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6About Rusty Lake: Roots
The Past Within - A Rusty Lake co-op Adventure. . About the Game. James Vanderboom's life drastically changes when he plants a special seed in the garden of the house he has inherited. Expand your bloodline by unlocking portraits in the tree of life.. . Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by Rusty Lake, the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel. . Key features:. Pick-up-and-play: easy to start but hard to put down. . Unique storyline: experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree. . More than 33 levels: the biggest Rusty Lake game so far is filled with puzzles. . Full of suspense and atmosphere: switching from calm to very dark moments. . Immersive soundtrack: each level has its own theme song and variations. . Achievements: the tree has more secrets to unravel. . . .
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Worth every hour
Here's what you need to do: Play Cube Escape games, they are free (online or mobile): Seasons, The Lake, Arles, Harvey's Box, Case 23, The Mill. Short "room escape" type point-and-clicks that will introduce you to a lot of objects and some characters and mechanics in the series. You'll get familiar with the universe and its themes. Play Rusty Lake Hotel, then back to free Cube Escape entries (Birthday and Theater). Now you are ready for Roots. This one will tie together most of the characters and lore, giving you somewhat clear and big picture for the first time. It is followed by Cube Escape: The Cave and then Rusty Lake Paradise, uncovering some more history of the thing. And now there's also Cube Escape: Paradox, first Cube Escape game on Steam, but rather different from the other ones, because it has a short film as part of experience (hint:the film has more to it).And yes, this series is weird, eerie, maybe a bit disturbing and cites Twin Peaks at times. * Cube Escape games mentioned in points 1, 2 and 4 are now on Steam in one neat package.
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- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.5
- Value4.5
An amazing little masterpiece!
An amazing little masterpiece! Stylish, puzzling, and creepy, just like all other 'Cube escape' games you can play for free. Only this one is much, much longer (and it is about two times bigger than 'Rusty Lake Hotel'), but still rather very cheap. The only drawback is that the authors cannot put the achievements into Flash engine for some reason. Still, can't recommend it high enough!
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.5
- Value3.5
One of my best buys this year
"Rusty Lake: Roots" is an entertaining (and cheap!) collection of "locked room" style puzzles that involves not only looking for objects, but also figuring out puzzles and the occasional math equation. The game's imagery (actually, the Rusty Lake series as a whole) might seem a tad weird and convoluted, but in more of an entertaining "Twin Peaks-esque" way than "this is going to give me nightmares". Aside from looks, the only other thing that I think might turn people away from this game is the length; it'll vary depending on one's problem-solving skills, of course, but expect it to be short, with the only 'replayability' once you solve the final puzzle being the new (as of this Review's posting) Achievements. With that said, personally, I thought the experience lasted just as long as it needed to in order to make a good impression on me. I enjoyed this game's atmosphere, and its ability to present a twisted story without heaps of dialogue. And in the end, not only do I recommend others giving this a try, I also hope that this won't be the last we see of Rusty Lake.
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.0
- Story4.5
- Value4.0
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