! ! ! W O R T H E V E R Y P E N N Y ! ! ! – Faraway: Puzzle Escape Review

I've played a couple of thousand Escape-Puzzle-Adventure games over the past 12 years (seriously!) and this would easily land in my Top-40 List of this genre. The graphics and ambients are fantastic and make this game a totally immersive experience. The navigation of the environment is absolutely unique yet easy to pick up and learn. The countless puzzles are either very very original or they are classics brilliantly repackaged to make them enjoyable once again. The HINT SYSTEM is fantastic and only shows you the exact puzzle that you are on...(not 3 minutes of video you have to sit through for puzzles you've already completed.) I could have played this game for dozens of more levels and I truly hope that happens. My ONLY 2 complaints are (1) the pointless, irrelevant notes that you never find all of.....and (2) that the fresh experience of exploring this game is over for me...guess I'll wipe it from my iPad and start over.? I did take my time with this and looked at everything closely and it kept me entertained for hours. For all of you complainers out there: if you're looking for the perfect Escape-Puzzle-Adventure game, you're never going to find it. This one does a great job of coming pretty darn close though! It's irritating to see people picking apart a great game when it's above and beyond the vast sea of DUDS out there, isn't it? I have no regrets in paying for his game...it always kept me entertained, never irritated me, it constantly turned in new directions...and most importantly the puzzles were interesting, were all logical, and they weren't impossible. (And again, when I DID get kinda stuck, there was an instant help system to give me a quick nudge.) I absolutely don't feel "burned" by this purchase...and I definitely don't have money to burn!
Review by SDRanger on Faraway: Puzzle Escape.