In SUBNET – Escape Room Journey, a 3D puzzle sport, it’s your job as a authorities agent to enter the deserted subway tunnels hacked by the terrorist group “drkFORCE,” and disarm their bomb.
The sport begins merely sufficient; you study of this assault whereas in your house, and are given voicemail directions to open a package deal despatched to you after which head to the subways.
It additionally begins cryptically. So as to open the package deal (and do something on this sport, actually), it’s a must to discover clues that make it easier to clear up puzzles. For instance, the package deal you’re given has a lock on it, so earlier than you may open it it’s a must to search the room for the passcode.
The sport continues like this. When you open your package deal, you discover it consists of an AI earpiece that lets you navigate your location and monitor the hackers. When you’re in your approach to the subway, you’ll discover it’s a must to unlock doorways, hack safety units, and transfer giant objects to get to your vacation spot.
Throughout one chapter of the sport, if you find yourself to hack a subway practice into driving you to a sure location, you’ll discover many puzzles it’s worthwhile to clear up with a view to progress. There are a lot of doorways it’s worthwhile to unlock on this chapter. One, you achieve this by getting into the appropriate password into its safety lock. You discover this code by, after all, fixing a puzzle. This puzzle is likely one of the simpler ones, because the passcode is shapes and never numbers. On the skin wall on the practice are the shapes you want, with corresponding numbers on the within wall to provide the order of the code. There are tons of different puzzles like this—some simpler, and a few tougher.
You’ll end up in a number of totally different places as you progress: alleys, trains, tunnels, and so many extra. All of them are associated to the subway, and every has an eerie vibe that provides to the sport’s thrilling aesthetic. You play in first-person as properly, which permits the sport to really feel extra private, and subsequently, even a bit scary. Your solely companion whereas exploring is your AI, who sometimes talks to you and allows you to know what’s occurring and what to do. In every single place you discover is darkish and lonely, and a few locations even require a flashlight as they’re very poorly lit.
The music is eerie as properly. SUBNET – Escape Room Journey does a superb job at making its participant really feel on edge as they attempt to discover their approach to the hackers, which permits the sport to be suspenseful and enjoyable.
The controls are very straightforward, you progress round with the left Pleasure-Con stick, work together with objects with A, return with B, and open your stock with Y. I skilled no interface issues whereas enjoying, and felt the sport ran very easily. The objects it’s worthwhile to work together with are proven by a logo that pops up, so it’s straightforward to discover your environment as properly. The graphics and animations are fairly properly accomplished, which additionally helps the sport to be satisfying.
SUBNET – Escape Room Journey isn’t a really lengthy sport, and whereas the story isn’t essentially the most attention-grabbing one ever instructed, it’s nonetheless enjoyable to discover creepy subway tunnels and clear up puzzles alongside the best way. Enjoying this sport will make you are feeling like a real agent, from the first-person perspective to the satisfying feeling of fixing a chapter all by yourself.