Egression is a fun game if very short. Didn’t realize there were only 2 rooms. They were both comfortably fun if not the most challenging puzzles. Since they’re pretty reality-based game rooms, there isn’t any out of the box thinking to be had; if you can interact with it, its either part of the puzzle or decorum; not really any red herrings to be had.. The first puzzle is about an hour and the second is 1.5-2 hours. The lobby puzzle took the most time because it takes advantage of more video game-esque-isms to do things you couldn't reasonably do in real life. And also, the poster puzzle is something you probably won't ever be able to solve on your own without accidentally stumbling upon its key interaction. But at least the puzzle as a whole was enjoyable to solve.

Little disappointed that the 5-hour experience wasn't bug free. Had my flashlight disappear our me once, just completely gone and the final tool on the pod just would not work so had to restart the puzzle twice. Still enjoyed my time otherwise.

Sound design is nice, Joe can be a bit irksome with his dialogue but it never got grating, more cheesy-eyerolly after a while. My only issue with sound design was that the out of bounds noise is quite loud.

Controls were very easy to use and understand, the variety of controls and menu manipulation felt very natural so I did appreciate that. Index controls worked quite well. Would hope for additional maps and DLC but considering its been a year, cant imagine much more is coming?

Can’t really recommend a 5 hour experience for the full $20 but if you find it on a discount and enjoy puzzle/escape room type games, you could do worse than spending your money on Egression :)

Egression is a fun game if very short. Didn’t realize there were only 2 rooms. They were both comfortably fun if not the most challenging puzzles. Since they’re pretty reality-based game rooms, there isn’t any out of the box thinking to be had; [spoiler]if you can interact with it, its either part of the puzzle or decorum; not really any red herrings to be had.[/spoiler]. The first puzzle is about an hour and the second is 1.5-2 hours. The lobby puzzle took the most time because it takes advantage of more video game-esque-isms to do things you couldn't reasonably do in real life. And also, the [spoiler]poster puzzle[/spoiler] is something you probably won't ever be able to solve on your own without accidentally stumbling upon its key interaction. But at least the puzzle as a whole was enjoyable to solve. Little disappointed that the 5-hour experience wasn't bug free. Had my flashlight disappear our me once, just completely gone and the [spoiler]final tool[/spoiler] on the pod just would not work so had to restart the puzzle twice. Still enjoyed my time otherwise. Sound design is nice, Joe can be a bit irksome with his dialogue but it never got grating, more cheesy-eyerolly after a while. My only issue with sound design was that the out of bounds noise is quite loud. Controls were very easy to use and understand, the variety of controls and menu manipulation felt very natural so I did appreciate that. Index controls worked quite well. Would hope for additional maps and DLC but considering its been a year, cant imagine much more is coming? Can’t really recommend a 5 hour experience for the full $20 but if you find it on a discount and enjoy puzzle/escape room type games, you could do worse than spending your money on Egression :)