diagrams but if you don’t understand what it’s showing you many never figure out how to solve the puzzle. While this makes it easier for an international audience, there are puzzles where you just have to click and try to figure out what it takes to solve or waste hint points. The concept is good and there are many rooms to ‘escape’. But some puzzles are excruciating to figure out and even with the hints I couldn’t understand the concept behind them. The hint points are generated by watching ads - you have to be careful to make sure the ad is completely done or you won’t get the hint point - but I’ve played for a while without an ad hint point opportunity. So there is no way to gauge when you can get the next hint point. You only get one hint point per ad while some puzzle solutions requires using three hints at a time. Also there should be ‘flashing light’ warnings as there is a light flashing when you move from one room to the next. Lasting you can’t zoom in to view things in the room sometimes even for items you need and you can’t zoom in on the tools you collect on the way to even figure out what the are. Some tools fade into the background of your collection and can’t be seen. There are a couple of the rooms were the clue can’t even been seen and even one room where the clue is wrong.