Room Escape:Cost of Jealousy

I enjoyed this game very much. The puzzles are so varied and I LIKED that there was no explanation. They had just the right amount of challenge without being excruciatingly frustrating. Understanding the text is not necessary so the idiomatic and grammatical errors are irrelevant and the prose is understandable nonetheless, so who cares? I'd like to see how the complainers would fare if they developed anything in a second language. Oh, you don't intend to learn a second language?This developer did. The single complaint I have is that I acquired a set of objects and had no idea what to do with them. They were intended to be used in a completely different area on the map; I had to use a hint (I had a sizable cache of free hints which I never used - i don't know why another reviewer had to pay for his hints) to figure that out. At any rate it provided me weeks of enjoyment and it's fantastic that it saves your progress 100% so when you return you do not have to repeat any tasks as you have to in other games. I'm off to play another game by this developer!

I thought that this was one of the escape the room to get to the next level. Wrong! It is an interconnected series of rooms, dungeons, sewers and scenarios seeded with difficult puzzles and item searches. It caught me by surprise and kept me intrigued. It took hours and a couple of weeks to get to the end. Whether I was on it for a couple of hours or just a few minutes when I would get back to it it would remember my place and all the items that I accumulated. I did not have to “start over” each time. I collected hints that I could use when I got stuck on a puzzle and I got stuck a few times. When I finished I was sorry because I was really into it. I’m looking for another one to play. Kudos to the coders that made this adventure, it was fun.

Ok to play but not really worth any money. Controls are annoying -- e.g. having somebody say something (unimportant) and you MUST acknowledge by clicking on bottom of screen before continuing. I dislike the inset scenes still popping up after you have taken the item/solve the puzzle. Makes it hard to explore when inset scenes keep popping up plus sometimes I forget I have already finished the scene. Most annoyingly, you MUST click on the corner to make the inset go away; you cannot just click elsewhere. Puzzles are either very easy or very hard, not much in the middle. Too much crap on the scene covering up info; there is always an ad half covering the +hint box and I couldn't see what was the last item I was supposed to find when searching the body. This is on a Mini if it makes a difference. Relentless about asking for a review. I frequently rate one star when that happens but I am feeling generous.

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UPDATE: Maybe some people will enjoy this game, but the ads bounce non-stop. It’s incredibly annoying. The game might be OK if I you don’t get seasick, but i don’t care for the graphics or gameplay enough to overcome all that jiggling. Time to delete. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Ten minutes into the game and I think I’ll delete it. First, an overly intrusive ad frequently blocks the bottom of the screen, which is where the dialogue is displayed. Second, it also covers the Hint button. Third, the Hint button, when visible, bounces up and down constantly. It is driving me crazy and is very distracting. Finally, the graphics are mediocre and the music is monotonous. I’ll take a break and give it one more chance, but unless there’s a way to stop the bouncing button and get rid of the invasive ads, I’m deleting.

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This game could have been great but they messed it up. First, the ad at the bottom is annoying. It takes away from the game and blocks your view. The pop ups for items and special areas get irritating because you have to click a little arrow at the bottom corner at the bottom ad to get rid of it. Some of the games you have to click and click and slide to TRY to get it to realize you’re pressing it. The chain kept getting stuck and it wouldn’t recognize I was moving it, or trying to. I just couldn’t “pick” the chain up. Some puzzles just made no sense and weren’t relevant at all. The conversation having to be clicked at the bottom on the ad is annoying. It’s useless chatter. Rooms are hard to change to on the map. Hints are useless. I don’t need a hint to tell me to exit the pop up. Just all around more work than fun. I deleted after about 8 minutes. It all just feels random and pointless.