very good the story was better than the previous one the difficulty could have been better there was some nice characters which is an improvement since the previous had 2 if im not mistaken there were some points on this one were the audio glitched but overall it was a nice little experience
Reviews for "Can You Escape Fate? An Escape the Room Game Inspired by Undertale"
Honestly, I don't think the game was as fun as the last zodiac game.
- The battles were pretty easy and replaying the game was torture because there was no way to skip long, lengthy text parts (I had to keep waiting for the enemies to get everything off their chest before the battle could end). After the fifth time of beating game, trying to find other endings, I can't take it anymore. Sometimes, I come back to games I played years ago to re-experience them, but I can't come back to this one. There's just too much waiting and I see so many opportunities to skip ahead without losing anything, but time. Even the enemies in the lab were a pain in the butt because you had to wait for them to disappear and they posed no threat of you losing unless you went out of your way to lose.
- There were no secrets that I could find (it also didn't help that it kept asking me if I wanted a hint). A big part of escape games is exploration and experimentation and, with that offer popping up every time I tried something that the game didn't like, it seems to deter players from doing these things.
- I didn't find any secret battles or items and only found three optional battles in the entire game and that was with the cat, the pink girl, and the karaoke machine, all of which don't seem to affect the endings (I thought by avoiding giving the bear to the pink girl, I could get a different ending, but I was wrong). The liked the first game with the sheep because it had more of a escape the room type of feel because it actually felt like you were exploring a room and needed to use your wits and the items around you to solve the puzzles.
- The story certainly wasn't as frightening as the sheep one, but it was greatly expanded and had more enemies and scenes. Still, it seemed strange that the monkey did an almost 180 degree turn near the end where it is mad at you and wants to bring Jax back and, with one phrase (something along the lines of "he appreciated what you did for him"), he likes you and is happy.
- I can only find four endings: A New Life, Lost Forever, A Soul Crushed, and Who Am I. I've searched up and down for the last two endings and have been killed by every single enemy in the game in an attempt to unlock the endings, but I haven't found them. Are the other endings in the Arcade mode? Is there something I'm missing? The only thing I haven't done is try to use the bear on the hoop machine in the game room and like I said, I can't play this game again unless I know there's going to be something new to encounter because I can't go through the same battle another time.
Bugs:
- I think someone else mentioned it, but there are strange pauses in the game, such as for Clawrus Jr when he goes to say what the Jr stands for. I use Chrome so I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
- As I was clicking through the text quickly a few times, I noticed the game started spelling out scrambled words. If you let them spell out, sometimes, the real dialogue will start printing. The two times this has happened has been for the pink girl stopping you from dying and the dialogue just before a game over screen.
Still, I hope to see more from you in the future. It seems a lot of others really like the game so my opinion is the minority here.
If you would like help with testing, voicing acting, or advice for games, let me know. I have some experience in each category. Good luck on your future projects.
chibixi responds:
Thanks for the thoughtful response! I definitely agree with a lot of the points you brought up. I do think that in the future it'd be useful to have some sort of skip button to make the waiting segments a lot shorter for those that have already read them before. The secrets are the optional battles! You do get a different ending with the pink girl but it only happens if you die in the main story (spoiler). The two other endings are in the arcade mode, you are right! Thanks for mentioning the bugs! I'll do my best to fix them in a future version and I'll definitely let you know if I need help. I really liked reading your review and I know that I have a lot of room to improve! I really appreciate that you took the time to play so much of my game :)
i really enjoyed this jolting experience
some creative boss battles and the story is off the hook
Great job (:
Great game. Congratulation!!
'A New Life' 6420
What a waste! You should be directing movies instead. very well done.
Only thing that slipped by is the 12-year interval, should be 11, since every animal has a full year. But that isn't really relevant - just fix it if you find some time.
Ps. 'A new life'