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Escape Tales: The Awakening

Game ID: GID0116795
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Description

Escape Tales: The Awakening is a story driven escape room in card game form, with immersive exploration, no time limits when solving puzzles, and a collection of tough choices that will captivate and immerse you deeply. As for the story, here's the set-up:

Players take on the role of Sam, whose daughter has been in a coma for over two months and whose doctors still cannot explain how this happened or what caused it. According to them, everything is fine with the girl; she's healthy and shouldn't be in this condition. Sam is desperate and looks for answers everywhere he can, which leads to a weird meeting with Mark.

Mark's son was once in a similar situation, and his father was able to help wake the boy up. He has given Sam a scary-looking book and said that inside this book he will find a ritual called "The Awakening". But Mark warned Sam that he needs to prepare himself mentally since this ritual will transfer him into another dimension, where he should be able to find his daughter and understand what is the cause of this state. If Sam's lucky enough, then he will be able to wake her up as well. Sam has held onto the book for more than a week. Finally, he's ready to go into the basement and perform a ritual. Are you ready, too?

Content warning: suicide

Year Published
2018
Transcript Analysis
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Video Ok7xvOBEed0 top_20_list at 17:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • interesting take on escape room games without a timer
  • story-driven design that can pause and resume
Cons
  • puzzles can be challenging and may frustrate some players
Thematic elements
  • story-driven puzzle solving
  • escape room-inspired mystery
  • mystery thriller
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Puzzle solving — puzzles drive progression without a strict time limit
  • story integration — narrative elements tie puzzle outcomes to the plot
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Quotes (from this video)
  • it's one of those games that can be played by anyone
  • it's basically Taboo but trap words
  • one of the best-looking covers of a ball game I've ever seen
  • a dynasty of games that feels different to anything else
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Video BM4FTFpZBzc John Backus general_discussion at 22:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • thematic depth and puzzle variety
  • campaign-style feel with puzzles to solve
Cons
  • puzzle-heavy; can be challenging for casual players
Thematic elements
  • story-driven puzzle solving
  • Escape room-inspired puzzle adventure
  • immersive and puzzle-first
Comparison games
  • Exit: The Game
  • Deck Scape
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • puzzle-solving with story hooks — Long-form puzzle solving with narrative elements and cooperative play.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • this is from I games in Ukraine and this is from one of the designers of mysterium
  • we had a lot of laughter with this one
  • surprising amount of skill to hitting that Tower
  • this is a reversed dungeon cruel
  • I had loads of fun with it last night
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