Is this game better than the first one?

[Bombardino Crocoshanskyy]

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[Hunion]

yes..... i played both of them and hated the first one and loved the second one

[Raoul1808]

Yes, because there's multiplayer, and so it's easier with a friend :)

[KBK.]

The seconed one is way more fun than the first one, i would suggest getting the seconed one over the first one.

[square ⬛]

Both as good as each other.

[Gopher boat]

Yes, I was in your position 2 days ago and it was/is money well spent

[smokingjoe696]

Definitely!

[Calplus]

This is actually controversial.

If you are the creative type of person who likes to create maps, stick around with The Escapists 1 for the map editor... for now.

If you are more of the person who likes to escape more than create maps, then go for The escapists 2.

Personally I like The Escapists 2 MUCH more better than 1. Better artwork, new combat system, somewhat more difficult for difficult maps and easier for easier maps. Just note that you need to get used to the controls for this game. When I moved from The Escapists 1 to 2, it took me 3 hours of gameplay to master and get used to the keystrokes.

[MekaDovah]

I mostly agree with Calplus. Other than the editor, Escapists 2 is basically better in a lot of ways. More fun, better quality of life improvements, more consistently comedic, more involved combat, and character customization (always a plus in my book).

Whether or not the game is harder than the first...to be honest I'm not entirely sure. It's a puzzle game and once you figure the puzzle out it isn't terribly difficult to repeat that success. I do kinda feel Escapists 2 is a little easier because of the quality of life improvements, but you could just as easily flip that around and say Escapists 1 was more tedious than challenging.

Even the map editor is a little mixed. Escapists 1 gave us way more creative freedom, but had some rather severe bugs (like switching menus accidentally deleting everything or half the prison getting tied up for no reason when adding a roof). Escapists 2 so far doesn't seem that badly buggy, but is painfully limited. We can't even have outer doors or electric fences.

[PeoplesPersonsPeople]

the biggest problem with the second one is how you can spend hours getting the right stuff the escape and then a guard sees you at the wrong time and you have to start over from scratch instead of restarting the day so you can try again like in the first game

[Goply]

Originally posted by Gopher boat:

Yes, I was in your position 2 days ago and it was/is money well spent

Well I don't think so since the game is going to be free tommorow lol

[G_Medlin]

Yes :P

[Halfpaststate]

Originally posted by Greg_Team17:

Yes :P

Why is it not free on epic games rn :(

[CodyGaming101]

I feel like the prison editor is about the only thing 2 does worse than 1, mainly just because of how little you're given to work with. I used to hate that you weren't given much time to make a key mold because the infirmary people are way too fast - but now I feel like this is an improvement. 2 also gives you more ways to escape, which is a nice bonus. So yeah, 2 is better.

[CodyGaming101]

Originally posted by Calplus:

When I moved from The Escapists 1 to 2, it took me 3 hours of gameplay to master and get used to the keystrokes.

I'm 34 hours in and I still left click to try to talk to people.