The Escapists DLC Bundle (Xbox One)

The Escapists was developed by Team17, the creators of the Worms series. I had a lot of fun with the base game, and you can find my full review prior to this one.

A bunch of DLC prisons were released and here you find a review for three different add ons.

The Escape Team

This was easily my worst prison. It's effectively The A Team spoof. There are only four prisoners (The A Team gang). The prison is sort of an army base, there are a bunch of guards and the prison is far too big, seeing as there's only four prisoners. It was a nightmare to navigate through.

As the prisoners are basically The A Team, you don't really get into any scraps with the other inmates, because they're friends. There's only really one way to break out, and that's by a tank. You spend most of your time trying to rebuild the tank, and then you and your buddies all jump in and escape.

I got very bored because it took an overly long amount of time to escape. I hated the size of the prison, I kept making wrong turns and getting lost. Easily my least favourite.

2.9/5

Duct Tapes are Forever

DTAF was definitely one of the harder prisons. As you may be able to tell by the title, it's a James Bond spoof. All the prisoners are agents and they're appropriately titled with puns of real Bond actors. The prison itself, is an evil villain's lair. The security is pretty tight too, cameras in every prisoners room, metal detectors and colour key doors.

I enjoyed this prison quite a lot, it was a tough one, a humorous take on James Bond and an enjoyable break out. Again, there is only one way out, and that's to use the broken down rocket. You spend your time getting the rocket to work again, before finally launching to freedom.

Everything was enjoyable in this prison. I took a long time to escape and that was due to the tight security. Definitely an upgrade on the DLC.

3.4/5

Santa's Workshop

A prison full of Elves and their attempt to break out of Santa's Workshop, genius!

Elves are sick of cleaning up reindeer muck and tired of toy making. Definitely one of my favourite prisons. It was a great environment too, snow, presents, Christmas trees. It was hard to believe it was a prison!

This was a pretty tough breakout, again only one way and that was by decorating the Christmas tree with lights and presents, and then fly to freedom.

Even in the base game I'd probably say this was my favourite prison. I took a very long time to escape as it was easily to mess up, but I persevered and can definitely say it's my favourite!

4.1/5