Abandoned Mine - Escape Room

Make sure to turn your brightness up full!! The first level really turned me off as far as game play with items being very difficult to select, I’m talking within 25-50 pixels. Fire the first level I’d rate the gameplay a four star and the graphics and puzzles a five. The remaining levels get a 5 all across the board! After the first level you start to really understand what the developer is looking for. The puzzles are great and really make you think. Had to get out the pen and paper a few times.

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I downloaded this game because it was recommended by another escape room app that I finished and enjoyed (Skyscraper Escape), but I was quickly disappointed. I only played Abandoned Mine for about 20 minutes before deleting out of frustration - not because I could solve the puzzles, but because the graphics were animated and two-dimensional. Because of the lack of depth and the monochromatic colors this theme called for, it was very hard to tell what I was looking at a lot of the time. I could barely make out objects I had to pick up, so I just started tapping everywhere until something popped into my inventory, and hoped whatever I picked up was going to give me an inkling of what to do next. There seemed to be no flow between steps, so I found myself undergoing a lot of unnecessary back and forth. Additionally, one of the three clues I used recapped a step I’d already completed and was no help at all. My suggestion: don’t waste your time.

I’ve played better escape games (Haiku brand and others) but it’s not bad. I find that with this developer’s games, many of the challenges lack rationale or logical thought progression. Additionally there is a lot of needless back and forth between areas (ie: part “A” from area “5” is required to open a box in area “3” to retrieve an item required in area “4”) and I generally stumble upon >75% of the items/puzzles by accident. Overall it’s a decent time killer, just not as good as others that are available for free. Try it, perhaps my line of thinking is not attune with this developer and yours may well be. Happy escaping!

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I wasn’t wild about this game from the beginning when it started up with pretty much everything in the same sepia tone - I get it, it’s a mine, stuff is going to be grey-beige. This just makes it harder to see anything unless I switch to full brightness on my screen. I gave up when I got to the padlock in level one (!!!) for what is likely a glitch that prevented me from moving forward. I understood the clues and solved the puzzles, but the padlock would not open. I even used up all my free clues just in case I was missing something, then went to a tutorial video, but no, just a glitch. It was even more annoying when the clues, as another review pointed out, showed how to solve steps I had already passed. Too bad.

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I really like escape games like this, but the glitchiness makes it really frustrating. The clues/items don’t always connect to each other logically and like others said the color scheme makes it hard to see things at times. But the biggest issue is that it seems glitchy. I had a lot of trouble getting the gear puzzle to work even though I was doing it perfectly. It suddenly worked after multiple attempts and restarts and I have no idea why. And now I’m stuck on Ore Pass because even though I have the lights on and both valves, I can’t get the switch that floods the tunnel to move. It’s so frustrating!