Inescapable

Note: video review embedded below. Though it was likely intended to create a sense of isolation, what Inescapable’s lack of music did to me was give me ample time to think. Within its audio void, it became easy to see Inescapable’s various parts, how they fit and why they were there. And as I observed and seemed to spend more time analyzing than playing,... Read more

Thought I'd write a quick review since I just played through this this weekend and it has shown up in another bundle. I want to like Inescapable more than I do. I followed it for a while during development because I like the retro graphics and "metroidvania" always gets my attention. But this is not a metroidvania. It's a rather linear experience of... Read more

Ugh.. I suppose you can call this game a "metroidvania" in the same sense that a half-empty parking garage is a metroidvania. Sure, you have complete freedom to wander back and forth between a wide variety of drab-colored largely uninhabited levels that all look the same, but nobody would ever mistake it for entertainment. Honestly, the game was more... Read more

Things not conductive to a good Metroidvania experience: 1. Unresponsive controls. 2. No map. 3. A weak inventory system and no idea what items do until you have used them. 4. Instantly kicking you back to the menu when you die to one of the many instant death instances. 5. Unavoidable fall damage. 6. No ability to look down in a game filled with spiked... Read more

I can recommend playing Inescapable, so long you understand several very important things about this title. First, despite the visual similarities, know that this is not Super Metroid. A comparable situation would be like saying a triple decker sandwich is proportional to a single slice of lukewarm bologna. Second, this game is very short, and I would... Read more