Great Escapes - an IFDB Poll

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Everyone knows that "escape the room" games and puzzles are an IF cliché. But which are the best examples of this classic genre?

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Suveh Nux, by David Fisher
7 votes
"A really satisfying puzzle" [+]"A really satisfying puzzle" --Kenneth Hutt... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mr. Patient... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Boegheim... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
5 votes
"An epic escape" [+]"An epic escape: Maybe not an escape the room game, strictly, but unless I'm horribly mistaken, it has one of the best escape scenes in all IF." () --strivenword... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... "Impossible to..." [+]"Impossible to speak of the escape scene without spoilers, but it's excellent. Take my word for it." --Christina Nordlander... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Hoosegow, by Ben Collins-Sussman, Jack Welch
4 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Mr. Patient... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --o0pyromancer0o...

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Violet, by Jeremy Freese
3 votes
"Fun, funny, great voice; top award winner!" [+]"Fun, funny, great voice; top award winner!" --melar... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Fragile Shells, by Stephen Granade
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers...

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Trapped in a One-Room Dilly, by Laura Knauth
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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Marco Polo, by Baltasar el arquero
1 vote
"Best quick escape-the-room that I've seen in Spanish." [+]"Best quick escape-the-room that I've seen in Spanish." () --IFforL2...

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Enlightenment, by Taro Ogawa
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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Foggywood Hijinx, by Ivan Cockrum
1 vote
"high stakes escape" [+]"high stakes escape: I replayed this game just to make sure I still could beat it. I think it's still the enjoyable game I remembered it to be, although it's not always clear where you can go and exactly what is reachable. Still, a nice gem that shouldn't be missed just because it was in an old minicomp." --Jonathan Blask...

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Final Selection, by Sam Gordon
1 vote
"Not exactly an..." [+]"Not exactly an 'escape' game, but a great one-room puzzle game. Lots of different puzzles packed into a single space." () --calindreams...

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Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon
1 vote
"Good one-room game, which includes (but is not centred entirely on) escape." [+]"Good one-room game, which includes (but is not centred entirely on) escape." --Victor Gijsbers...

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La Sentencia, by José Luis Díaz
1 vote
"Spanish - An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story of the same name." [+]"Spanish - An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story of the same name." () --IFforL2...

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Oppositely Opal, by Buster Hudson
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk...

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Poll created on February 21, 2012