No Idea What I'm Doing In This Game! [Video]

[Heiach]

Gameplay review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v79EK-Q3uZM&feature=youtu.be

Another hot game that's only just come out! I've been loving me some new releases lately so I thought I'd give it a shot! Now I've never played The Escapists so I had to do some of the tutorial before even attempting The Escapists 2.

Yes I know I begrudge tutorials but I had a feeling I'd get very lost without it. Turns out that I was quite correct. Even *with* the tutorial I still have almost no idea what's going on or what I'm meant to do! I get randomly attacked by guard and guard dogs, so I attack them back I guess?

[JakeTheIceMan]

The first Escapists game was also like that, where the tutorial didn't tell you how to escape, it only explained controls. Plotting the escape from each prison is up to you. Consider the following when planning an escape.

You can dig through almost any wall and cover it with a poster. This is a very powerful method of getting around at night, and allows you to make your escapes in steps.
You can dig underground to get almost anywhere, but remember to cover hole with a desk (keep in mind digging underground is often a slow process, and when you dig up to the surface, guards can see the hole from the surface)
You can make plastic keys for almost every door. Real keys are found on guards, and are used to make a key mold. Do not keep the real key or the prison will go into lockdown (doors that are grey on the map generally cannot be opened, though there are exceptions)

There are very few obsticals in this game that cannot be overcome.

If you're getting attacked randomly it could be several things.

1. If your heat is too high (80 or above I think) guards will attack on sight. Heat is below your health and stamina. Heat goes up for bad behavior, such as:
Being spotted somewhere you shouldn't be
Attacking a guard
Stealing
Etc.
If your heat is high, hide until you have it low enough, because being spotted by a guard when your heat is high will raise it further. This exists so if you are running from a guard your heat will not go down until you escape.

2. Guards and inmates have an opinion score for each player. If a guard or inmate has a low opinion of you, they may randomly attack you. Raise opinion by giving them gifts/money in the gift tab (it's probably a bad idea to give a guard contraband) or doing quests for them. Opinion is lowered if you attack them or fail/abandon their quests. Go to their profile tab and their opinion of you is shown.

3. If there are dogs patrolling the prison, they can smell contraband on you and in your desk. They will attack you if you have contraband. You can tell an item is contraband if the window that says the item's name is red. Dogs don't normally patrol unless prison alert is at 2 stars or more. Stars are gained by missing an activity or when damage to the prison is found. Stars degrade at the end of each day.

Hope that helps

[Heiach]

Holy crap, thanks for the advice... this game seems really, really complicated :S

[Obiwan]

Alot of the fun of learning E2 comes from trial and error if you are not the kinda of person to get angry at failure.

Personally I think a video by someone who is tripping over left and right while finding there way around the game would be alot more entertaining than the premidated, tested, rehearsed and ultimately bland majority of those who handled E2.

[Harieiv]

If you give a guard contraband it still raises their opinion of you, probably because you're helping them to seize contraband. Giving them a dead rat lower their opinion to 0

[Pre55ure]

how do you raise intillect ? ive stolen a book cant find a way to read it and i found some computers and they wont let me interact ? im noob

[Seraphita]

Originally posted by Pre55ure:

how do you raise intillect ? ive stolen a book cant find a way to read it and i found some computers and they wont let me interact ? im noob

You need to go to the library and read books there.

[Pre55ure]

thanks alot. ive sussed that now, now how do you save the game ? lol..... if it saves when you sleep how come i cant load anything when starting the game up again ? the load button is greyed out ?

[Seraphita]

It should indeed save when you go to sleep. If it doesn't, you should make a bug report thread. (or check if such problem exists before you do. If you don't find anything, make a bug thread)

http://steamcommunity.com/app/641990/discussions/1/