Rusty Lake Hotel

This is one of those games which it is difficult to forge a definitive opinion, since barely immersing in history, it is already finished... Rusty Lake hotel has a striking mysterious ambience, with its perfectly mastered aesthetics as well as its relatively original staging (for a video game at least). Nevertheless the gameplay is reduced to its bare minimum, it is a classic escape room. Let's talk quickly, for the insiders, of the escape room: it is a sub genre of the point'n'click, in camera, where the player has to solve puzzles, find hidden objects and use them skillfully in order to be able to leave the room or it is. The nuance with a point'n'click and an escape room is in the ability to move in a separate space, as well as in inventory management; in a traditional point'n'click we go or good looks and objects can kept from one chapter to another, while in an escape room we are locked up and the objects are all used in the same room, nothing (usually), is kept by the Player. Rust Lake Hotel however offers some freedoms, allowing us to choose the order of the rooms, which proves to have a more or less significant impact on the end of the games. He encourages the player to search for a few optional items, without forcing him to do so, a little more enjoyable for a game of this genre. Nevertheless, it is necessary to confront a logic... not always logical. The puzzles are certainly for the majority fairly well balanced, and their resolutions are made after a good thorough search or a small reasoning. Unfortunately some useless wastes that do not call for logic come to obscure this quasi without faults. I admit that it is there to make the mouth, because the puzzles are pleasant as a whole. Let's talk a little bit about the aesthetics of the games. A mix between Wes Anderson and Alain Resnais, or the Archer series, with a British comic style very nice for little that one hangs on style. The characters are quite classic but successful overall (special mention for the rabbit magician). The dark tone, even a little Gore, is completely fly, and participates greatly in a feeling of discomfort that one surprises to feel at times. The music is unfortunately very recessed and very conventional. We'll note an effort to double a few scenes. The lifespan is approaching two hours, which makes the price a bit exaggerated, despite a possible replayability for those who are ready to redo all the puzzles by looking for the right order and with all the stars, which is finally done very quickly since the games is dispossated of all its essence, namely the resolution of Enigma. The most accustomed of the genre may have already succeeded in the first shot. You have to know that this is a Flash game, which can be quite certain. No real options, obligation to ALT + ENTER to go full screen (which I advise against to avoid droves graphics, although it sabotage the immersion) and above all, the right click opens the Flash menu... not very pro! Nevertheless it is essential to clarify that the developers have published rusty Lake Hotel as their first "real games" that follows a universe already developed for quite some time, with lots of Flash games playable free on their website. The sequel to this "real games" is already in development (rusty Lake Hotel: roots) and I imagine it will also be released on steam. In summary, a good games, which will keep you in suspense for two small hours for a small price, all with a pleasant atmosphere... It would be wrong to deny it.