Wolf Escape Games - Hallows Hill - Review
Hallows Hill is the first in a planned series of online escape rooms by Wolf Escape Games. Designed to play just like a real life escape room, the beauty of an online experience is that it can be shared via teleconferencing facilities such as Zoom. So earlier this week we all dialled into a call from different remote locations, dimmed the lights and prepared to enter the world of Hallows Hill.
The first thing that really struck us was the level of presentation throughout the game. The interface mixes atmospheric animated cut-scenes, sudden noises, several quick jump scares and an easy to navigate interface. We especially liked the way individual players could have the Inventory objects sent to their own mobile devices or laptops, so that they could study something in detail whilst the team explored the rest of the room.
Each room was a standard point and click with screen prompts to direct players to the items they can interact with. As we worked on each puzzle, it was really easy to move around the room and between artefacts to try and find the clues that were required.
Like a physical escape room, the barriers to our progression through the house included padlocks and combinations, as well as particular actions such as placing objects in a certain order or moving things around on screen. Although not watched over by a live games master, the clue system throughout the game is intuitive and leads you through subtle clues right up to a button that basically says "Ok - I still don't get it - just tell me the answer"
Each use of a clue adds time to your overall escape game and we had to use a couple of solutions just to progress through to the end of the game, as we wanted to hear how the story ended and what the true secrets of Hallows Hill were.
And this was a key element to this escape game - the story was very engaging and kept us wanting to know the truth, and to find a way to free the trapped spirit in the house. The cut scenes and story reels between the puzzle were genuinely unnerving and the ability to impact the narrative through multiple choices created a wonderful atmosphere of fear and dread.
So apart from a couple of fairly obtuse puzzles, that we just couldn't get our brains around, we loved the whole style and execution of Hallows Hill and have to commend Wolf Escape Games for creating such an immersive online experience. If you are looking for a spooky online puzzle experience to play with friends remotely, then we can highly recommend checking this out!
The first thing that really struck us was the level of presentation throughout the game. The interface mixes atmospheric animated cut-scenes, sudden noises, several quick jump scares and an easy to navigate interface. We especially liked the way individual players could have the Inventory objects sent to their own mobile devices or laptops, so that they could study something in detail whilst the team explored the rest of the room.
Each room was a standard point and click with screen prompts to direct players to the items they can interact with. As we worked on each puzzle, it was really easy to move around the room and between artefacts to try and find the clues that were required.
Like a physical escape room, the barriers to our progression through the house included padlocks and combinations, as well as particular actions such as placing objects in a certain order or moving things around on screen. Although not watched over by a live games master, the clue system throughout the game is intuitive and leads you through subtle clues right up to a button that basically says "Ok - I still don't get it - just tell me the answer"
Each use of a clue adds time to your overall escape game and we had to use a couple of solutions just to progress through to the end of the game, as we wanted to hear how the story ended and what the true secrets of Hallows Hill were.
And this was a key element to this escape game - the story was very engaging and kept us wanting to know the truth, and to find a way to free the trapped spirit in the house. The cut scenes and story reels between the puzzle were genuinely unnerving and the ability to impact the narrative through multiple choices created a wonderful atmosphere of fear and dread.
So apart from a couple of fairly obtuse puzzles, that we just couldn't get our brains around, we loved the whole style and execution of Hallows Hill and have to commend Wolf Escape Games for creating such an immersive online experience. If you are looking for a spooky online puzzle experience to play with friends remotely, then we can highly recommend checking this out!
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