Mixed review. You can tell a lot of effort went into Escape Legacy. There's plenty of fun to be had and the replayability is implemented quite well. However, some of the frustrations ultimately ruin the experience.

It's too easy to get stuck, and it's usually unclear whether you're stuck because you're misunderstanding the puzzle, or because you haven't found all the clues yet. The clue locations are randomized each playthrough, so sometimes you might spend 20 minutes scouring every corner unable to find a missing clue, then restart and find it in the first minute.

It also feels kind of bad to play - the character acceleration is awfully slow, the camera jerks around a lot (head bob, animated door-opening sequences), and even with the brightness adjustment option there's far too much darkness for a game about finding hidden objects. I feel like too much work went into making the game feel realistic for VR, at detriment to the gameplay.

That said, I suspect my above complaints don't apply to the VR version. I only played the non-VR version, but having direct control over the camera without the molasses-like movement acceleration sounds like it would make it a lot easier to find hidden objects.

Mixed review. You can tell a lot of effort went into Escape Legacy. There's plenty of fun to be had and the replayability is implemented quite well. However, some of the frustrations ultimately ruin the experience. It's too easy to get stuck, and it's usually unclear whether you're stuck because you're misunderstanding the puzzle, or because you haven't found all the clues yet. The clue locations are randomized each playthrough, so sometimes you might spend 20 minutes scouring every corner unable to find a missing clue, then restart and find it in the first minute. It also feels kind of bad to play - the character acceleration is awfully slow, the camera jerks around a lot (head bob, animated door-opening sequences), and even with the brightness adjustment option there's far too much darkness for a game about finding hidden objects. I feel like too much work went into making the game feel realistic for VR, at detriment to the gameplay. That said, I suspect my above complaints don't apply to the VR version. I only played the non-VR version, but having direct control over the camera without the molasses-like movement acceleration sounds like it would make it a lot easier to find hidden objects.