The Secret Elevator Remastered

I enjoyed the Secret Elevator Remastered and the Timed Add-On. They were a welcome breath of fresh air in the sea of puzzle games I have played thus far. The puzzles required more thought and thinking “outside the box” to complete. If there’s one area that I was disappointed in, it would be the endings to both the original and timed games. They were not as dynamic as I had expected and left me wanting more. But, the overall games made-up for this slight disappointment. I had a real sense of accomplishment when I finally completed each game. The “Timed” Add-On added another element to an already challenging game. I had to play it several times in order to successfully finish the game. Looking forward to future endeavors. The “skip” feature failed to work on my iPad Air 2 running the current IOS 11 software, which became frustrating as it took me several attempts to solve the Timed” Add-On.

It's a great first offering from a new developer.... lots of originality, wonderful graphics and music... I really enjoyed it. The puzzles are good, but I think the interface makes it easier than it has to be. It would be more challenging with a different kind of interface. Still, it's a good game. I encountered a big glitch while playing and thought I couldn't finish, but when I went back in to get a screenshot for the dev, it was all resolved and I was able to finish the rest with no more problems. I appreciated that there was an epilogue but it's timed and I don't like timed games.... they make me tense and I play for relaxation.... so I started it but didn't finish. Still, there's a lot of good here.

This game was challenging in many ways... the controls were challenging, the clues weren't really clues, so I just ended up tapping my way through the game, the story line was hard to understand. Overall it was a decent game, but nothing like the Room series. I'm giving this review 4 stars, but I think it should be priced at $.99, because it didn't take me but four hours to finish. If the controls were easier, I would've finished in an hour.

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DON'T PURCHASE - BUGS ABOUND!!! Addendum to original review: I'm now in the train section of the game. It's clearly got a bug because there's a suitcase I cannot open. I've interacted with everything possible and I can no longer progress through the game. This is supposed to be a "remastered" version. I suspect it was just renamed in order to get more rubes like me to purchase it. Reducing rating to 1 star from 2. If I could give it a negative rating I would. Original review: Purchased a couple of hours ago. Controls are simplistic at best. Easy enough to follow clues. Game glitches out randomly however, and you can only look around. If it's been a while since a save point, this can be annoying.

Gameplay has improved significantly, although the walking is slow. Some bugs that occasionally cause the game to freeze. Good graphics and improved storyline. Free add-on available as well that introduces a new chapter. The add-on adds a time element that's less than ideal for mobile gameplay that gets frequently interrupted. Overall a vast improvement on the original!