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Reviews for "Cube Escape: The Lake"

First, the game was either piss-easy (90% of it), or almost nonsensically difficult (the remaining 10%). Now, I may be missing some fundamental concept as to what the word "mirror" means to you, but that is NOT what was needed to solve the "puzzle" with the turquoise chest. I just went on the walkthrough to find out what the code was, and I had literally no idea how one would come to that conclusion from the following: the word "mirror"; some vaguely related symbols (only one of which was actually used in the code, and it was repeated); and an EXTRA SPACE for the letter "x."

Second, it was unbelievably predictable. Granted, this partially ties into my earlier point about the game being easy. Nonetheless, even the little "plot twists" like the screaming corpse from the lake, or the... other corpse... at the end, were just dull.

On a related note, the blurb about the past on the blueprints for the tree that grew out of the fish (yes, those of you how have not play the game yet, you did read that correctly) was just not necessary, either. It was borderline gibberish. UNLESS, of course, it was a tie-in to the game on your own site that you linked us to (or tried to). By now, I'm sure you've read many a review complaining about THAT little ploy, so I won't bother doing the same. For the record, in order to "change my fate" (whooo, spoooky), I just went and read the other reviews, and found the code. I was not impressed with the result. Then again, I should admit that I did not play "Seasons."

Phew! Now that the griping is out of the way, I should get to the positives. For one, the graphics were pretty nice. Even the minimalistic design on the corpses' faces was actually pretty cool, in my book. Added to the surrealism just the right amount. Also, the transitions from screen to screen were very smooth. I honestly have not seen that very much - then again, I don't play "room escape" games very often, as they have been beaten to death by the NG community.

The game was okay. A little nonsensical. Also kind of rude to force a link on the player. However, one thing I figured out after quite a bit of research is the first box puzzle. Since very few people seem to understand it, I'll explain. Change the spaces to 4 different symbols to help you understand. Then look at the nonsense symbols and image a vertical (up and down) line going straight through the center of each one. Look to the left of that line and focus only on the part of the symbol on that side from here on. You should be able to see a number in each symbol. This is where the "mirror" part of the puzzle ceases to be useful now that you know which symbols mean which numbers (between 1 and 9). Look at the first line of the clue and imagine it without the mirror image side. Now it's just a simple multiplication problem that will show you the answer to the box.

Great game, to be honest. Worth 4 stars, maybe even 5. But forcing me to go play another game to be able to finish this one? No. Just NO.

RustyLake responds:

Thanks for playing..The code from Seasons provides an alternative end. You can complete the game without it. The lake is a teaser for Seasons and our upcoming games.

This game is awful. It's not a fun puzzle game, it's a game that requires a walkthrough because none of the puzzles make sense. They're just puzzles that the creator sees as unique and intelligent. They aren't. They're frustrating and solvable only to them.

This "game" won't load outside you own site, making this nothing more than a browser hijack. You get a 0 for that.