On 1/1/2024 8:10 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It may be the start of a new year, but we've still got Free Games to announce! Today, on Epic, we receive:

* Escape Academy
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/escape-academy-bfc2bf
I never got the appeal of "escape room" games... but if
you enjoy that sort of thing, then "Escape Academy"
will probably be right up your alley. A first-person
puzzler, played single-player or co-op, wrapped up in
a nominal setting of 'teaching' you the secrets of
escape. It's a fine game, I'm sure, but fairly niche
in appeal. I can't say I like its art style, though.

We'll see if tomorrow's game is more to my liking, because - like all
the other recent Epic freebies - you only have 24 hours to claim this
one.

I picked it up. I'm not sure if I would like escape rooms. One of my
friends wanted to do one. On the one hand, I don't like computer game
puzzles, on the other playing a computer game of it might give me an
idea if I'd like the real one. On the third hand, without the
physicality and presence of friends, it isn't likely to give much of the
full experience.


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On 1/1/24 14:53, kyonshi wrote:

On 1/1/2024 6:54 PM, Justisaur wrote:

I picked it up.  I'm not sure if I would like escape rooms.  One of my
friends wanted to do one.  On the one hand, I don't like computer game
puzzles, on the other playing a computer game of it might give me an
idea if I'd like the real one.  On the third hand, without the
physicality and presence of friends, it isn't likely to give much of
the full experience.

Escape Rooms were quite nice when I tried them before, but not something
I need to do all the time.
Where I live in they also seemed to die a bit of a quick death after
five girls died in a fire in an improperly set up escape room.
Beforehand they were one of those things people did for company events, nowadays you don't even hear about them anymore. I guess most of them
quickly went out of business after the tragedy. But corona also might
have had something to do with that.

Otherwise I agree with you, I don't really see the point in doing an
escape room when it's not an actual room.

I've never been in one. I think I used to be a fan of escape room games,
but dont' care about them nowadays.
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:00:11 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Let's see what's trending on Epic. Oh look, a free game. I bet that
none of you saw that coming. Good thing I'm so on-the-ball these days
;-)

* Escape Academy
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/escape-academy-bfc2bf

Also, apparently, it is a repeat game, first offered by Epic just over
a year ago.

<grumble> They could at least have thrown in some free DLC if they
were doing a repeat...

Ditto, but that would be greedy. /s ;)
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