I am happy to announce I did this beautiful cover art for the VR game, Coffee Quest. It is now available on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro. When you see the art on the shop, you'll know it's me who painted it. Also, the game is loads of fun. A Coffee Shop simulator.
Puzzle Classification: Digital Escape Room; VR Escape Room
Price: $24.99 (I purchased the "I Expect You To Die Bundle, 3 Games, making each individual game ~ $20.83 before tax)
Review:
I discovered this game via a late night scrolling search through the Meta Quest App Library - obviously the catchy title lured me in.
Based off a one time viewing of a game trailer and reading NO reviews, I took a gamble and purchased not only I Expect You To Die, but I also purchased the 2nd and 3rd counterparts/follow ups - Yep- I spent over $60 on three puzzle games.
And, Boy-Howdy, It was well worth it.
I loved this experience.
It's James Bond meets a comical version of Edge of Tomorrow (or a comical (less gory) version of Happy Death Day).
I also admired the unique concept of the "escape room" where your (constant) failures helped you progress through "the room".
I thought the stages were the right amount of challenging, but not too hard where the scenarios sparked aggravation.
If you do plan to play this game - I highly suggest playing this game utilizing your own wits and merit - this game is a few years old so it could be very tempting to find a forum or thread with guidance and walkthroughs , but trust me, if you just sit (or just blow yourself up enough times) solutions will come to you and the gratification of escaping with no assistance will be pure exhilaration.
And as I said earlier, your failures are a good thing as they help you progress throughout the game - but - they also provide a unique bit of humor as well.
I may still be in the honeymoon phase of this game - I found the format of I Expect You To Die infiltrating my dreams, no joke.
I cannot find a single gripe about the game. After completing all the stages - I even found myself going back and revisiting all the missions so I could complete/collect each achievement/souvenir - and - upon revisiting I also discovered there are sooooo many different ways to go about completing a mission - sure, there is the same end goal, but there's definitely more than one way to skin a Zoraxis Henchman.
If I did have any negative statement... I wish there was more... and this is just me being greedy.
I think if you buy just the first installment of this game series - even at full price - you will definitely get the bang for your buck.
I am currently holding off playing I Expect You To Die 2 and I Expect You To Die 3 so I can drag out the enjoyment of the game... I don't want to... uh... blow my wad too soon... lordy, there's gotta be a more eloquent way to say that.
*photos/screenshots courtesy of Schell Games/I Expect You To Die*
Why would meta do this? imagine for me if you will a little Jimmy just got a brand new quest 3 for his birthday he sets it up and one of his family members wants to watch him play so they look up "how to watch meta quest three on phone" and an uncle pops up saying that they need to download the Oculus app on their phone but when they look it up in the app store all they can find is this app called meta horizon with the logo that looks nothing like the logo on the quest 3 The quest 2 or the quest 1 so now little Jimmy is sitting there wondering why he can't find the app that everybody already has. I don't know how likely this is to happen but it is a possibility, either way I hate that meta is completely disassociating from Oculus and it makes me mad