No. of Reviews: 21
Review 1
Purchased!
You cannot escape, goat.
I purchased the first Escape Goat on a whim back in late 2013 and thoroughly
enjoyed progressing through it. I never actually finished it but from what I
played of it I have wonderful memories of.
Escape Goat 2 takes what made the first game fun and improves on it in every
single way. The art is great, the soundtrack is beautiful, and the puzzles are
clever without being overly frustrating.
I highly recommend this and the first one to any fan of the puzzle platform
genre. Easily one of the best available on steam.
Review 2
Purchased!
Interesting mix of puzzle and platformer, graphics are smooth and look nice
(hand drawn like Teslagrad), Early levels are very easy, later ones (area 7 and
the extra levels in earlier areas) can present a bit of a challenge. If you came
for a story, don't bother; this is just puzzles with about as much plot as the
old Doom games.
Review 3
Purchased!
As someone who likes puzzle games this game should be perfect for me. I played
and finished the first game and I somewhat liked it.
So I bought the sequel when it went on sale but it seems I've had enough of the
Escape Goat formula. For me there is too much arcade and not enough puzzle in
Escape Goat 2. It's very frustrating knowing how to complete a level and yet
failing time and time again as a result of failing at some arcade element.
Review 4
Purchased!
EG2 has all the fun, the puzzles that make you feel clever, and the excellent
difficulty level of the first game, with better graphics and music. It's a great
controller game, too. Buy this thing!
Review 5
Purchased!
I played the first Escape Goat tons of times and this pretty much blows the
first one out of the water. It adds a lot of new features while keeping some old
ones, despite the new features being there for a few short levels. However there
is a lot more to do in order to go through a lot of levels so there's more
things to do rather than going through ten worlds and four extra worlds. There's
a strange diffculty curve in some levels where you might spend ten minutes on
one level figuring out what to do, then the next might take you two minutes.
Either way the puzzles are interesting enough that you might even take some of
them on in different ways, rather than going through what the game intends you
to. The graphics are way better than the first, moving from pixel graphics to
fancy drawn graphics and neat little idle animations. Soundtrack is also really
amazing. If you liked the frist Escape Goat, you'll really love this sequel. If
you haven't played the first, then I'd really recommend just moving onto this
one, since there's nothing much to miss on the story.
Review 6
Purchased!
It is definitely an improvement over EG1, with quite a few hours of fun... but
don't count on finishing it. That's right: near the end, the levels become
nearly impossible. And i say "nearly" only because one can almost see how they
would be possible to finish - but think of "finding a needle in a hay stack,
while in mid-air" nearly possible.
Review 7
Purchased!
Beautiful game series with unique platforming mechanics!
Review 8
Purchased!
Great game, even better soundtrack. EG2 has some great puzzles and level design
which can get quite complex but the game never feels frustrating.
Review 9
Purchased!
Is it wrong to have loved Escape Goat 1, but to just grow frustrated with Escape
Goat 2? While many reviews say the EG1 and EG2 are very similar, I suspect
something is essentially different, but I'd have to go back to the first one to
identify the difference. At least in my case, liking EG1 is not a sufficient
condition for liking EG2. That's not to say EG2 is a bad game - I can tell by
the reviews lots of players like it. But I suspect fanhood of the original might
not translate well to the second.
It's been a few years since I played the first one, but I remember loving it and
having great fun with neat puzzles. Maybe it was my high expectations, but I had
difficulty finding the fun. EG2 often left me feeling like like I was doing an
action like pushing a button because that's what I had access too - not because
it was part of a plan to solve a level. And the platforming seems more difficult
or emphasized in this one.
I requested a refund after being very frustrated for 30-40 minutes on a level
that I kept failing that required lots of rapid platforming. I realized I wasn't
having much fun at all up to that point, and was hoping for improvement. I
remember hard levels in EG1, but I don't recall the first Escape Goat ever
having that feeling of frustration, while simultaneously hoping it gets better.
Hope this helps. I would recommend EG1 though.
Review 10
Purchased!
very fun, lots of fun
Review 11
Purchased!
Really enjoying this. Glad it has controller support and that it tells you
strait out it is better that way.
Review 12
Purchased!
An excellent puzzle platformer. The speedrun community is fun to watch, and the
developer is in the process of adding TAS tools to the game itself.
Review 13
Purchased!
The first game was an interesting take on the puzzle platformer that managed to
be simplistic, but also interesting. This game expands on the original format
and added some more mechanics to make it one of the more interesting games to
play on my laptop when I have nothing better to do. The update to the graphics
and music help as well. Check it out if you want something cheap and
interesting.
Review 14
Purchased!
Another one in the long tradition of good games ruined by their final levels,
where in the name of a difficulty spike you stop having to rely on figuring out
how to beat the stage to just mindlessly repeating the same thing over and over
until you can get the right timing. It's a shame, really.
Review 15
Purchased!
Great game, clever puzzles with loads of additional content after the main
storyline. The previous title is also worth a play.
Review 16
Purchased!
I am not a fan of platformers but I love this.
+Great mood / art
+Mechanics
+Nice puzzles
Indie gem!
Review 17
Purchased!
mmmm, the proper evolution of solomon's key style puzzle gameplay with a
castlevania-quality soundtrack
Review 18
Purchased!
Easy to pick up and play in short bursts. I found it slightly easier than the
original but still very challenging. Very enjoyable, I highly recommend!
Linux/SteamOS compatibility notes (played on Ubuntu 14.04 amd64)
Controller support: Works flawlessly with wireless XBox 360 controller
Fullscreen support: Yes
Uses non-game dialogs/settings: No
Other Issues: Cloud save does not appear to work
Review 19
Purchased!
Just play the first one. The game's one advantage is the Steam Workshop support,
which is pointless since the level editor is miles behind the one in the first
game.
Review 20
Purchased!
When it comes to puzzle platformers, my first thought comes to mind that
"platformer" is merely a tool to present those deliberately designed puzzles
---- I think, therefore I jump.
Oh boy, I was wrong.
Escape Goat is an excellent puzzle platformer that offers great balance between
platforming and solving puzzles.
There's a regular way to beat each level, but you can find lots of alternative
routes with your platforming skilz ---- this happens in most platformers,
however hard to find in a puzzler.
The original game Escape Goat is brilliant.
However the main campaign is too short, those extended levels (Room of Insanity)
are hard platforming levels that loses the main purpose of the game. If I seek
rage, Super Meat Boy is a much better way to go.
Here's how sequels should be made:
In every aspect better than the original, while preserving the main idea.
* The art is much more polished, I feel much more comfortable without the pixel
art.
* Instead of linear progression, the sequel offers you a 11*11 map for 121
rooms. You can try a different one when you are stuck at a specific room.
* More levels, less difficulty increment (Secret rooms are quite challenging,
no worry for the game to be too easy)
* Level design have more focus on interaction with the mouse, thus more brain
teasers
In short, Escape Goat 2 is a masterpiece.
Review 21
Purchased!
A great single screen 2D puzzle platformer that I haven't yet beaten in the late
stages. The mouse abilities help make this game stand out, and the music is also
a nice touch.