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How you treat it, however, will affect the ending. I won't say what The Button does, but I will say that it will neither help nor hinder your escape (it won't blow up the room like some red buttons do). I ultimately wasn't able to finish without help, though.Īs you may have guessed from the title, one of the major focuses of Button is the "DO NOT PUSH" button. Somehow, every time I came back, I got a new breakthrough and was able to make a little more progress. When I first played the game, I got stuck several times, taking many breaks. The puzzles are a bit on the difficult side, but 99% logical. The sound effects aren't half bad, either. Graphics-wise, it's a huge leap up in realism from FonGeBoon's earlier projects, and is comparable to the work of Neutral or Place of Light, albeit with a load of Engrish. If you've got something in your inventory, inspect it by clicking on the notched corner, or use it by clicking in the box itself.Īnalysis: Button is a treat.

To examine, acquire or manipulate objects, click on or drag them ( don't forget about dragging! You'll have to do quite a bit of it!).

and a tempting red button behind a metallic hatch beside the door, helpfully marked "DO NOT PUSH" in both English and Japanese. In this case, that's true.Īs with most escapes, Button is set in a room filled with all manner of doodads and puzzles: a few paintings on the wall, a red couch, a grandfather clock mysteriously missing its hands, a bookshelf.

This is a developer we haven't heard from in a long time, which usually means they've been working hard on something really good. Why am I beginning the intro to an escape game with a lecture on psychology, you ask? Because it's a central premise of Button, FonGeBooN's latest. Who hasn't seen a sign marked "KEEP OFF THE GRASS" and found themselves with an urge to tread all over the forbidden greenery? Or looked at a door marked "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY" and wanted to investigate what was on the other side? Or spotted a button marked "DO NOT PUSH" and almost immediately entertained the notion of pressing it? But we also have a desire to disobey them. We have a subconscious desire to follow instructions, as a certain famous psychological experiment supposedly involving electric shocks and remembering word pairs has proven.