You may not be in an open prison, but you are in an open world where in between attending rollcalls, mealtimes and doing your chores you should grab every chance to plan your escape. (Don’t say the word execution too loud in a prison). Whilst the aim of the game is simply to escape, the detail is in the execution. The Escapists is an award winning prison break simulation that provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life. You can also find our thoughts on The Walking Dead variant too – just that one isn’t free! If you fancy a read of our review whilst you wait for your download to complete, then head over and give it a read. Because after all, that’s all that matters! You’ll need to increase your skills, you’ll need to run favours for other inmates and you’ll need to craft some crazy weapons as you plot your escape. In other Xbox Game Pass news, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is making its way to Game Pass for console on December 19th, the day before the release of the new Witcher series on Netflix.With Team17 behind it the award winning prison break sim provides plenty of light hearted moments and a real insight into how a prison works. There are another three DLC packs each with their own achievement lists.

Prepare for that grind if you're going for a completion of the base game. The Escapists 2 achievement list is going to take you a long time to get through with an estimated 25-30 hour completion time. You will now have to block and tie together chains of attacks whilst strafing to win a punch-up in the prison yard. Working together allows for more elaborate and daring plans, or go head-to-head in Versus mode and see who can break out prison the quickest.Ī new combat system has also been introduced to The Escapists 2. You can play with up to three friends to create and hatch the ultimate escape plan in both online and couch co-op. You will have to live by prison rules, attending roll call each day, working prison jobs and following strict routines, all while secretly plotting how to escape the varying maximum security facilities. Players can risk it all to breakout from the toughest prisons, all with multiple floors, roofs, vents and underground tunnels. The Escapists 2 is described as the ultimate prison sandbox.

At X019 The Escapists 2 was also mentioned as coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC, although this hasn't appeared on the PC or mobile apps just yet.

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