SideQuest: Seventh Sea Evaluation – Board Recreation Quest

As you emerge from the swamp, you see the chapel in entrance of you. Inside, a particular treasure that you’re attempting to steal earlier than your enemies. Between you and the treasure, a plethora of puzzles that may problem you to assume outdoors the field, and in the event you aren’t cautious the swamp demon will lure you right here perpetually. Be a part of me as I evaluation the SideQuest Seventh Sea escape recreation.

Gameplay Overview:

SideQuest Seventh Sea is a three-dimensional escape recreation the place you play as a treasure hunter in search of a dragonsteel protect that’s hidden in a chapel situated in a swamp. While you open the field you’ll be directed to construct the outside of the chapel and punch out the reply key items.

Through the recreation, you utilize a number of playing cards to unravel puzzles in addition to punch out recreation items. A lot of the puzzles are logic-based, with some summary considering for just a few as nicely. The reply enter secret is just a little clunky at first however when you get a hold of it, it turns into a lot simpler to examine your solutions.

The preliminary puzzles take care of the outside of the chapel and easy methods to break into the entrance door. When you get by the entrance door, the puzzles begin to improve in problem. After repairing some home windows and shifting some statues round you will discover the treasure of the dragonsteel protect. Then you’ll have a choice to make; do you enter the portal to combat the swamp demon, or do you retreat along with your protect? In the event you resolve to enter the portal, you’ll encounter the toughest set of puzzles but because the demon tries to eradicate you. In the event you succeed you may escape and unlock 4 completely different endings.

Recreation Expertise:

SideQuest Seventh Sea was okay, but it surely was missing in fairly just a few locations. Through the recreation we discovered ourselves in search of extra hints simply to get clarification on puzzle directions. Whereas the puzzles had selection and have been advanced, some (such because the totem and glass puzzle) have been missing in directions or wanted guidelines clarification.

One of many larger issues we had with the sport was the writing and story. Possibly it’s as a result of we don’t play Seventh Sea, however even taking that into consideration the storyline and the writing was fairly cringy at instances. It didn’t create the type of thematic environment we had skilled with different video games from this writer. We discovered ourselves skipping a number of the narrative writing about midway by the sport in lieu of attending to the subsequent puzzle.

The reply key appears difficult to make use of at first, however when you get the hold of it coming into the options turns into a breeze. There may be additionally an awesome hyperlink between what puzzles want the reply key versus those that don’t. Talking of puzzles that don’t, we have been at a whole loss when combating the demon on the finish of the sport. Every puzzle is a single card with the answer being a selected phrase or phrase. The issue is you aren’t given any directions on easy methods to full them, which left us feeling annoyed.

Last Ideas:

SideQuest Seventh Sea was a miss for us. Whereas the puzzles have selection, the directions for every have been missing, and the narrative writing falls flat and leaves you wanting to only get by the sport and end it. We performed a great number of escape video games and concluded that the puzzles on this recreation lack directions to extend their problem, which we see as a shortcut. Some puzzles have been enjoyable as soon as we had clearer directions, so I really feel just like the bones for a great expertise are there. General, I wouldn’t advocate this over SideQuest Nemesis, which can be just lately reviewed.

Last Rating: 2 Stars – An okay escape recreation with a clunky narrative and difficult puzzles lacking intuitive course.

Hits:
• Puzzles have a great selection.

Misses:
• Writing is a bit cringy and doesn’t create a great environment.
• Puzzles lack directions to make them tough.