I knew before even installing the game that this one was probably going to be Not For Me, but since I received it free from Prime Gaming back in May of 2021, I couldn’t see any reason not to give it a whirl. Movement and puzzle controls are what you would expect from a mobile port, and overall, I found the entire experience to be almost unremarkable.Įven if Faraway: Puzzle Escape is precisely the kind of game you enjoy, there are many better options on PC, and probably on mobile as well. The letters (there are three per level) are voice acted adequately. If there is any compelling reason to have audio on, I didn’t find it – there don’t seem to be any puzzles that include audio cues of any sort. In fact, I played over two sessions, and for the second one, I didn’t even bother to put on my headphones. I didn’t have any really satisfying “Aha!” moments, and needed to consult the walkthrough a few more times on my way through (although never for the actual solution to a puzzle – only to figure out what exactly the game was expecting me to do).īoth the graphics and the music are serviceable, but not memorable. There’s a lot of “find this object to unlock this other object” and a lot of “memorize this pattern and use it somewhere else”. I played up until the tenth level (out of twenty), and the puzzles aren’t terribly difficult or original. In fact, Faraway: Puzzle Escape has four sequels, available on both Android and iPhone, so for folks who are a big fan of low-poly first person puzzlers, that’s a pretty meaty catalog. I didn’t find the controls confusing or awkward once I realized that, it just wasn’t what I was expecting. That was the point when I realized this game had been designed for mobile devices and touchscreens. As it turns out, there is no “secret” entrance, there is a door right in front of you, and you can’t just click on it to proceed instead you must hold and drag the handle. In fact, the very first one I found led me pretty far astray, until I finally gave up and consulted a walk-through. They don’t really provide any clues to the puzzles, and – at least for me – added nothing to the experience. There are letters you can pick up on all of the levels, which give you the barest whisper of a background story, but I’ll confess that after the first couple, I decided I didn’t much care for the letter-writer (sorry, Dad!), and stopped actively looking for them. Your email address will not be published.The game’s description on the publishers website. Use the pickaxe on it to get the third letter! There’s also an X on the foot of the portal. Don’t go through the portal yet! Notice the tile looks like an X. So change those and then go back to the beginning of the level and change the other two so they show the right symbols from that vantage point.ġ0. But you can only control the first and fourth here. This is where you need to see them in that order. It goes circle, square, triangle, pentagon. Now we have the order for all four shapes. Tap on the pillar to the left and use the pickaxe on all the black pieces until you find the tile. Grab Note 2 and use the pickaxe on the pillars to turn them into stairs. Cross the bridge to see another clue, a red triangle. The difference is that this time you don’t have the lines to guide you, so you’ll have to keep referring to the second pillar. Then follow the same path you did on the second pillar. For the next pillar, find the first button and then follow the path, pressing all the buttons as you go. Rotate each section so they form a continuous line. Find the size with a little piece at the very top. Let’s solve the first puzzle, on the left pillar. There’s also a square clue to the right.Ĥ. Pull the lever down and cross the bridge.ģ. Turn right a bit and tap on the broken column to rotate it until you see a lever.
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