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Escaping Wonderland REVIEW on Quest 3

Tumble topsy-turvy down the rabbit hole into the fantastical frolic of Escaping Wonderland, where whimsy waltzes with wonder and riddles run riot! Join the ever-curious Molly on a brand-new adventure through the beloved world of Alice in Wonderland.

Features:
Delightful diorama-style immersive environments to lose yourself in
Hours of whimsical gameplay with perplexing puzzles
Mingle with marvelous characters from the world of Alice in Wonderland

Delightful diorama-style immersive environments
Prepare for hours of gameplay, brimming with brain-teasers, enchantment, and just the right dash of delightful nonsense. Will Molly navigate her way out, or will she unearth the curious truth that sometimes the best way out is further in? Step into this whimsical whirlwind and discover what Molly is really escaping from and help her recover her memory—if you dare!

Whimsical gameplay with perplexing puzzles
Puzzle your way through perplexing challenges and lose yourself in an enchanting landscape where up is down, left is right, and nothing is quite as it seems (except when it is, and even then, it might not be).

Escaping Wonderland is a new chapter in the Down the Rabbit Hole saga, and an all-new story from the same developers who brought you the original, Cortopia Studios.

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Transcript
00:00Escaping Wonderland, the campaign story. A classic story with a few twists. All the characters
00:19you know and love are in here. Escaping Wonderland is going to give you roughly three and a half
00:25hours of gameplay. There's no dying, no explosions, no gunfights. You are simply just playing
00:31through a story and solving puzzles, working your way up through the rabbit hole. And let
00:36me say, when you are at the top and looking down, it looks incredible. You are playing
00:41a character named Molly, and you will need to help and guide her from room to room solving
00:47many types of puzzles. They are not that complicated, but there are three hints laying about just
00:52in front of you somewhere in case you ever need them. Sometimes you already know what
00:57you should do, but might be doing it the incorrect way, so the hints just really confirm what
01:02you already knew. You need to gather parts for a broken machine that you need to get
01:07back home. Four pieces were taken and are scattered around this world that you must
01:12search for, and slowly you will guide Molly closer and closer to the surface where you
01:17will face that queen. The game menu is really simple and nicely displayed in the form of
01:24a book, so it keeps in with the style of the game. It shows you instructions and the usual
01:30volume settings, and then it also acts as a scrapbook as you collect hidden bits of
01:35paper, glasses, cassettes from all the rooms. Levels and size. There are so many rooms to
01:42explore as you work your way up and up the rabbit hole, and there are 8 levels which
01:47are conveniently accessed by an elevator, or lift, depending where you are from. Everything
01:52is so well designed, from looking down at all the rooms you have been to in the rabbit
01:56hole, to the actual rooms themselves, so it's an average size game in the terms of size.
02:03Controls. The controls are easy and quick to learn. You control Molly with your left
02:09stick, and you look around with the right stick. Pick up and drop with the right controller
02:14buttons, use the grab buttons to move yourself around with the aid of vines. Mechanics. The
02:21mechanics are superb. The story is exactly what you expect. Everything moves how it should,
02:27and everything I interacted with is just perfect. Playable characters. You play as Molly, but
02:34then, as a giant in the sky, you actually have to help Molly also, by moving some things,
02:40a little like moss if you have ever played that game. Mostly the hidden papers she collects.
02:46You knock them off the ceiling so then she can go and collect them. I would have liked
02:50to have seen more interaction as this form, as it just offers something different and
02:55breaks up the gameplay nicely. You also get to play a dodo at some point in the story,
03:01and then between Molly and the dodo, you will have to use the two characters together
03:05to get through certain stages. I really loved this part of the puzzle type playing. Puzzles.
03:12I really did enjoy some of the puzzles in this game. They are puzzles that have all
03:16been done before, so you won't have too much trouble with them. And most of them just involve
03:20going back and forth and collecting stuff to pass to another character, so you can progress
03:25to the next part of the story. I did however, really enjoy the puzzles where it needed two
03:31characters to complete them. Like one has to stand on a button that moves and keeps
03:36a ladder in place, so the other one can climb that ladder to then reach another button or
03:42a lever and so on. Good points and bad points I think can be improved on. I really love
03:48the way this game looks. All the rooms are so colourful and well designed. I like that
03:53you control Molly from a third person perspective, but then when she interacts with someone or
03:58certain objects, you jump into her body and view everything through her eyes. Sometimes
04:04this might involve conversation and having to pick between one of three answers, or it
04:09might involve you getting your slingshot out and having to shoot a target with a piece
04:14of fruit. All the characters are bright and look awesome, and the voiceover work is absolutely
04:19incredible. You are going to have fun whilst playing this game. There should be many more
04:24games like this, Moss, Moss 2, Max Mustard and Demeter that are really story driven based.
04:31It makes a welcoming change from first person shooters. The only things I can think of that
04:37could improve this game is maybe make it longer, or at least to resolve that ending better
04:43than what it did. I believe that when you complete a game, you deserve a fairy tale
04:48ending. Though this isn't bad, I just felt it was a bit of a cop out. But overall, I
04:54mark Escaping Wonderland a 9.7 stars. So if you enjoyed my review, please show me the
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