
Each is as you would expect as if you play versus you and up to three others are competing to see who can bust out of prison first where the co-op mode has you working together to escape. You can play multiplayer either locally or online and either cooperatively or versus. Should you tire of playing alone you’ll be pleased to know that The Escapists 2 now supports multiplayer which to me is a huge addition.
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However that feeling you get when you do just manage to escape is so rewarding and fulfilling and one of the reasons why I’ve enjoyed this series so much. The guards in the game are always on the lookout for anything suspicious so you have to make sure to cover your tracks very well and not get into fights with other inmates. Then once your stats are improved enough you’ll be able to craft things such as shovels or pick axes using materials you have gathered.įor as fun as the game can be it can also be very frustrating especially when you lose hours of work due to a mistake. All you have to do to improve yourself is play a few mini games such as working out or reading books which are pretty simple. Yes you can still improve your character’s stats just like the first game so things like intelligence and fitness are important to work on. You’ll also find that you’ll need to improve your character and craft things in order to complete your objective. If you want some other ways though you’ll have to work towards them by studying the prison and talking to people. Sure we’ve all seen those movies where the prisoners try to dig their way out or blow up a wall or something and those are viable options here make no mistake. Your main goal though is to figure out creative ways to escape of course. Other prisoners will ask things of you that you can help them out with which in turn earns you some money that you can then use to buy items that can be used to help you plan an escape. So that means make sure to go to your meals, do jobs etc. Much like the original game in order to escape these prisons you will have to study them and perform your duties in order to not get into trouble. Also some of the prisons now have multiple stories to them making them more complicated but also giving you more options to escape. There is even a pretty awesome new one where you are on a train and have to escape within a certain amount of time. The game has 10 in total which is a good amount and should keep you busy for quite some time. Once you finish that it’s off to some real prisons for you as the game gives you a choice of a select few to start off with. If you’ve never played the original Escapists game fear not as you’ll start off with a tutorial level in this one that should hopefully give you a good understanding of what you need to do.

Now they bring you The Escapists 2 which aims to arm you with even more ways to bust out of some brand new high security prisons.

Team 17 and Mouldy Toof Studios allowed you to live out this fantasy in the original The Escapists which found quite a following. I don’t think anyone wants to be in prison but the idea of breaking out of one is an exciting one indeed.
