I think back when we played escape rooms, it was still a small Flash game on the web. You clicked the mouse to find the key to open the door. Special effects cost 50 cents, and there was basically no plot. Who would have thought that this type of game would now have the "Extreme Agent" series, and that you could play a suspenseful blockbuster on your mobile phone. It's such a long time coming!
Talking about "Escape Room Survival Series 2: The Ultimate Agent", I thought it was the old-fashioned "finding things + solving puzzles" routine at first, but when I played it I found something was wrong - the plot actually has continuity! From haunted cities to mysterious castles to lighthouse islands, it's like watching an American TV series. At that time, we had to turn on the computer to play "Silent Hill", but now you can experience this eerie atmosphere with just a few swipes on your mobile phone. The advancement of technology has really broken the barriers to gaming.
What impresses me most is that this game is free! Zero charge! I think back then it cost us five yuan to buy a pirated CD, and we had to fight the stall owner to avoid buying a bad disk. Are developers now doing charity directly? Later, when I thought about it, I realized that what they were doing was based on in-app purchases or advertising, but this wave of sincerity was indeed given. At least the first chapter made you enjoy the game for free, which was 10,000 times better than the demo version at that time.
Let's talk about the graphics and puzzle design. Although they are not as good as 3A masterpieces, they are considered conscientious on the mobile platform. Those hidden objects are so cunningly hidden that they almost make me suffer from presbyopia, but isn't that the fun of escape rooms? I remember looking for clues from the pixels in "The Mysterious Island". Now the high-definition screen can be zoomed in and out at will, which was something I couldn't even dream of doing before.
The funniest thing is the plot - the city has changed, the lighthouse has also changed, it's all the work of dark forces. Isn't this a reflection of our gaming industry over the past few decades? From Famicom to cloud gaming, from pixels to ray tracing, from stand-alone to universal online gaming, the changes are bigger than the ghosts in the game. But despite all the changes, the core is still the same: letting players enjoy solving puzzles.
In short, veterans, although the name of this game is hard to pronounce, it is better because it is free, has a coherent plot, and solves brain-burning puzzles. If you want to experience the "mobile version of Mysterious Island", you can try it. If we, the brothers who grew up playing "Escape Room" Flash, would like to see what new tricks this "series" version can play. Finally, I sigh: The game is still the same game, but we have changed from "finding the key to open the door" to "finding the truth to save the city". Times have changed! 🚪🔑👻