Faraway: Puzzle Escape

I loved this game. I just finished with the final level which was 18. I thought it had more levels all this time because it shows another page but it ended up being the credits page so it ended way to short. I have a few notes I still need to find but over all it was a well laid out and had beautiful graphics. The puzzles were not overly complicated and don’t use the hint button unless you are really stuck because it explains how to solve. I was not a fan of the controls. There were areas that I would try to tap on something and it would send me up a ladder I didn’t want to use. You can’t just tap back down you have to wait for it to get up the ladder. It would be nice if you could cancel or redirect mid-move. After paying the unlock fee of 2.99 I believe I definitely thought there would be more levels. I highly recommend the game though and I just downloaded jungle and can’t wait to play it after I finish finding all those well hidden notes.

Hi, First I want to say that I do mostly love your Faraway line of puzzles. But this is more of a question than a review. There were a few times when I had to use the hints, and I still didn’t understand where the solution came from. Like in Ch. 14, when you had to spin the rollers on top of pedestals I, II, & III, & the answer was half of a decahedron facing right, then half of a decahedron facing left, then a sort of U shaped object. Where did this info come from? Even with the answer, I couldn’t figure out from what it was derived. And in level 15, when you’re going down the staircase one level at a time, and you have to stop at each level and insert numbered triangles to open the sliding cover for the next set of steps down, what was the clue for which numbers to use? Thanks very much for your help.

SPOILER ALERT: All around a very great 'escape' game. I love the puzzles, the riddles, and the frustration of figuring out how to find all the notes! The fact that you have to purchase levels is a bummer, but we understand that money must be made. I only had to watch hints twice throughout the entire game, good feature. I do believe that the game ended abruptly however. If you are to build a story (via notes), have your protagonist escape/win/anything.. I finished the game 100%, and was very disappointed how it ended. I hope an update will come soon to add more levels without purchasing anything else. TLDR: 4/5 stars, game ends badly, purchase 2nd half of game. It's only $2.99 for 2nd half, you penny pinchers spend twice as much on a Big Mac and this won't even kill you.

People complain about the $2.99 unlock fee, but this app is well worth it. A flat fee is far superior to a subscription or having to buy tokens/gems/coins to keep playing. For the cost of a coffee, the game offers a beautiful experience and some fun puzzles. It's not too hard and not too obvious. It doesn't try to be all things to all people. It's a world unto itself and you can explore it at your own pace -- slowly and with hints if you're a beginner, or blazing fast if you don't do anything but explore fantasy worlds. Some free levels to see if you like it. Definitely worth the fee if you're entertained. If you find it "too elementary," move on, genius.

This game caused something I’ve never experienced from a game before: motion sickness. The especially weird thing is I’m not particularly prone to motion sickness in any way, yet I had to delete the game after the first four levels (about ten minutes of playtime) because I felt like I was going to throw up. The animations for going up and down stairs and ladders and going backwards through doorways trigger this, I think the speed of the animation is what causes it. So beware: even if you have never experienced motion sickness from a game or movie before, this game may be the one that does it to you. Aside from that, it’s a bit of a shrug of a game, but that’s also probably just because I barely got to play it before I had to tap out.