Escape from Hallow Hall

 

Another release from Professor Puzzle -- as per Escape the Gingerbread House from the other day -- and bad news to report: they duplicate puzzles across their games.

Four puzzle envelopes to solve which together give you a final location to choose from 12 to escape the hall, each can be worked on independently and each has a little hint envelope and solution booklet (which just gives the final solution rather than any layered hints).

However.

Puzzle 1 here is a direct copy of a puzzle from that other box -- same tetrominoes on the same grid with the same purpose.

Puzzle 2 here is a direct copy of a puzzle from that other box -- it's the maths puzzle again.

Puzzle 3 is decent, a nice little logic deduction puzzle that rewards and eye for small details.

Puzzle 4 is a simple substitution cipher, identical to that in the other puzzle, only differences being cosmetic.

As an individual product, if you only bought one of the two, then that's fine for the price -- if you're somewhat of a completist for all this sort of stuff, then it's a waste of money. Shame on PP for such a blatant cash grab.

I'll also be looking out for any other Professor Puzzle boxes in my pile of shame to see if these reuse puzzles too.