Rusty Lake Paradise Reviews

Paradise

icantihavecrew

Lots of good gameplay, well fitting music that sets then stage, and clever puzzles, as always from rusty lake. If you are interested in the story of the game, you will be satisfied. The story is a bit less disjointed, and it elaborates on the past of the Lake and what the cubes really mean to the people who die there. It uses elements from the future and dives into the topic of sacrifice, giving you emotional scenes of flashbacks and compelling moments. Worth the money, and worth playing a few times.

Creative

Haileygtg

This game is one of my favorites of all time. I love the mind-boggling puzzles and creative characters and creepy storyline. I’ve played all of the series of games from this company and loved them all. I’ve even given it as a gift!

Creepy; love it!

jd2020

I’m a huge fan of the whole Rusty Lake series. This was great fun, as was Paradox. Love the lore and craft that goes into these puzzle games. Wish I could go back and listen the the backward speaking figure. Let’s Rock!

Morbid Puzzler

Filmfan65

Well done. Some of the puzzles are challenging. Takes some inspiration from The Wicker Man and pagan mythos. I liked it.

Intuitive? This game is not.

cheekyacademic

What might have seemed obvious was simply not within this game so I just ended up frustrated throughout most of it. It was much like a battle of wits in which the developers might argue they were providing cryptic clues to enhance game experience, but really, I would argue poor execution, which negatively affected user design and experience. Good design is intuitive, and in some cases, the design definitely made sense and the riddles/mini-games could be figured out, but in other places, I just found myself majorly annoyed with dev logic. How would I know the cracks in the ice need to be directed through the buckets/posts?!? They seem more like obstacles, much like the thorns in the crab(?) maze game. I assumed I needed to move around them, not sink them. Simple things like using an icon such as an anchor, something that needs to be sunk, would be more obvious and readily understood. Also, there should be some way to avoid failing the little mini games and challenges. Some are only won through multiple failures so there really was no logic to it. You can only figure it out using trial and error and that effectively means there is nothing to solve, merely a model you wanted us to use without any instructions. That’s cool and all for some people, but if I can’t actually try and it’s all guesswork, that’s not very entertaining to me. There should be some method to the madness. To add, I was frequently required to remember information, something I have no desire to do within a game. You should be able to make some reference page of something you’ve seen or discovered, otherwise it’s back and forth and back and forth again for those who struggle with short-term and/or working memory. The game attempted to be creepy and definitely didn’t succeed for me, but obviously many people like it. While I was definitely a bit disappointed, the game can be redeemed IMHO with a bit of work. I suppose my assumption is that everyone doesn’t think alike or share the same logic, so I might suggest when designing clues or making connections between game items/people, please understand that discoverability matters. If the user can’t intuitively figure out what something does, that is, how they may interact with the game (e.g., the affordances), and if no signifiers are present to signal the method of interaction, users will always be forced to have someone else tell them how to play through the game. While I didn’t love the game, I hope you all take my suggestions to heart. They are sensible and would allow you all to bring in a larger audience.

Second favorite puzzle game

Tfanara

The Room is my favorite puzzle game, but this one has easily come in second. The graphics and storyline are superb! This game kept me thinking and on the edge of my seat the whole time. I highly recommend it!

Endless joy. Easily the best app series ever!

Paisleybug

I can’t even begin to describe the mind blowing wonderful joy of these games. I’ve played all of them, gifted them to friends and family, and they’ve seriously blown every single other game/app out of the water. The creativity of these designers is insane. Snails coming out of grandma’s nose? Yes please. My only complaint: there aren’t enough stories! My life feels incomplete now that I’ve done them all. Please please please keep making more of them!! I could rave for days, but this should get my point across. You will not regret purchasing these. Start with this one before moving on to the others. My only caveat: the story is a little chilling and there’s a little bit of gore so if you are sensitive to that, beware.

Very dark compared to others by this maker

Fun, but glad I had hints

I’ve played all the other Rusty Lake games and have absolutely loved them. This one however, seemed very dark and satanic. I didn’t even move on past the third level because I simply didn’t want to expose myself to that. I would recommend all the other Rusty Lake and Cube Escape games, but not this one.

Does not disappoint

Unhappyuserstill

I’ve play all of their games and I put them up there in the top tier of this type of game. Looking forward to what’s next. They have a ton of free ones too that you can try out first to see if you like the style.

Really cool game! Requires some patience

HodgesHodges84

I’m a huge escape room fan, and much of this game really scratches the itch. A cool story with intriguing themes. I thought there was just the right balance of story and gameplay. Some of the puzzles felt a little tedious, and there were one or two “oh come on, that’s how you solve that?” ..moments. But generally speaking, the game is fun. The challenge level was tougher than I imagined at times! (I had to look up solutions to things maybe 3 times). Really cool, dark sense of humor in it. Loved the ending. I’d say this is worth it if you’re into patiently solving escape-room style puzzles and bizarre, dark adventure stories!

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