Shipwreck Escape Review: Sinking With The Ship
Shipwreck Escape is a tandem, 2.5-D puzzle game that replaces the joy of using logic to overcome puzzles with memorizing routes due to repeated death.
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Shipwreck Escape is a tandem, 2.5-D puzzle game that replaces the joy of using logic to overcome puzzles with memorizing routes due to repeated death.
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