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Escape to Moscow

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

A story about a guy, a girl he met, and their adventure. Freelance IT specialist Semyon meet a girl from Dagestan on the Internet. However, their relationship quickly grow over the regular chatting - he decides to help her run away from home. That is how their amazing adventure begins.

What works
  • Engaging and emotional narrative
  • Good visual and audio presentation
  • Multiple endings and player choices
  • Free to play
  • Addresses relevant social issues
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited gameplay interactivity
  • Text contains grammatical errors
  • Short duration and limited branching
  • Some characters underdeveloped
  • Occasional abrupt music transitions

What to play next

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Escape to Moscow: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Experimenting. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

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